Hundreds of ready-to-use activities designed to help struggling readers become more confident, fluent readers! This resource includes four sections of skill-specific activities.Section 1 includes 56 high-interest stories, follow-up questions, and cloze reading assessments, along with an Audio CD that reads each story aloud. Section 2 features vocabulary activities like word search puzzles, configurations, and crossword puzzles. Section 3 covers conclusions and inferences through picture matching, sentence matching, and riddles. Section 4 features 10 stories with end-of-line word counts, a fluency chart, and word lists. The 224-pg. resource contains over 200 reading activities, timed reading chart, fluency progress chart, reading levels & word counts chart, words/phrases/sentences lists, and answer key--all included as PDFs on a whiteboard-ready Resource CD. 9 Essential Skills Covered:Building VocabularyDrawing ConclusionsFinding FactsFollowing DirectionsImproving FluencyLocating AnswersMaking InferencesUnderstanding Main IdeaUsing ContextCore Reading Skills includes:6 High-Interest Stories with Follow-up Questions & Cloze Reading Assessments40 Vocabulary Activities29 Conclusions & Inferences Activities10 Fluency Stories with End-of-Line Word Counts14 Fluency Word/Phrase/Sentence ListsReading Level & Word Count ChartsTimed Reading ChartsFluency Progress Chart1 Whiteboard-Ready Resource CD with Reproducible PDFs1 Audio CDThis program is ideal for: Special Education / Special Needs Struggling Learners Students-at-Risk Learning Disabled Remedial Education Differentiated Education