Making Connections Student Book, Grade 3 (Homeschool Edition)

This colorful text features high-interest fiction andnon-fiction stories with plenty of photographs andillustrations. Breaking reading down into engaging,manageable portions- - just right for third graders- - shortreading passages are followed by spiral-based questionsdesigned to improve reading comprehension. Main Idea,compare/contrast, sequencing, fact/opinion, andcomprehension fill-in-the-blank and multiple choiceexercises follow. Grade 3.

This third grade curriculumcovers sequencing, the main idea, compare/contrast, drawingconclusions and predicting outcomes, fact/opinion, and causeand effect. Strategies employed include identifying textstructure, questioning, learning cooperatively,understanding vocabulary, monitoring comprehension,summarizing, applying multiple strategies, and more.

EPS'Making Connections curriculum can be used as either asupplemental or stand-alone reading comprehensioncurriculum. Each unit focuses on a specific skill that'sintroduced and developed through explicit instruction,practice, and support, with support gradually removed toencourage independent reading.