In this lesson, students will review about what an inference is and they will use their inferencing skills to help answer questions about small passages. Then students will read the book Larabee ...

However, if we are serious about improving reading – and education outcomes for children at large – we might be better off if we stopped testing reading in third grade rather than started it.

When adjusted to current benchmarks, about 88% of third-grade ... proficient in reading can not only decode words accurately and fluently, but can also comprehend and analyze passages.