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Free high school informational text centers
Luck of the Irish | Free St Patricks Day Activity | Reading Comprehension
Saint Patrick's Day is such a fun time of year in the classroom. This pack is perfect for Upper Grades. Students will complete a reading, respond to the text reading comprehension, DOWNLOAD THE FREE EXTENSION ACTIVITY CROSSWORD for this specific reading at www.onlemonlane.comStudents will learn about seven of the most popular Irish lucky Charms, and traditions and the fascinating history behind them. There are some really FANTASTIC corresponding FREE activities that go along with this product.Re
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Nonfiction Reading Strategies
These Nonfiction Reading Strategies are the perfect supplement to my Reading Comprehension Interactive Notebook Activities!
A great, ready to use resource to add to your daily curriculum! This product includes 10 nonfiction & informational text reading response resources that will help students analyze and comprehend difficult reading. Just chose which one works best for the reading you are teaching that day, print, and go! There is no additional prep needed! Could be incorporated in any su
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4th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Energy Interactive Notebook Read and Apply BUNDLE
Nonfiction Text Features {THIEVES}
THIEVES- STEAL INFORMATION FROM NON-FICTION
Students take a picture walk through a picture book to get an idea about what they will be reading about. It helps them become better readers. However, when they get to a non-fiction book, or text-book, they often stop taking a picture walk. {THIEVES} helps students steal Information from Non-Fiction as they discover the important parts of the text (text features).
THIEVES is an acronym for title, headings, introduction, every first sentence in a p
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2nd - 10th
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Freebie! Fast Fluency Practice Non-Fiction: Fluency & Comprehension Gr 5-12
This resource is designed to help older students achieve reading fluency through low-level, grade appropriate, timed assessments – in as little as 10 minutes a day.I designed this program around the research of Hasbrouck, Glaser, Tindal and Hasbrouck that asserts that students are motived and gain reading fluency by reading and re-reading short passages – paired one-on-one with like-leveled peers. This resource addresses many levels of fluency and is naturally differentiated. I have also succes
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4th - 12th
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Also included in:Â BUNDLE - Reading Comprehension, Fluency and Phonics For Older Students
CLOSE Read Placemat
The CLOSE Read Strategy (11 X 17 placemat) is a metacognitive instructional procedure that uses the word close as an acronym and provides teachers and students with a brain friendly step by step guide to conducting a close read of complex text. The role of vocabulary and the strategies for determining the meanings of unknown words are foundational to the skill of conducting a close read and a priority in the Common Core State Standards for literacy. If students are expected to read at high lev
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3rd - 12th
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Main Idea Task Cards | 16 Passages w/ Multiple Choice Questions
Main Idea Task CardsThese task cards are great for grades 6-12, depending on the needs of your age group, as they practice selected response questions about main idea. This resource includes:Task Cards on PowerPointTask Cards as JPGsTerms of UseA blank card templateThe answer keyA recording pageIf you need to practice or remediate main idea in a tactile way, this is the item for you! You could use this as a review for your state standardized reading tests, you could make it a center combined wit
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6th - 12th
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FREEBIE TEXT STRUCTURE QR CODES MATCHING CENTER ACTIVITY HIGH INTEREST 5 6 7 8 9
This marvelous FREEBIE is fun and challenging, providing a unique technological way for students to analyze and apply their knowledge of TEXT STRUCTURES through the use of QR Codes. These codes are linked to kid-friendly HIGH INTEREST news articles online. Students match each article to one of the main text structures: description, sequence, chronological, cause/effect, problem/solution, compare/contrast, and persuasive. Use as a literacy station activity, partner work, practice worksheet
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5th - 9th
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Class Newspaper Template
Use this newspaper template for a creative writing assignment! :)
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3rd - 11th
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EDITABLE Nonfiction Text Features Scavenger Hunt- Digital and Paper
Use this scavenger hunt to teach and assess your scholars' understanding of nonfiction text features. There are FOUR different scavenger hunts that get progressively harder. You can use this product as is- just get some magazines, scissors, glue, print and go. You can also click the link on the pdf to access a completely editable Google Slides version. You can edit it or upload it to Google Classroom for a digital scavenger hunt!Text Features Included:Level 1- Subheading, Heading, Bolded Words,
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3rd - 9th
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Daily NWEA Practice RIT bands 190 191 200 201 210 211 220 221 230 231
10 slides that can be used over and over to build key NWEA reading skills. Each slide contains two prompts, one to tap into RIT bands 190-220 and one for bands 220 and above. These are a great companion to my generic RIT band worksheets!
There are 5 slides to help build literature skills and 5 to help with informational reading. The questions are generic and refer to whatever students are currently reading. Each question connects to specific, high occurring, skills tested by NWEA.
Each ques
Grades:
6th - 9th
Basketball Reading Challenge Freebie
Free Basketball reading challenge and book tournament printables for any age/grade.
Can't get your reluctant readers engaged in literature, informational texts or ELA activities?
Use either of these free printable Basketball Reading Competition templates to get kids excited about tracking the number of pages they read, or the number of titles (books, short stories, informational texts, poems) they read.
No Prep Print & Go!
Download your Free Basketball Reading Tournament ELA Activities
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K - 12th
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Also included in:Â Basketball Reading and Writing Bundle
Lab Safety DIGITAL Read and Apply Activity (Great for Distance Learning)
This product is the DIGITAL version of my Lab Safety Read and Apply product. This interactive product is to be used with GOOGLE DRIVE. IMPORTANT REQUIREMENTS Before purchasing, ensure that your students have: 1. A device (laptop, iPad, etc.) 2. Internet Access3. A (FREE) Google Account (to access product through Google Drive) Upon purchase, you will download a PDF file that includes information for YOU as the teacher as well as the special link to the student activity. You will be prompted to
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4th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Scientific Method Interactive Notebook Reading Comprehension BUNDLE
Short Stories, Poems & Informational Texts for High School Students: FREE LIST
FREE DOWNLOAD: List of suggested informational texts, poetry and prose (all available to print for free online):
- 50 informational texts / U.S. Seminal Documents
- 50 poems (19 written by African American and Latino Poets)
- 45 short stories (13 written by African American and Latino authors)
Entire Year of English Curriculum: Practice High School or Middle School common-core standard for reading informational texts and reading literature and poetry using suggested texts - including poetry and
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6th - 12th
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Who Is Dr. Seuss? Color English Mini Book + Spanish Version
This English - Color mini book includes a short description about Dr. Seuss. This also includes 5 comprehension questions along with a rubric and answer sheet.As a BONUS, I have included the Color - Spanish mini book, comprehension questions, rubric and answer sheet. Plus a Full page Color poster of Dr. Seuss for reference when introducing the lesson, or use at your convenience.Please let me know if you have any questions over anything.Thank you so much for all of your support! Please leave an a
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2nd - 12th
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Animal ‘Rescue Stories’ Grades 9-12 Reading Passages Bundle
Each of TeachKind’s Rescue Stories reading comprehension worksheets tells a different animal’s tale of transformation and features key vocabulary words and comprehension questions that encourage literal, inferential, and evaluative thinking. These stories were used in a first-of-its-kind study that found that students who read passages with compassion for animals as a central theme performed significantly better on Common Core–aligned questions than students who were given high-interest, non–ani
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9th - 12th
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Police Report Writing Activity
Have fun with your students using this free police report template. This could be used for a variety of grade levels and assignments. For example, students may write a police report based on the events of a novel or a story read in class. Also, students can describe a confrontation with a scary monster or alien to the police! There are many possibilities to let your students' creative writing flow!
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2nd - 9th
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Paragraph Shrinking Steps Cue Card Bookmark
This fun and easy to use cue card and/or bookmark helps you guide your students through the paragraph shrinking strategy for summarization. This is adapted from the PALS collaborative learning strategy and can be used for whole group, small group, or individual instruction. This format provides two on one page for ease of printing on cardstock to be placed on student desks or in strategy folder.
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Reading Literature & Informational Text Focus Questions Grade 9-12
FREEBIE
These 59 questions break down ALL 20 ELA standards for reading literature and informational texts (Grade 9 - 12).
Address every common core standard for reading using these 59 common core ELA questions.
59 Questions to teach, practice and assess EVERY single high school common core state standard for ELA / Literacy: Reading Literature & Reading Informational Texts.
Use these questions for daily common core aligned learning objectives, learning focus questions, guided practice, i
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9th - 12th
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Comparing & Contrasting/Point of View/Perspective
I used this activity to compare and contrast our fiction and non-fiction classroom text and to lead a discussion about "Point of View/Perspective". We used it for Wonder and Ivan the Remarkable True Story of the Mall Gorilla. This scaffold to "dig deeper" in our comparing and contrasting pulled so much deep thinking from my children and I was amazed at what they came up with when we used those two books. You can model it however you see fit- but we started with a Compare and Contrast anchor char
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Grades:
3rd - 12th
Real World Math Newsletters | Volume 1
Math just got real! The World in Numbers (TWIN) is a real world math newsletter for middle school and high school math students.If you're looking for:actual real world math applications,standards-aligned math tasks,interdisciplinary learning, andhigher order thinking questionsthen TWIN is just what you need!The first issue is included in this FREE file, but when you subscribe to Free to Discover emails, you'll gain instant (free) access to issues 1-10. (Link within download.)Issue 1: SnapchatIs
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7th - 9th
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Finding Theme in Poetry
This way you can use any poem you want for any level reader and still find the theme!
Use the first page for a whole class lesson and the others for centers or a mini lesson.
I recommend going to this site for free poetry ideas
http://schools.nyc.gov/documents/teachandlearn/Poems_to_Play_With_in_Class_final.pdf
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3rd - 12th
Native American Low Readability Leveled Passages for Context Clues Instruction
These non-fiction leveled passages (approx 200 - 600 Lexile) provide opportunities to learn about Native Americans and find meanings of unknown words from synonyms, antonyms, and definitions.
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3rd - 12th
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Reading Comprehension Practice with Writing Prompt
This contains two brief articles about sustainability and renewable energy sources. Information in the articles was compiled using various news and educational online resources. They contain a bibliography with links to the original sources. Each article contains vocabulary words that are defined and highlighted in the piece. At the end of each article is a writing prompt that students can either write about or discuss in groups.
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5th - 9th
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Math In the News: An IQ Test for Animals?--Sub Plans/No Prep
This resource includes a news article, questions for students to answer and an author's purpose template. This resource includes an article regarding a scientific study that explains an experiment that was done with robins to test their general intelligence. The author's purpose template provides students a template to fill out as they find the purpose for the article as they read. This is a great resource for warm-ups, substitute plans, math centers or reading minutes. This resource is a gr
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6th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Math in the News Bundle #2: 10 Articles with Questions--Sub Plans
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