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Halloween reading strategies Common Core RST.6-8.1 resources

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Novel Study Activities Comprehension Questions

Created by

Your students will be inspired as they read about William Kamkwamba's persistence in The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Young Reader's Edition.) This COMPLETE STUDY UNIT incorporates NONFICTION READING PROMPTS, VOCABULARY, GEOGRAPHY, AND TEXT ANALYSIS.✏️ Turn this book into a reading unit that blends with Science, Social Studies, and Geography. The nonfiction reading responses provide background knowledge for you and your students about Malawi, climate, and windmills.✅ Included for teachers:30-pa

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Informational Text, Reading Strategies

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

Literature Circles

CCSS:

RI.6.1

, RI.6.2

, RI.6.3

, RI.6.4

, RI.6.6

...

Also included in: Nonfiction reading unit - Informational texts - Narrative nonfiction books

Great Minds in Science - 19 Science Sub Plans BUNDLE | Print & Distance Learning

Created by

Tangstar Science

Updated for distance learning. This science article / sub plan comes in two versions (with answer key): 1) easily printable PDFs, as well as 2) Google Slides for paperless online learning. Students can type in their answers directly in the Google Slides. When we teach science, the important scientific figures behind the science are only mentioned in a cursory way. My Great Minds in Science Series of 19 ARTICLES functions to enliven and deepen the understanding of the people behind the discoveri

Subjects:

Informational Text, Reading Strategies, Science

Grades:

7th - 12th

Types:

Homework, Printables

CCSS:

RI.7.1

, RI.7.2

, RI.7.3

, RI.7.4

, RI.7.5

...

Polar Bears Adapt to Climate Change - Critical Reading NGSS/CCSS (Editable)

Created by

Ms Halsey's Science and School Improvement

Using an article on the adaptions of the Polar Bears to the Climate Change, that was found on Twitter, I have created a critical reading lesson that can be used as a stand alone or as a guide to create your own. Packet includes: "How to" for finding Twitter articles and a guide Brief description of Critical Reading Cue/Opener Pre Reading Activity Key Vocabulary Critical Reading/Guided Highlighted reading questions Written response with high level DOK Maps, models, illustrations CCSS

Subjects:

Earth Sciences, Reading Strategies, Science

Grades:

5th - 12th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Guided Reading Books, Printables

CCSS:

RST.6-8.1

, RST.6-8.9

Design Your Own Halloween Experiment NGSS Activity

Created by

Teaching Muse

Incorporate Halloween and NGSS standard 3-5 EST 1-3 into your science curriculum using this fun activity that is loaded with choices for you and your students. This activity aligns with NGSS by allowing students to design and create their own Halloween inspired science experiment. In addition to resources to guide your students in this activity, there are also 3 pre made Halloween lesson plans to use with your students in cooperative groups or as a demonstration. Students will: Develop a questio

Subjects:

General Science, Halloween, Science

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

CCSS:

...

NGSS:

3-5-ETS1-3

5th-6th Grade Reading Sidekick Office- Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Characters

Created by

The Type-Bee Teacher

5th-6th Grade Reading SidekickEDITABLE FILE INCLUDEDCLICK HERE for more from The Type-Bee Teacher CLICK HERE to join my Facebook groupIf you're anything like me, you find yourself begging your students to apply the skills they have learned in your mini-lessons. No matter how many times you remind them, they always seem to forget the skills you are trying to get them to practice independently!Sidekicks have been a huge help in my classroom over the past couple of years. When implemented correctly

Subjects:

Close Reading, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Printables, Posters, Centers

CCSS:

RL.5.1

, RL.5.2

, RL.5.4

, RL.5.5

, RL.5.6

...

Weather Instruments - Meteorology - Middle School Reading Comprehension

Created by

Amigo Science

Teach meteorology with a Weather Instruments Lesson. Unveil the power of Doppler radar, the view from weather satellites, and other essential weather tools that propel the science of weather forecasting forward. Empower learners with knowledge that reaches far beyond the classroom, igniting curiosity and cultivating a lifelong appreciation for the technological wonders that enrich our understanding of weather dynamics. Watch the preview video here!----------------- Click here for tips and pictur

Subjects:

Earth Sciences, Reading Strategies, Science

Grades:

5th - 7th

Types:

Activities, Printables

CCSS:

, RI.6.10

Also included in: Weather Activities Super Bundle - Sixteen Resources - All About the Weather!

Halloween Science CER Middle School Set: Why Do We See More Spiders During Fall?

Created by

The STEAM Queen

Untangle the web of CERs with a Halloween twist using the Spider Secrets: Unraveling The Halloween Connection CER Pack! Crafted for middle school science educators, this resource invites your students to learn more about the enduring relationship between spiders and the autumn season while developing essential scientific argumentation skills.Ever wondered why spiders seem to appear more often in the fall, enough to become a staple in Halloween decorations everywhere? This comprehensive CER pack

Subjects:

Autumn, Halloween, Science

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

...

NGSS:

MS-LS2-2

, MS-LS2-4

Also included in: Fall Phenomena C.E.R. 2-Pack for Middle School: Spiders Autumn Leaves & More!

Fall Phenomena C.E.R. 2-Pack for Middle School: Spiders Autumn Leaves & More!

Created by

The STEAM Queen

Fall Science C.E.R. 2-Pack: Investigating TWO Unique Autumn Phenomena! Discover the science of fall with our Fall Phenomena Scientific Arguments Bundle, featuring two engaging CER lessons tailored for middle school science educators. Each pack equips both you and your students with the necessary tools to engage in scientific argumentation while exploring two relatable and familiar fall topics.Spider Secrets: Unraveling The Halloween Connection CER PackEver wondered why spiders seem to appear mo

Subjects:

Autumn, Halloween, Science

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

...

NGSS:

MS-LS2-2

, MS-LS2-3

, MS-LS2-4

, MS-LS2-1

Autumn Leaves CER Middle School Rake Leaves When They Fall, or Leave Them Alone?

Created by

The STEAM Queen

As autumn arrives, one question takes center stage - To Rake or Not to Rake? Investigate the best approach with our Autumn Leaves Middle School CER Pack.Tailored for middle school science educators, this resource provides your students with an opportunity to delve into the timeless dilemma of what to do with fallen leaves during autumn, while honing their critical thinking and scientific argumentation skills.Have you ever wondered whether it's best to rake up those fallen leaves or simply let th

Subjects:

Autumn, Halloween, Science

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

...

NGSS:

MS-LS2-4

Also included in: Fall Phenomena C.E.R. 2-Pack for Middle School: Spiders Autumn Leaves & More!

Space Exploration Reading Passage and Comprehension Questions The Golden Record

Created by

Mentoring in the Middle

Supplement your SCIENCE lessons with this nonfiction passage about NASA's Voyager Spacecrafts and The Golden Record. Or, use it as an INFORMATIONAL reading passage for ELA. For either purpose, you will increase your students' Earth Science literacy and reading comprehension. This informational text, in PDF and digital forms, will provide background knowledge about NASA's mission to explore the outer solar system. Perfect for a substitute because you can just print and go, or assign it digital

Subjects:

Reading, Reading Strategies, Science

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

Independent Work Packet, Centers

CCSS:

Halloween Human Skeletal System Bones Anatomy Task Cards No Prep

Created by

The Tools to Teach LLC

Perfect Halloween and science learning! Marcy Jordan (TpT Seller) said, "I really enjoyed having this! Especially since my skeletal system unit fell right around Halloween." In this lesson, learners read facts, study the human skeletal system and answer comprehension questions and with little to no prep. Human Skeletal System task cards and more can be used whole group teaching, cooperative learning groups assignment, center station and an intervention.A black and white print version is availab

Subjects:

Anatomy, Halloween, Science

Grades:

5th - 7th

Types:

Activities, Task Cards, Centers

CCSS:

RST.6-8.1

, RST.6-8.4

ELA Assessment Grades 6-9 Test #1

Created by

UMBRELLA ADVANTAGE

ELA Reading AssessmentGrade Levels 6 - 9 Middle School Test #1 30 Pages4 Passages to read (Teacher Appreciation Day, Filibusters, Poetry: Snow Geese and Winter Tree, Water Cycle with charts) and analyze plus one section on language skills that does not require a passage. Includes several written responses.Passages are shorter in this assessment, but standards are more difficult and require more thought75 Questions/AnswersAll ELA Standards AddressedOur GoalsTo provide high quality materialTo alig

Subjects:

ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Reading Strategies

Grades:

6th - 9th

Types:

Assessment

CCSS:

RI.8.1

, RI.8.3

, RI.8.4

, RI.8.6

, W.8.9

...

Also included in: Bundled ELA Assessment Grades 6-9 Tests #1 & #2

Black Holes Astronomy Reading Comprehension Passage and Questions

Created by

Mentoring in the Middle

Supplement your SCIENCE lessons with this nonfiction passage about BLACK HOLES, or use it as an informational passage for ELA. Increase your students' Astronomy literacy and reading comprehension. This informational text, in either PDF or digital forms, will provide a deeper understanding of stars and will help your students learn more about outer space. Perfect for a substitute because you can just print and go, or assign it digitally.A CROSSWORD PUZZLE for important vocabulary words is also

Subjects:

Reading, Reading Strategies, Science

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

Independent Work Packet, Centers

CCSS:

Author's Purpose (NewsELA & Informational Text Graphic Organizers)

Created by

Super Teacher Lady

This graphic organizer was made to be used with NewsELA, but can also be used with any informational text! You can find this product and 11 other graphic organizers in my larger Informational Text & NewsELA Graphic Organizer BUNDLE!★You will receive a PDF copy AND a fully editable Google Slides copy★ ☑ Graphic organizer template comes in a printable black and white version AND a colored Google Slides version ☑ Fully editable in Google Slides★Aligns with Grades 4-6 CCSS for Informati

Subjects:

Close Reading, Informational Text, Reading Strategies

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

Research, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

RI.4.3

, RI.4.5

, RI.5.5

, RI.5.8

, RI.6.2

...

Also included in: Informational Text & NewsELA Graphic Organizers Bundle *FULLY EDITABLE*

Common Core Reading Strategies: The Double-Entry Journal + Notes

Created by

Engaging Language Arts and Psychology

This is a package deal -- two reading strategies, detailed, step-by-step with examples -- for use not only in any secondary ELA course, but in any subject area to help engage students with what they're reading! With this newly revised, 10-slide MS 2013 PPT presentation, you're purchasing the following: a.) learning targets for both reading strategies: Double-Entry Journaling (Cornell Style Notes) and Legal Notes (Written Conversations) b.) step-by-step instructions for both strategies, with ex

Subjects:

For All Subjects, Reading Strategies, Writing

Grades:

6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Printables, Lesson

CCSS:

...

Informational Match Activity: The Future of Driving STEM, Middle School

Created by

Ms Koven with Class

Explore the exciting realm of autonomous vehicles with this comprehensive activity! This activity includes a captivating short informational article on 'The Future of Driving: A Glimpse Into Autonomous Vehicles,' accompanied by a stimulating term and definition match activity. Engage your students while reinforcing key concepts. Facilitate seamless assessment with our included self-assessment rubric, and effortlessly guide your students with teacher-reveal answer key with explanations for the ac

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Informational Text, Reading Strategies

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RI.7.1

, RST.6-8.1

Close & Critical Common Core Reading Strategy~All Subjects Informational Text

Created by

Engaging Language Arts and Psychology

This is an incredibly effective, polished and research-driven method of assessing your students' understanding and higher level application + analysis of their reading -- particularly with informational texts. This reading rubric can be utilized in any secondary classroom regardless of subject matter/course, with higher expectations set on student thinking and responses for each of the four core questions on this reading assessment. You may use this with a specific, teacher-selected informationa

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas, Informational Text, Reading Strategies

Grades:

5th - 12th, Adult Education

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Rubrics

CCSS:

RI.6.1

, RI.6.2

, RI.6.3

, RI.6.5

, RI.6.6

...

Fall Science Activity Bundle NGSS Earth Science and Physics

Created by

Crosswalk Curriculum

Use fall themed, cross-curricular resources to motivate learners in your middle school science classroom! This resource includes a claim, evidence, and argument text about simple machines. Also includes real graphing data to learn earth science topics, and digital interactive slides to think about fall facts and misconceptions. Resources support NGSS Physics and Earth Science standards. Also included are 6 autumn-themed slide templates (for use with Google Slides™) to bring fun and color to you

Subjects:

Autumn, Halloween, Science

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

CCSS:

NGSS:

MS-ESS1-1

Beginner's Reading Comprehension Pack 1

Created by

Strive Academics

Have a student that struggles with pulling details out of passages or making inferences? Know a young learner that needs to work on their grammar and reading comprehension skills? Dig deeply into the text for comprehension and close reading practice with these high-interest reading passages developed by Strive Academics.This product includes 4 reading comprehension passages meant for beginning young learners and students working on reading comprehension basics, each containing ten questions of

Subjects:

Close Reading, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

4th - 8th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Homework

CCSS:

, RI.6.4

...

Halloween Bones Human Skeletal System Black and White Task Cards No Prep

Created by

The Tools to Teach LLC

Those dry bones! In Halloween Bones Human Skeletal System black and white print, learners read informational facts, study the skeletal system and answer comprehension questions. Bones Skeletal System black and white print can be used as whole group teaching, cooperative groups assignment, center station and parental involvement.An in-color version is available here.Bones Anatomy Human Skeletal System ComprehensionBones Human Skeletal System black and white print includesHuman Skeletal System "Bo

Subjects:

Halloween, Informational Text, Science

Grades:

5th - 7th

Types:

Activities, Task Cards, Lesson

CCSS:

RST.6-8.1

, RST.6-8.4

4th-8th Venn Diagram with Reading and Writing Comparison Strategies

Created by

Lynne's Literacy Learnings

A “Venn Diagram” with two or more intersecting circles is a relationship graphic organizer utilized to make similarity and difference comparisons. The “Venn Diagram” material is unique, with three interactive sets. Student friendly mapping strategies can be used in the teaching of comprehending and comparing two or three informational and nonfiction texts, fictional text story elements, ideas read, and planning and organizing comparative report essays to be written across the curriculum. Origin

Subjects:

For All Subjects, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays

Grades:

4th - 8th

Types:

Printables, Graphic Organizers, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.4.1

, RL.4.3

, RL.4.7

, RL.4.9

, RL.5.1

...

Space Systems-Critical Reading/Guided Highlighted NGSS MS-ESS1 (Editable)

Created by

Ms Halsey's Science and School Improvement

Using an article on the center of the galaxy, that was found on Twitter, I have created a critical reading lesson that can be used as a stand alone or as a guide to create your own. Packet includes: "How to" for finding Twitter articles and a guide Brief description of Critical Reading Cue/Opener Pre Reading Activity Key Vocabulary Guided Highlighted reading questions Written response with high level DOK RST.6-8.1 RST.6-8.4 RST.6-8.7 NGSS MS-ESS1-3 Compressed file includes: PDF, SmartNotebo

Subjects:

Close Reading, Reading Strategies, Science

Grades:

5th - 9th

Types:

Worksheets, Interactive Whiteboard, Printables

CCSS:

RST.6-8.1

, RST.6-8.4

, RST.6-8.7

ChatGPT Writes a Recipie Reading Activity

Created by

3D-PT

ChatGPT is exploding across the internet as an amazing AI tool for writing anything you want!In this reading activity, you'll compare and contrast ChatGPT and the authors attempts at cooking and script writing. Along the way you'll answer questions about AI, ethics, copyright and the limitations of this AI. You'll also practice compare & contrast reading skills as you look at the differences between AI and human written context. As a fun activity you can make this in class (Be aware of dieta

Subjects:

Computer Science, Creative Writing, Reading Strategies

Grades:

9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Lesson

CCSS:

RI.8.1

, RI.8.2

, RI.8.3

, RI.8.4

, RI.8.5

...

NGSS:

MS-ETS1-2

, MS-ETS1-4

, MS-ETS1-1

, MS-ETS1-3

Also included in: ChatGPT Teachers Bundle

Beginner's Fiction Reading Comprehension Pack 1 - Kai and Ella Stories

Created by

Strive Academics

Are you looking for fun stories to help your student(s) polish their reading comprehension skills? Dig deeply into the text for comprehension and close reading practice with this high-interest reading passages developed by Strive Academics.This product includes four fictional story about two kids learning and exploring. The difficulty of the material is intended for students in the 5th grade and up.Language: English Pages: 31 (40 questions and answers) Difficulty: 5th grade and up Concepts teste

Subjects:

Close Reading, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

4th - 8th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Homework

CCSS:

, RI.6.4