Skill Sharpeners Reading Grade 6+

Common Core Top Pick for Language and Reading Literature and Informational Text

Language

• Conventions of Standard English
• Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Reading Literature and Informational Text

• Key Ideas and Details
• Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

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Skill Sharpeners Reading, Grade 6+ provides 12 motivating fiction and nonfiction stories. For example:

Fiction Stories:

• "Hercules and the Many-Headed Hydra"
• "A Clever Jester Fools a King"
• "The Sausage"

Nonfiction Stories:

• "The Terra Cotta Warriors: An Army of Clay"
• "Animal Partnerships"
• "Deborah Sampson, Revolutionary Soldier"

Activity pages include:

• comprehension questions
• a vocabulary exercise for every story

Other skills addressed include the following:

• critical thinking
• interpreting graphic information
• using a dictionary
• summarizing