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Free middle school informational text handout pdfs
Biography Research Graphic Organizer
Biography Research Graphic OrganizerGraphic Organizer looks for person's birth & death date, facts about their early life, family life, and adult life. Students must also list character traits, what the person is famous for, words to describe the person's life, and 3 interesting facts about them. Also included is a template to begin writing the 5 paragraph biography.
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3rd - 8th
Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions (Social Studies ) *FREEBIE*
Looking to engage your 5th and 6th graders with an interesting informational text? Check out this free Social Studies Reading Comprehension Passage to check your students' understanding of vocabulary and reading strategies as well as improve their ability to summarize given texts. ⭐ CHECK OUT OTHER 5th and 6th READING PASSAGES ⭐1.1 ↪️ SCIENCE READING PASSAGES ↩️1.2 ☮️ FILLABLE SCIENCE READING PASSAGES ☮️2.1 ↪️ SOCIAL STUDIES READING PASSAGES ↩️2.2 ☮️ FILLABLE SOCIAL STUDIES READING PASSAGES ☮️3
Grades:
4th - 7th
African American Civil Rights Movement Research Paper with All Steps
This product provides all steps needed for students to write a research paper on a person who impacted the African American Civil Rights Movement. I've included a research guide, planning guide for a rough draft, peer editing sheet, and rubric for grading. Research Guide for writing Civil Rights Movement Paper.Planning Guide for Rough Draft Peer editing sheet (with 3 editors)Rubric for grading (with 10 categories).Everything corresponds, so students should be able to write paper with ease and
Grades:
5th - 8th
FREE Summarizing and Paraphrasing - Intro & Pre-Assessment with EASEL and Audio
Grab these Summarizing and Paraphrasing Posters and Reminder Cards for free!WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:2 Reference PostersSummaryParaphrasing2 Reference Cards (prints 4 to a page)SummaryParaphrasingGreat for 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th grade! NOTE: This resource uses American English and is not editable. Paraphrasing and summarizing are both difficult skills to learn. To make matters worse, students often get them mixed up. That is why I created the PARA and SUM acronyms. Not only do they help
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Informational Text Activity, FREE, Supreme Court Cases, Easy Sub Plan, CCSS
Whether you need an emergency sub plan or just want to add more informational text to your curriculum, this free and fascinating lesson has what you need. It includes access to a high-interest article from The New York Times on the "10 Supreme Court Cases Every Teen Should Know," a topic that will hook your students’ attention and inspire lively debate, and a packet of print-and-go handouts to help students work through the text.This FREE activity includes:• A sheet of suggested lesson procedure
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8th - 11th
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Free Nonfiction Informational Text Structures - Problem & Solution
This ELA resource is a sample of my complete Nonfiction Text Structure resource. It includes the problem and solution portion of the resource, which includes two problem and solution passages, a graphic organizer, prompts to help students identify structure and main idea, and answer keys.Students will learn not only how to identify problem and solution text structure but also how to apply that knowledge to explain the main idea of a text. This 12 page resource includes:•2 practice articles•Probl
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3rd - 6th
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Valentine's Day Writing: Narrative, Informational, Persuasive Writing Prompts
Valentine's Day Writing: Narrative, Informational, and Persuasive Prompts This writing assignment asks students to write a narrative, persuasive, or informational paragraph centered around a Valentine's Day prompt. Each sheet includes a prompt and tips for writing an effective paragraph. This activity is fun AND educational. Use one, two, or all three with your students! **************************************************************************Additional Resources:• Branches of Government SORT•
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4th - 7th
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Nonfiction Text Structures Chart
This is a resource for teachers and students to keep handy when learning about Nonfiction Text Structures and how to distinguish them.
Laminate and post in your room when talking about Nonfiction Text Structures and print out a copy for each of your students to keep in their Language Arts Folder!
This resource is set up as a chart that includes the nonfiction text structures of description, sequence, question/answer, see-saw, and comparison. For each text structure, the chart shows "key word
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2nd - 8th
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Nonfiction Summarizing and Main Idea Graphic Organizers
This freebie has 2 graphic organizers- a nonfiction summarizing organizer and a nonfiction main idea and details organizer.
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These organizers came from our literature unit on Neil Armstrong. Check it out! http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Who-is-was-Neil-Armstrong-Nonfiction-Biography-Literature-Unit
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Grades:
1st - 6th
Free Graphic Organizers - CNN10, Ted Talks, SOAPSTONE, & Video Notes
Free Graphic Organizers - CNN10, Ted Talks, SOAPSTONE, & Video NotesHello and welcome to No Prep English! I am so excited you decided to stop by. Included in this freebie product bundle you will find 8 pages of FREE graphic organizers designed to engage students and support learning. These handouts also have the added benefit of holding students accountable for traditionally passive work (viewing videos).PRODUCT LIST:SOAPStone Handout - A graphic organizer handout to scaffold the analysis of
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6th - 12th
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Jesse Owens Reading Passage and Comprehension Questions Freebie
Are you getting ready to teach the fifth grade Georgia Performance Standard SS5H5?
What better way to introduce students to the life and accomplishments of Jesse Owens than through this reading passage and set of comprehension questions! Answer key is included.
This two page passage discusses the life and accomplishments of Jesse Owens. Once students are finished reading, they have ten comprehension questions to answer! These questions not only ask students to refer back to the text, but also
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3rd - 7th
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Main Idea Notes and Practice ~ FREEBIE!
TEACHER-TESTED! STUDENT-APPROVED!Teaching Main Idea can be a little challenging, especially when introducing Topic and Supporting Details alongside it! This resource is meant to make this task easier for you!In this resource, you'll receive:1. Main Idea Notes (Modified for your learner's needs/abilities - full notes, cloze notes, and blank notes)2. 2 Practice Worksheets3. 2 Answer KeysIf you enjoy this product and would like Review Games/Task Cards to go with it, please check out the following
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3rd - 8th
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Choice Board, Non-Fiction & Informational Text Activities, FREE Worksheet CCSS
This FREE student choice board works with any informational text article or non-fiction book study. Once students have finished reading an assigned article or chapter of a non-fiction text, use this choice board handout to increase student motivation as they meaningfully reflect on their reading.The choice board worksheet was designed for English/language arts students in grades 7 through 12.Want more dynamic lesson materials designed to engage your teens?Click here for a 5-pack of Listen &
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7th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Write an Objective Summary
Use this anchor chart to remind students of what to include in an objective summary. It provides a step-by-step process to writing a summary for informational or non-fiction text.
Grades:
6th - 9th
Think Pair Share Poster
This poster describes the Think Pair Share method that teachers often use in the classroom.
This poster can serve as a reference for students when asked to TPS in the classroom during lessons. It can also be used as a handout for those going to school for teaching.
TPS allows for students to think about their own learning, discover what their peers are thinking, and generate new ideas together!
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PreK - 8th
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Summarizing Fiction & Non-Fiction Texts Chart
I created this chart to help students retell or write summaries of texts they read. As a reading specialist I work with many students in small groups or 1:1. Many of my students used this chart as a reference point when I began working with them on retelling stories and summarizing. As I scaffold their instruction I usually start to slowly offer it less and less until they can remember all of the important parts to include in each genre. For some classes I have also enlarged it to a poster s
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3rd - 8th
Biography Research Planning Template/Graphic Organizer
A planner that I created to go with the All About Biography Writing Brochure Template -[Famous Person/Historical Figure] Get your kiddos to research information about a person's date of birth, death (if applicable), early life, family information, interesting facts and lifetime accomplishments! Also contains space for a potrait! You Might Also Like…Narrative Writing Plot Structure Templates, Pencil Checklists & Visual Prompts!Hamburger Paragraph Organizer + Practice and Order Sheets!Countrie
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Article of the Week Template - Common Core Aligned
This Common Core-aligned template can be used with any short informational text or Article of the Week. Students read an article chosen by the teacher, and then complete the template to show mastery of the text.
Students begin by reading the text and identifying the who, what, when, where, and why. They then compose objective summaries of the text, using a bank of strong essay verbs to guide their writing. Finally, students respond to the article by choosing from a bank of reflective sentence
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8th - 12th
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Media Literacy: Intro to Real News, Fake News & Social Media
News is everywhere. Real. Fake. Newspapers. Television. And the internet and social media have made reporters of us all. This self-contained introductory unit includes informational notes and activities to familiarize your students with the basics of news and journalism. After a brief overview of 'What is news?' students will consider the pros and cons of social media as a news source. An inverted pyramid graphic shows them the structure of real news stories and how the order details differs fr
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4th - 8th
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RACE Writing Strategy: Student Bookmark FREEBIE
When I first started teaching the RACE strategy for constructed response, I was blown away by how much my students’ writing improved. Often times they had the correct answer, but the way in which they were constructing the answer cost them precious points on tests and benchmarks. RACE is an acronym for Restate, Answer, Cite, and Explain. It is easy to remember and students pick up on it very quickly. This bookmark reference is something students can keep with them to refer to as they practice th
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6th - 9th
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Motivational Posters of "Famous Failures," perfect for character education
Included you will find a small collection of "Famous Failures, "
Your students will be able to find encouragement in seeing examples of others that have made failure part of their success.
These are perfect conversation starters with your students. How do you think life would be different if Colonel Sanders gave up trying to sell his famous recipe after hearing 1,008 rejections? I can't imagine life without "finger-lickin' good chicken.
A favorite of mine:
"I've missed more than 9000 shots i
Grades:
4th - 10th
Nonfiction Reading Strategies
These Nonfiction Reading Strategies are the perfect supplement to my Reading Comprehension Interactive Notebook Activities!
A great, ready to use resource to add to your daily curriculum! This product includes 10 nonfiction & informational text reading response resources that will help students analyze and comprehend difficult reading. Just chose which one works best for the reading you are teaching that day, print, and go! There is no additional prep needed! Could be incorporated in any su
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4th - 9th
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Also included in: Energy Interactive Notebook Read and Apply BUNDLE
MLA In-Text Citation Cheat Sheet
The following PDF's are super helpful in guiding students through writing in-text citations when writing research papers or formal responses that require an in-text citation. Students can see how a sentence can be formed using both the author's last name and page number, or just one or the other. This front and back worksheet can also be used to help students practice this process before writing a larger response.
Grades:
6th - 12th
Magnetism Informational Reading Passage and Comprehension Sample
This is one non-fiction reading passage and comprehension page with answers from my Physical Science Reading Passages and Comprehension, which is available in my store for purchase.
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2nd - 6th
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