August Reading Comprehension Task Cards – Color by Number Activities

Looking for a fun and engaging way to review or practice reading comprehension skills for Grades 3-5? These color-by-number task card sets are a great activity for upper elementary students with fun but rigorous August/Back to School-themed questions!

How it Works

These task cards are in two formats: color by number and traditional multiple choice/written response! There are 3 sets of task cards total.

Color by Number (Set 1 & Set 2): Students choose the best answer to each question on the 9 task cards. For each answer they pick, there is a color. Students write the color next to the corresponding number on the picture recording sheet and color the picture. Have students check work with the colored answer key!

Multiple Choice/Written Response (Set 3): Students choose the best answer to each question on the 18 task cards. The passages are the same as the color by number, but the questions are different! There is also a combination of multiple choice and written response. Two recording sheet options are included.

This product includes:

• 18 short reading comprehension passages
• 36 total questions
• 2 Color by Number Recording Sheets (for Sets 1+2)
• 2 Multiple-Choice/Written Response Recording Sheets (for Set 3)
• Color and Printer-Friendly options
• Digital Version (Set 3 only)
• Full-color answer keys
• Suggestions for Use

There are 18 Reading Comprehension Skills with questions that are rigorous and aligned to TEKS and CCSS!

•Character

•Setting

•Plot

•Theme

•Main Idea

•Making Predictions

•Making Connections

•Context Clues

•Text Structures

•Fact and Opinion

•Cause and Effect

•Drawing Conclusions

•Making Inferences

•Author’s Purpose

•Compare and Contrast

•Point of View

•Summary

•Text Features

There are so many different ways to assign these task cards! Use as a –

• Station activity
• Review game
• Independent Work
• Small Groups
• Sub Plans
• Formative Assessment
• Homework