Reading Comprehension

Lead students through an analysis of a Natural Inquirer article starting first with identification of key words and key phrases. This lesson plan can be used with any Natural Inquirer article.

Introduce the scientific process, as expressed in scientific writing, to your students. This lesson plan will walk you through how to do a guided reading of an Investi-gator article (or...

In this lesson plan, students will read a Natural Inquirer article and write short summary notes from each section. Students will then create “6-W Poems” that reflect their understanding of...

In this lesson, students will increase their reading comprehension and summarization and explanation skills. Students will work in groups to share information about the Natural Inquirer article and assist with...

Look at four photos or illustrations from “Food for the Soil” and use what you’ve learned to explain what each of the provided photos or illustrations is about. Try it...

In this lesson plan, students will increase their reading comprehension, organizational skills, critical thinking, and ability to explain concepts through the use of a graphic organizer. The goal is to...

In this lesson, students will increase their reading comprehension, critical thinking skills, and summarization and explanation skills. Students will role-play as members of the Natural Inquirer Twitter Team (now X...

After reading the Wildland Fire 2 edition of Natural Inquirer, test your knowledge with a sentence scramble challenge. Unscramble the words in each line to create a sentence from the...

This lesson plan introduces students to scientific abstracts. Students will analyze existing abstracts and then write their own. The lesson plan includes graphic organizers and a word search. (This lesson...

In this lesson plan, students will complete a guided reading of a Natural Inquirer article and then will evaluate the impacts of the scientists’ research on their own behaviors. This...