Reading Comprehension, Fiction, Grade 3 - Reading Comprehension: Fiction by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers Paperback

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Book Synopsis

Teach reading comprehension skills and fiction genre study to your third-grade students!

Choose from nine units that span fiction genres or use them all!

• Fable
• Mystery
• Folk tale
• Classic fiction
• Fairy tale
• Tall tale
• Poetry and song
• Historical fiction
• Greek legend

Each unit includes:

• Teacher support pages with a lesson plan and objective
• One or two leveled reading selections with illustrations
• Story dictionary with topic vocabulary and academic vocabulary
• Close reading activities, comprehension activities, and vocabulary activities
• Oral close reading activity with questions to help guide students in a discussion
• Genre study activity and literary analysis activity
• Writing prompt activity

Additional teacher resources:

• Comprehensive vocabulary definitions
• "How to Be a Good Reader" resource page for students
• Literary genres chart
• Literary elements and story structure chart
• Overview of texts that includes the reading level, genre, and literary element or story structure

The illustrated reading selections in the grade 3 book are:

• Aesop's Fable: "Country Mouse and City Mouse," Level L
• Mystery: "How Do You Spell Beware?" Level M
• Folk Tale: "The Mitten," Level M
• Classic Fiction: "Rebecca's School Day," Level N
• Fairy Tale: "Never Kick a Slipper at the Moon," Level N
• Tall Tale: "Davy Crockett Escapes a Tornado," Level O
• Poetry and Song: "The New-England Boy's Song About Thanksgiving," Level O
• Historical Fiction: "Lunch with Diego," Level P
• Greek Legend: "Damon and Pythias," Level P

About Evan-Moor

A leader in PreK-8 educational publishing, Evan-Moor has been a trusted partner of teachers and parents for over 40 years. Our mission is helping children learn, and we do this by creating resources that motivate children to learn important skills and concepts across the curriculum while also inspiring a love of learning.