Promote student engagement and improve comprehension skills by teaching students to make connections between fiction and nonfiction texts. This resource provides high-interest passages, multiple-choice questions, and short-answer activities designed to meet the rigor of today’s standards. Each assessment motivates students to look for textual evidence when answering questions. All units include writing activities linked to higher-order thinking and questioning skills. The writing ideas are designed to incorporate the skills necessary for excellent writing as well as help assess a student’s ability to respond to a written prompt. Correlated to the Common Core State Standards.
- Promote student engagement and improve comprehension skills by teaching students to make connections between fiction and nonfiction texts.
- This resource provides high-interest passages and assessments designed to meet the rigor of today’s standards.
- Each assessment leads student to look for textual evidence when answering questions.
- Each unit also includes writing activities tied to higher-order thinking and questioning skills.
- The writing ideas are designed to incorporate the skills necessary for excellent writing as well as help assess a student’s ability to respond to a written prompt.
- For ages 8.
