1st Edition

Jacob's Ladder Reading Comprehension Program Nonfiction Grade 3, Student Workbooks, Social Studies (Set of 5)

40 Pages
by Prufrock Press

The Jacob's Ladder Reading Comprehension Program targets reading comprehension skills in high-ability learners by moving students through an inquiry process from basic understanding to critical analyses of texts using a field-tested method developed by the Center for Gifted Education at William & Mary. Students in grade 3 will be able to comprehend and analyze any nonfiction reading passage... Read more
Surrender Speech The Fight for the Nez Perce Indian Territory Comparison Ladder for “Surrender Speech” and “The Fight for the Nez Perce Indian Territory” The Struggles of Young Factory Workers in the Industrial Revolution Propaganda Posters and World War II With God’s Help, We Shall Prevail Comparison Ladder for “Propaganda Posters and World War II” and “With God’s Help, We Shall Prevail” Above and Beyond: Doris “Dorie” Miller and Pearl Harbor A New Kind of Snow Day for Students Should Students Be Required to Wear School Uniforms?

Biography

Joyce VanTassel-Baska, Ed.D., is the Jody and Layton Smith Professor Emerita of Education and former Executive Director of the Center for Gifted Education at William & Mary in Virginia, where she developed a graduate program and a research and development center in gifted education. She also initiated and directed the Center for Talent Development at Northwestern University.

Dr. Tamra Stambaugh is the Director of Programs for Talented Youth at Vanderbilt University. She is the coauthor (with Dr. Joyce VanTassel-Baska) of Comprehensive Curriculum for Gifted Learners, Overlooked Gems: A National Perspective on Low-Income Promising Students, and the Jacob's Ladder Reading Comprehension Program.