Reading Skills Chills & Thrills: Spine-Tingling Tales with Comprehension Questions That Help Kids Identify the Main Idea, Draw Conclusions, Determine Cause and Effect, and More; Grades 3-6

Cover......Page 1
Title page
......Page 2
Contents......Page 4
Introduction......Page 5
1. The Bijou Ghost - A Reading for Details Spooky Story......Page 7
2. Love Potion Commotion - A Cause and Effect Spooky Story......Page 10
3. The Next Step:Scare Radio - A Main Idea Spooky Story......Page 13
4. The Toothbrush - A Compare and Contrast Spooky Story......Page 16
5. The Ugly Druckling - A Point of View Spooky Story......Page 19
6. The Horrible Green Creature - A Drawing Conclusions Spooky Story......Page 22
7. The House on Plum Street - An Analyzing Plot Spooky Story......Page 25
8. The Hideous Blob’s Amazing Comeback - A Main Idea and Supporting DetailsSpooky Story......Page 28
9. The Butcher and His Wife - A Making Inferences Spooky Story......Page 31
10. The Three Ghosts of Lucy Bly - An Understanding Character Spooky Story......Page 34
11. Ask Aunt Doty: An Advice Column for the Supernaturally Inclined - An Author’s Purpose Spooky Story......Page 37
12. The Choice - A Making Predictions Spooky Story......Page 40
13. A Really Bad Hair Day - A Reading for Details Spooky Story......Page 43
14. Ratkins! - An Understanding Setting Spooky Story......Page 46
15. Tales From the Telephone: True Horror - An Author’s Purpose Spooky Story......Page 49
16. Problems Facing Young People Today: An Editorial by Maxwell Bile - A Fact vs. Opinion Spooky Story......Page 52
17. The Dirt: A Horror World Gossip Column by Nintenda Flint - A Compare and Contrast Spooky Story......Page 55
18. Nasty Little Monster - A Sequence of Events Spooky Story......Page 58
19. The Ghost Who Didn’t Believe - A Cause and Effect Spooky Story......Page 61
Answer Key......Page 64
Skills Index......Page 65