The PATHFINDER Language Arts workbook series—now available for grades 3–8—provides students with guided instruction and strategy-building exercises in order to help them develop essential language arts skills. Reading passages of varying difficulty allow for differentiated instruction.
These workbooks have been designed to address a variety of learning styles and abilities.
PART 1: READING
The first part of each book is devoted to helping students grasp the reading comprehension concepts that are tested most state exams. Lessons explain major concepts including Theme of Central Idea, Context Clues, Purpose for Reading, Author's Purpose, Text Organization, and Literary Conventions.
Instructional sections are followed by 3–6 reading passages. Informal assessment checks ("Checking for Understanding") have been built into the passages to allow teachers to gauge student process while they read and they serve to show the students the importance of critical thinking and evaluating while they read.
Passages are followed by multiple-choice and open-ended questions. Each multiple-choice question is coupled with a brief hint to help struggling students focus on what the question is asking.
PART 2: WRITING
The second part of each book focuses on the writing and editing skills students will have to develop in order to succeed on state writing tests.
Students are introduced to prewriting techniques including Lists, Webs, and Outlines and are shown how to go about getting their ideas down on paper in an organized fashion.
Elements of good writing (including Sentence Structure, Word Variety, Spelling, Punctuation, Openings, Details, and Conclusions) are demonstrated through examples and comparisons with poorly written text.
Each of the three types of writing prompts that typically appear on state tests (EXPLANATORY, SPECULATIVE, and PERSUASIVE) is explained in detail. Students are taught what each of these kinds of prompts calls for are shown how to go about composing strong responses.
Pathfinder English Language Arts 3–8 is also available in ungraded versions for students who are working below grade level. See below for product codes.
Sample Pages
Choose from the following menu to download a PDF of a few sample pages from one of our Grades 3-8 Pathfinder English Language Arts workbooks.
Product Codes for Pathfinder English Language Arts 3–8
To better facilitate the ordering process, please use the following product codes when placing your order.
Grade
Student Code
Teacher Code
3
PTH 2085
PTH 2086
4
PTH 2087
PTH 2088
5
PTH 2089
PTH 2090
6
PTH 2091
PTH 2092
7
PTH 2093
PTH 2094
8
PTH 2095
PTH 2096
Product Codes for Pathfinder Reading Comprehension A–F
Level
Grade Level Equivalent
Student Code
Teacher Code
A
3
PTH 2073
PTH 2074
B
4
PTH 2075
PTH 2076
C
5
PTH 2077
PTH 2078
D
6
PTH 2079
PTH 2080
E
7
PTH 2081
PTH 2082
F
8
PTH 2083
PTH 2084
Prices and Ordering Information
Pricing
15-29 Student Workbooks: $9.95 ea.
30+ Student Workbooks: $8.95 ea.
FREE Teacher's Edition for every 30 copies of a single workbook title purchased
Additional Teacher Editions: $14.95 ea. One may be purchased for every 15 Student workbooks purchased.
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Teacher editions cannot be purchased separately. You may purchase 1 teacher's edition for every 15 student workbooks of the same title.
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Pathfinder English Language Arts