Nonfiction Comprehension Cliffhangers: 15 High-Interest True Stories That Invite Students to Infer, Visualize, and Summarize to Predict the Ending of Each Story

by Tom Conklin

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780439897389
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	06/01/2008
Pages:	80
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 10.70(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	9 - 13 Years

About the Author

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