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Balanced literacy Common Core RL.3.4 activities
ENTIRE YEAR of Reading Response Logs / Homework for 3rd Grade for ANY Book
º 36 weekly READING RESPONSE LOGS that can be used with ANY book!º Each question is aligned to the 3rd grade Common Core standards for literatureº 180 different questions organized by skill. Homework for the entire year - DONE!º Includes an editable template - create your own questions or customize for a specific book___________________________________________________________________________Tired of having to find things to copy for reading homework each night? Want to try something more authent
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2nd - 4th
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Aesops Fables 2nd 3rd Grade Central Message Passages The Boy Who Cried Wolf +
Explore Aesop's fables, theme, central message, and teach a lesson or moral with this 2nd grade / 3rd grade CCSS standards-aligned resource. It includes an anchor chart, and 3 of Aesop’s fables (The Boy Who Cried Wolf, The Tortoise & the Hare, The Lion & the Mouse) with comprehension questions. Each fable has 6 corresponding no-prep worksheets with answer keys! Writing a fable graphic organizer and final draft stationary are also included. For easy reference, the standards addressed ar
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2nd - 3rd
Making Inferences Unit, Grades 3-5, Common Core Reading
This 60+ page Making Inferences unit focuses on identifying learning goals with students, teaching them how to develop strategies for becoming more effective readers, and then providing activities for them to practice these strategies in various ways. I've included fiction and nonfiction reading passages, anchor charts, graphic organizers, task cards, and other activities in this unit for inferring character traits, feelings, setting, author's viewpoint, and theme.*** Be sure to download the 20-
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3rd - 5th
The Twits Novel Study Activities - Roald Dahl Novel Unit Lessons
Teaching the classic novel The Twits by Roald Dahl in your classroom this year? Then you need to grab this comprehensive The Twits Novel Study to help you get the most out of it! This Roald Dahl novel study comes complete with worksheets and activities that work great for independent novel studies, whole class or small group novel unit studies. Plus, you will love that this The Twits Novel Study is substitute teacher ready! That’s right, just provide the book and everything else you need is read
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2nd - 3rd
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Each Kindness Reading Activities, Kindness Lapbook, Black History
Kindness in the Classroom is so important, and one of the best books to help teach this is Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson. This bundle in both digital using Google Slides TM and PDF includes a book companion for introductions, a hands on kindness building lapbook project, a class book project, and an electronic digital lapbook. HOW TO USE THE EACH KINDNESS UNIT?You can use it for community building with whole group at the beginning of the year, for writing extensions, to celebrate Black His
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3rd - 5th
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Guided Reading Activities Bundle for Upper Elementary
Do you struggle with finding engaging guided reading activities for your upper elementary students? This guided reading activity bundle is an amazing collection of activities that will have your students interested and engaged in reading as part of your comprehensive program for reading. These guided reading activities are intended to help students understand the reading strategies for both literature and informational text and to improve literacy and reading comprehension. There are over 200 p
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3rd - 6th
Readers' Theater Passages 3RD GRADE
This 132 page pack has 10 readers' theater plays for your shared reading block. Each play comes in a full-page format so students can easily follow along with their assigned parts. Each play also includes a glossary, comprehension question pages, and summarizing pages to help deepen their understanding of what they read. These plays are perfect for literacy centers or partner work. They work well for shared reading or fluency groups. Each play takes about 10-20 minutes. Each passage has been pro
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3rd
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Adages: Teaching Figurative Language Task Cards
Need to teach about adages and figurative language as a part of your ELA curriculum? Struggling to find a fun yet effective way to do it? Check out these task cards--all geared toward helping students recognize and understand adages.What is an adage? An adage is a form of figurative language that consists of a short phrase or proverb that teaches a life lesson or speaks a general “truth”. It is a saying that has been passed down over time and is generally recognizable in meaning. Students who
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3rd - 6th
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Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox Activities
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox is a wonderful story of helping others. This unit is perfect for a second to third grade classroom any time of year. This unit includes before/during/after activities in PDF and Google Slides TM.HOW CAN TEACHERS USE THIS WILFRED GORDON MCDONALD PARTRIDGE UNIT?Teachers can use the unit as a mentor text, in guided reading groups, for paired reading or in centers. Students can work on the activities with paper/pencil, on electronic one-to-one devices and
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2nd - 3rd
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My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother by Patricia Polacco Reading Activities
My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother is one of Patricia Polacco's most popular books. These easy to use comprehension focused activities are organized in a before, during, and after activities. They will engage your students and help them focus on key literacy skills. HOW CAN TEACHERS USE THE MY ROTTEN REDHEADED OLDER BROTHER UNIT?It works well for guided reading, as mentor text lessons, for partner reading, and even for some stations with the printable and digital options. It makes planning easy
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Patricia Polacco Author Study 13 Book Companions Chicken Sunday and More
Book Club Literature Circle Activities Reading Response Sheets & Posters
Looking to start literature circles for your reading groups, novel study or book clubs? This resource is loaded with activities to help students stay responsible for their reading, and engaged during their book clubs. This resources is loaded with everything you need to get your literature circles running smoothly. Anchor charts, student activity sheets for each role, posters, organization, and more! Print once and use year after year!Literature Roles included in this product:- Creative Connecto
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2nd - 5th
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Context Clues Task Cards - A Context Clue Activity (Use for Scoot)
This low prep activity is a fun way to help your students practice context clues. These 24 task cards help you approach teaching context clues in a different way. Each task card has a paragraph with one word that does not make sense with the context. Students must use the context clues to figure out what word does not make sense, and then replace it with a better word!Included:24 Context Clue Task Cards Student Recording Sheet1 Answer KeyThese task cards are great for context clue review in 3
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2nd - 4th
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Word Work for Upper Elementary - Vocabulary Centers - Set One
These word work activities are perfect for upper elementary literacy centers. This set includes vocabulary choice menus, direction sheets and word work worksheets for use with any word list. The 12 included activities are Ideal for upper grade students (grades 3-5). Included in this set:*Teacher Directions*One Menu with all 12 choices*Six Menus with 6 choices each (rotate through the 12 activities all year using the six different menus)*12 Individual Activity Direction Sheets with Examples*12 St
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Word Work for Upper Elementary BUNDLE - Vocabulary Centers
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus Novel Study
This novel study of Insignificant Events of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling is divided into 7 sections. Each section covers 25 -35 pages. This allows students to improve comprehension and writing skills while developing a love for reading. The units are designed to help reach a variety of learning styles. You can have students complete all activities or assign specific skills to individual students or groups. Easel Activity!Easel activity is divided into 7 sections. Each section includes the following
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3rd - 5th
Sarah, Plain and Tall Activities for INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOKS 3rd 4th 5th Grades
If you are like me, you love the book Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia Maclachlan. It is such as classic to read with your students.Whether you are reading Sarah, Plain and Tall as a class, as a small group, or as an independent read, these activities should work just fine. I know that many teachers look for ways to hold their small group or independent readers accountable for their reading time, and this interactive notebook pack will be perfect for that. If you are already using a reading
Grades:
3rd - 4th
Printable Worksheets for Five Figurative Language Stations -- Great for Centers
Included are printable student instructions and recording sheets for 5 figurative language stations. There is also an answer key, definition page, and a teacher's guide with ideas for teaching figurative language and implementing the stations. These centers are low prep!Stations included:Onomatopoeia Station Hyperbole Station Simile and Metaphor Station Personification Station Alliteration StationNeed more? Figurative Language Station Activities 2IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THIS RESOURCE:This r
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3rd - 5th
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Figurative Language & Figurative vs Literal Language Sort Activity
If you're introducing your students to figurative language, or you need to re-teach the concept, this is just the unit you need! Teach your students the difference between figurative and literal language. The Figurative or Literal Sort Cards Unit is perfect for grades 3-5. Engaging sort cards will help students practice this skill. Differentiated activities & assessments and re-teaching activities are included. Just print, cut, and go!Click the preview for more details about this fun figurat
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3rd - 6th
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I Wanna Iguana Activities in Digital AND PDF for Persuasive Writing and Reading
I Wanna Iguana by Karen Orloff is a great choice as a mentor text for persuasive writing. This comprehensive unit will help your students get plenty of reading practice as close reading routines are implemented AND provide great examples for writing a persuasive letter. HOW TEACHERS CAN USE THE I WANNA IGUANA UNIT FOR READING AND WRITING:The unit is organized in a BEFORE/DURING/AFTER format for consistent skill modeling and practice. As you use the book for reading, you can use text examples as
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2nd - 4th
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Twas the Night Before Christmas Literacy Lapbook
This Twas the Night Before Christmas packet is FULL of engaging reading comprehension activities to keep your students engaged! The literacy skills align perfectly with reading standards in a variety of grade levels. If you struggle finding time to do the "fun things" during the holidays, I've got you covered by combining both in this fun Christmas resource! Don't have a copy of the book or poem? No worries...YouTube has many read alouds to choose from, so you can easily share a digital vers
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1st - 3rd, Staff
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Common Core No Prep Reading Bundle
Common Core Reading Literacy Centers BUNDLE: Covers all 10 Common Core Reading Literature StandardsCovers all 10 Common Core Reading Informational StandardsSave $8 (like getting two resources for FREE) by purchasing this NO PREP Common Core bundle!Please note: The download is a zip file. You will need to unzip the file after downloading to easily access all the resources included.There are 10 NO PREP resources, one for each of the 10 Common Core Reading standards included in this download. Als
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2nd - 6th
Flat Stanley Novel Study for His Original Adventure Activities to Teach Theme
Want to make the most out of Flat Stanley's Original Adventure for your Distance Learning classroom? Looking for something to teach that is meaningful and meets the Standards? Here it is! Flat Stanley's Original Adventure is full of wonderful teaching moments. This product will let you teach a number of great standards through activities found inside. These are:An EDITABLE Focus Wall Print and Go which includes:-Story poster including the title and genre-Essential Question: How do character
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
Wish By Barbara O'Connor Novel Study
Wish novel study is designed integrating common core standards to help you engage your students and help create life long readers. Standards assessments include question stems that may be seen on state assessments. The assessment questions can be used as comprehension checks, guided reading discussion questions, center activities, homework, use during reading to take notes, teach close reading and writing constructed response answers. Also included in this unit are vocabulary activities. Acti
Grades:
3rd - 5th
James and the Giant Peach Activities
James and the Giant Peach Activities This 61 page resource is more than a novel study, and goes beyond boring worksheets... It is in fact a fun, and most perfect companion for the book "James and the Giant Peach" to foster reading motivation and to raise life-long readers!I created this pack to do something fun, yet very intentional, with my students after concluding the read aloud of James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl. I usually take a full day (normally a Friday) to go over all of the
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2nd - 3rd
Jumanji by Chris VanAllsburg Reading and Writing Activities,
Jumanji by Chris VanAllsburg is an excellent choice as a writing mentor text, and this resources is now in GOOGLE SLIDES TM and PDF. It has a clever plot, great examples of voice and word choice, and fabulous illustrations. HOW TEACHERS CAN USE JUMANJI FOR LITERACY INSTRUCTION:This comprehension focused unit is intended to be used before, during, and after reading for deeper understanding. Students analyze the text through outlining the plot events, working with vocabulary, making inferences usi
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3rd - 5th
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