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Picture This: Visualization

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders practice visualizing and understanding that visualization is an important comprehension strategy. They share their visualization of the story, "All the Places to Love", through original artwork.
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The Euglena

For Students 8th - 9th
In this comprehension worksheet, students read a page about the unicellular organisms called euglena and complete 10 short answer questions.
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Critical Thinking Strategies

For Teachers K - 12th
Students explore critical thinking strategies. In this critical thinking lesson, students evaluate multiple choice answers. Students note similarities between incorrect answers and discover how to compare and contrast incorrect and...
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Trouble with Trolls

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read Trouble with Trolls. In this author/illustrator instructional activity, 2nd graders read a story and discuss their favorite parts. Students make predictions and connections to the book. 
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Dia de Los Muertos

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students construct concept maps after reading an article. In this Dia de Los Muertos lesson, students read about the celebration in Spanish and create concept maps explaining what they learned. Students share with their peers.
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Miley Cyrus Quits Twitter

For Students 6th
In this Miley Cyrus quits Twitter instructional activity, 6th graders read or listen to a passage, discuss 5 warm up exercises, answer 30 pre-reading, while reading and post-reading questions included fill ins, synonyms, matching,true...
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We Wish You a Merry Something, America

For Students 8th
In this we wish you a merry something, America worksheet, 8th graders read or listen to a paragraph explaining that the term merry Christmas is not politically correct in America.  Students discuss 4 warm up topics, complete pre-reading,...
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FIFA World Cup 2010 Spain vs. Switzerland

For Students 7th
In this FIFA World Cup 2010 Spain vs. Switzerland worksheet, 7th graders listen to or read about the game, then fill in 10 blanks, correctly spell 10 scrambled letters, unscramble 10 sentences, complete a survey and write discussion...
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What Can I Do...?

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this place vocabulary worksheet, students read the terms for each example and write a short sentence describing what can be done in each of the places.
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Regents High School Examination Comprehensive Examination in English Session Two (2008)

For Teachers 9th - 11th
In this Regents High School Comprehensive Examination worksheet, pupils read a poem and an excerpt from an autobiography and answer comprehension questions.  Students then write a unified essay  based on both passages.
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Regents High School Comprehensive Examination English Session One

For Teachers 8th - 10th
In this Regents High School Comprehensive Examination worksheet, students listen to a passage and answer ten multiple choice questions to check comprehension.  Students then complete an essay response.
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Regents High School Comprehensive Examination in English Session Two (2007)

For Teachers 7th - 9th
In this Regents High School Comprehensive Examination worksheet, students listen to two passages and answer ten multiple choice questions to check comprehension.  Students then complete an essay response based on both passages.
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Regents High School Examination Comprehensive Examination in English Session One (2006)

For Teachers 8th - 10th
In this Regents High School Comprehensive Examination worksheet, students listen to a passage and answer ten multiple choice questions to check comprehension.  Students then complete an essay response.
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Regents High School Comprehensive Examination in English Session Two (2005)

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Int this Regents High School English Comprehensive Examination students read passages from a short story and a poem and write an essay based on both passages.
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Regents High School Examination Comprehensive Examination English Session One (2005)

For Teachers 8th - 10th
In this Regents High School Comprehensive Examination worksheet, students listen to a passage and answer ten multiple choice questions to check comprehension.  Students then complete an essay response.
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Arthur Meets the President

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars discuss the role of the President.  In this government lesson, students read Arthur Meets the President and complete a story map.  Young scholars develop new vocabulary related to the story.
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Freckle Juice- Lesson 6

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students read Freckle Juice.  In this comprehension lesson, students complete a story map and discuss cause and effect based on readings from Freckle Juice.
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Reading Comprehension: Famous Inventors-Henry Ford

For Students 6th - 7th
For this reading comprehension worksheet, students use a reading passage on another page to answer seven questions about Henry Ford.
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Puzzle

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this language arts learning exercise, students locate words from the book Winnie the Pooh. Students find names of main characters. Other words are verbs and main objects such as the honey pot.
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Go Fish Chapter 1 Comprehension Questions

For Students 4th - 5th
In this reading comprehension learning exercise, learners answer 10 fill-in-the-blank questions based on the reading of "Go Fish." The reading is not included with the learning exercise.
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It's ALL Good!

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners work on summarization as a skill to increase their comprehension of full texts. They focus on determining the most important ideas from the texts they read by using the four steps to summarization. Using an online article, they...
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Going, Going, Gone!

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discover the meaning of reading comprehension. They get a partner and practice readng sentences aloud to them, starting slow to make sure they read all the words correctly. They then try to say the sentences faster and...
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Strength in Summarizing

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders practice summarizing passages while creating a fishbone map of important details in non-fiction text. They examine how to tell the difference between important and less important details by highlighting them in reading...
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Speedy Reading

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners review the cover-up and crosscheck method of reading words before practicing rereading to become more fluent readers. They listen as the teacher reads both with and without fluency to determine which is easier to understand....