Nonfiction Reading Practice Grade 6

Grade 6+, Reproducible Resource Book, Each book in the Nonfiction Reading Practice series contains 20 content-area units presented in a unique format. Each unit has three articles written on the same topic, but at three different reading levels.

"17 topics: social studies, science and health, math, technology and the arts ; 3 reading selections on the same topic at 3 levels ; Comprehension questions are open-ended ; Writing prompts ; Visual literacy pages with photos."--Cover.

Quick, easy, effective activities support standards and help students improve skills they need for success in testing.

All nonfiction is a conversation between writer and reader, an invitation to agree or disagree with compelling and often provocative ideas. With Diving Deep Into Nonfiction, Jeffrey Wilhelm and Michael Smith deliver a revolutionary teaching framework that helps students read well by noticing: Topics and the textual conversation Key details Varied nonfiction genres Text structure The classroom-tested lessons include engaging short excerpts and teach students to be powerful readers who know both how authors signal what’s worth noticing in a text and how readers connect and make meaning of what they have noticed.

Offers twenty-four reproducible passages from "high interest" non-fiction sources, and provides a prereading question to assist students to focus on what they read, along with a standarized practice test for grades six through eight

High-interest, nonfiction articles help students learn about science and social studies topics while developing skills in reading comprehension. Each story is followed by questions that cover main idea, details, vocabulary, and critical reasoning. The format is similar to that of standardized tests, so as students progress through the book s units, they are preparing for success in testing.