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Close reading research for Easel Activities
Benchmark Advance Unit 5 2nd Grade Inventor Writing Project, Florida included
This Inventor Flipbook is a fun way to wrap up Unit 5 of Benchmark Advance with your 2nd grade class. Students use their texts for close reading to respond to the questions about inventors and how their inventions solved a problem! **Aligned to California Edition and Florida** Please check the included inventors and be sure it works for your edition before purchasing.$$ find the money saving budle here $$Inventors: Anna Connelly (fire escape)George de Mestral (hook and loop)Mary Anderson (winds
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2nd
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Design a Car Project - Alternative/Renewable Fuels and Energy Use Activity
Have some serious fun with cars and energy use! In this activity, students research or read about alternative (renewable) fuels and compare them. As a culmination to the project, they design their own “green” vehicles. Open the preview to take a closer look.First, kids learn about renewable and nonrenewable energy resources. A worksheet provides a quick review, and they categorize ten sources.Second, they build background information. Before comparing alternative energy sources, students explor
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4th - 5th
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NGSS:
5-ESS3-1
, 4-ESS3-1
ROCKS Types and Cycles, inspiring young geologist Informational Text
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE ROCKS! Engage your inspiring geologist to ‘dig deeper’ with informational close reading passages, writing pages/organizers, and a rock sorting activity that is ready to go! (color and black & white versions included)All set for distance learning!What's included:♥Close reading passages (non-fiction)with text dependent questions (main idea, key details)CCSS RI 2.1Rock CycleSedimentaryFossilsMetamorphicIgneousVolcanoes♥Graphic organizers for notes and Geological research rep
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Close Reads Bundle Informational text, annotation
American Flag Pledge of Allegiance | Easel Activity Distance Learning
Are you teaching your students about the American Flag and the Pledge of Allegiance? Printable and TpT digital activities are included for kids to learn about these symbols of the US. Graphic organizers are included to use for research.This resource has a Easel Activity for distance learning already created for students to input their responses in answer boxes and to use other tools to draw and highlight. It is an Interactive layer over the original PDF. Click here to learn more about TpT’s di
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2nd - 4th
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Historical Fiction Passage and Questions on Chicago Fire Printable and Digital
Make teaching history fun with this historical fiction passage to build reading skills whether in the classroom or at home. Engage students in this easily accessible, standards-based historical fiction story about events leading up to the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. The true cause of the fire is unknown, so this story will ignite curiosity in your students. Click HERE to save 25% off the purchase of individual resources with the bundle.Please be aware that the vocabulary in this story is at a hi
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: High School Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Bundle
Thanksgiving | Mayflower Close Reading | Informational text | Comprehension
Engage your students with informational close reading passages to share Thanksgiving history, writing pages & organizers, plus a Mayflower directed draw your kids will love! Off to Plymouth covers the Mayflower purchase, Pilgrims journey, & their friends in the New World. This Non-Fiction close reading packet can be used daily or as a weekly booklet. Training your students how to annotate these readings are quick and easy! All close reads included follow the same format, which makes for
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Also included in: Close Reads Bundle Informational text, annotation
Benchmark Advance Unit 5 3rd Grade Inventor Project
Wrap up Unit 5 of Benchmark Advance in your 3rd grade class with this Inventor Flipbook. Students use their texts for close reading to respond to the questions about inventors and innovation of the phone and phonograph! **Aligned to the CALIFORNIA Edition of Benchmark Advance**Overwhelmed with Benchmark Writing? Get differentiated support that will make your writing lessons a piece of cake. Click here to learn more and get a free week!Inventors: Alexander Graham Bell (telephone)Thomas Edison (
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3rd
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PENGUINS live at the South Pole! An Antarctic Habitat
Polar habitats....polar opposites! Here are some informational reading texts that will engage your students while learning about the Antarctic habitat. This Non-Fiction close reading resource can be used daily or independently as a weekly booklet. Just added 'real life' photos to this resource as another option for young learners. Training your students how to annotate these readings are quick and easy! All close reads included follow the same format, which makes for ideal independent work! S
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Close Reads Bundle Informational text, annotation
Frederick Douglass Biography Interactive Activity - Learning About Black History
This Frederick Douglass Interactive Learning Activity introduces your students to this great leader of the civil rights movement in a fun and engaging way. This fully interactive biography has students read (or listen to) an animated biography, watch a short video, read some famous quotes, read some fun facts, and then take a quiz to check for understanding. This is a perfect activity for a 35-45 minute class period, leaving time for students to open computers, link, and learn about a person fro
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Black History Biographies Bundle Interactive Learning Upper Grades
Desert Habitat an extreme environment
Engage your students with informational close reading passages all about the desert habitat, writing pages/organizers, and a craftivity that is ready to go! (This one is my favorite so far.) Lots of rich topics and facts! Just added 'real life' photos to this resource as another option for young learners. All set for distance learning.What's included:1. Habitat anchor chart2. Close reading passages (non-fiction)with text dependent questions (main idea, key details)CCSS RI 2.13. Graphic o
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Close Reads Bundle Informational text, annotation
Bats Close Reading , Informational text & Key Ideas
This Non-Fiction close reading packet can be used daily or as a weekly booklet. Training your students how to annotate these readings are quick and easy! All close reads included follow the same format, which makes for ideal independent work! Students refer back to text to support their answer (annotate).Engage your students with informational close reading passages, writing pages/organizers, and craftivites that are ready to go! (I'm loving this batty resource!)This resource has rich vocabulary
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1st - 4th
Also included in: Close Reads Bundle Informational text, annotation
POLAR BEARS live at the North Pole! An Arctic Habitat
Polar Habitats...Polar Opposites! Here are some informational reading texts that will engage your students while learning about the Arctic. This Non-Fiction close reading resource can be used daily or independently as a weekly booklet.Training your students how to annotate these readings are quick and easy! All close reads included follow the same format, which makes for ideal independent work! Students refer back to text to support their answer (annotate).This resource has rich vocabulary for
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Close Reads Bundle Informational text, annotation
Jean C. George Online Scavenger Hunt and Book Companion
Use with any Jean Craighead George's novelsBest used to introduce any one of her books.Students will visit a famous writer's website, research, read, and learn all about the site, the author, and her books. Plus... students will watch a video and answer questions from the videoBuilds listening skills and STAMINA!PS: These questions are fairly detailed. Check out the Preview to see the pages.Included 5 worksheet pages + answers:**The first three pages are a set of questions from the whole websit
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7th - 9th
Also included in: My Side of the Mountain BUNDLE
Free Scaffolded Reading & Research Notes: Help Students Independently Annotate!
One of my year-long goals is for my students to reach a place where they can independently take and make meaningful notes and annotations while they read. Personally, I prefer to write in my books, but in the classroom, that's not always possible. With this in mind, I put together these 5 Square Notes sheets (kind of like graphic organizers) that walk students through annotation and/or note taking. Each sheet is set up in the 1-2-3-2-1 style, which is a pattern that's easy for students to rememb
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8th - 12th
Rosa Parks Biography Interactive Activity - Learning About Black History
This Rosa Parks Interactive Learning Activity introduces your students to this great leader of the civil rights movement in a fun and engaging way. This fully interactive biography has students read (or listen to) an animated biography, watch a short video, read some famous quotes, read some fun facts, and then take a quiz to check for understanding. This is a perfect activity for a 35-45 minute class period, leaving time for students to open computers, link, and learn about a person from histor
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Black History Biographies Bundle Interactive Learning Upper Grades
Katherine Mansfield's 'The Garden Party': 3-Day HS ELA Lesson | Digital & Print
Engage high school English Language Arts students with Katherine Mansfield's Modernist short story "The Garden Party."Mansfield's short story is a funny, absurd, vibrant read, treating themes such as class division, innocence and experience, and more. In the story, a young girl plans a Garden Party with her upper-middle-class family. But when a poor worker who lives down the lane dies in a tragic accident, some things stay the same, but the young girl is changed forever.Note — this resource come
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10th - 11th
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"Young Goodman Brown" and Hawthorne Research Annotation Lesson and Activity
This research, discussion, and annotation lesson and activity for Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown" is a great way to introduce your high school ELA students to the Romantic Age of American Literature, in this case, “dark romance,” which appeals to some reluctant readers. I pair the short story with The Crucible to illustrate the rigidity of Puritan ideology to my students. No prep[.• The story is also a wonderful way to study the basic structure of the short story.• “Young Goodman Brown” is an
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: "Young Goodman Brown" Bundled Lesson, Introduction, Writing Activities
Sound of Silence Lyrics and Presentation Analysis
Leave all the guess work to someone else with this easy to follow Common Core aligned poetry analysis mini-unit. Follow the plan for a short two day unit or the random note at the end of the two page lesson plan for at three day unit. PART I: The goal here is for students to read and annotate the lyrics of the song as poetry before watching/listening to the three versions of the song. First by Paul Simon followed by Simon and Garfunkel and ending with the music video by Disturbed. Students will
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9th - 12th
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Exploring Our Nation's National Parks
Exploring Our Nation's National Parks with guided reading passages and a crossword!This resource includes 13 guided reading passages on our National Parks with answer keys. The questions included are both implicit and explicit which helps build students comprehension and inference skills.
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4th - 8th
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St. Lucy's Home: Karen Russell Short Story Guide for Students
Engage high school English Language Arts students with Karen Russell's contemporary short story "St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves."Russell's short story is a fantastic, coming-of-age boarding school read with a twist. With wolves. The story treats home, friendship, conformity, and culture shock themes. In the story, Claudette and her sisters cope with living at an all-girls boarding and finishing school run by Catholic nuns. But when tension arises between the wolf girls, Claudette has
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9th - 11th
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Araby by Joyce: Comprehensive Short Story Guide & Lesson for Students
Engage high school English Language Arts students with James Joyce's Modernist coming-of-age short story "Araby."Joyce's short story is a somber, tender telling of the inner emotional life of a working-class boy in early twentieth-century Dublin. The story treats themes of dark and light, spiritual blindness, innocence and experience, and more. In the story, an unnamed boy is infatuated with a barely-known girl. We follow him on his "epic journey" to a bazaar, where he finds disappointment and t
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9th - 11th
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Article of the Week Reading Response Template
Have your students reading an article every week and responding to them!Easy to fill out, this template is a great way to keep track of your students comprehension of the article.Print out an article at your students' reading levels, grab some copies of this template, and you’re good to go! Use as a quick, in-class assignment, filler activity, homework, or extra credit.NOTE: This resource does NOT include articles. It is meant to be used together with any article you choose. Like this resource?
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Not Grade Specific
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Dr. Seuss Research Questions - Distance Learning Activity
Dr. Seuss week (known as Read Across America Week) is a fun time to celebrate all types of reading. This is a great way to get your scholars researching, reading different articles, and learn to find specific information from a text. This is a list of simple research questions for your scholar to find the answers to.
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2nd - 4th
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Wright Brothers Reading Passage
The Wright Brothers are very important inventors that are known for creating and flying the first gliders. This occurred in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. This passage teaches students about the history of the Wright Brothers and how they became accomplished aviators.
This is a non-fiction reading passage directed towards 4th and 5th grade students. It includes the following:
One Reading Passage
One page of multiple choice questions
One page of short answer questions
Two written response questions
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4th - 5th
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