The story, ‘A Little Help from a Friend’ tells how one friend helped another to write a report about a famous American baseball player. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘A Little Princess Part I’ asks students to answer questions about a story in which a young girl returns to England from India with her father to attend a boarding school. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, draw conclusions, form opinions and …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘A Little Princess Part II’ asks students to answer questions about a story in which a young girl returns to England from India with her father to attend a boarding school. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and think about word meanings.
This reading comprehension activity ‘A Long Walk to Protect Bison’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about protecting bison in Yellowstone National Park.
This analysing text worksheet ‘A Long Way from Home’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about homing pigeons. 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, ‘A Long Way from Home’, features a narrative text about a breeder of racing pigeons who loses one of his birds. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about reasoning, vocabulary, making a judgment, making an inference, sequence, cause and effect, character, …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘A Lucky Brake’, is available at two different reading levels to allow for differentiated instruction. It asks students to read a story and answer comprehension questions about a boy who stopped his school bus from crashing.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘A Lucky Brake’, is available at two different reading levels to allow for differentiated instruction. It asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about Larry Champagne, a school student who saved a bus from an accident.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘A Man of Honour’, features a biographical text about the American Civil War hero Joshua Chamberlain. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about classifying, reasoning, making a judgment, fact/opinion, detail, sequence, and character. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This analysing text worksheet ‘A Marine Menace’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative about jellyfish. 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 and to look critically at words in order to …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘A Marine Menace’, features a narrative and informational text about a boy who is fascinated by ocean creatures, especially the deadly box jellyfish. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about mood, character, emotional reaction, fact/opinion, drawing a conclusion, detail, figurative language, …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘A Maritime Nightmare’, features an informational text about the tragic sinking of the steamboat Sultana on the Mississippi River in 1865. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about reasoning, detail, imagery, vocabulary, drawing a conclusion, cause and effect, sequence, the main …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘A Matter of Honesty’, features a narrative about a boy’s confusion as he and his family flee their country. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about detail, making an inference, fact/opinion, reasoning, sequence, vocabulary, drawing a conclusion, theme, and predicting outcome. …More
This editing and revising learning activity, ‘A Message from the Future’ encourages students to recognise capitalisation and spelling errors, punctuation and sentence structure. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This reading comprehension activity ‘A Million Butterflies’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about a Jewish boy, Pavel, who wrote a poem during the Holocaust.
These paired texts, ‘A Mixed Family’ and ‘Whooping Cranes’ explore single-parent human and bird families through fiction and nonfiction. They provide opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘A Native American Museum’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about a new Native American museum in Washington, D.C.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘A New Dinosaur Pair’ is available at two different reading levels to allow for differentiated instruction. It asks students to read a story and answer comprehension questions on a text about dinosaur bones found in Utah.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘A New Dinosaur Pair’, is available at two different reading levels to allow for differentiated instruction. It asks students answer comprehension questions on a text about a scientist discovering dinosaur bones.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘A New Kind of Fair’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about a story in which a town wants to hold a multicultural fair. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to form opinions, as well as consider the author’s purpose.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘A New Kind of Fun’ asks students to answer questions about a German boy who instead of playing a prank on an old man leaves money in his shoes. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and think about word meanings.
This story, ‘A New World Record’ tells how a boy learns that fundraising for school can have different kinds of rewards. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This story, ‘A Night Under the Stars’ describes the preparation and excitement as a class explores the night sky. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This vocabulary development activity, ‘A Pair of Socks’ supports vocabulary development by encouraging students to draw pictures of selected pairs of homophones. It is aimed at helping students recognise homophones. It provides pairs of socks cards and a book page template.
This analysing text worksheet ‘A Paiute Princess’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins. 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 …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘A Perilous Voyage’, features a biographical text about Francis Chichester’s round-the-world sailing expedition in Gipsy Moth IV. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about validity, making a judgment, vocabulary, drawing a conclusion, detail, cause and effect, making an inference, and sequence. …More
This graphic organiser, ‘A Picture Tells a Thousand Words’ asks students to judge the importance of a photograph or other picture in a non-fiction text based on how much information it gives.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘A Picture-Perfect Job’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about Ryan Schick, a young photographer.
In this article, ‘A Poet’s Life’, readers learn about the life and inspirations of the Black American poet, Langston Hughes. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘A Preparator’ asks students to answer questions about Amy Davidson, an American preparator. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and think about word meanings.
This predicting text worksheet ‘A Presidential Odyssey’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt. 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 …More
This editing and revising learning activity, ‘A Proud Moment’ encourages students to recognise spelling errors, correct tense, punctuation and sentence structure. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This fictionalised journal, ‘A Race Against Time’ tells how and why the Pony Express operated before it was replaced by the telegraph. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘A Raid on the Oyster Pirates Part I’ asks students to answer questions about a story about some oyster fishermen. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and draw conclusions.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘A Raid on the Oyster Pirates Part II’ asks students to answer questions about a story about some oyster fishermen. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, form opinions and think about word meanings.
This reading comprehension activity ‘A Real Pain in the Neck’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about the weight of students’ backpacks .
This reading comprehension activity, ‘A Red Backpack’ asks students to answer questions about a short story, which is about a girl and her red backpack. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recall details from the text.
The paired texts, ‘A Ride on the Wind’ and ‘Diary of a Balloon Pilot’ give two perspectives on hot air balloon flight. They provide opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘A Safety Net for Salmon’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about pacific salmon in the ocean.
This content area reading learning activity, ‘A Scavenger Hunt,’ develops students’ skills in sourcing and locating information from a text. It is aimed at encouraging students to activate their prior knowledge and make connections through a fun and engaging activity.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘A Science and a Sport’, features an informational text about the different types of fish and an announcement about a fishing contest. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the texts and includes questions about classification, cause and effect, detail, and reasoning. The task also prompts students …More
This editing and revising learning activity, ‘A Scientific Experiment ‘ encourages students to recognise spelling errors, correct tense, punctuation and sentence structure. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This editing and revising learning activity, ‘A Seaport City in Denmark’ encourages students to recognise capitalisation and spelling errors, and understand sentence structure. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘A Selective Environmentalist’, features a humorous narrative about a woman who does not like mice. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about predicting outcome, the main idea, sequence, comparison/contrast, making an inference, importance, detail, point of view, and author’s purpose. Answer …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘A Series of Atypical Events’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about a party and skiing accident. 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 …More
This graphic organiser, ‘A Shower of Toys’ provides students with the opportunity to create a word bank of adjectives about toys that could be used in descriptive writing.
This graphic organiser, ‘A Shower of Words’ provides students with the opportunity to create a word bank of adjectives that could be used in descriptive writing.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘A Sixth Great Lake’, asks students to answer comprehension questions about the five Great Lakes in America.
This article, ‘A Snake’s Life’ provides information about the life cycle of a snake as well as various physical characteristics. It also introduces students to various terms relating to the snake’s physical features. The text is supported by colourful and engaging photographs.
This reading comprehension activity ‘A Special Delivery’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about newborn platypuses.
These paired texts, ‘A Special Treasure’ and ‘A Homemade Draughtboard’ give a story and instructions to interest readers in making their own draughtboard. They provide opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This reading comprehension activity, A Spooky Friend’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about bats.
This reading comprehension activity, A Spooky Friend’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about bats.
This graphic organiser, ‘A Storm of Symbols’ allows students to describe symbols and state their importance.
This understanding text exemplar ‘A Story About Moses’ Birthday’ supports students to use various strategies to find the implicit and explicit meaning of a narrative text. It encourages students to ask questions to find the directly stated meaning of the story, then to find the deeper, not-directly stated meaning of the story.
This analysing text worksheet ‘A Survivor’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative about an injured dog. 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 and to look critically at words in order …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘A Survivor’, features a narrative text about a puppy that is hit by a car and loses a leg but then adapts to having only three legs. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about making a judgment, cause and effect, setting, …More
This reading comprehension activity ‘A Sweet Deal’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about soft drinks machines in schools.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘A Sweet Treat for Summer’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about making fruit kebabs. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recall specific details from an informative and instructional text, draw conclusions, as well as to think about text organisation and text convention, such …More
This editing and revising learning activity, ‘A Time Capsule’ encourages students to recognise capitalisation and spelling errors, correct tense, punctuation and sentence structure. Answer sheet provided with file download.
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