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High school informational text centers under $5
Edgar Allan Poe, Author Study Body Biography Project, Poster
This Edgar Allan Poe Body Biography Project is filled with all you need to teach and promote the truly amazing American author, Edgar Allan Poe. The author study body biography is a collaborative research activity. Your students will find plenty of opportunity for creativity. This is truly unique, has high quality vector graphics, and is the most inclusive you'll find on Teachers Pay Teachers! I love to share my Edgar Allan teaching unit during the fall months. Halloween is an awesome classroom
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Also included in: The Body Biography Ultimate Lifetime Subscription
Thanksgiving and Fall Recipe Reading Comprehension - Life Skills
Looking for a way to use functional literacy in your special education classroom, while keeping it festive just in time for Thanksgiving? Here is a pack that fuses life skills and functional literacy together. Included are 5 different recipes plus 2 reading comprehension worksheets for each. Learning to read everyday items like recipes helps student build an understanding of how to use this types of print. These work great for a independent work task, homework, and more.Included:5 recipe card
Grades:
5th - 10th
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Menu Reading Comprehension Worksheets Life Skills and Functional Literacy
Here is a pack that fuses life skills and functional literacy together. Included are 4 different mock menus plus 5 reading comprehension worksheets for each. Learning to read everyday items like menus helps student build an understanding of how to use this types of print. These work great for a independent work task, homework, and more. This product provides an engaging way to teach life skills and functional literacy. Learn how to read menus in no time!What's Included:-4 mock menus-20 write
Grades:
9th - 12th
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William Shakespeare, Author Study, Body Biography Project
This William Shakespeare Body Biography Project is filled with all you need to teach and promote the truly amazing British poet and playwright. This author study body biography is a collaborative research activity. Your students will find plenty of opportunities for creativity. This is truly unique, has high-quality vector graphics, and is the most inclusive group project for bringing together a growth mindset and a biography study. If you are teaching a Shakespeare unit for Romeo and Juliet, Ma
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Also included in: The Body Biography Ultimate Lifetime Subscription
Text Structure Activity
This hands on text structure activity introduces students to the concepts of text structure in a fun way. Even better, the cards and passages are not organized, so the students can help cut out the sort! ⭐If you need more text structure resources, check our the Text Structure Bundle!⭐In this text structure lesson, students are asked to sort:the text pattern definitionkey words or signal words graphic organizersa title for a type of writing a longer passage of each text structureThis nonfiction
Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in: Text Structure Activities Bundle - Middle School ELA
News Report: Who? What? Where? When? Why? How?
A simple graphic organizer for students to use when reading a newspaper for the 5 Ws and How. Once students have completed the graphic organizer they can write a summary paragraph using the information they have gathered. Rubric included!!!!
It is also a great tool for students when brainstorming ideas for a creative writing news report.
*Updated August 2017*
Grades:
K - 12th
Malala Yousafzai, Women's History Month, World Activist, Body Biography Project
This Malala Yousafzai Body Biography Project is filled with all you need to teach and promote the youngest Nobel Prize laureate, author, and world activist. Celebrate Women's History Month with this biography study! This biography study is a collaborative research activity. This is truly unique, has high-quality vector graphics, and is the most inclusive group project for bringing together a growth mindset and a biography study. If your students are reading the text, I am Malala, this type of ac
Grades:
4th - 10th
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Also included in: The Body Biography Ultimate Lifetime Subscription
Podcast Listening Worksheet: Listening Comprehension Activity Informational Text
Looking for a way to engage high school students meaningfully in nonfiction texts? Trying to incorporate more of a diversity of reading material or to differentiate for various learning styles with your reading lessons? Try this chilling listening comprehension podcast lesson about body farms for older students. This product comes complete with:1. Lesson hook ideas2. Comprehension, analysis, and discussion questions3. During and after reading questions4. A writing prompt to use as an optional ex
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Transcendentalism Learning Stations -- Perfect as an intro to Transcendentalism
Before telling your students just what Transcendentalism is, let them discover this literary movement by examining key excerpts and quotes in engaging learning stations.After completing all stations, students will be asked to reflect upon the activity by explaining Transcendentalism in their own words.I usually facilitate this lesson BEFORE delivering a mini-lecture on Transcendental thought. The more they can "discover" on their own through this engaging student-centered activity, the better! W
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Claim & Evidence Matching Task Cards
These task cards are a great way for students to practice matching claims with accurate evidence. Included in this set are 12 claim cards along with 12 matching evidence cards. All evidence is factual and was found using reliable internet resources. A student sheet and answer key are included.
Use these task cards as a table/partner activity, during classroom stations or as a literacy center task.
To take these cards a step further, once students have matched the cards, you might ask studen
Grades:
5th - 9th
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Adapted Interactive Book: Space
This interactive comprehension book is an informational text for special little learners :) Perfect for teaching ESY, ELL/ ESL, special education or Speech Therapy and WH questions. Also perfect for early childhood and emergent readers.
Differentiated for two levels of learners! Level 1 and 2 included! Comprehension questions are WH questions. Perfect for quick and easy storytelling and retell goals!
This book is great for early childhood, preschool, nonverbal learners or students with Autis
Grades:
PreK - 12th
Main Idea & Supporting Details Sort with Charts in Nonfiction (Grades 5 - 9)
Students often get confused when analyzing a text for the main idea and correct supporting details. This activity has them identify the main idea and supporting details in 6 sections of a nonfictional article. Then the students are required to analyze each section to sort statement strips into the correct space on a sorting chart.
Link to article, sorting chart, 6 pages of statements (page for each section), and answer key are included.
Article from Commonlit.org - Tiny Plastic, Big Problem
Grades:
6th - 10th
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Informational Text: 3 Scaffolded Activities for Any Nonfiction Article
Looking for best instructional practices to use with informational or nonfiction texts? Meeting rigorous RI standards can be challenging when students are frustrated or disengaged. Secondary teachers can scaffold the comprehension process to help students feel confident and achieve success.This teaching resource works with any nonfiction or informational text you select for your students. It is appropriate for periodicals, exemplar texts, speeches, and informational chapter book excerpts. Use th
Grades:
8th - 11th
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Informational Text Learning Stations for ANY Non-Fiction Text: Distance Learning
Hit the informational text standards AND engage your students with these learning stations that work with ANY non-fiction text. Pair these stations with any essay, article, speech, etc. This resource works with informative and argumentative texts. It is editable so that you can tailor it to meet your students' needs. These stations are perfect for ELA test prep!When you purchase this product, you will receive the following in the form of an editable 9-slide PowerPoint file, as well as two DIGITA
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Text Structures Task Cards: Pizza
This activity reviews the five common text structures that authors use, giving students a chance to demonstrate their knowledge by matching task cards into a large chart.The theme of this activity is PIZZA! (Something kids know a lot about!) This higher ordered thinking activity can be used whole group, independently, in small groups or with partners. From a full-colored finished chart wall display, to a minimized copied set for individual notebooks, the possibilities are endless.Looking for mor
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Grades:
5th - 9th
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Also included in: Text Structures Task Cards & Games BUNDLE
Info Text Analysis Task Cards, Response to a Text, Analysis of any Nonfiction
These Nonfiction Analysis Task Cards are an excellent modern and engaging activity to have students show their comprehension, take ownership of their learning, dig deeper, and closely analyze an informational text or literary nonfiction. Students will excel with these cards as they respond to any nonfiction or informational text.Included:- Questions that correlate directly with not only CCSS anchor standards, but also with higher-level thinking analysis skills.- List of standards correlation- Su
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Also included in: Info Text Analysis Task Cards, Digital & Traditional BUNDLE
Citing Textual Evidence EASY Practice
These are a set of practice sentences to prepare students to cite textual evidence. This activity gives the student a claim that stems from the article and asks the student to use evidence from the text to prove that it is true. The student is also required to find the page number. The article that this activity is based on is attached. You can also create a FREE teacher account at ReadWorks.org to access the related article. The attached article is written at a 5th grade level. If you like this
Grades:
4th - 9th
Ice Cream Facts Reading Passage and Worksheets
Your students will enjoy learning all about delicious ice cream with this high-interest, informational Close Reading Unit! Perfect for a fun reading unit, this resource includes everything you need for a full week of reading activities to learn some fascinating facts about ice cream. Engaging for students and NO PREP for teachers!Click HERE to SAVE 40% on this unit, plus 4 other units in the July Close Reading Packet.Click HERE for BIG SAVINGS with the Close Reading Bundle for the YEAR!Click the
Grades:
3rd - 12th
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Also included in: Leveled Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Bundle for the Year
Día de los Reyes Magos Reading Passage
Introduce your students to a Christmastime tradition with this Día de los Reyes Magos Reading Passage! This concise resource is tailored for 6th-10th grade students, providing insights into the history of the Epiphany as it is celebrated in Latin America and Spain.Dive into the rich traditions of this holiday through a one-page informational text, available in vibrant full color or practical black-and-white. Engage your students with a detailed exploration of Día de los Reyes Magos, correcting m
Grades:
6th - 10th
Also included in: Hispanic Holidays 1-Page Reading Passages (BUNDLE)
Move Beyond P-I-E and Get the Receipt: A Better Way to Teach Author's Purpose
Let me make a confession: A few years ago, I got very invested in the drama between Taylor Swift, Kanye West, and Kim Kardashian. For me, one of the biggest take aways from that drama was the phrase "Show me the receipts." I'd heard my students talk about "receipts" before, but something about the Kanye-Taylor drama really made that phrase memorable to me. As a teacher, I turned that phrase over in my mind. Where are the receipts in the English classroom? Well, when students are looking for auth
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Also included in: Reading Strategies Favorites Bundle / Pre-Reading & Author's Purpose
Writing Summary of a Non-Fiction Text (Paragraph Frame for ELLs)
This document contains a graphic organizer and two versions of paragraph writing frame for helping ELL students write a summary of a non-fiction text. I use the longer paragraph-writing frame (it prompts students to add examples) with higher level English language proficiency students and the shorter basic version with lower English proficiency students. ELL focus: addition transition words.
Grades:
3rd - 12th
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Author's Point and Reasons RI.2.8
2nd Grade author's point and reasons in informational texts!
This pack includes five 2nd grade level reading passages and five simplified texts for students reading below grade level that are perfect for comparing and contrasting on standard RI.2.9. The grade level passages fall within the Lexile level range of 710-780, which is the Common Core State Standards expectation for 2nd grade. The simplified and shortened passages are all written at a Lexile level between 380-520. The Lexile level is
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Grades:
2nd - 12th
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Martin Luther King Jr. Adapted Interactive Book--Autism, Special Education
Celebrate and honor Martin Luther King Jr. with this adapted book. This product has all the extras to assure that students have multiple opportunities and hands on activities to learn about Dr. King. Adapted interactive books allow nonverbal learners or students with Autism and other significant disabilities to participate. Simple pictures encourage matching, vocabulary, and communication. Velcro choice boards allow students to make selections, answer questions, and interact with reading in a f
Grades:
PreK - 12th
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Also included in: Bundled Martin Luther King Adapted Book, Word Wall, Task Boxes, & MORE!
Achieve 3000 Log
This product is made for students to track their lessons on Achieve 3000. The graph on the front is for the students to see and track their progress while completing the lessons. On the back is a reflection page where the students can write down how they felt that they did on the lesson as well as write a quick reflection about that lesson. This product is also meant so that teachers can easily see how their students are doing on their achieve 3000 lessons without having to log into the program.
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Grades:
3rd - 12th
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