This reading comprehension activity, ‘A Baking Soda Volcano’ helps students make a baking soda volcano and asks students to answer comprehension questions about making a baking soda volcano. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to look critically at the language used in an informative and instructional text in order …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘A Day with Duffy and Stuffy’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about a story about Duffy the dog and Stuffy the cat. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to look critically at the language used in a narrative text in order to ascertain the …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘A Life for the Birds’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about the famous American artist John James Audubon. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recall information and details and to draw conclusions.
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 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 reading comprehension activity, ‘A Very Fancy Frog’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about frogs. 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. A. Milne and Winnie the Pooh’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about A. A. Milne and the famous Winnie the Pooh. It is aimed at encouraging students to recall details and main ideas from an informative text.
This reading activity, ‘Advertisements’ provides opportunities for practice with reading the advertisements and answering comprehension questions.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Alan Shepard: First American in Space’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about American astronaut Alan Shepard. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recall information and draw conclusions.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘All About Dolphins’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about dolphins. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to draw conclusions, recall information, predict word meaning and think about text organisation.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘America’s Oldest Working Lighthouse’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about the Sandy Hook Lighthouse. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to think about text conventions, form opinions and recall information.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘An Alarming Morning’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about a story in which a boy named Jerry has trouble waking up. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recall the theme and details of a narrative story.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘An American Dream’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about a story in which a man goes to live in America. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to look critically at the language used in a narrative text in order to ascertain the meaning and …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘An Evening with Mrs Garber’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about a story in which a boy gets to know an elderly woman who lives on his street. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recall the theme of the narrative text, as well …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Animal Feeding in India’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about feeding different animals in India. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recall the main idea and the supporting details of the informative text.
This vocabulary activity, ‘Animal Noises’ supports vocabulary development by encouraging students to match the correct sound to each animal.
This understanding text exemplar, ‘Asking Questions and Predicting the Future’ provides a model of a completed understanding text worksheet. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and how asking questions will help them clarify or make sense of what they have read and predict what might happen next.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Bear and Molly’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about a story in which a boy takes care of his aunt’s two puppies. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to draw conclusions, recall information and form opinions.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Being Neighbourly’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about a passage from the book ‘Little Women’. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to form opinions and think about the author’s purpose.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Black Beauty’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about a story by Anna Sewell. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recall information, form opinions and make predictions.
This reading activity, ‘Clues’ provides opportunities for practice with identifying Australian animals from clues.
This reading comprehension exemplar, ‘Colonial Cooking’ provides a model of a completed reading comprehension worksheet. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to think about clarifying and predicting information in an informative text.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Crazy Colin, the Class Clown’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about a story in which a girl is not impressed with her brother who acts like the class clown during a school play. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to look critically at the …More
This writing task activity, ‘Water Worries’ provides a poem as a writing prompt for students to produce their own writing.
This vocabulary activity, ‘Describing Words’ supports vocabulary development by encouraging students to identify the appropriate adjective to complete each sentence.
This reading comprehension exemplar, ‘Diamonds: Treasures Underground’ provides a model of a completed reading comprehension worksheet. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recall the main ideas and draw conclusions.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Dogs with Jobs’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about working dogs. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to look critically at the language used in an informative text in order to ascertain the meaning and usage of individual words and phrases.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Down the Rabbit-Hole’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about a story in which a girl named Alice follows a rabbit down a magical Rabbit-Hole. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recall specific information from a narrative text, draw conclusions and think about text …More
This understanding text reference worksheet, ‘Drawing Conclusions’ is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics, drawing conclusions and making judgements.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Eating Healthy Treats’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about healthy snacks. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to think about text organisation, to look at language used in informative text and to recall information.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Exercise Your Right to a Healthier Future’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about exercise and leading a healthy life. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to form opinions and think about the author’s purpose.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Fiction and Football’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about a story in which a boy discovers that writing fiction can be as fun as football. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to look critically at the language used in a narrative text in order …More
This reading activity, ‘Fruit and Vegetables’ provides opportunities for practice with reading a passage about fruit and vegetables and answering comprehension questions.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Future Science Today’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about how science fiction ideas can become a reality. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recall information, draw conclusions and form opinions.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Gail Devers: The World’s Fastest Woman’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about the famous American runner Gail Devers. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to form opinions and think about the author’s purpose.
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, ‘Great Taste’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about taste buds. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to draw conclusions and make judgements.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Gwendolyn’s New Goldfish; asks students to answer comprehension questions about a story in which a brother teaches his sister how to take care of goldfish. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recall information and details from the narrative text and draw conclusions.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Handling Anything’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about a story in which a girl overcomes her fears. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recall the main idea and the supporting details of the narrative text.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Hannah’s First Day’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about a story in which a young girl named Hannah is starting at a new school. 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, ‘Helpful Tips for Camping Trips’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about camping, preparation and safety. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to look critically at the language used in an informative text in order to ascertain the meaning and usage of individual words and …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Helping the Hungry One Glass at a Time’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about a story in which a boy raises money by selling lemonade. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recall the main idea and details from a narrative text.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Henry Bergh: Founder of the ASPCA’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about the founder of the American SPCA. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recall information and form opinions.
This reading comprehension exemplar, ‘How to Build a Pueblo’ provides a model of a completed reading comprehension worksheet. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to consider the author’s purpose, to make predictions and to think about text conventions, such as bulleted lists.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘How to Make a Suncatcher’ helps students make a suncatcher and asks students to answer comprehension questions about making a suncatcher. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to look critically at the language used in informative and instructional text, as well as to draw conclusions …More
This reading comprehension exemplar, ‘Hummers’ provides a model of a completed reading comprehension worksheet. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to form opinions and consider the author’s purpose.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘It’s Always ‘A Beautiful Day’ in Mister Rogers’ Neighbourhood’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about Frederick McFeely Rogers, known as Mister Rogers. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recall information and draw conclusions.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘King Arthur and His Knights’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about a story by Maude L. Radford. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recall information, think about similes and describe the main conflicts in the story.
The reading comprehension activity, ‘Luke’s New Friend’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about a story in which a boy gets to know his grandpa better. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recall information and the main idea.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Making Memories’ helps students make memory cards and asks students to answer comprehension questions about making memory cards. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to look critically at the language used in informative and instructional text, as well as recall information, draw conclusions and form …More
This meaning in text exemplar, ‘Meaning of Phrases’ provides a model of a completed meaning in text worksheet. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics, idiomatic language and colloquialisms and encourages them to look critically at words in order to ascertain their particular meaning in context.
This meaning in text exemplar, ‘Meaning of Words: Life in Ancient Rome’ provides a model of a completed meaning in text worksheet. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to look critically at the language used in an informative text in order to ascertain the meaning and usage of individual …More
This meaning in text activity, ‘Meaning of Words: Olivia’s Sunflowers’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about a girl who grows sunflowers. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to look critically at the language used in a narrative text in order to ascertain the meaning and usage of individual …More
This meaning in text activity, ‘Meaning of Words: President John F. Kennedy’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about American President John F. Kennedy. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to look critically at the language used in informative text in order to ascertain the meaning and usage of …More
This meaning in text activity, ‘Meaning of Words: Stitches’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about a story in which a boy has to have stitches. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to look critically at the language used in narrative text in order to ascertain the meaning and …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Michael’s New Year’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about a story in which a boy and his mother go to Korea to celebrate New Year. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recall information and think about phrases with deeper meanings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Milk-Carton Bird Feeder’ helps students make a bird feeder out of a milk carton and asks students comprehension questions about making a bird feeder. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to think about text organisation and to look critically at the language used in an …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Nerves!’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about a story in which a girl overcomes nerves and plays her best at basketball. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to look critically at the language used in a narrative text, draw conclusions, form opinions, recall information, …More
This reading comprehension exemplar, ‘Oscar’s Escape’ provides a model of a completed reading comprehension worksheet. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to draw conclusions and make judgements.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Paper: It’s a Piece of History’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about papermaking. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to think about text conventions and recall information.
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