Concepts covered:
Determine main idea of passages
Identify sequence of details in reading passages
Draw inferences from text
Draw conclusions by choosing salient information from text
Understand vocabulary from context by choosing contextual clues
Increase vocabulary recognition
Differentiate between fact and opinion
Recall facts and details
Write sentences using key words from text to demonstrate comprehension
Understand, analyze, and interpret written materials based on work-related topics
Packages included:
- Developing Critical Thinking Skills for Upper Grades, Sets 3 and 4
Helps students improve reading comprehension.
- Reading Strategies For Career Success, Sets 1 and 2
Sharpens students ability to understand and interpret career related materials.
Concepts covered:
Recognize and practice the elements of essay writing
Use pre-writing strategies
Organize ideas
Write clear, descriptive sentences
Focus writing on a central topic
Support and elaborate on ideas with details and facts
Develop relationships among ideas
Develop and organize paragraphs
Use and understand an effective organizational pattern
Practice proofreading and editing
Identify common problems in writing, usage, and punctuation
Analyze and revise drafts to strengthen writing
Build writing strategies and skills for work-related communication
Packages included:
- Essay Punch
Takes students through the steps of writing an essay.
- Grammar Fitness, Set 2
Helps students master troublesome points of grammar.
- Grammar Fitness For Upper Grades, Set 3
Helps students master more challenging points of grammar.
- Writing For Business
Guides students in writing effective paragraphs useful in the business world.
Concepts covered:
Practice the basics of algebra
Work with formulas
Use operations with integers
Simplify expressions
Solve multi-step equations
Apply algebra to solve word problems
Break down word problems into steps
Relate word problem language to math
Use key words to choose operations and set up equations
Work with real life word problems
Interpret information from graphs
Analyze data tables
Use ratios, proportions, and scales
Packages included:
- Basic Algebra Shape-Up, Sets 1 and 2
Hands-on tutorials that cover integers, expressions, equations, and more.
- Word Problem Shape-Up, Sets 2 and 3
Teaches students how to solve fraction, decimal, and percent word problems.
Concepts covered:
Practice problem solving questions
Develops conceptual understanding of science concepts
Review passages with illustrated content
Covers life science, physical science, earth science, and space science
Packages included:
- Science Reading for College Prep
Sharpens students ability to interpret science texts.
Concepts covered:
Measures concepts from history, geography, civics and government, and economics
Covers comprehension, application, analysis, and evaluation questions
Learn to comprehend charts, maps, tables, political cartoons
Uses U.S. historical documents as source materials
Packages included:
- Social Studies Reading for College Prep
Sharpens students ability to interpret social studies texts.