Descriptor
| Intermediate Grades | 12 |
| Reading Comprehension | 12 |
| Vocabulary Development | 7 |
| Learning Activities | 6 |
| Reading Instruction | 6 |
| Accident Prevention | 3 |
| Accidents | 3 |
| Child Health | 3 |
| Children | 3 |
| Context Clues | 3 |
| Diseases | 3 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
Author
| Byrne, Shirley M., Ed. | 3 |
| Streb, Judith A. | 3 |
| Block, Cheryl | 2 |
| Hockett, M. A. | 2 |
| Hockett, Margaret | 2 |
| White, David | 2 |
| Beckwith, Carrie | 1 |
| Blanchard, Cherie | 1 |
| Brooks, Diane L. | 1 |
| Broz, Christine | 1 |
Publication Type
| Guides - Classroom - Learner | 12 |
| Guides - Classroom - Teacher | 9 |
| Books | 3 |
| Guides - Non-Classroom | 3 |
Education Level
Audience
| Students | 12 |
| Practitioners | 9 |
| Teachers | 9 |
| Parents | 3 |
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Brooks, Diane L. – 2001
This resource guide, for teachers and students in the upper elementary and middle school grades, has been developed in response to the nationwide interest in asking schools to play an active role in preparing students to become informed and responsible citizens. The guide is divided into seven sections, one for each character trait: Caring, Civic…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Intermediate Grades, Law Related Education, Middle Schools
Hockett, M. A. – 2002
Written for the fifth- and sixth-grade levels, this workbook gives students practice in using context clues and reading comprehension to apply punctuation rules, as well as in carefully reading and following directions. Noting that the activities are based on the idea that punctuation is necessary to make written communication clear, the…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Context Clues, Intermediate Grades, Learning Activities
Blanchard, Cherie – 2002
This workbook is designed to help students expand their spelling, vocabulary, and comprehension skills through the study of roots, prefixes, and suffixes. Noting that roots, prefixes, and suffixes are the building blocks upon which all words are formed, the introduction contends that a thorough knowledge of these elements will greatly enhance…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Intermediate Grades, Learning Activities, Prefixes (Grammar)
Hockett, M. A. – 2001
This workbook, for grades four through six, offers a humorous slant on the subject of grammar through comical examples of incorrect usage, in addition to exercises with a logic twist. The workbook teaches basic rules of language mechanics and reinforces the rules by showing the logic behind them. The book gives instruction, examples, and practice…
Descriptors: Capitalization (Alphabetic), Grammar, Humor, Intermediate Grades
Streb, Judith A. – 1984
The reading exercises in this workbook cover the general areas of vocabulary development; study skills; comprehension skills; and reading in the content areas. The latter consists of reading materials divided into four major sections: social studies, science, mathematics, and literature. The vocabulary skills include word meaning in context,…
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Learning Activities, Programed Instructional Materials, Reading Assignments
Streb, Judith A. – 1984
The reading exercises in this workbook cover the general areas of vocabulary development; study skills; comprehension skills; and reading in the content areas. The latter consists of reading materials divided into four major sections: social studies, science, mathematics, and literature. The vocabulary skills include working with synonyms,…
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Learning Activities, Programed Instructional Materials, Reading Assignments
Block, Cheryl; Beckwith, Carrie; Hockett, Margaret; White, David – 2001
Part of a series, the purpose of this low-readability/high interest book is to use higher order thinking to develop students' reading comprehension skills. The reading skills addressed in the book are based on state reading standards and assessment tests for grades five and six. The goal of the series of books is to teach students how to analyze…
Descriptors: Context Clues, Critical Reading, Fiction, Grade 5
Streb, Judith A. – 1984
The reading exercises in this workbook cover the general areas of basic phonics; word structure (including compound words, prefixes, contractions, possessives, syllabication, word meaning, similes, vocabulary in content areas, analogies, and idioms); study skills (including dictionary skills, using an encyclopedia and index, reading a map, reading…
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Learning Activities, Oral Reading, Phonics
Byrne, Shirley M., Ed.; And Others – 1990
This booklet (one of a series of 10 booklets in a reading project to benefit Kosair Children's Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky) contains 10 stories especially written for fourth graders by educators. The stories are about: children's feelings about disease and treatment; accidents and accident proneness; children's reactions to the death by…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Accidents, Child Health, Children
Byrne, Shirley M., Ed.; And Others – 1990
This booklet (one of a series of 10 booklets in a reading project to benefit Kosair Children's Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky) contains 10 stories especially written for fifth graders by educators. The stories are about: chronic and life-threatening diseases and children's feelings about them; accidents with guns and accident prevention; a visit…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Accidents, Child Health, Children
Byrne, Shirley M., Ed.; And Others – 1990
This booklet (one of a series of 10 booklets in a reading project to benefit Kosair Children's Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky) contains 10 stories especially written for sixth graders by educators. The stories are about: a student's coping with a terminal illness and its effect on his classmates; a boy's feelings about his rheumatoid arthritis;…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Accidents, Child Health, Children
Block, Cheryl; Broz, Christine; Hockett, Margaret; White, David – 2002
Part of a series, the purpose of this low-readability/high interest book is to provide instruction and practice in using higher order thinking to develop students' reading comprehension skills. The comprehension skills addressed in the book meet state standards for secondary students grades six and up, and the reading level is fourth and fifth…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Context Clues, Critical Reading, Fiction
