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Specialty literature circles for Easel Activities under $5
Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Literature Circles Book Clubs
Add some depth and complexity to traditional Literature Circles with this complete and ready-to-use resource!You will be amazed by the level of discussion and critical thinking that will take place among your students. Each Literature Circle role (listed below) is directly connected to 11 elements of critical thinking: Big Ideas, Rules, Trends, Patterns, Language of the Discipline, Ethics, Relationships Over Time, Details, Unanswered Questions, Across Disciplines, and Multiple Perspectives). Ju
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4th - 9th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Mega Bundle
Thanksgiving Logic Puzzles, Word Puzzles, Brain Teasers and & More
"Thanksgiving Word Puzzles, Brain Teasers and Logic Puzzles!" This resource is a great way to celebrate Thanksgiving and challenge your students critical thinking skills at the same time! The activities range from hidden word puzzles to logic puzzles, a trivia quiz and much more! Excellent and challenging Thanksgiving brain food for the holidays! Use a puzzle a day before the holidays. Print and go Thanksgiving fun!
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Also included in: Thanksgiving Math, Reading Writing Bundle For Upper Elementary Students
The Eleventh Hour Booklet
**2021 UPDATED VERSION**This booklet is to accompany the book "The Eleventh Hour" by Graeme Base.Read the book with your class, and use this booklet to help students try to solve the mystery. This booklet includes: Pages to keep track of the suspectsPages to keep track of the timePages to record notes and clues from the illustrationsPages to decode the "Note for Detectives" at the end of the bookEncourage critical thinking and close reading with this book that your students will LOVE!!The downl
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3rd - 7th
Oral Presentation Rubric Student Self Assessment Story Elements 2nd 3rd Grade
You will download a story elements teacher and student self assessment rubric. Your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade students will give an oral presentation to retell the story elements, including character, setting, problem, solution, and sequencing.The summarizing assessment is on a four point scale. A second student self-assessment is included which is the same as the teacher version except that it uses "I" statements. You will download both print and digital EASEL PDF formats for your convenience.B
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1st - 4th
Patricia Polacco THANK YOU, MR. FALKER - Comprehension (Answer Key Included)
20 Comprehension Questions and 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.
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Author's Purpose Reading Passages, Extra Practice, Reading Skill Intervention!
Author's purpose reteach and intervention passages! Great for extra practice to reinforce this important reading skill as well as practice on such important text structures as summary, theme, character traits, cause and effect and more. Perfect for guided reading, test prep or small group intervention.CCSS and STAAR Aligned!Perfect for Distance Learning!This resource includes:A thorough list of author's purpose reading stems to review with students. Author's Purpose discussion questions.Author'
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4th - 6th
Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Comprehension Quiz Test Questions True False MC SA
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Comprehension Review Sets : May be used for the book or television special!7 Pages Total Include: * 10 Comprehension short-answer questions * 10 Multiple Choice Questions * * * answer sheet (corresponds with both sets)* 10 True or False Statements * * * True or False answer sheet***********************************OR check out my FULL 54-page Comprehension Activity Packet in my store : Charlie Brown Thanksgiving TV Book Companion Reading Comprehension Worksheets**
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1st - 4th
THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE Discussion Cards (Answer Key Included)
This resource addresses this novel as an allegory, as C.S. Lewis intended. Readers will be asked to compare/contrast events in the book to the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.Rationale for using Discussion Cards:Discussions are guided by students’ responses to what they have read. This approach provides a way for students to engage in critical thinking and reflection as they read, discuss, and respond to books. Collaboration is at the heart of this approach. Students reshape and ad
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3rd - 5th
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Play Ball Amelia Bedelia Read Aloud Book Study Companion Reading Comprehension
Play Ball, Amelia Bedelia! Book Study Companion Reading Comprehension Unit with Idioms, Comprehension & Activities A Literacy Book Companion Unit with Comprehension & Fun Activities, based on the book Play Ball, Amelia Bedelia. (Book not included). Reading Level 2.3.This 45-page packet provides a variety of levels to reach each individual student. Please see preview pages and descriptions below . Worksheets include lined paper for easy handwriting practice: 46 Pages Total Include:1. TABL
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Historical Fiction Reading Passages and Questions on The Holocaust WWII
Help students analyze and understand the Holocaust with this standards-based, historical fiction story. In this passage, a depressed narrator takes the reader through a sensory journey of his surroundings in Auschwitz-Birkenau in his final days, while he questions his belief in God. This thought-provoking story will lead to strong discussion in your classroom. Click HERE to save 25% off the price of individual resources with the bundle.Click HERE to save 30% off the price of individual resources
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6th - 9th
Also included in: High School Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Bundle
Discussion Questions & Creative Writing Prompts for Korman's Masterminds
Motivate your students towards active, engaging discussion with these open-ended discussion questions to accompany Gordon Korman's middle-grade book Masterminds! This product contains:- three questions per chapter in an easy-to-use printable chart, along with suggestions for encouraging your students to participate in discussions. - these questions created as printable handouts for students, so that they can be used for homework, comprehension checks, essay prompts, or even as group preparati
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5th - 7th
Also included in: Gordon Korman ELA Resource Bundle I Print & Digital Versions
A Charlie Brown Christmas Story Sequencing
A Charlie Brown Christmas Story Sequencing Cut-Out activity .* 12 scenes to put in order, written with graphics added* answer sheet* Paste sheetUse this page in conjunction with a book or the television special:*************OR SEE my FULL 51-page comprehension & activity packet in my store!Charlie Brown Christmas Book Study Companion Reading Comprehension Quiz Literacy********************************************************************************* See my other Christmas Packets in my store
Grades:
1st - 4th
Summary Lesson, Reading Activities, Writing Projects +Practice Test
A thorough reading summary unit. Excellent for introducing this concept, as a review, or as a reading intervention. Students will complete a thorough lesson and then identify the summary of passages and paragraphs. A bonus summary creative writing activity and a summary practice test are also included. Great for distance learning as well!Students will review strategies to summarize text and then read summaries from popular stories as they guess what story the summary is referring to. Then they
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4th - 6th
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Sentence Fragments and Run-On Sentences; Original "Run-On" Story and Activities
This is an original modern day fairy tale parody "Readalot and the Three Hares". This resource includes an original parody fairy tale that teaches students how to recognize sentence fragments and run-on sentences. After reading the fairy tale, students complete fun follow-up activities. In the story, Readalot loves to read perfect sentences with subjects, predicates, nouns, and verbs. After arguing with her mother, Readalot goes to the wooded area by her community and gets lost in the forest
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: Language Arts Bundle, Activities and Lessons For the Entire Year!
Chronicles of Narnia THE MAGICIAN'S NEPHEW Discussion Cards (Answers Included)
This resource addresses this novel as an allegory, as C.S. Lewis intended. Students will be asked to compare/contrast events in the book to events in the Bible.Rationale for using Discussion Cards:This strategy is powerful in giving students opportunities to work together in mixed-ability, student-led groups. Lower level students benefit from listening to higher level students respond to questions. Higher level students are challenged to express their thinking in a way that helps lower level stu
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3rd - 5th
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Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping Read Aloud Book Companion Reading Comprehension ELA
A Literacy Book Companion Unit with Comprehension & Fun Activities, based on the book Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping . (Book not included). Reading Level 1.8.This 45-page packet provides a variety of levels to reach each individual student. Please see preview pages and descriptions below . Worksheets include lined paper for easy handwriting practice: 45 Pages Total Include: 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS 2. 10 Comprehension short-answer questions 3. continued 4. 10 Multiple Choice Questions , with illus
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K - 1st
Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun Book Companion Back to School Read Aloud KINDNESS
Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun : The Courage To Be Who You Are / Kindness Awareness Read Aloud Book Study Companion Comprehension Packet with activities including quiz, sequencing, vocabulary, writing, and more, based on the book by Maria Dismondy (book not included). This 48-page packet provides a variety of levels to reach each individual student. Please see preview pages and descriptions below : 48 Pages Total Include:1. Table of Contents2. 10 Comprehension short-answer questions 3. continued4
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2nd - 3rd
Bear Stays Up For Christmas--Speech & Language Book Companion
Bear Stays Up for Christmas by Karma Wilson & Jane Chapman has always been a favorite of my younger students! This 32-page NO PREP packet is perfect for preschool and younger elementary students for increasing language skills.
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❄️ Story Retell: Cut apart pictures and use storymat for retell
❄️ Vocabulary: 24 words from the book to use as synonym or word/definition match
❄️ Comprehension Questions with picture prompts
❄️ Associations: Target receptive language with 3 "What Are They
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PreK - 2nd
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Read Aloud Book Companion Reading Comprehension Fun
A Literacy Book Companion Unit with Comprehension & Fun Activities, based on the book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff (book not included).This 50-page packet provides a variety of levels to reach each individual student. Please see preview pages and descriptions below . Worksheets include lined paper for easy handwriting practice, & follow many Common Core Standards.50 Pages Total Include:1. TABLE OF CONTENTS2. 10 Comprehension short-answer questions 3. * * continued4. 10
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K - 2nd
Also included in: Laura Numeroff Read Aloud Book Companion BUNDLE 5 If You Give Take Mouse
ELA Resources I The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise I Digital Learning
Save time and energy with these discussion questions for Dan Gemeinhart's middle-grade novel The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise. The discussion questions are purposely open-ended and subject to opinion to encourage debate and discussion in your classroom. Also included are creative writing prompts and scoring rubrics.Included in this product:- Three or more open-ended discussion questions, sorted by chapter- These discussion questions reorganized onto printable handouts, suitable for com
Grades:
6th - 8th
Charolotte's Web Adapted
This adaptation of the classic novel Charlotte's Web makes it easy and fun for struggling readers to grasp the concepts presented in the story. The adaptation is great for students with dyslexia, learning disabilities, Autism, and speech disorders.
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Not Grade Specific
THE HUNDRED DRESSES - Comprehension & Text Evidence (Answer Key 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 read. (Includes questions from each chapter)
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3rd - 5th
Any Chapter Reflection Bookmarks | First Chapter Friday Response | Any Text
Twelve sheets of double-sided bookmarks to draw meaningful reflective responses from your students. Great questions for your First Chapter Friday, book tasting session, or simply alongside any chapter from a reading book.This product is also included in my Middle School Combo BUNDLE and my High School Combo BUNDLE.Six designs which can be printed single-sided or mix and match for back to back/ double-sided bookmarks. Includes all bookmarks in two sizes, plus letter and A3 graphic organizer sheet
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6th - 9th
Author's Purpose Lesson, Reading Activities, Writing Projects and Test
A thorough review of the important reading text structure skill, identifying the author's purpose in text. Excellent for introducing this concept, as a review, or as a reading intervention. Students will complete a thorough lesson and then identify the author's purpose in passages and paragraphs. A bonus author's purpose creative writing activity and an author's purpose practice test are also included. With this Author's purpose resource, you'll find, a lesson that includes an author's purpose
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4th - 6th
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