Rewards of Reading

Reading is rewarding on its own, but why not add in some extra incentives? As individuals read, they can fill out the bingo board included here, earn coupons, create bookmarks, and fill out a banner, piece by piece.

If you found five hundred dollars in the park, would you keep it or turn it in? Exercise both reading comprehension skills and philosophic beliefs in a language arts reading activity about three boys who stumble upon a small fortune —...

In this reading skills and strategies worksheet, students read a 1 page passage titled " A Few Good Noses" and identify important details about the piece as they complete a graphic organizer.

Read the story Mufaro's Beautiful Daughter by John Steptoe to your class, then have them identify story events that support a given theme. They read Boundless Grace by Mary Hoffman and complete a worksheet in which they list examples of...

Discovering the main idea in fiction is like uncovering buried treasure; one must persevere to locate it, and the reward is priceless. Scholars delve deep into leveled stories using three questions to aid in identifying the main idea. 

One of the big challenges of assigning independent reading is helping class members find a book to read. Another is encouraging readers to read a variety of genres. Never fear, help is here in the form of a quest that asks individuals to...

In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read an article about assisted suicide, write short answers, define vocabulary words by using context clues, find synonyms and write an opinion.

Explore different types of advice with this reading comprehension quiz. Robert Bentley offers two different kinds of advice in a short excerpt, and young writers answer four questions about various details in the reading. Use this...