This box of comprehension cards covers:High-interest shortpassages of text along with four comprehension questionsthat prompt students to identify and effectively cite textevidenceA variety of genresComprehension-helpercards that provide kid-friendly definitions, tips,and examples to help students master reading skillsOneach of the 100 text cards there is a passageof age-appropriate text with an illustration and four comprehensionquestions related to the passage. The 10 different questionstypes in this fiction box are: Cause and Effect- Questions focused on an event or action that makes something happenin a story and the result or consequence of that event or action. Character - Questions focused on the characters ofa story Details - Literal questions, which you may rememberfrom reading the text and can answer straight away. Questionsto show that you have read/understood the text.Inference- Questions focused on drawing a conclusion based on clues inthe text and your own background knowledge.Prediction -Questions focused on using what you know from the text to make asensible guess about what will happen later on in a story.Problemand Solution - Questions focused on the main problem ofa 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 aplot (beginning, middle, end)Setting - Questions focusedon the settings of a story. Text Evidence - Questions focusedon exact words, phrases or sentences in a text that provideinformation, answer a question or support a claim. Vocabulary- Questions focused on hints that readers use to work outthe meaning of an unknown word in a text. Context clues can comebefore or after the unknown word. The fourth questionon each card will be a S-T-R-E-T-C-H question, a creativethinking question such as writing sentences using words/phrasesfrom the story, describing something from the story, explainingwhat might happen next, describing a real-life event that's connectedto the story, asking an opinion on the story or characterfrom the story.Age-appropriate helper cards providebackground information to help children respond knowledgeably tothe comprehension questions. There are 11 helper cards inthis box covering: Cause and EffectCharacterDetailsFictionTextInferencePredictionProblemand SolutionSequence of EventsSettingTextEvidenceVocabularyAlsoincludes a Teacher's Booklet to provide ideas on howto use the cards and answers.
