Encourage readers to compare and contrast the information that they find in informational text with a variety of reading passages and worksheets. Learners read all about subjects in science, social studies, and literature before completing a series of activities to synthesize what they have read.

Concepts

compare and contrast, informational texts, nonfiction texts, aesop's fables, reading comprehension strategies

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Use all five resources in a unit about informational text and critical reading, or choose the most relevant texts to your curriculum
• Share the resources with teachers in your team so learners can practice the literary skills across disciplines

Classroom Considerations

• Complexity and difficulty of assignments vary; some assignments are better for younger learners, while others would be more appropriate for middle schoolers
• Worksheets are in color, so be sure that printing in black and white doesn't impede understanding

Pros

• Includes reading from different subjects, including passages about renewable and nonrenewable energy, simple and compound interest, and the American colonies
• Engages learners with straightforward and thoughtful worksheets after reading

Cons

• None

Common Core

RI.4.1 RI.4.5 RI.5.1 RI.5.5 RI.6.1 RI.6.5 RI.7.1 RI.7.5 RI.8.1 RI.8.5