Did you know that chocolate comes from the fruit of a tree? Have you heard of a moth that sucks blood? Or a plant that eats animals? Do you need a robot to play with your dog? Reading Skills 3A is a collection of nonfiction passages with interactive learning activities, written by children's author Marne Ventura, M.A. and developed by Fred Ventura, Ph.D. This app is the first in the Reading Skills Series published by Ventura Educational Systems.
Reading Skills 3A - Science
Welcome to Reading Skills 3A Science. This app presents twelve high-interest science passages at the third grade reading level. Each passage is followed by three activities to help young readers strengthen their reading skills.
Reading nonfiction is an essential skill for literacy. Reading Skills 3A Science provides fun, exciting information about plants, animals, space and technology.
Reading Skills 3A - Overview
Each passage is followed by three engaging activities based on the following Common Core Standards for Grade 3 Language Arts:
Comprehension
Multiple Meaning Words
Vocabulary
Fact vs. Opinion
Main Idea and Supporting Ideas
Author's Purpose
Drawing Conclusions
Compare and Contrast
Synonyms and Antonyms
Using Text Features
Reading Skills 3A
Engaging Content
Where does chocolate come from? Did you know that there is a blood-sucking moth called the Vampire Moth? What are asteroids? These are just a few of the fascinating topics presented in the reading passages for this app.
As students work with this educational app they will improve and strengthen their reading skills. Each high-interest science reading passage has follow-up activities to help build vocabulary and enhance comprehension.
Using Reading Skills 3A provides three follow-up activities for each of the 12 passages:
Word Fun - is a word game where a clue is given along with the scrambled letters of a vocabulary word from the passage. The challenge for the student is to unscramble the letters to spell the word.
Science Facts - is a activity designed to help improve recall and comprehension. When doing this activity students will read a statement and tap either True or False based on the science facts presented in the passage.
Skills Practice - is a activity where questions based on the selected passage is presented. Students demonstrate their reading comprehension skills by answering multiple choice questions.
High-Interest Reading Passages
Interactive Games and Activities
Features:
High-Interest Science Content
Interactive Activities to Build and Reinforce Reading Skills
Supports Common Core Reading Objectives
Focuses on Learning by Doing Strategies
Engaging Reading Activities Presented in an Open-ended Learning Environment
Reading Skills 3A is designed to help develop and improve reading skills. Using simple gestures students move from one reading activity to another. By either dragging letter tiles or tapping the screen, students improve vocabulary and spelling, demonstrate their ability to recognize the main idea and supporting details. The practice summarizing reading material and in general practice a variety of skills essential for reading comprehension.
The Science Facts activity presents a statement based on the content of the selected reading passage. Students indicate either True or False for the statement by tapping an icon.
Build Vocabulary and Spelling Skills
Students enjoy games. Word Fun is an activity where students unscramble letter tiles to spell the a vocabulary word taken from the reading passage.
Slide letter tiles to spell vocabulary words.
Complete the activity by earning 10 gold stars
Vocabulary words are pronounced.
Comprehension
The Skills Practice activity focuses on a variety of reading skills including finding the main idea, locating supporting details, and determining the author's purpose.
Titles
Understanding informational text is essential to literacy. To help young readers develop this skill, twelve fun, high-interest passages about plants, animals, space and technology, written at the third grade reading level, are presented:
Make Way for Elephants
The Chocolate Tree
The Tail Trick
Plants Strike Back
Eat Your Vegetables
Poor Pluto
Stars and Planets
Float or Sink?
Sticky Feet Space Robot
Robot Friend
Scoreboard
Teachers can use the Scoreboard feature to keep track of student performance as they work their way through all the passages and activities.