Series:

SPECIFIC SKILLS

11 total works

Cover of Specific Skills Series, Placement Tests Package
The Specific Skills Series has been proven to build comprehension skills successfully for more than 25 years. Students who have mastered certain key comprehension skills can use reading as a springboard to broader academic success. This complete reading comprehension program has provided the extensive practice necessary for mastery. The Fifth Edition of Specific Skills Series uses updated reading selections and contemporary artwork to build nine essential skills:
  • Working Within Words
  • Using the Context
  • Getting the Facts
  • Drawing Conclusions
  • Identifying Inferences
  • Following Directions
  • Locating the Answer
  • Getting the Main Idea
  • Detecting the Sequence

The combination of short reading passages selected to capture student interest, followed by consistently formatted exercise questions, promotes rapid skill acquisition.

Cover of Preparatory Level Starter Set

Preparatory Level Starter Set

by McGraw Hill

Published 16 November 1996
Specific Skill Series has been proven to build comprehension skills successfully for more than 25 years. Students who have mastered certain key comprehension skills can use reading as a springboard to broader academic success. This complete reading comprehension program has provided the extensive practice necessary for mastery. The Fifth Edition of Specific Skills Series uses updated reading selections and contemporary artwork to build nine essential skills:
  • Working Within Words
  • Using the Context
  • Getting the Facts
  • Drawing Conclusions
  • Identifying Inferences
  • Following Directions
  • Locating the Answer
  • Getting the Main Idea
  • Detecting the Sequence

The combination of short reading passages selected to capture student interest, followed by consistently formatted exercise questions, promotes rapid skill acquisition.

Cover of Specific Skills Series, Getting the Main Idea, Prep Level
SRA Specific Skill Series for Language Arts and Reading use high-interest, engaging reading selections and targeted practice exercises that appeal to students of different ages, interests, and ability levels. SRA Specific Skill Series instills key comprehension skills through extensive practice in one skill area at a time. Specific Skill Series for Reading include extensive practice in nine essential reading skills. Using a balance of fiction and nonfiction reading selections, the programs expose students to a variety of reading styles and keep them engaged with current topics and high-interest content that often relates to other curricular areas. SRA Specific Skill Series instills key comprehension skills through extensive practice in one skill area at a time. The nine essential skills developed in the programs include: • Using Phonics / Word Study • Comparing & Contrasting • Identifying Cause & Effect • Finding Details • Identifying Fact & Opinion • Getting the Main Idea • Drawing Conclusions • Sequencing • Making Inferences

Cover of Specific Skills Series, Identifying Cause & Effect, Book G
SRA Specific Skill Series for Language Arts and Reading use high-interest, engaging reading selections and targeted practice exercises that appeal to students of different ages, interests, and ability levels. SRA Specific Skill Series instills key comprehension skills through extensive practice in one skill area at a time. Specific Skill Series for Reading include extensive practice in nine essential reading skills. Using a balance of fiction and nonfiction reading selections, the programs expose students to a variety of reading styles and keep them engaged with current topics and high-interest content that often relates to other curricular areas. SRA Specific Skill Series instills key comprehension skills through extensive practice in one skill area at a time. The nine essential skills developed in the programs include: • Using Phonics / Word Study • Comparing & Contrasting • Identifying Cause & Effect • Finding Details • Identifying Fact & Opinion • Getting the Main Idea • Drawing Conclusions • Sequencing • Making Inferences

Cover of Specific Skills Series, Getting the Main Idea, Book F

Cover of Specific Skill Series, Finding Details Book D

Cover of Specific Skills Series, Identifying Fact & Opinion, Book A
SRA Specific Skill Series for Language Arts and Reading use high-interest, engaging reading selections and targeted practice exercises that appeal to students of different ages, interests, and ability levels. SRA Specific Skill Series instills key comprehension skills through extensive practice in one skill area at a time. Specific Skill Series for Reading include extensive practice in nine essential reading skills. Using a balance of fiction and nonfiction reading selections, the programs expose students to a variety of reading styles and keep them engaged with current topics and high-interest content that often relates to other curricular areas. SRA Specific Skill Series instills key comprehension skills through extensive practice in one skill area at a time. The nine essential skills developed in the programs include: • Using Phonics / Word Study • Comparing & Contrasting • Identifying Cause & Effect • Finding Details • Identifying Fact & Opinion • Getting the Main Idea • Drawing Conclusions • Sequencing • Making Inferences

Cover of Specific Skills Series, Using Phonics/Using Word Study, Book G
SRA Specific Skill Series for Language Arts and Reading use high-interest, engaging reading selections and targeted practice exercises that appeal to students of different ages, interests, and ability levels. SRA Specific Skill Series instills key comprehension skills through extensive practice in one skill area at a time. Specific Skill Series for Reading include extensive practice in nine essential reading skills. Using a balance of fiction and nonfiction reading selections, the programs expose students to a variety of reading styles and keep them engaged with current topics and high-interest content that often relates to other curricular areas. SRA Specific Skill Series instills key comprehension skills through extensive practice in one skill area at a time. The nine essential skills developed in the programs include: • Using Phonics / Word Study • Comparing & Contrasting • Identifying Cause & Effect • Finding Details • Identifying Fact & Opinion • Getting the Main Idea • Drawing Conclusions • Sequencing • Making Inferences

Cover of Specific Skills Series, Sequencing, Picture Level
SRA Specific Skill Series for Language Arts and Reading use high-interest, engaging reading selections and targeted practice exercises that appeal to students of different ages, interests, and ability levels. SRA Specific Skill Series instills key comprehension skills through extensive practice in one skill area at a time. Specific Skill Series for Reading include extensive practice in nine essential reading skills. Using a balance of fiction and nonfiction reading selections, the programs expose students to a variety of reading styles and keep them engaged with current topics and high-interest content that often relates to other curricular areas. SRA Specific Skill Series instills key comprehension skills through extensive practice in one skill area at a time. The nine essential skills developed in the programs include: • Using Phonics / Word Study • Comparing & Contrasting • Identifying Cause & Effect • Finding Details • Identifying Fact & Opinion • Getting the Main Idea • Drawing Conclusions • Sequencing • Making Inferences

Cover of Specific Skills Series, Assessment Book
Specific Skills Series Assessment Book The purpose of the Specific Skills for Reading Assessment Book aids teachers in assessing and properly placing students within the Specific Skills for Reading program. The skills tested are Identifying Cause and Effect, Comparing and Contrasting, Drawing Conclusions, Identifying Fact and Opinion, Finding Details, Getting the Main Idea, Making Inferences, Sequencing and Phonics. There are three levels of tests: Primary (Levels Pre-1—3), Intermediate (Levels 4—6) and Advanced (Levels 7—8).

The tests consist of selections and multiple choice questions similar to those found in individual units within the series. Reproducible Blackline answer sheets are included in the back of the book along with the Student Performance Profile, giving the teacher a cumulative record of each student’s progress.

Cover of Specific Skill Series for Reading, Identifying Fact & Opinion, Book F