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Middle school informational text centers on sale
Main Idea Task Cards and Guided Mini Lessons Google Ready!
Main IdeaTask CardsReading Comprehension Skills Do you love to read about unsolved mysteries? Capture your students' attention with nonfiction paragraphs about aliens, UFO's, crop circles, and much more! This is my students' favorite lesson. It is a great way to teach the main idea without boring the kids to death. I have two YouTube videos that preview and explain this lesson. Please check them out and like them! Unsolved MysteriesMeet Nala Bella in this video as she explains what this le
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Main Idea Task Cards Bundle
NEWS & MEDIA LITERACY BUNDLE | ANALYSIS & CREATION OF NEWS | COMPLETE UNITS
We have bundled together FIVE of our MOST POPULAR MEDIA LITERACY resources to ensure your students can CONSUME all forms of NEWS as CRITICAL THINKERS and CREATE their news reports and MEDIA PUBLICATIONS by using correct literacy protocols and PROVEN TEACHING STRATEGIES.This is a MUST-HAVE in 2024 when FAKE NEWS, SCAMS and MISINFORMATION flood our social media feeds and screens.Be sure to read each resource description and review for further details, but we assure you will not be disappointed wit
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5th - 9th
Main Idea Task Cards and Guided Mini Lessons Unsolved Mysteries
Main IdeaTask CardsMini LessonsUnsolved MysteriesAre you looking for engaging, high interest topics to teach main idea with? This is the unit for you! The theme is unsolved mysteries. If you liked my first Unsolved Mysteries Unit, then you will love this one!This lesson is a main idea lesson with two parts: guided mini lessons and also an independent literacy center for practice. You can also use the literacy center for your reading intervention groups. I used it both as a center and as re-te
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3rd - 7th
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Also included in: Main Idea Task Cards Bundle
Main Idea Shared Reading Lessons and Literacy Center
Main IdeaShared Reading and Literacy CenterPLUS Guided Mini Lessons!This is a 26 page common core-aligned unit that focuses on the critical thinking skill, main idea. It is nonfiction and ocean themed with high interest topics for 4-6th grades. Common Core Standard:English Language Arts Standards: Reading: Informational Text : Grade 5 Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text. The first part of this lesson is a shared/guided
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Main Idea Task Cards Bundle
Compare and Contrast Task Cards Arctic Animals
Compare and Contrast Arctic AnimalsTask Cards and Literacy CenterGuided Mini lessons included!This is a 21 page common core-aligned unit that focuses on the critical thinking skill, compare and contrast. It is a non-fiction unit.Harp seal and walrus the bowhead and beluga whale Arctic fox and Arctic hare woodland caribou and polar bear wolverine and Canada lynx the Greenland shark and white-bearded dolphin Each card has a color picture and a nonfiction paragraph of the Arctic animal. Included ar
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3rd - 7th
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Also included in: Close Reading Lesson Bundle: A Year of Close Reading
Main Idea Paragraph Cards
Main Idea Paragraph Cards: Informational Text PassagesThere are 28 informational text paragraph cards. The easier version includes 28 multiple choice cards. The more difficult version has the multiple choice options removed. Feel free to use the set that best suits your student’s needs.Use them in pairs or use them orally in small groups. It’s also great for individual homework as a writing assignment. Another option is to use one card at a time with the entire class. A fun and challenging way t
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3rd - 6th
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Halloween Reading Task Cards Bundle: Main Idea, Inferences, and Compare/Contrast
HalloweenComprehension CentersMain Idea, Inference, and Compare/contrastDo you need Halloween themed reading skills lessons and practice? These passages and task cards are the perfect way to keep the Halloween theme going while still teaching comprehension skills! Perfect for intervention groups and small group work. ➤ This is a mega pack of Halloween themed reading comprehension! You get 44 pages of Halloween reading fun! 1. 12 main idea task cards 2. 12 inference task cards 3
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3rd - 7th
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Also included in: Halloween Bundle | Reading Passages and Math
Nonfiction Summary Literacy Center ⎮Animal Task Cards
Nonfiction Summary UnitTask Cards How do you get your boys attention during reading? You summarize unusual animals! The topics are high interest boy topics; but the girls in my class also liked the topics. This is a two week unit, 31 pages in all, teaching summarizing using high interest boy topics. My focus while writing these was to find unique animals that my students might not have heard of.Topics: Narwhal, Inland Taipan Snake, The King Cobra Snake, The White Tiger, The Goblin Shark, Th
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3rd - 7th
Also included in: Reading Skills Bundle
Compare and Contrast Task Cards With Close Reading Lessons
Compare and ContrastNonfiction TextGoogle Slides Ready!Print and go OR assign digitallyHow do you teach students to compare and contrast without boring them to death? Use high interest, engaging topics! These task cards allow for student choice. The topics they can pick from interest boys and girls: snakes, carnivorous plants, sharks, monster trucks, and lizards. Each topic has two paragraphs. Each card has a color picture. For example, there is one paragraph about a ball python snake and
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Close Reading Lesson Bundle: A Year of Close Reading
The Indian Removal Act and the Trail of Tears: Multiple Accounts Webquest
CCSS.RI.5.6
This is a webquest activity that has students analyze five different accounts of the Indian Removal Act and the Trail of Tears, and find similarities and differences among the accounts.
The accounts of this event are in a variety of formats, from multiple sources (videos, letter, and Congressional documents).
Students will determine whether each document is a firsthand or secondhand account, the author's purpose, and analyze for important details/information.
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5th - 8th
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Black History Month Bottle Biography Project
This is a ready to use document for introducing a research biography project for Black History Month. Students research an African American of their choice, write a report, and create a model figure of their chosen person using a recycled soda or water bottle. They "dress" up their bottle to look like their famous American. This project can be done as a literacy center in class, or sent home.
Purchase includes project student information sheet, and project grading rubric.
If you like thi
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3rd - 12th
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Making Predictions Task Cards and Literacy Center
Making PredictionsReading Comprehension SkillsTask Cards and Guided LessonsWhy do students struggle with reading comprehension? They may not be actively listening! Making predictions is a strategy to help students actively think and listen to what they are reading.This is a 21 page common core-aligned unit that focuses on the critical thinking skill, predicting. There is a focus on finding the information that supports the prediction.This lesson can be used in many ways. I use the first 5 car
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3rd - 6th
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Ellis Island and Immigration: Multiple Accounts of the Same Event Webquest
*FULLY UPDATED NOVEMBER 2023*CCSS.RI.5.6With this webquest, students will navigate six different online accounts related to Ellis Island and immigration to the United States in the early 1900's, and then analyze the similarities and differences between each account of the event.The accounts of this event are in a variety of formats, from multiple sources (articles, videos, primary source documents, etc.).Students will determine whether each document is a firsthand or secondhand account, the auth
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5th - 10th
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Megalodon Compare and Contrast the Author's Point of View
Close ReadingPoint of ViewCompare and ContrastDoes the Megalodon Shark still exist? Is he terrorizing the Sea of Cortez? Massive sharks, three times the size of a Great White Shark, have been reported in the Sea of Cortez. Is it the once believed to be extinct, Megalodon Shark? Explore both sides of this exciting controversy with your students!Point of view, compare and contrast, and supporting answers with evidence is all over the common core standards and PARCC testing. I created this less
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Close Reading Lesson Bundle: A Year of Close Reading
Causes of the American Revolution Illustrated Timeline Project
For students to summarize and illustrate each event that is considered a cause of the American Revolution, in the format of a large illustrated timeline.
The timeline is large, and uses five sheets of 8.5x11 paper.
The events included on the illustrated timeline are:
The French and Indian War
The Stamp Act
The Townshend Acts
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Tea Party
The Intolerable Acts
The First Continental Congress
The battles of Lexington and Concord
The Second Continental Congress.
If
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4th - 8th
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Causes of the Civil War Illustrated Timeline Project
For students to summarize and illustrate each event that is considered a cause of the Civil War, in the format of a large illustrated timeline. The timeline is large, and uses five sheets of 8.5x11 paper. The events included on the illustrated timeline are:The Compromise of 1850The Fugitive Slave ActUncle Tom's CabinThe Kansas-Nebraska ActBleeding KansasThe Dred Scott DecisionLecompton Constitution RejectedJohn Brown's Raid on Harper's FairyThe Election of Abraham LincolnIf you would like to v
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4th - 8th
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Main Idea Guided Lessons and Task Cards
Main Idea Task Cards and Guided Mini Lessons36 cards in all!High interest topics: football, music, make-up, cars, unusual animals, and more! Task cards allow students to pick the topic they want to read about, which gives students buy in. I created these cards with that in mind. My students loved them, and I hope yours will too!This lesson is a main idea lesson with two parts: guided mini lessons and also an independent literacy center for practice. You can also use the literacy center for yo
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3rd - 7th
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Also included in: Main Idea Task Cards Bundle
Reading Intervention Unit
Looking for a high interest topic for your struggling readers? Big Foot is the answer! This intervention unit is designed for struggling fifth and sixth grade readers. The high interest topic will grab their attention, and learning will follow. :)
This unit was created to help you with your reading intervention groups. There is one lesson per day, for 10 days. Each lesson includes learning targets, written lesson plans, and a guided worksheet. These lessons go with two articles abo
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3rd - 6th
Compare and Contrast Task Cards and Venn Diagram Monster
Compare and ContrastMonstersDo your students like silly stories? This unit is for you! 12 silly monster stories for your students to compare and contrast. The theme is comparing monsters. Each card has a color picture and biography of the monster. Included are lesson instructions, mini-lessons, 6 sets of cards (12 cards in all), a large Venn diagram with lines, and a paragraph frame. Finally, there is a rubric.You could use this as a whole class lesson, guided reading lesson, or as a literacy
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2nd - 6th
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Also included in: Close Reading Lesson Bundle: A Year of Close Reading
Forensic science Reading Comprehension Passage for Middle School Students
This forensic science reading comprehension passage is an engaging resource for middle school science teachers. It covers the processes used to solve crimes through physical evidence and includes comprehension questions to test students' understanding.The science reading passage is leveled appropriately for middle school students, and is designed to capture their interest with an engaging article and hands-on activities.(100 % Digital Download)Files included:• 1 PDF 5 Pages Ready to Print.1 Digi
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6th - 8th
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Main Idea Task Cards and Guided Mini-Lessons Rockstar
Main Idea Task Cards5 Days of Guided Lessons Included!Check out my Youtube video explaining this lesson: Rockstar Main ideaThis lesson is a main idea lesson with two parts: guided mini lessons and also an independent literacy center for practice. You can also use the literacy center for your reading intervention groups. I used it both as a center and as re-teaching main idea to my struggling readers.There are 10 different cards. Each card has a color picture. You can pick which answer sheet form
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3rd - 7th
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Also included in: Main Idea Task Cards Bundle
Inference Task Cards and Mini-Lessons: Animal Safari
Making Inferences Task Cards5 Days of Guided Mini LessonsWhat is the secret to getting kids to really think about what they are reading? Making inferences! When you make inferences, you are thinking critically about the text. This unit will not only give students the practice they need, but it will also teach them how to make inferences.The topics are Safari Animal topics.You receive two things: 1. Guided mini lessons (5 days) could also be used for shared reading lessons 2. 10 ta
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3rd - 7th
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Reading Skills Bundle
This is a bundle of my 3 Units: Compare/Contrast, Summarizing, and Main Idea.The topics are high interest topics created for reluctant readers. Topics included are: The Black Mamba, The Ball Python, Bigfoot, Yeti, Monster Trucks, Luxury Sports Cars, Female Superstars, Male Superstars, unusual animals, mascara, hair dryers, make-up, and much more!Each center includes guided mini-lessons, task cards, and answer sheets for the students to fill out.There is a total of over 100 pages. Included are
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3rd - 6th
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Fireboat John J. Harvey and 9/11: Multiple Accounts of the Same Event Webquest
CCSS.RI.5.6, CCSS.W.5.2.A-E*FULLY UPDATED SEPTEMBER 2023*This is a webquest activity that has students analyze six different accounts of Fireboat John J. Harvey's heroic role during 9/11, and find similarities and differences among the accounts. The accounts of this event are in a variety of formats, from multiple sources (videos, articles, a Congressional document, children's literature, etc.).Students will determine whether each document is a firsthand or secondhand account, the author's purpo
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4th - 8th
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