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 6+ provides 12 motivating fiction and nonfiction stories. For example:

Fiction Stories:

• "Hercules and the Many-Headed Hydra"
• "A Clever Jester Fools a King"
• "The Sausage"

 Nonfiction Stories:

• "The Terra Cotta Warriors: An Army of Clay"
• "Animal Partnerships"
• "Deborah Sampson, Revolutionary Soldier"

Activity pages include:

• comprehension questions
• a vocabulary exercise for every story

Other skills addressed include the following:

• critical thinking
• interpreting graphic information
• using a dictionary
• summarizing