FROM THE PUBLISHER

"Read and Understand, Celebrating Diversity contains biographies, fiction, and nonfiction stories that present the rich diversity of the people of North America. There are biographies of well-known people of various ethnic and cultural backgrounds, stories about adults and children who must deal with disablilties, and stories that provide a historical perspective. Each of the stories is followed by four pages of activities: comprehensionvocabulary an activity that all allows students to connect the story to their own livesa cross-curricular activity

Celebrating Diversity, Grades 4-6 contains 22 stories, including: Biographies￯﾿ﾽJesse Owens, Maria Tallchief, Laurence Yep, Nancy Lopez, and others Fiction￯﾿ﾽAbuelita, The Yellow Stars, V-Mail and Cardboard Shoes, A Letter from the President Nonfiction￯﾿ﾽIndiana Sundays, Freedom Celebration, Dancing to the Drum"

Teachers are always in need of additional reading practice materials. The Read & Understand Series, Stories & Activities provides teachers with a comprehensive resource of illustrated stories and skills pages to supplement any core reading program.