Carson Dellosa The 100 Series Reading Comprehension 7th Grade and 8th Grade Workbook, Nonfiction and Fiction Passages, Poetry, Reproducible Activities, Classroom or Homeschool Curriculum (Volume 22)

I use this for homework for SIXTH grade and am extremely happy with the practice it provides my students in underlining, context clues, inference, and summarizing. I purposely went a grade above their level to present a little challenge. There is one section on poetry (lyric, odes, etc) I won't use for homework because it doesn't provide enough depth of information for students to feel confident of their answers. Each assignment has one page of text and one page of related questions which range from multiple choice, yes or no, to short answer and summarizing. I do each assignment to familiarize myself with the challenges the material may present to the kids which cuts down on homework review time. I can quickly point to the area that would have answered their question. Just a quick check of the answers and discussion of any problems provides immediate feedback to the kids. They get to practice test taking skills in the comfort of their homes with no time limits. I would say the average kid can complete the assignment in about 15-20 minutes. The non-fiction topics are interesting (The Irish Famine, Pirates, Mummies...) and provide a nice, consistent pattern for homework expectations from one of their five classes.

I really like this book I think it would pair well with a dictionary for homeschool reading because it does include words that seem like spelling words to learn...I love how this book has variety and has many multiple choice answers..it's not at all over whelming...good purchase.

This book is not stresses reading comprehension, but has taught my child about some factual historic accounts. There are multiple choice questions about the stories as well as questions that require the child to write summaries and character assessments. This book is great for my older child because the stories are fit for her reading level as well as introduce reading non-fiction such as biographies. I use this as a weekly resource in conjunction with our homeschool curriculum.

Well was about 3 weeks didn't get it so I notified them and they sent me another one in place of it I explained to them I was homeschooling my daughter and needed it was about to run out of material got the 2nd one a week later. I never received the first one guess it got lost in mail at any rate things like this happens. I was well pleased with the book it has more pages than I thought which was a good thing. It was worth the wait and they was nice enough to replace the lost one. This was exactly what I wanted. I also looked over the book and this is what she needed for her reading comprehension she is Dyslexia and it is so great to find something that will help her, and she loves the stories and they are just at right amount of reading not to long to keep her focused and interested.

I homeschool my 13 yr old a couple days a week, and was extremely pleased to come across this Reading Comprehension workbook. My 8th grader has Dyslexia and I have found this to be an excellent tool for us to read very interesting and engaging stories, that involve Social Studies, Science, History, Geography, fiction, non-fiction and poetry, literary classics, etc. I have personally noticed that by working with my child, this book has enhanced my student's reading comprehension. We both look forward to the entertaining topics that motivate to learn. This book is helping strengthen reading skills. Dyslexia can be challenging, but with tools such as this, I see reading fluency improve and a deeper knowledge developing. I am very pleased with my purchase and highly recommend!

My rising 8th grader is doing summer review work. She completed the book but she is reading the stories in the book again because she loves the stories. She likes them because they are quirky facts that are interesting. For example: why are prairie dogs called prairie dogs? The answer is in the story. Also, the answers are in the back of the book so if your child does not cheat, this book could be a self teaching too that happens to be entertaining. Level wise, my daughter tells me it is geared towards advanced 6th and 7th grade levels. So as a rising 8th grader, this is a good review material.

I bought this to help tutor one of my 8th grade students who was at a fairly low reading level. He started out the trimester really struggling in all of his classes, but especially English, Social Studies, and Science. This was a great help, because each lesson has engaging stories and focused skill practice. The table of contents lists what skill the student will practice on each lesson, so you can pick and choose the skills you want to focus on for more direct practice. After using this book for a few weeks, my 8th grader saw a significant improvement in his grades across the board.

We have an older version of this book and I ordered this newer one hoping it would get my son through the school year. He found that many of the stories were the same as the ones in the blue book. Some stories are new, but not all. I am also disappointed about this obsession Common Core aligned reading books have with finding the main idea of the story or paragraph and how many times this book asks that question. It's a great way to bore kids to tears, but not a good way to engage kids in reading. My son enjoys reading the stories, but I wish the publisher had been a little more inventive with how to entice students to interact with the story.

This is a very useful book for 7 and 8 graders.

Awesome!

Super! alles in Ordnung. Zufrieden.