Non-fiction Ages 10-11

This box of comprehension cards covers: * High-interest short passages
of text along with five comprehension questions that prompt
students to identify and effectively cite text evidence. * A variety
of genres. * Comprehension-helper cards that provide kid-friendly
definitions, tips, and examples to help students master reading
skills.

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This box of comprehension cards covers:

High-interest short
passages of text along with five comprehension questions
that prompt students to identify and effectively cite text
evidence
A variety of genres
Comprehension-helper
cards that provide kid-friendly definitions, tips,
and examples to help students master reading skills


On each of the 100 text cards there is a passage
of age-appropriate text with an illustration and five comprehension
questions related to the passage. The 10 different
questions types in this non-fiction box are:



Author's
Purpose - Questions focused on the reason the author chose to write
a text. Authors may write with more than one purpose in mind.
Cause
and Effect - Questions focused on an event or action
that makes something happen in a story and the result or consequence
of that event or action.
Compare and Contrast - Questions
focused on looking closely at two or more things (characters,
settings, plots, etc.) to see how they are similar. And looking
closely at two or more things to see how they are different.
Debate
- Questions focused on a discussion between two (or
more) sides with different views.
Description - Questions
focused on When words are used to create a 'picture' in the mind.
Fact
and Opinion - Questions focused on Facts, information
that is true and doesn't vary And Opinions, personal beliefs
or feelings. Opinions do vary.
Main Idea and Details -
A literal question, one which you may remember from reading the
text and can answer straight away. One to show that you have read/understood
the text. A direct quotation is not required.
Problem
and Solution - Questions focused on the main problem of
a story and the solution to, or outcome of, the problem or conflict.
Not all resolutions are happy ones.
Sequence of events
- Questions focused on the plot and the order of events in a plot
(beginning, middle, end)
Summarise - Questions focused
on creating a brief statement about a text using only the most
important details.

The fifth question on each card will
be a S-T-R-E-T-C-H question, a creative thinking question
such as writing sentences using words/phrases from the story,
describing something from the story, explaining what might happen
next, describing a real-life event that's connected to the story,
asking an opinion on the story or character from the story.

Age-appropriate
helper cards provide background information
to help children respond knowledgeably to the comprehension
questions. There are 14 helper cards in this box covering:


Author's purpose
Cause and Effect
Compare
and Contrast
Context Clues
Debate
Description
Fact
and opinion
Inference
Information
Text
Main Idea and Details
Problem and Solution
Sequence
of Events
Summarise
Text Evidence

Also
includes a Teacher's Booklet to provide
ideas on how to use the cards and answers.