Discover a comprehensive, standalone resource designed to develop and strengthen essential reading comprehension skills, helping your students overcome challenges and become confident, proficient readers.
Discover what distinguishes FOCUS on Reading:
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Targeted Practice for Essential Strategies
FOCUS on Reading provides targeted practice for six essential reading strategies, building a strong foundation in comprehension skills that will benefit students across all subjects.
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Engaging Fiction and Non-Fiction Passages
With a wide variety of captivating fiction and non-fiction passages, FOCUS on Reading keeps students engaged and motivated to read and learn, fostering a love for reading.
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Differentiated Instruction Made Easy
FOCUS on Reading offers multiple levels of difficulty, allowing you to easily differentiate instruction and meet the needs of all learners in your classroom, from struggling readers to advanced students.
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Proven Results and Student Success
By incorporating FOCUS on Reading into your reading curriculum, you’ll empower your students with the tools and confidence they need to become proficient, lifelong readers.
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Seamless Integration with CARS & STARS
While FOCUS on Reading is a powerful standalone resource, it can also be used to complement the CARS & STARS program, reinforcing key strategies and providing additional opportunities for practice and mastery.
Make learning an adventure with FOCUS on Reading!
FOCUS on Reading not only makes learning enjoyable and effective but also builds confidence and nurtures a love for reading among students. Offer your students the invaluable gift of reading with FOCUS on Reading, and watch them flourish into confident and successful readers.
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FOCUS on Reading: Understanding Main Idea & Details
In the "Understanding the Main Idea" of the student book, students will delve into the primary focus or message of a story or passage, starting with how the title often hints at the main idea. They'll learn through direct instruction, guided practice, and 20 Independent Practice Lessons. This comprehensive approach is supported by progress tracking and periodic self-assessments to ensure students can effectively identify and understand main ideas in their reading.
The Teacher Guide for the FOCUS series includes an introduction, detailed explanations of assessments, a research summary with a bibliography, answer keys, sample responses, and reproducible teacher assessments.
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FOCUS on Reading: Understanding Sequence
In the "Understanding Sequence" of the student book, students explore the order in which events occur in a story or passage. They'll learn to recognise the sequence of actions, starting with what happens first, followed by subsequent events. Through direct instruction, guided practice, and 20 Independent Practice Lessons, students will master how to trace and comprehend sequences. This structured learning is enhanced by progress tracking and periodic self-assessments to ensure effective understanding.
The Teacher Guide for the FOCUS series complements this by offering an introduction, detailed assessment explanations, a research summary with bibliography, answer keys, sample responses, and reproducible teacher assessments, all tailored to support teaching the concept of sequence.
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FOCUS on Reading: Recognising Cause & Effect
In the "Recognising Cause & Effect" of the student book, students will explore how events are interconnected through causes and effects. They'll learn that every event can be dissected into two parts: the cause, which explains why something happens, and the effect, which describes what happens as a result. Through direct instruction, guided practice, and 20 Independent Practice Lessons, this approach helps students understand the causal relationships within texts. Progress tracking and periodic self-assessments ensure that students can effectively identify and understand these relationships in their reading.
The Teacher Guide for the FOCUS series supports this learning with an introduction, detailed explanations of assessments, a research summary with a bibliography, answer keys, sample responses, and reproducible teacher assessments tailored to teaching cause and effect.
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FOCUS on Reading: Comparing & Contrasting
In the "Comparing & Contrasting" of the student book, students will learn to identify similarities and differences between two or more elements, such as people, places, things, or events. They will discover that comparing highlights how things are alike, while contrasting focuses on their differences. This book includes direct instruction, guided practice, and 20 Independent Practice Lessons designed to enhance students' analytical skills in observing relationships and distinctions. This thorough approach is reinforced with progress tracking and periodic self-assessments to ensure students can effectively compare and contrast elements in their reading.
The Teacher Guide for the FOCUS series supports this learning segment with an introduction, detailed explanations of assessments, a research summary with a bibliography, answer keys, sample responses, and reproducible teacher assessments tailored to the skills of comparing and contrasting.
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FOCUS on Reading: Making Predictions
In the "Making Predictions" of the student book, students will learn to anticipate future events in a story or passage by using clues within the text and their own knowledge. This involves making educated guesses about what might happen next or later, based on their understanding of the narrative so far. The book includes direct instruction, guided practice, and 20 Independent Practice Lessons that cultivate this predictive ability, helping students engage more deeply with the material. This systematic approach is supported by progress tracking and periodic self-assessments to ensure students can effectively make predictions while reading.
The Teacher Guide for the FOCUS series enhances this learning area with an introduction, detailed explanations of assessments, a research summary with a bibliography, answer keys, sample responses, and reproducible teacher assessments specifically designed to develop students' predictive skills.
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FOCUS on Reading: Drawing Conclusions & Making Inferences
In the "Drawing Conclusions & Making Inferences" of the student book, students will develop skills to interpret information that isn’t explicitly stated in a story or passage. This involves using both the provided details and their personal knowledge to understand underlying meanings and implications. The book includes direct instruction, guided practice, and 20 Independent Practice Lessons aimed at enhancing students' ability to infer and conclude, engaging them in deeper textual analysis. This methodical approach is complemented by progress tracking and periodic self-assessments to ensure students can effectively draw conclusions and make inferences while reading.
The Teacher Guide for the FOCUS series supports this educational focus with an introduction, detailed explanations of assessments, a research summary with a bibliography, answer keys, sample responses, and reproducible teacher assessments specifically designed to foster these critical reading skills.
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Don't let reading challenges hold your students back. Help them thrive with FOCUS on Reading!
Join the educators who've ignited a love for reading in their classrooms with FOCUS on Reading! Watch your students blossom into confident, engaged readers.
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Empower your teachers, inspire your students, and achieve your school's best results yet. Make it happen!
Contact our Client Relationship Manager, Karen Hofmann, at 0439 889 190 or email karen@hawkerbrownlow.com today to bring this highly sought-after, engaging, targeted reading comprehension program to your students and teachers. Additionally, schedule a free professional development session or a visit to your school.
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