Skill Sharpeners Reading Gr 4

Description

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

View all Common Core Top Picks for Language and Reading Literature and Informational Text

Skill Sharpeners Reading, Grade 4 provides 16 motivating fiction and nonfiction stories. For example:

Fiction Stories:

• “Dick Whittington and His Wonderful Cat”
• “The Three Sillies”  
• “An Oregon Trail Diary”

Nonfiction Stories:

• “Penguins, Pelicans, and Puffins”
• “Grandma Moses”
• “Go Fly a Kite”                                     

Activity pages include:

• comprehension questions
• a vocabulary exercise
• a sequencing activity for every story

Other skills addressed include the following:

• main idea
• parts of speech
• synonyms & antonyms
• alphabetical order
• contractions
• prefixes and suffixes