Nonfiction Reading Comprehension 6- After reading brief nonfiction passages about science, geography, or history topics, students answer multiple-choice and short-answer questions to build seven essential comprehension skills.
The activities target standards in these areas:
main idea
drawing conclusions/making inferences
context clues
ideas and opinions as personal responses to reading
Paperback. 48 pages. Reproducible.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Meeting Standards and Benchmarks
How to Use this Book
Achievement Graph
Practice Passages
A Battle Against Germs
Volatile Volcanoes
Science Passages
The Father of Genetics
Why Do Animals Act the Way They Do?
The Water Cycle
Your Remarkable Body
Sun Storms
Diamonds: The Gems from Deep in the Earth
Geography Passages
Brrr! The Ice Ages
Look Out for Lightning!
Fire Fuels the Cycle of Life
The Census Counts
Terrifying Tsunamis
Lake Erie's Struggle to Survive
History Passages
The California Gold Rush
The Battle of Midway
The Berlin Wall
Let There Be Light!
Satellites
Mexico: Past and Present
Answer Key
With over 100 pages of varied reading comprehension activities, Reading Comprehension 6
allows a child to practice a wide variety of comprehension skills. Six large units with multiple exercises and challenges teach and drill such skills as recalling details, fact vs. opinion, making inferences, adapting prior knowledge, main ideas, generalization, comparing and contrasting, giving directions and creative writing.
Paperback. 128 pages.
Skill Builders
are great tools for keeping children current during the school year or preparing them for the next grade level. A variety of fun and challenging activities provides students with practice and helps introduce basic skills to new learners. This full-color workbook contains appropriate passages and exercises based on national standards for third grade to help ensure that children master reading comprehension skills before progressing. Skill Builders
combines entertaining and interactive activities with eye-catching graphics to make learning and reviewing fun and effective. The compact 6" x 9" size makes this book perfect for school, at home, or on the go. It features 80 perforated, reproducible pages and an answer key.
