This analysing text worksheet ‘Braille’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text on the Braille writing system. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text, to look critically at words in order …More
This graphic organiser, ‘Brain-Based Facts and Heartfelt Opinions’ helps students distinguish facts from opinions in informational texts.
This reading comprehension activity ‘Brand-name Schools’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about brand name products in schools.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Bread Makers’ asks students to answer questions about bread making in ancient times. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and think about word meanings.
This article, ‘Venus and Jupiter: Bright Sparks’, describes the planets Venus and Jupiter. It provides factual information about these planets and includes colourful and engaging photographs.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Bringing Up Baby’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about different animal babies.
This content area reading activity, ‘Broken Toys Don’t Sell Cereal’ is an English based reading comprehension exercise encouraging students to identify the purpose of the writer.
This article, ‘All About Insects: Bugs’, provides information about bugs. It features interesting facts about bugs and includes colourful and engaging images.
This analysing text worksheet ‘Building a Viking Longboat’ supports students to use various strategies to understand an informational text about how Viking’s built these boats. It is aimed at encouraging students to recall specific details from the text, to look critically at words in order to ascertain their particular meaning in context, to examine how …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Building a Viking Longboat’, features a procedural recount about the innovative shipbuilding methods of the Vikings. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about importance, vocabulary, sequence, reasoning, predicting outcome, comparison/contrast, visual comprehension, and making a judgment. Answer sheet provided with file …More
This article, ‘All About Insects: Butterflies’, provides information about butterflies. It features interesting facts about these colourful insects and includes engaging images.
This article, ‘Canberra’s First People’ provides students with factual information about the ACT’s Indigenous history. It describes the past and present influence of Aboriginal culture on the nation’s capital city with particular focus on the Ngunawal people. This is a great resource for broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness and could be a useful prompt …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Captain Kidd on Raritan Bay’ asks students to answer questions about the famous pirate named Captain William Kidd. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, draw conclusions and think about word meanings.
This content area reading activity, ‘Car Trip Fun’ is an English based reading comprehension exercise encouraging students to think about the reason or purpose for their reading.
This article, ‘All About Animal Families: Caring Mums’, profiles different types of animal mums. It provides factual information about these animals and includes colourful and engaging photographs.
This content area reading activity, ‘Cartoon Timeline’ is a history based reading comprehension exercise encouraging students to recognise and use a timeline.
This article, ‘Castles’ explains the origins of castles as a way of keeping people safe. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Cats’ asks students to answer questions about different cat breeds. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information.
In this article, ‘Caves’ students learn where caves are found and how they are formed. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Caves’ asks students to answer questions about different kinds of caves. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and form opinions.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Cesar Chavez’ asks students to answer questions about a man who fought to improve the conditions of migrant workers. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and draw conclusions.
The article, ‘Cesar Chavez’ describes the life and work of the Mexican American farm worker who was inspired by great thinkers of the past to fight for the rights of farm workers in America. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Charles Erkine’s story’, features a biographical text about a cabin boy on the United States South Seas Exploring Expedition of 1838-42. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about making a judgment, cause and effect, sequence, reasoning, character, importance, and genre. Answer …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Charleston’s Lighthouses’, features an informational text on the history of lighthouses in Charleston Harbor. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about making a judgment, reasoning, detail, and drawing a conclusion. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This text type and structure exemplar ‘Chicken Feathers’ helps students to identify the structure and genre of a narrative text. It is aimed at encouraging students to identify details from the beginning, middle and end of the sample text, identifying whether this story is an example of the narrative or everyday genre.
This reading comprehension activity ‘China’s Big Dam’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about China’s new dam.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘China’s Dam is a Good Idea’, is available at three different reading levels to allow for differentiated instruction. It asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about China’s new dam.
This reading comprehension activity ‘China’s Dam Is a Good Idea’, is available at three different reading levels to allow for differentiated instruction. It asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about China’s new dam.
This reading comprehension activity ‘China’s Dam Is a Good Idea’, is available at three different reading levels to allow for differentiated instruction. It asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about China’s new dam.
This kids news activity, ‘Chocolate May Be Good For Your Heart’ is about a study suggesting heart health may be improved by eating dark chocolate.
This article, ‘All About Insects: Cicadas’, provides information about cicadas. It features interesting facts about these noisy insects and includes colourful and engaging photographs.
This article, ‘All About Animal Homes: Cities and Suburbs’, describes different types of animals that make their homes in cities and suburbs. It provides factual information about these animals and includes colourful and engaging photographs.
This content area reading activity, ‘Clara Barton’ is a history based reading comprehension exercise encouraging students to recognise and use prefixes and suffixes.
In these paired texts, ‘Clipper Ships’ and ‘Diary of a Sailor’ readers can use a report and a personal diary from the 1800s to understand older ways of shipping cargo. They provide opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This reading activity, ‘Cloze’ provides opportunities for practice with choosing the missing words to complete the paragraphs.
This reading activity, ‘Cloze’ provides opportunities for practice with finding the appropriate bird vocabulary to fill the blanks.
This article, ‘All About Animal Homes: Coasts’, describes different types of animals that make their homes on coasts. It provides factual information about these animals and includes colourful and engaging photographs.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Cold Weather Breeds’, features an informational text about the Samoyed, the Siberian Husky, the Alaskan Malamute, the Newfoundland, and the Saint Bernard, all dogs that have been bred for cold climates. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about reasoning, detail, drawing …More
This article, ‘Colourful Spiders’, provides information about brightly coloured spiders, their size, habitat and behaviour. Full-colour photographs illustrate some remarkable examples.
This reading activity, ‘Complete the Sentence’ provides opportunities for practice with reading about the States and Territories of Australia and finishing the sentences.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Composting’ asks students to answer questions about how to build a compost pile. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, make predictions and form opinions.
This article, ‘Conestoga Wagons’ describes the distinctive wagons that were widely used in North America before the railways took over long-distance haulage. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Constellations’ asks students to answer questions about constellations, or groups of stars that make pictures in the sky. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, make comparisons and think about word meanings.
This article, ‘All About Sea Creatures: Coral’, provides information about coral. It features interesting facts about coral and includes colourful and engaging photographs.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Cousins in the White House’, features two biographical texts about the U.S. presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the texts and includes questions about making an inference, detail, comparison/contrast, predicting an outcome, and forming an opinion.
In these paired texts, ‘Cowboys on the Trail’ and ‘A Letter from a Horse Wrangler’ a report describes the way cattle were rounded up and moved from southern ranches to northern markets in the days before rail transport. A letter gives insight into the life of one member of the trail drive. They provide opportunities …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘Creative Rejections’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about the rejected works of Sir Christopher Wren and Frank Lloyd Wright. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the …More
This article, ‘All About Insects: Crickets and Grasshoppers’, provides information about crickets and grasshoppers. It features interesting facts about these insects and includes colourful and engaging images.
This article, ‘All About Reptiles: Crocodiles’, provides information about crocodiles. It features interesting facts about these reptiles and includes colourful and engaging photographs.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Crushed by the Quake’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about earthquakes in Turkey.
This article, ‘All About Sea Creatures: Crustaceans’, describes crustaceans. It provides factual information and features colourful and engaging photographs.
This article, ‘All About Sea Creatures: Danger in the Water,’ profiles venomous sea creatures. It provides factual information and features colourful and engaging photographs.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Daring Women Drivers’, features an informational text about the first women to drive across the United States. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about fact/opinion, classifying, reasoning, visual comprehension, cause and effect, comparison/contrast, vocabulary, and making a judgment. Answer sheet provided …More
This article, ‘Spiders: Dating and Mating’ provides information about spider mating, protection of eggs and spiderlings. Full-colour photographs illustrate the information.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘David Thompson, Explorer’, features a biographical text about one of the world’s greatest land geographers. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about character, detail, reasoning, validity, cause and effect, fact/opinion, sequence, theme, making a judgment, and reasoning. Answer sheet provided with …More
This reading comprehension activity ‘Dazzling Diamonds’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about the history and mining of diamonds.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Delaware Water Gap’ asks students to answer questions about the different animals found throughout the Delaware Water Gap in the United States. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, draw conclusions and think about word meanings and author purpose.
This analysing text worksheet ‘Devastating Waves’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about tsunamis. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text, to look critically at words in order to ascertain …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Devastating Waves’, features an informational text about tsunamis and discusses three tsunamis that have devastated parts of Alaska. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about drawing a conclusion, vocabulary, cause and effect, detail, comparison/contrast, emotional reaction, and reasoning. The task also …More
This article, ‘All About Animal Families: Devoted Dads’, profiles different types of animal dads. It provides factual information about these animals and includes colourful and engaging photographs.
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