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Free 3rd grade Black History Month informational text resources
Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions
Free Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions!This is a small sample of my monthly reading passages. These high interest, non-fiction passages can be used as a quick warm up, in reading centers or for homework. It includes 4 fun reading passages with 3 comprehension questions each:• Flag Day• Buzzing Bees!• Popsicles! (The Invention of the Popsicle)• Great White SharksAlso included is one worksheet for recalling 4 facts they have learned.Cover all the important days, events and themes of ea
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2nd - 4th
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Main Idea and Details FREEBIE: 2 Passages in PDF and Digital Easel
This product contains two passages and a teaching poster that explains the ice cream cone analogy! For each passage, the students have to read the passage and then determine the main idea and three supporting details. They write their statements beside the ice cream cone (main idea) and scoops of ice cream (supporting details). ********This resource is available in two formats:1. Traditional Printables- Print the PDF and distribute paper copies to your students to complete.2. Easel Activity- I
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3rd - 6th
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Reading Strategies Task Cards - FREE! Inference, Summarizing, + more & Audio!
Your students will love this reading strategy task cards, and you'll love that it's FREE!This set was created by combining cards from six other reading strategy task card sets so that you as a teacher can try them out!:Author's PurposeSummarizingMaking ConnectionsInferenceCause and EffectPredictingWHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:24 Task Cards (prints 4 to a page)Black-lineColorRecording SheetsAnswer KeysDIGITAL:Easel Activity - with AudioDIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:Digital or PrintChallenge Card to extend
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3rd - 6th
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FREE Main Idea & Supporting Details Activities Graphic Organizers Central Idea
Download this free (PRINTABLE & DIGITAL) sample of non-fiction reading passages that students can use to practice finding the main idea and supporting details. These high-interest and engaging non-fiction topics make learning about main idea fun and interesting for students!Like what you see? Find this entire product and others like it at the links below.BUNDLE & SAVE! Get 20% off by purchasing the bundle!⭐Finding the Main Idea with Non-Fiction Text - Year Long BundleFinding the Main I
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3rd - 5th
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Opinion Writing Activities
Opinion Writing ActivitiesTo introduce opinion writing first the children must understand the difference of fact vs. opinion. I have created a pocket chart sort you can do as a class to help them understand what facts and opinions are and how they are different. Then I always create a chart to teach what opinions are. This helps the kids throughout the week long mini-unit. I thought it would be fun to do an entire mini unit on things we eat. It includes opinion writing for Favorite candy, fruit
Grades:
K - 3rd
Halloween Reading Comprehension Passage and Questions | Candy Corn Reading
This high-interest, FREE candy corn reading passage is the perfect Halloween reading activity! Your students will enjoy the sweet topic, and you will love this useful, no-prep freebie!This free resource is part of the larger, more comprehensive October Reading unit, which has other fun reading passages, worksheets, center games and activities, poetry, and writing activities. Click HERE to see the complete October Reading Unit.This free Halloween Reading resource includes:Candy Corn: A Unique Tre
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3rd - 6th
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Determining the Main Idea, Task Cards and Assessment Option
These 8 reading passages are designed for 3rd grade or 4th grade students to read and determine the main idea.
The practice is leveled so that one set of the reading passages has multiple choice answers, and the other set of task cards are free response (students must decide on the main idea independently).
This reading activity can be used during whole group instruction, guided practice, independent practice, homework, literacy centers, or for assessment.
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Venn Diagram ~ Blank ~ FREEBIE!!
Venn Diagram
A simple blank Venn Diagram to help your students compare and contrast. ENJOY!!!
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POSITIVE BEHAVIOR CLIP CHART
GROWTH MINDSET POSTERS
TEAM TALLIES
POSITIVE BEHAVIOR BOOKMARKS
POSITIVE QUOTE POSTERS
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K - 5th
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Nonfiction Text Structures: Three FREE Activities
Are you teaching text structures in your upper elementary classroom? You'll definitely want to download these free printables! You will have everything you need to facilitate a complete and thorough text structure lesson! (Well, you'll just need to provide the anchor chart paper and the clipboards.) It features the five following text structures:→ Sequence→ Compare and Contrast→ Cause and Effect→ Problem and Solution→ Description It contains three activities:1. An Anchor Chart Activity (The cli
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3rd - 6th
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I SPY Nonfiction Text Features
Looking for a fun, engaging activity to give your students the opportunity to explore and identify nonfiction text features? I SPY Nonfiction Text Features allows them to do just that! Your students will spy on the nonfiction text features placed around the room (give them a magnifying glass to add a little novelty). When students get to a card, they will identify the nonfiction text feature on it. Then, they will find that text feature on their recording sheet and write the letter correspondin
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1st - 3rd
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Close Reading LEVELED Passages "FREEBIE" for Spring CCSS Aligned
This "Spring Season" freebie is a SAMPLE of the activities for one passage from my monthly close reading and text evidence unit for 20 March Themes: St. Patrick's Day, Women's History, Spring Break, Ireland, Shamrocks and Clovers, Biographies & More! Multiple Choice, True or False, Matching added!PDFs &/or Digital Google Slides/classroom.Six Common Core aligned activities are included for this FREEBIE!The full unit is described below. Each unit has:*** Good Old Fashion Table of Content
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
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Reading Comprehension Passage and Questions
Do your students need practice reading and answering questions for nonfiction text? This free resource contains a nonfiction reading passage and 5 multiple choice comprehension questions. This is a FREE SAMPLE from my Reading Comprehension Passage and Questions resource. CLICK HERE to see the full resource.Use this product for:•test taking strategies•homework•assessment•explicit information Check out these other great reading comprehension products:Reading Literature and Informational Text Pa
Grades:
2nd - 4th
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Solar System Activity: Planets Sorts (3) *Freebie*
These planet sorts are a unique way for students to show what they have learned about the planets! All of the information in this free planets activity can also be found in the Solar System Differentiated Reading Passages with Common-Core aligned Comprehension & Vocabulary activities. Hope your students enjoy!
3 Sorts Included:
• Inner Planets
• Outer Planets
• All Planets
Answer Keys
Check out the FULL product here: Differentiated Planets Reading Passages, Comprehension and Vocabulary C
Grades:
3rd - 6th
FREE Winter Main Idea & Supporting Details with Graphic Organizers Central Idea
Download this free (PRINTABLE & DIGITAL) sample of winter-themed non-fiction reading passages that students can use to practice finding the main idea and supporting details. These high-interest and engaging non-fiction topics make learning about main idea fun and interesting for students! Like what you see? Find this entire product and others like it at the links below.BUNDLE & SAVE! Get 20% off by purchasing the bundle!⭐Finding the Main Idea with Non-Fiction Text - Year Long BundleFin
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3rd - 5th
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Thanksgiving Activities {FREE Pilgrims & Native Americans Informational Texts}
We hope you enjoy these free sample pages from our Thanksgiving Unit!Includes:1-page text on Pilgrim Clothing1-page Pilgrim Clothing Diagram1-page text on Native American Clothing1-page Native American DiagramCompare and Contrast WorksheetFor the full text go to:Thansgiving Activity {Native Americans & Pilgrims Informational Text}Follow us by clicking the link at the top of the page to receive notice when we add new products and freebies. All new products are 50% off for the first 48 hours!
Grades:
1st - 3rd
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Reading Comprehension Passage Fluency 2nd 3rd Grade FREE
2nd and 3rd Grade Reading Comprehension Passages in 2 formats: Fluency Cards and Reading Comprehension printables plus "Answer It" comprehension sign. You will love how simple these fluency activities are to incorporate with your plans. You will love the many uses, too. Perfect for morning work, literacy centers, seat work, or homework.
Fluency activities on the 2nd and 3rd grade level.
2nd Grade Reading Passage - fluency card
3rd Reading Passages - fluency card
2 - Reading Comprehension p
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2nd - 3rd
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Spring Reading Passage Comprehension Activities Writing Prompt FREE
Get ready for spring in your classroom with this nonfiction reading passage and fact and opinion activity about cottontail rabbits! This informational text is perfect to practice close reading strategies and help students differentiate between facts and opinions. Reader response questions and critical thinking writing prompt is included.This passage is part of this Easter/Spring No Prep Pack.Perfect for any spring day or to celebrate Easter with non-holiday activities. See all the spring holiday
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2nd - 4th
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FREE About Me Lapbook With Nonfiction Text Features
Nonfiction Text Features About Me! Students learn about nonfiction text features by creating a lapbook about themselves! Great for back to school introductions or for review of text features.>>>Don't forget to CLICK THE STAR to follow my store! You'll enjoy HALF-OFF new products for the first 48 hours and other special deals!<<<*Love my Literacy Lapbooks? Save big with the Literacy Lapbooks Bundle!*Need more back-to-school resources? Check out The Back to School Bundle!Who is
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Solar Eclipse Reading Passage with Comprehension Questions
*Great for Remote Learning and At Home Learning Packets!This freebie contains a nonfiction passage about Solar Eclipses and several comprehension response pages (6 pages in all!). We created this based on our popular Print a Packet products! Print a Packet is one of our favorite classroom resources. Print a Packet products contain THIRTY reading passages (fiction + nonfiction included) and multiple comprehension pages. They are great for students to complete throughout the week! Want to tr
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K - 3rd
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Groundhog Day Reading Passage with Comprehension Questions and Activities
If you are looking for engaging materials on Groundhog Day--click the download button! This mini-unit is great for the students during the week (or day) of Groundhog Day!Includes:KWL ChartReading Passage with QuestionsAnswer Key to the PassageTwo Writing ActivitiesA Fact ActivityPrediction Chart (Data/Math) ActivityThe students will love the activities and you will love the level of engagement you will see in your students!
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3rd - 5th
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Book Review Template - FREE
This is a FREE PDF download for Book Review Templates! There are differentiated options ideal for lower grades (K-2) and upper grades (3-5).
Two versions use sentence stems for the write up part of the review, but the version aimed for upper grades has more lines for writing their review and is structured less like a graphic organizer than the version aimed for lower grades. One version has just a lined back, no sentence stems.
Use as a writing or reading project, book review or book report, o
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K - 5th
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Winter Dangerous Weather Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Passages Activities
Looking for high-interest nonfiction reading passages to strengthen your students' reading comprehension? Students will learn and think critically about hazardous ice storms with this nonfiction article and reflection activities.These activities are perfect for close reading, test prep, or any time!Your students will practice gathering important information as they read science content as an informational text aligned with NGSS standards.This pack is part of the Weather and Climate Close Reading
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3rd - 5th
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Free Nonfiction Text Features Scavenger Hunt
This free two-page Non-Fiction Text Features Scavenger Hunt asks students to locate and explain several text-features. By doing so, students will gain a better understanding of how to read all parts of a non-fiction book or article, and they will understand the how and the why of the structure of non-fiction texts.Text-Features Included:-Title Page-Table of Contents-Index-Glossary-Heading-Subheading-Illustrations and Pictures-Maps-Charts, Graphs, and Tables-Captions-Textboxes-Keywords-Bold or I
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3rd - 6th
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Ocean Animals Reading Freebie: Clownfish Nonfiction Reading Passage & Activities
“All About Clownfish” includes everything you would need to work on vocabulary and comprehension skills with your students while helping them to gain content area knowledge at the same time! I hope you enjoy this free reading passage with your students!*What's included in this freebie*• 2 Vocabulary Preview Charts: 1 blank & 1 with definition filled in for teacher reference• "All About Clownfish" (Grade Level Equivalent: 4)• Finding Text Evidence Activity• Graphic Organizer for Comprehensio
Grades:
1st - 5th
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