Back to School Activities Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Summer + (2024)

Elevate your students' reading comprehension with these hassle-free, NO PREP text structure worksheets! These reading comprehension passages and questions include themed text structure passages, featuring end of the year themes such as Summer Beach Day pg.10, Back to School pg.20, Halloween pg. 42, Earth Day pg. 56, Recycling pg.22, and more!

This package focuses on Cause and Effect, Compare and Contrast, Problem and Solution, Description, and Sequence. It includes 20 meticulously crafted reading activities, text structure anchor charts, a comprehensive quiz, and answer keys! (Discover all the exciting themes listed below, with each theme offering one unique passage.)

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What's included: ✅

→ 5 text structure anchor charts (poster size & notebook size) pg. 4 - 9

→ 2 reading passages and graphic organizers for each text structure pg. 10 -29

13 seasonal themed passages – Table of Contents pg. 3

→ A text structure quiz pg. 30 - 31

→ Answer keys - Follow each passage

→ A list of aligned TEKS and Common Core Standards pg. 46

→ A list of holidays below, with each holiday offering one passage.

→ Use as standard no prep printable worksheets -OR- as a digital resource through Tpt's Easel Activities!

BONUS:

I LOVE to spoil teachers and have turned this into a seasonal bundle which means you also get seasonal passages included at no additional cost.

Back to School pg.20

The Scientific Method pg.44

Presidents for Constitution Day pg.34

Halloween pg.42

Veterans' Day pg.40

Christmas Around the World pg.52

Penguins pg.46

Black History Month - Famous Inventors pg.54

Ground Hogs Day pg.32

President's Day pg.34

St. Patrick's Day pg.36

First Day of Spring pg.20

Easter pg.38

Cesar Chavez pg.50

Butterfly pg.18

Earth Day pg.56

Recycling pg.22

Memorial Day pg.40

Summer Vacation pg.10

❤️ Why you'll love this resource: ❤️

Enjoy two text structure practice passages with comprehension questions per text structure. After working through each one together, I give the quiz to my class. Witness their academic growth soar! Designed for 3rd, 4th, 5th, & 6th grade classrooms.

  • Improves Reading Comprehension: understanding text structure provides students with a framework to organize information, make connections, and extract meaning!
  • Boosted Confidence: Watch your students' confidence soar with each exercise, as they hone their analytical skills!
  • Comprehensive Resource: Access anchor charts, 22 reading passages, graphic organizers, quiz, and answer keys!
  • Exploration of Various Text Structures: Delve into Cause and Effect, Compare and Contrast, Problem and Solution, Description, and Sequence!
  • Seasonal Bonus: Enjoy seasonal passages making this resource a valuable addition to your teaching toolkit!
  • Appealing Visual: Color coding by structure creates a visually stunning classroom display!
  • Flexible Usage: Use for whole-class instruction, small group activities, RTI or intervention sessions!
  • Digital Option: Utilize as printable worksheets or digital resources through TpT's Easel Activities!
  • Core Skill Mastery: Seamlessly integrate Common Core skills!

Common Core

RI.3.8 Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence).

RI.4.5 Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text.

RI.5.5 Compare and contrast the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in two or more texts.

RI.6.5 Analyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter, or section fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the ideas.

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Back to School Activities Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Summer + (2024)

FAQs

What are the 5 questions for reading comprehension? ›

Before reading we always ask our students to share information they already know on a topic using the 5 Ws (who/what, did what, when, where, why) to help organize their prior knowledge.

How do you find reading comprehension answers? ›

Follow these tips to score well on reading-comprehension questions:
  1. ▶ Think about time. ...
  2. ▶ Underline key points if possible. ...
  3. ▶ At the end of each paragraph, mentally recap the point of the paragraph.
  4. ▶ In each question, look for references to paragraphs or lines.

What is an example of a comprehension question? ›

-Is there anything that you understand in a new way from reading this story? -What ideaTs (concepts or feelings) are most interesting to you? Why? -Does (a historical event or personal experience) make more sense after reading this? -Does this book make you think of anything that has happened to you?

How to solve comprehension passages quickly? ›

Important Strategy to Solve Comprehension Passages

Read the passage as fast as possible. Get involved with the paragraph to understand it. Underline important lines or parts of the passage to answer the questions. It will also help to understand the main idea of the passage or the tone or mood of the author.

What is the trick to reading comprehension? ›

Give the text an initial glance, noting headings, diagrams, tables, pictures, bolded words, summaries, and key questions. Consider reading introductions and conclusions to gather main ideas. After you preview, predict what the section or chapter will be about and what the main concepts are going to be.

What are the 4 C's for reading comprehension? ›

The 21st century learning skills are often called the 4 C's: critical thinking, creative thinking, communicating, and collaborating. These skills help students learn, and so they are vital to success in school and beyond. Critical thinking is focused, careful analysis of something to better understand it.

What are the 5 W's in reading comprehension? ›

Reviewing the five Ws (who, what, where, when and why) and an H (how) after reading a text can improve students' knowledge, understanding and memory of what they just read. This tactic encourages reflection and an analysis of the main idea.

What are the 3 big questions in reading? ›

The Three Big Questions strategy challenges readers to annotate in the margins by marking passages that answer the questions: "What surprised me?", "What did the author think I already knew?", and "What challenged, changed, or confirmed what I already knew?".

How do I test my child's reading comprehension? ›

You can also ask them to recall details they just read, compare and contrast, make predictions, or say what they liked about the text. You can also use vocabulary assessments to evaluate your child's comprehension ability. One method is to make a list of words from books above, below, and at your child's level.

How to practice reading comprehension? ›

The following are seven simple strategies you can use to work on your comprehension skills:
  1. Improve your vocabulary. ...
  2. Come up with questions about the text you are reading. ...
  3. Use context clues. ...
  4. Look for the main idea. ...
  5. Write a summary of what you read. ...
  6. Break up the reading into smaller sections. ...
  7. Pace yourself.
Mar 10, 2023

What is the questioning strategy for reading comprehension? ›

The question-answer relationship (QAR) comprehension strategy teaches students how to ask key questions about their reading, and then how to find the answers to their questions — whether it means locating a specific fact, drawing an inference, or connecting the reading to their own experience.

Can you give me an example of comprehension? ›

Any kind of mental grasping of an idea or a subject is a kind of comprehension. You might attempt comprehension of a curious situation, like the fact that your goofy roommate always manages to date models. Sometimes, such mysteries are beyond comprehension!

What are literal questions for reading comprehension? ›

Literal comprehension questions are the “how, what, who, when, where” types of questions. Readers will use decoding skills, as well as syntax and semantic skills to recognise and remember directly stated information. Having only the most direct meaning.

What are the different types of comprehension passages? ›

Reading comprehension passages convey details in the six writing formats listed below:
  • Narrative.
  • Descriptive.
  • Fact-based or Informational.
  • Argumentative/Persuasive.
  • Analytical.
  • Abstract.

What is the best way to read for comprehension? ›

​General Strategies for Reading Comprehension
  1. Using Prior Knowledge/Previewing. ...
  2. Predicting. ...
  3. Identifying the Main Idea and Summarization. ...
  4. Questioning. ...
  5. Making Inferences. ...
  6. Visualizing. ...
  7. Story Maps. ...
  8. Retelling.

How do you read a passage and answer questions faster? ›

How to Read Faster and Improve Comprehension
  1. Think FAST.
  2. Use a Visual Pacer.
  3. Indent.
  4. Reduce Eye Fixations.
  5. Reduce Subvocalization.
  6. Practice the 4-3-2-1 Speed Drill.
  7. Skim Before Reading.
  8. Ask Questions Before Reading.
Apr 5, 2021

How to make reading comprehension questions? ›

After the Text
  1. What do you think the author hoped you would think after reading the text?
  2. What do you think about the story/text?
  3. Can you summarize the text in just two or three sentences?
  4. What was your favorite part?
  5. Was the plot/text different than you thought it would be?

How do you teach comprehension passages? ›

Here are the seven must teach comprehension strategies:
  1. Activating Prior Knowledge.
  2. Making Connections.
  3. Predicting.
  4. Inferring.
  5. Questioning.
  6. Monitoring.
  7. Visualizing.
  8. Summarizing.
Oct 15, 2020

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