The third year

In the third year chapters there is a nice breakdown of a suggested reading program for the third year of school.

• 15-20 min. listening comprehension (shared reading)
• 40 min. reading comprehension (guided reading)
• 15 min. Independent reading

What I really have enjoyed about this book is the breakdown throughout the book of different reading programs for different school years. I think that this would be helpful for teachers that have not taught at that certain grade level before. Towards the end of the book there is a section on how to facilitate a reading comprehension program in the third year. It is a 2 week long schedule and it says everything that you should do throughout the 2 weeks on a book for reading comprehension. It is a great suggestion for teachers to help develop the assurance of comprehension of the text. It breaks the book into parts and each day a part is read and there are questions about what they will read and then what they have read. Then the next day you review what you have read so far and answer questions on what you have read, and make predictions as to what you will read. It sounds pretty basic but for a first year teacher it is a good resource if you don't have experience with that grade level.