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:
Enhance your students' comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills with this nonfiction Earth Day passage and accompanying activities.
Review and practice multiple reading skills using the text “King Midas and the Golden Touch” with these digital and print resources.
A comprehension task to use when learning about Malala Yousafzai.
A set of 7 posters profiling inspirational women from around the world.
A comprehension task to use when learning about Jessica Watson.
Review our profile on Nigerian social pioneer Obiageli Ezekwesili and answer questions to reinforce understanding.
Review our profile on the first Black woman astronaut and answer questions to reinforce understanding.
A comprehension task to use when learning about Greta Thunberg.
An article and comprehension task that celebrates women during World War 1.
Review our profile on 6-year-old civil rights figure Ruby Bridges, and answer questions to reinforce understanding.
Introduce your students to revered Black icons and the impacts their contributions have made to American history.
Meet famous Black History Month figures with this informational text and comprehension questions activity.
Review our profile on Congresswoman and first Black presidential candidate Shirley Chisholm, and answer questions to reinforce understanding.
Review our profile on the first African American President of the United States, and answer questions to reinforce understanding.
Review our profile on Vice President Kamala Harris and answer questions to reinforce understanding.
Review our profile on Illinois Senator Carol Moseley Braun and answer questions to reinforce understanding.
Review our profile on civil rights activist Amelia Boynton and answer questions to reinforce understanding.
Explore five global Valentine’s Day traditions with this informational text and comprehension questions activity.
Apply a range of reading comprehension strategies to learn about Martin Luther King, Jr.
Practice inferring how a character would ring in the new year with this 7-activity booklet.
Learn about the origins of New Year’s celebrations with our informational text and comprehension questions worksheet.
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 set of 5 comic strips to use when teaching your students how to infer information from everyday situations.
A series of car classifieds worksheets to use when teaching your students how to to make inferences when reading.
A set of 10 task cards to practice making predictions.
An article and comprehension task about pollinators.
A worksheet for students to practice making connections with a piece of text.
A recording sheet for making text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to world connections when reading a piece of text.
A graphic organizer to use with students when making connections with a piece of text.
An article and comprehension task celebrating women and Women's History Month.
An article about historic women paired with a comprehension task.
An article about springtime blooms and festivals paired with a comprehension task.