Teachnology
Teachnology: Lesson Plan: Twenty Questions
In this activity each student will have a turn in the "hot seat" where they answer class questions about a book they are reading including questions about the characters, setting, and plot.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Unit: Reading Comprehension and Structure
This unit focuses on reading comprehension and structure. It includes lessons on the main idea and supporting details, theme, sequence, fact and opinion, literary devices, character, text features, inferences, organization of nonfiction,...
TES Global
Blendspace: Informational Text
A twelve-part learning module with links to images, texts, slides, and charts that teach skills to build reading comprehension with informational texts.
TES Global
Blendspace: Reading Comprehension Visualizing
A five-part learning module with links to images and web sites to help student improve reading comprehension by visualizing.
TES Global
Blendspace: Abbreviations
A nine-part learning module with links to images, videos, and websites about abbreviations and how they are formed.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Nonfiction Comprehension: Making Personal and Textual Connections
This is a lesson plan to help elementary students connect to nonfiction text as they read.
English Club
English Club: Learn English: Grammar: Verbs: Questions
An explanation and examples of a question and how it is structured. Links to additional information on structure, questions types, and a quiz are available.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Answering Questions in Complete Sentences
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will create visual images to comprehend/remember what they have read. Students will answer comprehension questions in complete sentences.
Can Teach
Can Teach: Different Perspectives a Graphic Organizer
In this lesson plan students will read a text from a number of different perspectives which will result in a greater understanding of it. This is a good strategy to use to guide students through multiple readings of a text. Lesson plan...
Other
Harrington Park: Asking Questions
This is a teacher handout of questions students should ask themselves before, during, and after reading.
Education.com
Education.com: ccss.ela literacy.rl.3.1 Worksheets: Ask and Answer Questions
[Free Registration/Login Required] Thirty downloadable worksheets to use while learning to ask and answer text-based questions in order to demonstrate reading comprehension.
Education.com
Education.com: Ri.2.7 Worksheets
[Free Registration/Login Required] These worksheets can help students practice the Common Core State Standards skill of explaining how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works) contribute to and clarify a text.