About the Book Help children improve their reading skills with this engaging full-color workbook! Skill Sharpeners Reading contains colorful stories followed by activity pages that practice a variety of reading skills. Ideal for home and classroom use. Book Synopsis Help children improve their reading skills with this engaging full-color workbook! Skill Sharpeners Reading, Grade 4 includes 16 motivating fiction and nonfiction stories followed by activity pages that practice a variety of reading skills. Fiction stories include: "Dick Whittington and His Wonderful Cat""The Three Sillies""An Oregon Trail Diary" Nonfiction stories include: "Penguins, Pelicans, and Puffins""Grandma Moses""Go Fly a Kite" Activity pages include: comprehension questionsa vocabulary exercisea sequencing activity for every story Other skills addressed include the following: main ideaparts of speechsynonyms & antonymsalphabetical ordercontractionsprefixes and suffixes Every Skill Sharpeners workbook now includes a free downloadable Teaching Guide! The Skill Sharpeners: Reading Teaching Guides include: How to Use directions for teaching reading skills and vocabularySample pacing guide to complete lessons and activitiesTeaching suggestions for analyzing textsExtension activities that include graphic organizers, reading journals, and hands-on activities to help children connect their learning 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.