Looking for FUN reading comprehension activities?

Looking for FUN reading comprehension activities?

I got you covered!

I’m going to tell you all about my Reading Digital Mystery Pixels that will change the way that you assign reading passages and assess student understanding of reading strategies in your classroom.

There’s also a freebie at the end of the post for a Digital Mystery Pixel if you have not tried them out before!

How do I find fun reading comprehension activities for my students?

Let’s be honest – it’s tough.

Reading comprehension can be:

• challenging to find materials
• a struggle to implement
• plain boring for kids with little engagement

So how do we fix these problems for such a vital reading component?

Please meet Reading Comprehension Digital Mystery Pixels!

How do I use the Digital Mystery Pixels?

Step 1: Assign the Digital Mystery Pixels to students

You can use these no matter what educational platform that your students use.

It could be Google Classroom, Edmodo, Canvas, Teams, etc.!

Not sure how to upload these to your educational platform? Check out the post here to learn how!

Step 2: Students will read the passage.

Each passage is two paragraphs long.

It won’t take your students all class period simply to read one passage, they are quick and to the point.

Step 3: Students will answer the questions.

Students will answer reading comprehension questions based on the passages!

Each passage has 4 questions, and is multiple-choice.

Students type A, B, C, or D into the answer spot depending on what they choose as their answer.

How are these digital mystery pixels self-checking?

If students get the correct answer, part of the mystery picture is revealed, as shown below.

Incorrect answer? Part of the picture turns black, as shown below.

Students automatically know if they should go back and check their work!

Why does each passage have only 4 questions?

I love using reading passages and questions for students.

However,  I often used passages that are simply too long, or have too many questions.

If I didn’t like how long they were… why did I use them? Honestly, nothing else was available. There are only so many hours in the day to search for the “‘perfect” reading passage.

But what used to drive me up a wall was when publishers’ work has reading passages that were 5 paragraphs long with 30 questions.

What 3rd-grader wants to answer 30 questions about a single passage?! Not me… and I am wayyyy older than a 3rd-grader

It truly causes a student to stop and slooooowwwwww doooowwwwnnnnn their reading.

Teachers can actually assess a specific skill, and they don’t take up an entire class period to do it.

Where can I snag these?

These goodies are available at Glitter in Third on TPT – click here to check out the bundle and save 20%!

They are available in a bundle of all the reading strategies, or you can buy them each individually below!

• Cause & Effect
• Character Traits
• Compare & Contrast
• Figurative Language
• Main Idea
• Nonfiction Text Features
• Point of View
• Sequencing
• Stories, Dramas, and Poems
• Text Evidence 
• Vocabulary & Context Clues

New to digital mystery pixels?

Oh my gosh – you will LOVE these.

I have a FREEBIE for you as well, a reading comprehension digital mystery pixel sample. Fill out the information below to download.

This freebie will give you a better idea of what a digital mystery pixel is and how it works!

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