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Recalling Facts - Comprehension Task
A task to use when teaching your students reading comprehension strategies.
Use this comprehension task when teaching students how to recall facts when reading. The task includes:
- a newspaper article comprehension passage
- questions and activities
- an answer sheet for teachers.
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Common Core Curriculum alignment
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.1
Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.1
Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.1
Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.1
Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

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