1st Edition

Jacob's Ladder Reading Comprehension Program Nonfiction Grade 3

170 Pages
by Prufrock Press

170 Pages
by Prufrock Press

The Jacob's Ladder Reading Comprehension Program: Nonfiction 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... Read more
Acknowledgments Part I: Teachers’ Guide to Jacob’s Ladder Reading Comprehension Program Part II: Readings and Student Ladder Sets by Discipline Section 1: Science Section 2: Math Section 3: Social Studies Part III: Readings and Student Ladder Sets for Fiction and Nonfiction Comparisons Appendix A: Pre- and Postassessments With Scoring Rubric Appendix B: Record-Keeping Forms/Documents Appendix C: Alignment of the New Nonfiction Jacob’s Ladder Program to the CCSS-ELA Standards About the Authors

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.

The book does an excellent job of shifting the focus to learn comprehension and analysis skills as opposed to students spending a lot of time reading long texts and answering questions about details . . . Offers a wide variety of nonfiction readings on topics most third graders will find interesting.Mindprint Learning, 3/15/17