6th Grade Reading Comprehension

Questions Before, During, and After Reading

To encourage critical reading, teachers should ask students questions about the text before, during, and after they…

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Reading

Reading Comprehension

Grammar

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Activating Prior Knowledge

A complete collection of resources for applying this critical reading strategy Help your students be good readers with…

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Reading and Literature

Reading Comprehension

Reading Instruction

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Learn and apply this critical reading instruction strategy Visualizing refers to our ability to create pictures in our…

Visualizing

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Reading and Literature

Reading Comprehension

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Who Am I: Character Traits Worksheet

Extends students' learning experience reading literature. Students will use this printable worksheet to describe in…

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Reading

Reading Comprehension

Literature

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Identify Story Elements Lesson

The ability to identify the elements of a story (plot, characters, setting, and theme) aids in reading comprehension,…

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Reading and Literature

Reading

Reading Comprehension

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Five Elements of Plot Graphic Organizer for Language Arts

Five elements of a story's plot (introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution) provide the…

Five Elements of a Plot

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Language Arts and Writing

Reading and Literature

Reading Comprehension

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"The Fox and the Goat": A Lesson on Aesop's Fable

Use a lesson that provides students with an opportunity to learn about the characters in a fable by investigating their…

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Literature

Language Arts and Writing

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Cause and Effect Graphic Organizer

An essential graphic organizer for all ELA classes! Students are asked to identify cause and effect of a story with…

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Language Arts and Writing

Reading and Literature

Reading Comprehension

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DAILY WARM-UPS

Sharks Reading Warm-Up

Students learn about sharks and improve their reading comprehension skills with a nonfiction reading passage and…

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Reading Comprehension

Animals (Zoology)

Aquatic Animals

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REFERENCE

Nelson Mandela Biography: A Reading Warm-Up

In this printable warm-up, students read a short biography on Nobel Peace Prize recipient Nelson Mandela and answer…

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Reading

Reading Comprehension

Literary Biographies

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Three Paragraph Main Idea and Details Chart

This graphic organizer will help your students identify the main idea and supporting facts in three paragraphs. It's…

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Reading

Reading Comprehension

Literature

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Use a printable that contains instructions for using a story pyramid to describe important information from a story,…

Story Pyramid

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Reading and Literature

Reading Comprehension

Reading Instruction

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Organizing the who, what, where, when, why, and how of an event is the goal of this graphic organizer. This printable is…

Event Map

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Reading

Reading Comprehension

Language Arts and Writing

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WORKSHEETS

Using Mad Libs® in the Classroom

Use Mad Libs® books to supplement your English language arts curriculum. They're a fun and engaging way to teach kids…

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Grammar

Language Arts and Writing

Parts of Speech

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DAILY WARM-UPS

Reading Warm-Up 155 for Gr. 5 & 6: Fantasy

Spark students' imagination with the passage of fantasy fiction and reading comprehension questions in this printable…

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Reading Comprehension

Fantasy Fiction

Language Arts and Writing

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Skill Builders: Word Analogy Questions, Week 1

Week 1: Word analogies to sharpen students' thinking skills and prepare them for standardized tests.

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Vocabulary

Reading Comprehension

Language Arts and Writing

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Question-Answer Relationships

Question-Answer Relationships, or QAR, is a reading comprehension strategy developed to encourage students to be active,…

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Reading and Literature

Reading Comprehension

Reading Instruction

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Establishing the Main Idea

An important task of reading comprehension is to determine the importance and meanings of individual words, sentences,…

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Reading

Reading Comprehension

Main Idea and Supporting Details

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ACTIVITIES

Island of the Blue Dolphins

Island of the Blue Dolphins tells the story of an American Indian girl stranded on an island, alone, for 18 years. This…

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Literature

Native-American History (American Indians)

Animals (Zoology)

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Three choice boards to support middle school students to demonstrate reading comprehension

English Language Arts Choice Board: Middle School Short Stories

This resource contains three different choice boards that align with “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury, “The Fun…

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Reading and Literature

Reading Comprehension

Writing

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ASSESSMENT

Scoring Rubric: Literary Analysis/Interpretation

The organization, elements of literary analysis/interpretation writing, grammar, usage, mechanics, and spelling of a…

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Reading

Reading Comprehension

Literature

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