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Reading Common Core WHST.6-8.1 resources
Unbroken Complete Study Unit
Captivate your students with the incredible story of Louie Zamperini in Unbroken. This complete unit will engage your class right from the start with interactive activities, thought-provoking discussions, and even fun creative assignments! You and your students will LOVE this deep dive into the world of Louie and World War II!With this teacher time-saving unit, students will go beyond basic comprehension questions and learn and practice ELA content and skills! This Unbroken Unit is divided into
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8th - 10th
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History's Mysteries - The Disappearance of Amelia Earhart
History is full of unsolved mysteries, and who doesn’t love a good mystery? This packet is one of a growing collection of engaging inquiry-based learning adventures for your students. In each packet, students will investigate a mystery from history and try to solve the case!This investigation requires your history detectives to return to the year 1937. The world was a buzz with the excitement of Amelia Earhart completing the first trip around the world at the equator. Everything was going well.
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4th - 8th
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Aesop's Fables Unit | Writing & Reading | Meaning, Moral, Message & Theme
This COMPLETE DIGITAL & PDF UNIT explores Aesop's Fables to learn the concepts of IDENTIFYING THEME, MORAL and MESSAGE within FABLES, MYTHS and LEGENDS and how these timeless tales have impacted storytelling for thousands of years. Make FABLES a part of your READING and WRITING lessons in 2024 through proven teaching strategies.This EDITABLE unit Covers:⭐ What Is a Fable and Its Purpose?⭐ Who Is Aesop, The Father of Fables?⭐ 12 Famous Interactive Fables by Aesop (Professionally Narrated) ⭐
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3rd - 6th
The One and Only Ivan Novel Study Unit - Printable and Digital for Google Slides
Your students will GO APE over this unique book report project. Activities for the project-based classroom. Mix-and-Match Templates allow you to create a novel unit that is tailored to your students' needs. Both PRINT and DIGITAL versions.PRINTABLE: 69 ready-to-go templates focus on a wide range of topics related to The One and Only Ivan by Katharine Applegate—story elements, themes, symbolism, characters, parts of a book, research topics, vocabulary, and more. Challenge students to use higher-l
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: The One and Only Ivan Mega-Bundle (4 Posters and Complete Novel Unit)
8th Grade Reading Passages & ELA Practice Tests | Informational Text Edition
HIGH-INTEREST 1-page reading comprehension passages 8th grade students enjoy paired with practice tests in both easy-print AND digital self-grading versions. ONE TEXT & ELA PRACTICE TEST FOR EVERY SINGLE EIGHTH GRADE READING INFORMATIONAL TEXT STANDARD (ALL 10) PLUS ones aligned to Language, Speaking/Listening/Viewing, and Writing standards. YEAR ROUND SKILL PRACTICE!Wonderful for year-round skill practice, preparing your students all throughout the year for all those pesky standardized asse
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8th
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History's Mysteries Whatever Happened to the Ghost Ship Mary Celeste?
History is full of unsolved mysteries, and who doesn't love a good mystery? This packet is one of a growing collection of engaging inquiry-based learning adventures for your students. In each packet, students will investigate a mystery from history and try to solve the case!This adventure includes activities for integrated learning in history, reading comprehension, writing, and technology. Students will be required to use higher order thinking skills to infer, evaluate, analyze, draw conclusion
The Boys Who Challenged Hitler Reading Activities
The Boys Who Challenged Hitler is a captivating nonfiction tale! This book unit will engage your students as they discover the incredible story of Knud Peterson & The Churchill Club. This complete unit will engage your class right from the start with interactive activities, thought-provoking discussions, and even fun creative assignments! You and your students will LOVE this deep dive into the world of Knud and World War II!With this teacher time-saving unit, students will go beyond basic co
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7th - 9th
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7th Grade Reading Passages & ELA Practice Tests | Informational Text Edition
HIGH-INTEREST 1-page reading comprehension passages 7th grade students enjoy paired with practice tests in both easy-print AND digital self-grading versions. ONE TEXT & ELA PRACTICE TEST FOR EVERY SINGLE 7th GRADE READING INFORMATIONAL TEXT STANDARDPLUS ones aligned to Language, Listening/Viewing, and Writing standards.A TRULY ENGAGING ELA RESOURCE!Gets students reading, writing, identifying nuances in language, listening and viewing, exploring both historical and scientific primary sources,
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7th
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6th-8th Grade Reading Passages & ELA Practice Tests | Informational Text Edition
HIGH-INTEREST 1-Page reading comprehension passages kids actually like! AND A MAJOR TIME SAVER! Over 35 high-interest informational text passages paired with practice tests each targeted to a specific standard so 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students practice each important skill, one by one, throughout the entire year OR at test prep time! Aligns to Over 40 Standards in All! LIKE NOTHING ELSE ON THE MARKETThis product is over a year in the making. and really is like no other product on the market. I
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6th - 8th
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Solve History's Mysteries- Stonehenge
History is full of unsolved mysteries, and who doesn’t love a good mystery? This packet is one of a growing collection of engaging inquiry-based learning adventures for your students. In each packet, students will investigate a mystery from history and try to solve the case!This investigation requires your history detectives to travel back in time to 5000 B.C. where they will enter the world of the Celts and Druids in Britain. Their mission: unravel the mysteries of Stonehenge. How was it buil
Level Up Reading -- Biographies -- Recent World History - Paired Text Bundle
Reading comprehension passage and question at another level! It is time to Level Up Reading with a paired text bundle!Each bundle includes 10 leveled reading texts to supplement, pair or differentiate. Each article is written in three target reading levels: early elementary, late elementary and secondary. They can work great as a station, for special ed, for personalized learning or second-language learners. The same basic content, but at an appropriate reading level. This bundle includes: Aung
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K - 12th
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US History - Social Studies and Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions
You want your upper elementary and middle school students to know more about the history of the United States. But there isn't enough time to teach everything when reading comprehension and writing are at the forefront of your curriculum.This bundle of reading passages combines well- and little-known events in our nation's history that will provoke students' thinking while working to reinforce comprehension skills.✅ Teachers get:thoroughly researched passages with bibliographiesMini-lessons whe
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4th - 7th
WITNESS by Hesse: Common Core Aligned Novel Unit
This Novel Study for Witness starts with teacher suggestions for class discussions regarding the author's writing style - very unique. That is followed by focus questions for all five acts (no answers), project ideas and handouts, and vocabulary puzzles and worksheets.Quizzes for Acts 1, 2, & 3 (one page each) - and a Novel Test (three pages) are included with ANSWER KEYS.Teacher notes and some suggestions for historical background and a group literary style analysis assignment complete this
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7th - 11th
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Writing Module #1 | Problem-Solution Opinion Essay | Recycling | Grades 4-6
Your 4th to 6th graders got this! Got what? A final product they'll create in no time with step-by-step guidance and be so proud of: A Problem-Solution Opinion Essay about "The Recycling Problem," which is a type of argumentative writing perfect for this age group. STUDENTS READ & CITE AUTHENTIC SOURCES ABOUT THE PROBLEM WITH RECYCLINGStudents read and critically think about a very important, current, relevant issue people all over the world are grappling with right now - the problem with re
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4th - 6th
Also included in: Writing Modules | Grades 4-6 Growing Bundle | Write in Every Genre
(Bundled) Middle School Foundational Rubrics
The foundational standards for Social Studies (RH. 6-8.1, 2, and 7, WHST.6-8.1 and 2, and SL. 1) are the at the heart of most Social Studies thinking. These rubrics are based on best practices for standards-based grading that include language that is strengths based, objective, and observable. Student and teacher friendly. Editable.
Short Story "Rikki-tikki-tavi" Unit
Warriner’s “Rikki-tikki-tavi” Short Story Unit covers a classic story and compares it to the animated film. The lesson plans, annotated short story, games and activities in this unit are completely classroom-tested. I created and developed them in order to teach English/Language Arts to middle school students.
Students’ reading comprehension and writing skills increase as students acquire and develop knowledge of the elements of plot, character development, author’s purpose and figurative lang
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6th - 8th
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Level Up Reading -- Biographies -- Revolutionary America - Paired Text Bundle
Reading comprehension passage and question at another level! It is time to Level Up Reading with a paired text bundle!Each bundle includes 10 leveled reading texts to supplement, pair or differentiate. Each article is written in three target reading levels: early elementary, late elementary and secondary. They can work great as a station, for special ed, for personalized learning or second-language learners. The same basic content, but at an appropriate reading level. This bundle includes: Abiga
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K - 12th
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Level Up Reading -- Biographies -- African-American History - Paired Text Bundle
Reading comprehension passage and question at another level! It is time to Level Up Reading with a paired text bundle!Each bundle includes 10 leveled reading texts to supplement, pair or differentiate. Each article is written in three target reading levels: early elementary, late elementary and secondary. They can work great as a station, for special ed, for personalized learning or second-language learners. The same basic content, but at an appropriate reading level. This bundle includes: Crisp
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K - 12th
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Level Up Reading -- Biographies -- Early America - Paired Text Bundle
Reading comprehension passage and question at another level! It is time to Level Up Reading with a paired text bundle!Each bundle includes 10 leveled reading texts to supplement, pair or differentiate. Each article is written in three target reading levels: early elementary, late elementary and secondary. They can work great as a station, for special ed, for personalized learning or second-language learners. The same basic content, but at an appropriate reading level. This bundle includes: Abrah
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K - 12th
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Level Up Reading -- Biographies -- Modern World History - Paired Text Bundle
Reading comprehension passage and question at another level! It is time to Level Up Reading with a paired text bundle!Each bundle includes 10 leveled reading texts to supplement, pair or differentiate. Each article is written in three target reading levels: early elementary, late elementary and secondary. They can work great as a station, for special ed, for personalized learning or second-language learners. The same basic content, but at an appropriate reading level. This bundle includes: Ada L
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K - 12th
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Ancient Greek History BUNDLE Reading Passages and Writing Tasks
Build literacy skills while your students learn about ancient Greek civilization with this BUNDLE of reading passages and writing activities. Students will read about four important eras in the history of Ancient Greece: the Minoans and Mycenaeans, the Archaic Age, the Golden (Classical) Age, and the Macedonian Empire. After reading, students will practice writing about what they have learned using a variety of strategies at sentence and paragraph levels.This resource includes:Five pages of read
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6th - 8th
Free Chemistry Claim Evidence Argument Reading Practice
This resource is a middle school claim, evidence, and argument (CEA) writing and reading set with a chemical reactions theme. The set supports deductive reasoning skills and includes a rubric, graphic organizer, key, and non-fiction article that will help your middle school students practice content-area reading skills. Included in this resource are:A fictional non-fiction newspaper article about a track star whose water bottle was sabotaged with a mysterious liquid (pdf)One pdf of the claim-ev
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6th - 8th
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MS-PS1-2
Also included in: Chemistry Bundle Middle School Science NGSS Chemistry
SCHOOLED Comprehension/Vocabulary/Assessment Novel Study CCSS Packet
THIS ENGAGING AND RIGOROUS NOVEL STUDY PACKET WILL HELP GUIDE ANY LEVEL STUDENT THROUGH THIS FUN AND VALUE-PACKED BOOK!This 95 Page Novel Study Unit Includes:· 10 Lessons with Comprehension, Vocabulary, & Writing Group or Individual 1-16 Work Sheets (15 items or plot questions for each lesson; #16 is a mini-writing opinion prompt)! · 10 Chapter MYSTERY Vocabulary Pages Using Context Clues & Fun Blanks! Two rigorous vocabulary words to find for each lesson. 20 Total words!· Student Score
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6th - 8th
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We the People Literacy Activities | Word Meaning, Impact, Opinion Writing
This product contains activities based on We The People: The Constitution of the United States by Peter Spier. The first activity has students use context clues in the illustrations to determine the meaning of words and phrases. The second activity has students write an opinion essay sharing the most important component of the preamble. Finally, students will describe the impact of the Constitution.A great book and activity for any day with an easy to follow guide to make sub plans easy.The stud
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3rd - 6th
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Interactive Phonics Activities
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Word Hunts
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Reader's Theater
Bring short stories, books, poems, or plays you’re reading in class to life by assigning roles to students and having them act out scenes. This can help enhance fluency and comprehension.
Interactive Read-Alouds
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Comparative Analysis
Explore different adaptations of the same story (book versus movie, classic version versus a modern retelling) to encourage analysis of interpretation and presentation. You can also pair texts that are similar in theme, like poems and songs.
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