Read and Understand Fiction-Grade 4-6 expands the series to higher grades. Along with the new Read and Understand Fiction-Grade 4-6, it provides teachers with a comprehensive resource of stories and skills pages to supplement any core reading program. Each of the stories are followed by activities for practicing reading skills such as: comprehension, vocabulary development, phonetic elements, and word attack skills.Other skills practiced include characterization, parts of speech, problems and solutions, root words and affixes, synonyms, antonyms, homophones, summarizing information. Read and Understand Fiction has 22 two-page stories that vary in reading difficulty from low-fourth through sixth grade. The types of stories include: contemporary realistic fiction fablestall tales historical fiction folktales poetrySome story titles are: Stormalong Belling the Cat The Fox and the Crow The Missing Grocery Money Journey North Out of Space