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Middle school informational text homeschool curricula under $5
Claim, Reasons & Evidence Google Slides Lesson DISTANCE LEARNING
I created this to go with my unit on Argument Writing. Students need to be able to understand how an author makes a claim. They also need to understand the difference between reasons and evidence. I give explanations and examples of each, and I also provide 4 different examples of claims with a reason and evidence for each. For my students, I added another slide where I put a short article I found online on the left and a note taking side on the right where they need to write the claim, reasons,
Grades:
3rd - 7th
6th Grade Word Relationships Activities – Analogies, Connotations, Denotations
Teach students to identify and use Word Relationships (cause to effect, object to function, part to whole analogies), as well as Denotations and Connotations with a COMPLETE Common Core-aligned lesson, Journal Writing, Core Practice, and a comprehensive INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK Assignment:
• 2 FULL COLOR Content Posters~print, laminate, and hang
• COMPLETE Language Lesson with highlighted Text Features~Ancient History themed!
• Core Practice 1 – Analogies (cause to effect, object to function, part
Grades:
6th
SBAC PREP VOLCANOES: TEXT-BASED INFORMATIVE WRITING INTERMEDIATE
With Common Core and SBAC testing, I am now teaching text-based informative writing in my 4th grade classroom. It has been very hard to find appropriate materials to teach students how to write in a manner similar to the performance tasks. This packet is designed to allow students to practice doing text-based writing and a mini-research report. All the materials needed to do a research report, including 5 different types of texts, are included as well as a reference page of links to additiona
Grades:
4th - 8th
Find Context Clues in Nonfiction 5 Types of Context Clues with Easel Pages
Do you need a resource that has a variety of ways students can practice identifying and finding context clues in by reading text, practice pages, task cards, and writing for your back to school materials? If you do, this one has a lot of variety. It's a great supplement to online district resources that might not have this kind of variety and a springboard for further research for science themes.Finding context clues in text is a challenge for many students including my ESL students. I designed
Grades:
4th - 6th
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Close Reads Chocolate & Vanilla Non-Fiction with Text Dependent Questions
This close read has two non-fiction selections with activities; a great way to incorporate compare/contrast of two selections as well as cross-curricular subject matter for back to school or anytime you need students to do paired reading assignments. Each paragraph is numbered. These are core-aligned with text dependent questions, vocabulary work, comparisons, and writing. It's a great supplement to online district resources that might not have this kind of context. This resource would be suita
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Trace and Evaluate an Author's Argument
This Common Core reading lesson covers how to trace and evaluate an author’s argument in informational text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for Common Core assessments. In this lesson, students identify the author’s claims and determine if each claim is supported by relevant evidence. A final judgment is made on whether the argument has sound reasoning. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of independent practice with questi
Grades:
6th - 8th
NATIVE AMERICANS: TRAIL OF TEARS, THE LONG WALK - Reading Passages & Activities
5 reading passages covering Native Americans and the Indian Removal Act, the Trail of Tears, the Long Walk, Native American Chiefs, and War Paint. Classroom and enrichment activities keep students engaged as they learn. Great for use by substitute teachers or for enrichment learning, homeschooling or co-ops!The Indian Removal Act, the Trail of Tears and the Long Walk were tragic events concerning the forced removal of Native Americans from their sacred land to reservations. The Job of Native Am
Grades:
4th - 6th
Also included in:Â WILD WEST LIFE BUNDLE 1 - Reading Passages and Enrichment Activities
The Nervous System Complete Unit
A 35 page long reader/activity pack with an interactive notebook included for you to teach about the Nervous System. All important facts your students need to know in order to be knowledgeable about the brain and spinal cord.
How to add this unit to your lessons:
Students read (reader in bold colors and font) then answer comprehension questions.
Students then complete their interactive notebook as a way of reviewing learned material.
Details about the Reader
The Human Brain
Nerves and
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Grades:
3rd - 7th
MEDIEVAL KNIGHTS & HERALDRY - Reading Passages & Enrichment Activities
4 reading passages covering the job of a Medieval Knight, a Knight's Training, Heraldry and the Coat of Arms, and more. Classroom and enrichment activities keep students engaged as they learn. Great for use by substitute teachers, or for homeschooling or co-ops! INCLUDES:4 Reading PassagesClassroom and Enrichment ActivitiesReview WorksheetTeacher's Key2 Graphic OrganizersWhat were the responsibilities of a knight? The main responsibility of a knight was to serve their king or lord. A knight ca
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Biology: Domains & Kingdoms: Classify Living Organism; 3rd 4th 5th & 6th grade
This lesson introduces students to classifying living organisms into Domains and Kingdoms. The lesson is a power point slideshow. Also included are 7 worksheets that cover information found on the slide show. Look at This! Check out this Biology Unit on the Introduction to Cells .
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
PONY EXPRESS, TELEGRAPH & WILD WEST SHOW - Reading Passages & Activities
8 Reading passages cover The Pony Express, the Telegraph and Transcontinental Lines, Former Pony Express Rider- Buffalo Bill Cody, the Wild West Show, Annie Oakley and more. Classroom and enrichment activities keep students engaged as they learn. Great for use by substitute teachers or for enrichment learning, homeschooling or co-ops!INCLUDES:8 Reading PassagesClassroom and Enrichment ActivitiesReview Worksheet Teacher's Key2 Graphic OrganizersImagine living thousands of miles away from your fa
Grades:
4th - 6th
Also included in:Â WILD WEST LIFE BUNDLE 1 - Reading Passages and Enrichment Activities
Elie Wiesel Nobel Prize Speech ~ Night Pre-reading activity
Night is the heart wrenching first hand account of Elie Wiesel's internment in the Auschwitz Camp during the Holocaust. In order to truly lead into the novel, it is important to impress upon students that Elie Wiesel spent his life devoted to reversing racism around the globe. Reading his Nobel Prize Acceptance speech will do just that. To accommodate scaffolding, I have included one version that caters to teaching persuasion and rhetorical analysis and a second that asks questions pertaining to
Grades:
7th - 9th, Higher Education
Sixth (6th) Grade Reading Diagnostic Assessment (CCSS / TEKS) Reading level test
This is a diagnostic reading assessment appropriate for use with sixth grade aged children. It is aligned to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and to the required reading skills identified by the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). The assessment includes reading and response tasks based on reading literature, reading informational texts, and reading argumentative or persuasive texts. Moving beyond skills taught in the lower grades, this assessment emphasizes more complex comprehen
Grades:
5th - 7th
Summarize and Determining Importance Power Point
This is a 33 slide power point unit that teaches students how to determine the important and unimportant information when reading expository (nonfiction) text. Students will learn why this is an important strategy and see how it is applied.
Following the introduction there is a modeled, shared and guided lesson to work on summarizing, note-taking, and identifying the main idea. There are three note-making printables to use during the presentation to keep students focused and on task.
De
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Mangrove Trees Unit
This is a great mini unit to have your class reading and learning hands on about the mangrove trees habitat. Done with bright colorful pictures of mangrove trees from the Everglades National Park and covering all your students should know about this habitat.
Once students finish their reading they will answer comprehension questions. One of them will have them search for a word online but other than that all their answers are in their informational text.
This activity is great for science cent
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Grades:
2nd - 9th
Sacagawea & the Lewis and Clark Expedition - Reading Comprehension
The product contains: two pages of informational text on Sacagawea (also spelled Sacajawea) and The Lewis and Clark Expedition; one worksheet of reading comprehension questions (both literal and inferential questions); and a teacher’s key. This product is great for Social Studies (History) and Language Arts (Reading Comprehension). Questions are true or false; multiple choice and open ended. Use for independent, small group, or as supplemental worksheet. INCLUDES:1 Two-Page Reading passage1
Grades:
4th - 6th
Also included in:Â Wild, Wild West - Reading Passages & Comprehension - MEGA BUNDLE
Renaissance Unit
A complete unit on the Renaissance for upper elementary school kids.
In this unit you will be getting an informational text and an interactive notebook. Please note that the interactive notebook has no answer key as the unit is designed for your students to read the reader (provided) and answer in their own words accordingly.
Overall this unit is 37 pages long and filled with colorful pictures and bold print.
Details inside the unit.
Reader or information text
keywords
Before the Renaissan
Grades:
3rd - 8th
6th Grade Prefix & Suffix Activities, Worksheet, Lesson–6th Grade Context Clues
Teach students to identify and use Greek and Latin Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root Words with a COMPLETE Common Core-aligned lesson, Journal Writing, Core Practice, and a comprehensive INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK Assignment:
• FULL COLOR Content Poster~print, laminate, and hang
• COMPLETE Language Lesson with highlighted Text Features~Ancient History themed!
• Core Practice 1 – Use Greek and Latin Prefixes, Suffixes, Roots to form new words + Sentence Writing
• Core Practice 2 – Use Greek and Latin Prefi
Grades:
6th
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MEDIEVAL BARBERS AND APOTHECARIES - Reading Passages & Enrichment Activities
4 reading passages cover Medieval Medicine, the Black Plague, the Job of a Plague Doctor, Medieval Apothecaries and Barbers, and more. Classroom and enrichment activities keep students engaged as they learn. Great for use by substitute teachers, or for homeschooling or co-ops! INCLUDES:4 Reading PassagesClassroom and Enrichment ActivitiesReview WorksheetTeacher's Key2 Graphic OrganizersDuring the Middle Ages, effective medicine was almost non-existent. Medical treatments were frequently based
Grades:
4th - 6th
Also included in:Â MEDIEVAL TIMES - CAREERS - SPECIAL BUNDLE
Responding to Nonfiction Graphic Organizer - Advanced
Responding to nonfiction is more important now more than ever with the Common Core. Now that students have to read 50% fiction & 50% nonfiction, ensure that they are responding at the highest levels. No longer is it good enough for students to just summarize nonfiction text or pull out all the facts and item knowledge, students must be able synthesis the author's claims and evaluate the reasons and evidence for their claims. Students must also determine the BIG IDEA of the text by synthes
Grades:
2nd - 6th
Who Broke My Record - Inferencing Mystery (Digital or Print)
Oh no! Someone has broken Steven's Saylor Twift vinyl record and we need your help to figure out who it was!This inferencing mystery is easy prep and fun to solve - Upload digitally or print!This product includes:Step-by-step instructionsPolice reportEye witness report4 suspicious suspectsInference notes (digital and print)Culprit reveal!Use this resource in:Small GroupsWhole GlassLiteracy Center/StationsSkills covered: Making predictions, referencing and cross-referencing data, drawing conclusi
Grades:
5th - 12th
Analyze the Impact of Specific Word Choices on Meaning and Tone
This Common Core reading informational text lesson covers the impact of word choice on a text. In this lesson, students will identify uses of specific words, determine the tone suggested by the author, and analyze the impact of these choices on meaning and tone. ( It is helpful if students are already familiar with standards 9-10.RI.4 Determine the figurative meaning of words and phrases, and 9-10.RI.4 Determine the connotative meaning of words and phrases.) In addition to the initial lesson, t
Grades:
8th - 11th
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CCSS:
Wild West Cowboys and the Cattle Drive - Printable Reading Comprehension
Contains one 2-page reading passage covering Wild West Cowboys and the Cattle Drive; one reading comprehension worksheet with both literal and inferential questions; and a teacher's key. Questions are true or false; multiple choice and open ended. This product is great for Social Studies (History) and Language Arts (Reading Comprehension) and may be used for independent, small group, or supplemental homeschool work. INCLUDES:1 Two-Page Reading Passages1 Reading Comprehension Worksheet1 Teache
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Plant and Animal Cell Labeling Activity
This activity is designed to help you as the teacher or parent to encourage your students to learn the parts of animal and plant cells through color and word identification. Cell organelle terms (provided) can be printed on the back of each cell worksheet as a help to the students. These worksheets can be used along with most science studies covering the topic of animal and plant cells as a worksheet or quiz. Answer keys to both diagrams are included in this download.
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Grades:
6th - 12th
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