Teach reading comprehension skills and fiction genre study to your third-grade students!

Choose from nine units that span fiction genres or use them all!

Fable
Mystery
Folk tale
Classic fiction
Fairy tale
Tall tale
Poetry and song
Historical fiction
Greek legend

Each unit includes:

Teacher support pages with a lesson plan and objective
One or two leveled reading selections with illustrations
Story dictionary with topic vocabulary and academic vocabulary
Close reading activities, comprehension activities, and vocabulary activities
Oral close reading activity with questions to help guide students in a discussion
Genre study activity and literary analysis activity
Writing prompt activity

Additional teacher resources:

Comprehensive vocabulary definitions
"How to Be a Good Reader" resource page for students
Literary genres chart
Literary elements and story structure chart
Overview of texts that includes the reading level, genre, and literary element or story structure

The illustrated reading selections in the grade 3 book are:

Aesop's Fable: "Country Mouse and City Mouse," Level L
Mystery: "How Do You Spell Beware?" Level M
Folk Tale: "The Mitten," Level M
Classic Fiction: "Rebecca's School Day," Level N
Fairy Tale: "Never Kick a Slipper at the Moon," Level N
Tall Tale: "Davy Crockett Escapes a Tornado," Level O
Poetry and Song: "The New-England Boy's Song About Thanksgiving," Level O
Historical Fiction: "Lunch with Diego," Level P
Greek Legend: "Damon and Pythias," Level P

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