Making Connections Student Book, Grade 1 (Homeschool Edition)
This colorful text features high-interest fiction and non-fiction stories with photographs and illustrations. Designed for first graders, short reading passages are followed by questions to improve comprehension. Exercises cover main idea, compare/contrast, sequencing, fact/opinion, and fill-in-the-blank. Grade 1 curriculum includes identifying text structure, sequencing, main idea, and compare/contrast. Strategies include questioning, cooperative learning, vocabulary, comprehension monitoring, summarizing, and applying multiple strategies.
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This vibrant text presents a variety of high-interest fiction and non-fiction stories, enriched with numerous photographs and illustrations. Specifically tailored for first graders, the reading material is broken down into engaging, manageable portions. Short reading passages are followed by spiral-based questions designed to enhance reading comprehension, covering topics like identifying the main idea, comparing and contrasting, sequencing events, and understanding fact versus opinion. The exercises include comprehension fill-in-the-blank and multiple-choice questions. The book spans 87 pages and is in softcover format.
This first-grade curriculum emphasizes key skills such as identifying text structure, sequencing, identifying the main idea, and comparing/contrasting. Strategies employed in the curriculum include identifying text structures, questioning, cooperative learning, vocabulary development, comprehension monitoring, summarizing, applying multiple strategies, and more. EPS' Making Connections curriculum can serve as either a supplemental resource or a stand-alone reading comprehension curriculum. Each unit within the curriculum focuses on a specific skill, which is introduced and developed through explicit instruction, practice, and support. The support is gradually removed to promote independent reading.
Please Note: This item is available for purchase by homeschools only.
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Subject: Language Arts
Grade: Grade 1
Brand: Educators Publishing Service
UPC: 9780838833001
