Online+Reading+Activities

[|Fact Fragment Frenzy] - Watch the demo first, then complete fact fragment frenzy's of your own. You'll have to write your facts in your book.

[|Sticky Situation]- Read a Sticky Situation. Then read some of the comments that other students have left. Leave your own comment explaining what you would do in that situation. Remember our internet safety rules. Also, remember to write with detail and check your work over carefully before you post it. If you need some help ask someone from a different reading group. Make a note in your book, that you have completed the task.

[|The Sentence Game] - Follow the Instructions to play this game and learn about sentences.

[|Apostrophes Game] - Follow the instructions to play this game and learn about apostrophes.

[|I'm a News Reporter]- Go to the Scholastic New Site. Read two different news articles. You don't have to choose the newest ones, just choose the two that you are most interested in. Afterward you have to compare the two events that the articles are about. I'd like you to write how they are the same and how they are different. Make sure you include a lot of detail. Complete this work in your book.

[|More News] - Choose the kind of news story you'd like to read. After reading the article, you must complete at least two different question types. For example, you could do vocabulary and sequencing. You access the questions by clicking on the words in the sidebar on the left. After you've completed the questions please reflect in your reading book. You need to write a short paragraph that explains what article you read, which questions you completed and how well you did, and a quick recount of what the article was about.

[|More Stories] - Choose the article you'd like to read. After reading the article, you must complete the comprehension questions and the vocabulary questions. After you've completed the questions please reflect in your reading book. You need to write a short paragraph that explains what article you read, how well you did on the questions, and a quick recount of what the article was about.

[|Character Trading Cards] - Follow the instructions. Make sure you think carefully about your information. Remember, I love detail, and...it needs to be your best work.


 * [|Crossword Puzzle] -** You can create a crossword puzzle of comprehension for the story or article you have just read. Follow the instructions to create the crossword puzzle. You will need to create both questions (clues) and answers (words). See the example I created as a guide.

[|Reading Comprehension] - Choose the level of text you want to read, then choose a text that interests you. Complete the activity and then write a a reflection on the activity in your book. In other words, note what the text was, give a quick retell of it, and then note down how you did on the activity.

Bio Cube - After reading information about someone, fill in the bio-cube and print.

Book Cover Creator

Drama Map - Students analyzing a play can map out the key elements of character, setting, conflict, and resolution for a variety purposes.

Graphic Map - The Graphic Map assists teachers and students in reading and writing activities by charting the high and low points related to a particular item or group of items, such as events during a day or chapters in a book.

Literary Elements Map- Students can map out the key literary elements of character, setting, conflict, and resolution as prewriting for their own fiction or as analysis of a text by another author in this secondary-level interactive.

2 Circle Venn Diagram

3 Circle Venn Diagram

Making Inferences Practice - Read the information about making inferences and then try the practice activities. Continue to the next page as well.

Finding the Main Idea - practice questions

Identify the Main Idea - practice questions

Story Summary - read the passage and answer the questions

Main Idea - read each story and decide what it is mainly about

Summarise as you Read

Be a Critical Reader

Ordering Comics - put the comics in the correct order and compete in the wrestling ring

Drawing Conclusions - a practice activity

Inferences - practice questions

Practice Reading Test

How are they Selling It? - read the ad and decide what strategy they are using to sell.

News Quizzes - from BBC Skillwise

Read and Answer the Questions