Building Reading Comprehension: High-Interest Selections for Critical Reading Skills

We read every day. We read books, poems, assignments, lists, signs, directions, recipes, letters, and more. To face a world of print, students must read critically and for meaning. A variety of formats in this book offers the practice students need to build important reading skills. Drawing conclusions, identifying the main idea, examining the writer's purpose, mapping story elements, building vocabulary, and determining fact or opinion are among the many reading skills covered.