Children will improve their reading comprehension skills and develop vocabulary through short, age-appropriate reading selections that spark readers interest. Designed to develop and reinforce reading comprehension skills, these meaningful practice pages encourage students to read actively. Core Skills: Reading Comprehension has been developed to make reading relevant. Students respond to reading selections featuring situations to which they can relate. Exercises following each selection cover all aspects of reading comprehension and challenge students to apply these skills in context. Students also build test-taking strategies through the multiple-choice format of the reading comprehension activities.