Reading For Comprehension Requires Reading

Help students distinguish needs from wants through a classroom dialogue. Follow-up questions ask them to consider the ideas and details presented in the reading.
Grades
Grades 5–6
Pages
3
File type
PDF
Answer key
Included

Updated Jul 28, 2021

Subject
ELA, Reading Comprehension, Life Studies
Topic
Needs and wants, Classroom dialogue
Answer key
Included
Standards
RL.5.1

Product description

From the author

This Needs and Wants Reading Comprehension Worksheet is a great way for students to improve their reading comprehension skills. The worksheet covers the difference between needs and wants, a topic that is important for students to understand. This is a great resource for teachers who want to help their students improve their reading comprehension skills.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Distinguish needs from wants in a classroom discussion

  • Identify the central idea of a dialogue

  • Infer speaker traits from participation and responses

Teaching tips

  • Create a needs-and-wants T-chart before reading, then revise it with ideas from the discussion.

  • Ask learners to explain how the teacher keeps the exchange productive even when one participant jokes.

Skills covered

  • Central-idea reading — the dialogue develops a distinction between needs and wants.

  • Economic vocabulary — success and excess are considered through household provision.

  • Character inference — conversational behavior supports judgments about participants.

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Questions teachers ask about this resource

What do the questions assess?

Students identify the class subject and discussion topic, infer characters’ attitudes, and consider how the teacher involves students. Encourage them to point to evidence in the dialogue.

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Curriculum

Standards, concepts & topics

Standards

  • RL.5.1

Core concepts

  • Needs and wants

  • Central idea

  • Business vocabulary

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