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Buffalo
Scholars read or listen to an informational text about buffalos, then answer 10 questions—a progress report details participants' work.
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Christopher Columbus
Scholars use their reading comprehension skills to answer questions about a short informative text regarding Christopher Columbus. A progress report follows eight questions—multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank.
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Silk Road
Challenge pupils to read informational text about the Silk Road. Scholars then take their newfound knowledge to answer a mix of eight fill-in-the-blank and multiple-choice questions. Report details appear at the end.
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Sequoyah
Test scholars' comprehension with a 10-question interactive. Learners read a short informative text about Sequoyah, a Cherokee silversmith, who invented the language Cherokee Syllabary, then answer fill-in-the-blank and multiple-choice...
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Civil War
Test scholars' reading comprehension skills with a practice that focuses on the Civil War. Participants read an informational text then answer 10 questions.
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George Washington
An interactive challenges scholars to read an informational text and then answer 10 questions—multiple choice and fill in the blank. A report displays the progress.
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Tyrannosaurus Rex
Challenge scholars to read an informational text and answer 10 multiple-choice questions. The interactive's topic is the Tyrannosaurus Rex.
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Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman is the focus of an interactive that challenges scholars to read an informational text and answer 10 questions about her.
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Meteors
An interactive designed to boost reading comprehension skills focuses on meteors. Scholars read an informational text, then answer 10 multiple-choice questions.
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Penguins
Penguins are the topic of an informational text that scholars read or listen to, then answer 10 multiple-choice questions.
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Sacagawea
A reading comprehension interactive practice focuses on Sacagawea. Scholars read an informational text, then answer 10 questions.
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Sioux (Lakota) Nation
Scholars test their reading comprehension skills with an interactive that focuses on the Sioux tribe. After reading an informational text, learners answer 10 questions.
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Susan B. Anthony
An interactive reading practice focuses on Susan B. Anthony. Scholars read an informational text, then answer 10 questions.
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Sharks
Learners read an informational text about sharks, then test their knowledge by answering 10 questions.
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Thomas Jefferson
Boost reading comprehension skills with an interactive about Thomas Jefferson. Scholars read an informational text then answer 10 questions.
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Age of Exploration
An informational text focuses on the Age of Exploration. Scholars read the passage and then answer 10 questions to test their reading comprehension skills.
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Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart is the focus of a reading comprehension interactive practice. Scholars read an informational text; then answer 10 questions.
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American Revolution
An interactive practice challenges scholars to read an informational text and answer 10 questions. The topic of the passage is the American Revolution.
K20 LEARN
HOT Questions: Creating Meaningful Questions
Scholars examine a list of questions and sort them into corresponding groups based on similarities. A gallery walk allows peers to see how their peers sorted questions and leave notes. Costa's Level of Questions is the topic of a...
Curated OER
Nonfiction
As scholars begin using informational texts, it's important they understand their uses and features. This visual worksheet has readers match three text titles to corresponding pictures. Next, they examine a book cover with the...
Polk Bros Foundation
I Can Identify a Nonfiction Writer's Main Idea and Supporting Examples
Use this page to quickly identify the central idea of a text and organize ideas for writing an informational or explanatory text. The worksheet is split into two parts. In the first part, pupils note down the main idea and supporting...
Curated OER
The Purpose and Power of Persuasion
Examine the power of persuasion and have learners consider how it influences events in their own lives. After reading and analyzing informational texts to understand the author's purpose, class members take a written test and craft a...
Curated OER
Lemony Snicket Series Comes to an End (Unfortunately)
An informational text about Lemony Snicket leads to a discussion of the books class members have read in the Series of Unfortunate Events series. Children then compare and contrast the settings, plots, and characters in the different...
Curated OER
Reading Comprehension - Informational Passages " Leonardo da Vinci'
Practice reading comprehension and teach your English acquisition class about Leonardo da Vinci. This activity provides a short informational text entitled, "Leonardo da Vinci." Learners answer five multiple choice comprehension...