Bring some music to your language arts lesson with a reading comprehension activity. Learners read an informational passage about different musical instruments before answering a series of comprehension and vocabulary questions.

Concepts

reading comprehension, Vocabulary, sight words, short stories, instruments, informational texts, context clues, phonics

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Add to a reading assessment or homework packet
• Bring in different examples of musical instruments for kids to observe and try
• Use music clips of each instrument mentioned in the passage to show kids

Classroom Considerations

• The reading passage is three pages long, but it's double spaced and written in a large font

Pros

• Encourages context clues and critical reading
• Includes writing prompts for kids to write their responses to what they have read, as well as multiple-choice comprehension questions
• Provides an answer key for easy assessment

Cons

• None

Common Core

RI.3.1 RI.3.4 RI.4.1 RI.4.4 RI.5.1 RI.5.4