After reading the story of, Bruce and the Spider, scholars answer four short answer questions to boost comprehension skills.  

Concepts

reading, reading comprehension, reading comprehension strategies, responding to reading, short answer questions

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Encourage pupils to mark the text as they read to assist in finding question answers 
• Divide class members to into homogeneous groups based on reading level, rotate to each group offering support where needed
• Make short-answer questions a blog entry on the classroom blog

Classroom Considerations

• The resource is the eight in a series of 19 worksheets designed to reinforce reading comprehension skills 
• Check that the reading level is appropriate for your population 
• Make copies prior to assigning the worksheet 

Pros

• Clear font makes for easy reading 
• Offers an engaging story and thought-provoking questions 

Cons

• Provides limited space for learners to write 

Common Core

RL.3.1 RL.3.4 RL.3.10 RL.4.1 RL.4.4 RL.4.10 RL.5.1 RL.5.4 RL.5.10