Skill Sharpeners Reading series contains engaging full-color stories followed by activity pages that practice a variety of reading skills. Skill Sharpeners Reading is designed to help your child improve his or her reading skills.

Language
Conventions of Standard English
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Reading Literature and Informational Text
Key Ideas and Details
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

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

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