World Religion Day Reading Comprehension Bundle
Engage your students with this thought-provoking and informative text about World Religion Day, written at an approximate 950L–1050L Lexile level, ideal for Year 5 to Year 9 learners… This resource introduces the significance of World Religion Day, an interfaith celebration initiated by followers of the Bahá’í Faith in 1950. The text explores its history, importance, shared values among global religions, and the Golden Rule, all while promoting respect, understanding, and appreciation of spiritual diversity. With accessible language and engaging activities, students will reflect on themes of kindness, tolerance, and open-mindedness.
What’s Included:
This comprehensive resource comes with 7 supporting activities that are designed to gently challenge and engage learners:
Double-Sided Mixed-Style Question Sheet: Includes vocabulary matching, sequencing, cloze passages, true/false activities, and written responses to encourage critical thinking.
True or False Activities: Both levels feature this activity to evaluate students’ understanding of key concepts.
Double-Sided Multiple Choice Quizzes: Two versions for higher-level readers and one for lower-level readers to assess comprehension interactively.
Cloze Summary Activity: Reinforces vocabulary while helping students summarize key ideas.
2 Crossword Puzzles: One with a word box for support and one without for added challenge.
Traditional Written Comprehension Sheets: Double-sided for reflective practice.
Answer Keys: Included for all activities to support quick and easy grading.
This engaging reading comprehension download is perfect for KS2 & 3 classrooms, ELA lessons, and cross-curricular learning about tolerance, diversity, and interfaith understanding.
Make World Religion Day a meaningful part of your classroom with this ready-to-use resource!
Looking for more differentiated resources on world religions? Check out these engaging and comprehensive reading comprehension packs:
Buddhism Reading Comprehension
Christianity Reading Comprehension
Judaism Reading Comprehension
Sikhism Reading Comprehension
Islam Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Hinduism Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Habitat fact files!
7 double sided non-chronological reports about 7 different habitats & 7 habitat cloze exercises.
Cloze exercises are shortened versions of the non-chronological reports and are differentiated two ways: great to use together.
Also includes a food chain paper chain activity.
Carefully researched and written, this resource includes biographies of 8+ famous Egyptians, each with two differentiated versions and answer sheets. It also features a mini-biographies cut and sort activity, as well as generic biography fan-n-pick question cards. This comprehensive resource is perfect for teaching biographies, improving reading comprehension, and exploring Ancient and Modern Egyptian history.
Includes biographies for:
Hathshepsut,
Tutankhamum,
Mohammed Salah,
King Ramses II,
Howard Carter,
Khufu,
Zahi Hawass,
Amenthotp III,
Rawya Ateya (mini biography),
Lotfia Elnadi (mini biography),
This collection features 9 traditional tales specially adapted for differentiated reading instruction:
Puss in Boots
Snow White
The Underground Princess
Cinderella
Tattercoats
Aladdin (and the Magic Lamp)
The Ugly Duckling
Kate Crackernuts
Diamonds and Toads
Each fairy tale resource includes reading passages leveled at multiple difficulty levels, along with numerous comprehension worksheets. Worksheets feature a variety of question formats including multiple choice, short answer, and written responses, ensuring educators can provide the perfect level for their students.
With 3-5 differentiated reading levels per tale, these resources allow teachers to challenge, support, and engage all learners with these classic stories. This traditional tales collection is ideal for whole-class, small group, or individual reading comprehension practice.
This collection features 9 beloved traditional tales specially adapted for differentiated reading instruction:
Snow White & Rose Red
The Twelve Dancing Princesses
Hansel and Gretel
Rapunzel
Rumpelstiltskin
The Little Mermaid
The Ugly Duckling
Kate Crackernuts
Pied Piper of Hamelin
Each traditional tales / fairy tale resource includes reading passages leveled at multiple difficulty levels, along with numerous comprehension worksheets. Worksheets feature a variety of question formats including multiple choice, short answer, and written responses, ensuring educators can provide the perfect level for their students.
With 3-5 differentiated reading levels per tale, these resources allow teachers to challenge, support, and engage all learners with these classic stories. This traditional tales collection is ideal for whole-class, small group, or individual reading comprehension practice.
Immerse your learners in the enchanting world of Christmas with this delightful collection of five beloved holiday classics and a two non-fiction texts. Explore the magic of the season through the timeless words of Clement Clarke Moore’s “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” Hans Christian Andersen’s cherished tales, “The Little Match Girl” and “The Little Fir Tree,” the Grimm Brothers’ tale “The Elves and the Shoemaker,” and a lovely retelling of "The Nutcracker."
Non-Fiction Texts examine The History of The Christmas Tree and Christingles.
This captivating collection is complemented by a wide range of differentiated worksheets, ensuring that every learner can engage with the material at their own pace and level. From SAT-style multiple-choice questions to classic written responses, sequencing activities, cloze exercises, and vocabulary-building crosswords, these worksheets provide a comprehensive and joyful learning experience.
Share the magic of the season with your learners through this captivating collection of holiday classics and engaging worksheets.
Introduce students to Buddhist practices, beliefs, and iconic stories with this comprehensive Buddhism bundle.
The bundle includes:
Two leveled informational texts explaining Buddhist concepts, figures, and traditions.
Eight classic Buddhist tales that convey core teachings, including the birth and enlightenment of Buddha.
To build understanding, each text and story comes with extensive support materials:
Multiple choice and short answer quizzes
Close reading and critical thinking activities
Vocabulary practice like crosswords and matching
Written response and reflection prompts
Answer sheets
With differentiated readings, essential background knowledge, and beloved narratives, this bundle immerses students in Buddhist principles and history. Engaging stories, interactive activities, and visuals create memorable learning experiences about this globally influential religion.
Explore the Foundational Narratives and Wisdom of Judaism
This meticulously researched and thoughtfully written bundle immerses students in 8 formative Jewish stories: The Story of Creation, Moses & Exodus from Egypt, The Jewish Story of David and Goliath, Moses in the Bulrushes, Joseph & His Brothers, Queen Esther’s Story of Purim, The Story of Hanukkah, and Moses & The Burning Bush.
Also included is an invaluable informational text introducing the history, beliefs, and traditions of Judaism. PLUS an information text about Yom Kippur
Each resource is accompanied by a wealth of comprehension activities to reinforce understanding:
Differentiated written response worksheets with diverse question types
Multiple-choice story quizzes
Cloze-style story summary worksheets
True/false comprehension checks
Engaging crossword puzzles
Answer keys
Develop cultural literacy and nurture ethical thinking as students delve into these seminal Jewish texts exploring timeless concepts like faith, courage, wisdom, and humanity’s sacred responsibilities.
An outstanding value download! This premium 9-resource bundle provides ready-to-use, rigorously vetted materials for ELA, social studies, and Jewish studies curricula. Guide your students through Judaism’s defining moments and cardinal wisdoms with this comprehensive collection.
Check out my Buddhist Stories and Sikhism Stories
Embark on a journey through Christmas past and present with my ‘Holiday Traditions Explored’ bundle. This educational package combines four insightful resources:
’The History of the Christmas Tree,’ tracing the evolution of Christmas trees from ancient times to the present.
’Christingles Information Text,’ which delves into the rich history and symbolism of Christingles since 1747, exploring their role in community gatherings and their ties to The Children’s Society charity.
’Saint Nicholas Biography,’ offering a detailed look at the life of Saint Nicholas, his contributions to Christmas traditions, and his lasting legacy as the beloved Santa Claus.
’Saint Nicholas Biography,’ Single PAge Version
Ideal for learners looking to understand the deeper meanings behind these festive customs.
Discover the Nativity story with this three-level differentiated pack, perfect for Christmas reading.
Features engaging activities for lower, middle, and advanced readers: vocabulary, cloze, true/false, sequencing, written responses, multiple-choice quizzes, crosswords, and more.
Answer keys included for easy marking. Ideal for festive lessons and mixed-ability classrooms!
This collection features 10 beloved traditional tales specially adapted for differentiated reading instruction:
The Clever Prince
The Swineherd
The Old Woman in the Forest
The Frog Prince
Sleeping Beauty
The Bremen Town Musicians
The Elves and the Shoemaker
The Little Mermaid
Kate Crackernuts
Billy Goats Gruff
Pied Piper of Hamelin
Each fairy tale resource includes reading passages leveled at multiple difficulty levels, along with numerous comprehension worksheets. Worksheets feature a variety of question formats including multiple choice, short answer, and written responses, ensuring educators can provide the perfect level for their students.
With 2-5 differentiated reading levels per tale, these resources allow teachers to challenge, support, and engage all learners with these timeless stories. This traditional tales collection is ideal for whole-class, small group, or individual reading comprehension practice.
Dinosaur Research Scavenger Hunt Posters and Game Cards
Transform your classroom into a prehistoric paradise with our meticulously crafted Dinosaur Research Scavenger Hunt Posters and Game Cards!
Key Features:
28 beloved dinosaurs featured across 14 fact-filled posters
Research note-taking cards and gamified ‘Top Trumps’ Pokémon-style game cards included
Carefully researched, double-checked, and classroom-tested content
Both Metric and Imperial measurements included in download
Comprehensive Poster Set:
Triassic Period (2 versions: illustrated and listed with short descriptions)
Jurassic Period (2 versions: illustrated and listed with short descriptions)
Cretaceous Period (2 versions: illustrated and listed with short descriptions)
Herbivorous Dinosaurs
Carnivorous Dinosaurs
Piscivorous Dinosaurs
Omnivorous Dinosaurs
Weight Comparison
Height Comparison
Length Comparison
Fossil Discovery Locations
Dinosaur Appearances
Fascinating Dinosaur Facts
Vocabulary Glossary
Enhanced Learning Experience:
Most posters are double or triple A4 size for easy viewing
Interesting footnotes in accessible language
Key dinosaur technical vocabulary maintained
Helpful infographics and maps
Icons used to enhance tricky vocabulary
Alternating font colours for easy list tracking
Black and white illustrations
Versatile Use:
Print and display around the classroom for an engaging scavenger hunt
Use as a comprehensive dinosaur research resource
Encourage independent learning and fact-finding skills
Bonus Materials:
Research note-taking paper with helpful icons
6 colourful variations of Pokémon/Top Trumps-style game cards
Game rules for interactive learning
Bring the Mesozoic era to life and ignite your students’ passion for palaeontology with this all-in-one dinosaur research adventure!
Looking for specific components? Check out these related resources:
Only need the game cards and blank research papers? Game Cards and Research Papers
Want just the Vocabulary and Fascinating Fact Posters? Dino Vocab Posters
Dinosaur Non-Chronological Reports
Explore six major world religions with this comprehensive bundle featuring two levels of differentiated texts for each religion:
Christianity
Buddhism
Judaism
Sikhism
Islam
Hinduism
BONUS The Golden Rule World Religions Reading Resource
Each resource includes leveled reading passages, multiple-choice quizzes, mixed-style question sheets, written response activities, cloze summaries, and engaging crosswords. Perfect for fostering understanding, critical thinking, and cultural awareness in diverse classrooms!
Explore the significance of interfaith harmony and shared human values with this engaging reading comprehension bundle! Perfect for Grades 4–9 (Lexile 950L–1050L), this bundle includes two captivating texts:
World Religion Day – Learn the history and significance of this Bahá’í-inspired celebration, promoting respect, tolerance, and diversity.
Golden Rule Across Religions – Discover how 12 world religions embrace kindness, empathy, and treating others as you’d wish to be treated.
What’s Included:
Mixed-style questions
Multiple-choice quizzes (differentiated levels)
True/False activities
Cloze summaries
Crossword puzzles
Written response sheets
Full answer keys
Promote critical thinking, cultural understanding, and open-mindedness with these ready-to-use resources!
Auxiliary Verbs To Be, To Do, To Have Task Cards and Worksheets
This engaging resource helps learners master auxiliary verbs to be, to do, and to have in past, present, and future tenses. Perfect for KS1 and KS2 learners, it includes:
60 Task Cards (20 per verb): Learners fill in the correct form of the verb on the provided recording sheets.
Cut-and-Stick Worksheets: Learners cut, sort, and stick verbs into past, present, or future categories under the correct subjects (e.g., I, he, they). These sheets can also be used as simple write-on worksheets or homework.
Matching Posters: Completed versions of the worksheets for reference or display.
Answer Sheets
Ideal for English Language Arts, ESL/EFL/ELL, and Grammar lessons, this resource supports differentiated learning and reinforces essential verb skills in an interactive and hands-on way!
Input-Output Tables to help relate multiplication and division.
PowerPoint focuses on building a connection between multiplication and division operations using an active model to reinforce the connection between the two operations.
Visual of the relationship between division and multiplication using input and output tables to show that division is sharing and multiplication is combining.
The PowerPoint is designed to encourage students to combine equal groups of clipart images to make a total (multiplication), as well as share a collection to form equal groups (division).
The PowerPoint uses a variety of public domain clipart images to act out a multiplication or division problems to encourage students to determine the total and reverse the action to determine the quotient and vice versa. Your students can make up little stories to help them understand each operation.
x3/÷3 & x4/÷4 Facts used (28 slides).
Includes differentiated worksheets for 3’s and 4’s facts
Grid Method / Place Value PowerPoint uses arrays and smiley faces to show the mental multiplication strategy of using place value and knowledge of multiplication to work out a 2-digit number by a 1-digit number - with exchange (such as 8 x 35, 9 x 33 etc.).
No text to read or get distracted by.
12 examples which build from 4 x 18 & 3 x 22 on the first two slides up to 9 x 33 & 8 x 83 on the last two slides.
All slides follow the same animations:
*Array and multiplication problem is shown.
Confused smiley bounces in (teacher explains that if you don’t know your 83 times table you’re going to be confused)
*array changes to show place value calculations.
*Confused face is replaced by a happy face as he can now do the multiplication problem.
12 examples clearly help grade 3,4 or 5 students master and understand this important skill.
With matching differentiate worksheets for multiplying 2-digit number by a 1-digit number.
An introduction of the ‘think multiplication strategy’ to help with division.
An animated, interactive PowerPoint presentation with arrays of dots to help students visualize related multiplication and division facts.
A partially covered array showing only the number of rows in an array, but not the number of dots in each row is shown, along with a matching fact statement (e.g. “Altogether there are 40 dots”)
Students are encouraged to give the multiplication sentence AND related division sentence using the information shown (total number of dots & number of rows/groups) that helps work out the array proportions. e.g. 5 x ? = 40 and 40 ÷ 5= ?. 14 example arrays.
Includes 3 level differentiated division / multiplication worksheet in same style, plus colour matching facts for all tables x2-x10
Three rimes table trick with arrays to help with the three times table multiplication strategy .
This clear, step-by-step and helpful PowerPoint will help students learn that multiplication by 3 can be done by doubling and adding another set.
e.g. to calculate 3 × 14:
first double 14 getting 28, then add another 14, (to get 3 times 14) which is 42.
21 Examples are presented (from 3 x 2 up to 3 x 21) in order, or from a hyperlink menu.
Each slide shows the sum and a confused face,
Then two lines of the matching array (showing the doubling array)
Then another set (another line of the array) is added
Whilst the matching thought process is shown with clear sums.
Finally everything apart from the x3 sum and array dissolve out, leaving just the sum, the answer and the x3 array.
Each part of the thought multiplication strategy is presented when you click the mouse, giving students time to work out and explain each step.
Includes 3 level differentiated mathcing sylte worksheets and skip counting x3 worksheets.
Also see my Multiplication Strategies pack which includes this trick and other common multiplication strategies
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/mental-multiplication-strategies-11756501
Homonyms, Homographs & Heteronyms PowerPoint & Crossword.
Homograph PowerPoint with simple clues and clear (labeled for reuse) clip-art.
Each slide is animated: 1st click written clues are presented, 2nd click clip-art is shown, 3rd click answer is revealed - I use it with mini-whiteboards in a quiz game format.
25 common homographs presented (fit, ring, saw, gum, letters, light, train, table, club, watch, calf, coach, jam, dear, wave, cross, bark, park, orange, bat, right, tear, bow, wind, polish) ( - please see a screen shot of 9 of the slides)
Also comes with a crossword using 17 of the 25 homographs to use as a homework or reinforcement activity.
Differentiated crossword - one with clues and word box of spellings, one with only clues.
I use it with ESL grade 2-5 students in an after school club and with my grade 3 (8 & 9 year olds) when we study this in grammar, but would be enjoyed by grades 2,3,4 and 5)