Comprehension and Critical Thinking Series - Grade 1

For your Common Core curriculum.
Motivate students with high-interest nonfiction articles from TIME for Kids®. Strengthen comprehension skills and prepare students for standardized tests with follow-up questions. Includes document-based questions for maps, census reports, population reports, charts, graphs, etc., related to the articles. Step-by-step guide builds critical thinking skills and time-efficient activities allow students to practice skills. Correlated to standards of 50 states. Based on McREL standards. Articles, primary source documents, and questions are included as reproducible pages on the CD-ROM. Book has 112 pages plus a CD-ROM.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Windows® 98 or higher, 32 MB RAM, Macintosh® OS 7 or higher, 32 MB RAM.
RL.1.2 Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
RI.1.1 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
RI.1.2 Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text
RI.1.6 Distinguish between information provided by pictures or other illustrations and information provided by the words in a text.
RI.1.7 Use the illustrations and details in a text to describe its key ideas.
RI.1.8 Identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.
RI.1.10 With prompting and support, read informational texts appropriately complex for grade 1.
RF.1.4a Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding.
RF.1.4c Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
L.1.4a Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.