by Tony Stead

(K-5)
Reality Checks offers insights into why children struggle when faced with informational reading, and gives practical concepts, skills, and strategies that help them succeed. The book covers: how to extract information, how to interpret the information, how to evaluate the information and differentiate fact from opinion, and how to reinforce and extend children`s nonfiction reading skills by working with more visual information, such as maps and diagrams.
(K-5) 260 pp.