SINGLE WEEK SAMPLE

READING SKILL
OF THE DAY
& Weekly Reading Review

one full week of the coordinating

Reading Skill of week one review
the Day
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Use ‘Reading Skill of the Day’ as daily spiral
practice of key reading skills. You can use it
as morning work, a warm-up activity, whole
group lessons, homework, and more! The
possibilities are endless. The skills practiced
spiral and change each week.
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or the single page version (more space for writing!).

At the end of the week, complete the ‘Reading

Skill Review’ to quickly assess where students
are at! These review pages follow the same
scope and sequence of Reading Skill of the Day.
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(uses less paper!) or the single page version.

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WEEKLY READING
READING SKILL OF THE DAY SKILL REVIEW
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There are four, five-week sets included in this resource. Use the tables
below as a quick reference for which skill is reviewed each day. Main Idea
is practiced EVERY Monday and Inference is practiced EVERY Wednesday.
WEEKS 1, 6, 11, 16 WEEKS 2, 7, 12, 17
Monday Main Idea Monday Main Idea
Tuesday Cause & Effect Tuesday Fact & Opinion
Wednesday Inference Wednesday Inference
Thursday Author’s Purpose Thursday Context Clues
Friday Compare & Contrast Friday Sequencing

WEEKS 3, 8, 13, 18 WEEKS 4, 9, 14, 19

Monday Main Idea Monday Main Idea
Tuesday Character Traits Tuesday Point of View
Wednesday Inference Wednesday Inference
Thursday Key Details Thursday Restate the Question
Friday Story Elements Friday Text Features

WEEKS 5, 10, 15, 20 • Main Idea • Character Traits

Monday Main Idea • Inference • Key Details
• Cause & Effect • Story Elements
Tuesday Text Structure • Author’s Purpose • Point of View
• Compare & Contrast • Restate the Question
Wednesday Inference
• Fact & Opinion • Text Features
Thursday Theme • Context Clues • Text Structure
• Sequencing • Theme
Friday Fluency • Fluency
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 Main Idea Read the paragraph below.
Determine the main idea and
two supporting details.
A DOG’S LIFE
Even though a dog may not be able to speak
to its owner, he or she can still communicate! Dogs
can communicate with their humans using basic
behaviors. They might use their facial expressions
or different sounds to communicate how they are
feeling. Dogs may also use their eyes to show
emotion. Their body posture, including movements
of their body, face, tail, or limbs can also
communicate how they are feeling. Who needs
words, anyway?
MAIN IDEA: _________________
________________________
SUPPORTING DETAILS:
1 _________________________
2 _________________________
Inference Look at the picture below. What
are two inferences you can make
based on the picture?
1 __________________________
____________________________
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2 __________________________
____________________________
Cause & Effect Read each event below. Then
determine what could have CAUSED it
and what the EFFECT would be.
EVENT: Josie fell on the pavement.
CAUSE EFFECT
WHY DID IT HAPPEN? WHAT HAPPENED AS A RESULT?
EVENT: The basketball rolled into the street.
CAUSE EFFECT
WHY DID IT HAPPEN? WHAT HAPPENED AS A RESULT?
Read the paragraph below, and
infer to answer the questions.
DARK AS NIGHT
Jake felt the car come to a stop, and he
opened his eyes. He looked out his window, but the
darkness still surrounded him. “Are we at the
airport yet?” he mumbled to his dad.
“Not quite, Bud! We still have to take the
shuttle to the actual airport. This is just where we
are leaving the car for the week,” Dad responded.
Jake rubbed the sleep from his eyes and
grabbed his backpack. As they waited for the
shuttle, he looked at his watch and yawned. He’d
only seen those numbers in the afternoon!
WHAT TIME OF DAY IS IT? _______________________________________
UNDERLINE EVIDENCE IN THE TEXT TO SUPPORT YOUR ANSWER.
IS THE FAMILY GOING ON VACATION OR RETURNING FROM
VACATION?____________________________________________________
EXPLAIN HOW YOU KNOW:
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
WEEK #1
 Compare
Author’s Purpose
Identify the author’s & Contrast Compare and contrast the
purpose for each type two shoes the girl is wearing.
of writing listed below.
COMPARE
TYPE OF WRITING AUTHOR’S PURPOSE How are they the same?
A friendly letter to
you from your
grandma
An autobiography by
Taylor Swift
An encyclopedia
entry about
warthogs
An ad in a magazine
CONTRAST
for Jif peanut How are they different?
butter
Your mom’s recipe
for chocolate cookies
Persuade * Inform * Entertain
Jackson wrote a book about the time he and his parents went
camping. They ate fresh fish, built a campfire, and got lost while
hiking. Create two DIFFERENT possible book covers for the story.
Write two different titles and two different subtitles.
COVER OPTION #1 COVER OPTION #2
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WEEK #1
 Main Idea
week 1

Read the paragraph below.

Determine the main idea and
two supporting details.
A DOG’S LIFE
Even though a dog may not be able to speak to its
owner, he or she can still communicate! Dogs can
communicate with their humans using basic behaviors.
They might use their facial expressions or different sounds
to communicate how they are feeling. Dogs may also use
their eyes to show emotion. Their body posture, including
movements of their body, face, tail, or limbs can also
communicate how they are feeling. Who needs words,
anyway?
MAIN IDEA: _____________________________________________
______________________________________________________

SUPPORTING DETAILS:
1 ______________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
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2 ______________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
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Cause & Effect Read each event below. Then

determine what could have CAUSED it
and what the EFFECT would be.

EVENT: Josie fell on the pavement.

CAUSE EFFECT
WHY DID IT HAPPEN? WHAT HAPPENED AS A RESULT?

EVENT: The basketball rolled into the street.

CAUSE EFFECT
WHY DID IT HAPPEN? WHAT HAPPENED AS A RESULT?
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Inference Look at the picture below.

What are two inferences you can
make based on the picture?
1 __________________________
____________________________
____________________________
2 __________________________
____________________________
____________________________
Read the paragraph below, and infer to answer the questions.
What time of day is it?
DARK AS NIGHT
____________________________ Jake felt the car come to a
____________________________ stop, and he opened his eyes. He
looked out his window, but the
HIGHLIGHT EVIDENCE IN THE TEXT TO SUPPORT YOUR
ANSWER.
darkness still surrounded him.
“Are we at the airport yet?” he
Is the family going on vacation or mumbled to his dad.
returning from vacation? “Not quite, Bud! We still have
to take the shuttle to the actual
____________________________ airport. This is just where we are
____________________________ leaving the car for the week,” Dad
Explain how you know: responded.
Jake rubbed the sleep from
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____________________________ his eyes and grabbed his backpack.

____________________________ As they waited for the shuttle, he
____________________________ looked at his watch and yawned.
____________________________ He’d only seen those numbers in
the afternoon!
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Author’s Purpose Identify the author’s

purpose for each type of
writing listed below.

TYPE OF WRITING AUTHOR’S PURPOSE

A friendly letter to you

from your grandma

An autobiography by
Taylor Swift

An encyclopedia entry
about warthogs

An ad in a magazine for
Jif peanut butter

Your mom’s recipe for

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chocolate cookies

Persuade * Inform * Entertain

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Contrast
Compare and contrast the
two shoes the girl is wearing.

COMPARE
How are they the same?

contrast
How are they different?
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Jackson wrote a book about the time he and his
parents went camping. They ate fresh fish, built a
campfire, and got lost while hiking. Create two
DIFFERENT possible book covers for the story. Write
two different titles and two different subtitles.

COVER OPTION #1

COVER OPTION #2
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Name: ___________________________ Date: ___________________________

WEEKLY READING SKILL REVIEW

Passage#1: INFERENCE & CAUSE AND EFFECT Is this passage:
NONFICTION FICTION
“Max, don’t forget to get your laundry done!”
Circle one.
Max’s mom shouted one Saturday morning.
Max obediently grabbed his laundry hamper INFERENCE: Identify three inferences you
can make based on the text.
from his room before putting on his headphones to
Highlight text evidence that helped
listen to music. you make those inferences.
“Don’t forget to empty your pockets!” his mom
added. 1
Max thought his mom had said something to
him, but it was hard to hear her. He shrugged his
shoulders and continued toward the washing
machine where he dumped his laundry straight inside. 2
When the washing machine buzzed later, Max
began pulling his clothes out to put them in the dryer.
Suddenly, he gasped and felt his stomach sink. His
clothes were covered in ink splotches! A pen tumbled
out of the washer and clattered to the floor. “If only I 3
had remembered to empty my pockets,” Max
thought.

CAUSE AND EFFECT: Write one major cause _____________________________________

and effect relationship in the story.
Underline evidence from the text.
_____________________________________

Passage#2: MAIN IDEA & AUTHOR’S PURPOSE MAIN IDEA: Write a main idea
statement for the passage.
The practice of planning out your meals in Underline at least two supporting
advance is known as meal planning. Meal planning details in the text.
_______________________
before you go grocery shopping has many
advantages. For example, you can choose your _______________________
meals based on items that are on sale at the grocery _______________________
store, which saves money. Meal planning also
ensures that you will have all the ingredients for your
AUTHOR’S PURPOSE: Circle the correct
meals that week. You will not have to make multiple
author’s purpose below.
trips to the grocery store or dig through the pantry Highlight text evidence to support
and refrigerator at the last minute to figure out what your answer.
you have available for dinner. Finally, meal planning
before you go grocery shopping will help you be a PERSUADE
more focused and efficient shopper. For these INFORM
reasons, you should meal plan before you go
grocery shopping. ENTERTAIN
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Name: ___________________________ Date: ___________________________

WEEKLY READING SKILL REVIEW #1

Passage#1: INFERENCE & CAUSE AND EFFECT INFERENCE: Identify three inferences
you can make based on the text.
Highlight text evidence that helped
“Max, don’t forget to get your laundry
you make those inferences.
done!” Max’s mom shouted one Saturday
morning. 1
Max obediently grabbed his laundry
hamper from his room before putting on his
headphones to listen to music.
“Don’t forget to empty your pockets!”
his mom added.
Max thought his mom had said 2
something to him, but it was hard to hear
her. He shrugged his shoulders and
continued toward the washing machine
where he dumped his laundry straight inside.
When the washing machine buzzed
later, Max began pulling his clothes out to
put them in the dryer. Suddenly, he gasped 3
and felt his stomach sink. His clothes were
covered in ink splotches! A pen tumbled out
of the washer and clattered to the floor. “If
only I had remembered to empty my
pockets,” Max thought.

CAUSE AND EFFECT: ________________________________________________

Write one major
cause and effect ________________________________________________
relationship in the
story. Underline ________________________________________________
evidence from
the text. ________________________________________________

Is this passage nonfiction

or fiction? Circle one. NONFICTION FICTION
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WEEKLY READING SKILL REVIEW #1

Passage#2: MAIN IDEA & AUTHOR’S PURPOSE MAIN IDEA: Write a main idea
statement for the passage.
The practice of planning out your Underline at least two
meals in advance is known as meal supporting details in the text.
planning. Meal planning before you go
grocery shopping has many _______________________
advantages. For example, you can
choose your meals based on items that _______________________
are on sale at the grocery store, which _______________________
saves money. Meal planning also
ensures that you will have all the _______________________
ingredients for your meals that week.
_______________________
You will not have to make multiple trips
to the grocery store or dig through the _______________________
pantry and refrigerator at the last minute
to figure out what you have available for
_______________________
dinner. Finally, meal planning before you _______________________
go grocery shopping will help you be a
more focused and efficient shopper. For _______________________
these reasons, you should meal plan _______________________
before you go grocery shopping.
_______________________
AUTHOR’S PURPOSE: Circle the
correct author’s purpose.
Highlight text evidence to PERSUADE
support your answer.

INFORM

ENTERTAIN
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