24 Nonfiction Passages for Test Practice

24 Nonfiction Passages for Test Practice
Author: Michael Priestley
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2002
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780439256094

Boost students’ reading comprehension and critical thinking skills using all kinds of nonfiction. From how-to guides and letters to news stories and advertisements, these high-interest, ready-to-reproduce nonfiction passages and companion questions will give your students the practice they need to understand the information they see and read every day--and succeed on standardized tests. For use with Grades 4-5.

24 Nonfiction Passages for Test Practice

24 Nonfiction Passages for Test Practice
Author: Michael Priestley
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2001-12
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780439256100

Offers twenty-four reproducible passages from "high interest" non-fiction sources, and provides a prereading question to assist students to focus on what they read, along with a standarized practice test for grades six through eight

24 Nonfiction Passages for Test Practice

24 Nonfiction Passages for Test Practice
Author: Michael Priestley
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2001-12
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780439256087

Boost your students' reading comprehension and critical-thinking skills using all kinds of high-interest nonfiction sources. From how-to guides and letters to news stories and advertisements, these ready-to-reproduce passages and companion questions will give your students the practice they need to understand the information they see and read every day -- and succeed on standardized tests! Book jacket.

Hi-lo Nonfiction Passages for Struggling Readers

Hi-lo Nonfiction Passages for Struggling Readers
Author: Scholastic Teaching Resources
Publisher: Teaching Resources
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007-02
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780439694971

Reproducible passages, grouped by reading strategies, come with test-formatted questions

Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Grade 3

Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Grade 3
Author: Teacher Created Resources
Publisher: Teacher Created Resources
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2002-09
Genre: Design
ISBN: 0743933834

After reading brief nonfiction passages about science, geography, or history topics, students answer multiple choice and short answer questions to build seven essential comprehension skills.

Paired Passages: Linking Fact to Fiction Grade 5

Paired Passages: Linking Fact to Fiction Grade 5
Author: Ruth Foster
Publisher: Teacher Created Resources
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2009-07
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1420629158

Help students develop and practice the skills they need to compare and contrast fiction and nonfiction passages. After each of the 25 pairs of passages, students are asked both multiple choice and open-ended questions.

Timed Readings

Timed Readings
Author: Edward Spargo
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Glencoe
Total Pages: 124
Release: 1989
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9780890615065

Do your students fail to even finish a timed test? Do they read word by word? Do they simply move their eyes over the page, never remembering what they read? If you suspect that students' test scores are being confounded by any of these traits, or if you have students who need to process greater amounts of information, the Timed Readings books can help. For over thirty years, Jamestown has been helping students increase their reading rate and fluency while maintaining comprehension. Timed Readings is the original series of timed reading books; 400-word nonfiction timed passages in science, social studies, the humanities, and more.

Point of View & Fact and Opinion

Point of View & Fact and Opinion
Author: Linda Beech
Publisher: Teaching Resources
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006
Genre: Reading comprehension
ISBN: 9780439554138

Repeated practice builds mastery, and this book provides exactly the practice students need to master the reading skills of determining point of view and distinguishing fact and opinion. The 35 reproducible pages in this book feature high-interest nonfiction reading passage with short-answer practice questions that target one of these essential reading comprehension skills. Flexible and easy to use--in school or at home--the book also includes model lessons, assessments, and an answer key. For use with Grades 4-8.

Nonfiction Passages Packet

Nonfiction Passages Packet
Author: Ellen M. Dolan
Publisher: Milliken Publishing Company
Total Pages: 14
Release: 2014-09-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 078772422X

The nonfiction passages in this packet are designed to keep students engaged with fascinating topics such as HyperSoar jets, sunken treasure ships, the Norse Legend of Thor, supernovas, and more. The controlled vocabulary averages two readability levels below content to ensure understanding and promote confidence. Each selection includes follow-up questions to reinforce key comprehension skills and an answer key for easy assessment.