With this resource, students will learn about sharks while practicing essential reading comprehension skills including main idea, context clues, vocabulary, and text features.
 
Topics covered:
What are sharks?
Physical Features
Habitat
Diet
Baby sharks
Kinds of sharks
 
To complete this activity, students will:
Read each page, using context clues to help fill in the missing information
Determine main idea and choose the correct title for each chapter (cut and glue)
Complete the table of contents by adding the titles in the correct spot (cut and glue)
Use the glossary to understand new vocabulary
Complete a diagram of a shark's body
 
Includes links to supplemental websites and videos.
 
What are Interactive Reading Comprehension Books?
These books provide a great way to integrate social studies or science into your reading instruction. Students will learn all about a specific topic while working with informational text, using text features, determining main idea, and gaining new vocabulary. These are hands-on, cut and glue activity books that can be used in centers, small group, or for independent work. High interest text keeps them engaged.