Check for understanding after reading (e.g., summarize, identify the author's purpose). 0501.8.3

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1. Author's Purpose - read A Winning Breakfast and answer questions on paper - a detailed explanation follows passage, teaching how to find the answers in passages
2. Author's Purpose - read Save the Wilbur and answer questions on paper - a detailed explanation follows passage, teaching how to find the answers in passages
3. Author's Purpose Interactive Practice Sites - a collection of resources at Internet4Classrooms
4. Author's Purpose Worksheets and PowerPoint Shows - a collection of resources at Internet4Classrooms
5. Creating a One-Sentence Summary from Supporting Details - online 2 question quiz; self checking [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.]
6. Incredible Shrinking Notes - lesson plan on how to summarize what is heard
7. Magic Mirror - creative lesson plan; "SEE" a story that explains something about your life and times. [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.]
8. 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.
9. 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
10. Reading Comprehension stories - Interactive quizzes for 5 stories - Each text is followed by a grammar exercise and summary writing exercise.
11. Story Starters - Here's a quick writing activity to try every day. First generate a creative story starter. Pick a format: notebook, letter, newspaper, or postcard. Four levels are available: pick 4th-6th
12. Sum it Up! - a worksheet to print for your students to use in summarizing - A suggestion from the worksheet tells students "Imagine you only have $2.00, and each word you use will cost you 10 cents."
13. Sum it Up! - Instructions - instructions for students before they use the summarizing worksheet
14. Summarizing - lesson on learning to summarize
15. Summarizing - review the basics of summarizing, identify main idea statements and detail statements, and use categories to summarize lists
16. Summary vs. Critique - explanation of what each does and does not do [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.]

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