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:
Differentiate reading instruction with leveled nonfiction, compare and contrast passages, and worksheets.
A comprehension task to use when learning about Malala Yousafzai.
Read and learn about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch with a reading comprehension passage and worksheet pack.
Review our profile on Congresswoman and first Black presidential candidate Shirley Chisholm, and answer questions to reinforce understanding.
Enhance your students' comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills with this nonfiction Earth Day passage and accompanying activities.
An article and comprehension task that celebrates women during World War 1.
Learn about the planets with differentiated compare and contrast passages, activities, and writing opportunities.
Practice analyzing poetry with this poem and set of comprehension questions.
Review 10 writing examples and identify the type of text connection demonstrated in each: text-to-text, text-to-self, or text-to-world.
A graphic organizer for students to record text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections.
An article and comprehension task celebrating women and Women's History Month.
A reading response template for students to visualize a piece of text.
A comprehension task to use when learning about Greta Thunberg.
Introduce your students to revered Black icons and the impacts their contributions have made to American history.
Provide young readers with concrete examples of reading strategies with a set of 18 ready-made reading anchor charts.
A comprehension task to use when learning about flooding.
A set of 5 comic strips to use when teaching your students how to infer information from everyday situations.
A comprehension worksheet paired with a comic about being safe when sharing photos on digital platforms.
Amazing Man helps students to learn what both direct and indirect speech entails as well as providing examples on how they can use it themselves.
A 15 slide editable PowerPoint template explaining the reading comprehension strategy of questioning.
A beautifully designed, 24-page reading magazine specifically designed for Grade 5 students.
A resource focusing on the reading comprehension strategy of monitoring.
A set of 10 task cards to practice making predictions.
A poster of symbols students can use to monitor their understanding of a text.
A reading passage paired with a comprehension activity about bees.
A comprehension worksheet paired with a persuasive magazine advertisement.
Question prompts and a worksheet to use when asking questions before, during, and after reading.
A reading response template for students to make inferences and predictions with a piece of text.
A fun reading comprehension game to play after reading a fictional text.
A worksheet for students to practice making connections with a piece of text.
Enhance your students' comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills with a close reading passage and activity pack about the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
A set of five literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with issue 1 of Teach Starter's Grade 5 magazine.