Derive meaning while reading (e.g., use metacognitive and self-monitoring reading strategies to improve comprehension {reread, ask for help, draw on earlier reading}). 0501.8.2

Links verified on 9/11/2014

1. Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions - descriptions of the various ways to aid you in reaching a conclusion
2. Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure - Challenge your students by letting them practice using a reading comprehension test designed for prospective teachers. (This site recommends that you use a printed copy of the page - a link is provided to see answers) [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
3. Parts of a Newspaper - find what you're looking for in a newspaper, read headlines to predict what articles will be about and where you will find them in the paper, and match pictures with the right captions
4. Read a Contract - read and answer questions [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
5. Reading Comprehension - free reading comprehension worksheets for teachers and parents - includes original stories, poems, essays, and articles
6. Reading Comprehension Practice Activities
   1. A Special Christmas Present - Read the text on the left and answer the questions.
   2. Causes of Floods - Read the text on the left and answer ten questions.
   3. The Effects of Stress - Read the text on the left and answer nine questions.
   4. From Carrots to Renovations: How I Spent $10,000 without Really Trying - Read the text on the left and answer five questions.
   5. The Positive Effects on Children of Owning a Dog - Read the text on the left and answer the questions.
   6. Two Sisters and a Cat - Read the text on the left and answer the questions.
   7. Why People Get Tattoos - Read the text on the left and answer nine questions.
7. Reading Comprehension Practice from Mr Nussbaum
   1. The Age of Exploration - read the passage and answer ten multiple-choice questions
   2. The American Revolution - read the passage and answer ten multiple-choice questions
   3. Benjamin Franklin - read the passage and answer ten multiple-choice questions
   4. Plymouth Colony - read the passage and answer ten multiple-choice questions
   5. An Index of Other Reading Comprehension Activities - thirty Grade 5 passages
8. Reading Comprehension stories - Interactive quizzes for 5 stories - Each text is followed by a grammar exercise and summary writing exercise.
9. Reading Exercises - Comprehension, Fill in and Sequencing
10. Reading the Fine Print - read the fine print in different advertisements, analyze the fine print to see if the deal is worth it, and do the math to figure out the real cost of an "amazing" offer
11. Strategies for Better Reading - read between the lines by using the power of inference, predict what will happen next in a story, and identify the main ideas in what you read
12. Summarizing - review the basics of summarizing, identify main idea statements and detail statements, and use categories to summarize lists
13. Truth in Advertising - read and identify various types of advertisements, analyze advertisements for examples of persuasive writing, generalizing, exaggeration, and scare tactics, and write responses to ads that you've analyzed

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