Nonfiction Comprehension Cliffhangers: 15 High-Interest True Stories That Invite Students to Infer, Visualize, and Summarize to Predict the Ending of Each Story [Paperback]

Tom Conklin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2008 | ISBN-10: 0439897386 | ISBN-13: 978-0439897389

This ready-to-use resource contains 15 exciting-and true-stories for kids to read and then write or discuss their predictions about the story's ending. The stories are perfect for building essential reading skills such as making inferences, drawing conclusions, summarizing, and more. Each reproducible nonfiction story comes with a companion teacher page, which includes suggested discussion topics to activate students' prior knowledge, a vocabulary list, and more. Plus, the stories span the curriculum, providing students with valuable reading in the content areas. For use with Grades 4Ð8.

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic Teaching Resources (Teaching (June 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0439897386
• ISBN-13: 978-0439897389
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.2 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,272 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book!, July 12, 2010

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I used these stories once-a-week for read-alouds. The students listened intently to these interesting stories for details as they looked forward to writing their own ending. Whether they worked in small group, pairs, or individually, they enjoyed sharing their predictions and eagerly anticipated the "true" ending from the story. Fiction Comprehension Cliffhangers is fun too.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very interesting and well-written stories, November 28, 2011

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I taught a reading intervention course for 6 - 8th graders, and these stories kept my students' interest. I used about one a week-- kids were generally interested in the topics, and not all stories had predictable endings. Well worth the money. Great collection.

3.0 out of 5 stars OK, but time consuming, February 18, 2012

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This review is from: Nonfiction Comprehension Cliffhangers: 15 High-Interest True Stories That Invite Students to Infer, Visualize, and Summarize to Predict the Ending of Each Story (Paperback)

The story articles in this book are fine, but I was hoping this would be a quick "change-up" or transition type of activity. I find it really takes a bit of time to do well. Because I teach multiple classes within a set time period, I find I do not use this book much because it is too time consuming. If I had a self contained classroom with the same class throughout the day, I could adjust my lesson time or return to the story later that day.