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Elementary informational text literature circles for Easel
1st Grade Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Passages with Questions
This is a collection of 1st grade NONFICTION reading comprehension passages with questions cut and paste. The passages target reading COMPREHENSION and are designed to improve reading FLUENCY by asking the students to read each passage 3 times.Titles included:1. The Sun2. The Moon3. The Stars4. Apples5. Leaves6. Living and Nonliving Things7. Zebras8. Wolves9. Sharks10. Monkeys11. Animal Habitats12. Animal Needs13. Bears are Mammals14. Dogs and Wolves15. Where Do Animals Live?The students will ha
Grades:
1st - 2nd
A Christmas Carol CHARLES DICKENS Biography Texts Activities PRINT and EASEL
Charles Dickens..and A Christmas Carol: this biography resource about the great English writer is a perfect way to introduce your students to A Christmas Carol, giving students background on both the novel and Charles Dickens. Each of the two texts can be used alone (but in sequence): they could be assigned as the teacher wishes, in class over a couple of days or more, as homework, as independent projects, etc. The two texts are chronological and just over 400 words in length with an illust
Grades:
4th - 6th
Compare and Contrast Reading Passages | RI3.9 | RI.3.3
Compare and contrast is a complex skill for students to understand. These passage are a great way to aid students with this standard.2nd Grade Compare and ContrastReading Journal B.E.S.T Standards: Reading Journal Grade 1-3The Sun and The Moon (Nonfiction)Hurricane and Tornado (Fiction Story)Growth Mindset and Fixed Mindset (NonFiction)Mammals and Reptiles (Nonfiction)Noah and Jacob (Fiction Story)Frogs and Toads (Nonfiction)Arctic Wolf and Arctic Fox (Nonfiction)Apple Orchard and Pumpkin Patch
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Question Answer Relationship QAR Response Mini Lesson
A great mini lesson for introducing the QAR model for literature and informational text response. Improve comprehension and question responses with this simple, but in depth lesson that show's students that there are different types of questions and how to respond appropriately to them! Great for grades 3, 4, 5, and 6! Ties into RL/RI 3.10, 4.10, 5.10, and 6.10.
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Spring Passages, Spring Close Reading Passages Nonfiction Comprehension
Are you looking for high-interest Spring reading passages to help your students practice their close reading strategies? This fall nonfiction close reading comprehension passages pack comes with 12 weeks of activities.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/Detail, and Fact Find
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Grades:
1st - 2nd
Figurative Language Treasure Hunt - Use With ANY Text Distance Learning
Figurative Language Treasure Hunt - Use With ANY Text (Updated with a digital option for distance learning!)A fun close-reading activity for upper elementary and middle school students.Reading literature and informational texts activity: Students will search for figurative language devices in context as they read. Any text that contains similes, metaphors, personification, hyperboles, idioms, oxymorons, and ANY devices you choose will work.Language/Vocabulary activity: Students will create their
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Grades:
5th - 7th
Also included in: All of my Reading Resources (Fiction / Nonfiction) Growing Bundle
Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition Comprehension Questions
Hidden Figures: Young Readers' Edition by Margot Lee ShetterlyThis resource is for the wonderful book, Hidden Figures, that tells the stories of African American women who worked as mathematicians for NASA. There are comprehension questions for each chapter. The questions can be used for whole group or small reading groups.You may also like:A Good Kind of Trouble Novel StudyStamped Comprehension QuestionsClean Getaway Novel StudyHispanic Heritage Reading Passages
Grades:
5th - 8th
Island of the Blue Dolphins {Novel Study & Resarch Folder} - PRINT & DIGITAL
*The Island of the Blue Dolphins novel study is PRINT & DIGITAL through GOOGLE SLIDES and EASEL by TPT. This novel study is ready for DISTANCE LEARNING. The Island of the Blue Dolphins is a Newberry Medal winning historical fiction based on the true life of a young girl who was stranded on a deserted island for eighteen years. This book is an outstanding story of survival and adventure. With its strong themes of peace, determination, and forgiveness your students will find this novel irr
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Grades:
3rd - 4th
Close Reading Tide Pools
Close reading is a key component of the Common Core Standards.It is the active and analytic reading and re-reading of text to gather meaning. This reading and re-reading of text leads to higher level thinking skills and a deeper level of reading comprehension. These are crucial concepts for growing readers. This close reading, non-fiction resource focuses on various tide pool animals .
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Each text passage is leveled for differe
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Also included in: Year Long Close Reading MEGA Bundle
The Life of Snowflake Bentley: Reading Comprehension Passages & Printables
An exciting biography that takes young readers on a journey through the life of Wilson Bentley, a remarkable man who dedicated his life to capturing the beauty of snowflakes through photography. This reading comprehension unit is designed for 3rd to 5th graders, providing an engaging exploration of Bentley's adventures in the world of snow. Your students will put their analyzing skills to the test as they read informational text passages and answer comprehension questions. Several standards ar
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: Snowflake Bentley and Snow Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Bundle
Literature Circles {CCSS Aligned}
This comprehensive 31 page Literature Circle pack is overflowing with everything you need to introduce, organize, and manage literature circles in your classroom. It makes managing the literature circle groups and monitoring the connected common core standards a breeze!
With class sizes increasing it can be difficult to find the materials to help manage literature circles in the classroom. This product makes it not only possible, but a GREAT way to meet the CCSS!
★ With 9 possible tasks,
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Also included in: Independent Reading BUNDLE
Becoming Muhammad Ali: A PDF Novel Study and Easel Digital Activity
OVERVIEW:Two products in one: digital and printable! This is a ready-to-use, custom made, PDF and Easel Digital packet designed for use with middle graders reading Becoming Muhammad Ali by award-winning-authors, James Patterson and Kwame Alexander. The Easel activity included is a copy of the student workbook complete with textboxes allowing the teacher to assign it digitally and the student to complete the activities digitally when distance learning is necessary. Included in both the PDF and
Grades:
5th - 8th
Informational Text: Thanksgiving | Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions
“Informational Text: Thankgiving Who, What, When, Where?” is a 26 page comprehensive packet that contains 10 informational learning activities using a variety of formats - newsletter, email, posters, a glossary page, a how-to text, a recipe, pictograph, Venn diagram and an informational article all centered on Thankgiving!Each sheet requires students to read and find evidence in the text to nswer key details from that informational text. Versatile use: use as a mini reading lesson focused on ke
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
Career Exploration: Reading Passages and Questions: Set Four {Google Classroom™}
These Career Exploration Reading Passages and Questions are designed to help students develop strong comprehension skills while also becoming familiar with a variety of options for occupations.To provide flexibility, for use in distance learning and/or a classroom setting, the following options are offered:1) A link to this document in Google Slides2) Ready for use with the new TpT Digital Tool3) Printable, as a traditional PDFOver the years, I have found that students who can imagine themselves
Grades:
2nd - 5th
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
Grades:
2nd - 4th
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Biography Reading Passages Activities PRINT and EASEL
This biography resource about writer William Shakespeare is am informational reading and writing unit for upper elementary students. It can be utilized equally in an ELA class or a Social Studies class. The four texts are in chronological order and do not have to be done all at once - they could be assigned one at a time. Three of the one-page texts begin with a “before you read” question”, and all four have a page of questions (inference, factual, and opinion) as well as a page of vocabulary
Grades:
4th - 6th
NC State Symbols Reading Passage
This an introductory reading passage to the North Carolina State Symbols. Students will learn about some of the most popular state symbols that shape North Carolina. There is a sequencing worksheet to follow after the passage, in which students are to list and describe the four symbols discussed in the passage in chronological order from when they were adopted as a state symbol.
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3rd - 5th
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CAN'T YOU MAKE THEM BEHAVE, KING GEORGE? Comprehension (Answer Key Included)
* 33 Comprehension Questions (answers included)Rationale 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
Grades:
3rd - 5th
SQUANTO: FRIEND OF THE PILGRIMS * Novel Study (Answer Key Included)
Scholastic Biography by Clyde Robert BullaCiting text evidence requires students to look back into the text for evidence to support an idea, answer a question or make a claim. Citing evidence requires students to think more deeply about the text and gives them practice finding evidence to support their ideas, which leads to deeper comprehension.This resource allows students to do just that and check their responses with an answer key. * Perfect for guided reading, literature circles, book clubs,
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Heroic Stories of WWII: Non-Fiction Reading Passages and Printables
Your students will be engaged with these exciting tales of World War II heroes. Middle School students love to hear tales of heroic acts. These passages are sure to please even your most reluctant reader. 33 pages include 4 informational text passages about Paul Tibbets, jr. (pilot of Enola Gay), George H.W. Bush (survived plane crash), Reba Whittle (only woman POW), and George Marshall (recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize). The resource also includes printables for each passage, a flip book, an
Grades:
5th - 8th
Compare & Contrast Reading Response Theme, Setting, Plot
These reader’s response pages can be used with fiction or non-fiction text. They are perfect to use as a journal response page and cover plot, theme, character traits, predictions, reflections, compare/contrast & student’s interpretations. Also provided is how illustrations help us to better understand the text (fiction). A useful tool to encourage your students to take a closer look at illustrations in text. Anchor charts provided to help students recognize the difference between ‘plot’
Grades:
3rd
Close Reading Sharks
Close reading is the reading and re-reading of text to gather meaning and determine the author’s purpose. It is learning how to highlight important vocabulary words and using context clues to figure out the meaning of them. It is also providing evidence from text to support answers when answering comprehension questions or to show comprehension of the text. These skills are very important for early readers.************************************************************************Each text is level
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Also included in: Year Long Close Reading MEGA Bundle
Close Reading Dogs
Close reading is a key component of the Common Core Standards. It is the active and analytic reading and re-reading of text to gather meaning. This reading and re-reading of text leads to higher level thinking skills and a deeper level of reading comprehension. These are crucial concepts for growing readers. This close reading, non-fiction resource focuses on various types of dogs. There are 3 differentiated texts per breed of dog.
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Also included in: Close Reading Bundle
Weird Sea Creatures and Mummies Informational Book Study Packets
Are you interested in your students reading a informational chapter book but don't have time to come up with all the comprehension questions and extension activities? I have done the work for you by assembling no-prep activities for two National Geographic Kids nonfiction books Weird Sea Creatures and Mummies. These printables can be used as independent work packets for differentiated instruction or in guided reading groups, book clubs, or literature circles. 3rd grade reading level according to
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
Also included in: National Geographic Kids Book Study Bundle
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