For over 30 years, Be a Better Reader has been the premier content-area reading program for students in grades 6-12. The edition features an attractive new design, time-tested skills, as well as updated content from social studies, science, math, and literature. Within each of these content areas, content-specific skills are introduced and reinforced. This proven series is the perfect solution for increasing reading skills in a challenging, comprehensive, and practical format.

Interest Level: 6-12
Reading Level: 4-10

This valuable resource includes:

• Over 30 new selections are included in the program focusing on multiculturalism, current social issues, science, health, literature, and technological breakthroughs, with updated life and school-to-work applications
• At the end of each unit, students apply their new reading strategies to essential life skills such as reading a bus schedule, a paycheck stub, a bank statement, a classified ad, and a job application
• Self-directing, flexible lessons support individual learning as well as group and whole-class instruction
• Cooperative learning tips
• Direct-recall and inferential questions build essential reading and thinking skills
• Teaching strategies
• ESL/LEP notes
• Students learn how to read maps, charts, and graphs to increase their understanding