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Anne of Green Gables
A passage from Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables provides young readers with an opportunity to demonstrate their ability to identify the main idea and supporting ideas in a paragraph.
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Planets
Readers are asked to identify the main ideas and supporting ideas in a passage about the eight planets in our solar system.
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Easter Reading Comprehension
In this reading comprehension activity, students read a passage about Easter, then complete 4 related questions. Students click on links to access questions and answers.
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Tiffany's Cookies
For this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a passage about Tiffany's Cookies, answer questions about the reading, and design a cookie package. Students answer 6 questions.
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Robert Fulton – Steamboat Inventor
Examine the life of steamboat inventor, Robert Fulton, through reading comprehension worksheet that includes both multiple choice and short answer questions. Then, take part in a word search and write definitions, words, and...
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Who Am I? (14)
What's the difference between a clown and a cashier? Use context clues to infer what each character does for a living in five different reading passages. Kids mark their choices on the space provided.
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Comprehension! The Key That Opens our Minds
Students examine the comprehension strategy of story-grammar. They discuss the strategy and read a variety of texts. Students practice using the story-grammar strategy while reading passages from the texts. They answer questions about...
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Worksheet 4. Reading: The First Woman in Space
In this vocabulary review worksheet, learners read a brief 4 paragraph selection about the first woman in space and answer 10 multiple choice questions pertaining to it.
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The Cowboy
In this comprehension activity, students read the passage called The Cowboy and answer multiple choice questions about it. Students complete 5 questions.
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The Hero
In this comprehension worksheet, students read the passage titled The Hero and answer multiple choice questions. Students complete 5 questions.
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Using a Title to Determine Main Idea (Nonfiction)
Young readers explore a nonfiction text for its main idea. They will listen to the book Animal Sight by Kirsten Hall, and then observe as the teacher models a main idea think-aloud. Later, for independent practice, they listen to the...
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Fly Away Into Reading
Students complete repeated readings of the same passage in order to increase their reading fluency and comprehension. They listen as the teacher reads both with and without fluency to hear the difference. Working in small groups, they...
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Exciting Expressions
Elementary schoolers observe and demonstrate a variety of strategies for reading with expression. They listen to the teacher read A Fine, Fine School with and without expression and discuss the differences. Then in pairs, read the...
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Drama: The New Friends
Reader's Theater is a great way to build fluency, intonation, and dramatic flare. The class reads the theater piece, "The New Friends" paying attention to how they express emotion and feeling as they read. They discuss the use of plot,...
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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...
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The Samovar
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a short passage about using a samovar and write a diary entry about a samovar based upon the reading. Students include how to use a samovar and what it is used for.
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Journey Times Worksheet
In this reading comprehension learning exercise, students read an article about the benefits of cycling and complete six short answer questions based on the information in the passage.
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Reading Comprehension: Antarctica
In this comprehension instructional activity, students read a short passage about Antarctica, then complete 3 short answer questions. Worksheet contains link to additional activities.
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To Sum It All Up...
Learners one main goal when reading is to comprehend, and one strategy to improve reading comprehension is summarization. As students begin reading expository texts, it is vital for them to be able to pick out and summarize the main...
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The Music Concert
Second graders read an informational text passage on music concerts and then answer questions based on what they read.
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Fight for Equality: Thurgood Marshall
Learners read an informational text passage on Thurgood Marshall and his contribution to African Americans' rights, and then answer questions based on what they read.
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Valentine's Day Comprehension
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a short, informational passage about Valentine's Day. Students then answer 4 questions about the text.
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Problem Solving
Second graders read Ronald Morgan Goes To Bat and answer comprehension questions. For this problem solving lesson, 2nd graders recognize that Ronald has a problem and find a solution. Students predict the outcome of the story.
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Author's Voice in Passage
Learners explore author's voice. In this literary elements and reading comprehension lesson, students listen to two poems about snakes (included) and identify adjectives and other descriptive words and phrases that help them determine...