This reading comprehension activity, ‘Partner of the Plants’ asks students to answer comprehension questions the famous American plant scientist Luther Burbank. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recall information and draw conclusions.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘People and Pets Newsletter’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about keeping pets safe outside during the summer. 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, ‘Perseus and Medusa’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about a story in which Perseus defeats Medusa. 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 words …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Police Officer Next Door’, is available at two different reading levels to allow for differentiated instruction. It asks students to answer comprehension questions about police officers living in tough neighbourhoods.
This reading activity, ‘Questions and Answers’ provides opportunities for practice with reading questions and selecting an appropriate answer.
This reading activity, ‘Questions and Answers’ provides opportunities for practice with answering general knowledge questions.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Rain, Rain, Come This Way!’ asks students to do an experiment that creates water droplets, then answer comprehension questions about the text. 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 to ascertain …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Rainforest Retreat’ helps students make their own mini rainforest and asks students to answer comprehension questions about making a mini rainforest. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics in an informative and instructional text and encourages students to form opinions and think about author’s purpose.
The reading comprehension activity, ‘Saturn’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about the planet Saturn. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recall information and the main idea.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Seashell Wind Chime’ helps students make a wind chime out of seashells and asks students comprehension questions about making a seashell wind chime. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to make predictions, draw conclusions and form opinions.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Shari Had a Little Lamb’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about the famous American puppeteer Shari Lewis. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recall information, draw conclusions, make judgements, as well as to think about text organisation.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Silkworm and Spider’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about a story in which a silkworm and a spider make a robe for a king. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recall information and the main idea from a narrative text.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Solar Hot Dog Cooker’ helps students build a solar hot dog cooker and asks students to answer comprehension questions about the solar cooker. 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, draw conclusions, form …More
This writing text reference worksheet, ‘Special Type’ explains to students why an author uses special type, such as italics, boldface and capital letters, for emphasis. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of different text conventions.
This writing text reference worksheet, ‘Special Type’ explains to students why an author uses special type, such as italics, boldface and capital letters, for emphasis. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of different text conventions.
This writing text reference worksheet, Special Type’ provides students with an explanation as to why an author uses special type, such as italics, boldface and capital letters, for emphasis.
This understanding text reference worksheet, ‘Stepping Outside the Writing’ explains to students how to make judgements and draw conclusions and is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics.
This reading activity, ‘Tense’ provides opportunities for practice with identifying the correct tense to complete the sentences.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The ‘Write’ Way’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about writer’s block and ways to start writing again. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to draw conclusions, make judgements, think about the central idea and look at the words and phrases used in informative text.
This reading comprehension exemplar, ‘The Baseball Game’ provides a model of a completed reading comprehension worksheet. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recall information and plot details.
This reading activity, ‘The Beach’ provides opportunities for practice with reading a passage about the beach and answering comprehension questions.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Best of Both Worlds’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about a poem. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to look critically at the language used in a literary text in order to ascertain the meaning and usage of individual words and phrases.
This reading comprehension exemplar, ‘The Duel’ 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 idea and text details.
This reading comprehension exemplar, ‘The Giving Tree’ provides a model of a completed reading comprehension worksheet. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to look critically at the language used in a factual text in order to ascertain the meaning of individual words and phrases.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Helpful Horseshoe Crab’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about horseshoe crabs. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recall information and the central idea.
This reading comprehension exemplar, ‘The History of Kites’ provides a model of a completed reading comprehension worksheet. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to draw conclusions, think about the main idea and think about text conventions, such as bold letters to help the reader find information easily.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The History of Shoes’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about shoes and their history. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recall information from informative text.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Importance of Music’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about a letter that a child wrote to get support for music programmes in schools. 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, ‘The Lost City of Atlantis’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about the legendary lost city of Atlantis. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recall information and form opinions.
This meaning in text exemplar, ‘The Meaning of Words’ provides a model of a completed meaning in text worksheet. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to look critically at words in order to make an educated guess at their meaning in context.
This meaning in text exemplar, ‘The Meaning of Words’ provides a model of a completed meaning in text worksheet. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to look critically at words in order to make an educated guess at their meaning in context.
This meaning in text reference worksheet, ‘The Meaning of Words’ is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to look critically at words in order to make an educated guess at their meaning in context.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Missing Bracelet’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about a story in which a brother acts like a detective in order to find his sister’s missing bracelet. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to think about text organisation, word meanings and the theme of …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Mystery at the Cabin’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about a story in which two children solve what has been stealing food scraps at night. 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, ‘The Mystery Writer’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about a story in which two children discover their grandmother is a writer. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to form opinions.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Plants We Eat’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about the plants we eat and different plant parts. It is aimed at encouraging students to recall the main idea and information from the informative text.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Saver’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about a story in which a girl and her mother clear out her room to make room for her new baby brother or sister. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recall information and the central idea, …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Sea Fairies’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about a story by L. Frank Baum. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recall information and to look at the language used in narrative text.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Secret Garden’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about a story in which a young girl is going to live with an uncle who she barely knows. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to describe the main conflict and recall the main idea and …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Simplest Invention’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about a story in which a boy sets out to invent something new. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recall information, draw conclusions and form opinions.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Singing Insect’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about crickets. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recall information and draw conclusions.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Talent Show’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about a story in which a girl enters a talent show but ends up getting sick. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recall information and draw conclusions.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Tea Kettle of Good Luck’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about a story in which a friendly badger, disguised as a tea kettle, brings good luck to whomever takes care of him. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to look critically at the …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The Underground Railroad’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about the Underground Railroad and how slaves in America escaped to freedom. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them draw conclusions and make judgements.
This reading comprehension exemplar, ‘The Wonderful Writer of Oz: L. Frank Baum’ provides a model of a completed reading comprehension worksheet. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to draw conclusions and make judgements.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘The World’s First Flying Machines’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about early flying machines. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recall main ideas and to think about text organisation and text conventions.
This reading activity, ‘The Zoo’ provides opportunities for practice with reading a passage about the zoo and answering comprehension questions.
This vocabulary activity, ‘Things You Can Eat and Drink’ supports vocabulary development by encouraging students to identify the appropriate noun to complete each sentence.
This reading comprehension exemplar, ‘Tiny Divers: Fairy Penguins’ provides a model of a completed reading comprehension 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 words.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘To Be a Zookeeper’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about a story in which a boy named James goes on a class trip to the zoo. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recall information and the central idea, as well as form opinions, …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Toby’s Best Birthday’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about a story in which a young boy thinks that his family has forgotten his birthday. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to think about a character’s feelings, the main conflict and literary elements.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Treasure from the Sea’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about a story in which a girl finds sea glass on the beach with her grandmother. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recall information from a narrative text.
This number and numerical operations worksheet, ‘Uses for Numbers’ offers explanation on the application of numbers in context. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This reading comprehension exemplar, ‘Vanishing Coin Magic Trick’ 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 understanding text activity, ‘What Is the Theme and Central Idea?’ explains to students about themes and central ideas. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘What’s So Great About the Grand Canyon?’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about the Grand Canyon in the United States. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to draw conclusions and recall information.
This meaning in text exemplar, ‘Words with Many Meanings’ provides a model of a completed meaning in text worksheet. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to look critically at words in order to ascertain their particular meaning in context.
This meaning in text exemplar, ‘Words with Many Meanings’ provides a model of a completed meaning in text worksheet. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to look critically at words in order to ascertain their particular meaning in context.
This meaning in text activity ‘Words with More Than One Meaning’ asks students to work out the meaning of a word that has more than one meaning. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to look critically at words in order to ascertain their particular meaning in context.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘You Can Be a Painter!’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about artists and different painting styles. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recall information, make comparisons, draw conclusions and form opinions.
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