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Critical thinking creative writing Common Core RI.4.2 resources
36 Main Idea & Details ELA Reading Skills Practice Worksheets
Give your students the skills they need to find/tackle any main idea or supporting detail question with these 36 ELA reading drills! Each worksheet includes tips that reinforce effective reading strategies, and can be used to drive home the fundamentals or prep for test day! Bundle this item & save: Core ELA Value Bundle | READING! Grade 3 | READING! Grade 4 & 5THIS PRODUCT INCLUDES: 36 ELA comprehension drills (24 informational texts / 12 fiction passages) 135+ simulat
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3rd - 5th
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Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions for Grades 3-5
Article of the Day is a perfect way to get students reading, writing, using graphic organizers, and practicing the information you are teaching in class. This pack of articles and stories includes topics based on social studies, world communities, acceptance and empathy, which is SO needed in our world right now!This bundle includes 60 articles and passages, 30 being non-fiction and 30 being fictional narratives. Each page includes:★A passage (See sample below)★A comprehension by color activity★
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3rd - 5th
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Ancient Mesopotamia Unit Projects and Activities - Reading Passages - Map - Test
Ancient Mesopotamia Interactive Notebook unit - This 140+ page package of Mesopotamia activities contains everything you need to teach a complete Ancient Mesopotamia unit! This includes reading passages, research activities, foldable activities, questions, graphic organizers, and more. Perfect for your Mesopotamia or Ancient Civilizations unit, all resources are classroom tested and include detailed instructions and creative handouts. Very little teacher prep in needed – simply print and teach!
Grades:
4th - 7th
March Madness Reading Test Prep Challenge - 3rd & 4th Grade
Let March Madness and test prep combine in this fiction and nonfiction reading comprehension challenge! This engaging and rigorous march madness classroom activity will help your students understand important reading skills and practice ! It requires students to read 15 unique passages and answer text evidence questions to cover many standards and skills!Why will these challenges help your students grow?Engagement- Students will be engaged from the beginning to the end of the challenges. In this
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3rd - 4th
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Scrambled Paragraph Writing Activities: Mini Unit
This NO PREP activity packet contains eighteen (18) ready-to-use printables. Just copy and go! The scrambled paragraphs in this unit are similar to those in Scrambled Paragraphs Mini Unit: Early Elementary Edition. The two products can be used together to differentiate instruction. Scrambled paragraphs have eight (8) sentences that can be put together only one way. Students practice using transitions and inferential clues to assemble these organized, logical paragraphs. The easy-to-use para
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Also included in: Scrambled Paragraphs 4-in-1 BUNDLE Activity Packets
Interactive Reading Notebook * Book Reports & Comprehension Strategies
Interactive Reading Notebook to use with ANY Fiction Book! There are over 100 foldables and activities included in this resource. This product will accompany almost any fiction book that you use in your classroom. There are interactive activities that focus on whole book comprehension {book reports}, as well as foldables that reinforce once specific strategy or skill. This resource also works great as an added resource to Guided Reading or intervention groups. Test prep doesn't have to be b
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2nd - 5th
Reading Log - Independent Reading Response Homework Log - Use with any book
A few years ago, I ditched timers and parent signatures from my nightly reading homework log – and I’ve never looked back. This resource was created from a need to engage students in their independent reading rather than make it a dreaded chore. This Homework Reading Log contains two main parts: the reading log and a question choice sheet. On the log, students list the book they read each night and then choose a response question to show what they've learned from their reading. Students are to
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3rd - 5th
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Johnny Appleseed Activities, Johnny Appleseed Quiz, Craft
Johnny Appleseed activities for third grade and beyond. This resource is designed for UPPER ELEMENTARY STUDENTS. Included is a Johnny Appleseed craft, timeline, reading comprehension and more.In this set you will receive the following:● An easy to assembly Johnny Appleseed writing prompt craftivity. The writing prompt can be of your choosing. I chose to have my students to write the things learned about Johnny Appleseed at the end of the mini unit. There are directions and an image to help w
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3rd - 5th
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Flag Day Reading Comprehension Passages End of the Year Holiday Activities
Engage your students throughout the year with these holiday-themed informational texts and critical thinking writing activities that upper elementary kids LOVE! Be ready for holiday celebrations this school year with these meaningful and fun activities.Nonfiction reading passages are perfect for practicing close reading strategies.Each pack includes a wide range of activities to keep your students learning while celebrating each holiday. From writing activities to nonfiction reading and reader r
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3rd - 5th
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Halloween Paired Texts- Non-Fiction Articles and Fictional Passages
Included in this pack are paired texts for the month of October and Halloween. A fictional passage is paired with a non-fiction article about a similar topic. Students then answer multiple-choice questions and short answer questions to deepen understanding of the information.The packs are easily packaged for you to print for students. There is a cover page, directions, an article, a passage, and a comprehension page included for each set.Pack #1: That's So BattyNon-fiction title: Fall Into Fligh
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3rd - 5th
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November & Thanksgiving Literacy Language Arts Centers for Grades 3-5
These are great for literacy centers! Updated with reading passages included!Included are Language Arts centers for the entire month of November.There are 64 centers total with instructions on how to implement them into your classroom. Each center comes with a task card and a corresponding worksheet (with the exception of the "teacher directed center". I leave that task card blank, because as the classroom teacher, you will know what to teach your small groups best. The technology center sometim
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Monthly Themed Literacy Centers for 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th Grade
Comprehension and Metacognition, Reading is THINKING, Good Readers
Reading is THINKING! These reading comprehension strategies, lessons, and student handouts are perfect for students needing extra practice with metacognition skills and learning to REALLY READ. Students will learn the difference between "FAKE READING" and "REAL READING."Lessons are great for:RTI / InterventionsGuided Reading lessonsSmall group reading instructionWhole group mini-lessonsLiteracy stations / centersInteractive Reading JournalsIncluded in this READING IS THINKING download:Teaching
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1st - 4th
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Also included in: Metacognition, Reading Comprehension MEGA BUNDLE
Last Week of School Activities | End of the Year | Reading | Escape Room | STEM
This stress free end of the year Secret Agent unit will have your students engaged and excited about learning all the way to the last day! These print and go cross-curricular activities include reading comprehension, persuasive writing, graphing, STEM, an escape room activity and much more! Students will love this fun end of the year review as they work to become "secret agents".This is the PRINTABLE VERSION, the DIGITAL VERSION is available here.This resource includes:•Secret Agent Name Tags a
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2nd - 4th
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Reading Homework - Response Questions & Logs for Independent Home Reading 4th
Need to assign reading homework, but want to engage students with choice? This weekly homework reading log resource is for you! It provides you with 36 weeks of grade-appropriate reading homework logs full of questions from every CCSS reading standard for literature and informational text.Each reading log contains ten questions - four are for fiction texts, four for nonfiction, one reflection question, and one free choice option. No two logs are the same.Your Download Includes:36-weeks of printa
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4th
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Also included in: Weekly Reading Logs & Reading Skills Task Cards YEAR-LONG BUNDLE 4th
Matilda Novel Unit
Are you looking for another fun Roald Dahl novel to read to your students that includes adventure, mystery, and magic? Then Matilda is the perfect book for you and your students. It is equivalent to a 5.2 reading level but can be used for lower grades as well with the teacher's assistance. This would be a great novel unit for the whole class, or for a reading group.This novel unit includes:-21 Comprehension Checks/Quizzes (1 for each chapter) with answer key-Text to Self Connection: Venn Diagra
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1st - 6th
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Also included in: Roald Dahl Novel Units {The Bundle of 4}
Fourth Grade Camping Themed Worksheets {100 Standards Aligned Printables}
This standards aligned, engaging, camping themed resource contains 100 printables (worksheets) for the fourth grade, each one focusing on either Language, Math, Writing, and/or Reading skills! These are excellent to use for early finishers, quarantine packets, seat-work, homework, morning work, substitute days, and even to send home within a summer packet for further review! Having a few of these sheets printed and ready to go at all times ensures that you won't ever have a student with "nothing
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: 3,000 Standards Aligned Worksheets
STEM Problem Solving Service Learning Project
Help your students to think critically, develop good character traits, improve our world, and create heartfelt persuasive writing using the 8 components of this project:
Inspirational Quotes
Random Acts of Kindness
Kids Improving Our World Research Project
STEAM Project - Identifying a Real World Problem and working on a Solution
Online Giving Challenge
Oral Presentation
Carousel Presentations & Scavenger Hunt
Comparing Themes with "A Dolphin's Tale
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
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Digital BOOM Task Cards: Summarizing Non Fiction Articles
Use BOOM cards for a super engaging, fun way to practice summarizing non fiction articles! Students will scroll through and receive immediate feedback when using answering the “w word” questions to identify key parts of summaries in 10 different passages! What exactly are BOOM Cards??They are digital task cards that provide immediate feedback as students interact with them! They can be easily be uploaded and used on chromebooks, iPads, Smartboards, Tablets, Kindle Fires, and even phones! This
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: 4th Grade BOOM Cards Bundle for Language Arts TEST PREP!
Topic Sentence Task Cards Practice Activies Differentiated & Print and Digital
These topic sentence task cards help students to practice identifying and writing topic sentences in paragraphs. With 24 nonfiction texts, students will become experts in understanding and practicing the parts of a topic sentence, making it easier to generate and write their own topic sentences throughout the year. These task cards allow for easy planning and easy teaching that leads to effective learning. Teach your students how to identify a topic sentence with activities that are set up to bu
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Topic Sentence Practice Task Cards & Worksheets Print & Digital Bundle
Substitute Plans Third and Fourth Grade One Full Day Emergency Sub Plans
These lessons were created around the book, Ming Lo Moves the Mountain by Arnold Lobel. They can be used together as one day teacher or substitute plans, or separated by lessons. Each lesson can “stand on its own!”These plans include:One reading lessonOne writing lessonOne math lessonOne social studies/grammar combined lessonOne social studies/science combined lessonI have included 2 versions of this last activity so you can differentiate.I have included answer keys and detailed directions for y
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3rd - 4th
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Literal and Inferential Comprehension Questions for ANY book! (Grade 4)
This product includes literal, inferential, and critical questions to use with any book for students in fourth grade. The questions focus on summarizing, making predictions, making connections, synthesizing, inferring, analyzing, and critiquing.
The questions included reflect expectations of students in fourth grade. Use the questions to help students dig deeper when reading and to propel them toward more difficult texts.
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4th
Comprehension Questions to Use with ANY TEXT
Tired of creating comprehension assessments each week? These Comprehension Questions may be used with ANY TEXT and are perfect for assessing guided reading! Thinking Questions is a tool designed for teachers to measure and assess their students’ reading progress. A built-in rubric is embedded on each one! Using this assessment resource in your classroom will provide you with information in the following areas:Comprehension skillsMetacognition strategiesGuided Reading strategiesVocabularyLiterac
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1st - 4th
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Also included in: Metacognition, Reading Comprehension MEGA BUNDLE
FREEBIE Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions for Grades 3-5
Article of the Day is a perfect way to get students reading, writing, using graphic organizers, and practicing the information you are teaching in class. This pack of articles and stories includes topics based on social studies, world communities, acceptance and empathy, which is SO needed in our world right now!This bundle includes 2 sample passages and questions!Each page includes:★A passage (See sample below)★A comprehension by color activity★A dictionary/vocab activity★Drawing activity (for
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3rd - 5th
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Claims and Evidence Information Text Mystery Short Fiction Story Activity
Mystery stories are perfect for getting to grips with claims, evidence and reasoning. Get students engaged in reading, following ideas, understanding cause-and-effect relationships, and predicting outcomes. In a mystery, the reader has to employ inference skills to understand the story and identify clues. This fun, mystery story activity pack will improve students’ comprehension and inference as they employ detective skills to find the guilty suspects. With loads of fun activities to turn your r
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5th - 9th
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