Pbs: Work Keys Reading for Information: Level 5

Are you a friggatriskaidekaphobic? An excerpt from an article about the fear of Friday the 13th is used as the basis of a reading comprehension exercise. The five questions require readers to employ several strategies (drawing...

Engage your class by asking them how many passwords they think they currently have. This article brings to light the crazy amount of passwords the average computer user has! After reading the article, kids complete the multiple-choice...

The Iditarod Trail and the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race are the focus of a comprehension assessment. Readers must identify the main idea of the passage, draw inferences, define words using context clues, and identify the organizational...

Do your tenth graders need some extra practice with reading strategies? The great idea here is the detailed explanation provided for why one answer is correct. Not only is the strategy detailed, but the rationale for why the other foils...

Here’s a reading comprehension assessment that will capture the interest of your learners. Stink bugs and the danger they pose to farmers is the subject of the passage, while the eight questions ask readers to infer, predict, summarize...

In this video, viewers learn about reading comprehension.

In this video, viewers are asked to apply information from a sample passage to a new situation.

In this video, viewers watch as a class dissects a poem and discusses the author's word choice.

In this video, students learn about how meteorologists locate and analyze information as they predict the movement and impact of weather systems.

In this video, students learn about the periodic table as an example of organizing and locating information.