This What's the Main Idea Activity helps 1st to 3rd Grade students match short texts to their main ideas and find a supporting detail, with an answer key included.

In this use the text to make inferences activity, 1st to 5th grade students read short clue stories, infer the place, and name the text clues. Answer key included.

Using this Evidence Olympics Authors Purpose Activity, students try to earn a gold medal during Evidence Olympics by reading a passage and finding evidence to support an author's point.

Using Comparing Texts Compare and Contrast Activity, students compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic.

Using this Wants Needs Reading Response Worksheet, students readAlexander Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday to build their understanding of wants and needs.

A read it syllables activity for 2nd to 4th grade: students split 24 party words into syllables and sort them onto cake mats, with an answer key included.

The Let's Give Some Support Activity is a matching game where students sort giraffe reason cards under the point each one supports. Made for 2nd and 3rd grade, with an answer key included.

This why oh why story details activity lets 2nd-4th grade students match 12 effects to their causes and build paper chains. A practice page and answer key are included.

This who what when where why how activity is a newspaper card game for 1st to 3rd grade that builds key detail skills, with a practice page. Answer key included.

This making inferences activity has 1st to 3rd grade students match picture clue cards to what happened and record the clues they used. Answer key included.

This compare and contrast activity has 3rd-5th grade students identify the text structure and main idea of paired texts and compare them on a chart. Answer key included.

This author's purpose activity has 2nd to 4th grade students sort 24 book cards by inform, entertain, or persuade. A practice page and an answer key are included.

These after reading discussion cards give kindergarten to 3rd grade readers 24 story questions, a spinner and a book talk page for lively group conversations about any book.

Using Characters Sketch Activity, students describe in depth a character,setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text.

Using Contributions to the Text Activity, students explain howthe information contributes to an understanding of the text in which itappears.

In this Why Was it Written? Author's Purpose Activity, 2nd and 3rd graders sort text cards by whether the author wants to answer, explain, or describe. An answer key is included.

This collecting words for writing activity teaches 2nd and 3rd grade students to use context clues on task cards, then collect new words while reading. Answer key included.

Kids build trains of Effect, because, and Cause cards in this cause and effect sequencing activity for 1st to 3rd grade. Answer key included so checking each train is quick.

Try this reading questions camping activity with 1st to 3rd grade readers. Kids read a camping story and match question cards to answer cards; an answer key is included.

Play this describing key ideas activity with 1st to 3rd grade readers. Kids say what a community helper would say to show a key idea, and an answer key is included.