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Critical thinking Common Core RI.3.9 resources
March Madness Reading Test Prep Challenge - 3rd & 4th Grade
Let March Madness and test prep combine in this fiction and nonfiction reading comprehension challenge! This engaging and rigorous march madness classroom activity will help your students understand important reading skills and practice ! It requires students to read 15 unique passages and answer text evidence questions to cover many standards and skills!Why will these challenges help your students grow?Engagement- Students will be engaged from the beginning to the end of the challenges. In this
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3rd - 4th
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Surgery Day for Reading Comprehension Practice - Doctor Transformation
Students will practice many reading skills in a doctor transformation challenge. Transform your room as much as you want into a hospital then give your kid rigorous reading challenges in order to fix their patients! These challenges will have passages that they will use their close reading skills to read and answer text dependent questions with! Why will these challenges help your students grow?Engagement- Students will be engaged from the beginning to the end of the challenges. They won't even
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3rd - 4th
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Also included in: Reading Skill Challenges Full Year Bundle
3rd Grade Reading Review Game | Digital Escape Room | Google Distance Learning
This digital (Google) end of the year test prep escape room game is the most fun way to review the 3rd grade reading standards while encouraging critical thinking and problem solving! It can be used live in the classroom or via distance learning. In this escape, students will compete individually or as a group to beat the clock and escape Planet Emoji!*This is a digital version for use with student Google accounts. If your students don't have access to Google accounts, use the print version inst
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3rd
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Also included in: Emoji Escape Room EVERYTHING Bundle Math and ELA Review 2nd-6th
Test Prep Reading Skills Carnival | Digital and Printable
Make test prep fun with a test prep carnival! Students will answer text-dependent questions that are both multiple choice and short response. They will read rigorous passages and then answer the questions in order to earn tickets. These tickets can be used in your classroom carnival.You can use real carnival games or just use board games! Why will these challenges help your students grow?Engagement- Students will be engaged from the beginning to the end of the challenges. They won't even realize
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3rd - 4th
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Interactive Reading Notebook * Book Reports & Comprehension Strategies
Interactive Reading Notebook to use with ANY Fiction Book! There are over 100 foldables and activities included in this resource. This product will accompany almost any fiction book that you use in your classroom. There are interactive activities that focus on whole book comprehension {book reports}, as well as foldables that reinforce once specific strategy or skill. This resource also works great as an added resource to Guided Reading or intervention groups. Test prep doesn't have to be b
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
Reading Log - Independent Reading Response Homework Log - Use with any book
A few years ago, I ditched timers and parent signatures from my nightly reading homework log – and I’ve never looked back. This resource was created from a need to engage students in their independent reading rather than make it a dreaded chore. This Homework Reading Log contains two main parts: the reading log and a question choice sheet. On the log, students list the book they read each night and then choose a response question to show what they've learned from their reading. Students are to
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3rd - 5th
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Memorial Day Activity Memorial Day Reading & Writing Memorial Day Comprehension
Memorial Day Activities. This Memorial Day vs. Veterans Day Comparing and Contrasting Holidays is a great way to show the similarities and differences between Veterans Day and Memorial Day. This close-read resource mini-pack contains two pieces of informational text on both holidays, a compare-and-contrast activity, and an opportunity to ask and answer text-based questions. The responses make an excellent Memorial Day Bulletin Board display. Many Americans get Veterans Day and Memorial Day confu
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2nd - 3rd
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Critical Thinking Skills BUNDLE - Creative Challenging Activities Worksheets
Watch critical thinking skills soar with these challenging and creative activities! Improve critical thinking skills and you're sure to improve reading comprehension, problem solving and math skills! Aligned with Bloom's Taxonomy, these step-by-step activities are carefully structured, research-based and give students the thinking and logic skills they need to master every area of learning. SEQUENTIAL ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE CRITICAL THINKING:These delightful exercises are based on Bloom's Taxo
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2nd - 6th
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Academic Conversation Placemats
Get your students talking about text! Building students’ knowledge of academic language is essential for academic success. These Academic Conversation Placemats use sentence frames to encourage students to speak in complete sentences with varying degrees of grammatical complexity. These placemats were created to be used with both fiction and non-fiction text. They promote discussion around text, which research shows increases reading comprehension. Each placemat begins with having students prepa
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: The Ultimate Text Talk Bundle
Reading Assessment Bundle Fiction & Nonfiction 2nd Grade Standards Based Grading
How do you assess a second grader’s reading comprehension for report cards? This question can be particularly difficult if you are required to follow a standards-based grading report card. Second Grade ELA Reading Comprehension Year-Long Curriculum Bundle provides a quick reading comprehension assessment for each of the Common Core standards. This print version makes it easy to make two piles- got-it and needs more work making small group creation a breeze.Standards-Based grading has never been
Grades:
2nd - 3rd
Reading Log 3rd Grade - Weekly Independent Reading Comprehension Homework
Need to assign reading homework, but want to engage students with choice? This weekly homework reading log resource is for you! It provides you with 36 weeks of grade-appropriate reading homework logs full of questions from every CCSS reading standard for literature and informational text.Each reading log contains ten questions - four are for fiction texts, four for nonfiction, one reflection question, and one free choice option. No two logs are the same.Your Download Includes:36-weeks of printa
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3rd
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Also included in: Weekly Reading Logs & Reading Skills Task Cards YEAR LONG BUNDLE 3rd
Reading Comprehension Cards Based on Bloom's Revised Taxonomy
Comp. Quest Cards 2 are based on Bloom's Revised Taxonomy. Cards are color coordinated based on various levels of thinking. They are a great tool for teachers, teacher assistants and parents to engage children during a read aloud, and reading groups. I have used these cards as a third grade teacher, a resource room teacher and as a reading specialist.⭐ These are based on more recent changes from Anderson & Krathwohl (2001).➀ Light red: Remembering➁ Light orange: Understanding➂ Light yellow:
Grades:
K - 5th, Staff
Also included in: Reading Comprehension Bundle
Animal Classification: Inherited Traits MEGA-BUNDLE
Enrich your study of animal classification while you meet your NGSS/TEKS standards with the Inherited Traits MEGA-BUNDLE, from my Animal Classification series. This comprehensive 179-page bundle focuses on standards relating to the inherited traits, life cycles, and adaptations of eight animal groups: amphibians, arachnids, birds, crustaceans, fish, insects, mammals, and reptiles. RESOURCES INCLUDED:8 ACTIVITY BOOKS use a cut-and-glue format to illustrate the defining traits of each animal group
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2nd - 4th
NGSS:
4-LS1-1
, 3-LS4-3
, 2-LS4-1
, 4-LS1-2
, 3-LS4-2
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Amelia Earhart Comprehension Passages & Critical Thinking Activity
What in the world happened to Amelia Earhart? This mystery is over 80 years old! Students are going to love working through this unit and writing their own theories about the disappearance of Amelia Earhart!This unit is perfect for Women's History Month! Students will learn about Amelia Earhart though a Close Read Biography. This biography builds background knowledge before students delve into the Mystery Lesson! Your students will love analyzing the different clues and formulating their ow
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3rd - 5th
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Reader's Workshop Unit 2 Grasping Main Ideas Grade 3 Slides, Distance Learning
I created this product to help save me time and resources spent on teaching the Reader's Workshop program. You can use this in class or for teaching while Distance Learning. It is a fun, engaging way to interactively teach Unit 2: Grasping Main Ideas and Text Structures from the purchased books. I have read every page and condensed it down to hit the important things I needed to remember to teach without having the book in my lap. It is editable so you can adapt it to your own classroom. I just
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Grades:
3rd - 4th
Literacy Center: Reading Clips
Pair these reading clips with any text for a fun, ready to use center!Prep the clips once and use them again and again!Great for centers or guided reading!Included in this product:-4 Types of clips: Literary, Figurative Language, Informative, and Text features (47 Clips in all)-4 Reference sheets for students to look up what the terms meanThis product can be differentiated by pairing different texts with the clips for each student. Instructions included, just laminate(optional), fold, and cu
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1st - 5th
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Tree Map - 6 Branches
Students will love using this tree map to help them sort, classify, categorize, and group objects, topics, etc. This is a fun way to learn about new topics and works great as a starting point for writing!
STEAM/STEM unit plan - Create your Ultimate Animal & Ultimate Country pack
Welcome to the "Building Your Ultimate Animal" and "Creating Your Ultimate Country" STEAM project, an immersive educational experience that ignites creativity, critical thinking, and scientific exploration among students. This dynamic initiative combines elements of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics to inspire learners.The primary goal of this project is to empower students to conduct comprehensive research on diverse animal species, analyzing their unique adaptations, beha
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Not Grade Specific
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NGSS:
4-LS1-1
, MS-LS2-2
, MS-LS2-3
, MS-LS2-5
, 5-LS2-1
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Online Internet Scavenger Hunt for Elementary/Primary (Google Slides format)
Are you finding your students don't know how to search for information online? Do they know what search words to use, and how to make sure the information they are finding is correct?This Scavenger Hunt is one of two that I am selling. This one is suited to G2-5, the other is suited to G4-8. Please take a look at my other one if you are teaching more advanced skills. This online Google Slides project will teach your students how to search for specific information using a kid friendly search engi
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Comprehensive Collection of Over 60 Graphic Organizers
Unleash the full potential of your classroom with this expansive set of graphic organizers designed to boost reading comprehension across both literary and informational texts. From the classic T-charts to intricate attribute charts, your lessons will be brimming with creativity and critical thinking. ✏️Our collection is more than just tools; it's a complete strategy to engage and inspire every student. Each graphic organizer comes with detailed instructions, practical classroom applications, an
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Grades:
2nd - 6th
paper log cabin quilt: History, Reading, and Geometry Lesson for Common Core
This lesson is a wonderful multifaceted project that has been a hit with my students for years. It contains 4 different related projects. It covers American History, Reading, and Geometry. Lesson includes common core standards, tier 2 words, and a list of post-project reflection questions. Suggestions for modifying lesson for younger or special education students included. Suggestions are also given for developing skills like measuring, approximating and estimating.Students will be introduced
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3rd - 6th
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Dr. DooRiddles A3: Fun Associative Reasoning Riddle Activities for Grades 2-3
This 48-page printable PDF ebook for 2nd and 3rd graders is packed full of brain-scratching riddles that develop students' fluency and understanding of word meanings and associations. These riddles also develop spelling, vocabulary, reading, critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills. Everyone loves the mystery of a riddle and Dr. DooRiddles will bring laughter, groans,and challenges (perhaps for as much as a week or more per riddle) to you and your students.Perceiving relationships b
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2nd - 3rd
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Compare & Contrast I Spy Bundle (with bonus whole class game!)
Make learning compare & contrast fun with this product! This bundle includes both my Compare & Contrast I Spy Game and Worksheets. It also includes a set of projectable images that can be played as a whole class!
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K - 4th
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3rd Grade CLOSE READING BUNDLE
Help your students become more confident, independent readers through this Close Reading Bundle! These question sets are perfect for helping students understand the types of questions, build stamina, become critical thinkers and locate evidence within a text! **********************************************************************This Close Reading Bundle includes:*32 Question Sets utilizing the 3rd Grade Question Stems. (Reading Passage BOOK SOLD SEPARATELY) *288 Questions TOTAL!!*Answer Keys fo
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3rd
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