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 questionsa vocabulary exercise for every story Other skills addressed include the following: critical thinkinginterpreting graphic informationreading with expression, analyzing characters Every Skill Sharpeners workbook now includes a free downloadable Teaching Guide! Skill Sharpeners: Reading Teaching Guides include: How to Use directions for teaching reading