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What are Earthquakes? – Comprehension Worksheet
PDF, Google Slides | 3 pages|Grades: 5 - 6A comprehension worksheet paired with an informational text about earthquakes.
This teaching resource is a comprehension worksheet asking questions about an informational text.
In the text, students will read a text about earthquakes then be asked a series of comprehension questions about the passage.
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Common Core Curriculum alignment
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.2
Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.5.4
Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.5.4.C
Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.4.A
Use context (e.g., cause/effect relationships and comparisons in text) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.4.A
Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word's position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.1
Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
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Change by Garrett Oct 14th, 2020
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