ELAR 3.6
Comprehension skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses metacognitive skills to both develop and deepen comprehension of increasingly complex texts. The student is expected to:
- (1) establish purpose for reading assigned and
self-selected texts;
- (A) generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information;
- (B) make, correct, or confirm predictions using text features, characteristics of genre, and structures;
- (C) create mental images to deepen understanding;
- (D) make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society;
- (E) make inferences and use evidence to support understanding;
- (F) evaluate details read to determine key ideas;
- (G) synthesize information to create new understanding; and
- (H) monitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge, asking questions, and annotating when understanding breaks down.
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Human Histories: World Explorers – Comprehension Worksheet
A free comprehension worksheet paired with an informational text about world explorers.
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Decoding Strategy Posters – Middle-Upper Years
A set of 7 posters that display different decoding strategies.
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Leveled Paired Passage Worksheets-Mammals vs. Reptiles
Differentiate reading instruction with leveled nonfiction, compare and contrast passages, and worksheets.
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Reading Comprehension Strategies Anchor Charts
Provide young readers with concrete examples of reading strategies with a set of 18 ready-made reading anchor charts.
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Comprehension Keys Board Game
A fun comprehension strategy board game for students to play during literacy rotations.
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Mars vs. Earth - Differentiated Paired Passage Worksheets
Learn about the planets with differentiated compare and contrast passages, activities, and writing opportunities.
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Reading Response Template – Inferring and Predicting
A reading response template for students to make inferences and predictions with a piece of text.
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Making Text Connections Graphic Organizer (Grades 3-6)
A graphic organizer to use with students when making connections with a piece of text.
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Grade 3 Magazine - What's Buzzing? (Issue 1)
A beautifully designed, 24-page reading magazine specifically written for Grade 3 students.
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Before, During, and After Reading Fiction - Question Prompts
Question prompts and a worksheet to use when asking questions before, during, and after reading.
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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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Comprehension Strategies – Interactive PowerPoint
An engaging 44 slide interactive PowerPoint to use in the classroom when introducing comprehension strategies.
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Inference Car Classifieds - Worksheet
A series of car classifieds worksheets to use when teaching your students how to to make inferences when reading.
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Comprehension - How To Make Pancakes
A comprehension activity using a procedure for lower grades.
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Inference Scenario - The Animal Games Worksheet
An activity to use when teaching your students how to infer information from images.
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Inference Scenario - Ducks in Space Worksheet
An activity to use when teaching your students how to infer information from images.
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Inference Scenario - The Elegant Express Worksheet
An activity to use when teaching your students how to infer information from images.
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Inference Scenario - The Fishes' Market Worksheet
An activity to use when teaching your students how to infer information from images.
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60 Comprehension Strategy Task Cards
A 144 page comprehension resource pack to help students apply comprehension strategies when reading.
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Finding the Main Idea in a Literary Text Worksheet
Find the main idea and supporting story clues of a literary text passage and answer the premise comprehension questions.
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Finding the Main Idea in Nonfiction Text Worksheet
Identify supporting evidence for the main idea of an informational text passage and answer the comprehension questions.
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Comprehension - Family Day At The Beach
A comprehension activity using a recount for lower grades.
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Reading Strategy Bookmark
Bookmarks to remind your students of the different reading strategies.
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What are Floods? - Comprehension Task
A comprehension task to use when learning about flooding.
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Inference Comics
A set of 5 comic strips to use when teaching your students how to infer information from everyday situations.
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Comprehension Task Cards - Draw Conclusions and Make Inferences
A set of comprehension task cards to help students draw conclusions and make inferences when reading.
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Character Emotions Worksheet
A worksheet to use when teaching students about characters and how to make inferences.
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Inference Scenario - The Secret Society of Vegetable Venerators Worksheet
An activity to use when teaching your students how to infer information from images.
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Monitoring Comprehension Symbols Flashcards
A set of flashcards displaying symbols students can use to monitor their understanding of a text.
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Reading Strategies Poster Pack
A pack of 10 posters explaining some of the most commonly used reading comprehension strategies.
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Super Six Reading Comprehension Strategies Poster Pack
A pack of 7 posters which explain the Super Six reading comprehension strategies.
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Crabbing at Night – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet paired with a narrative text.