Reading Comprehension Centers Teaching Resources :: 985

University of Virginia

Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: Rutherford Birchard Hayes

For Students 9th - 10th

Miller Center offers a comprehensive look at Rutherford B. Hayes. Read essays about his administration, his controversial election, and his biography, as well as find his speeches and speeches about him.

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University of Virginia

Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: William Henry Harrison

For Students 9th - 10th

A comprehensive look at the life of William Henry Harrison and his brief term as president. Be sure to click through all the essays on Harrison and read his inaugural address.

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Beacon Learning Center

Beacon Learning Center: Web Lesson: Did I Read It: Implicit vs Explicit Details

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards

Follow Carson through a lesson in order to become a better reader of informational text. Learn the difference between implicit and explicit information. Includes multiple interactive assessments and reading activities.

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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Student Center Activities, Grades 4 5

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards

In 2006-2007, FCRR reviewed current research, collected ideas, and created materials for use in fourth and fifth-grade classrooms. The 4-5 Student Center Activities include three books and one DVD. The first two books contain Activity...

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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Expository Text Structure: Super Summary [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards

A lesson plan in which students read a text and then complete a graphic organizer to help them write a summary. Materials are included.

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Sam Houston State University

Texas Center for Academic Excellence: Drawing Conclusions Post Test

For Students 4th - 6th Standards

Read a text selection, and then answer seven multiple-choice quiz questions. Includes link to answers for checking.

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Beacon Learning Center

Beacon Learning Center: Web Lessons: Get the Main Idea

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards

This resource provides practice finding the main idea by having students read a paragraph and choose the main idea. Then it asks students to take what they have learned and apply it to a book of their choice, and then write a paragraph...

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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Text Analysis: Incredible Inferences [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards

A lesson plan in which students play a game to cover words on a game board by making inferences. Materials are included.

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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Exp. Text Structure: Reading the Research

For Teachers K - 1st Standards

A lesson plan in which young scholars review reference materials looking for answers to specific questions. Materials are included.

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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Monitor for Understanding: What Do You Know? [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards

A lesson plan in which young scholars browse a text and complete graphic organizers to help them activate prior knowledge. Materials are included.

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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Fiction and Nonfiction Sort [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards

A lesson plan in which learners look at different books, write their titles, and sort them according to whether they are fiction or nonfiction. Materials are included.

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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Monitor for Understanding: Background Check [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards

A lesson plan in which young scholars browse a text and complete a graphic organizer to show prior knowledge. Materials are included.

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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Text Analysis: Incredible Inferences [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards

A lesson plan in which students play a game by covering places on a board while making inferences. Materials are included.

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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Text Analysis: Compare and Contrast [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards

A lesson plan in which students use graphic organizers to compare and contrast topics within a text. Materials are included.

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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Text Analysis: Fact or Opinion Football [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards

A lesson plan in which learners play a football card game by determining if sentences are facts or opinions. Materials are included.

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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

Depaul University: Center for Urban Education: Illustrate a Text [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards

This module includes links to pages that can be used to illustrate a text. Links to an illustration planner, picture meaning, and show vs. tell resources are included.

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