Text dependent questions are reading comprehension questions that can only be answered by referring to the text. Students have to read the text closely and use inferential thinking to determine the answer. Use this list of text dependent questions for you

Students will refer to important details to answer text-dependent questions about some wild weather! Get ready to read like a detective and learn some cool facts along the way.

Readers work on their understanding of cause and effect as they identify instances of each in a short passage of fiction.

Identifying the author’s purpose is as easy as P-I-E with the right mnemonic device!

Concept maps are versatile and useful for all subject areas. Use this concept map for word work, main idea and supporting details, or to map out ideas.

Help your third grader stretch their writing muscles by selecting sentences that support a main idea, then penning a few of their own.

Students will practice making inferences about the characters, setting, and events based on clues in the passage.

Children are introduced to a helpful, five-word mnemonic device for remembering what to include in a fiction summary.

With this resource, your students will read and compare two nonfiction texts on the same topic.

Children are introduced to the life and accomplishments of aeronautics pioneer Amelia Earhart in this fascinating worksheet.

Your students will read two short stories, then compare and contrast the characters, problems, solutions, and themes with the help of a graphic organizer.

Children read six short passages and draw a conclusion about each one based on context clues.

Use this graphic organizer to have students write words or draw pictures to complete the story map.

Learners will review a definition for each type of author's purpose, then sort nine sentences according to these criteria.

What type of change will you get? Use this resource with your students to compare and contrast chemical and physical reactions.

In this Reader's Theater worksheet, students read a script, then answer the reading comprehension questions that follow.

Give your students practice with Reader’s Theater in the wonderful genre of drama. They will read and practice fluency, as well as comprehension.

After your students finish reading this story about Leo and how he overcomes his soccer injury, they will answer who, what, when, where, why, and how questions about the text.

This exercise will give your students practice reading a text, making a prediction, and citing text evidence to support it. They will use introductory phrases as they complete sentence frames to create strong evidence-based sentences.

Use this resource to teach your students how to use introductory phrases as they cite text evidence in their answers.

A famous "tea party" took place on December 16, 1773, and it was not one that had tea cups and sweet treats. Use this worksheet on the Boston Tea Party to have your students practice relationship between a series of events.

Use these task cards with your students to practice reading short passages and making inferences about character, setting, and plot.

This cause and effect worksheet opens your child up to improved critical thinking abilities. Use this cause and effect worksheet to focus on story structure.

All authors write for a reason, be it to explain, entertain, or persuade their readers. In this activity, your students will consider the author’s purpose of a book of their choosing, then justify their answer.

Children practice connecting cause to effect in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Use this resource with your students to practice looking at pronouns in sentences to determine the point of view narration. Your students will be challenged to create new sentences written in first person.