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High school informational text literature circles for homeschool
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief Novel Study
The Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief Novel Study is a comprehensive set of instructional materials for teaching Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. With over 100+ Common Core aligned materials, students will develop their literacy skills while deeply engaging with The Lightning Thief. Plus, the novel study's fiction close reading activities, the literary analysis resources, nonfiction readings, projects, vocabulary, assessments, and essays all provide opportunities for yo
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4th - 7th
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Basketball Paired Texts: LeBron James and Michael Jordan (Grades 5-6)
This resource includes high-interest paired texts about two of the most famous players in basketball history -- LeBron James and Michael Jordan. These passages will help your students learn how to analyze similarities and differences between two texts.Contents:→ 6 Nonfiction Articles→ 3 Quizzes → 1 Writing Prompt→ 1 Answer Key***Topics Covered:→ The Childhood Years:1 nonfiction text about LeBron's childhood1 nonfiction text about Michael's childhood1 quiz to cover these texts→ Pro Basketball Ca
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5th - 6th
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Also included in: Paired Texts: Basketball Stars Bundle
Book Club Activities | Reading Discussion Cards | Literature Circles | Questions
Encourage speaking and listening during book clubs or literature circles with these Reading Discussion Cards. This resource includes everything you need to facilitate book discussions in your classroom. There are 40 discussion prompts for fiction and nonfiction texts, which will make it easy for students to engage effectively in collaborative discussions. What’s included:20 Discussion Cards for fiction texts20 Discussion Cards for nonfiction texts2 "Come Prepared" Cards (fiction and nonfiction)
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3rd - 5th
Reading Log for Homework | Annotating Texts| INTERACTIVE BOOKMARKS | EDITABLE
This interactive bookmark resource, also known as a thinkmark, is a reader response tool that students use to practice text annotation during close reading. Implementing this resource for annotating texts will turn your students into deep thinking readers without the mess of Post-it Sticky notes everywhere... for LESS THAN THE COST of a pack of sticky notes!It is beneficial for students to track their thinking as they read. Taking the time to generate questions, note confusions, make connections
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3rd - 5th
Ocean Habitat CCSS Unit
This ocean unit comes with printable student books (facts, note taking pages, common core response questions), printable teacher notes, and follow-up student writing papers (rough draft and final copy)! It’s everything you need to teach about the ocean while meeting common core standards. Please see the list below and our preview for more information!Ocean Unit Includes:(58 Pages Total)Student Book CoverStudent Book:Our Blue PlanetThe Sunlight ZoneCoral ReefsThe Twilight ZoneThe Midnight ZoneKel
Grades:
K - 3rd
Reading Stations Activity for Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry Analysis
This fun reading activity "progressive dinner"™ works with any fiction, nonfiction, and poetry unit texts of your choosing! Practice close reading skills and textual analysis in a hands-on and interactive way, this is the reading activity for you! Have students preview literary criticism articles, read thematically-connected poetry, engage in close reading of a complex fiction or nonfiction text, and engage in small group discussion. These are just some of the possibilities!I use this close re
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7th - 10th
Also included in: Fiction and Nonfiction Reading Activities BUNDLE
Fall Non-Fiction Passages | Reading Comprehension
This pack includes 10 non-fiction stories with themes centered around the fall season. High-resolution photos are included for each story. Stories are perfect small group instruction, tiered intervention or as a whole class activity. Each story is common core aligned and targets vocabulary and comprehension. Stories were written for 2-5th grade students. Review the preview story for complexity. Each story includes a student copy, vocabulary cards, "printer-friendly" copy with comprehension quest
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2nd - 5th
Also included in: Seasonal Non-Fiction Passages Bundle | Reading Comprehension
No-Prep: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Complete Package
This no-prep complete package is perfect to supplement the Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Young Reader's Edition). Components include:*Comprehension & Vocabulary Packet:an independent practice worksheet for each chaptera vocabulary worksheet for each chaptera summary page for each chapteran answer key for the independent practice and vocabulary worksheets*Project Choice Board:15 different activities for students to choose from*End of Book Assessment:10 multiple choice questions2 "select all t
Grades:
6th - 9th
Reading Comprehension Decodable Passages - Fiction & Nonfiction w Phonics Skills
These 203 decodable, fiction and nonfiction phonics passages support all areas of the science of reading: reading comprehension, decoding, fluency, vocabulary, and spelling instruction! This is the ULTIMATE DECODABLE PASSAGES BUNDLE WITH READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS...532 pages! View videos of each resource in their individual preview pages!!!Three main Reading Comprehension & Decodable Passages BUNDLES:1. In the 73 fiction decodables resource:-The first 32 stories include printable, mul
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1st - 3rd
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes Novel Study: Digital + Printable Book Unit
Are you looking for an all-in-one unit for Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr? Look no further. This comprehensive digital + printable unit includes vocabulary practice, comprehension quizzes, constructed response writing prompts with organizers for planning, and language arts lessons. Lessons are aligned to the Common Core Standards for grades 4-5.✨ DIGITAL RESOURCESThis novel study includes links to digital resources. Boom Learning is used for multiple-choice, short-answe
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4th - 5th
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El Deafo Novel Study Book Unit
El Deafo Novel Study and Informational WebQuest Unit is a Common Core Standard aligned book unit to be used with the Newbery Honor-winning El Deafo by Cece Bell. This download contains both a printable, as well as a paperless Google Drive™, format.As a person who lives with a hearing loss, I highly recommend this novel to help students and adults alike understand the challenges that a person with hearing loss deals with daily and how to make communication easier and less frustrating for all invo
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4th - 6th
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Reading & Listening Comprehension Monsters | Inferencing, Main Idea & More!
This download featuring mustached monsters and 80 short passages are your solution to addressing crucial reading comprehension and language that so many students struggle with. The many activities will help you explicitly teach the reading comprehension skills of main idea, making inferences, responding to text in general, summarizing, and using context clues. They are a tried and true go-to in my language therapy and my classroom push-in, and they are ideal for sending home for more practice.Le
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2nd - 6th
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Compare and Contrast Reading Passages | RI3.9 | RI.3.3
Compare and contrast is a complex skill for students to understand. These passage are a great way to aid students with this standard.2nd Grade Compare and ContrastReading Journal B.E.S.T Standards: Reading Journal Grade 1-3The Sun and The Moon (Nonfiction)Hurricane and Tornado (Fiction Story)Growth Mindset and Fixed Mindset (NonFiction)Mammals and Reptiles (Nonfiction)Noah and Jacob (Fiction Story)Frogs and Toads (Nonfiction)Arctic Wolf and Arctic Fox (Nonfiction)Apple Orchard and Pumpkin Patch
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2nd - 5th
Who Was Walt Disney? (Whitney Stewart) Book Study / Comprehension (29 pages)
* Follows Common Core Standards *This 29-page booklet-style Book Study (a total 59 pages including answer key) is designed to follow students throughout the entire book.The questions are based on reading comprehension, strategies and skills. The book study is designed to be enjoyable and keep the students engaged.Many different types of questions for students to think about and answer before, during, and after finishing each chapter. Types of questions include:Narrative ElementsPredict ConnectFi
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2nd - 4th
Who Was Helen Keller? (Gare Thompson) Book Study / Comprehension (31 pages)
* Follows Common Core Standards *This 31-page booklet-style Book Study (a total 63 pages including answer key) is designed to follow students throughout the entire book.The questions are based on reading comprehension, strategies and skills. The book study is designed to be enjoyable and keep the students engaged.Many different types of questions for students to think about and answer before, during, and after finishing each chapter. Types of questions include:Narrative ElementsPredict ConnectTr
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3rd - 5th
I Survived True Stories: Five Epic Disasters (Tarshis) Book Study (40 pages)
* Follows Common Core Standards *This 40-page Book Study (a total 80 pages including answer key) walks student through the excellent I Survived True Stories: Five Epic Disasters by Lauren Tarshis. Students will be taking notes, answering open-ended questions, summarizing, visualizing, drawing pictures, and using the cloze method. Students will be practicing a variety of reading comprehension skills and strategies.*** Answer Key Included ****** Included in this download is a link that will dire
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3rd - 5th
Stephen Curry | LeBron James | Reading Passages Black History Month| Basketball
Students practice reading the assignment for the day and then complete a quick close reading activity to help strengthen reading comprehension skills. This activity can be used for whole group, guided reading, close reading, homework, etc.....What's Inside? 2020 Updated1 Passage Stephen Curry (Includes Text Features) 1 Questionnaire1 Passage LeBron James (Includes Text Features) 1 Questionnaire1 Vocabulary Page (Blank)1 Context Clues Graphic Organizer1 Compare and Contrast Venn Diagram2 Writing
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2nd - 8th
Basketball Paired Texts: Steph Curry and Kobe Bryant: (Grades 5-6)
This resource includes paired texts about two of the most famous players in basketball history -- Stephen Curry and Kobe Bryant. These passages will help your students learn how to analyze similarities and differences between two texts.** This resource has been updated to include information about Kobe's tragic death on Jan. 26, 2020. The final two paragraphs of the second passage contain this info.Contents:→ 6 Nonfiction Articles→ 3 Quizzes → 1 Writing Prompt→ 1 Answer Key***Topics Covered:→
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5th - 6th
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Also included in: Paired Texts: Basketball Stars Bundle
Nonfiction Close Reading Strategies - Reading Comprehension Passages Bundle
Are you looking for high-interest nonfiction reading comprehension passages to help your students practice their close reading strategies? This bundle of close reading comes with a full year of reading passages.This nonfiction close reading bundle includes 5 different reading comprehension passage sets. Nonfiction Close Reading- 30 passages Fall Close Reading- 14 passages Winter Close Reading- 14 passages Spring Close Reading- 14 passages Summer Close Reading- 10 passagesThere is also a mini int
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1st - 2nd
Who Was Anne Frank? (Ann Abramson) Book Study / Comprehension (29 pages)
* Follows Common Core Standards *This 29-page booklet-style Book Study ( a total 59 pages including answer key) is designed to follow students throughout the entire book.The questions are based on reading comprehension, strategies and skills. The book study is designed to be enjoyable and keep the students engaged.Many different types of questions for students to think about and answer before/during/after they finish each chapter. Types of questions include:Narrative ElementsPredict ConnectInfer
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3rd - 5th
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Novel Unit (CC Aligned for Grades 5 & 6)
This is not your cookie-cutter novel unit! I've spent 2 years creating this resource, testing it in my classroom, and tweaking it to help teachers get the most bang for their buck! With over 90 pages of resources, you'll be able to address all the big CCSS for literature and informational skills. Please check out the preview to see the full table of contents and some samples from this pack.
Each section of the novel has chapter summaries, vocabulary worksheets, comprehension pages, and journ
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4th - 6th
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Editable SKILLS BASED Weekly Reading Logs NONFICTION +Digital
Unlock a World of Reading Exploration with Editable NonFiction Weekly Reading Logs + Digital! Now Available in Digital / Google Format too! Recognized as one of TpT's Top 100 Selling Items!✨ Editable and Adaptable: Dive into the world of reading logs that cater to your unique needs. With ten different reading logs, each offering five days of exploration, and now featuring four versions, you have the flexibility to choose the one that suits you best! Versatility at its Best:1-page with parent
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: EDITABLE Skills Based Weekly Reading Logs ( Fiction & Nonfiction )
Student Lead Reading Groups | Reciprocal Teaching | Reading Groups | Book Study
These reciprocal teaching reading groups have changed how I do small reading group instruction. This is very similar to book studies, reciprocal teaching, literature circles, novel studies, close reading groups, and student book clubs. After doing a lot of research, I have found that student lead reading groups are what make the most difference in a student's reading. After completing the Iris Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR) modules, I decided to piggy back off of their strategies and make
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1st - 12th
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Holes Novel Study Activities - Paired Informational Passages
Looking to build background knowledge and integrate nonfiction with your Holes novel study activities? Check out my four paired informational passages for Holes and see how you can spiral review informational text while reading Louis Sachar’s beloved book Holes. These passages will make the perfect companion to your novel.✔ Check out the preview for a closer look!These paired informational passages will provide background information that engages your students and complements events in the novel
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5th - 7th
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Also included in: Holes Novel Study Unit - 6th Grade Novel Units - Holes Novel Activities
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