Skill Sharpeners Reading, Grade 3 provides 17 motivating fiction and nonfiction stories. For example: Fiction Stories: – “Shea and the Leprechaun” – “A Mouse Adventure” – “The Story of Little Sparrow” Nonfiction Stories: – “Inuit, People of the Far North” – “Bats” – “Harriet Tubman” Activity pages include the following: – comprehension questions – a vocabulary exercise – a sequencing activity for every story Other skills addressed include: – main idea – parts of speech – synonyms & antonyms – alphabetical order – contractions