Gifted and Talented Reading Comprehension - Bk. 2

The engaging activities in Reading Comprehension are designed to develop children's ability to understand, and build upon,what they read.

Among the many reading skills children will practice are: Using picture and contextual clues to develop word meaning Identifying the main idea in a written passage Ordering the sequence of events in a written passage Predicting reasonable outcomes Drawing conclusions based on inference Activities also promote important critical and creative thinking skills, such as deduction, recall, and elaboration.