Quia
Quia: Inferences and Drawing Conclusion
Read a short text and then choose the correct inference or conclusion in this Rags to Riches style game.
Austin Independent School District
Austin Independent School District:teaching Summarization to Struggling Students
A lesson designed to teach learners how to recognize an effective summary. Following the lesson, several practice fiction and nonfiction texts are available in both English and Spanish for grades 3, 4, and 5. Answer key provided. [PDF]
abcteach
Abcteach: Picture Sentences
[Free Registration/Login Required] Reproducible worksheets with colorful pictures that help early readers to practice their comprehension by choosing the correct sentence.
Tom Richey
Slide Share: How Can I Find the Theme of a Text?
Twenty-four slides explaining what a theme is and how it can be identified in a text.
Road to Grammar
Road to Grammar: Reading Practice
Fifty short reading passages, each followed by five comprehension questions.
California Academy of Sciences
California Academy of Sciences: Facial Expressions
Are facial expressions learned or innate? [2:58]
English Club
English Club: Learn English: The Lucky Octopus
A short story about a little Octopus named Ollie who was teased for having only seven legs. A link to vocabulary and reading comprehension questions is available.
English Club
English Club: Learn English: Maxwell Loses a Tooth
A short story about a little boy named Maxwell who lost a tooth at school. A link to vocabulary and reading comprehension questions is available.
TES Global
Blendspace: Space Exploration 5 Paragraph Persuasive Essay
Learn to write a five-paragraph persuasive essay by working through six links to videos, graphic organizers, and activities on space exploration.
TES Global
Blendspace: Ela Theme
A six-part learning module with links to texts, websites, and videos on determining theme.
TES Global
Blendspace: Main Idea
A learning module with six links to images and videos on finding the main idea of a text.
TES Global
Blendspace: Cause and Effect
A sixteen-part learning module with links to images and videos about identifying cause and effect.
English Club
English Club: Learn English: Too Tiny for Tea
A short story about a little boy named Marty who gets tired of being too young to do things he wants to do. Includes audio feature. A link to vocabulary and reading comprehension questions is available.
English Club
English Club: Learn English: The Chickens Take a Holiday
A short story about a Chester Chicken who wanted to take a holiday but soon found out that he was not the only one. Includes audio feature. A link to vocabulary and reading comprehension questions is available.
ProProfs
Pro Profs: Main Idea Practice
This is a five-question multiple choice practice quiz over the main idea; students work with a partner to determine the main idea of each of a set of five pictures.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Cause and Effect
[Free Registration/Login Required] This elementary flipchart explains cause and effect within the context of literature discussion. Activotes provide student interaction and assessment.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Cause Effect
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart discusses cause and effect relationships and presents a variety of activities to help students understand this concept. Activote questions are included in the flipchart.
Can Teach
Can Teach: Storyboard Frames
In this lesson plan students will be able to focus on the main events of a book by drawing a storyboard. Lesson plan indicated for 2nd grade and above.
Other
English learner.com: Reading Comprehension Cloze Test 1
Students read a short passage with nineteen blanks and choose the correct word to fill in each blank. Answers can be checked when exercise is complete.
Other
English learner.com: Intermediate Reading Test 1
Students read a short passage and answer six multiple choice questions to demonstrate comprehension. Each answer is checked when submitted and can be changed if answered incorrectly.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Cause and Effect Context Clues
This lesson introduces cause and effect context clues.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Supporting Details: Anecdotes
Anecdotes are literary tools used to pique interest and engage readers. Used to evoke emotion, anecdotes are best used in the introduction or conclusion. This tutorial focuses on how to use anecdotes appropriately and effectively to make...
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: What's the Main Idea? Quiz
This main idea quiz begins with a page explaining how to find the main idea followed by the self-scoring quiz. Students read short passages and select the main idea. A score sheet is presented at the end of the quiz.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Reading Comprehension 4th Grade Quiz
This site offers a nonfiction reading comprehension quiz in which students read a passage about Abraham Lincoln and answer questions about it.