This reading comprehension activity, ‘For Sale: Stolen Rare Pets’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about animal smuggling.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘For the Birds’, features an informational text about the activity of birding and the conservation efforts of the Audubon Society. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about the main idea, vocabulary, importance, cause and effect, fact/opinion, and detail. Answer sheet provided …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Forests’ asks students to answer questions about forests and forest fires. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and think about author purpose.
This analysing text worksheet ‘Forgotten Inventors from History’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about three American inventors. 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 …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Forgotten Inventors from History’, features two biographical texts about Oliver Evans, who invented the assembly line, and Mary Anderson, who invented the windshield wiper. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the texts and includes questions about central purpose, cause and effect, visual comprehension, emotional reactions, figurative …More
This kids news activity, ‘Four Year Old Becomes Mayor Of Small Town’ is about a child selected to be mayor of a small US community.
This article, ‘Antarctica: Freeze Frames’, provides information about Antarctica. It is aimed at broadening students’ geographical awareness and includes colourful and engaging images.
This article, ‘Reusing and Recycling: From Trash to Treasure’, provides information about reusing and recycling. It is aimed at broadening students’ environmental awareness and includes colourful and engaging photographs.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Frozen in Time’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on the Andes Mountains in Peru.
This reading activity, ‘Fruit and Vegetables’ provides opportunities for practice with reading a passage about fruit and vegetables and answering comprehension questions.
This article, ‘Fruits of the Forest’, profiles different fruits that grow in rainforests. It provides factual information about these fruits and includes colourful and engaging photographs.
This content area reading activity, ‘Fun at Holiday Camp’ is an English based reading comprehension exercise encouraging students to add their own ideas to what they read for a fuller understanding.
This report, ‘George Washington’ describes the early life of America’s first president. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Geronimo’, features a biographical text about the famous Apache warrior who eluded the U.S. army for many years. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about comparison/contrast, detail, validity, drawing a conclusion, sequence, reasoning, and genre. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Get Set for Space’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about going into space.
This article, ‘Getting to Know Sharks’, provides information about sharks’ body parts and their function. It displays a detailed illustration of a shark with informative annotations for all key body parts.
This article, ‘Getting to Know Spiders’, provides information about spiders’ body parts and their function. It displays a detailed illustration of a spider with informative annotations for all key body parts.
This analysing text worksheet ‘Gila Monsters’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about these lizards. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to draw conclusions about specific details from the text and to look critically at words …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Gila Monsters’, features an informational text about a poisonous lizard species from the deserts of Mexico and the southwestern United States. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about drawing a conclusion, sequence, fact/opinion, validity, predicting outcome, making a judgment, the main …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘Gipsy Moth IV’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about Francis Chichester’s circumnavigation of the globe. 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 …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Glass Blowing’ asks students to answer questions about the process of glass blowing. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information.
This factual text, ‘Gliders’ describes the history, function and construction of gliders. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This reading comprehension activity ‘Global Warming’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about how global warming is affecting the Earth.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Glow-worms’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about glow-worms. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to think about the text organisation, draw conclusions and form opinions.
This reading comprehension activity ‘Goal: Ending Child Labour’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about ending child labour.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Going Places Part I’ asks students to match simple sentences to pictures that relate to travel and transport. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recognise the association between a picture and a sentence describing it.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Going Places Part II’ asks students to match simple sentences to pictures that relate to travel and transport. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recognise the association between a picture and a sentence describing it.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Going Underground’ asks students to answer questions about Mammoth Cave in Kentucky in the United States. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, draw conclusions, form opinions and think about word meanings.
This article, ‘Spiders: Golden Orbweaver’, provides information about habitat, life cycle, diet and behaviour. It includes a detailed Fact File of statistics and also displays full-colour close-up photographs of the spider in on its web.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Gr-r-r-eat News About Tigers’, is available at two different reading levels to allow for differentiated instruction. It asks students to read a story and answer comprehension questions about the tigers in Africa.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Gr-r-r-eat News About Tigers’, is available at two different reading levels to allow for differentiated instruction. It asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about tigers in Africa.
This article, ‘All About Animal Homes: Grasslands’, describes different animals that live in grasslands. It provides factual information about these animals and includes colourful and engaging photographs.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Great American Buffalo’ asks students to answer questions about bison. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, make comparisons and think about word meanings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Great Ball of Fire!’, is available at two different reading levels to allow for differentiated instruction. It asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about the Sun and solar power.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Great Ball of Fire!’, is available at two different reading levels to allow for differentiated instruction. It asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about weather predictions and the Sun.
This article, ‘Great Inventions’, profiles some of the great inventions of our time. It provides factual information about these inventions and includes colourful and engaging photographs.
This article, ‘Great Inventions’, profiles some of the great inventions of our time. It provides factual information about these inventions and includes colourful and engaging photographs.
This article, ‘Great Inventions’, profiles some of the great inventions of our time. It provides factual information about these inventions and includes colourful and engaging photographs.
This article, ‘Great Inventions’, profiles some of the great inventions of our time. It provides factual information about these inventions and includes colourful and engaging photographs.
This article, ‘Great White Shark’ provides information about the size, habitat, life cycle, diet and behaviour of the great white shark. It provides a detailed Fact File of statistics and also displays illustrations and photographs in full colour of the shark’s appearance and behaviour. Includes a map of migration.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Green Thumbs’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about a neighbourhood project.
This article, ‘Grey Nurse Shark’, provides information about this shark’s life cycle, habitat, diet, and behaviour. It provides a detailed Fact File of statistics and also displays illustrations and photographs in full colour with details of the shark’s appearance and characteristics.
This content area reading activity, ‘Grizzly Bears’ is a history based reading comprehension exercise encouraging students to practise interpreting maps and other visuals to gain information.
This article, ‘All About Animal Homes: Habitats’, describes different places animals make their homes. It provides factual information about animal habitats and includes colourful and engaging photographs.
This kids news activity, ‘Hadfield Brings Space Life Down To Earth’ is about how technology and social media enable an astronaut to communicate from space.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Happy Holidays!’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about the different holidays celebrated around the world.
This graphic organiser, ‘Helen Keller Facts or Opinions’ helps students distinguish facts from opinions after reading about Helen Keller.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Hello! Anybody Out There?’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about aliens from outer space.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Hello! Anybody Out There?’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about aliens in outer space.
This article, ‘Quicksand: Help Me… I’m Sinking!’, provides information about quicksand. It includes a basic explanation and a scientific explanation of what causes quicksand.
This article, ‘Help Me… There’s Lightning!’, provides information about lightning. It explains what causes lightning and includes tips on how to stay safe during a thunder storm.
This article, ‘Help! It’s a Jellyfish!’, provides information about jellyfish. It features interesting facts about thi venomous creature and includes colourful and engaging photographs.
This article, ‘All About Birds: Helping Birds’, provides information about what we can do to help birds. It encourages students to participate in activities that will help to protect birds and is aimed at broadening their awareness of environmental issues.
This article, ‘All About Animal Families: Hiding Families’, profiles different types of animal families that hide. It provides factual information about these animals and includes colourful and engaging photographs.
This article, ‘Wingsuits: High Adventure’, provides information about wingsuits. Experienced wingsuit flyers describe what it is like to participate in this extreme sport.
This analysing text worksheet ‘History of Figure Skating’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about the origins of this sport. 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 …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘History of the Automobile’, features an informational text about the invention of the motor car. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about validity, making an inference, emotional reaction, importance, detail, reasoning, sequence, making a judgment, importance, and author’s intent. Answer sheet …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Honeybee Safety Tips’, features an informational text about how to avoid serious injury from honeybees. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about the main idea, making a judgment, validity, sequence, drawing a conclusion, reasoning, genre, and making an inference. Answer sheet …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Honour at Last’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about Henry Flipper.
This analysing text worksheet ‘Honour Our Earliest People’ supports students to use various strategies to understand opposing letters to the editor about creating a new public holiday. 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 …More
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