Nonfiction Reading Comprehension: Social Studies, Grade 5"High interest, nonfiction articles help students learn about social studies topics while developing skills in reading comprehension. Each story is followed by questions that cover main idea, detail, vocabulary, and critical reasoning. The format is similiar to that of standardized tests, so as students progress through the book's units, they are preparing for success in testing"--Page 4 of cover. |
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Using This Book | 4 |
Meeting Standards | 8 |
Saved by Underwear | 9 |
Living in the White House | 12 |
A Spy in America | 15 |
A Trick to Stop An Attack | 18 |
A State Test | 21 |
The Lost Tomb of the Boy King | 78 |
Two Sets of Records | 81 |
Name That State | 84 |
What the Pads Were For | 87 |
The Army Under the Ground | 90 |
Tea Tales | 93 |
How a Prank Led to a First | 96 |
No Silly Questions | 99 |
LifeSaving Ice in the Hot Desert | 24 |
A Slave Who Wrote Poetry | 27 |
The Emperors Contest | 30 |
The Worlds First Submarine | 33 |
How Earl Knew Not to Invest | 36 |
A Joke for the Cabinet | 39 |
Susan Butcher and the Iditarod | 42 |
Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death | 45 |
The Golden Gate Bridge | 48 |
A Terrible True Story | 51 |
The Swamp Fox | 54 |
The Dust Bowl | 57 |
Shipwreck on Dry Land | 60 |
Translating English to English | 63 |
Houses Made of Nebraska Marble | 66 |
A Daring Escape | 69 |
A Secret Kept Till Death | 72 |
Potato Names | 75 |
In Harms Way | 102 |
When the President Is Sworn In | 105 |
A Man a Name and a Continent | 108 |
Arizona Camels | 111 |
Willing to Face the Mob | 114 |
An American Folktale | 117 |
The Trail of Tears | 120 |
The Brave Engineer | 123 |
Country Neighbors | 126 |
A Swimsuit and an Explosion | 129 |
Reading When You Cant | 132 |
More Than a Sack of Potatoes | 135 |
Funny Name Stories | 138 |
Answer Sheets | 141 |
Bibliography | 142 |
Answer Key | 144 |
Common terms and phrases
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