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Reading Strategies Reading Comprehension Exercises 89481
Reading Strategies Reading Comprehension Exercises 89481
Strategies
Prepared and presented by:
Miri Osherov
Finding the Main Idea
Understanding Sequence
Greenhous Whales Horses Mountains
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The biggest animal in the world is the whale. The blue whale is the
largest animal that ever lived. It is even bigger than the great
dinosaurs of long ago. Whales are close cousins to dolphins and
porpoises, but these animals are less than thirteen feet in length.
Definition
•Facts and details explain or support
the most important idea in the paragraph.
Whales
Read the paragraph.
.Find the details which support the main idea
Over the last hundred years climbing gear has changed a lot.
In the 1800s, climbers wore heavy clothes and boots with spikes.
Today companies have created clothes that are both warm and light,
so climbers can move more freely. .Modern climbers also use nylon rope pitons
.Pitons are large nails with a ring in one end Rope is attached to the ring.
Climbers pull themselves up a few feet at a time. They pound pitons into rock
as they go. In the past these nails were made of iron. Climbers found,
however, that the heavy nails damaged the surface of the mountain.
.Climbers now use soft metal nails These do much less damage.
The Man Brownies Coca Cola
Definition
• Sequence tells what happened first, second,
third, and so on.
• Clue words such as first, next, then, last,
finally, before, and after often tell the order
in which things happen.
• Clues such as times of day, days of the week,
months, and years tell when things happen.
• Sometimes, there are no clue words.
• Thinking about the beginning, the middle, and
the ending of a story will help you understand
the order in which things happen.
The Man Brownies Coca Cola
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2.
C Preheat the oven and grease a baking dish.
3.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Coca Cola
Dr. John Stith Pemberton (1830-1888) was an American pharmacist,
soldier, and inventor. He invented Coca-Cola on May 8th, 1886 in
Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He had invented many syrups and medicines,
before, including a very popular drink called French Wine of Coca,
which contained wine, coca leaves, and caffeine (from the kola nut).
When Atlanta banned alcohol consumption in 1885, Pemberton had to
change the formula of his French Wine of Coca, omitting the French
wine. He added sugar, citric acid and essential oils of many fruits to
the drink, and the original Coca-Cola was created. It was named for its
main ingredients, coca leaves and the kola nut. Coca-Cola quickly
became a very popular soda fountain drink.
The Man Brownies Coca Cola
Coca Cola
Dr. Pemberton added other ingredients such as sugar, and 1.
A citric acid to replace the alcohol in the French drink.
1 2 3 4 5 6
B The original Coca-Cola was created.
2.
1 2 3 4 5 6
C Atlanta banned alcohol consumption in 1885. 3.
1 2 3 4 5 6
D Dr. Pemberton invented a drink called French Wine of Coca. 4.
1 2 3 4 5 6
E Dr. Pemberton had to omit the wine from the drink’s formula.
5.
1 2 3 4 5 6
F Dr. Pemberton had invented many syrups and medicines.
6.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Check your
answer
The Man Brownies Coca Cola
Coca Cola
Dr. Pemberton added other ingredients
A such as sugar, and citric acid to 1.
replace the alcohol in the French drink.
2. Greenhouse Effect:
www.epa.gov/globalwarming/kids/greenhouse.html
3. Coca Cola:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/food.shtml
5. Climbing Mountain:
Comprehension Plus, level E, Dr. Diane Lapp & Dr. James Flood, Modern Curriculum Press, 2002.
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