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Informational text Common Core RI.7.2 resources for Easel Activities
New Year 2024 New Year's Resolutions Differentiated Reading Passages
You likely have students reading at a variety of levels in your classroom. This differentiated reading comprehension resource will help you meet the needs of all your students! This print-and-go resource is also perfect for stations and sub plans.This product includes a reading comprehension passage about resolutions. There are two different reading levels of the passage for each topic. The higher reading passage is at a 7th-8th grade reading level, while the lower reading passage is at a 5th-6t
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Custom Bundle
Informational Text/Non-Fiction: ELA Escape: ELA Test Prep: Middle /High School
⭐ Who says ELA test prep needs to be boring? Teen students are invited to compete using clues that practice using text features to find vocabulary, reading an infographic, using text evidence, text structure, and comprehension. ⭐ This fully immersive 360° Non-Fiction Digital Escape engages students with four news articles about famous art heists and is great for STAAR prep and any test prep. ⭐ All tasks are skills-based so that when the escape is complete your students will come away with a stro
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: *ELA Middle School/High School 360° ELA Digital Escape Room Bundle
Current Events Templates | Worksheets | Assignments | Activities
Add diversity to your current event assignments with these 5 standards-aligned templates. Each current event worksheet focuses on a different reading comprehension skill (Main Idea & Details, Text Connections, Vocabulary in Context, Fact vs. Opinion, and Summarizing). This resource can be completed on paper or online with laptops, Chromebooks, tablets, or any device that supports Google Slides. The included Teacher's Guide includes access to the link that will allow you to make your own
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4th - 7th
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CAASPP Test Prep Reading Comprehension Passages with Multiple Choice 6th 7th 8th
Help your students prepare for end-of-year standardized testing with these practice Non-Fiction reading passages. Great for CAASPP or SBAC!This common core aligned test prep resource has 40 questions written to give your students examples of all the types of questions they will see on standardized testing.Question types: multiple-choice, multi-select, A/B questions (evidence-based selected response), and constructed response.Great for middle school students. Some 5th-grade teachers have found th
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6th - 9th
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Hispanic Heritage & 20 Fall Passages Reading Comprehension Creative Writing ELA
Digital or pdf Resource for Centers, whole group, individual, sub plans and more!20 Passages written at 4 Levels + 7 Activities for Each PassageIn order by theme:Monthly Observances:>> Remember September>> Better Breakfast Month>> Hispanic Heritage Month>> Classical Music MonthPatriotic, Fun, and Themed Holidays>> Labor Day>> Constitution Day>> Citizenship Day>> Mayflower Day>> Uncle Sam Day>> Grandparents Day>> Teddy Bear Day>
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2nd - 5th
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How to Identify Bias Online Activities Digital Literacy
Just what you need to teach bias! This print and digital resource has everything you need to teach this valuable critical thinking skill in our online world. Ready to use -- includes websites, questions, student notes, practice, and more!Here's what teachers are saying about my digital literacy resources:"Big packet full of so many options. Really gets kids thinking. Thanks for creating exactly what I was looking for.""Great resource to teach students about possible bias when they are rese
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5th - 10th
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Gettysburg Address Activities | Civil War | Print & Digital | Primary Source
Gettysburg Address reading and writing activities! This standards-based close reading and scaffolded summary writing lesson for the Gettysburg Address provides students with a deep understanding of Lincoln's famous speech. Printable PDF AND Google Drive Versions are included. **This resource is part of the Civil War Activities Unit Bundle. It includes 8 engaging Civil War resources at a 30% discount price! Click here to preview all 8 Civil War resources!This resource can be completed on paper or
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: US History Primary Source Analysis BUNDLE | Printable & Digital
Compare Contrast Two or More Texts NonFiction Graphic Organizers
Compare Contrast Two or More Texts: Close Reading Strategies and Activities
Aligned with the Common Core State Standards
Use the handouts to encourage close reading and compare/contrast of two or more texts or sources (may be used with multimedia sources such as graphics, videos, podcasts, etc.). They may also be used to compare two different people, focusing on comparing their early life, struggles, and achievements. Includes modified Venn Diagrams specific to the CCSS.
These activities may b
Grades:
6th - 12th
Also included in: All of my Reading Resources (Fiction / Nonfiction) Growing Bundle
Friday the 13th Differentiated Reading Comprehension Passage
Differentiated reading passages are a great way to meet the needs of all students in your classroom. This differentiated reading comprehension resource will help you meet the needs of all your students! This print-and-go resource is also perfect for stations and sub plans.This product includes an engaging reading comprehension passage about Friday the 13th. There are two different reading levels of the passage offered. The higher reading passage is at a 7th-8th grade reading level, while the low
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Custom Bundle
Persuasive Writing Public Service Announcement Activities Write and Analyze
Your students will love analyzing, researching, and creating their own PSA with this ready-to-use resource. What an engaging way to introduce persuasive language and writing. Lots of practice means your students are confident as they create their own PSA.Digital and print -- guides your students step-by-step through the process – from analyzing what a PSA is and does to choosing their own topic, researching and creating it. This is what you'll get:print and digital versionstips and suggestions
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Writing Activities for the Whole Year Digital Bundle
Main Idea and Supporting Detail Test Prep Practice 6th 7th 8th
Provide your students extra practice inferring the main idea and supporting their answers with evidence! Perfect test prep to reinforce skills with reading informational texts. Five nonfiction text selections, plus an additional graphic organizer means you can use this with any text..This resource includes:5 informational texts of varying degrees -- increasing independenceguided questions to help students get to the main idea and supporting detailsa graphic organizer you can use with any other t
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: March Lesson Plan Bundle Writing, reading, research activities
Yellowstone Wolves - 3 Part Informational Text
During the 1930's, people viewed wolves as dangerous and destructive animals and sought to remove them from Yellowstone National Park. This three-part informational text takes students on a journey from the wolves removal in the 1930s to their amazing return in the 1990s and the subsequent transformation of Yellowstone's present-day ecosystem. The ecological changes after their removal were widespread and evident. An excellent lesson about the power of nature's interconnections and the casca
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4th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-LS2-2
, 5-LS2-1
, MS-LS2-4
, MS-LS2-1
Close Reading Article Review Questions For Any NonFiction Text
Close Reading Questions: Nonfiction Articles Aligned with the Common Core State StandardsNonfiction articles can be used in any content area. Use the handouts to encourage close reading of the passage or article. May be used with any news, feature, informational, explanatory, argument, opinion, editorial, persuasive, narrative, or autobiographical article/text. Explores comparing two texts for compare/contrast. Students will be required to find evidence from the text to support their answers.*LI
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: All of my Reading Resources (Fiction / Nonfiction) Growing Bundle
Phineas Gage Nonfiction Book Study Guide -- Includes DIGITAL file options!
This is a 120+ page Common Core aligned complete book study for the nonfiction text, Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science by John Fleischman. This NO PREP book study teaching unit has everything that you will need to teach and assess the novel. The Table of Contents makes finding information quick and easy. ALL ANSWER KEYS ARE INCLUDED. GO DIGITAL! Choose printed or paperless resources! The student packet, quizzes, and final exam are available as Google Drive™ files. A voc
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6th - 8th
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Fears and Phobias Nonfiction Unit Aligned with HMH 6 Digital and Print
This is a comprehensive nonfiction unit covering the article Fears and Phobias by kidshealth.org. 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 nonfiction unit. Skills covered include text structure, author's purpose, main idea, summary writing, context clues, figurative language, point of view, and supporting answers with textual evidence.This unit now includes a copy of a
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: HMH Into Literature Grade 6 Growing Bundle Digital and Print
Back 2 School Close Reading Passages 10 Leveled Aug. Digital Google Slides/pdfs
Informative, Relevant, Engaging, and Meaningful Reading!Each Leveled Reading Comprehension Passage comes with Digital Resources & pdfs. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th grade Homeschoolers and Special Education.10 Passages written at 4 Levels + 7 Activities for Each Passage8 NON-FICTION INFORMATIONAL TEXTS & 2 Fiction Passages>> All About August >> Back to School Shopping >> Shopping Deals >> Types of Schools >> Thanks for My Dog >> National Dog Day &
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2nd - 5th
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Nonfiction Text Structure Passages - Weather - PDF & Digital
Teaching nonfiction text structure is easy with these interesting text structure reading passages and activities for kids excited about science and weather! Five articles about weather science will keep students engaged while they practice reading and analyzing the five main nonfiction text structures, using a variety of text structure graphic organizers. (A bonus adapted vocabulary page makes it easy to teach this lesson as organizational pattern!)This resource includes the following digital ve
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Middle School Nonfiction Reading Unit - Weather Reading Passages
Juneteenth Activities for Reading Comprehension - Printable & Digital
Looking for a no-prep, deep-thinking activity to teach your students about Juneteenth? These reading and writing activities make it easy to introduce students to the history of this important American holiday with a nonfiction reading passage, comprehension questions, a sequence graphic organizer, and engaging writing prompts! Middle school students will learn the history of Juneteenth, how it fits into the story of slavery ending in America, and what it means to people today. You can use these
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6th - 8th
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Wild Animals Aren't Pets + Let People Own Exotic Animals Argumentative Unit
This argumentative unit compares "Wild Animals Aren't Pets" and "Let People Own Exotic Animals" in a comprehensive unit for digital and print. 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, counterargument, inferencing, author's argument, compare and contrast, comprehension, text structure
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: HMH Into Literature Grade 6 Growing Bundle Digital and Print
Thanksgiving Reading Comprehension Passages for Text Structure - PDF and Digital
Make nonfiction text structure fun and easy to teach this Thanksgiving with high-interest reading passages! This bestselling set of Thanksgiving reading comprehension passages, graphic organizers, and nonfiction text structure lesson plans will provide the perfect activities to fill your Thanksgiving week with fascinating facts and rigorous reading practice! (Don't worry, Virginia teachers: the vocabulary page is also adapted for teaching this topic as organizational pattern.)Here's what's inclu
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Thanksgiving Reading Comprehension Bundle - Printable & Digital
Central Idea Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Main Idea
Three reading comprehension passages to help students answer questions that focus on central ideas and supporting details. The product includes a brief overview of central ideas and supporting details and three passages that include multiple choice questions. The first passage is very short and is great for review. The second passage is longer and is good for practice. The third passage is one page long and is great to use as a quick assessment. Great for test prep!Distance Learning Update: This
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7th - 8th
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Also included in: Limited Time Only Reading Comprehension Super Mega Bundle
Winter Reading Comprehension Passages & Activities - PDF & Digital
If your students can't be out in the snow, they can at least read about it! This set of winter reading comprehension passages and nonfiction graphic organizers are the perfect reading activities to celebrate the winter season while sharpening nonfiction skills like main idea, supporting details, sequencing, cause and effect, and more. These no-prep printable and digital reading activities also make excellent sub plans!(Need more winter reading comprehension? This resource pairs well with my Wint
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Winter Reading Activities - Nonfiction Passages & Poetry Practice Bundle
Compare & Contrast NonFiction Passages Paired Passages Questions FAST Test Prep
Are you looking to help your 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students practice and feel confident answering reading comprehension questions?These Non-Fiction Paired Passages on modern topics will help your students master standardized test questions. Question Types: multiple-choice, multi-select, A/B questions (evidence-based selected response), and Table MatchThese align with Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards and common standardized testing questions students might see on the F.A.S.T. test. The questions we
Grades:
6th - 9th
Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push by Walter Dean Myers Unit Digital + Print
This is a comprehensive short story unit covering the short story Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push by Walter Dean Myers. This short story is about a boy who decides to play wheelchair basketball. Skills covered in this unit include reading comprehension, listening comprehension, mapping the plot, support with textual evidence, character inferencing, context clue vocabulary, short answer response questions, compare and contrast, theme, and point of view.The activities, questions, and standards are
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Flying Lessons and Other Stories Bundle Digital and Print
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