Description
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