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Are You an Optimist or a Pessimist?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Listening is a skill. This lesson will provide your pupils with clear guidelines for what to do when someone else is speaking. Whether you ask them to note key words in a talk, to prepare two questions about the presentation, or to note...
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What’s in Your Cells?

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
Organelles, cellular respiration, ATP, and DNA. The passage attached to this life science reading comprehension instructional activity is all about cells. After reading about diffusion and osmosis, kids answer a series of questions based...
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K12 Reader

Customs and Traditions

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
Here's a two-part reading comprehension learning exercise that asks kids to read a short passage about the customs and traditions of Native American tribes and then to answer a series of questions based on the article.
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Tissues, Organs and Systems

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
Young scientists are introduced to the connections among cells, tissues, organs, and systems in a life science reading comprehension worksheet that asks them to respond to a series of questions based on the passage.
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Find Somebody Who...3 - Icebreaker Game

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
Get everyone speaking! Giving your youngsters a time limit, encourage them to walk around the room and ask their classmates if they have done any of the 30 items on the provided list. They write down the names of each person in the...
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Impromptu Speech

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Focus on presentation techniques with this lesson, which prompts middle schoolers give an impromptu speech. They practice public speaking by giving a short unprepared speech. Some preparations are made to include an introduction, body,...
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K12 Reader

The Coat Got Soaked on the Boat

For Students 1st Standards
This silly story of a family, their pet goat, a coat, and boat will capture your pupils' attention as they work on the long /o/ sound, the oa digraph, and reading comprehension.
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Escaping Persecution

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
Pilgrims, puritans, and Pennsylvania are all featured in a reading comprehension worksheet that asks kids to read a short passage about these early settlers and then to answer a series of questions based on the article.
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K12 Reader

What's the Purpose? FDR's Pearl Harbor Speech

For Students 8th Standards
FDR's December 7, 1941 address to the nation is the focus of a reading comprehension exercise that asks middle schoolers to read an excerpt from the Pearl Harbor speech and determine the president's purpose.
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Eleven

For Students 7th Standards
It is difficult to articulate how growing up feels as accurately and beautifully as Sandra Cisneros does in her short story "Eleven." After seventh graders read the story and note the author's use of figurative language, they respond to...
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Bald Eagle

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
First and second graders listen to an informative read-aloud about Bald Eagles. Five questions follow the reading to gauge comprehension—a printable certificate details pupils' progress.
Interactive
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American Revolution

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Test scholar's reading comprehension skills with a practice that challenges pupils to read an informational text about the Amerian Revolution then answer 10 questions. 
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Christopher Columbus

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Scholars use their reading comprehension skills to answer questions about a short informative text regarding Christopher Columbus. A progress report follows eight questions—multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank. 
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Mr. Nussbaum

Harriet Tubman

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Scholars test their reading comprehension skills with a short reading of an informative text about Harriet Tubman. Learners answer eight questions and receive a detailed progress report.
Interactive
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Rainbows

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Test scholars' reading comprehension skills with interactive practice. Learners read a short informative text about rainbows, then answer eight multiple-choice questions. A report details their progress after the exercise is complete.
Interactive
Mr. Nussbaum

Sequoyah

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Test scholars' comprehension with a 10-question interactive. Learners read a short informative text about Sequoyah, a Cherokee silversmith, who invented the language Cherokee Syllabary, then answer fill-in-the-blank and multiple-choice...
Interactive
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Civil War

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Test scholars' reading comprehension skills with a practice that focuses on the Civil War. Participants read an informational text then answer 10 questions.
Interactive
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Sacagawea

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
A reading comprehension interactive practice focuses on Sacagawea. Scholars read an informational text, then answer 10 questions.
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Thomas Jefferson

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Boost reading comprehension skills with an interactive about Thomas Jefferson. Scholars read an informational text then answer 10 questions. 
Interactive
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Trail of Tears

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
An interactive practice boosts reading comprehension skills. Scholars read an informative text, then show what they know by answering 10 questions. A progress report details their answers and overall score.
Interactive
Mr. Nussbaum

Age of Exploration

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
An informational text focuses on the Age of Exploration. Scholars read the passage and then answer 10 questions to test their reading comprehension skills.
Interactive
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Amelia Earhart

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Amelia Earhart is the focus of a reading comprehension interactive practice. Scholars read an informational text; then answer 10 questions. 
Interactive
Mr. Nussbaum

Lewis and Clark

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
An informational text focuses on Lewis and Clark. Scholars read the text and answer 10 questions to test their reading comprehension skills.
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Feel the Green Grass

For Students 1st Standards
This poem may make your learners yearn for summer, but it will also help them practice the ee digraph. Pupils read the short poem, which includes many examples of the ee digraph, and respond to three reading comprehension questions.

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