K12 Reader
What’s in Your Cells?
Organelles, cellular respiration, ATP, and DNA. The passage attached to this life science reading comprehension worksheet is all about cells. After reading about diffusion and osmosis, kids answer a series of questions based on the text.
K12 Reader
Customs and Traditions
Here's a two-part reading comprehension instructional activity that asks kids to read a short passage about the customs and traditions of Native American tribes and then to answer a series of questions based on the article.
K12 Reader
Escaping Persecution
Pilgrims, puritans, and Pennsylvania are all featured in a reading comprehension worksheet that asks kids to read a short passage about these early settlers and then to answer a series of questions based on the article.
EngageNY
Building Background Knowledge: Learning About the Historical and Geographical Setting of Esperanza Rising (Chapter 1: “Aguascalientes, Mexico, 1924”)
Set up your class to read Esperanza Rising, by Pam Muñoz Ryan, through a class read-aloud and exploration of the setting. The detailed instructional activity outlines each step. First, class members read over the first few pages and...
Teach It Primary
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Six tasks make up a lesson plan designed to reinforce comprehension and language skills using the poem "The Pied Piper" by Robert Browing. Scholars discuss and define unknown words, identify adjectives and onomatopoeia, review complex...
Mr. Nussbaum
Age of Exploration
An informational text focuses on the Age of Exploration. Scholars read the passage and then answer 10 questions to test their reading comprehension skills.
K12 Reader
Tissues, Organs and Systems
Young scientists are introduced to the connections among cells, tissues, organs, and systems in a life science reading comprehension worksheet that asks them to respond to a series of questions based on the passage.
Have Fun Teaching
Making Inferences (1)
Provide readers with an opportunity to practice drawing inferences by giving them this worksheet. Kids identify the text and author, record a sentence they believe infers rather than directly says, and then write the deeper meaning the...
K5 Learning
The Great Sphinx Statue
Second graders read an informational text passage on the Great Sphinx, and answer questions based on what they read.
Mr. Nussbaum
The Color Green
A two-paragraph informative text takes a close look at the color green. Scholars listen to and or read the passage, then answer five multiple-choice questions. A progress report details learners' performance.
Curated OER
¡No robes los peces!
Your beginning Spanish speakers read the short reading passage about a girl, her cat, and a fish. After reading, have them answer the three multiple choice questions and the one short answer question provided. The answers are on the...
Curated OER
Práctica de comprensión de lectura: La llama
Read about llamas with your Spanish class. They read the short reading passage and answer the six questions that follow. Most of them focus on reading comprehension, but the final question requires higher thinking, as learners are asked...
K12 Reader
Traveling to the Distant West
If you build it they can come. After reading a short article about the impact of western expansion, middle schoolers cite evidence from the article to explain how this expansion forced changes in transportation.
Curated OER
Comprensión de Lectura: Los Castores, los ingenieros de la naturaleza
Read about beavers, the engineers of nature! There's a page long reading passage, a set of comprehension questions, and seven vocabulary words to define. To ensure that your learners are carefully reading the text, have them highlight...
Curated OER
El Girasol
Learn a bit about sunflowers through a short reading passage. Then, read the five reading comprehension questions that follow. On the second page, match the Spanish word to its English translation. On the final page, have your learners...
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
Pesky Plastics: The Problem with Plastic
What can happen to the environment if plastic continues to pollute it? Learners read about the implications of plastic on health, water, and nature in a two-page reading passage. After they finish reading, they work on six comprehension...
Curated OER
Farming: It's a Fact
Understanding where our food and textiles come from is key to understanding business, economics, and the importance of modern agriculture. Learners play a game, read text to determine farm fact from opinion, and itemize a grocery receipt...
Curated OER
People of the Arctic
Read to learn all about the religion and belief systems of the Arctic-dwelling Inuits. This resource includes an easy-to-follow reading passage that is seven paragraphs in length, and five great critical thinking questions.
Curated OER
Using Compare and Contrast Key Words
Compare and contrast while challenging your class with this higher-level thinking and reading comprehension lesson. After observing the teacher model comparing and contrasting bats and birds, learners read passages about two towns. They...
Curated OER
Getting the Most Nutrition from Your Food
Healthy eating is a habit that one can never start too early. Learners in grades five through seven, work through a series of activities and informational reading to understand how to make good food choices. You'll find a full...
Curated OER
Poems: "The Rabbit"
In pairs or on their own, fourth graders read the poem, "The Rabbit." They then answer eight critical-analysis questions, requiring them to make inferences, and interpret the poem's meaning and use of language. The reading passage,...
Curated OER
Freddie la grenouille
Qui est Freddie? Beginning French readers learn about Freddie, a frog who likes to jump, eat, and play with his friends. They read a short reading passage with small picture representations that replace the target vocabulary. Fifth and...
Curated OER
Bond Type
At the top of the page are a reading passage and colorful diagram that depicts the tug-of-war that occurs between bonding molecules due to electronegativity. High school chemists fill in a chart with electronegativity values, the...
Curated OER
Regents High School Examination: Physical Setting Earth Science 2009
Junior geologists address 50 multiple choice questions and 35 short answer questions about the earth system. Plenty of visuals are included for interpretation: diagrams, graphs, maps, photographs, laboratory setups, weather symbols, and...
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