Theme-based Nonfiction Reading Comprehension

Theme-based Nonfiction Reading Comprehension

Author: Instructional Fair

Publisher: Instructional Fair

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13:

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With the increased focus on literacy in the classroom, it is more important than ever to provide students with interesting reading activities. These reading activities should help develop students' fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. This book has been written thematically. The use of themes increases reading comprehension kills by focusing students' attention on one subject rather than having to adjust their thoughts to several. The activities reinforce comprehension skill such as finding the main idea, summarizing, inferencing, comparing and contrasting, sequencing, and classification. The activities include a variety of multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, short answer, and long answer questions.


24 Nonfiction Passages for Test Practice

24 Nonfiction Passages for Test Practice

Author: Michael Priestley

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2001-12

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9780439256100

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Offers twenty-four reproducible passages from "high interest" non-fiction sources, and provides a prereading question to assist students to focus on what they read, along with a standarized practice test for grades six through eight


Daily Warm-Ups: Nonfiction Reading Grd 6

Daily Warm-Ups: Nonfiction Reading Grd 6

Author: Robert W. Smith

Publisher: Teacher Created Resources

Published: 2011-03

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 142065036X

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Quick, easy, effective activities support standards and help students improve skills they need for success in testing.


Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Grade 6

Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Grade 6

Author: Debra Housel

Publisher: Teacher Created Resources

Published: 2003-06-30

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 0743933869

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After reading nonfiction passages about science, geography, or history topics, students answer multiple-choice and short-answer questions to build seven essential comprehension skills.


Nonfiction Reading Comprehension: Science, Grd 6

Nonfiction Reading Comprehension: Science, Grd 6

Author: Ruth Foster

Publisher: Teacher Created Resources

Published: 2008-02-09

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 1420680374

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High-interest, nonfiction articles help students learn about science and social studies topics while developing skills in reading comprehension. Each story is followed by questions that cover main idea, details, vocabulary, and critical reasoning. The format is similar to that of standardized tests, so as students progress through the book s units, they are preparing for success in testing.


Daily Reading Comprehension

Daily Reading Comprehension

Author: Evan-Moor Educational Publishers

Publisher: Evan Moor Educational Publishers

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781608236374

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Common Core Top Pick for Reading Literature and Informational Text Key Ideas and Details Craft and Structure Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity View all Common Core Top Picks for Reading Literature and Informational Text Daily instruction on the reading strategies and comprehension skills your students need to improve reading comprehension and raise test scores! Engage your students in reading, thinking about, and responding to a variety of passages and texts! Daily Reading Comprehension, Grade 6 presents your students with the reading strategies and comprehension skills they need to become strong and successful readers. 30 weeks of instruction cover the following reading skills and strategies: Skills: Theme Evaluating Evidence Character & Setting Main Idea & Details Visual Information Author's Purpose Make Predictions Draw Conclusions Cause & Effect Compare & Contrast Nonfiction Text Features Sequence Strategies: Monitor Comprehension Make Connections Visualization Organization Determine Important Information Ask Questions


Grade 6 Reading

Grade 6 Reading

Author: Kumon Publishing

Publisher: Kumon Reading Workbooks

Published: 2010-06

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781934968949

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With our unique step-by-step lessons, children gain confidence in their comprehension skills so they are eager to read more! Our Reading Workbooks use a combination of phonics and whole-language instruction to make reading feel effortless. By mastering grade-appropriate vocabulary and completing fun, colorful exercises, children discover that they love to read!


Nonfiction Writing, Grade 6+

Nonfiction Writing, Grade 6+

Author: Evan-Moor Educational Publishers

Publisher: Evan-Moor Educational Publishers

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781609631734

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Nonfiction Writing grade 6 provides 16 units of instruction and practice activities. Each unit focuses on a specific nonfiction writing form and includes guided lessons with accompanying student pages that target skills essential to that writing form. The units are grouped into three sections: expository, persuasive, and narrative writing.Focused instruction on important nonfiction writing forms Provide your students with guided instruction and activities that will strengthen their nonfiction writing skills as they practice expository, persuasive, and narrative writing. Each unit centers on a basic element or specific form of nonfiction writing and includes guided lessons and accompanying student pages with activities. Each lesson targets a specific skill essential to that element or form. Because the writing forms covered are often found on standardized tests, the activities are a great tool for test prep. You'll love Nonfiction Writing because each title provides... direct instruction on the form-specific skills students need in order to master expository, persuasive, and narrative nonfiction writing. exposure to writing forms such as persuasive essay, biography, and research report, which helps prepare students for standardized testing. easy-to-follow lesson plans that present teachers with guided instruction and ideas for modeling each skill. engaging writing models, activities, and reviews that feature grade-appropriate topics to motivate students as they strengthen their writing. Each unit includes: teacher pages with guided instruction and modeling of the targeted skill, as well as reduced student pages with answers and sample responses at a glance. student activity pages that allow students to apply the writing skills they've learned. a review lesson that guides students through the process of critiquing and revising a flawed example of the writing form. Some units include an optional extension activity to further explore the skill or writing form. Help your students develop solid nonfiction writing skills with the engaging, skill-based practice in Nonfiction Writing


Differentiated Reading for Comprehension, Grade 6

Differentiated Reading for Comprehension, Grade 6

Author: Carson-Dellosa Publishing

Publisher: Carson-Dellosa Publishing

Published: 2014-02-03

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 1483804909

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Differentiated Reading for Comprehension is designed to provide high-interest, nonfiction reading success for all readers. This 64-page book focuses on sixth grade reading skills defined by the Common Core State Standards. Each of 15 stories is presented separately for the below-level, on-level, and advanced students, followed by a series of comprehension questions. Grade six covers such standards as quoting a text to explain an answer or draw inferences, identifying and explaining an author's reasons and evidence, and analyzing the structure of a text. --This series allows teachers to present the same content to below-level, on-level, and advanced students with leveled nonfiction stories. It includes multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, and true/false questions; short-answer writing practice; and comprehension questions. Students stay interested, build confidence, and discover that reading can be fun! The reading passages are separated into sections with titles such as Extreme Places, Amazing People, Wild Animals, Strange and Unexplained, Fascinating Machines, and Amazing Kids.