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Reading Comprehension - Beavers
In this reading comprehension worksheet, 2nd graders read a short entry about beavers. They answer 3 questions based on the reading before drawing a picture of beavers building a damn.
K12 Reader
What’s the Forecast?
A reading comprehension passage is illustrative for both language arts and earth science skills. Using context clues, learners find out how to predict the weather using various tools. They then answer five reading questions about what...
K5 Learning
The Sun and the Stars
How are the stars similar to the sun in our galaxy? Learn all about the solar system with a reading excerpt about the sun and the stars. Kids read an informational passage before they answer questions about reading comprehension,...
Melissa Institute for Violence Prevention and Treatment
Concept Muraling
Concept muraling helps learners improve their comprehension of a text by giving them a way to organize their understanding of the key concepts in that text. Introduce readers to this process with a carefully scaffolded lesson plan that...
Curated OER
Butterfly Quest
This worksheet calls for young scientists to create a diagram of a butterfly's life cycle and then answer a series of short-answer and fill-in -the-blank questions. The questions are broken down by the stages of a butterfly's life cycle:...
Curated OER
Sounds like Science
Second graders create sound effects to produce a radio drama. For this sound lesson, 2nd graders read a book and provide the sound effects to transform it into a radio drama. They discuss sound and the shape of sound waves based on their...
Curated OER
Polymers and Crystals: Their Role in Food Science
Blend chemistry with cooking in this exploration of polymers, carbohydrates, and food science. Experimenting with gelatin produces concrete examples of the bonding and ploymerization discussed in the lesson. Copious, comprehensive...
TLS Books
Neptune
Did you know that Neptune is named after the Roman god of the sea? Young astronomers read about this and other facts about the eighth planet from the sun in a short informational text passage.
Curated OER
The Dirt We Depend On- Characteristics of Dirt Reading Comprehension Worksheet
In this reading comprehension activity, students read a selection about dirt and soil characteristics. They answer 10 matching questions and 5 multiple choice questions based on the information given in the non-fiction article.
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The Dirt We Depend On; How Soil Was Formed Reading Comprehension Worksheet
For this soil formation reading comprehension worksheet, students read a 2 page non-fiction article. They answer 19 questions including fill in the blank, multiple choice, and true or false about weathering of the Earth as soil is renewed.
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Oceans Theme Workbook: Reading Comprehension
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students complete a set of 30 worksheet with 4 comprehension questions that must be answered using web sites. Worksheet 1 is presented and labeled as a sample to a members site.
K12 Reader
Hide and Seek
Why do certain animals look the way they do? It could be because they have developed camouflage. Kids can read up on camouflage and mimicry and then respond to five questions related to the content of the passage.
K12 Reader
Microscopes Magnify Things
After examining a short article about light microscopes, readers record their responses to a series of comprehension questions based on the text.
K12 Reader
Displaying Data
It's important to learn how to display data to make the information easier for people to understand. A reading activity prompts kids to use context clues to answer five comprehension questions after reading several paragraphs about...
K5 Learning
What Is A Spacewalk?
Read about all the jobs astronauts do and all the responsibilities they have while on a spacewalk. After reading the what, the why, and the how about spacewalks, readers respond to six comprehension questions.
K12 Reader
Using Land in Different Ways
After reading about rural, urban, and suburban land use, readers respond to a series of comprehension questions using evidence from the provided passage.
K12 Reader
Context Clues: The Meaning Is There!
Learning how to use context clues is helpful for both reading comprehension skills and to determine the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary words. As they read ten sentences with underlined words, learners choose the most...
Mary Pope Osborne, Classroom Adventures Program
Mummies in the Morning Egyptian pyramids, hieroglyphics
Visit the Magic Treehouse and take your class on a trip through time with a reading of the children's book Mummies in the Morning. Using the story to spark an investigation into Egyptian culture, this literature unit engages...
Fluence Learning
Writing an Opinion: Buddies that Bark or Purr-fect Pets?
Which animal is best for you—a dog or cat? Why? Engage third graders in an opinion writing assessment that prompts them to read facts about both pets, and then write and decide which pet is best for them.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Microarrays and Stem Cells
Background reading is available in the first two pages of this worksheet, along with reading comprehension questions and a laboratory activity in which students use mircroarray technology to identify genes used in cell differentiation....
Curated OER
Outlines are Fun and Easy
Learners goal is to achieve summarization. They read familiar words and decode words at their reading level. They summarize articles through the use of an outline in order ot improve reading comprehension. Students complete a basic...
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SAT Reading Comprehension Practice Test 01
In this SAT reading comprehension worksheet, students read an excerpt from a book and answer comprehension questions. Students answer 7 questions and submit their answers in this SAT practice worksheet.
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Reading Comprehension Skills Practice
In this reading comprehension worksheet, learners read a passage titled, "A family Recipe," then complete 3 short answer and 2 multiple choice questions. An answer key is provided on page 4.
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Poisonous Spiders! Reading Comprehension
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a passage about poisonous spiders before answering 10 fill in the blank questions. They demonstrate their reading comprehension through their answers.