An interactive tests scholars' reading comprehension skills. Young learners read an informative passage about redwood trees then respond to five questions. Feedback appears instantly.

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.

An interactive tests scholars' reading comprehension skills. After reading or listening to a brief informational text, learners answer five fill-in-the-blank questions. Results appear instantly.

An interactive challenges scholars to read a short informational text about butterflies then answer eight questions. A progress report appears after the last question.

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...

Lobsters are the topic of an informational text that scholars read then answer a series of questions. A progress report details their work.

A series of exercises about the weather in Chicago that tests reading comprehension of Spanish-speaking ELLs. Instructions are in Spanish; exercises and readings in English.

The highly-respected Reading Rockets program offers both teachers and students a toolkit of ways to connect more actively with the materials they read. Some of these techniques are specifically for fiction-reading, others are designed...

A collection of differentiated reading activities are provided in this collection. Worksheets for the following reading topics are included: climax, story structure, elements of a story; fact and opinion; summarizing, narrative sequence;...

A good warm-up/introduction activity for a unit on inferences. This is a simple exercise to help teachers assess prior knowledge.

The K-W-L strategy stands for what I Know, what I Want to learn, and what I did Learn. By activating students' background knowledge, it improves comprehension of expository text.

This true-or-false exercise tests listening and reading comprehension. Students read a variety of help wanted ads. They then listen to a variety of statements about the ads, deciding if the statements are true or false.

A learning module geared toward English as a Second Language Learners. Students read and/or listen to a short text entitled "Better To Be Unlucky" and click on the links below to increase comprehension and vocabulary skills. Students can...

A learning module geared toward English as a Second Language Learners. Students read and/or listen to a short text entitled "Theft Occurs Everywhere" and click on the links below to increase comprehension and vocabulary skills. Students...

A learning module geared toward English as a Second Language Learners. Students read and/or listen to a short text entitled "Mayor Denies Hit-and-Run Charge" and click on the links below to increase comprehension and vocabulary skills....

A learning module geared toward English as a Second Language Learners. Students read and/or listen to a short text entitled "Bathtub Blues" and click on the links below to increase comprehension and vocabulary skills. Students can...

A learning module geared toward English as a Second Language Learners. Students read and/or listen to a short text entitled "Bank Robbery" and click on the links below to increase comprehension and vocabulary skills. Students can...

A learning module geared toward English as a Second Language Learners. Students read and/or listen to a short text entitled "Larry Needs a New Air-Conditioner" and click on the links below to increase comprehension and vocabulary skills....

A learning module geared toward English as a Second Language Learners. Students read and/or listen to a short text entitled "Man Shoots Up Post Office" and click on the links below to increase comprehension and vocabulary skills....

A learning module geared toward English as a Second Language Learners. Students read and/or listen to a short text entitled "Murals Are Over 200 Years Old" and click on the links below to increase comprehension and vocabulary skills....

A learning module geared toward English as a Second Language Learners. Students read and/or listen to a short text entitled "A School Girl Sues Her School" and click on the links below to increase comprehension and vocabulary skills....

A learning module geared toward English as a Second Language Learners. Students read and/or listen to a short text entitled "SUV Driver Sends Officer Flying" and click on the links below to increase comprehension and vocabulary skills....

A learning module geared toward English as a Second Language Learners. Students read and/or listen to a short text entitled "Woman Dies in House Fire" and click on the links below to increase comprehension and vocabulary skills. Students...

A learning module geared toward English as a Second Language Learners. Students read and/or listen to a short text entitled "Pilot Killed as Plane Crashes into House" and click on the links below to increase comprehension and vocabulary...