Animal Comprehension Practice

If we're being honest, practicing reading comprehension isn't always the most fun thing to do for students. It's a necessary thing, though, with state testing and just life, since we need kiddos to be able to read and understand. One way to check their understanding, as well as their ability to find text evidence and make inferences, is through reading and responding.

My favorite way to have students practice this is through using engaging texts. I haven't met a student yet who didn't enjoy reading and learning about animals, so I created informational texts about 18 different animals.

These are created in two different formats: half-page task cards and full-page printables. Both contain the same text and same 3 questions. The teacher gets to choose the format that works best for their needs. The task cards can be responded to on notebook paper or in a station journal, whereas the full-page printables have build in lines for students to answer on. Also, the full-pages are completely in black and white, while the task cards are in color. **Note--these print perfectly in black/white as well!

These were created with grades 3-5 in mind, and include both “right there” questions where students have to go back in the text for evidence, as well as inferential questions. These questions spiral many non-fiction reading comprehension skills and standards, including:

•Using context clues to determine word meaning

•Comparing/contrasting

•Text structure

•Author’s POV

•Inferencing

•Main idea/supporting details

•Text features

•Text structure

Would this resource be something you could use in your classroom? Would you like to win a set?! If so, pin any of the pictures on this blogpost and copy/paste the link into the comments. Please include your email address, too! You can also check out this resource on TPT!