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Free 3rd grade informational text centers
Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions
Free Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions!This is a small sample of my monthly reading passages. These high interest, non-fiction passages can be used as a quick warm up, in reading centers or for homework. It includes 4 fun reading passages with 3 comprehension questions each:• Flag Day• Buzzing Bees!• Popsicles! (The Invention of the Popsicle)• Great White SharksAlso included is one worksheet for recalling 4 facts they have learned.Cover all the important days, events and themes of ea
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2nd - 4th
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Reading Strategies Task Cards - FREE! Inference, Summarizing, + more & Audio!
Your students will love this reading strategy task cards, and you'll love that it's FREE!This set was created by combining cards from six other reading strategy task card sets so that you as a teacher can try them out!:Author's PurposeSummarizingMaking ConnectionsInferenceCause and EffectPredictingWHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:24 Task Cards (prints 4 to a page)Black-lineColorRecording SheetsAnswer KeysDIGITAL:Easel Activity - with AudioDIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:Digital or PrintChallenge Card to extend
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3rd - 6th
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Text Evidence Reading Passages FREE
Prove your answers! An active reading resource. Students will love color-coding their answers.THREE free nonfiction text passages with (5W) who/what/when/where/why questions. To prove basic comprehension skills, students read a short passage then underline where they found their answers using colored pencils as indicated. Students have room to write their answers out as complete sentences.NEW DIGITAL VERSION included using TPT's new digital tool! Passages Included:★ Helpful Honeybees (From the
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3rd - 4th
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Halloween Reading Comprehension Passage and Questions | Candy Corn Reading
This high-interest, FREE candy corn reading passage is the perfect Halloween reading activity! Your students will enjoy the sweet topic, and you will love this useful, no-prep freebie!This free resource is part of the larger, more comprehensive October Reading unit, which has other fun reading passages, worksheets, center games and activities, poetry, and writing activities. Click HERE to see the complete October Reading Unit.This free Halloween Reading resource includes:Candy Corn: A Unique Tre
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3rd - 6th
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I SPY Nonfiction Text Features
Looking for a fun, engaging activity to give your students the opportunity to explore and identify nonfiction text features? I SPY Nonfiction Text Features allows them to do just that! Your students will spy on the nonfiction text features placed around the room (give them a magnifying glass to add a little novelty). When students get to a card, they will identify the nonfiction text feature on it. Then, they will find that text feature on their recording sheet and write the letter correspondin
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1st - 3rd
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Reading Comprehension Passage Fluency 2nd 3rd Grade FREE
2nd and 3rd Grade Reading Comprehension Passages in 2 formats: Fluency Cards and Reading Comprehension printables plus "Answer It" comprehension sign. You will love how simple these fluency activities are to incorporate with your plans. You will love the many uses, too. Perfect for morning work, literacy centers, seat work, or homework.
Fluency activities on the 2nd and 3rd grade level.
2nd Grade Reading Passage - fluency card
3rd Reading Passages - fluency card
2 - Reading Comprehension p
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2nd - 3rd
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Book Review Template - FREE
This is a FREE PDF download for Book Review Templates! There are differentiated options ideal for lower grades (K-2) and upper grades (3-5).
Two versions use sentence stems for the write up part of the review, but the version aimed for upper grades has more lines for writing their review and is structured less like a graphic organizer than the version aimed for lower grades. One version has just a lined back, no sentence stems.
Use as a writing or reading project, book review or book report, o
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K - 5th
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Informational Text Structures Posters Freebie - Description, Sequence, & more!
Here are six Informational Text Structures posters and a student handout. Great for classroom decor and centers!WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:6 Posters (Black-line & Color)Summary of all 5DescriptionProblem & SolutionCompare & ContrastCause & EffectSequenceStudent HandoutBlack-lineColorDIGITAL:Google Slides - SlideshowGreat for 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade! NOTE: This resource uses American English and is not editable. Here’s what teachers are saying: ✏️ "I loved this set of posters to disp
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Digital and Printable Football Close Read Passages
The Super Bowl is right around the corner! Students are generally interested in the big game, so I use their interest to generate excitement about reading!This digital and printable resource unit includes 7 close-read passages with text-dependent questions. The questions are short answer and true/false. Topics include:Super Bowl LVIII (New passage added for Super Bowl 2024!)The First Super BowlSuper Bowl CommercialsThe Perfect SeasonI am going to Disneyland!The Vince Lombardi Trophy Football Off
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2nd - 4th
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FREEBIE Black History Month Jesse Owen Passage Written at 4 Levels Close Reading
Celebrate Black History Month with this Jesse Owens Passage to use for Close Reading or Leveled Homework! Differentiated w/ 4 levels of passages + 2 activities. Use the poster to dig into RI.3 connections and historical figures personality motivations. Connect writing with text evidence! Click HERE for my Black History Month MEGA Bundle. Informative, Relevant, Engaging, and Meaningful Reading! •Celebrate Black History Month with this set of nine passages. Each passage is written at four differ
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1st - 4th
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FREE Easter Reading Comprehension Passage and Jelly Bean Bookmarks
This high-interest, FREE jellybeans reading passage is the perfect Easter or Springtime reading activity! Your students will enjoy the sweet topic, and you will love this useful, no-prep freebie!This freebie is part of a larger, more comprehensive reading unit for the month of April. It includes high-interest reading passages, comprehension worksheets, poetry, center games, writing activities, and more!Click HERE to see the complete April Reading Unit.This free Easter Reading resource includes:J
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3rd - 6th
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FREE 3rd Grade Reading Comprehension Passages [Nonfiction and Fiction]
This FREE 3rd grade reading comprehension resource is perfect for guided reading, shared reading, close reading, homework, or morning work. It includes 2 high-interest, professionally written reading passages (1 nonfiction and 1 fiction) that are designed to engage your students. 11-12 text-dependent questions (and answers) are provided for each passage.
Want an ENTIRE YEAR of passages and questions? CLICK HERE!
Why You Will Love This Resource:
♥ Two weeks of reading comprehension materials (p
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3rd
Thanksgiving History: Passage - Distance Learning Compatible
Let's clear up a few Thanksgiving myths. The "first Thanksgiving" was not one big meal. The Pilgrims and Wampanoag Native Americans probably did not sit around a long table giving thanks together. And don't start picturing turkeys and pumpkin pie either. The real "first Thanksgiving" was quite different from how it is pictured in many places today.With this resource, students will learn more about the real "first Thanksgiving" and why many people today picture turkey and pumpkin pie around the
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: High-Interest History Differentiated Passages for the Year Bundle
8 FREE Animal Reading Comprehension with Activities and Games for Grades 1-3
We all have questions, children and adults alike. The “Why?” series is developed to help ignite young children’s curiosities about things in the world. Through a series of why questions, students in grades 1 to 2 and some in grade 3 learn to pick out important information, understand the meaning of three new words per lesson, and practice answering comprehension questions. Each lesson comes with a game to make learning engaging and fun!************************************************************
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1st - 3rd
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Nonfiction Text Features Activities Non Fiction Text Feature Anchor Chart & Sort
✨FREE✨This Nonfiction Text Features Anchor chart & Nonfiction Activity is the perfect way to introduce text features to your students. The Anchor Charts & non fiction activities are editable through Google Slides. Sign-up for a FREE Non Fiction Text Features sort (Digital & Print) Perfect for interactive notebooks, nonfiction centers, & informational text rotations, or as a nonfiction text features test. To access the ENTIRE Nonfiction FREEBIE Bundle CLICK HEREI use these nonfict
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3rd - 6th
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Main Idea Anchor Charts & Posters
This Main Idea FREEBIE was designed to provide your students with the knowledge to understand topic, find main idea, designate details, and improve overall comprehension skills. You may use the printables as either anchor charts or posters. Just perfect for your test prep toolkit.If this free product is a good fit for your students, please check out the coordinating main idea lessons, interventions, and activities:Main Idea Resource BUNDLEUsing this Main Idea FREEBIE in your classroom will bene
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2nd - 5th
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{FREE!} Martin Luther King, Jr.: Create a Mini-Book
This mini-book activity is designed to be used to accompany your study of Martin Luther King, Jr. After learning about Martin Luther King, Jr. in class, or doing their own research, students will create a mini-book that contains important information about this important American figure. This activity would be a perfect supplement to your biography unit in reading or writing.
PAGES INCLUDED:
-Student Cover Page
-Early Life
-Important Places
-Character Traits
-I Have a Dream (Main Idea/Supporti
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2nd - 5th
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Ocean Animals Close Read! FREE GIFT {Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd & 3rd}
OCEAN ANIMALS Close Read! TRY IT FOR FREE!FUN with NONFICTION TEXT! Close Reading for Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd & 3rd Grade!Click Here Visit my shop for the complete pack of OCEAN ANIMALS which includes:CRABSDOLPHINSSEA TURTLESJELLYFISHWHALESSEAHORSESSALTWATER FISHOCTOPUSESSTARFISH Close Reading is my favorite thing! Students need explicit instruction and practice with finding evidence in text in order to answer text-dependent questions. This mini lessons teach students to go back to the text i
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K - 3rd
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Veterans Day Mini Book Freebie
Updated for 2023!This mini-book gives information about the military branches and wars for upper elementary students. It includes a timeline activity, writing paper, and a link to a website with directions to write to current and former military members. A great mini-lesson for Veterans Day!This book is dedicated to the memory my favorite veteran, my father, who fought in the Korean War.Happy Veterans Day!
Grades:
3rd - 5th
FREEBIE: Text Structure POKE Activity (or task cards)
After teaching my students the 5 main ways authors organize information separately, my students were ready to look at a variety of texts and determine that different text structures the author used. I started with this baking themed POKE set to see where my students stood when asked to put all 5 text structures together. I picked a few cards to do as a whole group review, and then had pairs work together, listening for any misconceptions/discussions. At the end, I took a couple of the cards and
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3rd - 5th
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Fall Science FREEBIE~ Why Do Leaves Change Color?
This FREEBIE includes an informational text about why leaves change color along with 2 follow up activities: a true/false statement sheet and a cause and effect chart to complete.
This is a SAMPLE from my Why Do Leaves Change Color packet which includes:
Leaves Can, Have, Are
Leaf KWL
Vocabulary Cards
4 Days of Vocabulary Practice
Interactive Notebook Vocabulary Inserts
Fall Informational Text
3 Close Reading Activities
Cause and Effect with Pictures
Cause and Effect Graphic Organizer
Cause
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
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Veterans Day Reading Comprehension
This Veterans Day Reading Comprehension Bingo is an informational newspaper-style text perfect to teach your students about Veterans Day. The questions are offered in two versions: a bingo game and traditional multiple-choice/short response formatBingoBingo sheets are included, which have questions from the article. Students read the informational text about Veterans Day. Then, they answer questions on the bingo grid. The grid comes in 26 different versions. Having each student use a different v
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Reading Comprehension Bingo (Holiday Bundle)
FREE - Main Idea & Theme: Reading Passages Comprehension and Questions
FREE - Main Idea & Theme - Reading Passages Comprehension and Questions - Tools for Common Core - "Johnny Appleseed" (Grades 3-7). In this freebees printables reading: Main Idea and Theme with Analyzing Fact & Fiction "Johnny Appleseed". ---------------------------------------------------------------------This freebie is related to the mighty Reading Levels A-Z (78 passages for $6), which includes the following:Level A"My Pet" (30 words)"In My Yard" (30 words)"Food" (33 words)Level
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3rd - 7th
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Also included in: Top Sellers on TpT
Informational Text: Cat and Dog Freebie Reading Comprehension Passages Questions
Informational Text: Cat and Dog Freebie is a free packet containing 2 informational learning activities on a British Shorthair cat and a French Bulldog (Frenchie). Each sheet requires students to read and answer key details focused on the history, personality, and body attributes and includes the “I can” statement: I can read and answer key details about (the featured animal). Each sheet also includes a text element such as a chart or glossary and a question requiring its use. Versatile Use: ★
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2nd - 4th
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