Theme-based Nonfiction Reading Comprehension

Theme-based Nonfiction Reading Comprehension
Author: Instructional Fair
Publisher: Instructional Fair
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2003
Genre: Education
ISBN:

With the increased focus on literacy in the classroom, it is more important than ever to provide students with interesting reading activities. These reading activities should help develop students' fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. This book has been written thematically. The use of themes increases reading comprehension kills by focusing students' attention on one subject rather than having to adjust their thoughts to several. The activities reinforce comprehension skill such as finding the main idea, summarizing, inferencing, comparing and contrasting, sequencing, and classification. The activities include a variety of multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, short answer, and long answer questions.

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

Daily Warm-Ups: Nonfiction Reading Grd 6

Daily Warm-Ups: Nonfiction Reading Grd 6
Author: Robert W. Smith
Publisher: Teacher Created Resources
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2011-03
Genre: Education
ISBN: 142065036X

Quick, easy, effective activities support standards and help students improve skills they need for success in testing.

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

Daily Reading Comprehension

Daily Reading Comprehension
Author: Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
Publisher: Evan Moor Educational Publishers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Reading comprehension
ISBN: 9781608236374

Common Core Top Pick for Reading Literature and Informational Text Key Ideas and Details Craft and Structure Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity View all Common Core Top Picks for Reading Literature and Informational Text Daily instruction on the reading strategies and comprehension skills your students need to improve reading comprehension and raise test scores! Engage your students in reading, thinking about, and responding to a variety of passages and texts! Daily Reading Comprehension, Grade 6 presents your students with the reading strategies and comprehension skills they need to become strong and successful readers. 30 weeks of instruction cover the following reading skills and strategies: Skills: Theme Evaluating Evidence Character & Setting Main Idea & Details Visual Information Author's Purpose Make Predictions Draw Conclusions Cause & Effect Compare & Contrast Nonfiction Text Features Sequence Strategies: Monitor Comprehension Make Connections Visualization Organization Determine Important Information Ask Questions

Grade 6 Reading

Grade 6 Reading
Author: Kumon Publishing
Publisher: Kumon Reading Workbooks
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010-06
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781934968949

With our unique step-by-step lessons, children gain confidence in their comprehension skills so they are eager to read more! Our Reading Workbooks use a combination of phonics and whole-language instruction to make reading feel effortless. By mastering grade-appropriate vocabulary and completing fun, colorful exercises, children discover that they love to read!

Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Grade 6

Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Grade 6
Author: Debra Housel
Publisher: Teacher Created Resources
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2003-06-30
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0743933869

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

Nonfiction Reading Comprehension: Science, Grd 6

Nonfiction Reading Comprehension: Science, Grd 6
Author: Ruth Foster
Publisher: Teacher Created Resources
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2008-02-09
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1420680374

High-interest, nonfiction articles help students learn about science and social studies topics while developing skills in reading comprehension. Each story is followed by questions that cover main idea, details, vocabulary, and critical reasoning. The format is similar to that of standardized tests, so as students progress through the book s units, they are preparing for success in testing.

Nonfiction Reading Comprehension: Social Studies, Grd 6

Nonfiction Reading Comprehension: Social Studies, Grd 6
Author: Ruth Foster
Publisher: Teacher Created Resources
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2008-02-09
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1420680382

High-interest, nonfiction articles help students learn about science and social studies topics while developing skills in reading comprehension. Each story is followed by questions that cover main idea, details, vocabulary, and critical reasoning. The format is similar to that of standardized tests, so as students progress through the book s units, they are preparing for success in testing.