Inventions that Happened by Accident for Reading or Listening Comprehension

Teach and practice so many reading comprehension skills all year 'round using this fascinating NO PREP resource all about common inventions that were created by mistake! These 12 surprising non-fiction passages with 95 comprehension questions for the classroom or speech-language therapy can be printed or opened on your device to use virtually.

⭐ DOWNLOAD the PREVIEW to see more & sample the passages and questions!

WHAT YOU'LL GET:

► 12 manageable passages about inventions that were created accidentally! You can address comprehension skills without having students bogged down in lengthy text.

► 12 optional videos to watch to extend learning or facilitate more discussion (highly recommend for students working on articulation at the conversation level)

► Each passage has 7-9 comprehension questions for students to answer verbally or in writing (room for answering questions is included below each passage).

► You'll get 95 corresponding questions in all

► Teaching visuals and strategies for 5 common reading comprehension skills

► For non-readers, use this resource as a listening comprehension activity, Passages can be used with individual students, for partner reading, or for group discussion.

► These passages are great for push-in speech therapy sessions!

⭐ NO PREP! Just print and use it immediately!

EASILY TARGET THESE SKILLS:

• general responding to text
• general reading or listening comprehension
• making inferences (37 questions included)
• vocabulary / context clues (24 opportunities to discuss word meaning)
• comparing/contrasting (8 tasks)
• making personal connections to text
• comparing/contrasting
• giving rationale for answers or citing evidence
• generating better titles for passages
• main idea
• problem-solving
• describing

___________________________________________________________________

Need more reading comprehension resources? Find all of mine HERE!

You might also like:

✱ Describe It Semantic Mapping Board Games | Use Alone or With Programs like EET

✱ All About Turkeys Non-fiction Passages & Videos for Comprehension

✱ Reading & Listening Comprehension Monsters | Inferencing, Main Idea, and More!

✱ Speech and Language Screening Tool - Grab and GO!

✱ Super Hero Social Skills for Pragmatic Language

✱ Reading or Listening Comprehension w/ AUDIO - Lucky Charms | BOOM CARDS™

✱ The Ultimate IEP Writing Guide for School SLPs

___________________________________________________________________

Thanks for considering my resources for your lessons!

⚫ Find more from me at my ➔ Website ➔ TpT ➔ IG ➔ FB ➔ YouTube ➔ Free Resource Library ➔ Pinterest