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2nd grade science literature circles
Little Red Hen {Little Red Hen Sequencing Card Craft}
Little Red Hen* Create a little red hen craft with this little red hen sequencing card craft and combine a reading activity and a science lesson with plants. The little red hen sequencing cards include sprouting plant, harvesting wheat, milling, and a baked bread image. Students can use the craft to retell the little red hen story and work on their sequencing skills. This craft makes a great little red red hen craft for a great class display too. Add this craft to your little red hen activities
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PreK - 3rd
I Survived THE JAPANESE TSUNAMI, 2011 - Comprehension (Answer Key Included)
One page per chapter plus answer keyRationale for using Text Evidence and Comprehension packets:This approach provides a way for students to engage in critical thinking and reflection as they respond to what they have read. Citing textual evidence requires students to look back into the text for evidence to support an idea, answer a question or make a claim. This skill combined with comprehension questions on DOK Levels 1, 2, & 3 leads students to think deeply about what they have read. (In
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2nd - 4th
Ocean Habitat CCSS Unit
This ocean unit comes with printable student books (facts, note taking pages, common core response questions), printable teacher notes, and follow-up student writing papers (rough draft and final copy)! It’s everything you need to teach about the ocean while meeting common core standards. Please see the list below and our preview for more information!Ocean Unit Includes:(58 Pages Total)Student Book CoverStudent Book:Our Blue PlanetThe Sunlight ZoneCoral ReefsThe Twilight ZoneThe Midnight ZoneKel
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K - 3rd
Close Reading Passages, Nonfiction Reading Passages with Comprehension Questions
Are you looking for high-interest nonfiction reading comprehension passages to help your students practice their close reading strategies? This set of reading passages comes with 30 weeks of close reading sets. New to close reading? There is a how-to introduction within the product that breaks down each day's tasks for the week. This is an introduction to each day's tasks plus three general graphic organizers in case you want to supplement Asking Questions, Main Idea and Detail, and Fact-Finding
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1st - 2nd
DINOSAURS BEFORE DARK: Magic Tree House #1 Book Companion
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This product is a book companion to be used with the Magic Tree House Book (#1) DINOSAURS BEFORE DARK by Mary Pope Osborne. In the book, Jack and Annie travel back to Prehistoric Times where they learn about dinosaurs! This book would be perfect for use with a Dinosaur Unit!!
These books are a HIT and offer themselves to tons of
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1st - 5th
Also included in: Magic Tree House Book Companion BUNDLE Books 1-4
All About Earthworms Booklet
Do you have kids who love worms? I do! I created this little booklet for my science-loving little people! This booklet answers the basic questions I was getting about worms, such as where they live, what they eat, if they have babies and can we keep them as a pet?Purchase Includes 1 All About Earthworms Booklet:6 booklet pages about earthworms2 booklet pages of drawing/writing prompts about earthworms1 page Teacher Use Tips*Check out the preview for a closer look at some of the pages.*Other teac
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PreK - 3rd
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Also included in: All About Animals Booklets GROWING Bundle
Give Bees a Chance by Barton 20 Book Extension Activities NO PREP
Not sure whether to high-five bees or run away from them? Well, maybe you shouldn't high-five them, but you definitely don't have to run away from them. Give Bees a Chance is for anyone who doesn't quite appreciate how extra special and important bees are to the world, and even to humankind! Besides making yummy honey, they help plants grow fruits and vegetables. And most bees wouldn't hurt a fly (unless it was in self-defense!). Bethany Barton's interactive cartoon-style illustrations and hilar
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K - 3rd
Also included in: Second Grade Story Time 10 Book Bundle
Earth Day NO PREP Speech and Language Activities for Engaging Therapy Sessions
This NO PREP download includes 42 pages of fun activities to use in your therapy room for Earth Day...OR MAKE EVERYDAY Earth Day! Use this download to teach about being green/recycling AND to work on articulation and phonological awareness etc. throughout the year! WHAT DO I GET? ♻️ 3 coloring/art pages that coordinate with the teaching materials/lessons.♻️ 2 pages of teaching materials to use for teaching about the 3 Rs (reduce, reuse, and recycle) containing child-friendly language and practic
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K - 6th
I Survived THE JOPLIN TORNADO, 2011 Tarshis - Comprehension (Answers Included)
One page per chapter plus answer keyRationale for using Text Evidence and Comprehension packets:This approach provides a way for students to engage in critical thinking and reflection as they respond to what they have read. Citing textual evidence requires students to look back into the text for evidence to support an idea, answer a question or make a claim. This skill combined with comprehension questions on DOK Levels 1, 2, & 3 leads students to think deeply about what they have read. (In
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2nd - 4th
The Two Bobbies A True Story of Hurricane Katrina Common Core Literacy Unit
This unit is based on the story Two Bobbies by Kirby Larson and Mary Nethery. It can be used with a unit on weather, hurricanes, friendship, or perseverance. The unit includes vocabulary, Blooms questions, story sequence, cause and effect, compare and contrast, story scoot and questions based on individual learning styles.
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K - 3rd
Inquiring Minds Want To Know- A Guided Reading Resource
Students are naturally inquisitive and want to know about our natural world. This packet is designed to capitalize on this desire. The topics will definitely keep your students engaged and eager to read more and more about these topics.
This packet includes magazines,informative write ups, and
recording pages about topics students are eager to learn about.
These articles will help keep guided reading fun, exciting, and productive.
The topics include:
Freshwater Habitats and Animals
*The
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1st - 2nd
How to Eat Fried Worms Activity Pack
This pack is chalk full of worm activities! It is just the right mixture of fun and learning. Check out the preview to view what is inside this huge pack.
A few of the activities you will receive are:
- recipe card
- live worm investigation trifold
- real vs. gummy worm venn diagram activity
- comprehension question library cards
- writing paper reproducibles
- Thomas Rockwell author study mini booklet
- vocabulary word searches
- yucky foods class graph(tally and bar) bulletin board and reprod
Dolphin Tale Novel Study (Free Task Cards Included) Common Core Aligned
This is a great novel study to use when learning about the ocean, animals, animal adaptations, or even Florida. The novel study is common core aligned including common core standards for grades 2-4. The novel study can be used for small group, whole group, independent studies, and literature circles.
The novel study includes:
Detailed teacher directions
chapter summary cards
Character summary cards
Student workbook that includes:
9 student activity pages
12 chapter comprehension questions (5-8 q
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2nd - 4th
Cece Loves Science 21 Book Extension Activities NO PREP
Cece loves science! Cece is a curious little girl who loves to ask questions. With the encouragement of her parents and teacher, Cece sets out to explore and discover.Cece and her best friend, Isaac have been given an assignment to try to answer a question about science. The two friends decide to try to figure out whether or not dogs like vegetables. Follow the scientific process that Cece and Isaac take to find their answers!I have created 21 extension activities for this title. Activities Inc
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K - 3rd
Annotation Bookmarks with Collaborative Conversation Starters
Close reading assistance, great for K - 12th grade, bookmarks, collaborative conversation frames, common core aligned, reading informational text, reading literature, listening and speaking.
Print and copy double sided for students to use as they are annotating text. Laminate to make them last longer!
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K - 12th
One Thing I Know... a mini book about the Sun, Earth, and Moon
"One Thing I Know...a book about the Sun, Earth and Moon" is a great little book for beginning readers. This mini reproducible book has just enough information for your Kindergarten, Pre-K or 1st grade students, yet it also serves well as a discussion starter for more detailed conversations.
Basic information is included such as: we live on planet Earth, there are many stars, the sun is a star, it gives us heat and light, Earth travels around the sun, it takes a year for earth to go around the
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PreK - 2nd
MIDNIGHT ON THE MOON: Magic Tree House #8 Book Companion
Who doesn't LOVE a Magic Tree House book??
This is a GREAT Magic Tree House book that aligns perfectly with any outer space unit. This could be used with a whole class or as part of a literature circle!
It is just 10 short chapters and can easily be read aloud in one week. I have created a worksheet for each chapter.
Each worksheet addresses both science themes, as well as important literary themes. They include basic comprehension questions AND critical thinking questions.
Included are som
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K - 4th
Also included in: Magic Tree House Book Companion BUNDLE Books 5-8
Chickens aren't the Only Ones: Nonfiction literacy unit
This non-fiction reading product contains eight activities with printables related to the book, "Chickens aren't the Only Ones" by Ruth Heller. These activities help students comprehend a nonfiction book, use information learned from a nonfiction book to complete activities, and make reading nonfiction fun and engaging. "Chickens aren't the Only Ones" is perfect for any farm unit, spring unit, or baby animals. Students K-2 will enjoy this book with these activities. Activities include: Sequenc
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PreK - 2nd
Also included in: Interactive Read Aloud and Book Extension Bundle
Textos Persuasivos (Persuasive Texts)
Estas lecturas fueron creadas por razones del COVID 19. No son perfectas pero buscaba algo en Español que fuera práctica de lectura para los estudiantes usando el TEKS K.8E: El estudiante debe de reconocer las características del texto persuasivo con la asistencia de un adulto y expresar lo que el autor está tratando de persuadir al lector a pensar o hacer.Vienen 4 pasajes diferenciados sobre el tema de cada estación del año y las copias sin color para ahorrar tinta al imprimir.
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PreK - 2nd
Three Little Pigs Character Hat Patterns
If you like to use read alouds for different contents such as Reading Science or Social Studies, and The Three Little Pigs book is one of them, use this simple hat pattern to conclude your story. Your students will also learn to identify the main character or characters in the story while using these 9 hat pattern. There are 9 character hat patterns such as the 3 different pigs, the mama pig, the 2 different wolf patterns, and the 3 vendors of straw, sticks, and bricks. This activity can also
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PreK - 2nd
Zoey and Sassafras : Monsters & Mold Novel Study Unit
Zoey and Sassafras is a great new beginning chapter book series that teaches kids about the scientific method in a fun and easy to understand way. This novel study is the perfect book companion for your Zoey and Sassafras unit study!
THIS NOVEL STUDY IS FOR BOOK #2 AND INCLUDES:
1. Comprehension Cards-For each chapter, there are 3 comprehension questions. There is one question on each card. Cards are put on a book ring for a fun and easy way to review the chapter in groups or individually.
2
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2nd - 4th
Water Cycle Emergent Reader
This emergent reader that can be used in guided reading groups for younger and older students! The reader focuses on teaching the water cycle using short explanations with the "terminology" in a label form on the illustrations. This will help your students understand the water cycle!
Terminology:
condensation
precipitation
evaporation
infiltration
accumulation
runoff
Please see the pictures for an example of the type of sentences used in this reader.
Please contact me if you have any questi
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K - 3rd
Magic Tree House #6 Bundle: Afternoon on the Amazon & Rain Forests Fact Tracker
Journey deep into the heart of the Amazon with Jack and Annie in Magic Tree House #6: Afternoon on the Amazon and enrich the experience with the detailed Fact Tracker: Rain Forests by Mary Pope Osborne. This immersive bundle is a must-have for educators aiming to combine the mystery of the rainforest with factual learning. Dive into interactive tasks, comprehension tests, vocabulary enhancement, and intriguing rainforest facts. Perfect for classroom learning, homeschool modules, and collaborativ
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2nd - 4th
Magic Tree House Dinosaurs Before Dark Novel Study and Reader Response Packet
Have your students follow Jack and Annie on their very first adventure with the Magic Tree House! Jack and Annie discover the tree house and travel to a time long ago, where they meet dinosaurs and find a medallion with the letter M on it. This novel study is geared towards young, advanced readers. This novel study includes questions and answers for each chapter and a double entry journal. This packet also includes a prediction sheet and an opinion entry to be used upon completing the novel.
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1st - 3rd
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