Category: Informational Text
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$2.50Buy NowHenry Ford was an inventor, innovator, industrialist, and entrepreneur. In this resource, students will read about Ford’s life and business journey.
After reading, students will be asked a series of questions (multiple choice and short answer) to assess comprehension.
Students will learn:
- – About Henry’s family and early life
- – What he did at the age of 16
- – When he went to, left and then returned to Detroit
- – How he was first involved in car manufacturing and when he started Ford Motor Company
- – How is business practices made a huge stir in the country
- – One of his biggest challenges…and more!
Answer Key included!
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$3.00Buy NowThis unit is designed to give students practice reading and answering questions on the given scientific and historic informational provided in the text. The main subject of the text: Spring migration of swallows returning to the historic Mission San Juan Capistrano. After reading, students will be asked to answer multiple choice and short answer questions.
For further expansion of the lesson, there are 6 math word problems and a research, writing assignment.
Readability Grades:
- Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 6.1
- Gunning Fog Index: 7.7
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$1.50Buy NowHelp students learn about Washington State’s Space Needle in Seattle with this reading comprehension worksheet for 5th-7th grades. This resource includes informational text, a reading comprehension worksheet and answer key.
Flesch-Kincaid grade level: 6.0
Automated Readability Index: 5.8
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$1.50Buy NowHelp your students understand the Electoral College and how it functions in the democratic process of electing a United States president. This resource explains the process, how electors are chosen, how many electors represent each state, what happens on election day as well as January 6th, the amendment that implemented the Electoral College and more.
After students read the passage, they will answer 7 multiple choice, 1 true/false and 2 short answer questions. Answer key provided.
Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 5.91
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$1.50Buy NowIn this informational text lesson, students will learn about Christmas carol, Silent Night, which is one of the world’s most well-known Christmas songs. Written in 1816 by an Austrian priest named Father Josef Mohr, it has since been translated into more than 140 different languages and was even sung as part of the ‘Christmas Truce’ during World War I in 1914. Historic facts like these are included in this informational text.
After students read the text, they will:
1. Complete a short comprehension worksheet.
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Designed for 5th-8th grade students, American Crocodile Informational Text and Crossword Puzzle will provide students with details about the only crocodile native to the Americas in the following categories:
* Appearance
* Differences from alligators
* Distribution and Habitat
* Food and Growth
* ReproductionAfter reading the text (3 pages), students are to complete the crossword puzzle. Answer Key provided.
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Susan B Anthony – Informational Text is a resource designed to give your students a better understanding of who this famous American really was and what she accomplished. Students will learn about her childhood, her work as an Abolitionist, her involvement in the Temperance movement and how she was eventually honored through their reading of one page of informational text. To help assess student understanding, I’ve included a short answer worksheet and a crossword puzzle! Answer Keys provided.
Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 7.7
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$3.00Buy NowStudents should understand the significance of a terrible day in American history, September 11th, 2001, otherwise known as 9-11.This resource has been designed to help students gain factual knowledge of the events of that day, the heroic efforts of first responders and the U.S. military response.May be used as a standalone mini-lesson or as part of your own curriculum. (Designed for 7th-10th grades)
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This Biology / Anatomy resource includes 2 informational text passages. The first details how the digestive system works and the second informs students of the most common health / medical issues that can occur within the system.
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This resource, Child Labor – Industrial Revolution Informational Text, will introduce your students to how the Industrial Revolution led to children working in factories and the conditions they endured.
After students read the information, their comprehension and understanding will be assessed through 8 multiple choice questions and 2 short essay questions.
One essay question will ask students to compare and contrast a factory child’s life (of the 1800s) to a life of a child today. The other is an opinion piece on what they believe is appropriate (and not appropriate) work for children. They will also be asked to make a chart of this information.
Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 6.1
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Help students develop their reading comprehension skills as they gain knowledge about the planets within our solar system with this informational article and assessment questions. This has been written for 5th-6th grade classrooms. The assessment includes 11 multiple choice questions, 1 opinion, short answer question and asks students to draw the planets in relation to the sun. Answer Key provided.
Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 6.5
Grade level: Sixth Grade
Automated Readability Index: 5.5
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This informational resource on Abraham Lincoln is designed to give 5th – 7th graders practice reading and comprehending content area text. There are two pages of text which will cover Lincoln’s life beginning in Kentucky and progresses through his life touching on his family, his career as a lawyer, his election in 1860 and finally his death by the hands of John Wilkes Booth. After reading both the text and two charts (quick facts and fun facts), students will complete a comprehension worksheet. Finally, there is a fun postcard writing activity asking them to write to President Lincoln.
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This resource, Immigration – Ellis Island – US History Informational Text, has SIX parts: The Early Days, 1892-1954 Gateway to the United States, The Immigrant Experience, Why They Came, From WWII to the Present and Ellis Island Name Change Myth.
In each part, students will have one page of informational text and then a page of multiple choice questions plus one essay question to assess understanding / comprehension. Answer Keys provided.
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This informational article will explain to students that the word “Hispanic” is a cultural word and that people from more than 20 countries and nationalities are considered Hispanic. This cultural people group can be divided in many ways. There are Indo-Hispanics, Afro-Hispanics, Cuban-Americans and Mexican-Americans. Students will also learn how those ethnic groups can be broken down into other groups and why there has been an entire month dedicated to celebrating the many cultural diversities and people of Hispanic descent.
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Whether late December or early January, this holiday resource will provide your students with a quick lesson on New Year’s Day. After they read the passage, their attention to detail is accessed as they answer five short answer questions and then complete a crossword puzzle.
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This ANATOMY / BIOLOGY / HEALTH resource contains 3 informational text articles (each with comprehension questions followings) and a bonus labeled poster! These articles can be used in any Science class or in a Language Arts / Reading classroom. Use as standalone mini-lessons or as supplemental activities, homework or in centers.
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Students will read about the muscular system and learn facts such as how many muscles are in the body, what are muscle fibers, the three different types of muscles and much more. After reading and learning about the body / human anatomy, students will answer multiple choice questions.
Also included: A research and writing activity that may be assigned at your discretion!
Answer Key provided.
Reading level:
Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 5.3
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Help students develop their reading comprehension while building vocabulary and content knowledge plus practice their writing skills using this cross-curricular resource based on jellyfish! You can use this resource to reinforce Language Arts skills while teaching about sea life – the jellyfish.
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In this informational article, students will learn about Louis Braille and the system he invented so that people who can not see (the blind) can read!
Includes:
- -Informational text article
- -Reading comprehension assessment worksheet (short answer)
- -Answer key
Reading Level:
Automated Readability Index: 8
Grade level: 12-14 yrs. old (Seventh and Eighth graders) -
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Pi Day is March 14th (3.14) and that’s why I’ve created two reading comprehension passages with questions (and answer keys) for your students. The first is ‘History of Pi’ and the second is ‘Celebrating Pi Day’!
