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Elementary close reading literature circles
Book Clubs for 1st and 2nd Grade
Book club activities for first and second grade classrooms!★Can you run successful book clubs in the primary grades?★It may seem like a stretch, but the spring is such a great time to get your students ready and used to reading, thinking about, and discussing books with their peers instead of me, the teacher!I created this unit as a guide to running book clubs in your primary classroom and provided some tools that your kids can successfully use! In this unit:IntroductionWhat book clubs look like
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K - 2nd
Basketball Paired Texts: LeBron James and Michael Jordan (Grades 5-6)
This resource includes high-interest paired texts about two of the most famous players in basketball history -- LeBron James and Michael Jordan. These passages will help your students learn how to analyze similarities and differences between two texts.Contents:→ 6 Nonfiction Articles→ 3 Quizzes → 1 Writing Prompt→ 1 Answer Key***Topics Covered:→ The Childhood Years:1 nonfiction text about LeBron's childhood1 nonfiction text about Michael's childhood1 quiz to cover these texts→ Pro Basketball Ca
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5th - 6th
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Also included in: Paired Texts: Basketball Stars Bundle
Gingerbread Book Comparison, Retelling, and Writing Study Unit
Gingerbread book companion study using the books The Gingerbread Man (by: Karen Schmidt), The Gingerbread Baby, The Gingerbread Girl, The Gingerbread Cowboy, The Gingerbread Bear, The Gingerbread Pirate, The Ninjabread Man, The Gingerbread Boy (by: Paul Galdone), and The Runaway Tortilla. Compare a few or all of the gingerbread books!Compare the books and create a Gingerbread Book comparison chart comparing the characters, and repeated phrase, ending. Use the character cards for each book as you
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PreK - 1st
We Don't Eat Our Classmates Back to School Activities
We Don't Eat Our Classmates is my favorite back to school activity. It is a Read Aloud about a dinosaur's first day of school. She feels nervous that she won't make any friends. When she gets to school, she eats her classmates! This book is perfect for back to school and reviewing classroom expectations and in rules in the spring. I have included several activities so that you can use the book in the fall and spring, if you wanted to. It is great for building a positive classroom community. It c
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PreK - 1st
Also included in: Classroom Community Interactive Read Alouds Back to School
Fiction Reading Response Graphic Organizers Story Map Story Elements Theme Plot
Graphic organizers are an excellent tool for helping your students think about their reading. This amazing set of fiction reading response graphic organizers is designed to support a wide range of readers. Filled with story elements, story maps, plot, setting, vocabulary, summary graphic organizers, and so much more!This resource is filled with over 100 unique and fun graphic organizers, that will engage students and get them thinking about their reading. Each one is created for a variety of ski
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3rd - 5th
READERS THEATER BRAINTEASER MYSTERY SCRIPT BUNDLE
This fun 30% off Middle School high interest trio of readers' theater brain teaser mystery scripts will delight both ELA and Drama students. They will practice reading and comprehension strategies, while testing their critical thinking skills in deductive work. Get 3 scripts for the price of 2!In two of these realistic mysteries your grades 5-8 students will discover the identity of thieves. In one script a laptop is stolen and in another, a necklace. The main characters, Matt and Sophie, are M
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5th - 8th
Refugee by Alan Gratz Novel Study
The Refugee Novel Study resource is a comprehensive set of standards-aligned, rigorous, instructional materials for teaching the Refugee by Alan Gratz. With these Common Core aligned materials, students will deeply engage with the novel and develop their literacy and critical thinking skills. The novel study includes 100+ resources to help you implement an engaging, rigorous ELA or Social Studies unit. Snapshot of Resources Included in Unit:30 Common Core Aligned Lesson Plans18 Literary Analysis
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5th - 8th
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Poems for Kids: Over 600 poems for teaching poetry terms & poetic devices
If you're teaching a poetry unit in grades 3-6, you need poems...lots and lots of exemplar poems! Need poems for teaching similes? Metaphors? Personification? How about haiku or narrative poems? From rhyming poetry to free verse, this anthology collection has them all (with picture support) to make it completely painless to teach the elements of poetry to students of all abilities in grades 3-6. So if you're a teacher who likes to teach poetry lessons by example, there are more than 600 poems t
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3rd - 6th
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Read-Its® Paired Passages - Yearlong MEGA Bundle | Distance Learning
Reading Comprehension ~ Close ReadingGet Ready to READ and RESPOND with my brand newREAD-ITS® Paired Passages TRIFOLDS! Check out Read-Its® WINTER EDITION here...Read-Its®- WINTER EditionCheck out Read-Its® SPRING EDITION here...Read-Its®- SPRING EditionCheck out Read-Its® SUMMER/ANYTIME EDITION here...Read-Its®- SUMMER/ANYTIME EditionCheck out Read-Its® Fall EDITION here...Read-Its®- Fall Edition*************************************************************************FREEBIE ALERT: Download th
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2nd - 4th
Reading Comprehension Passages: Cinderella Around the World
The story of Cinderella has been shared in communities for hundreds of years. Find out how this classic fairy tale is shared with children around the world.Reading IdeasThese passages can be read during whole group, small group, or literature circles. Passages can even be assigned as homework. Consider breaking students into groups and assigning each group to read and present a different version of the story. Connecting to StandardsThese passages can be used to teach… ★ character traits ★ the fa
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3rd - 5th
Kindergarten CVC Word Practice Activities Low Prep Centers Full Year Bundle
This mega set of CVC word centers will keep your literacy center stocked all year with fun, hands on ways to practice cvc words! This includes 15 centers, plus teacher and student instructions for each center. Check out the preview for a detailed look at each center!Includes-Teacher instructions for each center-Student instructions for each center-40 Word Puzzles (students will put the 3 letters in the proper order to spell the word and make a picture)-32 Word Family Sorts (space for 3 pictures
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K - 1st
Also included in: CVC Word Activities Games and Centers
1st Grade Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Passages with Questions
This is a collection of 1st grade NONFICTION reading comprehension passages with questions cut and paste. The passages target reading COMPREHENSION and are designed to improve reading FLUENCY by asking the students to read each passage 3 times.Titles included:1. The Sun2. The Moon3. The Stars4. Apples5. Leaves6. Living and Nonliving Things7. Zebras8. Wolves9. Sharks10. Monkeys11. Animal Habitats12. Animal Needs13. Bears are Mammals14. Dogs and Wolves15. Where Do Animals Live?The students will ha
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1st - 2nd
Reading Comprehension Kindergarten Bilingual English and Spanish
Reading Comprehension Kindergarten Bilingual English and Spanish is a great packet for early elementary students to practice reading fluency and answering questions with visual clues. Depending on the reading level of the student(s), the stories and questions can be read by the teacher or read independently by the students. This packet includes a variety of themes (listed below) in both English and Spanish with the passage and question on the same page to support students finding evidence in th
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PreK - 3rd
“Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes” Complete Novel Study Guide | 3rd-5th
The perfect novel study for the book “Sadako & the Thousand Paper Cranes”! Activities contain higher level thinking comprehension questions. Complete answer key is included. About Sadako & the Thousand Paper CranesThis is the biography of Sadako Sasaki, who developed leukemia after the bombing of Hiroshima. The crane was believed to bring good luck. If a sick person folded 1000 paper cranes, then the Gods would grant him or her a wish. Sadly, Sadako died from leukemia when she was 12. Th
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3rd - 5th
Close Reading - Graphic Organizer, Guided Reading Responses, Bonus Reading Log
Explore the depths of literature and informational texts with our "Close Reading Toolkit Bundle." This comprehensive set is an essential tool for guided reading sessions, providing a wealth of graphic organizers, reading responses activities, journaling prompts, and a bonus reading log. Tailored to meet reading standards, this bundle is the perfect resource to enhance your close reading curriculum. ✨What's included in this GIANT BUNDLE?Instructions and Tips - Straightforward guidance to make the
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2nd - 8th
Reciprocal Reading Super 6 Comprehension Activities
This resource is a MUST HAVE for reciprocal reading and reading groups in your classroom to explicitly teach and engage your students in developing comprehension skills! It aligns with the Super 6 Comprehension Strategies including:Making ConnectionsPredictingQuestioningMonitoringClarifyingVisualisingSummarisingWhat is included?7 Posters (black and white + coloured versions)Bookmarks for each strategy Interactive Bookmarks (to guide through the reciprocal reading process)40 Activity Cards (perfe
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3rd - 6th
Non-Fiction Informational Cereal Box Book Report- 6 Templates to Choose From!
This is a very fun activity for my class. I've made 6 different templates that you can choose from to have students use for their book report. This product includes topics covering the following:1. Animals: Use any animal book (Nat Geo's are great!)2. Who Would Win?: Any WWW book (Animal 1 vs. Animal 2)3. Biography: You could potentially use this for a writing autobiography activity as well4. Sports: Use any book that explains a sport5. Country/State: There are 2 different side covers to use d
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1st - 6th
Historical Fiction Book Clubs (Digital & Paper Options)
Historical Fiction book clubs are one of my student's favorite book clubs! Reading about a certain time in history while also reading an amazing story - what more can you want?! This product helps students guide their discussion about the book. Each week the book clubs need to complete their discussion page, add important events to their timeline and complete a graphic organizer about their book! Students will need to research their time period, identify the character, setting, problem and solut
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3rd - 6th
Fall Non-Fiction Passages | Reading Comprehension
This pack includes 10 non-fiction stories with themes centered around the fall season. High-resolution photos are included for each story. Stories are perfect small group instruction, tiered intervention or as a whole class activity. Each story is common core aligned and targets vocabulary and comprehension. Stories were written for 2-5th grade students. Review the preview story for complexity. Each story includes a student copy, vocabulary cards, "printer-friendly" copy with comprehension quest
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2nd - 5th
Also included in: Seasonal Non-Fiction Passages Bundle | Reading Comprehension
Reading Guide for Independent, Partnership,Book Clubs {any fiction novel}
This resource is a tool for your students to use when reading independently, in Reading Partnerships, or in a Book Club. The guide comes in three versions, which are all the same except to state Independent, Book Club, Reading Partnership. These 6 pages can be copied front and back, then stapled together to give students a purposeful task when reading their novel. The document guides students through their novel and asks questions about the characters, setting, plot, etc. The guide could be
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2nd - 5th
2nd 3rd Grade Reading Passages with Comprehension Questions, Nonfiction Close
Are you looking for high-interest nonfiction reading comprehension passages to help your students practice their close reading strategies? This set of reading passages comes with 30 weeks of close reading sets. New to close reading? There is a how-to introduction within the product that breaks down each day's tasks for the week. This is an introduction to each day's tasks plus three general graphic organizers in case you want to supplement Asking Questions, Main Idea and Detail, and Fact-Finding
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Grades:
1st - 2nd
Martin Luther King Jr. Activity (Martin's Big Words Book Study)
Activities to accompany the Martin Luther King, Jr. biography Martin’s Big Words by Doreen Rappaport! This book study is perfect for Martin Luther King Day or Black History Month! All the activities are designed to help students read for understanding, think, and write critically about the text and its historical time period. --The following activities are included:• Comprehension Strips: Comprehension strips allow students to practice returning to a text to find key information to answer spe
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1st - 3rd
The Very Impatient Caterpillar and The Little Butterfly That Could Read Aloud
This Interactive Read Aloud is perfect for spring or the end of the year. The Very Impatient Caterpillar is a great story about a caterpillar who doesn't want to wait to become a butterfly. In addition to being perfect for any caterpillar and butterfly unit, it is also great for end of the year social emotional learning. Students learn what it means to be patient. The Little Butterfly That Could is perfect for improving a student's growth mindset, while learning about how butterfly's migrate.You
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K - 1st
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Esperanza Rising Quizzes for Google Classroom (Distance Learning)
This product includes quizzes for each chapter that will help you monitor your students' comprehension as they read Esperanza Rising. There is also a 10-question quiz you can give at the end of the story as a final assessment.You must have a Google Classroom account to use these resources.These self-grading quizzes were created using Google Forms. The digital assessments allow you to:→ Save paper by assigning the quizzes digitally! → Save time by using quizzes that instantly tells you each stu
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4th - 7th
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