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Free close reading teacher manuals
Close Reading Practice and Text Annotation Work for Teachers & Students
Want to start teaching close reading skills to your students? Are you looking for a boost to what you're already teaching? The free close reading ideas and tips are just what you need to teach and support close reading in the classroom. The Close Reading for Teachers unit will familiarize you with the basics of close reading like text annotation, responding to text, and citing the text as support, and it provides step-by-step instruction to help teach these valuable skills to your students. Incl
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4th - 8th
Daily Journal Prompts: Citing Text Evidence to Make Inferences - RI.6.1
Thank you for downloading this FREE resource! Please check out my other FREE Daily Journal Prompts that cover different common core standards!Daily Journal Prompts: Determining Central Ideas and Details - RI.6.2Monster Poster CollectorsDaily Journal Prompts: Analyzing Key Ideas In a Text - RI.6.3Dorothy's Best FriendWriting about reading can improve comprehension, recall, and analytical thinking. Use this informational article as a warmup before class or as homework. The article is short enou
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6th
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Daily Journal Prompts: Analyzing Key Ideas in a Text - RI.6.3
Thank you for downloading this FREE resource! Please check out my other FREE Daily Journal Prompts that cover different common core standards!Daily Journal Prompts: Citing Text Evidence to Make Inferences - RI.6.1Spice Girl Wins Best in ShowDaily Journal Prompts: Determining Central Ideas and Details - RI.6.2Monster Poster CollectorsWriting about reading can improve comprehension, recall, and analytical thinking. Use this informational article as a warmup before class or as homework. The arti
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6th
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Annotation Guide for the Elementary Classroom FREEBIE
Annotation is a great way for students to show their thinking as they read... but what do you do with the annotations is more important than the annotations themselves. This is a short guide with some ideas of how to use students' annotations to dig deeply into a complex text.
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Annotation & Evidence Based Terms Bookmarks
Close Reading That Builds Community
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K - 5th
Daily Journal Prompts: Determining Central Ideas and Details - RI.6.2
Thank you for downloading this FREE resource! Please check out my other FREE Daily Journal Prompts that cover different common core standards!Daily Journal Prompts: Citing Text Evidence to Make Inferences - RI.6.1Spice Girl Wins Best in ShowDaily Journal Prompts: Analyzing Key Ideas in a Text - RI.6.3Dorothy's Best FriendWriting about reading can improve comprehension, recall, and analytical thinking. Use this informational article as a warmup before class or as homework. The article is short
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6th
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Reader's Theater: Make any book into a play!
This lesson plan template is what I use for all my literature units as we use "reader's theater" to collectively read our class novel. Each day, all 6 elements are in place as we read the class text. This lesson format is: Totally adjustable to your needs and timeAllows for student involvement in reading Accommodates multiple intelligences and strengths each dayCreates a comprehensive daily structure Provides for daily formative assessmentsGives examples of how exactly reader's theater works, no
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Hello, Universe, by Erin Entrada Kelly
This classroom-tested guide for teaching reading and writing will help your students slow down and track essential elements of literature. The guide gives you, the teacher, a chapter-by-chapter pathway (with answers and page numbers) for helping your students cite evidence from the text of the following threads: main character traits, character relationships, character development/changes, setting, plot summary, themes, vocabulary, figurative language, further reading, and more. Watch your st
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4th - 5th
Reading Lesson for intermediate level / Suitable for CELTA
Elevate your teaching game with Mastery Moments, an elite PowerPoint package crafted for CELTA training and intermediate-level classrooms. This concise yet potent PPT includes a captivating lead-in, a focused reading for gist, a precision reading for specific information, and an impactful follow-up activity. Streamline your lesson planning, engage your students, and propel them towards language mastery. Invest in Mastery Moments – where excellence meets efficiency.
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Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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How To: Poem of the Week, Video for Teachers
Reading and teaching poetry can be a challenge, but you can improve your students' comprehension and analysis skills a little at a time week over week with this poem of the week resource. The poems are interesting, diverse, and approachable. Plus, the formatting is easy for you and the acronym is easy for students. "This resource has saved me a lot of time. I could focus on teaching poetry without having to spend time looking for materials or making them. Thank you for your time and effort in ma
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6th - 12th, Staff
Also included in: Poem of the Week, Poetry Workbook, Full Year BUNDLE
Parent/Teacher Guidebook for Reading Comprehension Strategies for ANY Text!
I created this for ME to use when I started teaching 3rd grade. I realized that some students were quickly reading the text and not really paying attention to what they were reading. This led to low test scores on weekly tests and benchmark tests, which created frustrations all around. Something had to change. We started using these simple strategies during small group time and it became a habit for me and my students. Students were able to take this information home and share it with their
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K - 3rd
Lesson Plan: Hip Hop Hearing Instructions
FREE lesson plan template and instructions for a Hip Hop Hearing Close Reading assignment/assessment. Includes directions, lesson pacing with timestamps, CSS alignment, extension activities & accommodation ideas.PHILOSOPHY & ACCREDITATIONSAfter participating in a district-approved professional development conference, the work presented by HipHopEd inspired me to include modern music that students know and love into the English Language Arts curriculum to enhance the engagement of student
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9th - 10th, Higher Education
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Sample Reading Assignments, Questions, Answers for "The Odyssey" EMILY WILSON
Let me do the work for you! Instead of having students slog through the ENTIRE text of The Odyssey, zoom in on specific passages, lines, and moments to guide students to a deeper understanding of the themes and motifs of this epic tale!SAMPLE PRODUCT:This product is a PREVIEW of my UNIQUE product: "The Odyssey Readings, Classworks, and Answer Sheets."This product does not exist anywhere else. It includes in-depth answers to every question posed throughout the entire book. For this sample product
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6th - 12th
ELA Grades 9-10 Quarter #4 Curriculum Map, Pacing Guide, Free Daily Calendar
Here is a free inside look at the daily calendar and resource outline for my ELA 9-10 Quarter #4 Curriculum Package!Quarter Four of my ELA Grades 9-10 Full Curriculum covers dystopian literature with a focus on author Ray Bradbury. The unit includes three of his short stories: The Pedestrian, The Veldt, and The Rocket, in addition to a full-length Fahrenheit 451 novel study unit. It also features CCSS aligned reading test prep materials to help students conquer their local and state assessments.
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9th - 11th
*SAMPLE* Two Week Lesson Plans Using Journeys Supplements
By request: This file is available for you to see what my classroom schedule looks like using my TPT Journeys Supplemental activities when I complete a story in two weeks. This sample of my lesson plans can help you see how I managed my time.
*Note: I teach reading only to our entire third grade. These plans show my reading plans that I do four times a day.
I have also uploaded a guide explaining how I use these Journeys Supplements in my own classroom. Download the Guide to Using Journeys Su
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1st - 4th
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Survivors of the Holocaust Educator Guide
Survivors of the Holocaust tells the true stories of six children who survived the Holocaust in a graphic non-fiction novel form. This educator guide provides questions and activities to help children read and understand the text.
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3rd - 7th
English Literature Textbook (free sample)
Dive into the enchanting world of literature like never before with Swimming in Metaphorical Waters: A Handy Guide to Studying Literature. This comprehensive guide is your key to unlocking the treasures hidden within poems, dramas, and prose. Whether you're a student seeking to excel in the classroom or an independent learner with a thirst for literary knowledge, this book is your trusty compass on the literary voyage of a lifetime. Key Features:· Conceptual Exploration: Embark on a captivating
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Reading Comprehension Questions Sample
Sample of Reading Comprehension Questions. Full version for sale includes over 100 questions to ask before, during and after reading. Reading Comprehension Questions. Includes both fiction and non-fiction questions for books, stories and texts. A universal document to ask questions about any level book or text/article. Questions to ask include three sections: 1. Questions to ask before reading, 2. Questions to ask while/during reading, and 3. Question to ask after reading. Three pages of questio
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PreK - 10th
Conferring Quick Reference Guide Reader's Workshop Freebie for Teachers!
Reader's workshop conferring guide freebie for you! Use this guide to help coach you through a reading conference with your students. Lucy Calkins discusses these steps in her work and I adapted what she has spoken about it into this easy to follow guide. Keep it next to you when you are meeting with students to help you focus your conferring time and to enhance your impact on student learning and growth. It's a game changer. Testimonial:⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Extremely satisfiedThis was a great resource, my clas
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4th - 12th
ELA Grades 9-10 Quarter #2 Curriculum Map, Pacing Guide, Daily Resource Calendar
Here is a free inside look at the daily calendar and resource outline for my ELA Quarter #2 Curriculum PackageQuarter Two of my ELA Grades 9-10 Full Curriculum package covers all things Shakespeare, including Shakespearean Sonnets 73 & 116, plus a full-length unit on Macbeth. It also features CCSS aligned reading test prep materials, including a semester test and remediation activities, to help students conquer their local and state assessments.
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9th - 11th
Audiobook Links for Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Chapters 1-48)
Video links are coded in safe mode for kids. They play full screen with no ads! This includes the full book (chapters 1-48).
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Free CVC Word List
Just a free CVC word list for anyone.
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PreK - 1st
Also included in: Games for Systematic Reading CVC Words, Short Vowel Words
Finding Evidence and Citations Presentation
This is a presentation I've used to discuss Central Ideas, Finding Evidence, Creating Evidence Based Responses to Questions, and Citations.
This can be used as an example while close reading with the class.
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6th - 9th
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Book discussion questions for Teachers - Bear's Magic pencil by Anthony Browne
Book discussion questions for Teachers - Bear's Magic pencil by Anthony BrowneHello!It’s not always easy for teachers and parents to get a deep conversation going on a book in class.This item is a list of the questions specifically for one of the popular Anthony Browne's picture books, Bear's magic pencil. I hope these questions help you guide the book conversation between you and your children/students go further than "Did you like the book?", "Why or why not?". Thank you hope you find it fun a
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PreK - 6th
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