Nonfiction Comprehension Cliffhangers, Grades 4-8: 15 High-Interest True Stories That Invite Students to Infer, Visualize, and Summarize to Predict th - Paperback

by Tom Conklin (Author)

This ready-to-use resource contains 15 exciting-and true-stories for kids to read and then write or discuss their predictions about the story's ending. The stories are perfect for building essential reading skills such as making inferences, drawing conclusions, summarizing, and more. Each reproducible nonfiction story comes with a companion teacher page, which includes suggested discussion topics to activate students' prior knowledge, a vocabulary list, and more. Plus, the stories span the curriculum, providing students with valuable reading in the content areas. For use with Grades 4-8.

Author Biography

Tom Conklin in a New Jersey-based writer who writes for children and teachers. This is his third Scholastic Teaching Resources book.