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 Different Kind of Juice’ asks students to answer questions about rubber, a naturally hard substance. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and draw conclusions.
This kids news activity, ‘A Giant Panda Makes His Mark On Baseball’ is about how champion baseball player Pablo Sandoval got his nickname.
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 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 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 comprehension activity, ‘Abigail Adams’ asks students to answer questions about Abigail Adams, who married John Adams, the second President of the United States. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and think about word meanings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Air Bags: The Benefits and the Risks’ asks students to answer questions about air bags and safety. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, summarise and think about word meanings.
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, ‘Alfred Vail and the Telegraph’ asks students to answer questions about how the telegraph was completed. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and think about word meanings and author purpose.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Alibi Ike’ asks students to answer questions about a story of an ace baseball player. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and think about word meanings.
This Readers Theatre activity, ‘All About Bats’ encourages students to summarise and paraphrase information in texts. It also builds reading fluency. This activity includes a script for 5 readers.
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, ‘Amelia Earhart’ asks students to answer questions about the famous American aviator Amelia Earhart. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and form opinions.
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, ‘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 reading comprehension activity, ‘Arts and Crafts Projects’ asks students to answer questions about recipes for paste and puff paint. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and form opinions.
This kids news activity, Baby Superb Fairy-Wren Sings For Its Supper’ is about a species of Australian bird using unique calls to keep their babies safe.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Battle of Trenton’ asks students to answer questions about a battle that took place in America in 1776. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and draw conclusions.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Be More Active’ asks students to answer questions about how to be more active. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Bird Calls’ asks students to answer questions about budgies. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, draw conclusions, make predictions and think about word meanings.
This article, ‘Blacktip Reef Shark’, provides information about the physical characteristics, behaviour, habitat, diet and life cycle of this shark. A quick reference fact file includes scientific name and IUCN status. The text is accompanied by a large illustration of the shark.
This article, ‘Blind Shark’, provides information about the physical characteristics, behaviour, habitat, diet and life cycle of this shark. A quick reference fact file includes scientific name and IUCN status. The text is accompanied by a large illustration of the shark.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Bread Makers’ asks students to answer questions about bread making in ancient times. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and think about word meanings.
This article, ‘Bronze Whaler’, provides information about the physical characteristics, behaviour, habitat, diet and life cycle of this shark. A quick reference fact file includes scientific name and IUCN status. The text is accompanied by a large illustration of the shark.
This article, ‘Bull Shark’, provides information about the physical characteristics, behaviour, habitat, diet and life cycle of this shark. A quick reference fact file includes scientific name and IUCN status. The text is accompanied by a large illustration of the shark.
This article, ‘Busy Bee’, provides information about how bees gather nectar. It explains the co-operation between the bees in the hive and how they communicate. The text is supported by illustrations.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Cadet Rings’ asks students to answer questions about the rings that cadets of the United States Coast Guard Academy receive. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and think about word meanings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Captain Kidd on Raritan Bay’ asks students to answer questions about the famous pirate named Captain William Kidd. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, draw conclusions and think about word meanings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Car Tips’ asks students to answer questions about car maintenance, such as replacing antifreeze. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and think about word meanings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Cats’ asks students to answer questions about different cat breeds. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Caves’ asks students to answer questions about different kinds of caves. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and form opinions.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Censorship in Music’ asks students to answer questions about how censorship violates the rights of citizens and artists. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, draw conclusions, form opinions and think about word meanings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Cesar Chavez’ asks students to answer questions about a man who fought to improve the conditions of migrant workers. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and draw conclusions.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Chicken Feathers’ asks students to answer questions about an American chemist, Walter Schmidt, who found ways to make leftover chicken feathers into products such as fibreglass canoes! It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Child Safety Seats’ asks students to answer questions about safety seats for children. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, make comparisons and think about word meanings.
This kids news activity, ‘Chocolate May Be Good For Your Heart’ is about a study suggesting heart health may be improved by eating dark chocolate.
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, ‘Communication’ asks students to answer questions about different ways of communicating. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, draw conclusions and think about word meanings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Composting’ asks students to answer questions about how to build a compost pile. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, make predictions and form opinions.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Constellations’ asks students to answer questions about constellations, or groups of stars that make pictures in the sky. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, make comparisons and think about word meanings.
This article, ‘Deadly Animals’, provides information and statistics that show that sharks are not the world’s most deadly animals. The text is accompanied by diagrammatic illustrations.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Delaware Water Gap’ asks students to answer questions about the different animals found throughout the Delaware Water Gap in the United States. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, draw conclusions and think about word meanings and author purpose.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Desert Bighorn Sheep’ asks students to answer questions about desert bighorn sheep, which live in Arizona in the United States. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and think about word meanings.
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 kids news activity, ‘Different Toys For Girls And Boys?’ reports on gender stereotyping in the marketing of toys.
This kids news activity, ‘Director James Cameron Goes To Earth’s Deepest Point’ is about Cameron’s solo dive, in a submarine, to the bottom of the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean.
This kids news activity, ‘Does Ancient Antarctic Lake Hold Secrets To Life In Outer Space?’ is about the discovery of a lake buried under the ice, that may hold clues to life on other planets .
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Dogs’ asks students to answer questions about different dog breeds. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and form opinions.
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, ‘Early American Artists’ asks students to answer questions about different American artists. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information and form opinions.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Earth’s Water’ asks students to answer questions about the water on and in Earth. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, draw conclusions, form opinions and think about word meanings.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Earthquakes’ asks students to answer questions about earthquakes and the San Andreas fault zone. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information.
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 kids news activity, ‘Eating Like They Do In The Mediterranean Is Good For Your Heart’ reports on research suggesting a link between a Mediterranean diet and heart health.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Edward the Brave’ asks students to answer questions about Edward Kennedy, Jr, who overcame childhood cancer. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, make predictions and draw conclusions.
This kids news activity, ‘ Egyptian Leader Backs Off On Strict Controls’ reports on the Arab Spring protests in Egypt and the leader Mohamed Morsi.
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