Skill Sharpeners: Reading Grade 5 - Paperback

by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers (Author)

Skill Sharpeners Reading, Grade 5 provides 12 motivating fiction and nonfiction stories. For example:

Fiction Stories:

• "The Tiger and the Jackals"
• "Old Bragwynn the Pirate"
• "How Shalbus Egbert Bested the Bear"

Nonfiction Stories:

• "Tracking Tornadoes"
• "Silkworms"
• "Joy Adamson: Living with Lions"

Activity pages include:

• comprehension questions
• a vocabulary exercise for every story

Other skills addressed include the following:

• critical thinking
• interpreting graphic information
• reading with expression,
• analyzing characters

Every Skill Sharpeners workbook now includes a free downloadable Teaching Guide! Skill Sharpeners: Reading Teaching Guides include:

• How to Use directions for teaching reading