Playing the piano takes a lot of work, even before you touch the keys! Use a reading passage about learning to play the piano before answering five comprehension questions.

Concepts

piano, reading comprehension, short stories, main ideas

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Add to a reading assessment or language arts homework packet
• Have learners write their own questions about different words or concepts in the reading

Classroom Considerations

• Questions contain a scale for learners to note their confidence in answers, which might be helpful or distracting, depending on the learner

Pros

• Questions address a variety of reading skills
• Comes with an answer key

Cons

• Story is not a good example of plot development or characterization

Common Core

RL.5.1 RL.5.2 RL.5.3 RL.5.4