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Common Core RI.5.8 worksheets for Microsoft Word
R.I 5.8 Evidence to Support Claims -4 Short Assessments
You can use each of these short reading passages with questions as either 4 exit tickets over 4 days to monitor understanding on this important standard or as an assessment piece. The 4 passages have different question types (multiple choice, short answer, etc) to fully ascertain if students can find the all important evidence to support their claims. Great test prep resource or way to simply document student progress on this standard.
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5th
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Watershed Unit Plan with Lessons on making a working model includes Chesapeake
In this unit, students will be introduced to what a watershed is and how it relates to their life. They will read about watersheds and threats to a watershed, they will be introduced to new vocabulary, and they will create a watershed model.
This project based learning experience will involve students creating a model of a watershed. This model will include examples of the threats to watersheds which they have been learning about. It will be a workable model that will allow them to alter the la
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3rd - 5th
Everglades Forever Questions Houghton Mifflin Journeys
Easy to grade. During this activity, the students will answer higher level critical thinking questions which align with the week's target skill from the story. The stories come from the Journeys edition of the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt series.
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5th
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Easter Island history unit with reading, writing, and math 3rd 4th grade
Easter Island history unit with reading, writing, and mathLearn all about Easter Island with this 5-day mini-unit! The Islanders who lived on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) were amazing builders, creating huge statues that still exist there today. Students will use reading, writing, and math skills while learning about this remote island culture. The unit is aligned with Common Core, so you can teach with confidence (mostly 4th grade, with some 3rd and 5th grade standards as well).This is one of my ma
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3rd - 6th
5TH Grade Wetlands Reading Passage and Question Set
Two-page reading passage/article on the wetland ecosystem. 3-page/10 question Post-reading question set with questions that hit common core standards for reading comprehension and other literacy skills. Answer key is included. This passage and question set covers 5th grade ELA, but also covers various grades' science standards for ecosystems.
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4th - 6th
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Current Event Project
Increase your students' media literacy and reading comprehension by having them complete this current event project. Using the approved websites (or websites you approve), students will use primary and secondary sources to research a current event that is happening in their city, state, country or world. Students will explore the 5 Ws for informational text while also exploring central idea and relevant details. Students will also increase their background knowledge with the current events.
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3rd - 12th, Not Grade Specific
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Fossils: A Peek into the Past Questions Houghton Mifflin Journeys
Easy to grade. During this activity, the students will answer 8 higher level, critical thinking questions and 2 short answer written responses which align with the week's target skill from the story. The stories come from the Journeys edition of the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt series.
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5th
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Determine The Author's Argument Graphic Organizer
This graphic organizer supports students in determining an author's argument in a text, and identifying the reasons and evidence the author provides to support that argument. Students first identify the author's overall position in the text and then analyze the reasons and evidence given to support that position. This aligns with 4th and 5th grade standards RI.4.8 and RI.5.8. I have often used this graphic organizer as a springboard for evidence-based writing in response to an informational text
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4th - 5th
Expository Reading Comprehension- The Importance of Justice and Peace Gandhi
Students will read a timeline of Gandhi's life and legendary career as a peacemaker, then answer comprehension questions which call for inference and use of text evidence. Students will also complete a writing prompt that targets comparing and contrasting.
**Why it's useful:** This is perfect for readers to integrate reading comprehension skills such as citing text evidence, using inference, use of chronological nonfiction text structure, compare and contrast, and it throws in a writing prompt.
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5th - 9th
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The Great Molasses Flood
Contains informative text about the Great Molasses Flood in Boston in 1918, followed by text-based questions for students to answer
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4th - 6th
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Stop Those Hiccups Resources
These printable worksheets and additional resources created by the author of "Stop Those Hiccups" correlate with that picture book (to be published Sept 30, 2016 by Rowanvale Books) and the “Hiccups Activities’ free document.
Some of the worksheets can also be used for other books, music teachers (2 worksheets show and have students label basic anatomy of how we breathe).
1. Interactive worksheets for each grade (K-6) per 10 combined Reading Literature & Informational Text standards
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K - 6th
Close Reading Langston Hughes Mother to Son
Close Reading for Mother to Son by Langston Hughes
Rigorous close reading from the poem Mother to Son.
The document is designed for 3 readings but can be adjusted.
For really advanced 4th graders or mid to end of the year 5th grade. This is meant as a class activity but can be adjusted for small groups as well.
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4th - 6th
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The First Airplane Reading Comprehension
Contains an article about the Wright Brothers, followed by text-based questions for students to answer
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4th - 6th
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Comparing and Contrasting Biographies (checklist analysis)
I LOVE LOVE LOVE checklist analyses! Read more to find out how this resource works and how we had a blast using it in my classroom...
This resource is EDITABLE and can be used with ANY set of biographies about the same person. I used it as part of a unit on comparing and contrasting texts. This resourse introduces students to the elements of writing a text ANALYSIS. I have found that often when asking students to compare and contrast texts in an essay, they talk about the facts presented in a te
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4th - 6th
Gettysburg Address - Main Idea & Supporting Evidence
Students will read the Gettysburg address to identify Lincoln's main idea and supporting details. I use this with my 5th graders and thy need quite a bit of scaffolding. We go through each sentence and use dictionaries to help with the more difficult vocabulary. The document includes an answer key; however, teachers may want to change it based upon what their students need.
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5th - 8th
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The Jacket Chapter Questions
These questions assess students understanding of the science content in The Jacket while also assessing their understanding of the 5th Grade Common Core Reading Informational Text Standards.
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3rd - 7th
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The Dragonfly Reading Comprehension
Contains an informational text about the dragonfly, followed by text-based questions for students to answer
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4th - 6th
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The Largest Turtles on Earth!
Contains informational text about Galapagos tortoises, followed by text-based questions for students to answer
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4th - 6th
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A Native American Perspective on Thanksgiving
This resource is design for students to read discuss, and analyze a primary source to learn about a Native American perspective the Thanksgiving holiday.
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4th - 8th
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4 Differentiated Levels: How are Facts Related to Other Parts of the Text?
Hi! Make your preparation much easier with this resource and how it pairs with one of the best resources ever: Newsela! This product is intended to be used with Newsela articles, and the links are included. To be clear, you need a Newsela account! This resource is four leveled worksheets that ask students to sort fact from opinion at the lowest level to evaluate which side of a debate better supports their position. You can use them all at once to differentiate independent work or in a Gradual R
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4th - 7th
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Comprehension questions on "Wilma Rudolph: Star of the Track"
This is a set of 10 multiple choice comprehension questions and a complete answer key to go with the passage "Wilma Rudolph: Star of the Track". The questions are aligned with 5th grade ELA standards (each question is marked with the standard it addresses). The passage is written on a 3rd grade reading level, but the questions align with 5th grade standards. I use this with some of my struggling readers to give them exposure to the 5th grade standards that they will be tested on, but through
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3rd - 5th
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George Washington Carver, Inventor
Contains informational/biographical text about George Washington Carver, followed by text-based questions for students to answer
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4th - 6th
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The Olympics Reading Comprehension
Contains informational text about the Olympic games, followed by text-based questions for student to answer
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4th - 6th
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Evidence Search
This versatile worksheet can be used with any text and response question. I simply add the response question and direct students to rewrite the question in the form of a statement and answer with a general statement. Then they are prompted to complete the chart, by citing evidence from the text and explaining how that quote supports the general idea/statement.
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4th - 6th
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