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
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