Common Core State Standards
Key Ideas and Details
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Finding the Central Idea Worksheet
Read a short article, answer 10 comprehension questions, and use the gathered knowledge to write a central idea sentence about the text.
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Read Across a Story Template
Practice summarizing a fictional text with this flipbook template.
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Economic Interdependence – Comprehension Task
A comprehension task paired with a text about economic interdependence.
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Human Histories: Amazing Achievements - Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet paired with a biographical text about four humans who have achieved great things.
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10 Fascinating Facts About the Sydney Harbour Bridge – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet paired with an informational text about the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
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Halloween Display – Wrapped Up in a Good Book
Showcase your students’ insightful book reviews with our Halloween-themed classroom display.
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Comprehension - Inside Superstitions
A comprehension activity about superstitions.
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Reading Response Templates - Complete Journal
A reading response journal for students to use to engage with text in meaningful and purposeful ways.
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Reading Response Template – Summarizing
A reading response template for students to use to summarize a piece of text.
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Frida's Fiesta Stimulus – Task Cards
39 activity task cards based on the Frida's Fiesta Restaurant menu which is included.
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Grade 6 Magazine - "What's Buzzing?" (Issue 1) Task Cards
A set of five literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with issue 1 of Teach Starter's Grade 6 magazine.
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Movie Versus Book - Template
A template where students compare and review a movie and a book and construct a 3-D popcorn box.
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Reading Comprehension Strategies PowerPoint - Summarizing
A 14-slide editable PowerPoint template explaining the reading comprehension strategy of summarizing.
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Summarizing a Fiction Text - Graphic Organizer
A graphic organizer to help students summarize a fiction text.
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Inference vs Prediction - Presentation
A teaching presentation outlining the similarities and differences between an inference and a prediction.
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Inference or Prediction? Worksheet
A worksheet to use when teaching your students the difference between an inference and a prediction.
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QR Code Reading Comprehension Strategy Question Cubes
A set of QR code question cubes to use when working with reading comprehension strategies.
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Great Barrier Reef - Comprehension and Note Taking Worksheet
A comprehension and note taking activity about The Great Barrier Reef.
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Draw Conclusions and Make Inferences Poster
A poster highlighting how to draw conclusions and make inferences when reading a piece of text.
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Make Predictions Poster
A poster highlighting how to make predictions when reading a piece of text.
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Find the Main Idea Poster
A poster highlighting how to find the main idea when reading a piece of text.
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Comprehension - What Are Coding Systems?
A comprehension activity relating to technologies and coding systems.
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Research Skills Worksheets - Note-Taking
A set of 6 worksheets to help students identify key facts, details, and vocabulary when researching information.
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Declaration of Independence - Comprehension Task
A comprehension task that encourages students to reflect on specific quotes from the Declaration of Independence.
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Comprehension Task Cards - Summarizing
A set of comprehension task cards to help students summarize when reading.
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Recalling Facts - Letter to the Editor Activity
A worksheet to use when teaching students how to recall facts and details when reading.
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Recalling Facts - Newspaper Worksheet
A worksheet to use when teaching students how to recall facts and details when reading.
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Comprehension Task Cards - Recalling Facts And Details
A set of comprehension task cards to help students recall facts and details when reading.
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Comprehension - Tropical Cyclones
A comprehension activity about tropical cyclones.
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Comprehension - Preventing Childhood Obesity
A comprehension activity about the causes of childhood obesity.
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Finding the Main Idea - Comprehension Task (Thunderstorms) - Spanish Available
A task to use when teaching your students reading comprehension strategies.
