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Free reading strategies study guides
FREE Kindergarten Sight Word List and Assessment - 100 words!
Mastering sight words is essential to becoming a good reader! This is the list of 100 sight words that I teach my Kindergarten students every year. Many of them are reading at a 2nd grade level when they leave Kindergarten!
This set includes a master list of 100 words that you can pass out to parents as well as an assessment sheet that you can mark on and total your students' progress throughout the year.
I recommend sending the master list home with students about once a month as a frie
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PreK - 1st
Text Structure FREEBIE: An Interactive Poster Set
I have been using these posters in my classroom for a couple of years now, and have found them to be very helpful in helping my students master the five types of text structure. As we read something new in class, we consider the text structure, and identify it by moving an arrow, that I made magnetic for my whiteboard, to point to the specific text structure that we are reading.This is a great way to foster analytical discussion with our students about this particular topic throughout the school
Grades:
2nd - 6th
Substep 3.1 Reading System Part 9 Study Guide: A Mess at the Banquet
With this printable PDF, part 9 of your Wilson Reading lesson is covered! You will be able to ask your students comprehension questions tailored to the 3.1 story "A Mess at the Banquet." Both basic and higher-level thinking questions are written for you.This sample freebie shows you what to expect when you purchase my other part 9 guides. Students will also practice decoding skills specific to 3.1 while reinforcing skills from previous substeps. There are three pages of printable worksheets for
Grades:
2nd - 12th
RICA Subtest #1 Flash Cards
Key terms and concepts to know in preparation for subtest #1 of the RICA. Based off Ready for RICA: A Test Preparation Guide for California’s Reading Instruction Competence Assessment by James J. Zarrillo. Please note: this is meant to be used as a study tool and not your only source of study material.
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K - 5th
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Greek & Latin Roots and Affixes Workbook - Unit 1
For your instructional pleasure! The first unit from my 8-unit workbook, free for you to explore and try out in your classroom. This item includes word list, PowerPoint slide presentation of the word list, practice exercises, and assessment. It is bundled as a pdf file and a PowerPoint file zipped into one package.If you like what you see, please download the whole workbook. And please, feel free to leave a few stars or feedback.For a complete description, see the original workbook: http:/
Grades:
8th - 12th
Character Trait Exit Slips FREEBIE
TWO exit slips included!Perfect to use to assess how well your students can name a character trait and use evidence as to why. Aligned with third grade standards.
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Grades:
1st - 5th
Reading Strategy Posters for Comprehension Passages {Free Download}
Use these Reading Strategy Posters to help your kids remember their strategies for comprehension passages. Kids will easily remember their strategies with familiar things like a playstation controller for boys (or girls!) and the Pretty, Pretty Princess acrostic!
Enjoy this freebie! :)
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2nd - 12th
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Phantom Tollbooth Student Response Book
This is a chapter by chapter set of vocabulary and questions for the Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster. Students can complete it independently, or can do so in a literature circle.
Great for:
Guided Reading
Literature Circle
Developing Reading Thinking Activities
Vocabulary Development
Reading Comprehension
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4th - 8th
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Treasures: (3rd Grade) First Day Jitters Activity Booklet
This is a supplemental booklet to accompany the story, "First Day Jitters" in the 3rd Grade Treasures program (Unit One). It includes a daily writing journal, vocabulary support, comprehension organizers, fluency passage, bar graph, and a social studies activity.
Created by Nancy Springer
Grades:
3rd
3rd Grade Journeys Unit 1 Lessons 1-5 Bundle Study Sheets
Lesson 1: A Fine, Fine, SchoolLesson 2: The Trial of Cardigan JonesLesson 3: Destiny's GiftLesson 4: Pop's BridgeLesson 5: Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh PiratesI give this to my students on Monday. I have two spelling lists. List A is for students that get only one or zero wrong on the Monday pretest. They then study List B (which still follows the same spelling pattern!!) Also on the study sheet is the weekly grammar, vocabulary, and comprehension for the weekly Journeys story!!
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3rd
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Reading Comprehension Bookmarks
Enjoy using these 9 different reading comprehension bookmarks!
Readers will be able to use these bookmarks to practice the strategies Self Monitoring and Clarifying, Visualizing, Making Connections, Asking Questions, Inferring, Predicting, Summarizing, Evaluating, and Synthesizing while reading ANY book.
Copy each two sided bookmark with space on the back to write notes while reading. These are great to use while conferencing with students or for reminders during independent reading time.
Bl
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2nd - 6th
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UNRAAVEL Posters (ELA/Math)
This product can be used to assist students in both Reading and Math. Teachers can use this resource to make 8.5x11 inch posters for student folders or minimize posters to place on student's desk.Be sure to check out our other FREE resources:Black History Month: Martin Luther King UNRAAVEL ELA/Math PostersLuau Math PacketAlso take a look at our Black History Month Collection:Black History Month Collection
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K - 8th
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Literary Analysis Form--Novel
Using this form, students analyze a novel one literary element at a time. Setting, characterization, plot, conflict, theme, point of view, mood, tone, and other elements are addressed, along with literary techniques. Questions are posed for each element and students enter their responses. This form can be used as a teacher led activity, it can be completed by students working in pairs, or it can be assigned to students individually. It is very useful for independent reading book reports. After
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Grades:
8th - 12th
Nonfiction Annotation Strategy
This strategy takes students past the symbol mark-ups and emoji annotations that barely scratch the surface of a text, and urges students to look closely at a writer's diction, tone, text structures, etc., to help determine author's purpose. I designed each step based on the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English I and II and the corresponding question stems from the STAAR test, but it fits with the ELA Common Core standards as well. Any content that requires reading informational, e
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Primary Reading Strategies (Posters)
Includes 6 strategies for reading.
Chunky Monkey - find chunks
Stretchy Snake - sound out / blend words
Fly By - look at the picture
Skippy Kangaroo - skip over the word & return
Flippy Dolphin - flip the short and long vowel sounds
Lips the Fish - get your mouth ready to sound the first letter
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PreK - 1st
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Touching Spirit Bear Final Exam
This free product is a comprehensive final exam of the novel, Touching Spirit Bear! In the first part of the exam, students match character names and descriptions. In the next section, students answer in short responses to prompts which includes questions involving: symbolism, text to self connection, inferencing, making judgments. In the final part of the exam, students respond to an essay question. Students will trace Cole's transformation from the beginning of the novel to the end, and do
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5th - 9th
Analyze Figurative Language: Fiction mentor text and proficiency scale included
Through this mentor text, The Conquering Storm, students are exposed to numerous types of figurative language. The task of understanding the impact of word choice and figurative language is broken down into 3 parts.
1. Students are given examples and a definition of each type of figurative language.
2. Students find examples of each type from the story.
3. Students analyze the impact of each type on the overall craft of the story.
Students gain a better understanding of close reading, crit
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5th - 7th
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ELA Reading Protagonist vs. Antagonist, Dynamic vs. Static, Round vs. Flat
This single-page cheat sheet helps readers remember how to differentiate character motivations and behaviors. Included are memory cues to use during an exam and examples. Perfect for studying for STAAR Exam. TEKS 8.7B: Analyze how characters' motivations and behaviors influence events and conflict resolution.
Grades:
6th - 8th
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Wonders Reading Grade 3 Unit 1 Weekly Newsletters / Study Guides
Enjoy this FREE product!
These newsletters / study guides go along with the McGraw-Hill Wonders Reading Program for Grade 3 Unit 1. These were designed to be sent home each week so that parents are aware of the skills their child is learning each week in reading. They can also be used by the student as a quick reference to the information to study. The newsletters come in color and black and white.
Each newsletter / study guide includes
the Essential Question, the Genre,
the Comprehension Str
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3rd
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Close Reading Anchor Chart/ Poster de lectura analitica
This is a close reading poster that highlights the process to close read. It includes examples of questions for the different phases of close reading. English and Spanish versions.
Incluido esta un poster de lectura analitica que delinea el proceso de leer analiticamente. Incluye ejemplos de preguntas para las diferentes etapas de lectura analitica.
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K - 6th
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Sight Word Doodle Book- Aligned with mClass WR lists
In my classroom students keep these in their book box and practice words during read to partner time. It also gives me easy access to a list of the words when I want to practice with them one-on-one.
They are allowed to “doodle” in their book when they have free time in the classroom (reading time in not free time). This often solves the "early finisher" problem in my classroom.
You can also use it as a sticker book- students collect stickers for every word they master. Personally, I just
Grades:
K - 1st
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Guided AP Analysis Worksheet for J Edwards' Sinners in the Hands of a Angry God
This rhetorical analysis worksheet is designed to give AP English Language and Composition students guided rhetorical analysis practice with Jonathan Edward's sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
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10th - 12th
*Freebie* McGraw Hill Wonders UNIT 1, WEEK 1 Shared Reading The Dragon Problem
This 3 page worksheet goes along with the 4th Grade McGraw Hill Wonders reading program.
The questions and skills follow the weekly reading comprehension skill, comprehension strategy, genre, ACT questions, and vocabulary strategy.
These sheets help to teach both the story and the weekly skills at the same time.
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4th
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Rhetorical Analysis Cheat Sheet for AP English and ELA
This rhetorical analysis cheat sheet is designed for AP English Language and Composition students, but it's appropriate for any high school English class studying nonfiction. Students can easily refer to the sheet while reading, annotating, or writing nonfiction texts and analyzing a writer's rhetoric. The rhetorical analysis cheat sheet provides clear definitions of the following terms: rhetoricrhetorical analysisrhetorical choicesthe rhetorical situation writeraudiencecontextexigencepurposeme
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Rhetorical Analysis Bundle for AP English Language and Composition
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