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Middle school short stories centers $5-10
Emoji Story- Writing Prompt PACK
*Use for fun, motivating morning work, writing prompts at the start of your ELA block, literacy centers, etc!*Print off the emoji prompts and rubrics (if you choose) for each of your students. Your students will take their slip of paper and cut out each of the emojis. They must then create a story using the emojis in place of actual words. If they are using the mad emoji, they would not write the word “mad”, they would simply just glue that emoji in its place. If they are using the rubrics, they
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1st - 8th
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Fiction and Nonfiction Context Clues Reading Passages and Activities
Vocabulary in Context is great for building vocabulary, applying learned vocabulary, comprehension, learning new information and fluency! These ten reading passages use real photographs to help support comprehension which is a great strategy if using for ELL's or intervention. This product is packed with 10 reading passages, (5 fiction and 5 nonfiction), vocabulary with definitions, fill in the blank application activities, and writing prompts. Answer keys for activities included! This resource
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Context Clues Reading Passages and Activities Bundle with Vocabulary
12 SHORT MYSTERY STORIES & READING COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES: Follow Clues - Fun
Watch reading comprehension skills soar with these captivating short mystery stories and activities! Follow the clues around New York City with Detective Hanlon as he uncovers the truth in each short, high-interest mystery - guaranteed to capture the attention of even the most reluctant readers! Students will LOVE following clues, discovering evidence, making inferences and solving these intriguing mysteries!Meet the DetectiveTravel throughout New York City as you visit famous places and solve
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4th - 9th
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MORE MINI MYSTERIES: 20 Fun Mystery Stories & Reading Comprehension Activities
Grab your reluctant readers' attention with these short, high-interest mysteries! No prep worksheets sure to improve reading comprehension.Follow along with Detective Cody as she solves these 20 intriguing "whodunits" mysteries. Reading comprehension and critical-thinking skills get a workout as students read each mystery, then follow the clues to their logical conclusions. Clever questions and activities encourage students to find facts, read for details, analyze situations, make inferences, p
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2nd - 6th
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Summarize Passages | 25 Passages | Fiction and Nonfiction Text
Summarize Passages After jumping from first grade to fifth and sixth this past year, I have found that across grade levels, students have a challenging time knowing what to and to not write in a summary. So, I've written 25 passages at a variety of levels to help give your kiddos practice with this important skill. 13 of the passages included in this product are fiction, while the other 12 are nonfiction. I have included a variety of topics to appeal to all your readers. I have also included the
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Comprehension Practice Passages
The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe - Interactive Flip Book, 10 Activities
This interactive resource contains everything you need to engage students with Edgar Allan Poe's creepy classic, "The Tell Tale Heart." Perfect in October (or any time of year!) this resource can be used alone, with Interactive Notebooks, or with Interactive File Folders.THIS "TELL-TALE HEART" RESOURCE INCLUDES:full text of “The Tell-Tale Heart” in easy-to-read font, with especially difficult vocabulary terms definedlesson plananticipation guidetext-dependent questions10 activities9 writing prom
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7th - 9th
Spanish story: Tener expressions | el verbo tener | irregular verb in Spanish
This is a silly TPRS story, written entirely in the Spanish present tense, about a family who goes hiking and complains about everything - being cold, hot, tired, hungry and scared. Students will receive repetition and high quality input of the tener expressions in Spanish.This story is action packed and most fun when acted out, but the new interactive, choose-your-own-ending picture book also makes it comprehensible for independent reading as well. I use it after I have pre-taught the "tener"
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5th - 10th
Fiction Context Clues Reading Passages and Activities with Vocabulary Grades 4-6
Vocabulary in Context is great for building vocabulary, applying learned vocabulary, comprehension, and fluency! These ten reading passages use real photographs to help support comprehension which is a great strategy if using for ELL's or intervention. This product is packed with 10 reading passages, vocabulary with definitions, fill in the blank application activities, and writing prompts. Answer keys for activities included! This resource is intended for grades 4-6 but can be used for other gr
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Context Clues Reading Passages and Activities Bundle with Vocabulary
Fractured Fairy Tales & 5 Wh Questions -Reading Comprehension No Prep Worksheets
These 40 high-interest, low readability fractured fairy tales with a twist were designed to help students improve their reading comprehension skills. These no prep worksheets will also help them to experience unusual and varying points of view. By reading the short, humorous stories and answering the accompanying who, what, when, where, and why questions, students will learn to apply comprehension strategies so that they can understand and retain the information they read. Contents Include:- 4
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2nd - 8th
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Paired Passages - Text Connections
Twelve high-interest paired paragraphs, each with one question that requires a high level of thinking to complete. You will receive:-24 high interest paired passages (2 per page)-12 questions, each requiring the reader to make text to text connections-answer recording sheets-answer keysThe set is provided in both color (for use in learning stations) and black and white (for student reproducibles). Six of the paired passages are presented in the free downloadable preview.Use these short passages
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Reading Task Cards Bundle
Fiction Independent Reading Journal Log - Middle School ELA
Fiction: Independent Reading Response Logs for ANY Novel or Short Story
Are you wondering how to hold your students accountable for providing text evidence during independent reading? I needed an independent reading response packet that could be used for any work of fiction. I needed one that was easy to grade and included questions from every Common Core Standard. So I created this versatile resource that can be used for ANY novel or short story, independent reading choices, whole-class assig
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6th - 8th
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Inferences Bundle
A bundle of both my flashcards and short stories, the #1 and #2 bestsellers in my store! Address your students' inferencing needs from grades 1-8. The flashcards are great for grades 1-5, while the short stories target upper elementary and middle school topics from grades 4-8. Click on each link for previews!
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1st - 8th
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Fractured Fairy Tales & Wh Questions for Reading Comprehension Digital Resource
High-Interest, Low Readability Fairy Tales with a Twist! These 40 interactive Google Slides will help students improve reading comprehension skills with short, humorous stories, who, what, when, where, and why questions, and TONS of Cloze Reading practice! Your struggling readers and on-level students will laugh-out-loud at the humorous twist on familiar childhood fairy tales. The stories use clever language to give the stories’ events a more contemporary feel and are presented like newspaper
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2nd - 10th
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Rothirilla va al trabajo Cuento Corto - Spanish Short Story for Comprehension
¿Necesitas que tus estudiantes se familairicen con los elementos del cuento y la estructura de los cuentos cortos? Trabaja la comprensión de lectura narrativa con tus alumnos de nivel intermedio y superior con una historia que les encantará.Rothirilla es un par de zapatos inseguro que sale en una aventura para la cual no estaba preparado. En este cuento corto bellamente narrado de 1,305 palabras, se aplican técnicas narrativas como el diálogo, el lenguaje figurado y la descripción. A tus alumnos
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6th - 9th
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Listen To Reading Using QR Codes * Listening Center * 76 READ ALOUDS *
Add 76 READ ALOUDS to your classroom library! Incorporate technology and engage your students with this way of listening to reading. Students simply select the book they want to listen to, then scan the coordinating QR code. All links go through safeshare so there is no worrying about unwanted advertisement.*** FILE HAS BEEN UPDATED ON 1/25/20
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PreK - 6th
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Tall Tales (Grades 4-6) by Teaching Ink
Tall Tales is a wonderful way to introduce either U.S. geography or certain periods in American history. Each story has a link to a particular period of time. This is a wonderful way of integrating the historical topics with a humorous story written for an about that time. There continues to be a great need to have students understand the various types of folklore, and that information was not always included in the student’s literature book. Students need to know these differences in legends, f
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4th - 6th
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Idioms, Adages, and Proverbs Differentiated Bundled Unit
This is a bundled unit on Idioms, Adages, and Proverbs perfect for meeting the Common Core Standards: ELA L.4.5b and L.5.5.b: Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs.
In this unit you will find an engaging Powerpoint which defines idioms, proverbs, and adages, gives examples, and provides practice in identifying them. They may also be printed out and used as classroom posters.
The task cards can be used as a center activity or whole group activity. There
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Grades:
4th - 7th
Halloween Writing Pack
This Halloween Writing Unit was designed to create a full month of writing for your classroom. Simply make a copy of each of these pages, staple together (with the cover page provided) and students can work all month on creative, fun, and meaningful writing for the whole month of October.This Writing pack contains two parts – 4 Halloween Writing Assignments and 5 October themed journal pages. Each of the 4 Halloween Writing Assignments have a brainstorm page. These pages have directions for each
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K - 6th
DAZE Practice Passages #74-83 Dibels (4th-6th)
I have created these passages to help students practice for the DAZE Dibels assessment.
Each passage includes words in boxes. Students need to circle one of the words that makes the best sense in each sentence. There is an answer key for each passage.
These passages have THREE answer choices.
Check out all my other DAZE practice passages for grades 1-6:
1st Grade to 6th Grade DAZE Practice Passages
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: DAZE Practice Passages #74-140 Dibels (4th-6th) **BUNDLE**
Science Fiction Writing Unit 5th 6th Grade Prompts Graphic Organizer Samples
This No Prep, SCIENCE FICTION WRITING UNIT for 5th, 6th Grade includes 8 science fiction writing prompts, scaffolded graphic organizers, (perfect for your struggling writers), a comprehensive writing sample from brainstorming to publishing, posters, task cards and much more.THIS RESOURCE IS DIGITAL TO ASSIGN IN GOOGLE CLASSROOM AND INCLUDES A PDF VERSION FOR PRINTING.PLEASE DO NOT PURCHASE THIS IF YOU HAVE ALREADY PURCHASEDmyView Writing Grade 5 Unit 4 Science Fiction Writing, Print and DigitalI
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5th - 6th
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12 SHORT MYSTERY STORIES & READING COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES: Follow Clues Lvl 2
EASY-TO-READ MYSTERIES | FOR STUDENTS OF ALL AGES | HIGH INTEREST | FOLLOW CLUES | MAKE INFERENCES | PREDICT OUTCOMES | SOLVE MYSTERIES | SPECIAL EDUCATION | RELUCTANT READERS | HIGH INTEREST / LOW READABILITYFollow the clues wherever they lead... Students will LOVE following clues, discovering facts, making inferences and solving each intriguing mystery! These short, high-interest mysteries take place in fascinating locations that are sure to capture the attention
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3rd - 8th
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AU/AW Diphthongs- for Intermediate Grades- Orton Gillingham Print and Go
Older kids need phonics too! This pack includes everything you need to teach the the Diphthongs: AU and AW to intermediate students.What's included:Step-by-step TEACHER'S GUIDE that includes:pattern explanationmulti-sensory practice ideaslinks to all our Google Slides and favorite FREE online videos and games can be found in the Favorite Online Link Listdifferentiated word lists (basic, intermediate, & advanced words that all follow the phonetic pattern)differentiated sentences for fluency a
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2nd - 6th
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The Monkey's Paw Pre-Reading Stations - Foreshadowing, Theme, Setting
Perfect for team-based learning in stations / small groups. I designed this product to be used prior to teaching Edgar Allan Poe. This resource will benefit readers who plan on tackling The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs. An excellent choice for teaching Theme, Foreshadowing, Setting, and more.Teachers love having the ability to move around the room and engage one-on-one. This resource is perfect for that. You can roam and assist while students work in teams or small groups to complete Challenges a
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6th - 9th
Also included in: Middle School Short Story STATIONS / CENTERS MEGA BUNDLE - 6th, 7th, 8th
Lamb to the Slaughter: Murder Mystery
Lamb to the Slaughter by: Roald Dahl Who doesn't love a good murder mystery? I know my students do! I love any day that I can set up centers and allow my students to work independently. (Yes! Centers are for big kids, too!)I use this 2-3 day activity to introduce points-of-view as well as Roald Dahl's short story, "Lamb to the Slaughter."Included are the following: *A 23-page guide to setting up each of the 8 stations. (Letters, diary entries, etc. are included as well. *A 12-page set o
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8th - 12th
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