Strange and Unexplained, Grades 4 - 8: High-Interest/Low-Readability Nonfiction

By Kathryn Wheeler

Hook struggling readers with high-interest, low-readability nonfiction stories using Strange and Unexplained in grades 4 and up. This 64-page book focuses on reading skills, such as determining the author’s purpose, defining vocabulary, making predictions, and identifying details, synonyms, antonyms, and figures of speech. It includes multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, and true/false questions; short-answer writing practice; and comprehension questions in standardized test format. Students stay interested, build confidence, and discover that reading can be fun!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Carson-Dellosa Publishing
• Release date: Aug 26, 2008
• ISBN: 9781604184051

Kathryn Wheeler

Kathryn Wheeler has worked as a teacher, an educational consultant, and an editor in educational publishing. She has taught reading and library skills at the elementary level, as well as writing classes at the college level. She has also published stories and magazine articles for children and short stories for adults. Kate was awarded a Michigan Council for the Arts Grant for fiction. She has a bachelor of arts degree in English from Hope College. Currently, Kate lives in Michigan with her husband, Don.

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