Give reading comprehension a boost with a two-page worksheet featuring an informational text about ships at sea during stormy weather. After reading, scholars show what they know through four short-answer questions. 

Concepts

reading, reading comprehension, reading comprehension strategies, responding to reading, short answer questions, informational texts

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Support reading comprehension with skills such as marking the text 
• Work with small groups, paying close attention to those in need of additional assistance 
• Direct pupils to complete the worksheet at home then review answers when they return to school 

Classroom Considerations

• Confirm the passage's reading level appropriateness
• Requires single sided, or double sided copies 
• The resource is the ninth worksheet in a series of 19 designed to strengthen reading comprehension skills 

Pros

• Bold-faced font highlights a vocabulary term 
• Offers an overall clear and organized worksheet design 

Cons

• Short-answer questions do not come with much space to write responses

Common Core

RI.3.1 RI.3.4 RI.3.10 RI.4.1 RI.4.4 RI.4.10 RI.5.1 RI.5.4 RI.5.10