+
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Knocked Down

For Teachers 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy Christopher who did not treat a friend very nicely. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
+
Unit Plan
Other

Thinkport.org: Monitor Comprehension

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
A resourceful site explaining, chronicling, and detailing the idea of students' monitoring their own comprehension of a task or understanding. Includes a video link, quotes from experts, links, and more.
+
Unit Plan
Other

Into the Book: Questioning

For Students K - 1st Standards
Learn the significance of questioning in the classroom to teach students how to question the text in order to better understand what they are reading.
+
Handout
Curated OER

Mc Graw Hill: Part 2 Reading: Informational Text: Reasons and Evidence in Text

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
An article discussing how authors use reasons and evidence to support their ideas in a text. Site includes an example to help students find reasons and evidence.
+
Unit Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Snowflake Bentley

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this ReadWorks read aloud lesson, students will describe Bentley's environment and his interactions with it. Students will evaluate the impact a person's environment can have on life. Then students...
+
Unit Plan
Curated OER

Glenco Online: Teaching Today: Reading Comprehension and Considerate Text

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Learn the features of "considerate text" and ways to teach students to use these features to increase their comprehension as they read. These features generally apply to non-fiction, especially textbooks.
+
Lesson Plan
Hopelink

Hopelink: Reading Lesson Idea: Qar a Reading Comprehension Strategy

For Teachers 1st - 8th Standards
Brush up on your reading comprehension skills when you check out this website. It looks at a particular strategy called QAR. QAR stands for "Question-Answer Relationships." This particular strategy helps students learn to answer reading...
+
Website
Curated OER

Mc Graw Hill: Part 2: Reading Informational Text: Ask and Answer Questions

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
Learn about questions to ask while reading a text on this site. Also, review where to look for the answers to the questions that you asked.
+
Activity
E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Nonfiction Passages and Functional Texts Worksheets

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this learning module, students will practice reading nonfiction passages. Students will also have the opportunity to answer multiple choice comprehension questions, answer short and extended response questions, and take a test. This...
+
Graphic
Scholastic

Scholastic Teaching Resources: Nonfiction Notepads [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
From Just-Right Reading Response Activity Sheets for Young Learners, this graphic organizer can be used when students read informational texts. As responses to nonfiction, students will write the following on each notepad response:...
+
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: A Princess Who Can Tune an Engine

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
+
Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Organizing Information Into an Outline

For Teachers 3rd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this activity, students will take notes as they read Animal Homes by Ann O. Squire. This information will then be organized into an outline. Includes printable materials for teacher and students.
+
Unit Plan
University of Victoria (Canada)

Elc Study Zone: Level 200 Reading Topics

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
Choose a story from seven stories to read and/or listen to. Practice reading comprehension by completing the interactive quizzes and exercises. Answer the questions, then look for your score.
+
Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read works.org: The Artist Who Painted Herself

For Teachers 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Use this read aloud instructional activity to teach concepts such as main idea, using pictures to gain information, and recount key details from an informational text. This lesson plan aligns with...
+
Article
International Literacy Association

Ila: Unlocking the Power of Informational Text With Five Creative Ideas

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Five easy ways to help unlock the power of informational text for all students.
+
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: W.3.2: Write Informative/explanatory Texts to Examine a Topic

For Students 3rd Standards
Links to 56 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard W.3.2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
+
Unknown Type
Education.com

Education.com: W.3.2 Worksheets: Write Informative/explanatory Texts

For Students 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A site with links to 11 worksheets that can be downloaded and printed for student use while building skills with standard W.3.2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas...
+
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Sl.3.2: Determine the Main Ideas and Supporting Details of a Text

For Students 3rd Standards
Links to 44 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard SL.3.2: Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually,...
+
Article
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Activities for Struggling Readers

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
How can you help the struggling readers in your classroom? This site offers some insight into activities to help develop your students reading skills.
+
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: American Symbols

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage lists and explains some of the different American symbols. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
+
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Explore Our Solar System

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares facts about planets in the solar system. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
+
Unknown Type
University of Victoria (Canada)

Study Zone: Nasreddin and the Smell of Soup: Reading Comprehension

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
A reading passage with eight multiple-choice questions to assess reading comprehension.
+
Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Monitor for Understanding: Question Creation [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
A lesson plan in which students read a text and create questions using the words provided on word cards. Materials are included.
+
Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Monitor for Understanding: Stop and Ask [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
A lesson plan in which young scholars read a text stopping to answer questions as they read. Materials are included.