Overview
Main description
Energize low-level readers with our series
based on amazing, true stories
- Lower readability series joins the Wild Side/Critical Reading family
- Emphasis is on reading nonfiction
- Critical thinking questions prepare students for state and national tests
The Outer Edge builds on the success of Jamestown’s popular
Wild Side and
Critical Reading series, enticing struggling readers with amazing, strange, and
unbelievable nonfiction, now at a lower reading level. Comprehension
questions reinforce literal understanding, while critical thinking questions
encourage students to speculate about author’s purpose, make inferences,
identify cause and effect, support conclusions, and make predictions. Best of
all, this program is designed to reinforce state reading standards for your most
struggling readers.
- Reading Level 2-4
- Interest Level 6-12
Table of contents
Sample Lesson: Birds at War
Unit 11. The Most Dangerous Animal in Africa2. When Bulls Go Bananas3. A Child’s Best Friend4. Monkey Business in Hong Kong
Unit 25. Pigs to the Rescue6. No Safe Place7. Little Dogs and Big Bears8. Danger in the Sky
Unit 39. Small but Deadly10. The Kangaroo Problem11. A Special Kind of Horse Power12. Don’t Mess with the Gorilla
