Reading Comprehension Teacher Resources

Now here is a resource you don't see everyday. It's a printable version of a 17-page, full-color comic that describes the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the civil rights movement in 1955 and 1956. It focuses on the actions of Martin Luther...

You might see a flying car before your lifetime ends! Assess your intermediate and advanced French classes with this resource, discussing the plans for a flying car. Two brief activities follow: the first develops new vocabulary, and the...

Can your class find the main idea for the short passages provided here? Not only do they identify the main idea out of four selections, but they must also write a supporting idea for their choice. The answer sheet provides example...

The value in this sentence completion instructional activity is in the answers and explanations key that accompanies the resource. The key not only indicates the correct response, but also details the strategies learners can use to...

Here is a quick activity on King David, the second king of Israel. It discusses his famous contest with the Philistine warrior Goliath and is followed by a few reading comprehension questions.

The cautionary tale of Daedalus and Icarus is the core text for a series reading comprehension exercises based on the myth.

Students read this informational passage about money and then answer 5 reading comprehension question and 5 vocabulary questions. The passage contains interesting information about the origin of money and would be good reading...

In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a passage titled "The Birthday," then complete a set of 5 multiple choice comprehension questions.

In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a 9-paragraph story called "The Girl Who Got Bigger and Bigger" and then respond to 10 short answer questions.

Students use textual clues to create mental images and interpret characters moods and actions. They visualize the setting, characters and events.

In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a one paragraph text about turtle doves. Students answer one multiple choice question.

For this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a one paragraph text about screenwriters. Students answer one multiple choice question.

In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a one paragraph text about fortune cookies. Students answer one multiple choice question.

Strap on those backpacks, it's time to travel through history with this literature unit based on the first four books of The Magic Tree House series. While reading through these fun stories, children create story maps, record...

Readers will get a peculiar thrilling sensation from this reading comprehension exercise that asks them to identify how Poe uses repetition and sensory language to build tension in his short story, "The Pit and the Pendulum."

If you're planning a unit on To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, don't pass this resource by! It includes thorough discussion questions and vocabulary from the novel, research opportunities, and writing prompts to extend learning...

What is more interesting than a dinosaur; three dinosaurs! Second graders hone their reading comprehension skills by learning about the T-Rex, Pachycephalosaurus, and diplodocus. They read three short paragraphs and answer three...

Fourth graders define unknown vocabulary words and decode unknown words in their reading using a Quicktionary Reading Pen and Franklin Spell Checker. They create reading comprehension questions that are incorporated into a classroom Web...

In this online interactive reading comprehension instructional activity, students read a 2-paragraph selection and then respond to 6 true or false questions about the selection.

Students practice post-reading strategies. In this reading comprehension lesson, students review pre-reading strategies, then read a handout entitled "Thirteen Reasons Our Ancestors Migrated." Students complete a post-reading worksheet...

Students discover shapes on a playground. In this guided reading lesson, students discover new vocabulary words related to shapes as they read Shapes Where We Play. In small groups, students use picture clues and one to one matching to...

In this reading comprehension learning exercise, learners read a short passage about Robin Hood and then complete 5 short answer questions based on the reading.

Young scholars practice reading skills by reading The School Story by Andrew Clements and answering questions over that story. In this reading comprehension lesson plan, students answer questions over story elements, vocabulary, and...

In this ESL reading comprehension learning exercise, students will read a short article for understanding. Upon completion, students will respond to 4 multiple choice reading comprehension questions.