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A “book walk” is a pre-reading strategy for looking at a passage prior to reading it. Students will look at the title, illustrations, headings, bold or italicized print. This can be modeled by the teacher in a Think Aloud by describing what they see and how they use it to make predictions about the main idea of the story or what the key words might mean in the passage.
Post high-frequency words, sight words, theme-based or context-driven vocabulary words on the wall. Use the list for pre-reading discussions and as a reference for the SPED students to use while reading. It could also be used to introduce more advanced vocabulary words or color-coded for different parts of speech.
Use a Semantic Web or a Word Web to determine the meaning of unknown words using context clues. A fun way to demonstrate this strategy to SPED students is to take a passage and replace a word with a nonsense word and write it in the center circle. As the teacher reads the passage, the students add what they know by drawing lines out from the circle and connecting it to the center. This provides a visual representation of how to use context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words.
Below are 10 reading comprehension worksheets and tests that are accurately measured to fit the SPED level.
Topic
A Beetle in a Box
Lexile level
1310
Num of questions
5
Types of questions
Central message, lesson or moral, Identifying the main topic and key ideas, Identifying the author’s point of view
Topic
Before Band-Aids
Lexile level
1190
Num of questions
8
Types of questions
Cause and effect comprehension, Identifying a problem and solution described in the text, Identifying the main topic and key ideas
Topic
Gluten Free Baking
Lexile level
1050
Num of questions
6
Types of questions
Central messagIdentifying the main topic and key ideas, Identifying the author’s point of view, Cause and effect comprehension
Topic
Latin as a second language
Lexile level
1070
Num of questions
8
Types of questions
Central message, lesson or moral, Identifying the author’s point of view, Identifying the main topic and key ideas
Topic
Dog Tricks
Lexile level
1090
Num of questions
6
Types of questions
Central message, lesson or moral, Identifying the main topic and key ideas
Topic
Compost
Lexile level
930
Num of questions
5
Types of questions
Central message, lesson or moral, Identifying the main topic and key ideas, Identifying the author’s point of view, Cause and effect comprehension
Topic
The Truth About Coupons
Lexile level
850
Num of questions
7
Types of questions
Central message, Identifying the main topic and key ideas, Identifying the author’s point of view, Cause and effect comprehension
Topic
Softwoods and Hardwoods
Lexile level
790
Num of questions
8
Types of questions
Identifying the main topic and key ideas, Cause and effect comprehension, lesson or moral, Summarizing
Topic
Grocery Store Bags
Lexile level
640
Num of questions
5
Types of questions
Identifying intent and conclusions, Central message, lesson or moral, Identifying the main topic and key ideas
Topic
Where We Live
Lexile level
470
Num of questions
7
Types of questions
Central message, lesson or moral ,Identifying the author’s point of view
