Skill Sharpeners Reading series contains engaging full-color stories followed by activity pages that practice a variety of reading skills. Skill Sharpeners Reading is designed to help your child improve their reading skills.

Skill Sharpeners Reading, Grade 5 provides 12 motivating fiction and nonfiction stories. For example:

Fiction Stories:

• "The Tiger and the Jackals"
• "Old Bragwynn the Pirate" 
• "How Shalbus Egbert Bested the Bear "  

Nonfiction Stories:

• "Tracking Tornadoes"   
• "Silkworms"
• "Joy Adamson: Living with Lions"   

Activity pages include:

• comprehension questions
• a vocabulary exercise for every story

Other skills addressed include the following:

• critical thinking
• interpreting graphic information
• reading with expression,
• analyzing characters