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Close reading Common Core W.2.1 lessons
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
Winter Text Evidence Reading Passages and Common Core Writing Prompts
Make writing fun for your students with these Winter Text Evidence Passages and Writing Prompts! The resource includes nine winter-themed text evidence passages and constructed response questions that align with common core writing standards. It also includes THREE COMMON CORE EXEMPLAR WRITING PIECES! (one informative, one opinion, one narrative) They serve as the perfect model to show students how to write to text.Included in the Packet:"Show Me The Text Evidence" Sentence Starter Anchor Chart3
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Text Evidence Reading Passages and Common Core Writing Prompts
Text Evidence Reading Passages and Common Core Writing Prompts: Pizza Theme
Make writing fun for your students with these Pizza Text Evidence Passages and Writing Prompts! The resource includes nine pizza-themed text evidence passages and constructed response questions that align with common core writing standards. It also includes THREE COMMON CORE EXEMPLAR WRITING PIECES! (one informative, one opinion, one narrative) They serve as the perfect model to show students how to write to text.Did you know that September 5th is National Cheese Pizza Day? This is a great produ
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Text Evidence Reading Passages and Common Core Writing Prompts
Fall Text Evidence Reading Passages and Common Core Writing Prompts
Start your year off right with these Fall Text Evidence Passages and Writing Prompts! The resource includes nine fall-themed text evidence passages and constructed response questions that align with common core writing standards. It also includes THREE COMMON CORE EXEMPLAR WRITING PIECES! (one informative, one opinion, one narrative) They serve as the perfect model to show students how to write to text.Included in the Packet:"Show Me The Text Evidence" Sentence Starter Anchor Chart3 Informative
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Text Evidence Reading Passages and Common Core Writing Prompts
Ruby Bridges Goes to School: Text-Dependent Questions and more!
“Ruby Bridges Goes to School,” is the autobiographical story of a brave African-American girl who was the first Black student to attend an all-white school in New Orleans in 1961. Easy-to-read text and historical photographs record an amazing moment in her life and in American history. This book is also a goldmine for teaching the reading standards! Our text-dependent questions will help you model close reading and teach the CCSS for Informational text 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 as you return to
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1st - 2nd
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Jabari Jumps Interactive Read Aloud and Writing Activity
This Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall interactive read aloud and writing activity pack has everything you need to dive in deep and build rigor for your students with text-dependent questions, targeted skills, and writing practice. This pack includes:-3-Day, 4-Day, and 5-Day Lesson Plan Options-Detailed Standards-Standards Overview-Story Preview-Pre-Reading Discussion Questions-Lesson 1 (with Answer Key)-Activity 1-Lesson 2 (with Answer Key)-Activity 2-Writing Activity (with Rubrics)-Post-Reading
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K - 2nd
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If You Plant a Seed Book Companion Activities
If You Plant a Seed by Kadir Nelson is the perfect read aloud to add to your spring books this year. The main character, Rabbit learns a hard but valuable lesson about kindness and unfortunately had to learn the hard way how to be a good friend. This story would be a great read to focus on SEL, reading strategies that focus on the Common Core State Standards. Students will have just as much fun as mine did with the writing crafts and planting activity. This activity pack is such a great addition
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PreK - 2nd
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Plants & Pollination Unit
This unit is ideal to teach students 2-3 all about plants and pollination. It was created within the context of the 2nd grade NGSS but it is applicable across grades. There are lesson guides and examples of student work included throughout this resources.
The General Topics Included:
- What Do Plants Need to Survive?
- What is the Life Cycle of a Plant?
- What are the Different Parts of a Plant?
- What is Pollination?
- What are the Different Types of Pollination?
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1st - 4th
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Gangsta Granny Lesson Bundle
Gangsta Granny Unit of WorkComplete 34 Chapter bundle! Thirty-four individual lesson to go with each chapter of the book! A complete Gangsta Granny novel study This money and time saving bundle gives you everything you need to teach the whole book: Gangsta Granny by David Walliams.There are the Gangsta Granny lesson plans to save you time and provide easy direction, PowerPoints to guide your class through the lesson main points and learning intentions / objectives. Each lesson includes Gangsta
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2nd - 4th
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ALL ABOUT BATS Lapbook for First and Second Grade
This bat unit for first and second grade is a must-have. Your students will LOVE creating this amazing common core aligned bat lapbook while they learn all about bats. With this unit, your students will learn about vampire bats and flying fox bats, as well as compare and contrast the two different bats. They will engage in nonfiction poetry reading as well as a fictional chant. Students will write an opinion piece and engage in a directed drawing activity while they label and learn about bat ana
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1st - 2nd
Fly Guy Presents BUNDLE
Text-Dependent Questions, Close Reading Worksheets, writing activities and more for EIGHT of your favorite “Fly Guy Presents” read aloud books! All of our Text-Dependent Questions cite all of the exact relevant Common Core State Standards for Reading Informational text. All of the questions on the included Close Reading Worksheets cite the page numbers in the text where young readers can go to research their answers. And our answer sheets, provided for teacher reference, may be used as modifi
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1st - 2nd
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The Quiltmakers Gift Writing Prompts {Literature Response Packet!}
Product Information: These are printable prompts that we make into a packet for our unit on quilts/fabric. These books fit so nicely and are such great literature! Included are 6 writing prompts, 3 for Quiltmakers Gift, 3 for Quiltmakers Journey by Jeff Brumbeau. Suggested UsePre-read both books to see where these prompts fit into the stories. Read to the page where the prompt fits, then stop and have the students respond in their packets. Terms and ConditionsThis resource was created by La
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K - 4th
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Social Emotional Learning Reading Comprehension for OLYMPIG Read Aloud
Build reading comprehension while teaching character traits with this social emotional learning read aloud for OLYMPIG with your kindergarten and 1st grade students! This reading unit includes differentiated and structured lesson plans, graphic organizers, daily writing activities, vocabulary, and story comprehension questions for whole and small group reading instruction!Click here to SAVE 50% OFF 31 Read Alouds!This Read Aloud for Olympig focuses on the following skills:GenreMoralsAuthor and I
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K - 3rd
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Rocks/Minerals NO PREP Close Reading Plans w/Assessment- 2nd-6th grade
This is the ultimate 65-page NO PREP lesson plan pack for Earth Science: Rocks and Minerals. Just print and you are ready to go for the next 1-2 weeks. Students will have a deep understanding of rocks and minerals: the difference between the two, including what mineral grains are, and what rocks are composed of, the rock cycle, the three types of rocks: igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic, and what everyday things are made from rocks and minerals. A link to a passage to use for Text 2 is inc
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2nd - 6th
Fly Guy Presents Space: Text-Dependent Questions and More!
**This Max Learner Book Detective product may be purchased in a BUNDLE at a discounted price at Fly Guy Presents Bundle**Kids love Fly Guy! Use our text-dependent questions, close reading worksheet, and Space Notebook with your copy of “Fly Guy Presents: Space” by Tedd Arnold, to help you teach close reading, Common Core State Standards, facts about space, and opinion writing to your 1st or 2nd graders! Use for independent work, partners, small group, or whole class instruction. We’ve done a
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1st - 2nd
Also included in: Fly Guy Presents BUNDLE
Book Review Opinion Writing: Grades 2,3,4,5-Fun,Engaging, No Prep Lesson
What are some books you have read that you strongly liked? What are some books that you strongly disliked? Everyone has opinions about what they read. Writing a book review is a way to share your opinions about a book.
A book review has these features:
It states the writer's opinion about the book.
It provides a short summary of the book.
It gives clear reasons that support the writer's opinion.
It often ends with a recommendation to readers.
This lesson teaches students how to write a book
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2nd - 5th
Penguins Winter Reading & Science Nonfiction & Fiction Activities K-1st Grade
Are you looking for fun winter teaching activities for penguins? This winter penguins reading and science read aloud bundle is great to teach students about fiction and nonfiction books, build reading comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills. EVERYTHING you need for 10 days of high-interest reading and writing activities is included! You get detailed lesson plans, cross-curricular activities, crafts, and MORE to help you teach your kindergarten and first graders about penguins this winte
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K - 3rd
The First Thanksgiving NO PREP Close Reading Lesson Plans **CCSS Aligned
This is the ultimate 66-page NO PREP lesson plan pack on The First Thanksgiving for grades 2-5. Just print and you are ready to go for the next couple of weeks - with close reading lesson plans that will last you a week or more, depending on your classroom.
With this file, you will receive instructions on how to implement close reading in your classroom. I've included everything you need to do step by step: questions to ask during discussions, a question/answer sheet for the 3 parts of close
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2nd - 6th
February Valentines Day Reading Comprehension Crafts Games & Activities
Simplify your February lesson planning using these Valentine, Snow, and Penguin Theme Reading Lesson Plans, Centers, and Activities! Everything you need for the month of February is included with this Valentine’s Day Reading Comprehension Bundle! These February Read Alouds activities are engaging, differentiated, and fun! Crafts, Literacy, Writing, Reading, Science, Phonics, and four weeks of lessons plans will make planning in February easy!You will be able to use these ready to go reading, gra
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K - 2nd
Martin's Big Words: Text-Dependent Questions and More!
“Martin’s Big Words” by Doreen Rappaport, is an award-winning picture-book beloved by students and teachers alike for its accessible narrative and powerful artwork. Martin’s “big words” are the words Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke throughout his life about freedom, peace, love, and togetherness. What a timely and wonderful resource for teaching the Common Core State Standards for Reading Informational Text 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 and 8 and Writing Standards 1.0 (opinion) and 2.0 (informational)! Our t
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1st - 2nd
ELA Close Reading - Earth Day Stories - Celebrating Earth
Engage All Learners with Powerful Close Reading Activities!This curriculum pack equips educators with a variety of close reading activities designed to target a broad range of learners, including students with dyslexia, English language learners, and all students who can benefit from structured support.Key Features:Accessible Texts: Thoughtfully designed passages with low graphic content and clear formatting (numbered and highlighted paragraphs) promote reading ease and reduce stress.Differentia
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1st - 3rd
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