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Free 7th grade reading strategies centers
Character Selfies: Character Analysis, Summary, Point of View, and Visualization
Do your students have a cell phone? If they do, chances are they take "selfies" (photos of themselves) all the time. Turn this favorite pastime into an activity that will strengthen their comprehension skills! Not to mention, you will be one cool teacher for these 21st century kids!
Examples of when to take character selfies:
Guided reading
Literature circles
Independent reading response
Response to a class read aloud
In this activity, students draw from the point of view of the character.
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Growth Mindset Activity Free Reading Comprehension Passage and Questions
This free growth mindset reading passage and activity is great for several reading comprehension skills: vocabulary, summarizing, text-to-self connections, and making inferences. This two-page, printable resource is no-prep and high-interest.The passage is written approximately on a 6th grade level, but it can be used with a range of students.This Download Contains:PRINTTwo page printable reading passage + questions answer keyDIGITALReady to use Easel activityTeachers are saying... ♥ "I have
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Reading Comprehension Dice Game
Students read a book in pairs. After a page or two each they roll a dice and the corresponding number instructs them to apply a certain comprehension strategy - infer, retell, summarize, use questioning, visualizing.
The set includes a set of 2 game cards and a recording sheet for teachers to photocopy for each game.
Please see my other free products to download a grades K-2 version of this game.
Grades:
4th - 7th
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ELA Vocabulary Review Game for Literacy Centers: U-Know
The vocabulary used in language arts is important for you to teach and for students to learn! Let them practice with this fun and engaging game that will make the skill of practicing that vocabulary something students WANT to do! Works great for literacy centers ,small group, or early finishers. Students will be begging to practice using important ELA vocabulary with this activity! I’ve had many students ask to play at recess and even lunch!What do you get?U-Know Cards (Color): 56 color cards
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Grades:
4th - 7th
FREE Summarizing and Paraphrasing - Intro & Pre-Assessment with EASEL and Audio
Grab these Summarizing and Paraphrasing Posters and Reminder Cards for free!WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:2 Reference PostersSummaryParaphrasing2 Reference Cards (prints 4 to a page)SummaryParaphrasingGreat for 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th grade! NOTE: This resource uses American English and is not editable. Paraphrasing and summarizing are both difficult skills to learn. To make matters worse, students often get them mixed up. That is why I created the PARA and SUM acronyms. Not only do they help
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Phonics Activities for Older Students Reading Intervention SOR Dyslexia FREE
FREE! long -a sounds (vowels) phonics activities for older students. Get your students where they need to be in their reading. Struggling readers, dyslexic students and English language learners will gain confidence and reading fluency from this resource. Instructions included.This is a FREE bite-size sample. These passages are BRAND NEW and just released They focus on all spellings of long vowel sounds. You can get them here.These activities were created after my very successful phonics reading
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in: Phonics Puzzle Activities for Older Struggling Readers Special Education
Literature Circle Role Cards
Literature Circle Role Cards
This set consists of 5 different cards:
-Imaginative Illustrator
-Dynamite Discussion Director
-Vocabulary Victor
-Savvy Summarizer
-Cool Connector
Each member in the group will receive one card to complete during their discussion. They will complete their "job" on their recording sheet, and they will then reflect their group's success.
Grades:
2nd - 8th
The Year Santa Got Mixed Up! - Readers Theater for the Entire Class
This is a Reader's Theater for the entire class. It can be performed at any time but is usually performed at Christmas. Reader's Theater is a terrifically fun way to improve your fluency.The Year Santa Got Mixed Up by Melanie Whitesides is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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Denotation and Connotation Activity
Understanding mood and tone is integral to gaining deeper meaning from text. The CCSS requires a realignment of a reading program as well as additional skills and strategies to better comprehend text. Understanding text at a deeper level requires readers to comprehend the connotation of words that an author uses to create mood and tone. This mini-lesson and activity defines the two and provides a large group of words for small groups or partners to sort into Neutral, Positive, or Negative gro
Grades:
4th - 7th
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Visualize It Graphic Organizer FREEBIE
Visualize It graphic organizers!! Are you ready to give your students another way to enhance their comprehension? Visualize It charts are the perfect addition for students that need an alternative way to show what they're reading in context in a different way.This packet includes:- 2 different sized graphic organizers (wide and tall)- Link and instructions to download in Google Drive and use in Google Classroom, etc.You can find other graphic organizer companion products here:Vocabulary Doodles
Grades:
PreK - 8th
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I Pick Strategy Poster - Just Right Book - Good Fit Book - IPick Poster FREE
This is a great strategy to teach students several different ways to choose a good fit book. At the beginning of the year, teach students how to choose a book that will be best for them, and hang the poster in your classroom library for reference throughout the year.
I - I choose a book.
P - Purpose
I - Interest Level
C - Comprehend
K - Know
Grades:
2nd - 8th
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Reading comprehension strategies dice game - read and roll
If you download this freebie, I would appreciate it if you would also follow my store.This resource is designed for literacy rotations to reinforce the explicit teaching of the high yield comprehension strategies. All that is required is to print out the resource and provide a standard die. It is an activity that involves students sharing their thinking through discussion based on the written prompts and the book they are currently reading.The activities include the following options: Predicti
Grades:
2nd - 7th
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Main idea task cards
Main idea task cards are a wonderful way for students to practice the skill of acquiring the most important information in a passage. Enjoy this FREE sample of a task card and upload the entire packet for only $3.00 at my teacher store WWW.TEACHPEEK.COM. In this pdf. file you will find 24 Main Idea Task Cards that are interesting informational short passages with high vocabulary. USE COUPON CODE: NEWYEARSALE for 10% off.
You will also have two sets of answer sheets for differentiated learning,
Grades:
3rd - 7th
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Close Read and Annotation Bookmarks: Free!
Close Read and Annotation Bookmarks When we teach students how to read closely, we empower them to become independent learners, so it is appropriate that the K-12 Anchor Standards begin as follows:- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.1 Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. These bookmarks can be printed five per page, back-to-back, and can t
Grades:
4th - 10th
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FREEBIE: Compare and Contrast Graphic Organizer
You will be downloading a graphic organizer to help students compare between two characters or two books.
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Grades:
K - 12th
End Punctuation Anchor Chart - FREE
Add this free end punctuation chart to your bulletin board collection, reading center, writing center, and so much more!
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Grades:
PreK - 12th
UNWRAP Reading Strategy Free Bookmarks
The UNWRAP reading strategy bookmarks guide students through unwrapping the wonderful gift of reading. Each strategy is helpful in guiding your students to dig deeper into the text which aids in developing a better understanding and a greater comprehension.****************************************************************************************************************THANK YOU!!I greatly appreciate you taking the time to review my teaching resources!! I take pride in creating resources that are
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Grades:
2nd - 8th
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THE HOLLOW Podcast Unit: October Lesson Plans + Activities, Middle School, ELA
Gen-Z Media's "The Hollow" podcast is fantastic to use for the month of October! This is a fantastic way to teach literary fiction, narrative, point of view, elements of a story, and to put in those reading strategies students have been practicing all year. This FREE unit will include:⭐ An introduction to podcasts to begin the unit⭐ Hyperlinks to PDF, Episode Lists and Read Aloud for the unit⭐ Sketchnotes/Doodle Sheets⭐ Exit Tickets focusing on: visualizing, inferring, making connections⭐ Compre
Grades:
5th - 12th
First Chapter Friday Read Aloud Videos
Reading aloud to students is one of the most powerful tools teachers have at their disposal. But knowing what to read and having the time to do it make this simple task sometimes harder. I want to help. This product contains links to first chapter read aloud videos. Just select a book and click play. I'll take care of the rest... making sure to tell students why I loved the book, why it might be a good fit for them and also a few interesting facts about the book, author or story. And then, I'll
Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: The Word Nerd's First Chapter Friday Read Video Aloud Resource Bundle
Main Idea & Details Autism Reading Visuals & Worksheets
Modified Main Idea & Details using Visuals, Visuals, Visuals!
This includes:
- Example Graphic Organizers
- Blank Graphic Organizers
- Multiple Choice Practice Worksheets
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Grades:
PreK - 12th
Teach Characterization with Video Clips (Disney, Pixar, etc.)
By middle school, students should begin to develop skills in analyzing author craft. One of the easiest ways to introduce kids to the "craft moves" an author makes is through teaching characterization. The reality is that kids already understand this literary term on some level because they unconsciously pick up on all of the clues that an author or a text (be it book, movie, music video, or tv show) provides the audience. We inherently form judgements about characters as we engage with a text.T
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Grades:
5th - 10th
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
Grades:
4th - 9th
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Also included in: 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
Grades:
2nd - 10th
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Free Language Arts Task Cards: Differentiation 3 Levels, Grades 4-8
Language Arts Small Group Task Cards: Grades 4, 5 and 6
Welcome to an easy way to implement differentiation into your lessons. Your students will find task cards as a refreshing way to review and use their critical thinking skills at their own pace.
Small Group Task cards are meant to stay in the classroom, emphasize the ELA common core standards, and to alleviate tedious seat work.
This set is highly appropriate for grades 4-6, to reinforce reading comprehension.
I shared these with my col
Grades:
4th - 9th
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