Specific Skill Series Starter Set B Author:Richard A. Boning Specific Skill Series has been proven to build comprehension and critical thinking skills. Students who have mastered certain key comprehension skills can use reading as a springboard to broader academic success. This complete reading comprehension program has provided the extensive practice necessary for mastery. This is the 3rd Edition of Spec... more »ific Skills Series to build nine essential skills: Working Within Words, Using the Context, Getting the Facts, Drawing Conclusions, Identifying Inferences, Following Directions, Locating the Answer, Getting the Main Idea, Detecting the Sequence. The combination of short reading passages selected to capture student interest, followed by consistently formatted exercise questions, promotes rapid skill acquisition.« less