Comprehension Skills: Short Passages for Close Reading: Grade 5

Description

According to the Common Core State Standards, students should be able to read closely to determine what a text says explicitly, make logical references from it, and cite specific textual evidence to support conclusions drawn from the text. Each of the 40 short, fiction and nonfiction passages in this collection includes companion comprehension questions that target these critical reading skills and give students the repeated practice they need to build mastery in identifying main idea and details, using context clues, distinguishing between fact and opinion, and more. Boosts comprehension skills Topics include: context clues, compare and contrast, main idea & details, fact & opinion, inference, predicting, point of view Short, high-interest reading passages. Passages includes test-formatted questions making them ideal for test prep Aligned with the Common Core State Standards Flexible and easy to use as independent practice or as homework Review: Summer gap studies - This is for our granddaughter who was heading into 5th grade and needed to keep learning in the summer so she was ready for school this year. It challenged her just enough to keep her engaged. She felt accomplished and confident for school. Review: Exactly what we needed! - My daughter has struggled with reading comprehension for the past few school years, and this is exactly what we needed to help get her on track! Thank you