The goal of this book is to help children improve their skills in both reading and comprehension on a daily basis.
The more experience a child has with reading, the stronger his or her reading and problem- solving skills will become.
Daily Warm Ups: Reading (Grade 3) is composed of passages that provide both factual and fictional material.
Questions that follow are based on Bloom’s Taxonomy, higher-level thinking skills, and national standards that are required for grade three learners. Using this book in your daily routine will boost children’s reading and comprehension scores significantly.
Nonfiction and Fiction
Daily Warm-Ups: Reading (Grade 3) is divided into two sections: fiction (narrative) and nonfiction (expository).
Each of the two sections is divided into five categories. The nonfiction section includes the following: animals, biographies, American history, science, and current events.
The fiction section includes the following: fairy tales and folklore, historical fiction, contemporary realistic fiction, mystery/adventure/suspense, and fantasy.
Because understanding both types of literature is extremely important to our students’ success, exposure to both fiction and nonfiction reading is essential. Questions which follow the passages are strategically written to address concepts and strategies that are required nationwide.
Comprehension Questions
Comprehension is the most important goal of any reading assignment. Students who comprehend what they read perform better in class, score higher on tests, and perform tasks in life more confidently.
Questions that follow the reading passages are written to encourage students to recognize structure of the text, visualize, summarize, learn new vocabulary, and implement strategies for breaking words into parts for better comprehension.
Reading skills used in Daily Warm-Ups: Reading (Grade 3) can also be found in scope and sequence charts across the nation. Different types of questions are written to help students become more confident in the following:
s #OMPARINGCONTRASTING
s 2ECOGNIZING FACTSOPINIONS
s 3YNONYMS
s !UTHOR PURPOSE
s !NTONYMS
s 2ECOGNIZING MAIN IDEA
s 7ORD STRUCTURE
s 5NDERSTANDING VOCABULARY
s 2ECALLING DETAILS
s 3IMILES
s -AKING INFERENCES
s )DIOMS
s $RAWING CONCLUSIONS
s $ESCRIBING CHARACTER TRAITS
Each of the reading passages in Daily Warm-Ups: Reading (Grade 3) varies in difficulty to meet the various reading levels of your students. The passages have been categorized as follows: below grade level, at grade level, and above grade level. (See Leveling Chart on page 175.)
Record Keeping
Use the tracking sheet on page 6 to record which warm-up exercises you have given to your students.
Or, distribute copies of the sheet for students to keep their own records. Use the certificate on page 176 as you see fit.
You can use the certificate as a reward for students completing a certain number of warm-up exercises. Or, you may choose to distribute the certificates to students who complete the warm-up exercises with 100% accuracy.
How to Make the Most of This Book
Here are some simple tips, which you may have already thought of, already implemented, or may be new to you. They are only suggestions to help you make your students as successful in reading as possible.
