Reading Detective® Beginning includes the following genres:
Award-Winning Literature Excerpts
- The Barn
- Sable
- Dexter
- The Cricket in Times Square
- The Stories Huey Tells
- Sideways Stories from Wayside School
- Chocolate Fever
Stories and Articles
- Mystery
- Humor
- History
- Adventure
Nonfiction Topics
- Science
- Math
- Geography
- History
- Biography
- Inventions
- Sports
The Grades 3–4 (Beginning) level is organized into single-skills units with a concluding mixed-skills unit.
Teaching Support
Includes pretests, post-tests, lesson guidelines, and answers with detailed evidence. Reading and literary analysis skills are based on grade-level standards.
Reading Detective® uses standards-based higher-order thinking activities to develop the analysis, synthesis, and vocabulary skills required for exceptional reading comprehension. Includes reports, lesson guidelines, and answers with detailed evidence. Reading and literary analysis skills are based on grade-level standards.