Check for understanding after reading (e.g., summarize, identify the author's purpose). 0501.6.3

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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. Incredible Shrinking Notes - lesson plan on how to summarize what is heard
6. 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.]
7. Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions - descriptions of the various ways to aid you in reaching a conclusion
8. Practice Reading Tests - several short passages to read followed by multiple-choice questions to check for understanding
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 - passages for Grade 5
10. Reading Comprehension stories - Interactive quizzes for 5 stories - Each text is followed by a grammar exercise and summary writing exercise.
11. Reading Exercises - Comprehension, Fill in and Sequencing
12. Reading the Fine Print - students read advertisements to practice reading critically
13. Reading Comprehension Worksheets - Free reading comprehension worksheets for teachers and parents to copy for their kids. They include original stories, poems, essays, and articles. They are most appropriate for upper elementary through middle school years
14. 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
15. 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."
16. Sum it Up! - Instructions - instructions for students before they use the summarizing worksheet
17. Summarizing - lesson on learning to summarize
18. 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.]
19. Summarize as You Read - When you summarize, eliminate unnecessary details. Focus on the main idea of the whole passage.

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