This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘A Best Friend’, features an informational and narrative text about the bond between dogs and humans. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about validity, drawing a conclusion, fact/opinion, cause and effect, and theme. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘A Garden Visitor’, features an informational text about chipmunk appearance, diet, behaviour, and life history. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about validity, importance, making an inference, vocabulary, drawing a conclusion, making a judgment, detail, and reasoning. Answer sheet provided with …More
This Writing Task worksheet, ‘A Horse Story’, features instructions for students to create a narrative or informational story about a horse. It encourages students to plan their writing and to check it for errors. Prompts suggest including interesting words, different kinds of sentences, and details about the horse’s involvement in an activity.
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 Writing Task worksheet, ‘An Interesting Career’, features instructions for students to create an informational text about an interesting career. It encourages students to plan their writing and to check it for errors. Prompts suggest describing the kind of work performed, the education or training required, and what appeals to the student about the career.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Animals in Space’, features two informational texts about the use of animals to test the safety of space travel. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to understand the texts and includes questions about drawing a conclusion, detail, reasoning, and comparison/contrast. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Baffling the Enemy’, features an informational text about the work of Navajo code talkers in the U.S. Marines during World War II. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about figurative language, comparison/contrast, fact/opinion, detail, sequence, making a judgment, making an inference, …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Building on Flood Plains’, features an informational text about whether building permits should be granted in flood-prone areas. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about fact/opinion, reasoning, cause and effect, comparison/contrast, author’s purpose, importance, persuasion, questioning, genre, vocabulary, and drawing a …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 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 graphic organiser, ‘Cutting Through Cause and Effect for Hurricanes’ asks students to explain the various causes and effects of hurricanes as they read a non-fiction article or text about them.
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 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 graphic organiser, ‘Extra, Read All About It’ asks students to use newspapers, or other news sources, to find factual information and record events.
This graphic organiser, ‘Extra, Read All About It for Headlines’ asks students to read the headlines in newspapers, or other news sources, and identify important information from the articles.
This quick reference chart ‘Genre, Narrative, and Everyday Text’ helps students to identify these different genres. It introduces the concept of genre and explains the difference between a narrative and everyday text, including an example of an everyday text, and encourages students to look at the organisation and style of a text to identify its …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 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 worksheet, ‘How Chewing Gum Was Developed’, features an informational text about the history of chewing gum. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about validity, classification, sequence, importance, character, mood, cause and effect, setting, main idea, and reasoning. Answer sheet provided with file …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Innovators and Visionaries’, features two informational texts about pioneer inventors and innovative architects. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the texts and includes questions about cause and effect, comparison/contrast, hypotheticals, and pros and cons.
This Reading Comprehension, ‘Is It Spring Yet?’, features an informational text about groundhogs and the North American folklore of Groundhog Day. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about detail, making an inference, classification, fact/opinion, validity, and genre. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Killer Bees’, features an informational text about a new strain of honeybee that has appeared in North, Central, and South America. The worksheet encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about making a judgment, reasoning, fact/opinion, comparison/contrast, detail, cause/effect, vocabulary, detail, and presentation. …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Making Your Own Code’, features an informational and procedural text about constructing different types of cipher codes. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about comparison/contrast, vocabulary, importance, inference, sequence, visual comprehension, and decoding. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Manatees’, features an informational text about these endangered aquatic mammals. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about drawing a conclusion, making a judgment, importance, visual comprehension, making an inference, cause and effect, fact/opinion, detail, predicting outcome, purpose, and reasoning. Answer sheet …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Native American Childhood’, features an informational text about growing up in an American Indian village and covers discipline, schooling, toys, games, family roles, and rituals. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about author’s purpose, reasoning, cause and effect, importance, making a …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Navy Dolphins’, features an informational text about the use of dolphins by the U.S. and Russian navies. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about drawing a conclusion, validity, fact/opinion, sequence, classifying, vocabulary, detail, predicting outcome, and reasoning. Answer sheet provided with …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Not as Easy as You Think’, features an informational text about keeping pet goldfish and includes advice on tank size, cleaning, environment, and feeding. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about cause and effect, validity, detail, reasoning, drawing a conclusion, fact/opinion, …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Olympic Events’, features an informational text about the Olympic horseriding events of dressage, show jumping, and three-day events. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about the main idea, vocabulary, comparison/contrast, detail, sequence, and genre. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘One Country’s Treasures’, features an informational text about Costa Rica’s natural environment and protected areas such as the Children’s Eternal Rainforest. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about fact/opinion, cause and effect, validity, detail, vocabulary, reasoning, making an inference, comparison/contrast, and …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Open Spaces Project’, features an informational and procedural text about efforts to purchase lands for open space use. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about validity, reasoning, classifying, making a judgment, fact/opinion, predicting outcome, comparison/contrast, character, questioning, theme, and genre. Answer …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Ponies’, features an informational text about the origins and characteristics of different kinds of ponies. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about detail, comparison/contrast, validity, making a judgment, making an inference, main idea, and detail. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Preparing for a Monster Storm’, features an informational text about disaster plans for hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about making a judgment, comparison/contrast, drawing a conclusion, classifying, reasoning, and genre. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Rainbow Origins’, features an informational text about the natural phenomena of rainbows, and a recount of two Native American myths about rainbows. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about making an inference, reasoning, drawing a conclusion, and comparison/contrast.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Rodeo Clowns’, features an informational text about the different types of rodeo clowns and their role in protecting the cowboys. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about detail, validity, making an inference, visual comprehension, reasoning, comparison/contrast, and drawing a conclusion. Answer …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Rodeos’, features an informational text about the different kinds of rodeo events and the history of rodeos. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about detail, vocabulary, validity, making an inference, reasoning, and character. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Search and Rescue Dogs’, features an informational text about dogs that find survivors after disasters such as earthquakes and building collapses. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about making a judgment, comparison/contrast, central purpose, detail, sequence, visual comprehension, reasoning, validity, and …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Shipwreck Rescues’, features an informational text about the United States Life-Saving Service, established in the late 1700s to rescue shipwrecked sailors. The worksheet encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about detail, making a judgment, sequence, imagery, reasoning, validity, visual comprehension, comparison/contrast, word …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Special Horse Breeds’, features two informational texts about the history and characteristics of the Lippizaner and the Appaloosa. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the texts and includes questions about drawing a conclusion, reasoning, detail, and comparison/contrast. The task also prompts students to write their own …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Special Olympics’, features an informational text about the worldwide sports program for people with an intellectual disability. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about making an inference, central purpose, mood, importance, questioning, reasoning, validity, and making a judgment. Answer sheet provided …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Sunk by a Whale’, features an informational text about the 1819 sinking of a whaling ship. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about detail, character, making a judgment, cause and effect, drawing a conclusion, and reasoning. Answer sheet provided with file …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘The Braille System of Writing’, features an informational text about the code that allows blind and visually impaired people to read and write. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about vocabulary, detail, reasoning, validity, cause and effect, fact/opinion, and genre. Answer …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘The Dreaded Ants’, features an informational text about the swarm raider ants known as army or driver ants. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about the main idea, detail, comparison/contrast, cause and effect, vocabulary, sequence, reasoning, fact/opinion, genre, and making a …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘The Endurance Motor Race’, features an informational text about France’s Le Mans Car Race, one of the world’s most gruelling motor races. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about drawing a conclusion, detail, comparison/contrast, making a judgment, importance, cause and effect, …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘The First UFO’, features an informational text about an unidentified flying object seen in the late 1800s. The worksheet encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about comparison/contrast, detail, setting, drawing a conclusion, visual comprehension, making a judgment, emotional reaction, validity, and resources. …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘The Killer Storm’, features an informational text about a storm that devastated Galveston, Texas, in 1900. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about making a judgment, cause and effect, detail, mood/tone, drawing a conclusion, fact/opinion, drawing a conclusion, and reasoning. Answer …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘The Kraken Sea Monster’, features an informational text about a legendary sea creature and the colossal squid. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about comparison/contrast, reasoning, detail, cause and effect, drawing a conclusion, and presentation. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘The Lifesaving Typhus Epidemic’, features an informational text about a Polish doctor who saved thousands of lives during World War II by faking an epidemic. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about validity, cause and effect, drawing a conclusion, figurative language, …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘The Mount St Helens Volcanic Eruption’, features an informational text about the devastating eruption of 1980. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about validity, central purpose, reasoning, making an inference, detail, sequence, purpose, vocabulary, importance, predicting outcome, and making a judgment. …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘The Mysterious Great Lakes’, features an informational text about shipping accidents in North America’s Great Lakes. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about vocabulary, validity, making a judgment, drawing a conclusion, making an inference, cause and effect, detail, and genre. Answer …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘The Other Code Talkers’, features an informational text about members of various Native American tribes who developed codes and sent messages during World War I and II. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about detail, importance, sequence, fact/opinion, reasoning, and drawing …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘The Relocation of Japanese Americans’, features an informational text about World War II internment camps in the United States. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about author’s purpose, paraphrasing, emotional reaction, sequence, mood/tone, sequence, validity, importance, visual comprehension, questioning, genre, and …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘The Rosetta Stone’, features an informational text about Young and Champollion deciphering the hieroglyphic writing of ancient Egypt. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about validity, word origin, parts of speech, meaning, detail, words in context, drawing a conclusion, importance, making …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘The Ship that Changed Naval Warfare’, features an informational text about a submarine that was lost during the American Civil War. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about importance, mood, validity, visual comprehension, cause and effect, and slant/bias. Answer sheet provided …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘The Vikings’, features an informational text about the Vikings as raiders, farmers, traders, and sailors. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about slant/bias, detail, cause and effect, validity, character, making a judgment, drawing a conclusion, visual comprehension, reasoning, purpose, and genre. …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘The World’s Largest Natural Wonder’, features an informational text about the Great Barrier Reef, its many different types of coral, its abundant marine life, and the threats it is facing. The worksheet encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about making a judgment, …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Two Cultures of the Southwest’, features two informational texts that explore the contrasting cultures of the Navajos and the Zuni. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the texts and includes questions about characteristics, cause and effect, relationship, drawing a conclusion, and compare/contrast.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Women Airforce Service Pilots’, features an informational text about the first women to fly military planes. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about reasoning, validity, cause and effect, making a judgment, comparison/contrast, character, drawing a conclusion, and genre. Answer sheet provided …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Yellowstone on Fire’, features an informational text about a devastating fire in Yellowstone National Park in 1988. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about making a judgment, detail, fact/opinion, and drawing a conclusion. Answer sheet provided with file download.
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