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Explore Puss In Boots

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars listen to a fairy tale "Puss in Boots". Using the text, they answer comprehension questions and discuss them as a class. They discover the story structure and identify the main characters. They also have a chance to share...
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The Water of Life

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars listen to the fairy tale "The Water of Life" by the Brothers Grimm. Using the text, they answer comprehension questions and retell the story to their classmates. They identify the plot and the main characters and role play...
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Ag In The Outfield

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Young scholars explore baseball. This is a cross-curricular plan that includes math, history, and agriculture. Pupils use their five senses to observe the materials a baseball is made from and identify the agricultural products used. In...
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Using "Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears" to Teach Cause and Effect

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students discuss cause and effect relationships and the chain reaction involved before listening to the story "Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears". Students create flow charts to show the chain reactions of causes and effects in the...
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The Long and Short of It: Summarizing Important Details

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students practice their summarizing skills while listening to a brief biography of Amelia Earhart. Students take notes while the teacher reads the article and write a paragraph that summarizes the important events from Amelia Earhart's...
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What's So Important?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students work to develop comprehension strategies. They focus on the five 'w' questions for summarizing: who, what, when, where, and why? Through modeling and guided practice, they apply these questions to summarize several passages in...
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What is The Main Idea

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students will investigate why comprehension is a major goal of reading. To comprehend the meaning of text, students must know certain strategies in order to be successful. Form a topic sentence that captures the meaning of a paragraph...
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Here Ye! Here Ye! Read All About It!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the internet to find articles to read. In this reading comprehension lesson, 4th graders take notes on articles found on the internet. Students use the writing process to summarize the selected articles. 
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What's the Main Idea??

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners determine how to form a simple topic sentence in order to summarize a reading passage to increase comprehension. They apply the strategy to reading a passage from a textbook by writing a topic sentence for paragraphs about the...
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Sum It Up!!!

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students main goal of reading is comprehension. They encounter one main strategy of summarization. They comprehend that summarization is the process of finding the most important information from a reading. Students must follow several...
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Sum It Up

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students write summaries of books to exemplify comprehension of the stories. They create a story web to outline the important details of the story. In groups, students make story webs for separate chapters for the book. After the webs...
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Treasure, Part 1

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this reading comprehension learning exercise, students read a fantasy story about a troll. Students answer 4 multiple choice questions and 3 discussion questions.
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Homes Around the World

For Students 2nd - 4th
As a reading comprehension activity, this short passage about different types of homes could be used in a lower grade classroom. Students often study this topic in social studies, and it could be used as a supplemental activity when...
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Houses

For Students 3rd - 5th
For this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a passage about the different types of houses around the world. They then answer the 10 questions on the page.
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Ice Fishing

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a passage about ice fishing. They then answer the 10 questions on the page.
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Interstate Highways

For Students 4th - 6th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, learners read a passage about interstate highways. They then answer the 10 questions on the page.
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Yellowstone

For Students 4th - Higher Ed
As a motivating reading experience, this passage on Yellowstone National Park should appeal to learners of all ages. This 10 question worksheet has both comprehension and vocabulary activities. It could be used for ESL with older...
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"Sleep"

For Students 4th - 5th
In this reading comprehension activity, learners read a passage about sleep cycles. Students answer 11 multiple choice questions about the text.
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"Television"

For Students 4th - 5th
In this reading comprehension instructional activity, students read a text about the beginnings of television. Students answer 10 multiple choice questions.
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"Tennis"

For Students 4th - 5th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a text about the sport of tennis. Students answer 10 multiple choice questions.
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"Umbrellas"

For Students 4th - 5th
In this reading comprehension learning exercise, students read a passage about the origin of the umbrella. Students answer 10 multiple choice questions about the text.
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"Soda Pop"

For Students 4th - 5th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, learners read a text about the origin of soda pop. Students answer 10 multiple choice questions.
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"Tea"

For Students 4th - 5th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a passage about tea drinking. Students then answer 10 multiple choice questions about the text.
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Beds

For Students 4th - 6th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, learners read the passage titled Beds. They then answer the 10 questions pertaining to the passage.

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