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Informational text Common Core SL.6.1 resources
Declaration of Independence Unit
Declaration of Independence Unit
Do you want to bring the Declaration of Independence to life for your students? This is the perfect unit for you! My students enjoyed the activities in this unit and I was thrilled to see their love for history grow! This unit will help you take the Declaration of Independence off the textbook page and make it much more relevant to your students.
Contents of this unit:
* What is the Declaration of Independence? - Reading Comprehension
* Who was Thomas Jeffe
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Also included in: Declaration of Independence Bundle
November Nonfiction Close Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions
I have used these nonfiction close reading passages with my own fifth graders to promote more meaningful interactions with text. I purposefully wrote these texts to be high-interest and short so that the students would be motivated to read the text multiple times. The follow-up activities have gotten my students to go back to the text and dig deeper.How are my close reading texts unique?★ Original, high-interest, and short passages written by me★ Discreetly differentiated into five levels of dif
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4th - 6th
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Community Interview Project and Rubric - How to Conduct an Interview Assignment
This community interview project is perfect for practicing interviewing skills and teaching students how to conduct an interview! Includes a slideshow lesson, interview graphic organizers, and an editable rubric. Based on the "Humans of New York" project, students will write articles after conducting interviews with partners within the school community! Suitable for online learning with digital worksheets for Google Classroom®.✨ Updated in 2024 to cater to a wider range of educational environmen
Grades:
5th - 12th
Thanksgiving Activities
Thanksgiving Activities for Reading and Writing, Grades 4-8Forget your old Thanksgiving lesson plans! Your students do NOT want to hear about the first Thanksgiving, and they DEFINITELY do NOT want to write dull paragraphs about the things they are thankful for.Seriously. They DON’T!Spice up your lesson plans with this DIFFERENT differentiated unit for Thanksgiving!Your students will:• View and analyze a video clip about innovative humane practices at turkey farms and processing plants.• View a
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4th - 9th
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Speech Unit - Reading, Analyzing, Researching, Presenting (Google Classroom)
Meet Common Core State Standards in reading, writing, listening, and speaking with this 10 day Speech Unit. In this unit, students learn about the nonfiction genre of speeches, analyze four historic speeches, develop skills in writing short answer responses, conduct mini-research projects, write a persuasive speech based on their research, and present their speeches to the class. This is a highly rigorous, yet engaging, unit where students work as a group, with partners, and independently to d
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5th - 8th
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April Nonfiction Close Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions
I have used these nonfiction close reading passages with my own fifth graders to promote more meaningful interactions with text. I purposefully wrote these texts to be high-interest and short so that the students would be motivated to read the text multiple times. The follow-up activities have gotten my students to go back to the text and dig deeper.How are my close reading texts unique?★ Original, high-interest, and short passages written by me★ Discreetly differentiated into five levels of dif
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4th - 6th
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Thomas Paine Common Sense: Primary Source Activity | American History
Thomas Paine's Common Sense was a little pamphlet with big ideas! This primary source activity gives students a chance to read through and analyze the major paragraphs, or arguments, within his pamphlet while answering various questions. I created this mini-unit for my own classroom to help students understand this important document that shaped the course of Independence. You will find that this resource is challenging yet capable for all. Students are analyzing text from the 1700's which ca
Grades:
6th - 12th
Also included in: American History U.S. History Bundle: Beginnings through the 1850's
Primary and Secondary Sources digital escape room team building gaming activity
This Digital Escape® Room helps students review Primary and Secondary Sources through fun, interactive puzzles, encoded messages, and other challenges while being 100% DIGITAL. No need to make copies ahead of time or assemble time-consuming breakout boxes. Simply provide a link and students are ready to begin their adventure in minutes!This resource includes:✔️A link to a pre-coded Google Form™ with five engaging, interactive challenges and puzzles to solve revolving around types of sources✔️A
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Fun Digital Escape Rooms for Teambuilding Custom Bundle for T
Reading and Writing News Articles - Slideshow Lessons, Templates, Rubrics OLC4O
Everything you need to teach students to master writing news articles and reading nonfiction text features! Includes sample news reports, reading comprehension questions, slideshow lessons, graphic organizers, assessment guidelines, and more! Suitable for online learning with digital worksheets and activities for Google Drive®.⚡️⚡️⚡️ Save over 30% with the bundled discount! ⚡️⚡️⚡️Included with this Unit for Reading and Writing News Articles:✏️ Summarizing a News Report Slideshow Lesson - Micros
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6th - 12th
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Chit Chat Cards Bundle for Grades 4-8
Are you trying to find ways to engage your students in more productive conversation about reading literature and informational text, with less work and grading on your end? Then snag this Chit Chat Cards BUNDLE that focuses on reading literature, informational text, and speaking/listening standards.Included in this reading literature and informational text resource:• What are Chit Chat Cards?• Directions and Ideas for Use• 20-Reading Literature Chit Chat Cards• 20-Informational Text Chit Chat C
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4th - 8th, Staff
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Introduction to Debate
This four lesson unit is designed to be a comprehensive debate tutorial for teachers who are new to debate or who want to implement debate into their current curriculum. I tried to design these materials with lots of explanation where necessary and minimal prep work to finish. I have taught debate for over ten years in the classroom and online and the knowledge and expertise I have gained have gone into these lessons to make them a perfect gateway to argumentation and debate. All lessons are onl
Grades:
3rd - 12th
September Nonfiction Close Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions
I have used these nonfiction close reading passages with my own fifth graders to promote more meaningful interactions with text. I purposefully wrote these texts to be high-interest and short so that the students would be motivated to read the text multiple times. The follow-up activities have gotten my students to go back to the text and dig deeper.How are my close reading texts unique?★ Original, high-interest, and short passages written by me★ Discreetly differentiated into five levels of dif
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4th - 6th
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Ancient Rome Activities and Lessons Digital + Printable Unit
Are you looking for a fun way to teach Ancient Rome? Look no further. This unit has it all. Try out this unit with Lesson 1 “Ancient Rome Introduction” for free to see if it is a good fit for your students by clicking the link or downloading the preview.Digital, printable, and interactive activities make this unit both engaging and flexible. Choose between printable activities or go paperless with digital resources that are compatible with Google Classroom.This Ancient Rome Unit contains the fol
Grades:
6th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-4
August Nonfiction Close Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions
I have used these nonfiction close reading passages with my own fifth graders to promote more meaningful interactions with text. I purposefully wrote these texts to be high-interest and short so that the students would be motivated to read the text multiple times. The follow-up activities have gotten my students to go back to the text and dig deeper.How are my close reading texts unique?★ Original, high-interest, and short passages written by me★ Discreetly differentiated into five levels of dif
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4th - 6th
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Listening Comprehension Practice Middle School Bundle Digital and Print
Listening comprehension is not an easy skill to teach. Use these resources to help guide your students with how to answer listening questions. This bundle includes a 6 weeks of warm-ups, 5 longer audio practices, and two seasonal freebies. As a large part of most standardized tests, students need to be comfortable and confident when it comes to listening to and comprehending information. This resource is perfect for grades 6-8. It is also useful when it comes to preparing for state standardized
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6th - 8th
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The One and Only Ruby Novel Study Book Unit
The One and Only Ruby Novel Unit is a Common Core Standard-aligned book study to be used with The One and Only Ruby by Katherine Applegate. This download contains both a printable, as well as a Google Drive™, format.This is a complete novel study that includes many individual products bundled together to offer you extensive savings! This comprehensive unit also includes Google Drive™ format files, additional writing activities, teacher plans, and CCSS alignment that you cannot find in the indivi
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Also included in: The One and Only Ivan, Bob, and Ruby Novel Study Bundle
Making Your Voice Heard Interactive Notebook Activities Bundle Grade 6
NOTE: To help teachers get digital versions of these activities faster, I have made this collection available in TPT Digital Activities.Are you short on time? Or do you need activities that are both fun and helpful for student learning at all levels? Is the HMH Collections book daunting to your students? Rigorous text is often difficult for some students without additional scaffolding. That is why I have developed these HMH Collections Grade 6- based activities for your students. All common cor
Grades:
6th
Argumentative Reading and Writing Game: The Opinion Game!
This game is the perfect way to get students engaged in an argumentative reading or writing unit or is the perfect debate game to play when you start preparing for it. It engages students right off the bat! This game gets students thinking about how to defend a claim with strong and persuasive evidence. It also familiarizes them with public speaking skills and cooperative learning. It can be played digitally, or can be printed, so the options on how you can engage your students are plenty!What y
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4th - 12th
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Halloween Comprehension Passages - True Crime Nonfiction Bundle of 5 Articles
These spooky comprehension passages are perfect for Halloween! Explore five true crime cases with the nonfiction articles provided in this bundle. Cases include: “The Crooked Queen of Crypto,” “Marty and the Shrink,” “The Lover in the Attic,” and more! Suitable for online learning with digital worksheets for Google Classroom®.⚡︎⚡︎⚡︎ Save 25% with the bundled discount! ⚡︎⚡︎⚡︎Included with this True Crime Nonfiction Bundle:✏️ Five True Crime Nonfiction Articles“Death by Immurement,” “The Crooked Q
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6th - 10th
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Avi's "Nothing But The Truth" - 34 Rigorous Common Core Learning Tasks!!
This Common Core resource includes 34 rigorous unit learning tasks for Avi’s, "Nothing But The Truth." The teacher-created learning tasks include standard(s) alignment using the language of Common Core State Standards. The unit activities represent a balance of analysis and evaluation activities focusing on a variety of literary elements, constructed responses, and extended informational/explanatory and argumentative writing. This resource also includes some embedded external documents, charts a
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Informational Text Chit Chat Cards for Grades 4-8 Common Core Aligned
Inspiration…
Do your students ever feel overwhelmed by all of the writing they must do in response to texts we share with them? Do you ever want to give your students a break from the written responses and simply listen to what incredible insights they have to share about given texts? I do too! While it is essential for us to give our students plenty of opportunity to write written responses, it is also crucial that we allow them the opportunity to discuss and speak about text without a writt
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4th - 8th, Staff
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Also included in: Chit Chat Cards Bundle for Grades 4-8
Christopher P. Curtis's "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" - 30 Common Core Tasks!!
This Common Core resource includes 26 rigorous unit learning tasks for Christopher Paul Curtis’s, "The Watsons Go to Birmingham." The teacher-created learning tasks include standard(s) alignment using the language of Common Core State Standards. The unit activities represent a balance of analysis and evaluation activities focusing on a variety of literary elements, constructed responses, and extended informational/explanatory and argumentative writing. This resource also includes some embedded e
Grades:
6th - 8th
Decisions that Matter Interactive Notebook Activities Bundle
NOTE: To help teachers get digital versions of these activities faster, I have made this collection available in TPT Digital Activities by adding text boxes with the new TPT Digital Tool. This bundle based on the HMH Colllection 5 Grade 6 Poetry contains the following resources:Colin Powell Anchor Texts Interactive Notebook ActivitiesCommunity Hero: Chief Wilma Mankiller Interactive Notebook ActivitiesThe First Day of School Interactive Notebook ActivitiesPoetry Collection Interactive Notebook A
Grades:
6th
"Fears and Phobias" Digital Activities for Collections Grade 6
This is not intended to be a printable resource. It is designed specifically with digital learning in mind. If you want a printable resource, please refer to this resource instead: "Fears and Phobias" Printable Interactive Notebook ELA Collections Grade 6Save tons of time with Fears and Phobias Digital Activities for Google AppsTM. The Fears and Phobias Digital Activities engage students in Collection 1 of the HMH CollectionsTM Grade 6 textbook Facing Fear. Fun illustrations and interactive movi
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6th
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