Interactive
Curated OER

Short Answers

For Students 5th - 6th
In this short answers worksheet, students complete a ten question on-line interactive activity. Students read a question and finish answering the question with a short answer.
Worksheet
K5 Learning

The Shoemaker and the Elves

For Students 3rd - 4th
Young readers read a short story and respond to four short answer questions, based on what they read.
Worksheet
K5 Learning

The Story of a Wise Woman

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
The Story of a Wise Woman tells the tale of South Carolina's, Eliza Lucas Pinckney and how she persevered to plant and harvest indigo. With this short story and questions worksheet, your early readers test their comprehension with...
Worksheet
K5 Learning

Mouse Madness

For Students 4th Standards
Reinforce reading comprehension skills with a practice page that challenges scholars to read a passage called, Mouse Madness, then prove their comprehension by way of five short answer questions.  
Worksheet
K5 Learning

The Merchant's Caravan

For Students 4th Standards
Scholars show what they know about a reading passage, The Merchant's Caravan, by way of four short answer questions designed to reinforce reading comprehension skills.  
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Mid-Unit Assessment: Text-Dependent Questions about “The TV Guy”

For Teachers 5th Standards
Say hi to the TV guy. Readers finish their mid unit assessments by reading The TV Guy and answering text-dependent questions. Learners complete multiple choice as well as short and long answer questions pertaining to comprehension,...
Worksheet
K5 Learning

What Police and Detectives Do

For Students 5th Standards
What do police and detectives do to keep their community safe? Six short-answer questions make up a worksheet designed to reinforce reading comprehensions skills while providing information about police officers and detectives.  
Lesson Plan
Novelinks

The House on Mango Street: Question Answer Relationships Strategy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Good readers question text as they read. The Question Answer Relationships Strategy (QAR) used in this resource with The House on Mango Street, provides readers with a concrete approach for questioning Sandra Cisneros' text and...
Activity
Curated OER

Maniac Magee Comprehension Questions

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Supplement your Maniac Magee lesson plans with a packet of student materials. Included here is a variety of questions about the text. Pupils complete multiple choice and short-answer questions and choose from a variety of extension...
Worksheet
K5 Learning

Ann and Frank

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
Challenge your third and fourth graders to look deeply into a text with a reading comprehension activity. After learners finish the short passage, they answer four questions that range in levels of difficulty and analysis.
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Mid-Unit Assessment: Text-Dependent and Short Answer Questions: Excerpts from “A Limited Supply”

For Teachers 5th Standards
There's no such thing as an unlimited resource. Scholars complete a mid-unit assessment by reading A Limited Supply. They answer text-dependent questions and complete a graphic organizer about key terms in the text.
Worksheet
K5 Learning

The Swift Runner

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
How did the deer get its antlers? Learners read through a short story about an animal race and the winner's prize before answering comprehension questions.
Worksheet
Read Works

A Constitution for Kids

For Students 6th Standards
What better day to celebrate the US Constitution than on Constitution Day! After reading a short passage about the different understandings of habeas corpus and ex post facto, sixth graders respond to 10 multiple choice and short...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Regarding the Fountain: Questioning Strategy—Cubing

For Teachers 3rd - 7th Standards
Look deeper into the text with a reading strategy based on asking critical thinking questions. While reading Reading the Fountain by Kate Klise, learners think of questions that help them describe, compare, associate, analyze,...
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Curated OER

Real Women, Real Beauty

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
What is beauty? Moana Uluave, a scholar at Brigham Young University, writes on the subject as a Tongan living in America. After reading her article class members respond to four short-answer comprehension questions. 
Worksheet
K5 Learning

Susie and Rover

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Reinforce reading comprehension skills with a two-page worksheet offering a story about a young girl, her dog, and an important life lesson. Scholars read the text then show what they know through four short-answer questions. 
Worksheet
K5 Learning

A Ship in a Storm

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Give reading comprehension a boost with a two-page activity featuring an informational text about ships at sea during stormy weather. After reading, scholars show what they know through four short-answer questions. 
PPT
Pearson

WH-Questions

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Why can't you answer a wh- question with yes or no? Learn about the ways you can use the five W's to form questions that will give you the most information in an answer.
Worksheet
Curated OER

"Amber Prepared for School" Reading Comprehension-Short Stories

For Students 1st - 2nd
Young students will read a short story about a six year old getting ready to start first grade. Then they answer 10 multiple choice questions.
Worksheet
K5 Learning

Clara Barton: Civil War Hero

For Students 4th Standards
Gain information about Clara Barton, a Civil War hero, and enhance reading comprehension skills with a worksheet that challenges scholars to read an informational passage and answer five short answer questions.  
Worksheet
Curated OER

"Ben's First Pet" Reading Comprehension- Short Stories

For Students 1st - 2nd
Primary learners will read a short story about a boy getting a new pet dog. They then answer 10 multiple choice questions to test their comprehension. Great supplement for pet unit.
Worksheet
K5 Learning

Authors Tell Different Stories

For Students 2nd Standards
The story of Cinderella is a popular one! So much so, there are multiple versions of the story being told around the world. With this collection of activities your young readers receive background information about two versions...
Activity
Fabius-Pompey School District

Paired Passage Practice and the Extended Response Question

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
How do pupils relate paired passages to each other? Here's a resource that helps! The lesson includes a short story and a poem as a set of paired reading passages, followed by some analysis questions. It also includes an essay template...
AP Test Prep
College Board

2009 AP® Human Geography Free-Response Questions

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Why have organic farms increased while dairy farms have decreased? Learners unravel this and other questions about geography, religion, and urban living patterns in a set of assessment questions. The resource includes short-answer...