6th Grade Reading Comprehension Resources
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LESSON PLANS
Activating Prior Knowledge
A complete collection of resources for applying this critical reading strategy Help your students be good readers with…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureReading ComprehensionReading Instruction -
TEACHING RESOURCE
Inferences
As you may have inferred...this is a critical reading skill! Making an inference involves using what you know to make a…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureReadingReading Comprehension -
TEACHING RESOURCE
Questions Before, During, and After Reading
To encourage critical reading, teachers should ask students questions about the text before, during, and after they…Subjects:ReadingReading ComprehensionGrammar -
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
Five Elements of a Plot
Five elements of a story's plot (introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution) provide the…Subjects:Language Arts and WritingReading and LiteratureReading Comprehension -
TEACHING RESOURCE
Visualizing
Learn and apply this critical reading instruction strategy Visualizing refers to our ability to create pictures in our…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureReading Comprehension -
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
Who Am I? – Character Description
Extends students' learning experience reading literature. Students will use this printable worksheet to describe in…Subjects:ReadingReading ComprehensionLiterature -
LESSON PLANS
"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…SubjectsReadingLiteratureLanguage Arts and Writing -
DAILY WARM-UPS
Changes for Women Reading Warm-Up
Read about the history of women's rights in the United States. This printable warm-up includes a nonfiction passage…Subjects:Reading ComprehensionWomen's RightsAmerican History/U.S. History -
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
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…Subjects:ReadingReading ComprehensionLiterature -
DAILY WARM-UPS
Penguins Reading Warm-Up
Introduce facts about penguins with this science reading passage. Use the reading comprehension questions in this…Subjects:Aquatic AnimalsAnimals (Zoology)Biology -
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…Subjects:ReadingReading ComprehensionLiterary Biographies -
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
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…Subjects:Language Arts and WritingReading and LiteratureReading Comprehension -
WORKSHEETS
Amelia to Zora Teacher Guide
Deepen students' understanding of the stories in Amelia to Zora, about 26 women who changed the world, from Amelia…Subjects:LiteratureTwentieth CenturySuffrage and Women's Rights -
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
Event Map
Organizing the who, what, where, when, why, and how of an event is the goal of this graphic organizer. This printable is…Subjects:ReadingReading ComprehensionLanguage Arts and Writing -
LESSON PLANS
Identify Story Elements Lesson
The ability to identify the elements of a story (plot, characters, setting, and theme) aids in reading comprehension,…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureReadingReading Comprehension -
DAILY WARM-UPS
The Wright Brothers: Historical Fiction Reading Warm-Up
Develop students' reading skills with this printable passage of historical fiction and comprehension questions about the…Subjects:ReadingReading ComprehensionHistorical Fiction -
LESSON PLANS
Skill Builders: Word Analogy Questions, Week 19
Week 19: Word analogies to sharpen students' thinking skills and prepare them for standardized tests.Subjects:VocabularyGrammarReading Comprehension -
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…Subjects:LiteratureNative-American History (American Indians)Animals (Zoology) -
TEACHING RESOURCE
Establishing the Main Idea
An important task of reading comprehension is to determine the importance and meanings of individual words, sentences,…Subjects:ReadingReading ComprehensionMain Idea and Supporting Details -
DAILY WARM-UPS
Nonfiction Reading Warm-Up: The American Civil War
Connect history and literacy with a reading passage on the American Civil War and comprehension questions. This…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureReading ComprehensionU.S. Civil War (1860-1865) -
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
The Herringbone: Main Idea and Supporting Details
The object of this graphic organizer is to identify the main idea and supporting details in a text that is being read.…Subjects:Reading ComprehensionMain Idea and Supporting DetailsReading -
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
Fishbone Map: Main Idea and Supporting Details
Help students build their reading comprehension or prewriting skills through organizing main ideas and supporting…Subjects:Main Idea and Supporting DetailsWritingLanguage Arts and Writing -
WORKSHEETS
The Tale of Despereaux Teacher's Guide
Deepen students' reading comprehension through the pre-reading questions, reading instruction, and connection activities…Subjects:LiteratureReading and LiteratureChildren's Book -
WORKSHEETS
Discussion Questions for Any Book
Use the questions on this printable sheet to discuss any book your students might be studying. They will practice…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureLanguage Arts and WritingReading Comprehension
