ReadSmart
Cheryl Pavlik
High Beginning to High Intermediate
ReadSmart is a three-level reading skills
series featuring an innovative approach to reading development.
Extensive reading instruction sections, followed by ample
opportunities to practice the target skills, help learners to
read smart.
Features
• Skills chapters present and practice vital reading strategies, such
as predicting from what you already know, and reading skills,
such as skimming, scanning, and marking a text
• Vocabulary strategies, such as recognizing internal definitions,
recognizing common phrases, and using word forms, help learners
read more fluently
• Reading chapters provide numerous opportunities for learners to
practice and apply to target skills and strategies
• Self-evaluation activities make learners aware of the skills and
strategies they use when reading
• A wide range of reading genres, including textbook excerpts, magazine
features, newspaper articles, encyclopedia entries, and
dictionary entries, prepares students for academic reading as
well as reading for pleasure
• A Skills Index is
included at the end of each book
• An optional audio program with recorded reading passages provides expansion
opportunities for teachers
• A Teacher's Manual provides
an overview for the teacher, chapter quizzes, and complete
answer keys
