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4th grade social studies guided reading books for Microsoft Word
Reading Decoding & Social Studies Integrated 5E Lesson Plan
This is a Reading Decoding lesson plan that uses word origins, and root words to decode vocabulary in Social Studies. The lesson plan follows the 5E Lesson Plan model. The 5 Es are Engagement, Exploration, Explanation, Elaboration, and Evaluation. The plan uses poetry to enforce vocabulary, however, any reading passage can apply to this lesson plan. The lesson plan applies to Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and the Common Core Standards. The lesson is designed for the average student
Grades:
2nd - 12th
Also included in:Â Reading 5E Lesson Plan BUNDLE
The Mighty Miss Malone reading guide (Common Core aligned)
Overview: In this reading guide, scholars will identify and analyze author’s craft, analyze evidence, use inference skills and make connections to the text. Also, there are writing prompts. Historical context, maps and extension resources are included.
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Lectura y preguntas IN SPANISH: El origen de la quinceañera y sus cambios
¡La mejor lectura sobre quinceañeras que existe! ArtÃculo auténtico escrito en México sobre el origen de las quinceañeras desde el imperio azteca hasta el presente. ¿Qué agregaron los franceses que invadieron México a la quinceañera, qué agregaron los españoles durante la conquista española a la quinceañera? Después de leer sobre el origen de las quinceañeras, los estudiantes leerán cómo se celebran las quinceañeras en cada uno de los siguientes paÃses.BoliviaBrasilChileColombiaCosta RicaCuba Gu
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Donner Party - A Diary of a Survivor
This study guide is based on the book by Tod Olson. Comprehension questions range from story events and vocabulary building to grade level specific skills, such as cause/effect and similes. Questions also encourage students to analyze their own response to what they would do in a similar situation. Book level is appropriate for 3rd - 5th grade, but could be thought-provoking to middle school students also. The teacher's guide includes answers, along with page numbers to assist teachers and subst
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
Black Cowboy Wild Horses Reading Novel Guide
Black Cowboy Wild Horses Reading Comprehension Guide.This is a 6 page reading activity packet designed specifically for the story Black Cowboy Wild Horses. Included in the packet are questions about comprehension and many other reading strategies that will help your students become successful readers.
It also includes spelling words if you choose to use in your spelling class, and creative end of the book projects to measure students' comprehension.
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Grades:
4th - 7th
Chasing Lincoln's Killer by James Swanson - Word document
This file contains 35 questions from James Swanson's book, Chasing Lincoln's Killer. This book is about the 12-day manhunt for John Wilkes Booth. Most of the questions are straight reading comprehension, while some questions require the students to use their inferencing skills. The questions are separated by chapter and questions cover all 14 chapters.
An answer key is included, and the page number where each answer can be found is also given.
This is in Word format and can be edited.
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Grades:
4th - 7th
Throw Your Tooth on the Roof Reading Guide
Scholars will compare and contrast traditions throughout this book by categorizing like traditions. This document has 15 questions and is 7 pages long. I have also included a map activity. I hope your scholars enjoy it!
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Grades:
1st - 4th
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt: motivation, vocabauthor's craft (Common Core
There are 21 thought provoking questions about character motivation, inference, analyzing and gathering evidence, and author's craft. Scholars are also asked how they can apply this story to their lives. I have added a brief history on the quilt's role in the Underground Railroad and a resource page.
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3rd - 5th
Let it Begin Here! Lexington and Concord outline, notes, writing (Common Core al
This thought provoking reading guide asks scholars to use a dictionary to define 6 words before reading. There is a graphic organizer to help scholars take sequential notes. And 7 comprehension questions, followed by an essay question.
Grades:
3rd - 6th
4th Grade Bayou Bridges Unit 3: Chapter 3 Student Reader
This product take the Bayou Bridges Curriculum and turns it into an easy to follow, zero prep experience.All passages from Student Reader are included. They are in a student friendly format, that is separated by topic to help students not be overwhelmed by the tasks in total.This is a ready to use product, that mimics the Bayou Bridges Curriculum EXACTLY!
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4th
The Winter of Red Snow The Revolutionary Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart Valley
Dear America series The Winter of Red Snow The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart Valley Forge Pennsylvania 1777 by Kristiana Gregory Novel Study. This includes comprehension questions for each chapter. This novel study includes lines for your students to write in. Easy to use; just print and go. This has 18 pages total including the answer key. Great to use with guided reading, homework or for assessments.
Grades:
4th - 7th
Boy at War Comprehension Questions
This is a set of comprehension questions for the novel "Boy at War" by Harry Mazer.There is an average of 5 questions per chapter, and there are no questions for chapters 4, or 10.An answer key is included, and there are two versions of the questions. The first is condensed so that students can answer them on their own notebook paper. The second version includes space for them to answer the questions directly on the page. Questions focus on character development, literary devices, vocabulary, th
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Grades:
4th - 10th
Guided Reading Questions Angel Child, Dragon Child (cc aligned)
There are 13 vocab words the teacher can define with students. There are also 13 questions and one essay that will require students to go back to the text for evidence.
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Turn Homeward, Hannalee Quiz packet
In this packet are 2 quizzes I created on the Civil War Novel Turn Homeward, Hannalee. Each quiz has a mix of multiple choice and character matching questions. Quiz 1 on chapters 1-6 also includes vocabulary. Quiz 2 on chapters 7-10 also includes 4 short answer. Quiz 1 has 23 total questions. Quiz 2 has 26 total questions.
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Grades:
4th - 7th
SSYRA 2019-2020 The Bicycle Spy by Yona Zeldis McDonough
This product is a word document that contains 175 questions broken down by chapter with answers in parenthesis after each question. These can be used as discussion questions if read as a small group or as a book trivia game.This book was selected to be part of the Sunshine State Young Readers Grades 3-5 List
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
I Survived the Battle of Gettysburg Comprehension Questions
This is a 15-page Word document that contains comprehension and figurative language questions about the text: I Survived the Battle of Gettysburg by Lauren Tarshis. There are 55 questions. The page numbers are listed in parenthesis for each quote from the text. I have also included a complete answer key and a chart for listing information about each of the characters. I have uploaded the document in Word format so that you can add or delete questions to meet your students' unique learning needs.
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
ANCIENT GREECE: BILINGUAL PARALLEL READING (SPANISH & ENGLISH)
Are you looking for a way to help your ELLs learn tricky historical content and vocabulary?? This text uses simplified English, with a focus on vocabulary related to ancient Greece, giving your English Language Learning Students access to historical content in English AND their first language, key terminology, colorful, student-created graphics and interesting text. I've scoured the internet for ancient world history content in two languages and could never find anything, so I've decided to ma
Grades:
4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
How I Became a Ghost Reading Comprehension Questions
Students complete the reading comprehension packet as they read How I Became a Ghost: A Choctaw Trail of Tears Story by Tim Tingle.Questions cover common core standards as well as prompt meaningful conversations about American history and race.
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Grades:
4th - 5th
Also included in:Â How I Became a Ghost - A Choctaw Trail of Tears Story - Bundle
The Very First Thanksgiving Day Listening & Writing Activity
This is a worksheet to go with a listening activity for "The Very First Thanksgiving Day" by Rhonda Growler Greene. It includes multiple choice, short and long response answer questions.
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Grades:
2nd - 6th
The Blackbird Girls Book Study
Full book study of the book The Blackbird Girls by Anne Blankman. The book study contains an entire packet for students to hang onto as well as a cover page. The book study is broken up into groups of 5 chapters. The "before you read" pages have predictions, vocabulary and a thinking map activity (all thinking maps are included in the book study). The "after you read" pages include multiple choice, short and long answer questions. There is also an included character sheet and reading log for the
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Discover Ancient Civilizations in India, China, and Japan
New format to easily cut into half-pages and make small booklets! This is an informational text for a teachers' resource, and ADVANCED primary readers to use for research. Provides standards-based information and interesting facts. Large font and color photos improve readability and interest. Meant to be used with other Ancient Asia books as a set.
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in:Â Ancient Asia History Set
Milkweed Adapted Text, Images & 95 Embedded Questions for ELLs & Special Needs
This resource, consisting of an adapted text, images and 95 embedded questions is only to be used alongside (a) purchased cop(y)ies of the original text, Milkweed. Here, adapted, abridged and modified, is the entire story of Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli.Please contact me if you have issues with the formatting, and I can share my GoogleDoc version. (The previews make it look like the answer lines are poorly formatted, but when I download the file on Word, it looks fine.)Milkweed is a fiction novel
Grades:
4th - 7th
Journal James Edmond Pease Civil War Union Soldier Virginia 1863 Novel Study
My Name is America The Journal of James Edmond Pease A Civil War Union Soldier Virginia, 1683 Novel Study. This includes comprehension questions for each chapter. This novel study includes lines for your students to write in. Easy to use; just print and go. This has 19 pages total including the answer key. Great to use with guided reading, homework or for assessments.
Grades:
4th - 6th
Famous Americans (3rd Grade) Reading/Social Studies
In this package are 4 nonfiction reading passages highlighting 4 famous americans that students need to know for the 3rd grade Social Studies SOL. I used this in Reading as a warm up and had students read the passages and answer the comprehension questions that followed each one. This way students were not only using it for reading, but they are famous americans that they need to know for their Social Studies SOL test also. You could use this for a nonfiction unit, biography unit, comprehension
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
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