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Informational text Common Core CCRA.L.2 resources under $5
7th Grade Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions
High quality Common Core 7th grade reading comprehension passages with questions. Our reading passages have helped students reach their growth rates and beyond in NWEA MAP, State Tests, NAEP, Smarter Balanced, and PARCC.There is no longer any debate about what is effective practice in today’s classroom; formative assessment, feedback, and student self-assessment around clearly identified essential learnings. These effective practices will help your students achieve at high levels . This NWEA MAP
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Bundle 2nd thru 8th Grade
4th 5th Grade Sea Animals Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Passages PDF
This effective sea animals nonfiction reading comprehension passages pack will allow you to practice reading comprehension with your students while knowing most of the work is done for you. Full of color and pictures, questions are CCSS aligned and written especially for Grades 4-5. Topics include bears, turtles and cats. Contents - Set 5/5 (Sea Animals):Reading Passage 1: Stingray - Close relatives to sharks, read more about this fascinating animal.Reading Passage 2: That's Electric - How much
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4th - 5th
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Famous Love Letters: A Close Reading & Creative Lesson for Valentine's Day
This lesson by Bespoke ELA is a great lesson to use in February to celebrate Valentine's Day in a unique and creative way that is sure to engage students!Task:To analyze how famous love letters use language, literary and rhetorical devices, and imagery to convey a message about love.Enduring Understandings:Students will understand how language, literary and rhetorical devices, and imagery affect a letter's meaning.Students will learn about famous people from history through the lens of their rel
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin with Nonfiction Text - Short Story Analysis
Students complete close readings of two texts: Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” and The Washington Post article “Study Suggests You Can Die of a Broken Heart” to make relevant connections. Students begin by completing an anticipation guide with statements about love and marriage. A handout with before-, during-, and post-reading strategies provides scaffolding for their reading, and the lesson culminates with an assignment requiring students to find a love song or poem that matches a theme f
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Real-World Nonfiction Connections Bundle: Thoreau, Douglass & Chopin
Thanksgiving Activities Lapbook - Thanksgiving Compare and Contrast Activities
This fun Thanksgiving Activity Lapbook is high interest for any elementary grade level. Lapbooks can be used in every subject area, and they are perfect for differentiation in the classroom as students compare the Pilgrims and the Wampanoags. This product, with 11 different templates, incorporates common core skills compare and contrast, vocabulary, and writing. Templates include updated clipart. (TPT Featured Product)Templates for the lapbook include photographs to act as a guide. Students can
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2nd - 4th
Also included in: November Bundle - Informational Text and Math Activities
100th Day of School Activities ELA and Reading | Middle School Printables
Designed specifically for older students in grades 4-8, this 100th Day of School Printable Activities Set will give upper elementary and middle school students an opportunity to celebrate the 100th day of school, while practicing ELA and Reading Skills!When it comes to celebrating the 100th day of the school year, older students often get left out! This resource comes with several reading and ELA activities that will give students vital practice in upper elementary and beyond! CLICK HERE TO SAVE
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4th - 7th
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Parts of Speech Review Game - Nouns, Verbs, & Adjectives - Trashketball Activity
Engage your students with a game of Parts of Speech (Nouns, Verbs & Adjectives) Trashketball. In this game, there are three rounds. In the first round, students identify nouns in the context of each sentence; the sentences increase in difficulty and complexity with the inclusion of multiple nouns and abstract nouns. In the second round, students identify verbs and/or verb phrases, and in the last round they identify adjectives in the sentences. (Updated version now has a link to a Google
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4th - 8th
A Day with the Iditarod | No Prep Sub Plans | Digital and Print
Did you know that the Iditarod is unofficially known as the "Last Great Race on Earth?"Your students can learn all about it when they spend a day with this high-interest, informational mini-unit designed for in-person AND distance learners. The “A Day With” series of mini-units is designed to keep your students engaged in a historical topic all day with standards-aligned work and activities they’ll love. It’s fun for students, NO PREP for teachers, and comes in two differentiated versions!You'll
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3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-1
Infamous Criminals: A High-Interest Nonfiction Research Project
In this project, students will research the life of a famous criminal and compile a bibliographic research project to share with the class. The criminals included in this project range from fraudsters to gangsters and from pirates to drug lords. There are plenty of options here to captivate the interest of secondary students. After selecting a criminal, students will compile an annotated bibliography as they go through the research process while preparing to create their final projects. Stud
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9th - 12th
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Henrietta Lacks and Bioethics CER Research Project - Black History Month Project
Looking to spark amazing discussion and engage your students in real-world debate, all while learning an important figure in Black History? Help your students learn about Henrietta Lacks, HeLa Cells, and the property rights of biological materials with this bioethics research project. Students will gather information from text and video sources. Then they will craft an argumentative essay using the CER format.The lesson meets science, reading, and writing standards. Students begin with gathering
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8th - 11th
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4th and 5th Grade Nature Nonfiction Reading Passages and Questions PDF Version
This useful nature nonfiction reading passages and questions pack has been perfected for Grades 4-5 and allows you to review comprehension questions with ease. With full answer keys, numerous pictures to add some color and enjoyable topics, give this reading comprehension product a try today! Topics include seasons, weeds and leaves. Contents - Set 4/5 (Nature):Reading Passage 1: Best Season - Is winter the best season? What activities do we do? Read more.Reading Passage 2: Changing Leaves - Thi
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4th - 5th
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OMG Not Another Selfie + Better Than Words Argument Unit HMH 6 Digital and Print
This argumentative unit compares "Better Than Words: Say it with a Selfie" and "OMG, Not another Selfie" in a comprehensive argumentative unit. The activities, questions, and standards are all aligned with Into Literature HMH 6. This is a great resource to use as a companion to the textbook or for an independent argumentative unit. Skills covered include context clue vocabulary, thesis statement, inferencing, author's argument, reading comprehension, text structure, author's purpose, opinion, su
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: HMH Into Literature Grade 6 Growing Bundle Digital and Print
Patterns in the Sky Sun Earth Outer Space and Moon Phases 1st Grade Science
Use these activities to teach your students to make observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns in the sky which can be predicted as targeted by NGSS™. Your first grade students will learn about Earth's place in the universe and the patterns (and cycles) all around us. Get a book and writing activities that focus on vocabulary related to the movement of the sun, moon, and Earth . Your students will be engaged and you won't stress when you have everything you need to teach you
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1st - 2nd
NGSS:
1-ESS1-1
Thomas Paine Common Sense: Primary Source Activity | American History
Thomas Paine's Common Sense was a little pamphlet with big ideas! This primary source activity gives students a chance to read through and analyze the major paragraphs, or arguments, within his pamphlet while answering various questions. I created this mini-unit for my own classroom to help students understand this important document that shaped the course of Independence. You will find that this resource is challenging yet capable for all. Students are analyzing text from the 1700's which ca
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6th - 12th
Also included in: American History U.S. History Bundle: Beginnings through the 1850's
Three Branches of Government Brochure Project & Editable Rubric
This resource is an engaging project for teaching the branches of our government. Students can create a brochure with a cover illustrating how the three branches are rooted to the Constitution and open the fist fold to read The Preamble. Inside the brochure the students will list characteristics of each branch as a trifold. As an extension students can use the illustration to observe and sketch the buildings ( The White House, The Capitol, and The Supreme Court) where each branch is housed. Sco
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2nd - 5th
The First Thanksgiving - Thanksgiving Activities - Reading Comprehension
Teach the real facts about The First Thanksgiving with this comprehensive reading comprehension resource! Perfect for 4th grade and 5th graders as well as some 6th grade classes. The informational book with several interactive activities not only teach the real facts about Thanksgiving but also give students practice with skills and higher-level thinking. Use in your Language Arts or Social Studies/US History classes. There is a digital version of this resource available. Click HERE.Higher-Leve
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: American History Activities - US History BUNDLE
Close Reading with Informational Text
Get your students closely reading and writing about informational text. Teach your students to highlight key ideas, take annotative notes, form opinions, debate, cite evidence, and write persuasively!This resource outlines for teachers how to implement close reading instruction with informational articles.Do you use informational articles from Scholastic News, Storyworks, Time for Kids, National Geographic for Kids, etc. in your classroom? If so, this resource is perfect for you!This resource
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: Informational Text Bundle | Reading & Writing | Print & Digital
All About Books: Informational Writing Template
Always free for the first 20 downloads. Yea!!!My kindergarten class JUST finished using this report style packet. I went to our school library and checked out about 40 nonfiction books on random topics. I held up each cover and allowed the kids to choose their topic. I did the first All About Book WITH my class. Day 1: I modeled how to complete the cover, then they worked on the cover. Day 2: I modeled the About the Author page.... they completed their own About the Author page. Day 3: I m
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K - 2nd
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Birds Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Passages 4th and 5th Grade PDF
Whether you are preparing your students for testing or looking for a simple review pack, this no prep birds nonfiction reading comprehension passages product is ideal. Colorful, easy-to-use and with various kinds of comprehension questions included, give this reading worksheet set a try today! Topics include ostriches, owls and oil spills. Contents - Set 1/5 (Birds):Reading Passage 1: No Fly Zone - An article on birds that cannot fly.Reading Passage 2: Ostrich: Ostrich eggs are big enough to be
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4th - 5th
Rodeo Activities - Rodeo Cowboys - Western - Texas History
Rodeo activities! Do you take your Kindergarten or 1st-grade students to the Rodeo or teach a western or Texas History unit? Rodeo activities with western cowboys and cowgirls are all here in this fun, 75-page informational text with differentiated activities using real photos. Perfect for Rodeo Day! There are 2 levels of emergent readers. Students practice using nouns and verbs, sight words (high-frequency words), counting, and writing. Digital version is available.There is a digital Google S
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K - 1st
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Also included in: Social Studies Activities BUNDLE | Prek and Kindergarten
9/11 Terrorist Attacks Close Reading Comprehension Activity | 3rd & 4th Grade
A close reading passage with comprehension and grammar questions, an extension task, a crossword puzzle and a wordsearch about the terrorist attacks that took place on September 11th 2001. The NO PREP informational text worksheets are perfect for students in third grade or fourth grade. Students will learn key facts about the terrible attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon whilst working on their comprehension skills.Included in this PDF printable resource:An informational textA comp
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3rd - 4th
Fossil Record Research Project and CER for Middle School Life Science - MS-LS4-1
Are you looking for an engaging way to teach your middle school students about the fossil record? Let them solve a mystery! In this fossil record research project, your students will learn about fossilized whale remains discovered in a Chilean desert. Then they will gather information from text and video sources and craft a CER response explaining why marine fossils are sometimes found in the desert.The lesson meets science, reading, and writing standards. Students begin with gathering evidence
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6th - 8th
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MS-LS4-1
High-Interest Informational Articles + Questions 1 Middle School Digital + Print
Informational Articles and Questions for Middle School Volume 1 contains 3 high-interest topics that are great for gaining interest and practicing analyzing nonfiction texts in your classroom. The topics Parkour, Ramen Noodles, and Self-Driving Cars will help engage your students and help them prepare for any Common Core State Assessment. Your students will enjoy reading and learning about these three topics because my middle school students picked them.These nonfiction text sets are perfect for
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: High-Interest Informational Articles Bundle for Middle School
Who Was Dr. Seuss? - Reading Comprehension Packet
This comprehension packet is full of a variety of questions about the biography Who Was Dr. Seuss? by Janet B. Pascal. There are 50 questions in various formats. This file includes:
- Who Was Dr. Seuss? - book level information
- Readability stats of the packet
- Common Core State Standards
- 9 student pages directly aligned to the biography
- 9 answer key pages
Need Who Was? final project ideas? Check these out!
*BUNDLE* Who Was Biography Series Final Projects - Fill-in Graphic Organizers
Who
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3rd - 6th
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