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NonFiction Reading

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore reading nonfiction. In this nonfiction instructional activity, students practice using KWL charts to organize nonfiction information gained from reading. Students explore unfamiliar words from reading and recognize...
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Who Questions

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this writing the interrogative sentences worksheet, students read statements and write the appropriate questions. Students write 6 sentences.
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Reading: Adventure Tours

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this reading for understanding learning exercise, students read questions and answers from an Adventure Tour Company and answer 10 true or false comprehensive questions.
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Clara Barton Biography Reading Comprehension

For Students 4th
In this reading comprehension activity, 4th graders will read a 3 page expository passage about Clara Barton, the founder of the American Red Cross. They will then answer 10 questions based on the passage.
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Reading: Climbing Mount Everest

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read an interview based on an actual interview with Edmund Hillary and answer comprehension questions. Students answer 8 multiple choice questions.
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Transportation in Indiana

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate Indiana transportation. In this transportation lesson students discover early forms of transportation such as railroads, rivers, boats, and roads. Students compare and contrast the different...
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Mapwork: A Place In the News

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students determine how to find geographic information about places they read about in the news. In this geography lesson, students look at political and physical maps to determine the difference. They access maps online to find the...
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Checking Account - Reading Comprehension

For Students 4th - 6th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students will read a passage about opening a bank account and then determine the answer to five comprehension questions. In addition students will then evaluate the scenario presented and write...
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A Changing of the Guard: Traditionalists, Feminists, and the New Face of Women in Congress

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore the role of women as Congressional leaders. In this women's rights lesson, students identify and investigate the impact of women representatives and senators in the U.S. Legislative Branch. Comprehension questions, data,...
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Are You Happy?

For Students Pre-K - 6th
In this language arts worksheet, students practice writing answers to common questions. Students read 32 questions and write short answers. Example: Are you happy? (No, I'm not.)
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The Puffed Up Pig Reading Comprehension

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this comprehension activity, students read the 3 page story The Puffed Up Pig and answer short answer and multiple choice questions about it. Students answer 5 questions total.
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Reading Comprehension Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read and answers questions. Students read a short passage and answer five questions about what they just read.
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Vocabulary Practice

For Students 4th - 5th
Sentence comprehension is the focus of this language arts worksheet. Students read 8 sentences and choose which multiple choice sentence means the same as the first sentence written.
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Reading Strategies

For Students 4th - 5th
For this reading strategies worksheet, students review several different ways to improve their reading skills and reading comprehension.
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Reading Comprehension: Two Sisters and a Cat

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this reading comprehension learning exercise, students read a three paragraph story, "Two Sisters and a Cat", and answer 8 multiple choice questions about the selection.
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Reading and Responding: Lesson 3

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders practice reading a nonfiction selection. They read for details, read for cause and effect, and practice the process of elimination. They use these strategies when answering multiple choice questions in tests.
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Men in Black

For Teachers 7th - 8th
In this Men in Black worksheet, learners answer seven questions about the Men in Black movie relating to UFOs, time capsules, characters, vocabulary, and themes. Students answer questions in short answer format.
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Question Marks

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this punctuation activity, students read a sentence and circle "yes" if the sentence needs a question mark, or "no" if it does not. There are 15 questions on this page.
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Pilot Takes Off in Kid-Built Plane

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars read a current events news story an answer vocabulary and comprehension questions. In these real world lessons, student use the internet to watch video clips, read blogs, and research pertaining to the planes and pilots....
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Women in Afghanistan

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners investigate the role and status of women in Afghanistan. They listen to Laura Bush's radio address, complete a Webquest, explore various websites, answer discussion questions, and read newspaper articles about the status of...
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Cultivate Active Discussion of Assigned Texts

For Teachers 5th - 7th
A flexible and adaptable method for opening learners up and engaging every individual in on-topic conversation.
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Great Expectations: DRTA Strategy

For Teachers 10th - 12th
A Directed Reading Thinking Activity (DRTA) strategy for Great Expectations scaffolds and guides readers as they begin Dicken's novel. Step-by-step directions are provided, as are chapter one pair-share questions, a prediction worksheet,...
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Clothing

For Students 7th - 9th
Review clothing vocabulary and the translation skills of your Spanish language learners. For each of 32 questions, they read the Spanish sentence and identify its correct English translation in a list of possibilities. Great practice! If...
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The War of the Words

For Teachers 6th - 12th
“Who’s This Guy Dylan Who’s Borrowing Lines From Henry Timrod?” The basic question in this lesson from the New York Time’s Learning Network is whether artists and authors who use the words of others are stealing from that artist or...