Fluence Learning
Writing an Opinion: Buddies that Bark or Purr-fect Pets?
Which animal is best for you—a dog or cat? Why? Engage third graders in an opinion writing assessment that prompts them to read facts about both pets, and then write and decide which pet is best for them.
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Reading Comprehension: Fiction and Nonfiction
This resource is made up of a series of reading passages with accompanying questions. On the first page, learners read the definitions of both fiction and non-fiction. They examine four short selections before writing either fiction or...
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A Chicken's Life
Here is a set of comprehension questions that go with the story "A Chicken's Life." Learners answer each of nine questions by filling in the blank with the correct word then, they complete ten additional comprehension questions that...
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What Makes a Cat a Cat?
Students investigate the lives of pets by videotaping them. In this animal life lesson, students videotape a cat and other pets using school cameras in a computer lab. Students review the footage from the cat and other...
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Analogies
When you understand the relationships between words, your vocabulary and reading skills will increase! Work on a set of analogies with multiple choices for learners to select.
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Reading Comprehension-Grade 2
In this grade 2 reading comprehension instructional activity, students read several short passages, answering 1-3 multiple choice comprehension questions after each. Answers are included.
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On Your Mark, Get Set, Read!
Are your beginning readers trying to build fluency? Use this activity to teach them how to monitor their reading fluency. First they get a sentence to practice with, reading it to their partner once and rereading it silently five times....
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The Great Big Turnip, A Tale from Russia
In this online/interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students read a passage from "A Great Big Turnip: A Tale from Russia" and choose multiple choice comprehensive and correct grammatical answers about it. Students choose 8 answers.
Perkins School for the Blind
Familiar Sounds
To foster concept development and auditory discrimination skills, learners with visual impairments listen to identify a variety of common sounds. The teacher makes recordings of various sounds, including those found in the home, at the...
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The Cat Came Back
In this listening comprehension interactive worksheet, students listen to the song "The Cat Came Back" and fill in the missing lyrics. There are 20 missing words to fill in.
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Pinky and Rex and the Just Right Pet
Young scholars engage in reading comprehension activities for the story "Pinky and Rex and the Just Right Pet". In this reading comprehension lesson, students make prediction drawings before reading the story, create new illustrations...
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Shiloh Chapters 7 and 8
In this comprehension worksheet, pupils read chapters 7 and 8 of Shiloh and complete multiple choice questions. Students complete 10 questions.
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Picture This
Students examine how to create mental images to help them comprehend what they read. They discuss what it means to visualize and they draw a mental picture of what they read. Students draw a picture of what they see in their minds while...
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So and Neither
In this so and neither learning exercise, learners respond to sentences given to them with either the word so or neither at the front of the sentences. Students write 37 sentences total.
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Reading Comprehension
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students answer higher level thinking questions based on thought provoking words in their questions. Students complete 5 higher level thinking questions.
English Exercises
Thanksgiving Story
For this Thanksgiving worksheet, students read a short story about Thanksgiving, answer multiple choice questions, answer true or false questions, and more. Students complete 10 activities.
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Introduce Vocabulary: Grandfather's Journey (Say)
Read Allen Say's classic tale Grandfather's Journey as scholars expand their vocabulary in context (note: this strategy could be done with any text). Wondering what words they will learn here? Although you could easily include...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Sorting (Pluckrose)
Find guidance to introduce math vocabulary in context using Henry Pluckrose's book Sorting. This text is an excellent cross-curricular resource for budding readers. Before starting, review some new vocabulary words: collect, common,...
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Visualize It, Understand It, Remember It!
Young scholars observe and demonstrate visualization exercises to improve their reading comprehension. They discuss how to visualize images, then draw pictures for sentences written on the board. Students read the poem Gumeye Ball by...
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What's the Big Idea? 1
For this recognizing the common subject for groups of words worksheet, students read groups of words and write a good title for each list. Students write 12 short answers.
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Animal Signs
Young scholars discuss the many different types of animal signs that can be used to identify and track animals. They participate in an hands-on activity in which they examine tracks, trails, homes, territory markings, and even "scat"...
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Stone Fox Chapter 1
In this comprehension worksheet, students read chapter 1 of Stone Fox and complete multiple choice questions. Students complete 10 questions.
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Superfudge
In this online interactive Superfudge activity, learners respond to 13 multiple choice reading comprehension questions regarding the Judy Blume book.
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Active or Passive
For this active and passive voice worksheet, students write sentences and choose the correct tense for the active and passive voice. Students complete 3 activities total.