Working with students on identifying problem and solution in their reading? Here is a simple concept, with a printable chart, for teaching and reinforcing this concept. Applicable for any subject area, could be used (modified) at any level.

In this article, "comprehension strategies" are explained. Supported by research, these strategies are divided into seven different steps, including the following: monitoring comprehension, metacognition, graphic and semantic organizers,...

This EnglishClub quiz assesses students' reading levels. Students are given 15 minutes to answer 20 multiple choice questions to assess their reading level as being "elementary", "lower intermediate", "upper intermediate", "lower...

This site defines inference and analysis. It explains how analysis works, goals of analysis, levels, bases, and how to analyze text. RL.9-10.1, RL.11-12.1, RI.9-10.1 textual evidence and inferences, RI.11-12.1 textual evidence and...

ESL tutors learn how to develop student reading skills for ESL students from this lesson plan.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about tornados written on the 2nd grade reading level. The text is followed by ten comprehension questions in multiple choice or extended response format. A link to answers is...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This ReadWorks reading from the American Museum of Natural Anthropology's website called OLogy provides an interview with the archaeologist named Chuck Spencer. A paired passage entitled "Up Close with...

PBS presents this comprehensive site outlining common causes of reading difficulties. Strategies and suggestions for solving these issues are discussed here.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a nonfiction text about dyslexia and the difficulties and successes it brings and answer questions about comprehension, supporting details, vocabulary, transitions, and more. The text is...

A teaching resource with ten free downloadable reading tests/comprehension practice sheets along with an answer key.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This ReadWorks passage provides a brief history of ancient Mesopotamia's Code of Hammurabi. A paired passage, a lower level passage with related content, and a questions sheet are available to help...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage provides information about the ancient Aztec Empire, including the significance of Montezuma and Tenochtitlan. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills....

[Free Registration/Login Required] This ReadWorks passage gives information about the roles of some French, Native Americans, Hessians, and Polish citizens during the American Revolution. A question sheet is available to help students...

Students will sequence story events with the teacher and read an emergent reader in a guided setting. The chosen book, "Pilgrims and Wampanoag: Together They Were Better", has high use of sight words and high levels of picture support...

Think Alouds help students learn to monitor their thinking as they read an assigned passage. Students are directed by a series of questions which they think about and answer aloud while reading. This process reveals how much they...

This professional resource includes a database to find the answer relative to the best instructional practices related to alphabetic literacy. This site offers activities in English and Spanish to help teach literacy topics.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This ReadWorks passage from the American Museum of Natural Anthropology's website called OLogy provides a brief history of the city of Petra and its importance to ancient trade routes. A paired passage,...

The fight to give women the right to vote was fought in the states as much as at the federal level. Read about the history of women's suffrage in Iowa from 1868 until the adoption of the 19th Amendment.

As teachers, one of our goals is for every student to read and comprehend at or above grade level. We want students to take ownership of their reading, monitoring themselves while they are reading and self-correcting when they need to....

This resource discusses some terms and techniques that are useful to the beginning and intermediate fiction writer, and to instructors who are teaching fiction at these levels. W.11-12.3a Narratives

Easy to read and understand site from Environmental Education for Kids. Good and bad ozone explained and illustrated. Complete with glossary and Quizzler at the end.

Practice for the MCAT by reading a passage about a young patient with Type 1 diabetes and answer the follow-up questions based on the given chart.

Learn how to determine the meaning of grade-level academic English words derived from Latin, Greek, or other linguistic roots and affixes.

On this website, find a list of books packed with action for kids middle school and elementary aged reading levels.