An activity promotes reading comprehension. Readers analyze a text of their choice while activating prior knowledge and asking and answering questions. Scholars enforce multiple strategies to improve comprehension.

Concepts

reading, reading comprehension, reading comprehension strategies, making predictions, asking questions, questions, summaries, summarizing

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Go through the activity as a class using a classroom novel
• For a differentiated approach, assign activities during learning center rotations where pupils focus on a text at their specific reading level 
• Direct learners to paste worksheets in their interactive English language arts journal so they can reference their work at a later time

Classroom Considerations

• Copies and a variety of other materials are required

Pros

• Plans are provided in detail
• Worksheets are well formatted with ample space to write directly on the pages 
• Practice pages can be used together or independently alongside stories

Cons

• None

Common Core

RI.4.1 RI.4.10 RI.5.1 RI.5.10