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Provides at-home practice that helps students build understanding of physical, life, and earth science. Includes engaging activities from songs, rhymes and hands-on projects to motivate and inspire. Aligned to Next Generation Science and state science standards.
Foster your child's critical thinking skills and see confidence soar! The variety of fun and creative activities in this engaging full-color workbook helps your child develop critical thinking skills and become a better learner. Ideal for classroom and home use.
Skill Sharpeners Reading, Grade 1 provides 14 motivating stories. For example: - Dad and I - Who Can Fix It? - The Missing Mitten - George Washington's Barn Activity pages include a comprehension page and a word family page for each story; rhyming, sequencing, beginning and ending sounds; word meaning; word searches; crossword puzzles; and other appropriate skills.
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 questions - a vocabulary exercise for every story Other skills addressed include the following: - critical thinking - interpreting graphic information - reading with expression, - analyzing characters
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
