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English language arts Common Core RI.3.8 independent work packets
Close Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions - Reading Strategies - Audio
These close reading comprehension passages are the perfect no-prep, standards-based, and high interest way to strengthen your students' close reading skills! Check out the preview to see WAY more!This resource includes 60 (x2 for 2 reading levels) passages professionally written by a published children's author with more than 100 books in print!WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:60 printable passages with comprehension questions (Each with 2 levels! 120 passages total.)Teacher answer keysStudent annotati
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3rd - 5th
Black History Month Activities Reading Comprehension Passages Biography Poster
Black History Month Activities made simple! Celebrate Black History Month with biography close reading passages your students will love to read! Grab these close-reading articles to help your students learn about important African Americans while they reflect on their lives with critical thinking reader reflection tasks.These activities are perfect to tie together important history and nonfiction reading.This pack has 4 biographies to help you teach about African Americans and includes critical
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: Famous Person Biography Reading Comprehension Passages Scientists
Close Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions for Primary + Audio Support!
These close reading comprehension passages are the perfect no-prep, standards-based, and high-interest way to strengthen your primary students' close reading skills! Each passage includes 3 differentiated reading levels for 1st, 2nd, & 3rd grade reading levels.This resource includes 60 (x3 for 3 reading levels) passages professionally written by a published children's author with more than 100 books in print!WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:60 printable passages with comprehension questions (Each wi
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1st - 3rd
Fossils Reading Comprehension Passages Paired 3rd 4th 5th Grade ELA Test Prep
Reading comprehension passages and questions about fossils like these will engage and help build comprehension skills and help them learn science content, too! Each reading comprehension passage includes close reading activities that require students to return to the text to find the answers.Close reading anchor charts are also included to help your students understand the text more deeply.Included are 3, high-interest two-page articles on the same topic to help your students understand how diff
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3rd - 5th
NGSS:
3-LS4-1
Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions w/ RACE strategy practice worksheets
These reading comprehension passages and questions come with RACE strategy practice worksheets for students to practice multiple choice comprehension skills AND writing with the RACE writing strategy. This resource is perfect for test-prep, special education and progress monitoring, differentiating, and scaffolding for struggling readers. Passages are written on a 3rd grade level. This Download Contains: PRINT6 non-fiction passages + 4 fiction passagesmultiple choice questions + short response q
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3rd
Also included in: 3rd Grade ELA Reading and Writing Bundle for Reading and Writing Skills
Phases of the Moon Activity Reading Comprehension Passages Worksheet Paired Text
Paired passages to help your students study the moon and the moon's phases. These high-interest informative nonfiction close reading passages and activities will help your students understand this tricky concept!Close reading anchor charts are also included to help your students understand the text more deeply, building comprehension skills as they read!These passages and comprehension questions will have your students critically thinking and reflecting as they read high-interest science content
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: Nonfiction Reading Passages Comprehension Questions Science Solar Energy
MLK Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions 3rd Grade {MLK Activities}
This Martin Luther King Jr. themed resource is based around one 3 page reading that walks through the main events of MLK's life and will work perfectly as a close reading exercise. It also features reading response questions based on the passage, vocabulary, vocabulary cards, activities, and writing prompts/activities.For the lower elementary version of this resource (grades 1-2) CLICK HERE.All worksheet content is in black and white (including pictures) for easy printing. Vocabulary cards are
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3rd - 5th
Biography Passages Women in History Reading Comprehension Poster Activities
Looking to celebrate Women's History Month with engaging biography reading passages about important women heroes with your 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders? This pack includes 6 biography close reading passages and critical thinking and text-dependent comprehension questions for each. This set includes poster templates for students to create based on any woman they want to research! Use the articles included or student research to complete.Also included are different open-ended activities to use with
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: Famous Person Biography Reading Comprehension Passages Scientists
Christmas Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Activities
This comprehensive activities resource includes a variety of Christmas activities including nonfiction reading, poetry, writing, speaking and listening, and math activities. Download Preview FileThis is aligned with 3rd grade common core, but may stretch to other grades depending on writing and reading proficiency. Download the preview file for a comprehensive look at this resource. Ensure that it is appropriate for your grade level prior to purchasing.Related Christmas ActivitiesPrimary Chris
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3rd - 5th
MLK Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions {MLK Activities 1st 2nd Grade}
This Martin Luther King Jr. themed resource includes 11 themed reading passages for primary grades in two different versions. It also features 8 extension activities and picture vocabulary cards.Each passage includes a simplified multiple choice version and an expanded writing response version for differentiated learning.Martin Luther King Jr. Passages Include:- Born in Georgia- Segregation- Martin's Education- MLK's Beliefs- Martin's Family- The Bus Boycott- MLK's Leadership- Nobel Peace Prize
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1st - 3rd
Also included in: Primary Reading Comprehension Passages & Activities Bundle
Solar System and Planets Leveled Reading Passages with Comprehension Questions
These 24 engaging planets reading passages are a must have for a Solar System unit, nonfiction reading, or guided reading groups! Each planet comes with 3 leveled reading passages containing the same educational material & vocabulary, only varying by reading level. Reading passages range from Grade Level Equivalents of 3-5.5. All follow-up activities are thoughtfully planned to align to the ELA Common Core. Please check out the preview for a closer look!For a discounted price on this pro
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3rd - 6th
End of the Year Countdown to Fun Summer School Activities Reading Passages Math
Fun end of the year activities made simple! Countdown to the last day of the school year with these activities! Want to keep your students engaged this end-of-school-year season? These high-interest and meaningful tasks will keep students motivated and working hard as they countdown to summer! This pack includes a student accountability page to help students work independently and self-monitor the completion of their work.These easy-to-use summer-themed close reading activities, nonfiction read
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3rd - 5th
Plants Reading Passages & Questions with Graphic Organizer Writing Activities
This plants close reading resource includes 5 plants close reading passages. Each plants close reading passage comes with a page of reading response questions as well as a graphic organizer for visual interpretation. For your convenience, we've also included a teacher's guide and answer keys for each plants question page and plants graphic organizer page. The teacher's guide for this plants close reading resource includes a Common Core Standards listing and usage map, a quick teaching reading
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3rd - 5th
Nonfiction Graphic Organizers, Reading Comprehension Strategies Paper & Digital
Graphic organizers are an essential tool for differentiating and supporting all students in your classroom or in at home learning. The paper or digital graphic organizers can be used with any nonfiction books, which makes them very useful for at home learning or distance learning.This resource is packed full of a wide variety graphic organizers to practice skills and strategies needed while reading nonfiction! These organizers have been thoughtfully aligned to the ELA Common Core for Grades 2-6.
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2nd - 5th
Halloween Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Activities 3rd Grade
This Halloween resource includes a variety of Halloween-themed activities aligned with Common Core. Related Halloween ProductsHalloween "I Have...Who Has?" GameHalloween Create Your Own Luck BingoFormattingAll worksheet pages are in black and white. The picture cards related to the vocabulary words are in color. Halloween Reading Comprehension Passages & Activities Packet DescriptionAuthors write to give information, present a point of view (persuade) or to entertain. The Pumpkin: Fruit o
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2nd - 5th
Vincent Van Gogh Activities - Famous Artist Biography Art Unit - Starry Night
Vincent Van Gogh Biography and Art Activities. Famous artist activities unit includes close-read biography passages, reading skills activities, vocabulary words, creative writing sheets, art appreciation responses, and drawing and coloring pages. Great addition to monthly themes like Black History Month, Women’s History Month, Hispanic Heritage Month, etc. This Unit is also available as Starry Night in SPANISH. Click Here. Updated to include two differentiated reading comprehension assignments f
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1st - 5th
Pablo Picasso Activities – Pablo Picasso Biography Art Unit
Pablo Picasso Biography and Art Activities. Famous artist activities unit includes close read biography passages, reading skills activities, vocabulary words, creative writing sheets, art appreciation responses, and drawing and coloring pages. Great addition to monthly themes like Black History Month, Women’s History Month, Hispanic Heritage Month, etc. Updated to include two differentiated reading comprehension assignments for use with the artist biography. Assign in Easel or download the FREE
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1st - 5th
Reading Comprehension Daily Test Prep BUNDLE, Grade 3 (Reading Skills Workbooks)
Save 30% by purchasing the complete bundle of Reading Comprehension Daily Test Prep workbooks!This bundle contains the four books in our Reading Comprehension Daily Test Prep series. Each book contains short passages followed by reading comprehension questions and Common Core tasks. Together, they provide over 120 pages of passages and question sets covering literary texts, informational texts, and paired passages.These workbooks have been specifically created to cover the Common Core standards.
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3rd
Sequencing Events for Reading Comprehension IEP GOAL SKILL BUILDER for Autism
Do your students have IEP goals for reading comprehension with sequencing 3 to 4 events in a story? This 100 worksheet IEP goal skill builder packet for Special Education, focuses on the area of reading comprehension by sequencing events within a reading passage. Using key words for story sequencing (first, next, last) or (first, then, next, last), your students will cut and glue with picture/word response cards to show 3 or 4 sequences within the reading passage. This IEP Goal Skill Builder pac
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2nd - 5th
Les Inférences compréhension de lecture FRENCH Reading Comprehension Activities
This is a set of worksheets in French to practice making inferences using the text. Also includes an anchor chart.COMPREHENSION WORKSHEETSIncludes four worksheets that require students to read a short story and then make inferences to answer the questions. Students are also asked to explain "How do you know?" questions by providing text evidence that lead them to infer the answer.INFER THE SETTING WORKSHEETSIncludes two cut-and-glue worksheets for making inferences about the setting. Students re
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3rd
Winter Reading Passages & Questions with Graphic Organizer Writing Activities
This close reading resource includes 10 winter themed close reading passages. Each close reading passage comes with a page of reading response questions as well as a graphic organizer for visual interpretation. There are a total of 30 pages of content including the 10 close reading passages. All content is in black and white (including pictures) for easy printing. For your convenience, we've also included a teacher's guide and answer keys. The teacher's guide for this close reading resource
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3rd - 5th
The Titanic Activities Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Close Read
Looking for Titanic activities that are high-interest and standards aligned to engage your students? This print-and-go set includes engaging reading passages designed specifically for upper elementary students to tie together history and nonfiction reading.Students will learn and think critically about the sequence of events surrounding the Titanic accident, the causes of the accident, and the stories of different survivors.Plus, engaging and text-dependent reading activities are included to hel
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: Reading Comprehension Passages Nonfiction 3rd 4th 5th Social Studies
Ocean Animals Reading Comprehension Passage Summer School Fun Beach Day Activity
Looking for ocean, beach, and marine animal life activities to use for this end of year season as the summer approaches? This high-interest reading pack includes everything you need to learn about beach life and will keep your students engaged this May, June, or summer school!This print-and-go set includes 5 nonfiction reading articles about islands, ocean life, sand life, endangered marine life, and how to stay safe at the beach. All articles are related, so they can easily be used as paired pa
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3rd - 5th
NGSS:
3-LS4-2
3rd Grade ELA Summer Learning Review Packet NO PREP Reading & Writing Activities
This 3rd grade ELA summer learning review packet is NO PREP and includes 8 weeks of reading & writing activities! Each week includes a fictional or non-fictional text followed by daily sets of questions/activities for students to complete. All texts, questions, and activities cover 3rd-grade common core state standards for reading, language, and writing. This packet is perfect for 3rd-grade end-of-year work, incoming 4th graders (summer review of third grade), or challenge/extension work for
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2nd - 4th
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Strong reading skills can help students make sense of written content, and gather information for further analysis. Writing skills can help students articulate their ideas, construct arguments, and synthesize information. And speaking and listening skills empower students to clearly present their ideas, participate in group discussions, and collaborate with their classmates. This is why teaching English language arts is critically important for student’s success in school and beyond.
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