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Close reading Common Core W.2.1 resources for Gifted and Talented
First Day Jitters Activities | First Day Jitters Book Activities
First Day Jitters Activities-Do you love using the book “First Day Jitters” at back to school time? Then, you and your students will love this engaging and fun First Day Jitters book activities unit! This week-long unit is packed with an emoji writing craft, responding to literature activities, vocabulary, quick prints, and soooo much more!INCLUDES DIGITAL STUDENT ACTIVITIES! _____________________________________________________________✊ Buy the bundle and SAVE BIG!!! ✊Ready to have your student
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Reading Activities Beyond the Text All Year Bundle
Decodable Passages w/ Reading Comprehension Questions & Activities
Want to get your students excited about reading and writing? In this resource, reading comprehension is paired with decodable phonics passages and writing. Help your students pair phonics w/ vocabulary, reading comprehension, & writing as they write their own ending...the ultimate science of reading approach!30 decodable passages:follow a systematic scope and sequence of the most common phonics skillsStudents read the decodable passage and use their comprehension of the story to answer quest
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1st - 3rd
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Paul Klee Abstract Art Lesson: Portrait Dice Games Art Project - Nsw Visual Arts
Are you teaching an abstract art lesson on Paul Klee? Are they going to create an abstract portrait? Here's a fun lesson to brighten up your lesson plans! This is the perfect addition to your elementary art curriculum! Engaging abstract portrait art lesson with language (writing) activities. These no-prep abstract portrait art projects are perfect for your art sub tub. Super easy to implement for substitute teachers. Plus, the engagement will help with behavior! Perfect to start your art integra
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K - 12th
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Also included in: Art History Lesson - Famous Artists - Art Activities and Sub Plans
Author's Purpose | Reading Comprehension | Google Slides | Boom Cards
Now with Google Slides! Are your beginning readers learning to understand the Author's Purpose for writing a story or passage? This BOOM Game is so helpful in helping students to understand the reading comprehension skill of Author's Purpose. Each game slide has a short passage. Students will read/listen to the passage and determine if the Author's purpose is to persuade, inform, or entertain. This is an important comprehension skill to help students discern what type of text they are reading
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K - 1st
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Also included in: Digital Reading Comprehension Bundle | Boom Cards | Google Slides
Reading Activities Beyond the Text All Year Bundle
Beyond the Text All Year: The Growing Bundle If you LOVE my Beyond the Text Reading Packs then, you’ll love this year-long growing bundle! Close reading in the 2nd and 3rd grade classroom can be challenging. From what stories to pull, to what skills to teach week after week, creating a reading routine that is engaging and full of learning can be difficult. Streamline your planning process with this YEAR LONG GROWING BUNDLE! Save 40% off when you purchase this bundle! ____________________________
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1st - 3rd
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Screen Time: Close Reading Article, Opinion Writing Paper, & iPhone Craft
Want a relevant and meaningful opinion writing topic for your students? Screen time is a hot topic among adults (especially parents and teachers), so why shouldn't it be a topic that kids can also educate themselves about?Have your students read the included close reading article about the pros and cons of screen time for kids. It's a great jumping off point for in-depth class discussions! Assign this writing prompt: "Should kids have more or less screen time?" This resource comes with kid-frien
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1st - 6th
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Text Evidence Reading Passages and Common Core Writing Prompts
Get prepared for the whole year with these Text Evidence Reading Passages and Writing Prompts! The resource includes 45 text evidence passages and constructed response questions that align with common core writing standards.Each seasonal set includes narrative, informative, and opinion prompts. ***********************Get 16% off when you purchase the bundle!***********************This product also includes EXEMPLAR WRITING PIECES! They serve as the perfect model to show students in grades 2-5 ho
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2nd - 5th
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Turk and Runt Activities Beyond the Text
Turk and Runt ActivitiesIf your students love the book, "Turk and Runt" by Lisa Wheeler, they will love these Turk and Runt activities that are specifically built to complement this fun Thanksgiving story! This unit includes digital Turk and Runt Activities that are perfect for your distance learning classroom. This Turk and Runt Activities unit is designed to save you time while helping you build your students' reading comprehension as they learn to look Beyond the Text (TM) This Turk and Runt
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Reading Activities Beyond the Text All Year Bundle
A Bad Case of the Stripes Activities Back To School Reading Lessons & Worksheets
This Back to School Read Aloud for A Bad Case of the Stripes Picture Book Reading includes EVERYTHING you need for fun reading activities, crafts, and lesson plans to go along with the book: A Bad Case of Stripes. These week-long read aloud lessons make teaching character traits, reality and fantasy, and cause and effect fun using differentiated reading and writing activities, worksheets, and graphic organizers. EVERYTHING you need is included to help you teach and provide practice lessons for y
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K - 2nd
Fluency, Fluency Passages, Reading Fluency, Comprehension Passages
The BUNDLE of NONFICTION FLUENCY passages has arrived. I have taken two of my best year long sellers and combined them into one bundle. These weekly passages are geared toward UPPER ELEMENTARY OR ADVANCED READERS! In each set there are enough fluency passages to complete one story per week! With the BUNDLE DEAL there are enough passages for 2 school years or 2 stories per week.The fluency passages are not for early readers! The fluency passages are meant for advanced readers or readers who a
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2nd - 5th
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Fact or Opinion | Reading Comprehension | Digital Slides | Boom Cards
Now with GOOGLE SLIDES. Are your beginning readers learning to identify a fact or an opinion in a story? This BOOM Game is so helpful in helping students to understand the reading comprehension skill of Fact or Opinion. Each game slide has a statement. Students will read/listen to the statement and then determine if the statement is a fact or an opinion. This is an important comprehension skill to help students discern relevant and irrelevant information when reading a text.The cards are rando
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K - 1st
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Also included in: Digital Reading Comprehension Bundle | Boom Cards | Google Slides
Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions 2nd 3rd Grade
Finding fun and simple ways to practice reading comprehension can be challenging. This passages and questions mega bundle is an effective way to prepare your students for testing. Reading Comprehension Outline:Each lesson has a mix of questions to check understanding, a vocabulary or spelling activity to help remember key language introduced, and a writing exercise. Passages are high interest and contain vivid graphics. Full answer keys are provided.PDF version includes Easel Activity making eac
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2nd - 3rd
Project Based Learning Activity: Ancient Egypt Social Studies PBL
This interactive PBL activity puts your students in the shoes of a museum curator designing an authentic Ancient Egyptian museum experience!Ancient Egyptian Museum is a social studies project based learning activity (PBL) that results in a commercial to entice potential guests. Along the way, students will research, make real-life decisions, all while learning more about this ancient civilization, developing 21st-century skills, communicating, and designing. This PBL is self-differentiating, mea
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Project Based Learning Activities: Social Studies PBL BUNDLE
Johnny Appleseed Activities Print and Digital Beyond the Text
Johnny Appleseed Activities: Print and DigitalIt's apple time! That means time to learn more about Johnny Appleseed! Ready to engage your students while learning more about Johnny Appleseed and American Folktales? Then, they'll love this engaging and fun Beyond the Text unit about Johnny Appleseed! This unit includes tons of fun Johnny Appleseed Activities. This week-long unit is packed with printable and digital versions of crafts, responding to literature activities, vocabulary, quick prints,
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Reading Activities Beyond the Text All Year Bundle
Project Based Learning Activity: Ancient Greece Social Studies PBL
These ancient civilization activities put your students in the shoes of a travel agent preparing to send their clients back in time to Ancient Greece!Time Travel to Ancient Greece is a social studies project based learning activity (PBL) that results in a sales pitch to potential clients. Along the way, students will research, make real-life decisions, all while learning more about this ancient civilization, developing 21st-century skills, communicating, designing, and working on financial skill
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Project Based Learning Activities: Social Studies PBL BUNDLE
Common Core Opinion Writing -Beginning to cite textual evidence
Opinion Writing unit: This common core opinion writing teaches kids to begin to cite an article when writing an opinion piece. There are 4 prompts and week long activities to go with each prompt. I use this with my second graders and advanced first graders, but it is probably best suited to second and third grade.
The unit includes:
Opinion text posters featuring parts of an opinion piece
Four opinion prompts:
Do you think that video games are good for kids?
Do you think kids should wear
Grades:
1st - 3rd
2nd-3rd Grade Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions
Finding fun and simple ways to practice reading comprehension can be challenging. This Google Docs passages and questions mega bundle is an effective way to prepare your students for testing. Reading Comprehension Outline:Each lesson has a mix of questions to check understanding, a vocabulary or spelling activity to help remember key language introduced, and a writing exercise. Passages are high interest and contain vivid graphics. Full answer keys are provided.This is the Google Docs version.Th
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Grades:
2nd - 3rd
Project Based Learning Activities: Social Studies PBL BUNDLE
Save 20% with this ancient civilizations bundle, which includes an Ancient Greece PBL, Ancient Egypt PBL, Ancient China PBL, and Ancient Rome PBL. These PBLS are a social studies project based learning activity (PBL) that results in a research and making real-life decisions, all while learning more about this ancient civilization, developing 21st-century skills, communicating, and designing. These PBLs are self-differentiating, meaning that students have the ability to work at their own pace and
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3rd - 5th
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Google Forms Reading Comprehension Multiple Choice Digital Resources
Finding fun and simple ways to practice reading comprehension can be challenging. This self grading Google Forms passages and questions mega bundle is an effective way to prepare your students for testing. Reading Comprehension Outline:Each lesson has a mix of questions to check understanding, a vocabulary or spelling activity to help remember key language introduced, and a writing exercise. Passages are high interest and contain vivid graphics. Full answer keys are provided.This is the Google F
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Grades:
2nd - 3rd
Antarctica | Arctic | Arctic Habitat
Finding informative, kid-friendly resources about Antarctica and the Arctic can be hard. This resource includes multiple texts about Antarctica, the Arctic, the North & South Poles, and polar animals. It is the perfect addition to your study of the Earth's polar regions. All the texts and resources are ready for you to print and use immediately in the classroom. The included texts work great for close readings, as there are several standards-based reading and writing pages included. Digit
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Polar Regions Money Saving Bundle | Arctic | Antarctica | Arctic Animals
Chester's Way Book Study
Chester’s Way by Kevin Henkes teaches an important lesson in friendship. This book study includes a wealth of easy-to-differentiate resources to assist you and your students in close reading, writing, and thinking deeply about this story. These activities work well as literacy centers, or can be done as a whole class.
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The table of contents is as follows:
• Vocabulary (p. 6) - Pre-teach key vocabulary from the story with this list or copy for students to paste into notebooks. Words, d
Grades:
1st - 2nd
The Smart Cookie Read Aloud Book Companion | Multiple Intelligences | Activities
The Smart Cookie by Jory John is a great book to teach students that everyone is smart in different ways and the importance of perseverance. It is also the perfect segue into a study of multiple intelligences. This The Smart Cookie Book Companion requires students to delve into analyzing and interpreting literature. This book companion is jam-packed with resources that provide opportunities for your students in grades 2-4 to think critically and creatively, analyze the author's craft, and make c
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type (Book Study)
This resource is filled with comprehension and literacy center resources to pair with Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin. Great for grade 1 and grade 2!
Here’s what you will find inside:
• Vocabulary List (p. 4)
• Story Map (p. 5-6)
• Comprehension Strips & Recording Sheets (p. 7-20)
• Opinion Writing Prompt (p. 21-22)
• Fantasy vs. Realism Chart (p. 23-24)
• Summary Writing (p. 25-26)
• Letter Writing Activities (p. 27-28)
*Story map, comprehension strip recording sheets
Grades:
1st - 2nd
Main Idea and Supporting Details 2nd and 3rd Grade
Help your students identify the main topics or main ideas of multi-paragraph texts. While reading about winter subjects, students practice close reading skills.
It is challenging for primary students to identify main ideas, topic sentences and supporting details. Activities in this unit are focused on helping them find the important idea in each paragraph and understanding how the topic sentences go together under one main idea.
There are matching activities, graphic organizers a
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2nd - 3rd
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