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Nonfiction Poetry Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions 3rd 4th Grade
Grow your readers with this wonderful Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions for 3rd Grade- 5th Grade Packet (digital options now available)! The Reading Passages Bundle includes 20 Weeks of Weekly Practice perfect for: warm-up, bell work, homework, or quick assessments. Students can use these sets independently, in literacy groups, reading groups for homework, or perfect to leave for a sub. These activities check students skills without the boring bubbling in, it also allows teachers to
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3rd - 5th
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28 Context Clues ELA Reading Practice Worksheets/Test Prep
Develop expert, context clue proficiency among your students with these 28 ELA reading drills! Each printable includes a mini-lesson on determining the meaning of words and phrases, followed by reading comprehension questions and tips that reinforce effective reading strategies (e.g. finding text evidence). Use these worksheets to teach & practice the fundamental skills, or as test prep!Bundle this item & save: Core ELA Value Bundle | READING! Grade 3 | READING! Grade 4 &a
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3rd - 5th
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Context Clues Games Worksheets Reading Center Vocabulary Activities 3rd 4th 5th
Make your reading center activities engaging with these fun, no-prep context clues vocabulary game worksheets! This Context Clues Bump Games Activities Pack includes 12 engaging context clues 'BUMP' games for practicing how to determine the meaning of words in context! These context clues games are differentiated into 4 levels so that all of your students can do the activities at their level!Level 1 - 2nd/3rd grade vocabulary words (33 words included)Level 2 - 3rd/4th grade vocabulary words (33
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3rd - 5th
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Mystery Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions 3rd 4th Grade Mysteries
Help your students discover the exciting world of mysteries with this Mystery Reading Passages and Question Set. This packet features five creative mystery stories perfect for 3rd, 4th, and 5th-grade students. Engage your class in enjoyable and educational reading activities that they'll love!These reading practice passages are perfect for various learning activities such as warm-ups, bell work, homework, or weekly assessments. Students can use them independently in literacy and guided reading g
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3rd - 5th
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Would You Rather Sampler - Fun Questions for Discussion, Writing Prompts, & More
Dive into writing prompts, classroom discussion, and more with our exclusive sampler from Would You Rather Questions!!These 18 digital or print Would You Rather questions are great for discussion, class polls, writing prompts, language building, facilitating higher-level thinking, brain breaks, building community, and more! This sampler gives you a taste of our comprehensive Would You Rather resource that promises to make learning engaging and effective.Try before you buy!Purchase this sampler f
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2nd - 9th
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Reading Skill of the Day Weekly Journal | Set One
Engage your students in a daily review of 17 key reading skills with this HUGE Reading Skill of the Day Weekly Journal. This weekly journal covers common core reading skills and is perfect for fourth and fifth grades. I also have a *NEW* Language/Grammar version of this journal, too! Click here for more info.Included in the file you will find:• 20 Weeks Worth of Daily Reading Skill Review• Complete Teacher Answer Key/Guide with suggested answers• Four Student Cover Options (Color and Black &am
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Reading Skill of the Day BUNDLE for Spiral Review
Following Directions Puzzles Beginning or End of Year Activity with Easel
Following directions puzzles are a fun way to teach critical thinking. Great for back to school at the beginning of the year or at the end of the year as standardized test preparation. Five challenging puzzles that gifted and talented students enjoy, too! In the first puzzle, cross words off a table according to the directions provided to reveal an inspirational quote about life. In the next puzzle, follow directions to travel the world to catch a thief. In the third puzzle, rearrange letters to
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6th - 8th
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Math Logic Puzzles BUNDLE: 1st & 2nd Grade Algebraic Thinking & Math Enrichment
Algebraic thinking is a skill that begins EARLY. Use these addition and subtraction within 20 math puzzlers to challenge your students. Get them talking about numbers, reason abstractly and quantitatively, and build mental math skills.So often it seems that finding just-right resources for all of our learners is a full time job, especially for my highest group of mathematicians. These are the friends that are working a grade-level (or two) above 1st grade and the ones who sometimes struggle to s
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1st - 2nd
Figurative Language PowerPoint: Simile, Metaphor, Alliteration, Idiom, and More!
Are you searching for a step-by-step PowerPoint that can be used to introduce your figurative language unit to your students in a way that will grab their attention? You've come to the right place! This 42-slide PowerPoint features 7 literary devices: similes, metaphors, alliteration, onomatopoeia, personification, hyperboles, and idioms. The first 14 slides serve as an introduction to each literary device. These slides contain a definition and examples of each literary device. The final 25 slid
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3rd - 6th
Nonfiction Text Features BUNDLE: Worksheets, Posters, Activities
Understanding text features and how authors use them in nonfiction texts is critical for reading comprehension. This nonfiction text features bundle has everything you need to keep your students engaged as they learn about 23 types of nonfiction text features. The activities in this bundle make learning text features fun and easy! Students love the activities while teachers love the convenience of these no-prep resources that can be used year after year when teaching about informational texts! T
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3rd - 5th
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Differentiated Fun ELA Activities : Color by Number Figurative Language & more
These color by number puzzles are a great way to differentiate and reinforce ELA skills: Parts of Speech, Point of View, Literary Terms, Figurative Language, and Sentence Types. These fun activities can be used as review stations, test prep, homework, or substitute lesson plans. Each skill comes with two puzzles—one original puzzle and one challenge puzzle. The original puzzle has 45 spaces to color and fewer questions. The challenge puzzle has 65 spaces to color and more questions, as well as m
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5th - 8th
Also included in: ELA Color by Number Activities Bundle | Figurative Language & more!
Cause and Effect Practice Passages: Five Worksheets with Graphic Organizers
Cause and Effect: This resource contains 5 reading passages, each followed by a cause and effect worksheet. Three of the passages are fiction, while the other two are nonfiction. Each passage spans two pages, and can therefore be printed so that it is a 2-sided worksheet activity with the passage on one side and the related graphic organizers on the other side.Students read each passage, and then study the graphic organizer worksheets that follows. Students must fill in two or three blank boxes
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3rd - 5th
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Test Prep 3rd Grade SBAC ELA Reading, Writing & Language BUNDLE
Test Prep BundleUPDATE 2024- DIGITAL PORTION ADDED FOR READINGSBAC BUNDLE- ANSWER KEYS INCLUDED IN PDF Prepping for state tests can be stressful! Have we taught our students everything we needed to teach? Did we miss anything and/or have we had enough practice with the types of questions and format that will be on these tests?! This packet contains STRESS-FREE sample test items related to reading, writing and language. Below are some of the skills assessed in this packet:Reading: (nonfiction AN
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3rd
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Vocabulary Activities & Templates - Paperless Any List Word Work for Big Kids
Struggling to find challenging vocabulary practice for your upper elementary students? These paperless vocabulary activities are the perfect upper elementary word work for any list of words. Students will love choosing a new vocabulary activity each day to practice their vocabulary words. With these no-prep vocabulary activities, just print, laminate, and place in your Word Work center for easy student instructions. Students then complete the vocabulary activities or create their own vocabulary
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2nd - 6th
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Main Idea & Supporting Key Details Task Cards Passages Game Reading Centers ELA
Do your students struggle with finding the main idea in a reading passage? This main idea and supporting key details task cards game is the perfect addition to your classroom reading centers to support your students in becoming confident readers! Finding the main idea and supporting details of a reading passage can be a difficult skill to learn, but this game makes practice much more fun and enjoyable! This main idea reading center game comes with a colorful game board and 30 task cards for pra
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3rd - 5th
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ELA Bell Ringers Slides Editable and Digital for Upper Elementary Middle School
Make implementing ELA bell ringers, morning work, and warm-ups in your upper elementary and middle school ELA classrooms easy, engaging, and effective. This resource includes 36 weeks of no-prep and no printing roots, affixes, vocabulary, grammar, inferences, and quote bell ringers. These bell ringers were designed to be stress-free, print-free, and prep-free so students can be 100% independent and get to work right away while teachers have time to take attendance and get ready for each class pe
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5th - 7th
Paper Chair: Engineering Challenge Project ~ Great STEM Activity!
Engineering Challenge:Can you create a chair that can hold a stuffed animal using paper and tape?Paper Chair ChallengeMaterials Needed: (per individual, pair, or team)- Copy paper (3-5 sheets per chair)- Ruler- Masking tape- Stuffed animal (small to medium sized)- ScissorsThis packet contains all the information you need to make this a great engineering activity in your classroom! Lab sheets, student and teacher instructions, and challenge signs are all included! Using simple and cheap materia
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2nd - 7th
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Also included in: Personalized STEM Pack #19 - 10 Engineering Challenges
Figurative Language Bundle: Worksheets, Task Cards, Games, Craft Activities
This figurative language bundle of worksheets and activities has everything you need to keep your upper elementary and middle school students engaged as they learn about seven types of figurative language. It includes a PowerPoint, a flipbook, partner plays, games, worksheets, and more! The wide variety of activities in this bundle makes learning figurative language fun and easy! Students love the activities while teachers love the convenience of these no-prep resources that can be used year aft
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3rd - 6th
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Hop Scotch Coding® (Hour of Code) - Interactive Unplugged Coding / Google Slides
Perfect for the Hour of Code and introducing Coding to your students!Now includes PAPERLESS Google Slides Hop Scotch coding! Students can build and act out their own their own codes in either a slideshow format or a board format! Love Hop Scotch Coding?! Save BIG with the Bundle! Check out my other special editions!Hop Scotch Coding Dance PartyBasic Facts Hop Scotch CodingSpelling Hop Scotch CodingHalloween Hop Scotch CodingThanksgiving Hop Scotch CodingHoliday/Winter Hop Scotch CodingValentines
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K - 3rd
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Figurative Language Sorting Activity Worksheet Alternative 100 Card Sort Game
Need figurative language activities? Use this fun and interactive sorting task card game to review and reinforce figurative language. These 100 task cards each have examples of figurative language taken from authentic texts and popular YA literature. Students will sort them into seven categories: metaphors, similes, personification, hyperboles, idioms, onomatopoeia, alliteration. Before you buy...this product is part of a BUNDLE that will save you money.You will want to use this student-centered
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5th - 12th
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Main Idea and Supporting Details Craftivity: Ice Cream Cones Sorting Activity
Keep your kids engaged as they learn how details support the main idea with this main idea craftivity. Your students will match three detail sentences to each main idea sentence. The finished products can be used to make a creative bulletin board or school hallway display!All of the MAIN IDEA CONES are related to ice cream topics. These are the main ideas:⭐️ Three ice cream flavors are clearly America's favorites.⭐️ The amount of milkfat determines how ice cream is labeled.⭐️ Ice cream can cause
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3rd - 5th
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Author's Purpose Bundle of Activities: Worksheets, Task Cards, Game, Craft
This author's purpose bundle is designed to teach upper elementary and middle school students about an author's purpose for writing a literary piece in a way that will keep them engaged. This bundle has everything you need to teach your students about the FIVE categories of author's purpose. This bundled product takes the PIE approach to teaching author's purpose to the next level. Students are taught to determine whether an author's purpose is to persuade, inform, entertain, describe, or explai
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4th - 6th
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ELA Test Prep STATIONS for ELA Test Practice - Print & Digital
Test Prep means active learning with these EIGHT stations that will have your students practicing all those reading comprehension and analysis skills they need for success on ELA state tests. Now includes a digital version! These stations provide specific standards-based practice, engaging students in discussion, close reading, and deep thinking. Students enjoy group work and movement!Detailed task cards and creative student handouts make the activities both challenging and fun! Clear and specif
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6th - 8th
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Main Idea and Supporting Details PowerPoint with Ice Cream Graphic Organizer
Teaching students to identify the main idea and supporting details can be incredibly challenging! It doesn't have to be tedious and boring, too! If you are looking for a step-by-step PowerPoint that can be used to introduce main idea and supporting details to your students in a way that will grab their attention, you've come to the right place! I use ice cream cone graphics so that students will build a meaningful connection that will help them remember and understand how details support the mai
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2nd - 3rd
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