Newspapers Reading Comprehension Passage - Cored Ed Encyclopedia

This newspapers reading comprehension contains the following:

Visualize on the Cover (Teacher Read Aloud Script)

Start your lesson by taking a few moments to visualize the topic and share thoughts or feelings about it.

Pre-Reading Trivia

Students will write down one thing they already know about the subject and then read five more facts and discuss. These facts are fun, and the students will enjoy learning about the subject before reading more.

Reading Passage

The text is a high-interest reading passage with set paragraphs, roughly three to four paragraphs long. It contains a variety of themes about the topic, anywhere from history to technology. The passage is between 250 and 350 words in length.

Mixed Questions

The first question page contains four multiple-choice questions, each with a choice of four answers, and three written response questions that require a sentence or two from the student.

Vocabulary Questions

Practice seven key words from the text in this section across two activities. First section is scrambled words where students will unscramble three words given a clue for each. The second section is a word to meaning matching activity.

Creative Writing

In this question, the student will be required to write a five to eight sentence paragraph on a question related to the topic.

Extension Activities

This page is optional for fast finishers or to take home. There are several activities, each one requiring a different skill. Do some, do none, do all, completely optional - but you will feel reassured knowing every possibility is planned for. Includes summary writting question.

Answer Key

There are answers for the multiple-choice questions, written response questions have sample answers, vocabulary answers and if there is a summary question then a sample summary will be provided as well.

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Lesson Snapshot

• Title: Newspapers

• Genre: Nonfiction

• Subject: Reading (Informational Text / Media Literacy)

• Primary Topic: What newspapers are, how they work, and why they matter

• Estimated Guided Reading Level (A–Z): N

What This Lesson Teaches Best

• Explains what a newspaper is (a bundle of pages on a schedule) and what it contains (stories, photos, advertisements, and sometimes opinions).

• Teaches how newspapers are organized, including narrow columns, headlines, sections, and an editorial page with editorials and op-eds (opinions, not straight news).

• Builds understanding of how newspapers developed over time, including printing presses spreading and a 1605 paper from Strasbourg that is often recognized as the first newspaper.

• Describes how newspapers are made: reporting, interviewing, checking records, editors looking for mistakes, and printing a correction if an error slips through.

• Reinforces the passage with support pages (trivia, mixed questions, vocabulary, writing, and extensions) that match the same ideas and terms (headline, editorial/op-ed, correction, newsstands, online editions).

Learning Goals

• Define a newspaper using details from the passage.

• Identify features of a newspaper mentioned in the text, such as columns, headlines, photographs, and advertisements.

• Explain how sections and the editorial page help separate topics and opinions from straight news.

• Describe how printing presses helped printed news reach many readers.

• Describe what journalists and editors do to make a newspaper accurate and clear.

• Explain what stays the same when newspapers publish online for screens.

Key Vocabulary From the Text

• Schedule — a planned time pattern (every day or every week).

• Columns — narrow vertical parts that words stand in.

• Editorial — an opinion piece in a newspaper.

• Op-eds — opinion writing, not straight news.

• Correction — a note printed to fix a mistake.

Cored Ed Encyclopedia Overview

The Cored Ed Encyclopedia is a weekly series of lessons that you can pick up and use right away. These short readings fit into whatever time you have available. Each one includes a warm-up, a reading, and a set of questions, but it’s flexible — you can do just the reading, the full lesson, or skip the writing section if you need to. Each lesson focuses on a single topic so students don’t get lost. The writing is clear but never childish, making it perfect for grades two through five. Topics range from animals and science to history, inventions, and everyday things. No matter the level of the student, everyone should take away at least one new idea or fact from each lesson. The materials are easy to print, easy to explain, and require no setup. They work well for whole-class teaching, partner work, or independent study.