Cacao Connections

This engaging reading comprehension worksheet helps students in Grades 4, 5, and 6 strengthen analytical reading and metacognitive skills using the QAR (Question-Answer Relationship) framework. After reading an informational passage about the history of chocolate, students classify comprehension questions using a color-coding system tied to each QAR type, building clear awareness of where answers come from and how readers should approach different questions.

Learning Goals

• QAR Classification (Grades 4-6): Identify whether questions are Right There, Think and Search, Author and Me, or On My Own.
• Identifying Information Sources: Determine if answers come directly from the text, across multiple sections, or beyond the text.
• Metacognitive Reading Strategies: Analyze question demands before attempting to answer.
• Text Interpretation Skills: Understand how literal, inferential, and opinion-based questions differ.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource: Designed by educators to support upper elementary reading comprehension instruction.
• Color-Coding System: Adds a visual, engaging way to organize thinking and reinforce strategy use.
• Builds Strategic Readers: Helps students slow down and choose the right approach for each question type.
• Flexible Classroom Use: Ideal for guided reading, literacy centers, strategy lessons, homework, or assessment.

This printable worksheet helps students become more intentional readers by recognizing how questions are structured and how answers are located. By classifying QAR types within a high-interest informational text, learners strengthen comprehension accuracy, critical thinking, and metacognitive awareness. Whether used in a classroom or homeschool setting, this resource provides meaningful practice with question analysis, strategic reading, and thoughtful text interpretation.

This worksheet is part of our QAR (question-answer relationships) worksheets collection.