Reading Detective® Rx includes the following genres:
Award-Winning Literature Excerpts
- The House on Mango Street
- The Face on the Milk Carton
- Sarny
- River
- Out of the Dust
- Sing Down the Moon
- Call of the Wild
Stories and Articles
- Mystery
- Humor
- History
- Adventure
Nonfiction Topics
- Science
- Math
- Geography
- History
- Biography
- Inventions
- Sports
The Grades 6–12+ remedial (Rx) level is organized into single-skill units with a concluding mixed-skills unit and provides an introductory lesson for each skill.
Rx activities are "prescriptive" to help under-performing students in Grades 6–12+ improve their comprehension skills. Reading level is Grades 4–6; story content is Grades 6+.
Teaching Support
Includes pretests, post-tests, lesson guidelines, and answers with detailed evidence. Reading and literary analysis skills are based on grade-level standards.
Reading Detective® uses standards-based higher-order thinking activities to develop the analysis, synthesis, and vocabulary skills required for exceptional reading comprehension. Includes reports, lesson guidelines, and answers with detailed evidence. Reading and literary analysis skills are based on grade-level standards.