Evan Moor Read And Understand Literature Genres - Tall Tales - Grades 3-4

The mythology of the American frontier comes to life again. 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 2- to 3-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 include a comprehension page and a vocabulary page. There are 2 pages for practice of skills such as character analysis and figures of speech that include similes, idioms, alliteration, sequence of events, quotation marks and parts of speech. These exercises challenge students to recall details, draw conclusions, make inferences, make comparisons and consider word meanings.