Skill Sharpeners: Reading Grade 5

By Martha Cheney and Daniel W. Palmer

Book Overview

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 questionsa vocabulary exercise for every story

Other skills addressed include the following:

critical thinkinginterpreting graphic informationreading 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

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596730412
• ISBN13: 9781596730410
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 10.8"
• Age Range: 10 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 6