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Elementary critical thinking other (social studies) guided reading books
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Rosa Parks Biography Reader for Black Women's History Kindergarten & First
Teaching about important Black Americans in History? This reader will help teachers facilitate talks of important African American people like Rosa Parks and also to get students reading appropriate informational text. Grab it for your students! The color version is perfect for projecting and reading whole group while the blackline version is great for students to reread, color and take home to share! If you need other Rosa Park resources please check my store:Rosa Parks TimelineMartin Luther Ki
Grades:
K - 1st
The Stories that Julian Tells Comprehension Questions
These are questions I've created to go with the book The Stories Julian Tells by Ann Cameron. I use these questions with my guided reading groups. We will read a chapter in group and practice answering a question together. I then assign them the next chapter and the corresponding question/questions for homework.Depending how often your group meets, this could take you a few days or a few weeks. This book is a Guided Reading Level N, Lexile level 520L, and DRA 28-30.
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
Super Bowl Reading Comprehension Passages & Activities: Football & Super Bowl 24
The Big Game- Super Bowl 24 is right around the corner. This Big Game football printable for kids allows students to interact with text while learning all about the history of the Super Bowl. Your students will focus on asking and answering questions, main idea, word meaning, text features, and illustrations making meaning in the text.Standards Covered:RI.1 (Asking and Answering Questions)RI. 2 (Main idea)RI. 4 (Word meaning)RI.5 (Text Features)RI. 7 (Illustrations to match the text)An assessmen
Grades:
2nd - 3rd
Indigenous People's Day Booklet
Celebrate Indigenous People's Day in your classroom!This booklet includes facts about the holiday in simple sentences.
Grades:
PreK - 6th
You're Finally Here! A Literacy Companion
You're Finally Here! An adorable book about a bunny waiting for a reader!Perfect back to school book for any class.This book can be found on Amazon, Amazon Canada, YouTube, and most libraries.Amazon Canada is a great resource with a very reasonable price and quick delivery.Other places to find the book would be Indigo, Barnes and Noble, and Walmart.This resource is filled with literacy activities to cover many story elementstaught in reading. Many correlate with Common Core.I have included all
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Groundhog Day / Sight Word Emergent Reader | Mini Book
Celebrate Groundhog Day and learn new vocabulary through this simple printable minibook! The book provides your students the opportunity to practice tracing and reading. It also contains repetitive text to help your beginning readers practice one to one word matching.This book is easy to assemble. Just print, cut down the middle and staple. Click HERE for a discounted bundle of 12 mini books has holidays for the whole year!If you like this book, there are more like it available in our "Sight Wor
Grades:
PreK - 1st
Also included in:Â Holiday Mini Books / Sight Word Emergent Readers
Small Group Reading Anecdotal Notes Checklist
Stay organized and document student progress with this anecdotal notes checklist! I see you teacher... you've found your students instructional levels and you have their groups planned, but now what? This resource will tell you exactly what to look for throughout your entire guided reading group! This handout also serves as a great way to collect data and monitor student progress day in and day out.All of the items on the checklist are based off my experience teaching reading skills and behavior
Grades:
K - 2nd
Comparing Inherited Traits: BUTTERFLY OR MOTH? (Animal Classification)
Enrich your animal classification studies with BUTTERFLY OR MOTH?, an interactive book from my Comparing Inherited Traits series. Your students will love the cut-and-glue format and realistic, original illustrations; and you’ll love the NGSS/TEKS standards-based content, Venn assessment, and emphasis on critical thinking. OUTLINE OF TOPICS INCLUDED:What Is an Inherited Trait?Shared TraitsMetamorphosisLife Cycle: Larvae (smooth vs fuzzy)Life Cycle: Pupae (chrysalis vs cocoon)Antennae (clubbed vs
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
NGSS:
3-LS4-3
, 2-LS4-1
, 3-LS4-2
, 3-LS3-1
, 1-LS3-1
Also included in:Â COMPARING INHERITED TRAITS Activity Book Bundle
Franny K Stein Frantastic Voyage comprehension / writing ideas
Are you looking for a fantastic chapter book for a read aloud or guided reading? Look no further because Franny K Stein Mad Scientist Frantastic Voyage will capture the attention of every child in your class including the boys!First you need the book Franny K Stein Mad Scientist Frantastic Voyage by Jim Benton. Vocabulary cards are provided for each chapter. Thought provoking questions are included for each chapter. The pages can be copied and made into a booklet or run off separately and gl
Grades:
1st - 2nd
A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Novel Study
A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Novel Guide is ideal for teaching world history, current events, scarcity of natural resources, world conflict and MORE! A story about the Lost Boys of Sudan, water crisis, and world history. This pack includes:Chapter by chapter comprehension questionsBackground information and mapsKLW ChartCharacter AnalysisVocabularyCause & Effect ChartEssay and discussion questionsPost Reading Questions Writing WorkshopExtension ResourcesThis resource is great for:Teachi
Grades:
5th - 8th
Sarah, Plain and Tall
Sarah, Plain and Tall is a winner of the Newbery Medal. It is a great story to accompany any literature or social studies unit about pioneers and settlers.
This packet was created in order to be used as a guided reading book or a read aloud. There are student pages with answer keys that are mostly text dependent questions. As well as teacher print outs that can be used during a read aloud. These provide teachers with key vocabulary terms to identify and define and questions to ask while re
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Marvin Redpost Alone in His Teacher's House Comprehension Questions
I have created higher order thinking comprehension questions for each chapter of Marvin Redpost #4: Alone in His Teacher's House by Louis Sachar.
I use these questions with my guided reading groups. We will read a chapter in group and practice answering a question together. I then assign them the next chapter and the corresponding question/questions for homework.
Depending how often your group meets, this could take you a few days or a few weeks.
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Reading Decoding & Social Studies Integrated 5E Lesson Plan
This is a Reading Decoding lesson plan that uses word origins, and root words to decode vocabulary in Social Studies. The lesson plan follows the 5E Lesson Plan model. The 5 Es are Engagement, Exploration, Explanation, Elaboration, and Evaluation. The plan uses poetry to enforce vocabulary, however, any reading passage can apply to this lesson plan. The lesson plan applies to Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and the Common Core Standards. The lesson is designed for the average student
Grades:
2nd - 12th
Also included in:Â Reading 5E Lesson Plan BUNDLE
Presidents Day Activities Crafts and Writing Books Presidents Day Readers
Celebrate and learn about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln on President's Day with this bundle of readers and writing craft books! Students will love learning about and crafting their own Washington and Lincoln books.Each set includes a six-page reader in color and black-and-white and a six-page writing booklet craft in black-and-white. With student-friendly instruction pages that are perfect for sub plans, using during the lessons, or sending home for home learning!This resource includes:
Grades:
K - 1st
Just So Stories Depth and Complexity + Math Problem Solving BUNDLE
Immerse your students in rich literature with Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling, and take learning further with questions based on Depth and Complexity thinking tools and differentiated math problem-solving tasks related to the story! STORIES INCLUDED IN THIS BUNDLE:How the Whale Got His Throat Thinking Focus: Multiple Perspectives Math Strand Focus: Measurement (Length) How the Camel Got His Hump Thinking Focus: Ethics Math Strand Focus: Operations How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin Thinking Focu
Grades:
2nd - 5th
The Five Boroughs Book Series
All five books in the non-fiction series about the five boroughs of New York City. Topics covered include: geography, population, transportation, landmarks and people. A glossary of relevant vocabulary words is included at the end of each book.
Grades:
K - 4th
Fly Away Home by Bunting Lesson on Homelessness
Fly Away Home by Eve Bunting Lesson Plan teaches students about the realities of homelessness. It addresses the common myths and brings into light the urgency of homelessness in America. Themes of family, homelessness, and belonging. This resource includes: Learning Objectives Reading Comprehension QuestionsFacts about Homelessness in AmericaExtension Resource on HomelessnessText to text connection Text to world connection Nearpod Teacher Access included on the last page of the fileIf you have a
Grades:
4th - 6th
I Can Help at Home Mini Book
This mini book was designed for a social studies unit that covers roles and responsibilities. Each page highlights a different job or chore that children can do to help at home. I Can Help at Home could be used whole class or in guided reading. There are two lines of text on each page. The first line is the same on each page. The second line varies by the activity or chore, allowing students to use the picture to help decode.This black and white book has a cover, 10 pages of different ways
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K - 1st
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Also included in:Â I Can Help BUNDLE
George by Alex Gino Novel Study / Key (Author endorsed!)
"George," a novel by Alex Gino, tells the story of Melissa, whose classmates and family know her by the name of George. The message "Be Who You Are" comes across as a strong central theme in this excellent novel about a transgender youth who wants to be Charlotte in the school play, a monumental task for a girl who everyone thinks is a boy. This novel study was created with input and suggestions from the author of the novel - Alex Gino!
This detailed novel study includes a text-dependent qu
Grades:
4th - 6th
The American Flag Facts Booklet
Students will love learning facts about the American Flag. This book reads as follows:
Title page: The American Flag
Page 1 This is the American Flag.
Page 2 The color of the American Flag is red, white and blue.
White signifies purity and innocence. Red signifies
valor and bravery. Blue signifies vigilance, perseverance,
and justice.
Page 3 The American Flag has thirteen stripes. One for each
original state. The stripes are red and w
Grades:
K - 3rd
A Stranger at Home by Jordan-Fenton Residential Schools Novel Guide
A Stranger at Home by Jordan-Fenton Novel Guide | Indigenous History Residential Schools and the Orange Shirt DayThis resource includes: Pre, During and Post Reading Activities Chapter-by-chapter Reading Comprehension QuestionsNew VocabularyText to self questionsPost Reading questions/reading workshopCause & Effect Activity Themes Activity Character Analysis Activity Extension resources (Reading, Video & Map) Answer KeyThis resource is great for:Teaching about the First Nations of the Ar
Grades:
4th - 7th
My Job (Community Helper Booklet)
This booklet has a cover page and features 12 community workers. (vet, chef, construction worker, doctor, farmer, firefighter, hair stylist, mail carrier, nurse, police officer, teacher, artist.) The last page asks What kind of worker will you be?Just run through a printer, staple on the left side and cut down the middle and you will have two booklets. This product can be found in my Community Helpers BundleCommunity Helper Count The Room 1-10 And 11-20Community Helper Counting 1-20 (QR Code Op
Grades:
PreK - 1st
A Day in My Life: Kenya- Differentiated Guided Reading (Compare & Contrast)
Six differentiated guided readers leveled for 2nd-4th grade with a focus on RI.3.9 and RI.4.9 compare and contrast two texts on the same topic. This product also includes small group/ guided reading lesson plans, a map locating activity, passages in book or passage format, multiple choice and short response questions, differentiated compare & contrast graphic organizers, exit ticket, and topper craft.This is perfect for guided reading or multi-level strategy groups while also integrating soc
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Also included in:Â World Culture Diversity Differentiated Reading Comprehension Activity Bundle
Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China
Add a cultural twist to your fairy tale unit with Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China. There are many versions of the Cinderella tale, but this one is believed to be the original version - written 1,000 years before the European one.Our response activities were crafted using the six levels of Bloom's Taxonomy, a framework for focusing on higher-order thinking skills. The taxonomies (classifications) are arranged from simple and concrete tasks to complex and abstract ones. There are 3 activit
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
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