Interactive
Mr. Nussbaum

Civil War

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Test scholars' reading comprehension skills with a practice that focuses on the Civil War. Participants read an informational text then answer 10 questions.
Interactive
Mr. Nussbaum

American Revolution

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Test scholar's reading comprehension skills with a practice that challenges pupils to read an informational text about the Amerian Revolution then answer 10 questions. 
Interactive
Mr. Nussbaum

Money

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
Young readers test their comprehension skills with an interactive practice. Pupils read a brief informational text about money then answer five questions. A detailed page appears at the end to showcase participants' work.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Analyzing Complex Text

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
During this activity, students will use close reading strategies to analyze aspects of the setting in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. [7:57] CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.10, RL.11-12.10a/b Text Complexity
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Using Features of Literary & Informational Text to Guide Reading

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A learning module that teaches students about using text features to guide reading in three mini lessons: Engaging with Text, Literary Think-Aloud, and Informational Think-Aloud. Download a PDF with lesson plans and printable handouts...
Professional Doc
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Reading Basics: Comprehension

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Provides articles, parent tips, research briefs, and a video on how to teach reading comprehension.
Website
Other

Reading Quest: Making Sense of Social Studies

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Teaching students to read well in areas other than language arts requires teaching and reinforcing the kinds of reading strategies taught here. There are 27 strategies, ranging from brainstorming to word mapping. The site includes PDF...
Unit Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Passages: Could the Futuristic Traveling Tube Become a Reality?

For Teachers 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read an informational text about a possible new form of transportation and answer questions on comprehension, text support, main idea, vocabulary, and more. Links to a paired text and paired...
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Read Works

Read Works: Passages: Predicting the Future

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read an informational text about the predictions of a futurist and answer questions on comprehension, text support, main idea, vocabulary, and more. Links to a paired text and paired text...
Unit Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Passages: The Noisiest Cat

For Teachers 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a fiction text about a girl and her pet cat and answer questions about comprehension, conflict, supporting details, main idea, and more. Links to a paired text and paired text questions...
Article
Read Works

Read Works: Passages:"new Orleans and the History of Jazz "By Loren Schoenberg

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This article "New Orleans and the History of Jazz "by LorenSchoenberg focuses on the beginnings of New Orleans and its history of Jazz. A comprehension question set follows the passage. 11-12.3 Text...
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: The Life Line

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This five-page PDF includes a picture of the painting "The Life Line" by Winslow Homer and text that discusses it. It is followed by 10 comprehension questions. Click double arrows to download, print,...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Background for the Graphic Novel Persepolis: A Web Quest on Iran

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
This lesson focuses on students researching and learning about Iran's culture, society, and leadership before and after the 1979 Revolution in preparation for reading the graphic novel Persepolis. Students work in small groups to...
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Deeper Reading Response a Template for Teachers

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Contains plans for three lessons that teach students to express and perform responses to reading. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and sites used in the lessons as well as...
Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Share "The Fight" Oral Fluency Practice

For Teachers 2nd Standards
This module provides a reading fluency lesson. To help second grade students improve their reading fluency, teachers will use Helen Moore's poem "The Fight" during the lesson.
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Animal Study From Fiction to Facts

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Contains plans for five 50-minute lessons that ask students to compare and research information about animals from fiction and nonfiction texts. In addition to student objectives and standards, these instructional plans contains links to...
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Gingerbread Phonics

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Through a shared reading of the familiar text, "The Gingerbread Man," students can learn to sound out familiar words. You will find step-by-step instructions as well as supplemental materials.
Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: K Act. 04: Shared Reading: Wishy Washy Day

For Teachers K
This two-day lesson engages students in reading comprehension strategies related to Joy Cowley's Wishy-Washy Day and Audrey Wood's book, King Bidgood's in the Bathtub. Students will participate in making predictions, sequencing, and...
Article
Read Works

Read Works: Passages: "Zebra Mussels and the Hudson River"

For Students 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] The information passage "Zebra Mussels and the Hudson River" focuses on the Hudson River ecosystem and how the introduction of Zebra Mussels would impact it. A Step Read, an easier version of the...
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Read Works

Read Works: Passages: Grade 2: When Television Became Colorful

For Teachers 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a non-fiction article about colored television and answer questions in comprehension, sequencing, inferences, main idea, transitions, and more.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Synthesize Ideas in Informational/expository Text

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, you will expand on your ability to read texts, synthesize them, and make choices based on the information you read. Finally, you will learn how to use textual...
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British Library

British Library: 19th Century Non Fiction Texts: Work & Welfare

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This thematic collection will allow students to read and understand 19th-century non-fiction texts, and support them in identifying key features for a range of genres, audiences, and purposes. Each source is accompanied by original...
Lesson Plan
British Library

British Library: 19th Century Non Fiction Texts: Gender, Behaviour & Etiquette

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This thematic collection will allow young scholars to read and understand 19th-century non-fiction texts, and support them in identifying key features for a range of genres, audiences, and purposes. Each source is accompanied by original...
Lesson Plan
British Library

British Library: 19th Century Non Fiction Texts: Education

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This thematic collection will allow learners to read and understand 19th-century non-fiction texts, and support them in identifying key features for a range of genres, audiences, and purposes. Each source is accompanied by original...

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