(Reading Selection with quizes)

• Drawing Conclusions - Read the story and choose the correct word to complete the sentence.
• Drawing Conclusions - [this link opens in a new window] Read the passage and choose the correct phrase.
• Drawing Conclusions - Read the story and answer the question.

Book Reports:

NOTE: To print out the fiction, non-fiction, and biography book report forms, click on the above links.

• Captions Help Tell the Story - students look at three pictures and try to determine which caption fits best
• Reading Headlines - students read eight headlines and try to determine what the article is about

• Rooting Out Words - Help Remainder the Dog gather enough mushrooms to sell at the market by uncovering the roots of words. (three categories, several difficulty levels - from FunBrain)
• (Author - Lois Davis)
• Word Meaning - Select correct meaning of the word from context clues.
• Word Works - select the prefix or suffix to add to base word.
• Fish Tanks - Fill a tank with tropical fish using prefixes, roots, and suffixes.

• Story Character Outline - read story then fill out this organizational chart.
• Character Trading Cards - Fill out the information about a character in a story and create trading cards.
• Character Writing - Select a character to write about and create your own story online

Dino Hunters - [this link opens in a new window] Find all the different dinosaurs using dictionary.

Guide Words-Quia

Crystal Castle - Prefixes hold the key to building the castle and making it light up.

Prefixes Say Plenty - select word that best completes the sentences.

Using Prefixes - interactive lesson and quiz

• Understanding the Setting of a Story - lesson
• Setting Quiz - practice identifying settings
• Settings - online lesson and practice quiz

• How to use a Dictionary - online lesson with a quiz
• Dictionary Skill Lessons - resource lesson

Using Suffixes - interactive lesson and quiz

• Suffix Matching Game - interactive quiz
• Suffix-ly - [this link opens in a new window] use simple strategies to determine meaning and increase vocabulary for reading, including the use of suffixes.
• Flamingo - Form a flock of flamingos with suffixes -y and -ly.

• Understanding the plot of a story - lesson
• Setting Plot or Theme - online Quz
• Problem-Solution Flow Chart - print and fill in the information about your story

Worksheets - print worksheets using the dictionary to complete assignments

• Drawing Inferences - how to be a critical reader
• Inference Riddle Game - Guess using riddles; infer what is being described by the clues you read.
• Making Inferences - online story and quiz
• Making inferences lesson - lesson followed by quiz

• Cause and Effect - Combine two sentences using connecting words to show cause and effect.
• Cause and Effect - Fill in the missing statement to create a cause and effect.
• What Caused It? - [this link opens in a new window] identify cause and effect patterns in text (science content is used to teach this reading skill) (Author - Sandi King)

• A mix of factual information and the opinions of the author - Often the opinions are disguised as fact, to make the author's argument seem more believable.
• Fact, Habit, Opinion or Schedule? - an English-Zone quiz
• Martin Luther King Jr.: Fact or Opinion? (a worksheet to print, not interactive)

• What can you infer-Quiz
• Great Lessons

• Cause and Effect Actions - Online quiz using connector words
• Cause and Effect Book list - These books are great for studying cause and effect.
• Lesson-Great way to begin

• Fact or Opinion? (quiz 1) - a Quia quiz
• Fact or Opinion? (quiz 2) - a Quia quiz
• Fact or Opinion? - if a sentence is a fact, click the circle next to fact
• Fact or Opinion Quiz - Decide which of these statements are fact or opinion from the drop-down list, then click on the "Finished" button to obtain your score out of ten.

• All About Alliteration - (3rd-5th) Responding to Literature Through a Poetry Link - a lesson plan from Read.Write.Think
• Alliteration or Similie? - a ten-question quiz
• Circus Builder - Gather up acts for a three-ring circus by finding matching vowel sounds. Select the word that has the same vowel sound as the given word. (rhyming words)
• Examples of Alliteration - sound files from movies and political speeches
• Poetic Devices - a classroom sign about the forms of poetic devices
• Poetry Terms - Match the terms with the examples recognizing the sounds of language
• Poetry Writing Practice - worksheet on forms of language.
• Twenty Six examples of Alliteration - one per letter of the alphabet
• Welcome to Alpine Ski Lodge - For each given word, you will be given a list of three words and asked to select the one with the same vowel sound as the letter pair (in red) in the given word. (rhyming words)
• Wizards and Pigs: Episode I Poetry Pickle - students identify rhyme, rhythm, and alliteration

Reading Quiz

Many MAP Prep lessons

Friendly Letters

• Figurative Language - Learning about similes and metaphors; could be used as whole class activity
• Simile Lesson - Great for whole class activity for practice
• The Daily Idiom - metaphors and similes.
• Do you know what it means? - Webquest on figurative language.(says 3rd grade but can be adapted if necessary)