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Reading simulations for Google Apps
Mock Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) Classroom Mystery/Detective Simulation Game
Stage a mock crime scene investigation in your classroom! Kids solve the mystery through observation and science labs. They study crime scene photos, gather clues, analyze fingerprints, and experiment with powders and chromatography. Students love participating in this forensic science simulation - and cracking the case!Open the preview to take a closer look at the game-like project. The crime scene and detective activities are laid out for you. With a few common household items (such as pens, p
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in:Â 5-Week Mystery Unit - Fun Detective Genre Study for Fourth and Fifth Grade
The Odyssey: 10 Minute Trojan War : Pre-reading activity
Welcome to an exhilarating and knowledge-packed lesson plan that will equip your students with a deep understanding of the Trojan War, a crucial prelude to comprehending The Odyssey. Through the utilization of a printable kit and the dynamic storytelling technique called "The Woosh," learners will embark on an immersive journey, reenacting the decade-long conflict in a condensed ten-minute form. This proven strategy not only fosters enjoyment but also offers an unparalleled opportunity to introd
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7th - 10th
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Editorial vs. Regular News Article Game (Is it Fact or Opinion Writing?)
In this engaging, self-checking Google Slides game, students gain a valuable skill for interacting with media. Students are guided to learn the difference between fact and opinion writing—even when the difference is subtle—by reading information about both, then looking at headlines and choosing whether the headlines are for editorials or regular facts-only news articles. All headlines are from real articles, so students are learning with content that is relevant. Students are given feedback i
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4th - 10th
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Mock Election and Voting Simulation Unit
Let’s Get Out and Vote! This election simulation takes students from registering with paper applications or online, to researching the candidates, making campaign signs, voting in a mock election paper-based or online; you decide! Students collect the votes in a graph to decided who the winnign candidate is. Its a fun way to teach civil responsibility and learn about the election process. This unit is organized to be completed in 4-5 days. It has a plan at the beginning of each day along with
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3rd - 8th
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Halloween Stories & Activities -Virtual Field Trip -Interactive Story Adventure
Let's take a Halloween STORYventure... with our favorite classic Halloween books: Room on the Broom, Creepy Underwear, The Big Pumpkin, and the Little Old Lady That Was Not Afraid!!This No Wheels Field Trip is just what you need to have some HALLOWEEN FUN with an interactive story as Halloween gets near that will encourage reading good books in a new way to students!On this Halloween STORYventure, you will start by visiting the story adventure map! The map will guide you through the Halloween S
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in:Â Virtual Field Trips - MEGA No Wheels Field Trip Bundle - Locked in Price!
Who Was Dr. Seuss?: A Virtual Field Trip - Read Across America Week/Day
Exciting virtual field trip to learn about Dr. Seuss, his books and legacy, and Read Across America Week/Day! There are a few Dr. Seuss games linked to the trip, too. This trip also includes a supplemental handout. This is a fun, no prep activity that can be used all year but especially in March!* Be sure to check out the video preview. NOTE: music clips are not available via the preview, but are available on the virtual field trip once purchased. *The trip is on Google Slides. It can easily be
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Haunted Ski Lodge - Virtual Escape Room Review on Types of Text Structure
What's scarier than a review on text structure? A BORING review on text structure!This will be FREE on TpT through September 21. Grab it now!With the spooky season almost upon us (and let's be real, it's always spooky season for middle schoolers) what could be better than grabbing their attention AND reviewing focus standards? Keep the rigor going AND entice them to participate with a virtual escape room.All you have to do is share the first slideshow with your students and ta-da! Your job is do
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6th - 10th
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Tuck Everlasting Escape Room - Can you find the spring?
Step into the future of literature exploration with our digital escape room adventure centered around the timeless classic, "Tuck Everlasting." In this immersive experience designed for students, embark on a thrilling journey through time using the school's latest invention: a state-of-the-art time machine.will assume the roles of intrepid time travelers, venturing into the distant future where the legend of the immortal Tuck family still echoes through the ages. Your mission? To locate the fabl
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5th - 7th
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Starlet's Demise: Murder Mystery Game
Step into the glitz and glamour of old Hollywood with our captivating murder mystery game, "Starlet's Demise: A Hollywood Whodunit." Designed specifically for classroom use, this engaging activity transports students into the thrilling world of intrigue and suspense, challenging them to put their problem-solving skills to the test.In "Starlet's Demise," students become detectives-in-training as they find themselves at the center of a high-stakes investigation set in the lavish mansion of the ren
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9th - 12th
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Bitmoji Virtual Country Sunroom
NEW!!!This slide can be used as an online virtual learning area, Zoom or Google Meet background or a lesson plan space with learning links. All objects on the slide are yours to edit, move, delete or add a link to for resources and interactive learning. Simply make your own copy and change it up to fit your needs.Please visit my store for many additional options for virtual learning and meeting rooms.
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Not Grade Specific
Christmas Virtual Field Trip to Orlando
Take your class on a visit to Orlando to break up the days until Winter Break!This file includes 100 slides for students to visit different areas of Magic Kingdom and EPCOT and a 60 page trip journal for them to document their adventures!In Magic Kingdom students will have the opportunity to visit Mickey's Christmas Party and see all the special activities and create writing responses, drawings, and solve math problems in response to these activities.In EPCOT students will visit all of the count
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2nd - 5th
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STEM Story Adventures - Growth Mindset Lessons -Virtual Field Trip Experience
Let's take a STEM Story Adventure Virtual Field Trip with our favorite book characters: The Good Egg, The Bad Seed, The Cool Bean, and The Couch Potato!! This No Wheels Field Trip is just what you need to have some FUN, foster idea creation and growth mind-set, and introduce books in a new way to students!On this trip, you will start by visiting the story adventure map! The map will guide you through jumping into 4 of our FAVORITE Stories by Jory John:The Good EggThe Bad SeedThe Cool BeanThe Cou
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in:Â Virtual Field Trips - MEGA No Wheels Field Trip Bundle - Locked in Price!
The Giver 7-8 Chapter 7 and 8 Ceremony of 12 Simulation Interactive Activity HW
This fully editable interactive simulation lesson complements chapters 7 and 8 of The Giver is perfect for middle school students and for teachers who are looking to engage their students with an interactive simulation of the Ceremony of 12. This lesson is designed to put students in the shoes of the characters in The Giver, and have them imagine and experience what it might be like to have your job or career selected for you. The packet includes:Lesson Plan for The Giver Interactive Simulation
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6th - 9th
Also included in:Â BUNDLE The Giver Chapters 1-7 Launch Lessons Worksheets CER HW Mini-Projects
City of Ember Role Play Lesson Plan / Resource Pack
This product comes with a google doc lesson plan, google slide instruction to be shared with the class, and google form exit ticket.This lesson is based on the book City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau. The recommended age for this book/lesson is 4th-6th grade.Built based on Indiana state standards for fourth grade.
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4th - 7th
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SPENT Simulator Assignment | Glass Castle Companion Assignment
How do you get students to build empathy when they've never experienced poverty? How do you get a student to care and build background knowledge when they don't understand certain decisions they've never had to make? ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE SPENT SIMULATOR. Prior to reading The Glass Castle written by Jennette Walls, have students participate in this engaging simulation while completing comprehension questions and reflecting along the way. WHAT YOU GET WITH THIS RESOURCE: one Google Doc assignment
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10th - 12th
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STEM Story Adventures - Meet the Questioneers -Virtual Field Trip Experience
Let's take a STEM Story Adventure Virtual Field Trip with our favorite STEM story friends: Ada Twist, Rosie Revere, Iggy Peck, and Sofia Valdez!! This No Wheels Field Trip is just what you need to have some FUN, foster idea creation and growth mind-set, and introduce STEM careers to your students!On this trip, you will start by visiting the story adventure map! The map will guide you through jumping into 4 of our FAVORITE STEM Stories:Ada Twist, ScientistIggy Peck, ArchitectRosie Revere, Enginee
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in:Â Virtual Field Trips - MEGA No Wheels Field Trip Bundle - Locked in Price!
Moon of the Crusted Snow: "Surviving An Apocalypse" Pre-Reading Activity!
Waubgeshig Rice's novel, Moon of the Crusted Snow, is a unique and compelling take on the apocalypse narrative, written, this time, with an Indigenous lens. The story follows Evan Whitesky and his community as they navigate a widespread power outage from their reserve in Northern Canada. Published in 2018, Moon of the Crusted Snow is a high-interest novel that engages all learners. Although it was published two years prior to the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, many events within the nov
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9th - 12th
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Earth Day Story Adventures -Reading Comprehension -Virtual Field Trip Experience
Let's take an Earth Day Story Adventure Virtual Field Trip through our FAVORITE Earth Day Stories!! This No Wheels Field Trip is just what you need to have some FUN, take a trip, celebrate Earth Day, and become more proficient in SAVING OUR PLANET!On this trip, you will start by visiting the story adventure map! The map will guide you through jumping into 3 of our FAVORITE Earth Day Stories:I Can Save the EarthWe are the Water ProtectorsWhy Should I Recycle?You will hear the story or what the st
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in:Â Virtual Field Trips - MEGA No Wheels Field Trip Bundle - Locked in Price!
Dav Pilkey Virtual Field Trip - Encourage Summer Reading - Creative Writing
Let's take a Virtual Field Trip to Meet Dav Pilkey!! This No Wheels Field Trip is just what you need to have some FUN, take a trip, learn about comic writing, your super powers, making reading fun, and more!!Who is Dav Pilkey? He is the author of our favorite books, Captain Underpants and Dogman!On this trip, you will start by meeting up with Dav, the Captain, and Dogman. Decide who you want to explore with first... both characters are fighting battles!You will get to study how to create images
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in:Â Virtual Field Trips - MEGA No Wheels Field Trip Bundle - Locked in Price!
Rituals & Routines- Back to School - Interactive Story -Contractions - Story Map
Let's take a Back to School STORY Venture.. Don't Do This with our favorite classic books: Don't Take an Alligator to School, Pigeon Goes to School, and If You Take a Mouse to School!! This No Wheels Field Trip is just what you need to have some FUN with an interactive story when school starts back that will encourage rituals and routines!On this Back to School STORY Venture, you will start by visiting the story adventure map! The map will guide you through the Back to School STORY Venture jumpi
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in:Â Virtual Field Trips - MEGA No Wheels Field Trip Bundle - Locked in Price!
Lord of the Flies Survival Simulation Challenge
Before you read Lord of the Flies, engage students in the world with this exciting group simulation activity. Students will build their own governments, choose jobs, and rank important tasks. At the end, each group will see if they live, die, or are able to be rescued!
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9th - 12th
March Virtual Field Trip - Leprechaun Story Adventures - Distance Learning
Let's take a Virtual Field Trip in March through our FAVORITE Leprechaun Story Adventures!! This No Wheels Field Trip is just what you need to have some FUN, take a trip, celebrate St. Patrick's Day, and ready our FAVORITE Leprechaun Books!On this trip, you will start by with a story adventure map! The map will guide you through jumping into 4 of our FAVORITE Leprechaun Stories:Jamie O'Rourke and the Big PotatoSilly McGillyLeprechaun on the LooseHOW TO CATCH A LEPRECHAUN!!You will hear the story
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in:Â Virtual Field Trips - MEGA No Wheels Field Trip Bundle - Locked in Price!
Interactive Story - Virtual Field Trip - Back to School - Story Map - Reading
Let's take a Back to School STORYventure... Old School Party with our favorite classic books: Where the Wild Things Are, Amelia Bedelia, Miss Nelson is Missing, and Chrysanthemum!! This No Wheels Field Trip is just what you need to have some FUN with an interactive story when school starts back that will encourage reading good books in a new way to students!On this Back to School STORYventure, you will start by visiting the story adventure map! The map will guide you through the Back to School S
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in:Â Virtual Field Trips - MEGA No Wheels Field Trip Bundle - Locked in Price!
MineCraft Escape Room
This Google Slide show uses math skills, comprehension and choice to navigate through this adventure based-on-a-game activity. Use it as a whole class or individual challenge for a brain break or for academic community building.
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Grades:
2nd - 3rd
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Not only is reading a core concept in the study of English language arts, but it’s also a cornerstone skill for proficiency in many other subjects (for instance, without strong reading skills, students won’t be able to solve math word problems or read through primary sources for social studies class).
If you’re a teacher or parent looking for printable and digital reading resources to help your student learn a reading concept, look no further! TPT has an extensive collection of resources, created by other teachers, that are designed to help with any need across grade levels.
Elementary students just learning to read can practice the basics with some simple, fun phonics practice activities or small-group reading centers focused around sight words. Students in middle and high school can read novels and complete hands-on, interactive assignments that build their comprehension and critical thinking skills. With plenty of TPT resources at your fingertips, you can sharpen your student's reading skills in no time.
Fun and engaging reading activities to try
Engaging reading activities can energize your students and foster a love of reading. Here are a few ideas for reading activities from our teacher-created resources that you can find on TPT and try in your classroom:
Interactive Phonics Activities
Use hands-on activities such as sorting, matching, or building words with manipulatives to help students recognize phonics patterns and learn word families.
Word Hunts
Encourage students to find specific words either in a text or around the classroom to help reinforce sight word recognition.
Reader's Theater
Bring short stories, books, poems, or plays you’re reading in class to life by assigning roles to students and having them act out scenes. This can help enhance fluency and comprehension.
Interactive Read-Alouds
Engage the class by pausing during read-alouds to discuss the story’s theme, reflect on a character’s motivations or actions, or to ask students questions.
Comparative Analysis
Explore different adaptations of the same story (book versus movie, classic version versus a modern retelling) to encourage analysis of interpretation and presentation. You can also pair texts that are similar in theme, like poems and songs.
By incorporating these (and other!) reading activities into your lesson plans, you can nurture a love for reading while enhancing comprehension, critical thinking, and communication skills.
Frequently asked questions about teaching reading
What types of reading resources are available on TPT?
There are many different types of reading resources sold by Sellers on TPT. Some popular reading lessons include: phonics, vocabulary, spelling, and balanced literacy.
How do I find reading lessons on TPT?
Educators can save time preparing reading lessons with resources created by experienced teachers. Simply start a search for reading resources on the TPT marketplace, and filter by grade level, price, and/or resource type to find materials that've been proven to work in classrooms like yours. No matter what you’re teaching, there are plenty of reading lessons and activities sold by Sellers on TPT that are tailored to meet your students' skill levels.
How can I make my reading lessons fun and engaging?
Students learn best when they're engaged! Sprinkle a little fun into your reading lessons by using manipulatives, pairing unusual texts like poems and short films together, or doing an escape room activity.
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