This article, ‘A Bull Rider’s Friend’ starts with a narrative then goes on to describe the role and importance of rodeo clowns. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘A Day at the Circus’, features a narrative text about a family of clowns who visit a boy’s class to talk about circus life and then invite the class to visit the circus. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about making …More
The paired texts, ‘A Dollar a Day’ and ‘In Shape’ tell about two men who ride their bicycles to work. In the first story, Mr Davis struggles all the way; in the second story, Mr Kelly flies along in great style. They provide opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘A Fish Tale’, features a fable about a goldfish who does not listen to his teacher and ends up in danger. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about cause and effect, purpose, classification, reasoning, character, sequence, detail, and genre. The task …More
This story, ‘A Friend Comes Through’ tells how Max’s friend helps him to find a healthy recipe for his class cookbook. It includes a procedure and provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
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.
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 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 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 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 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
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 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 worksheet, ‘Aftermath of a Storm’, features a narrative text about a young woman returning to her family home after a hurricane. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about making an inference, mood/tone, cause and effect, vocabulary, setting, the main idea, emotional reaction, …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘An Oral History of My Grandmother’, features a narrative about a girl who records her grandmother’s childhood memories of visiting an uncle in the country. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about drawing a conclusion, sequence, emotional reaction, importance, making a …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘An Uneasy Move’, features a narrative about a boy who must suddenly move to the United States when his father is transferred there for work. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about cause and effect, comparison/contrast, character, emotional reaction, making an …More
This story, ‘Benny and Sam’ is about two boys who are building a treehouse. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Betsy’s Birthday Pony’, features a narrative text about a girl who wants a pony and her parents’ clever solution. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about detail, making a judgment, validity, vocabulary, emotion, character, and information. Answer sheet provided with file …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Boy Meets Horse’, features a narrative text about a boy getting to know and learning to ride a horse. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about detail, sequence, reasoning, vocabulary, theme, predicting outcome, and genre. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This story, ‘Breakfast’ tells what happens when children surprise their father on his birthday. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This story, ‘Chicken Soup’ is about a girl who feels sick and how her mother responds by making a special soup. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
The paired texts, ‘Chore Chart’ and ‘A Weekly Dilemma’ show how household chores can be managed to avoid arguments. They provide opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Circus Comes to Town’, features a narrative text about a boy meeting a young circus clown. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about drawing a conclusion, making an inference, detail, validity, cause and effect, and genre. Answer sheet provided with file …More
The story ‘Dad and Terrell’ is about a father and son who are in the car on their way to a game. Terrell has to find the map and help Dad find the way. The story provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Writing Traits activity, ‘Descriptive Writing’ encourages students to write a sentence using descriptive words.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Double Trouble’, features a narrative text about a couple’s dramatic journey home after a night out in the city. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about setting, fact/opinion, reasoning, validity, emotion, character, detail, the main idea, and genre. Answer sheet provided …More
This quick reference chart ‘Elements of a Story’ helps students to identify the structure and genre of a story. It is aimed at introducing students to the functional organisation of texts in order to gain a deeper understanding of their parts – beginning, middle, end – and each part’s purpose – establish setting and characters, …More
This Editing Task worksheet, ‘First Day at University’, features a narrative text about a young woman’s experiences as she starts university. It encourages students to identify spelling, punctuation, capitalisation, and usage errors in the text and then to write out a correct version. The purpose of this task is to develop students’ accuracy in written …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Friendship among Enemies’, features a narrative about two sisters who do not get along. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about genre, setting, cause and effect, reasoning, making a judgment, and predicting outcome. Answer sheet provided with file download.
The story, ‘Funny Tiger’ tells of a family trip to the zoo that almost ended badly. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This early learning activity, ‘Gingerbread Girl’ provides cut-outs to make stick puppets of characters that feature in the accompanying story.
This early learning activity, ‘Honey Jar’ provides cut-outs to make stick puppets of animals and items that feature in the accompanying story.
This story, ‘All About Animal Families: How the Kangaroo Got Her Pouch’, tells a legend of how the kangaroo got her pouch. It includes colourful and engaging photographs.
This story, ‘Ice Cream’ is about a mother who makes ice cream for her son using an old fashioned method. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
The paired stories, ‘Knock, Knock’ and ‘I Thought I’d Lost You’ are about the efforts of two young people to win a talent contest. In each story, the performer is supported by a faithful and encouraging friend. They provide opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
In this story, ‘Late’ students learn how Charlene and her father worked out when to catch a train. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This early learning activity, ‘Little Red House’ provides cut-outs to make stick puppets of animals and items that feature in the accompanying story that students can take home to share with their parents.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Lucianne’s Mind at Work’, features a narrative text about a girl who wants to improve the design of motor vehicles. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about making an inference, classifying, mood/tone, comparison/contrast, cause and effect, reasoning, and making a judgment. …More
In this story, ‘Lucky’ a boy misses the cricket try-outs to save a stuck puppy. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
The story, ‘Marbles’ is about two friends who have agreed to host a fundraiser. When one friend has to attend a golf try-out , he writes instructions for some marble games that his friend can use to entertain people. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file …More
This early learning activity, ‘Modern Three Bears’ provides cut-outs to make stick puppets of items that feature in this twist on a classic fairy tale.
The paired texts, ‘New Plans’ and ‘The Quest’ describe what happens when a camper goes missing. The first story tells how Kira sets about finding Katie; the second story describes Audrey’s search for Katie. They provide opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Editing Task worksheet, ‘Nicky’s Determination’, features the rough draft of a narrative text about a small boy making the rugby team. It encourages students to identify spelling, capitalisation, punctuation, and usage errors in the text and then to write out a correct version. The purpose of this task is to develop students’ accuracy in …More
The story, ‘No Sleep’ recounts the adventures of a boy at camp. He takes a canoe out at night to capture photographs and has to be rescued by friends. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
In this story, ‘Nothing To Do’ two bored children are introduced to a novel way of communicating using secret messages. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Writing Traits activity, ‘Parts of Speech: Nouns’ encourages students to read, identify, and classify nouns used in a sentence.
This story, ‘Paul’s Idea’ tells of a boy who keeps getting punctures in his bike tyre tubes, but who can’t afford to replace them. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This story, ‘Pet Day’ describes the lead-up to a day when students bring pets to school and listen to a vet. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Preparing to Hunt’, features a narrative text about a young Native American learning to hunt with a bow and arrow. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about vocabulary, detail, reasoning, cause and effect, purpose, making an inference, mood/tone, genre, and predicting …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Rabbit Run’, features a fable about a young rabbit who does not listen to his mother’s advice. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about vocabulary, making an inference, reasoning, conclusion, sequence, predicting outcome, and genre. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Ready to Sail’, features a narrative text about young sailors and an advertisement for a sailing camp. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the texts and includes questions about classification, mood/tone, cause and effect, figurative language, drawing a conclusion, detail, and reasoning. Answer sheet provided with …More
The humorous story, ‘Running Away’ tells of the misadventures that foil a boy’s plan to run away from home with his friend. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Writing Task worksheet, ‘Sailing across the Seas’, features instructions for students to write a story about a sea voyage. It encourages students to plan their writing and to check it for errors. Prompts suggest including the destination, the type of ship, roles on the trip, and feelings.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Saving a Village’, features a narrative text about a young man who displays courage during the American Revolution. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about genre, reasoning, character, vocabulary, detail, making a judgment, cause and effect, drawing a conclusion, and predicting …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Secrets’, features a narrative text about two boys fascinated by a deserted house. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about setting, validity, cause and effect, making a judgment, detail, drawing a conclusion, character, fact/opinion, mood/tone, literary device, and genre. Answer sheet …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘So Many Things Worth Keeping’, features a narrative about a family’s visit to Colorado and their new appreciation for protecting the environment. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about validity, making a judgment, detail, emotional reaction, paraphrasing, reasoning, sequence, comparison/contrast, cause …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘So You Want a Fish’, features a narrative text about some goldfish that grow surprisingly big and need to be transferred to a very large tank. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about making an inference, sequence, figurative language, drawing a …More
This story, ‘Space Cards’ tells how excited a group of students are when their teacher shows them her Neil Armstrong space card. It includes a fact sheet and provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This story, ‘Sparky’ tells what happens when a boy’s dog goes missing near a stream. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
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