Description

Improve your child’s ability to understand what they are reading with these interesting passages about real-life events, one for every day of the month. The passages cover a variety of topics, including famous people, inventions, sports, scientific discoveries, and important historical events that happened within the last 20 years. Each passage is followed by a page of questions that test important reading skills, such as finding facts, identifying cause and effect, distinguishing between fact and opinion, identifying the main idea, making conclusions, making inferences, understanding context, and making comparisons. These passages are perfect for starting the day, as extra practice, as a way to catch up, or as a review of important reading skills. Each question is clearly labeled with the skill it tests, and an answer key is provided. This book is 67 pages long and comes in softcover. It is best suited for students in grades 3-4.