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Informational text resources
Paragraph Writing - How to Write a Complete Paragraph Graphic Organizer Posters
⭐ Looking for a way to make teaching paragraph writing SO much easier? ⭐ Want to help your students write well-crafted paragraphs? This Complete Paragraph Writing Bundle (How to Write a Paragraph) in both print and digital uses Explicit Writing to help you teach each part of the expository paragraph in a direct way! It combines six of The Teacher Next Door's very popular writing strategy sets: Paragraph Color Coding and Outlining, Topic Sentences, Supporting Ideas, Details in Paragraph Writing,
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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Main Idea and Supporting Details Graphic Organizers Central Idea Worksheets
Are you having a hard time teaching your students how to find the main idea and supporting details of a passage? Many students struggle with this skill. They tend to get confused and caught up in all the little details. These reading passages with graphic organizers are perfect for students to use as they practice finding the main idea and supporting details. After years of trial and error, I have found that this solution works time and time again.These PRINT & DIGITAL main idea practice act
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3rd - 5th
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Nonfiction Text Structures Unit: Passages, Worksheets, Anchor Chart, Task Cards
Stop spending time searching for the perfect informational texts to teach Text Structures! This Nonfiction Text Structure Resource Bundle is a complete pack of HIGH-INTEREST resources to help you fully teach, practice, and assess the five main text structures; Cause and Effect, Compare and Contrast, Problem and Solution, Chronological/Sequence, AND Description. Includes a PRINTABLE and DIGITAL version! Use with Google Classroom or ANY online learning platform.**Assessment and Review Activities
Grades:
4th - 6th
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Also included in: Reading and Writing Resource BUNDLE
Planets of the Solar System Worksheets and Activities Unit with Craft Project
This massive BEST-SELLING Solar System Activities Pack gives you a wealth of fun, informational and engaging materials to help you study our corner of the universe with your students! Use these reading passages, hands on activities, graphic organizers, interactive notebook activities, task cards, writing activities posters and projects and more to build excitement about space science and our amazing solar system! Included in this MASSIVE solar system unit: Teacher Suggested Lesson Plans4 pages o
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions ELA Test Prep Digital Resources
Are you looking for a way to have your students engaged and ready for class as soon as they walk in the door? These Daily Reading Comprehension Passages make the perfect bell ringer or morning work! These printable and digital bellringers are specifically designed to improve middle school students’ reading skills. This resource includes short and engaging daily reading passages that provide meaningful practice with context clues, main idea, making inferences, determining theme, and more!These pa
Grades:
6th - 8th
Summarize It! Task Cards - Nonfiction Text Summary with Audio - Print & Digital
Summarizing nonfiction texts can be so hard for students! Give them lots of practice with these 24 informational task cards! Use in a print or digital format!WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:24 Task Cards (prints 4 to a page)Black-lineColorRecording SheetsAnswer KeysDIGITAL:Google SlidesEasel ActivityDIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:Digital or PrintChallenge Cards to extend the lessonAudio Support Multiple versions of the recording sheet includedGreat for 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th grade! CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW TO SEE
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3rd - 6th
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Main Idea Task Cards Differentiated Options with Audio Support Reading Strategy
Master Main Idea with these task cards! Build student confidence with this engaging and differentiated resource!WHAT’S INCLUDED: ✍️ PRINT:48 Task Cards (prints 4 to a page)Black-lineColorRecording SheetsAnswer KeysDIGITAL:4 Google Slides versions Easel Activity Easel Assessment - Self-CheckingDIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:Digital or PrintChallenge Cards to extend the lessonAudio Support Two Sets: Multiple Choice or Short AnswerMultiple versions of the recording sheet includedGreat for 3rd, 4th, or 5t
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3rd - 5th
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Theme Park Reading Comprehension Escape Room Fun End of Year Review Activities
Can your students work in teams to use reading comprehension practice skills in order to collect all the rides at an amusement park? This is a fun reading comprehension review activity that will have your students engaged and LOVING every minute of reading practice and review! Perfect for a theme park room transformation, reading test prep, or end of the year reading activities!Click HERE to save 30% with the Reading Comprehension Escape Challenge Bundle!Click the PREVIEW button above to see eve
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3rd - 6th
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Nonfiction Text Features Reading Comprehension Passages Questions RI.2.7 RI.3.7
⭐️ This 2nd and 3rd Grade Nonfiction Text Features Images Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Unit includes Lexile® leveled close reading passages, question sets, assessments, and anchor charts. Texts, anchor charts, questions, and assessments are aligned to RI.2.7 and RI.3.7 and focus on nonfiction text features skills. It is perfect for teaching students to use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate an understanding of th
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2nd - 3rd
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Writing Bundle: Personal Narrative, Informational, Opinion & Fiction 3RD GRADE
This HUGE BUNDLE includes everything you need to teach, practice, and assess writing for the entire year! Students will complete four major units of study: personal narrative, informational reports, opinion essays, and fiction narratives.My third grade writing bundle includes 4 ready-to-use writing units to help you teach personal narratives, informational reports, opinion essays, and fiction narratives with ease. Each done-for-you unit contains detailed lesson plans, mentor texts, anchor charts
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3rd
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Reading Log Alternative: "Tower of Books" {An Independent Reading Challenge}
Replace that hum-drum reading log and Infuse new life into students’ independent reading, at school or at home, with the “Tower of Books” Challenge! Perfect for a summer reading challenge or an alternative to the stuck-in-a-rut reading log assignment. Printable and digital versions included!The challenge is built on two core ideas: to encourage students to read some different genres of books and authors they may not try otherwise, and to give them a fresh and motivating way to keep track of thei
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1st - 6th
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Black History Month - Biography Research Project Informational Writing Template
Designed with third and fourth graders in mind, this Black History Month biography project template includes materials for students to use while reading biographies and conducting research, as well as materials for the presentation of their final writing piece, in a Biography Lapbook. To complete this project, students:• read biographies (specifically for Black History Month, if you choose),• use a graphic organizer template as a prewriting tool to organize their writing,• write informative te
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Informational Text Structures Task Cards Print and Digital with Audio Support
These 32 Informational text structures task cards are designed to help your students practice identifying five different non-fiction text structures: description, sequence (sometimes called chronological), compare and contrast, cause and effect, and problem and solution.WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:32 Task Cards (prints 4 to a page)Black-lineColorRecording SheetsAnswer KeysDIGITAL:Google SlidesDIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:Digital or PrintChallenge Card to extend the lessonAudio Support Multiple-Choice or
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3rd - 5th
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Text Structure Memorial Day Reading Comprehension End of the Year Activities +
Elevate your students' reading comprehension with these hassle-free, NO PREP text structure worksheets! These reading comprehension passages and questions include themed text structure passages, featuring end of the year themes such as Memorial Day pg.40, Summer Vacation pg.10 Earth Day pg. 56, Recycling pg.22, Spring pg.20, Butterfly Lifecycle pg.18, and more! This package focuses on Cause and Effect, Compare and Contrast, Problem and Solution, Description, and Sequence. It includes 20 meticu
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Book Club Fiction and Nonfiction Bundle Digital and Printable
I LOVE that this can work for ANY book. I have packets made for my small group and I can easily have them flip to the page to work. It is awesome! Thank you!” - Amy B.You’ve heard Book Clubs (or Literature Circles) are a fun way to get your students reading and talking about books. You’ve even heard Book Clubs make reading fun for your most reading-averse students. But how do you start them? How do you run them effectively? How do you make sure all your students—regardless of reading level—ge
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
Nonfiction Text Features for Informational Text Worksheets and Assessments
Do your students struggle to explain the purpose of nonfiction text features? This resource encourages students to not only identify text features but also explain how they contribute to a better understanding of informational text. These no-prep worksheets, reading passages, and activities will help you teach and reinforce text features found in print and digital (web page) formats.This nonfiction text features practice pack includes 16 pages of fun and engaging activities perfect for students
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3rd - 4th
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Main Idea and Details Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions RI.2.2 RI.3.2
⭐️ This 2nd and 3rd grade Main Idea and Supporting Details Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Unit for RI.2.2 and RI.3.2 includes Lexile® leveled close reading passages, standard-based question sets, assessments, and anchor charts that are perfect for teaching students how to identify the main idea and supporting details in a text. Texts, anchor charts, questions, and assessments are aligned to RI.2.2 & RI.3.2 and focus on developing core main idea skills. This Main Idea Reading Co
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2nd - 3rd
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RACE Strategy Practice Worksheets BUNDLE of 40 RACE Passages and Writing Prompts
These 40 RACE Strategy Practice Worksheets are the perfect way to reinforce paragraph writing with evidence from the text. RACE is a writing strategy to help students answer passage-based, short response questions in a formal style, with using clear reasons and evidence from the text, and to provide concluding statements. These informational texts are quick, easy reads, so that your students can focus on writing. Do you have a wide range of readers? This bundle combines four of best-selling prod
Grades:
4th - 8th
Animal Reports | A Lapbook & Animal Research Project | Informational Writing
If you’re one of the thousands who made the BIOGRAPHY LAPBOOK a best-selling item, you’ll love this one, too! Designed with third and fourth graders in mind, this animals resource includes materials for students to use while conducting research using nonfiction texts, as well as materials for the presentation of their final informational writing piece, in an Animals Lapbook. To complete this project, students:• read nonfiction texts,• use a graphic organizer as a prewriting tool to organize t
Grades:
2nd - 5th
RACES Writing Strategy Posters | Citing Text Evidence | Text-Based Response
Your students have a basic understanding of what text evidence is, but are struggling to incorporate it in their writing. The RACES strategy is designed to guide students through the process of answering a constructive response prompt. (or text-based prompts)This resource is equipped with Text Evidence Discussion Bubbles which are perfect for small groups, whole-group discussions, teacher-led centers, or even online learning! These sentence starters encourage students to speak about the text. --
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1st - 6th
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1st Grade Guided Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions Levels G H Sp Ed +
These Guided Reading Leveled Passages and Questions help students develop strong comprehension skills and become text detectives! The Following Passages Are Included:★ The Bald Eagle ★ Otters ★ Skunks ★ Trees ★ King Penguins ★ The Polar Bear ★ Measuring with Paper Clips ★ Time for School ★ The Red Flower ★ The Orca ★ Sue's Painting ★ The Little Red Hen ★ The Water Cycle ★ The Zebra and the Ostrich ★ The Colors of the Sky To provide flexibility, for use in distance learning and/or a classroom se
Grades:
1st - 2nd
Context Clues Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions 2nd & 3rd RI.2.4 RI.3.4
⭐️ This 2nd and 3rd Grade Context Clues in Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Unit includes Lexile® leveled close reading passages, question sets, assessments, and anchor charts. Texts, anchor charts, questions, and assessments are aligned to RI.2.4 and RI.3.4 and focus on context clues in nonfiction. This Nonfiction Context Clues Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Unit features:✅ 12 Lexile Leveled Texts for 2nd & 3rd Grade✅ Standard Focused Questions✅ Anchor C
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2nd - 3rd
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Cause and Effect Task Cards with Graphic Organizers Digital and Audio Support
These cause and effect task cards are perfect for teaching this complex skill! Cause and effect graphic organizers, audio support, and recording sheet options are great for differentiation! WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:24 Task Cards (prints 4 to a page)Black-lineColorRecording SheetsAnswer Keys2 Posters, Anchor Charts2 Cause and Effect Graphic OrganizersDIGITAL:Google SlidesEasel ActivityDIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:Digital or Print3 Challenge Cards to extend the lessonAudio Support Multiple versions of
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3rd - 6th
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Reading Strategy Groups: Small Group Reading Lessons with Passages BUNDLE
With differentiated passages and small group lessons, these reading strategy groups can replace your guided reading groups! You no longer need to look for reading passages or think of reading comprehension questions for your small groups. This bundle has 101 print-and-go small group lessons for teaching reading comprehension using skill-based, small group reading lessons that DIRECTLY teach the reading skills your students need!With this bundle, planning your reading groups has never been easier
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2nd - 4th
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