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Determining the THEME: 8 Passages with Multiple-Choice Questions

By Practice Made Purposeful

This product makes teaching students to identify the THEME of a story, drama, or poem a whole lot easier, and it is designed to mimic what students will see on state tests! With 8 total passages (including 4 stories, 2 dramas, and 2 plays) and 35

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Close Reading

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Worksheets, Printables

CCSS:

RL.4.2, RL.5.2, RL.6.2

$4.00

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Comparing and Contrasting Theme: 12 Passages & Multiple-Choice Questions

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This product helps students master the skill of comparing and contrasting the themes of paired passages, and it is designed to mimic what students will see on state tests! With 12 total passages (including 6 sets of paired passages) and 26

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Close Reading

Grades:

4^th, 5^th

Types:

Worksheets, Printables

CCSS:

RL.4.2, RL.4.9, RL.5.2, RL.5.9

$4.00

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RI.4.3 & RI.5.3: Historical, Scientific, and Technical Text

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This product makes teaching a challenging standard a whole lot easier, and it is designed to mimic what students will see on state tests! With 12 total passages and over 35 multiple-choice/matching questions (with short-response questions, as

Subjects:

ELA Test Prep, Informational Text, Close Reading

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Printables, Lesson

CCSS:

RI.4.3

$5.00

103

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State Test Prep: Paired Passages with Writing Prompts - The BIG BUNDLE!

By Practice Made Purposeful

Use this BIG BUNDLE to give your students valuable practice with the skill of using paired passages to answer writing prompts in the form of multi-paragraph essays!This resource will help your students to prepare for STATE TESTS and become better

Subjects:

ELA Test Prep, Writing-Essays, Close Reading

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Assessment, Printables, Lesson

CCSS:

W.3.2, W.4.2, W.5.2, W.6.2

$16.00

$11.00

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Elements of Poetry, Drama, and Prose: 9 Passages & 50+ Questions!

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This resource provides all that you need to help your students master the skill of comparing and contrasting poems, plays, and prose! With over 50 questions in multiple-choice and short-response format that are aligned to the Common Core, this

Subjects:

Reading, ELA Test Prep, Close Reading

Grades:

4^th, 5^th

Types:

Printables, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.4.5

$5.00

155

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Characters, Setting, and Events: 6 Passages & 30 Multiple-Choice Questions

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This product makes teaching students to identify and describe the CHARACTERS, SETTING, and EVENTS in a story a whole lot easier, and it is designed to mimic what students will see on state tests! With 6 passages and 30 multiple-choice questions

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Close Reading

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Worksheets, Printables

CCSS:

RL.3.3, RL.4.3, RL.5.3

$4.00

Digital Download ZIP (7.05 MB)

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Summarizing Nonfiction: 8 Passages & Multiple-Choice Questions!

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This product makes teaching students to summarize nonfiction text by finding the main idea and key details a whole lot easier, and it is designed to mimic what students will see on state tests! With 8 passages and 24 multiple-choice &

Subjects:

ELA Test Prep, Informational Text, Close Reading

Grades:

4^th, 5^th

Types:

Printables, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

RI.4.2, RI.5.2

$4.00

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Tone and Mood: 6 Passages with 30 Questions! - RL.6.4

By Practice Made Purposeful

This product makes teaching students to identify the TONE and MOOD of a passage a whole lot easier, and it is designed to mimic what students will see on state tests! With 6 total passages and 30 questions (with short-response questions, as well),

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Close Reading

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th

Types:

Worksheets, Printables

CCSS:

RL.6.4

$4.00

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Plot & Character Development - RL.6.3: 6th Grade Reading

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This product makes teaching students to describe how a story's or drama's plot unfolds, as well as how characters respond and change, a whole lot easier, and it is designed to mimic what students will see on state tests! With 2 fill-in practice

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Close Reading

Grades:

6^th, 7^th

Types:

Worksheets, Printables

CCSS:

RL.6.3, RL.7.3

$4.00

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Summarizing Fiction: 8 Passages with Multiple-Choice Questions!

By Practice Made Purposeful

This product makes teaching students to summarize fiction text, as well as describe characters and settings, a whole lot easier, and it is designed to mimic what students will see on state tests! With 8 passages and 40 multiple-choice questions

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Close Reading

Grades:

4^th, 5^th

Types:

Worksheets, Printables

CCSS:

RL.4.2, RL.4.3, RL.5.2

$4.00

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4th & 5th Grade Reading Literature and Informational Text: The BIG Bundle!

By Practice Made Purposeful

This MEGA bundle is perfect for teaching, reviewing, and assessing the Reading Literature and Reading Informational Text Common Core State Standards in 4th and 5th grade! The question types are based off of what students will see on state tests!

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Close Reading

Grades:

4^th, 5^th

Types:

Homework, Printables

CCSS:

RL.4.1, RL.4.2, RL.4.3, RL.4.4, RL.4.5, RL.4.6, RL.4.7, RL.4.9, RL.4.10, RI.4.1, RI.4.2...

$72.00

$50.00

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Theme BUNDLE: 20 Passages with 60+ Multiple-Choice Questions

By Practice Made Purposeful

This BUNDLE makes teaching theme a whole lot easier, and it is designed to mimic what students will see on state tests! With 20 total passages (including 6 sets of paired passages) and over 60 multiple-choice questions (with short-response

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Close Reading

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Worksheets, Printables

CCSS:

RL.3.2, RL.3.9, RL.4.2, RL.4.9, RL.5.2, RL.5.9, RL.6.2

$8.00

$6.00

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Firsthand and Secondhand Accounts of the Same Topic

By Practice Made Purposeful

This product makes teaching students to compare and contrast firsthand and secondhand accounts a whole lot easier, and it is designed to mimic what students will see on state tests! With 14 passages (7 sets of paired passages) and 24 multiple-choice

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Reading Strategies

Grades:

4^th, 5^th

Types:

Printables, Centers

CCSS:

RI.4.6

$4.00

110

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State Test Prep: Paired Passages with Writing Prompts-Informational Text BUNDLE

By Practice Made Purposeful

Use this BUNDLE to give your students valuable practice with the skill of using paired passages to answer writing prompts in the form of multi-paragraph essays!This resource will help your students to prepare for STATE TESTS and become better

Subjects:

ELA Test Prep, Writing-Essays, Informational Text

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Assessment, Printables, Lesson

CCSS:

W.3.2, W.4.2, W.5.2, W.6.2

$8.00

$6.00

Bundle

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3rd Grade ELA Practice State Test BUNDLE: State Test Prep

By Practice Made Purposeful

This bundle will give your students valuable practice with the types of passages, multiple-choice questions, and essay prompts that they will see on state tests! With 18 passages and 120+ multiple-choice questions (with short-response question

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Test Preparation

Grades:

3^rd

Types:

Worksheets, Printables

CCSS:

RL.3.1, RL.3.2, RL.3.3, RL.3.4, RL.3.5, RL.3.6, RL.3.9, RL.3.10, RI.3.1, RI.3.2, RI.3.3...

$12.00

$10.00

Bundle

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Drawing Inferences in Nonfiction Text: 8 Passages & Multiple-Choice Questions

By Practice Made Purposeful

This product makes teaching a challenging standard a whole lot easier, and it is designed to mimic what students will see on state tests! With 8 total passages and 40 multiple-choice questions (with short-response questions, as well), your students

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Close Reading

Grades:

4^th, 5^th

Types:

Worksheets, Printables

CCSS:

RI.4.1

$4.00

Digital Download ZIP (6.93 MB)

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6th Grade Reading Literature and Informational Text: The BIG Bundle!

By Practice Made Purposeful

This MEGA bundle is perfect for teaching, reviewing, and assessing ALL of the 6th Grade Reading Literature and Reading Informational Text Common Core State Standards! The question types are also based off of what students will see on state tests!

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Close Reading

Grades:

5^th, 6^th

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts, Printables

CCSS:

RL.5.1, RL.5.2, RL.5.3, RL.5.4, RL.5.5, RL.5.6, RL.5.7, RL.6.1, RL.6.2, RL.6.3, RL.6.4...

$75.00

$50.00

Bundle

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Developing Point of View - RL.6.6: 6th Grade Reading

By Practice Made Purposeful

This product makes teaching students to explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator, speaker, or characters in a text, a whole lot easier, and it is designed to mimic what students will see on state tests! With 6 passages and 30

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Close Reading

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts, Printables

CCSS:

RL.5.6, RL.6.6, RL.7.6

$4.00

Digital Download ZIP (4.52 MB)

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Connections Between Sentences and Paragraphs - RI.3.8: 3rd Grade Reading

By Practice Made Purposeful

This product makes teaching students to make connections between sentences and paragraphs a whole lot easier, and it is designed to mimic what students will see on state tests! With 6 passages and 30 questions (with short-answer options, as well),

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Close Reading

Grades:

3^rd

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts, Printables

CCSS:

RI.3.8

$4.00

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Key Individuals, Events, and Ideas - RI.6.3: 6th Grade Reading

By Practice Made Purposeful

This product makes teaching students to analyze the key individuals, events, and ideas of a text a whole lot easier, and it is designed to mimic what students will see on state tests! With 5 passages and 35 multiple-choice questions (with

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Close Reading

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th

Types:

Worksheets, Printables

CCSS:

RI.6.3

$4.00

Digital Download ZIP (14.45 MB)

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

This is my third year as a teacher, so I come with a lot of fresh ideas and the enthusiasm of a teacher somewhat new to the profession. I currently teach special education to upper elementary school students. I am one of those teachers who thinks about my students and my lessons before, during, and after school, often falling asleep with lesson plan ideas floating through my brain!

MY TEACHING STYLE

I am an advocate of hands-on learning and applying new learning in all different formats. I also fully understand and believe that all children learn at different paces, so I am constantly designing activities that can be differentiated to meet the needs of students' different learning levels.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

I received the "Student Teacher of the Year" award at the end of my senior year of college, which was such an honor to me!

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

I graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education and Special Education.

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

I believe that ALL children can learn, and I teach my students with that principle in mind. Every child learns differently, and it is our job to figure out how to use each child's learning style to teach them in the most effective way!