num_pages: 144
description: The mythology of the American frontier comes to life again in Read &amp; Understand, Tall Tales, Grades 3-4 which is populated by bigger-than-life heroes whose incredible exploits hold a timeless appeal for young readers, making them ideal focal points for learning and discussion. This volume features 22 two-to-three-page stories that vary in reading difficulty from beginning third through beginning fifth grade to meet a range of needs. Practice activities for every story a comprehension page and a vocabulary page. There are two pages for practice of skills such as, character analysis and figures of speech that similes, idioms, alliteration, sequence of events, quotation marks, and parts of speech. These exercises challenge students recall details, draw conclusions, make inferences, make comparisons, and consider word meanings.
language: English
title: Read and Understand Tall Tales, Grades 3-4
titlecomplete: Read and Understand Tall Tales, Grades 3-4
ratings_count: 3
publisher: Evan Moor Educational Publishers