Harcourt Family Learning Drawing upon different strategies, such as understanding context and making inferences, helps a reader to better understand a text. This workbook teaches a variety of concepts to enable readers to gain essential comprehension skills. Harcourt Family Learning Workbooks are a comprehensive line of workbook developed through a partnership with Harcourt, a leading educational publisher. Based on national teaching standards, these workbooks provide complete practice in math, reading, and other key subject areas.