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Reading Comprehension Activities for upper elementary: Tips, Tricks and Inspiration for teachers! Many of these pins focus on major reading skills like inferencing, summarizing, using context clues, and identifying main idea, author's purpose and figurative langauge. Guided reading and reading strategies is included here, too!
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Third Grade Language Arts Activities
Language Art Activities
Word Study
Third Grade
3rd Grade
Language Arts
The Four
Slides
Writing
Metaphors Worksheets and an Introduction PowerPoint
This metaphors lesson features a 21-slide PowerPoint, four practice worksheets, and a matching PowerPoint companion handout. The first slide of the PowerPoint provides a metaphor definition and an example. The remaining slides feature sentences and paragraphs, and students must identify and explain the metaphor found within. The four metaphor worksheets are designed for independent practice. Students will identify metaphors and write their own metaphors. The last few slides of the PowerPoint and one of the worksheets is designed to give students an opportunity to differentiate between metaphors and similes.
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Simile Definition
Simile Lesson
Authors Purpose
Upper Elementary Classroom
Reading Comprehension Activities
Context Clues
Figurative Language
Language Resources
Comprehension Activities
Similes PowerPoint with Practice Worksheets
This similes lesson features a 13-slide PowerPoint, a pair of worksheets, and a matching PowerPoint companion handout. The first slide of the PowerPoint provides a simile definition and an example. The remaining slides feature sentences, and students must determine whether or not each sentence contains a simile. ALL of the sentences contain either "like" or "as", but not all of the sentences are similes. Therefore, students must truly analyze each sentence. Two practice worksheets are included.
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Similes And Metaphors
Memory Match Game
Memory Game
Similes and Metaphors Memory Matching Game
Practice identifying similes and metaphors with this fun Memory game! This is a hands-on game your students can play with a partner or in a small group. The game includes 18 matches and directions! Students turn over the game pieces, and then follow the directions to try to find matches. The game contains cards on 9 topics: a baby, a violinist, popcorn, etc. For each topic there are 2 matches, making it so students must closely analyze the text to determine whether it is a simile or a metaphor.
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Main Idea Worksheet
Supporting Details
Nonfiction Reading
Graphic Organizer
Main Idea
Main Idea Worksheets with Ice Cream Cone Graphic Organizer: Five Practice Passages
Finding the main idea and the key supporting details can be a difficult skill for some students to master. Using a graphic organizer can help! Pairing the graphic organizer with ice cream makes it even more enjoyable! This main idea resource consists of five worksheets. Each worksheet contains a high-interest nonfiction reading passage followed by a graphic organizer. After reading a passage, students write the main idea beside the cone, and an important supporting detail beside each scoop.
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Begin Again
A Sentence
Figurative Language Game for 3rd, 4th and 5th Grades
Are you looking for a fun game that your students can play as they practice identifying figurative language? They can play this game with a partner or small group. They will draw a sentence strip, read it aloud, and then determine whether it contains a simile, metaphor, alliteration, personification, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, or idiom. This game includes 66 strips in all. But BEWARE! If you draw an OUCH card, you have to return your cards to the pot and begin again. It's stressful but SO fun!
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Similes PowerPoint with Practice Worksheets
This similes lesson features a 13-slide PowerPoint, a pair of worksheets, and a matching PowerPoint companion handout. The first slide of the PowerPoint provides a simile definition and an example. The remaining slides feature sentences, and students must determine whether or not each sentence contains a simile. ALL of the sentences contain either "like" or "as", but not all of the sentences are similes. Therefore, students must truly analyze each sentence. Two practice worksheets are included.
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Summarizing Nonfiction
Informational Text Structures
Nonfiction Text Features
The Burrow
Spiral Review
Text Structure
Nonfiction Texts
Reading Passages for Spiral Review: 4th and 5th Grade Test Prep Worksheets
Do you want your upper elementary students to practice reading passages and answering standards-based questions? When it is time to tackle those standardized tests, your students will feel prepared and confident! This resource contains 20 reading passages: 10 nonfiction, 9 fiction, and 1 poem). Each worksheet contains a passage followed by six multiple-choice questions that review a variety of reading skills. Use these to model, as morning work, as homework, or as part of a small group lesson.
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3rd Grade Test Prep
Prep Worksheets
Practice Reading
Reading Comprehension Passages
Reading Passages for Spiral Review: 3rd Grade Test Prep Worksheets
Do you want your 3rd grade students to practice reading passages and answering standards-based questions? When it is time to tackle those standardized tests, your students will feel prepared and confident! This resource contains 20 reading passages: 10 nonfiction, 8 fiction, and 2 poems). Each worksheet contains a passage followed by six multiple-choice questions that review a variety of reading skills. Use these to model, as morning work, as homework, or as part of a small group lesson.
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Story Introduction
Stop Sneezing
Rising Action
Plot Elements
Plot Diagram
Card Format
Task Card
Plot Elements Worksheets: Passages with Plot Diagrams
Identify the plot of four original short stories. Students are given the task of identifying the five plot elements for each story (introduction/exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and conclusion/resolution), and then writing them on the plot diagram. Students need lots of practice to become proficient in this skill. These no-prep worksheets or task cards are ready to go for you. This resource is provided in both task card format and worksheet format. Ideal for 4th, 5th, and 6th.
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Reading Nonfiction
Nonfiction Text Structure
Text Structures
Reading Comprehension Strategies
Nonfiction Text Structures Lesson: Anchor Chart, Practice Passages, Interactive Notebook Entry
Are you teaching your upper elementary students about nonfiction text structures? Check out this interactive lesson! You will be given everything you need to facilitate a complete and thorough text structure lesson! Text structures include description, sequence, cause and effect, compare and contrast, and problem and solution. First, create an anchor chart together. Then, read 8 passages together and sort them by their text structure. Finally, students create an interactive notebook entry.
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Reading comprehension
Teaching reading
Context clues
Guided reading
4th grade reading
Students practice using context clues to determine the meaning of an unknown word with these six context clues worksheets. Five types of context clues are featured, including synonyms, antonyms, examples, definitions, and inference clues. These worksheets are designed for students in 4th and 5th grade. Four exit tickets are also included. In all, 53 practice items are included in this resource! Build your upper elementary students' vocabulary with these context clues worksheets! Types Of Context Clues, Context Clues Worksheets, Exit Tickets, Vocabulary Building
Types Of Context Clues
Context Clues Worksheets
Exit Tickets
Vocabulary Building
Context Clues Worksheets
Students practice using context clues to determine the meaning of an unknown word with these six context clues worksheets. Five types of context clues are featured, including synonyms, antonyms, examples, definitions, and inference clues. These worksheets are designed for students in 4th and 5th grade. Four exit tickets are also included. In all, 53 practice items are included in this resource! Build your upper elementary students' vocabulary with these context clues worksheets!
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Inferencing Activities 2nd Grade
Inferencing Activities Middle School
Inferences 2nd Grade
Inferencing Read Alouds
Winter Craftivity
Mystery Inference Activity
Reading Tutor
Winter Bulletin Board
Making Inferences Worksheets: 6 Passages and a Winter Craftivity
A Winter Inference Craftivity! Students read six passages, and then makes an inference to answer the question that follows each passage. Finally, students write their inferences on their marshmallows, and assemble their craftivty. Standards-based activity that makes a great winter bulletin board!
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Fluency Activities
Reluctant Readers
Popular Stories
Comprehension Worksheets
Reading Fluency
Greek Mythology Partner Plays
Introduce fourth and fifth grade students to some of the most popular stories and characters in Greek mythology with these five partner plays scripts! Students can work to improve their reading fluency and voice expression with these fun scripts that even your most reluctant reader will enjoy. They are perfect for reading with a partner at school or with a parent at home! Each play also comes with follow-up comprehension questions.
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Purpose Worksheets
Author's Purpose Worksheet
Sentence Starters
Complete Sentences
Identify the Author's Purpose: Ten Practice Passages with PIE'ED
Teach your students to determine the author's purpose for writing a passage with this set of worksheets. Identifying the author's purpose can be a challenging skill for students to master. Students need lots of practice to become proficient in this area. These no-prep worksheets are ready to go! The packet includes ten engaging sports passages! Students are asked to write in complete sentences and to fully explain the author's purpose. Includes persuade, entertain, inform, explain, and describe.
holiday partner plays 8 scripts for 4th and 5th grade students to practice their language skills
December Reading Activities
December Reading
Traditions Around The World
Reading Activity
December Reading Activity: Holiday Partner Play Scripts and Comprehension Worksheet
Your fourth- and fifth-grade readers will love reading these holiday partner play scripts! These eight scripts feature Christmas traditions from around the world! Even your most reluctant reader will enjoy these scripts. They are ideal for reading with a partner at school or with a parent at home! Each play comes with comprehension questions. This activity improves fluency and expression- no more monotone voice! Australia, France, Germany, England, India, Mexico, Japan, and Sweden are featured.