Description

Help children improve their reading skills with this engaging full-color workbook!

Skill Sharpeners Reading, Grade 5 includes 12 motivating fiction and nonfiction stories followed by activity pages that practice a variety of reading skills.

Fiction stories include:

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

Nonfiction stories include:

"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! The Skill Sharpeners: Reading Teaching Guides include:

How to Use directions for teaching reading skills and vocabulary
Sample pacing guide to complete lessons and activities
Teaching suggestions for analyzing texts
Extension activities that include graphic organizers, reading journals, and hands-on activities to help children connect their learning

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