Time Families Games

Even struggling readers will find Time Families Games Level 1 and Level 2 engaging with its short passages, multiple choice questions, and illustrations that serve as visual cues. Unique cards feature 2 levels with a total of 400 passages. Appropriate to use with reading groups, small groups, individual students, in centers, or for assessments. Cards reinforce 10 reading comprehension skills.

Skills in Each Level

Each level devotes 20 passages and companion comprehension questions to each of the following skills: Context Clues, Cause and Effect, Details, Main Idea, Story Elements, Sequencing, Predicting Outcomes, Drawing Conclusions, Summarizing, and Fact and Opinion. Reading comprehension skills are featured on large activity cards. Cards feature paragraphs or groups of sentences, followed by questions in standardized test formats. Cross-curricular fiction and nonfiction topics for each skill are relevant to "real-world" experiences.

2 Levels

Levels 1 and 2 each contain 200 reading passages. Passages in Level 1 range from 1.0 to 2.9 Spache readability. Level 2 passages range from 2.5 to 4.0 Spache readability. Passages within each skill progress in difficulty, based on their readability levels. Each level is divided into two boxes and features five skills per box.

Non-Fiction Passages

High-interest topics focus on famous women and men, fascinating animals, sports, places around the world, disasters, safety, the world around us (like clouds, planets, space travel), and technology.

Fiction Passages

Each Level Includes
100 leveled passages and questions, suggested activities, and Answer Key.