Table of Contents
Reading Comprehension
in Varied Subject Matter
Building Comprehension Skills Across the Content Areas
Grades 2–11
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Reading Comprehension
LEVEL 1
in Varied Subject Matter
CONTENTS
subject: combined subjects
Selection 1 — Theme: The World of Then and Now
COLOR IN OUR LIVES—YESTERDAY AND TODAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Selection 2 — Theme: Communication
DRAMA AT SEAF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Selection 3 — Theme: Transportation
DOLPHINS TO THE RESCUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
subject: social studies
Selection 4 — Theme: What America Means: Traditions and Symbols
THE WHITE HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Selection 5 — Theme: Great Americans
SALLY RIDE—FIRST U.S. WOMAN IN SPACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Selection 6 — Theme: Human Relations
A FAMILY TRAGEDY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Selection 7 — Theme: Human Feats
THE CONQUEST OF EVEREST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Selection 8 — Theme: Stories with Something to Say
HANK VISCARDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
subject: science
Selection 9 — Theme: What Is the Biggest?
WHICH IS THE TALLEST MOUNTAIN? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Selection 10 — Theme: The World around Us
THE COLOR OF THE SKY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Selection 11 — Theme: World of Animals, Insects, and Reptiles
THE IMPORTANCE OF COLOR TO CREATURES OF NATURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Selection 12 — Theme: World of Water, Sea, and Fish
A LESSON FROM THE SEA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Selection 13 — Theme: World in the Sky
LIGHTNING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
subject: philosophy, logic, and math
Selection 14 — Theme: What Do You Think?
THE FIRST WOMAN TO SAIL THE ATLANTIC ALONE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Selection 15 — Theme: The Why and How of It
WHAT MAKES COLOR? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Selection 16 — Theme: Life and Its Meaning
ANNABEL LEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Selection 17 — Theme: How about That?
SECRET CODES: PLAYING WITH MATH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Selection 18 — Theme: Figuring the Facts
A TWISTED WORLD OF ONE-SIDED FIGURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
subject: literature and language
Selection 19 — Theme: Myth, Folklore, and Fantasy
TALES ABOUT DOLPHINS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Selection 20 — Theme: Rhythm, Repetition, and Sound
THE CREMATION OF SAM MCGEE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Selection 21 — Theme: How Others Have Described It—Houses and Homes
THE HOUSE OF GOLD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Selection 22 — Theme: Words, Words, Words
CREATING A MOOD WITH COLOR AND SOUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Selection 23 — Theme: Different Literary Forms and Styles—Autobiography
LIVING IN SPACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
subject: the arts
Selection 24 — Theme: Saying It through the Arts
ESKIMO CARVING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Selection 25 — Theme: Personalities in the Arts
INVENTORS OF MODERN ART . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
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