Rise & Shine Sol Prep Grade 2 Reading Comprehension

Rise & Shine Sol Prep Grade 2 Reading Comprehension
Author: Jonathan D. Kantrowitz
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2014-05-08
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781499378870

The Rise & Shine SOL Prep Reading Comprehension workbooks provide hours of practice that will give your students the skills and confidence they'll need to face Virginia's Standards of Learning exams. Each question is aligned to the Virginia standards for reading. The passages have been designed to match the format and content that students can expect to see on Virginia's assessment tests. Each of our grades 2-8 titles also offers a guided introductory section designed to help students learn strategies to succeed on assessment tests. A variety of grade-level-appropriate fiction, nonfiction, and poetry passages are each coupled with multiple-choice and open-ended questions. In grades 5-8, students will find some passages about Virginia, as well as general interest passages. Teacher editions include extensive test-specific introductory guides and show correct and suggested answers for each of the questions asked, as well as the targeted skill for those questions. Our new reading comprehension books are even more effective test preparation tools than ever before!

501 Critical Reading Questions

501 Critical Reading Questions
Author:
Publisher: Learning Express (NY)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781576855102

Presents five hundred-one critical reading questions to prepare for the SAT I and other tests and includes skill builders on different subject matter such as U.S. history and politics, arts and humanities, health and medicine, literature and music, sports, science, and social studies.

Flying Lessons & Other Stories

Flying Lessons & Other Stories
Author: Ellen Oh
Publisher: Yearling
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2018-08-14
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 110193462X

Whether it is basketball dreams, family fiascos, first crushes, or new neighborhoods, this bold short story collection—written by some of the best children’s authors including Kwame Alexander, Meg Medina, Jacqueline Woodson, and many more and published in partnership with We Need Diverse Books—celebrates the uniqueness and universality in all of us. "Will resonate with any kid who's ever felt different—which is to say, every kid." —Time Great stories take flight in this adventurous middle-grade anthology crafted by ten of the most recognizable and diverse authors writing today. Newbery Medalist Kwame Alexander delivers a story in-verse about a boy who just might have magical powers; National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson spins a tale of friendship against all odds; and Meg Medina uses wet paint to color in one girl’s world with a short story that inspired her Newbery award-winner Merci Suárez Changes Gear. Plus, seven more bold voices that bring this collection to new heights with tales that challenge, inspire, and celebrate the unique talents within us all. AUTHORS INCLUDE: Kwame Alexander, Kelly J. Baptist, Soman Chainani, Matt de la Peña, Tim Federle, Grace Lin, Meg Medina, Walter Dean Myers, Tim Tingle, Jacqueline Woodson “There’s plenty of magic in this collection to go around.” —Booklist, Starred “A natural for middle school classrooms and libraries.” —Kirkus Reviews, Starred “Inclusive, authentic, and eminently readable.” —School Library Journal, Starred “Thought provoking and wide-ranging . . . should not be missed.”—Publishers Weekly, Starred “Read more books by these authors.” —The Bulletin, Starred

The Sun Does Shine

The Sun Does Shine
Author: Anthony Ray Hinton
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2018-03-27
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1250124719

"A powerful, revealing story of hope, love, justice, and the power of reading by a man who spent thirty years on death row for a crime he didn't commit"--

Soltra the Stone Charmer

Soltra the Stone Charmer
Author: Adam Blade
Publisher: Orchard Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781846169908

Tom's quest to collect the golden armour takes him to his home village, which is being terrorised by Soltra the Stone Charmer. Can he defeat this fearsome beast and free the frightened villagers? Or will he join her victims and be turned to stone himself? (from back cover).

Read to Your Bunny

Read to Your Bunny
Author: Rosemary Wells
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1999-08
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780613169967

In this rhyming story from the best-selling author and illustrator, parents and children are invited to read together every day and encouraged to remember that if you read to your bunny often, your bunny will read to you

The Giver

The Giver
Author: Lois Lowry
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2014
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 054434068X

The Giver, the 1994 Newbery Medal winner, has become one of the most influential novels of our time. The haunting story centers on twelve-year-old Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory does he begin to understand the dark, complex secrets behind his fragile community. This movie tie-in edition features cover art from the movie and exclusive Q&A with members of the cast, including Taylor Swift, Brenton Thwaites and Cameron Monaghan.