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Using Prior Knowledge
Sometimes it's hard to relate to a new text. Teach kids to use their prior knowledge when reading something new with a comprehension exercise. A short passage tells them how to think of their brains like filing systems, and provides five...
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The Great Big Turnip, A Tale from Russia
In this online/interactive reading comprehension learning exercise, students read a passage from "A Great Big Turnip: A Tale from Russia" and choose multiple choice comprehensive and correct grammatical answers about it. Students choose...
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Ten Little Cookies
First there were ten cookies and then there were none. Who ate all the cookies? After reading a short poem that counts down from 10 as cookies are eaten, class members respond to four comprehsnion questions.
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An Independent Nation
If your kids are curious about the American Revolution, help them understand more about its background with a reading passage and comprehension questions. Kids use context clues to answer each question, some of which require more...
K5 Learning
The Whistle
Get a quick peek into the life of Benjamin Franklin with a resource with a comprehension worksheet that asks learners to read a short tale, respond to a series of questions based on the passage, and then to identify the moral of the...
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Playground
Bella and Molly at spending time at the playground, but encounter a problem. Read about their problem and how each of them works together to solve it. Then, readers answer five questions about what they read in the passage.
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Down the Hatch
After reading a short passage about the digestive system, kids demonstrate their understanding by responding to a series of comprehension questions.
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How Franklin Found Out Things
Franklin learns about the world by making observations, and so do we! A short reading assignment prompts fourth graders to answer comprehension questions about a curious boy and what he notices.
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The Coat
The moral of the story: listen to your parents! A concise reading passage introduces learners to Tom and the consequences of his choice to go out without a coat.
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Hide and Seek
Hide and seek is a lot of fun whether you're the hider or the seeker! Second graders read a short passage about a game of hide and seek before answering four reading questions.
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Import/Export
The reading passage here uses the example of the American colonies to introduce imports and exports. After reading the text, class members respond to five questions, which require pupils to find facts in the text and form opinions about...
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What Glaciers Leave Behind
Glaciers may seem distant and stationary, but they are huge deposits of moving ice that have made changes to the earth's surface. Your pupils can learn about the different types of impressions left by glaciers by reading the short...
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The Metric System
How did the metric system come to be, and why does the US not use it very much? Your class can learn the answers to these questions with the reading passage included here and then respond to the five related questions.
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Susy Brown
Susy is always at home taking care of her baby sibling. Even when mom is home, Susy has to take care of the baby. Luckily for Susy, she has good friends. After reading about Susy's duties, learners respond to four questions that require...
K5 Learning
May the Best Prankster Win
Everyone loves a good prank! With this reading passage, Perla and her grandmother play some fun innocent pranks on one another. Kids focus on new vocabulary words, questions about the information they have read, and responding with their...
Reading Through History
Reading with a Purpose: Haunted Houses
Boo! Whether you're easily scared or enjoy a good fright, a reading passage on haunted house attractions is a great addition to a Halloween-themed unit. Learners read a short informational passage before answering multiple choice,...
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Reading Comprehension
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students complete activities such as reading a passage, answering multiple choice questions, question words, opposites, and more. Students complete 4 activities total.
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Reading Comprehension
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read and answer questions. Students read a short passage and answer six questions about what they just read.
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Listening and Reading: The Alligator King
In this listening and reading comprehension online worksheet, students watch a video of the "The Alligator King." They decide whether 9 statements are true or false before watching the video a second time. They fill in 7 missing words in...
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Reading: The Mayans 1
In this reading comprehension with glossary activity, students read a passage about the Mayan civilization and the accompanying glossary and illustrations, and then identify true statements from the reading and by inference. Students...
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Georgia CRCT Online: 8th Reading Quiz B
Practice for a standardized test or reinforce reading comprehension with this practice test, designed for the Georgia Criterion-Referenced Competency Test (CRCT). Twelve reading questions about two short passages (one fiction, one...
K12 Reader
Food Is Our Fuel
After studying a short article about how living things fuel their growth, readers respond to a series of comprehension questions based on the article.
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New York State Language Arts Test Grade 4
Quiz your class with this New York state language arts test. The test is composed of several informational and fictional passages and 28 multiple choice questions. The questions are based mostly on reading comprehension.
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Evaluating Efficiency
There's more than one way to solve a math problem! Introduce your class to this concept with a reading passage. After reading, learners answer five related questions.