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Education5th Grade ELAReading ComprehensionTest PrepEBSR

Teaching Part A / Part B Reading Questions in 5th Grade: The Two-Stage Habit That Lifts Scores

Part A / Part B questions trip up strong readers more than they should. The reason isn't comprehension — it's that students answer Part B without re-checking against their Part A answer. Here's the habit that fixes it.

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Teaching Main Idea in 3rd Grade: The 'Whole Passage Test' That Catches Most Wrong Answers

3rd graders confuse main idea with supporting detail more than any other reading-comprehension mistake. The 'whole passage test' is a one-question habit that fixes it.

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Why Part A / Part B Reading Questions Trip Up 4th Graders (and How to Teach the Two-Step)

Part A / Part B questions are the format 4th graders meet most often on state tests, and the format they trip up on most. Here's why the two-step structure feels harder than it is — and the explicit teaching move that fixes it.