Jacob's Ladder Reading Comprehension Program: Nonfiction Grade 4 - Softcover

VanTassel-Baska, Joyce; Stambaugh, Tamra

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1618215566 ISBN 13: 9781618215567

Publisher: Routledge, 2016

Synopsis

The Jacob's Ladder Reading Comprehension Program targets reading comprehension skills in high-ability learners by moving students through an inquiry process from basic understanding to critical analyses of texts using a field-tested method developed by the Center for Gifted Education at The College of William and Mary. Students in grades 3-5 will be able to comprehend and analyze any nonfiction reading passage after completing the activities in these books. Using skill ladders connected to individual readings related to essays, articles, comparison documents, infographics, and other nonfiction text, students move from lower order, concrete thinking skills to higher order, critical thinking skills. All of the books, geared to increasing grade levels, include high-interest readings, ladders to increase reading skill development, and easy-to-implement instructions. The ladders include multiple skills necessary for academic success, covering language arts standards such as sequencing, cause and effect, classification, making generalizations, inference, understanding emotion, using and thinking about words, and recognizing themes and concepts.

About this title

About the Author:

Tamra Stambaugh, Ph.D., is an associate research professor in special education and executive director of Programs for Talented Youth at Vanderbilt University.

Joyce VanTassel-Baska, Ed.D., is the Smith Professor Emerita at William & Mary, where she developed a graduate program and a research and development center in gifted education. She has published widely, including 30 books and more than 700 refereed journal articles, book chapters, and scholarly reports.

Review:

The book does an excellent job of shifting the focus to learn comprehension and analysis skills as opposed to students spending a lot of time reading long texts and answering questions about details . . . Offers a wide variety of nonfiction readings on topics most third graders will find interesting. --Mindprint Learning

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1618215566
• ISBN 13: 9781618215567
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176