SSYRA 3-5

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So here's a project I've been working on for awhile.  You know how much I love middle grade fiction and this has been something I've been wanting to do and now, YAY!  I have time!  This is a set of comprehension questions for all 15 books for the SSYRA 3-5 list for 23-24.  This year's titles include:
The Area 51 Files by Julie Buxbaum
Bedhead Ted by Scott Giacomo
Better with Butter by Victoria Piontek
The Curse on Spectacle Key by Chantel Acevedo
Glitch by Laura Martin
Good Dogs on a Bad Day by Rachel Wenitsky
Honestly Elliott by Gillian Dunn
The Haunted Mustache by Joe McGee
Odder by Katherine Applegate
The Raven Heir by Stephanie Burgis
Secondhand Dogs by Caroline Crimi
Solimar by Pam Munoz Ryan
Strangeville School is Totally Normal by Darcy Miller
Stuck by Jennifer Swender
Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas

It includes an answer key and summaries of all the books.  They are available as a set of all 15 as a Google Doc and I'm working right now on separating them into single title files as PDFs, just in case Google is mean to you.  You can click on the image to send you to the TeachersPayTeacher page.  




 

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