Read and Understand Tall Tales, Grades 3-4
Teachers are always in need of additional reading practice materials. Provides teachers with a comprehensive resource of stories and skills pages to supplement any core reading program. Books contain from 21 to 23 stories, each followed by four or five pages of activities for practicing reading skills. Each of the stories are followed by activities for practicing reading skills such as: comprehension, vocabulary development, phonetic elements, and word attack skills. The stories and practice materials can be used for directed lessons with small groups or individual students or as independent practice activities in class or at home. The reading levels in each book span several grades to ensure that appropriate material for most all students is provided. A complete list of skills practiced is given in the table of contents for each book. An answer key is provided. Tall Tales has 22 two to three page stories that vary in reading difficulty from beginning third through beginning fifth grade to meet a range of needs. There are traditional tall tales such as Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox, Slue-Foot Sue, Stormalong, John Henry, Mike Fink, Johnny Appleseed, and Davy Crockett, and Joe Magarac to name just a few. There are original tall tales such a Farmer Ted, Jesse O, and Little Sir, the Rooster. practice activities for every story include: a comprehension page, a vocabulary page, two pages for practice of skills such as : character analysis, figures of speech (similes, idioms, alliteration), sequence of events, quotation marks, and parts of speech. 144 pages.
