Jacob's Ladder Reading Comprehension Program: Level 2 (Grades 4-5)

by Tamra Stambaugh and Joyce L. VanTassel-Baska

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1593633513
• ISBN13: 9781593633516
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Resource

This book is an excellent entry in the area of reading comprehension, especially geared to high-ability readers. The selections are a good mix of fiction and non-fiction, along with some student-written pieces, offering a good variety of genres from which to choose. The targeted skills include summarizing, paraphrasing, creative synthesis, consequences and implications, cause and effect and sequencing. The activities involve working on these skills and this can be done from a basic level to a higher level, progressing up the "ladder" of depth of skill. These are important skills for students to work on, and often gifted readers do not get to work enough on further development of these skills because they are already high-ability readers. Of course it would be nice if it were a bit cheaper, but it is worth the money. As a teacher, it is an invaluable resource which will be used over and over. As a parent, it is an excellent resource for supplementing what your child is doing at school. It can be used throughout the school year, or used over the summer to retain skills and to help the student continue to progress over the summer.