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Free middle school informational text resources
Reading Strategies Task Cards - FREE! Inference, Summarizing, + more & Audio!
Your students will love this reading strategy task cards, and you'll love that it's FREE!This set was created by combining cards from six other reading strategy task card sets so that you as a teacher can try them out!:Author's PurposeSummarizingMaking ConnectionsInferenceCause and EffectPredictingWHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:24 Task Cards (prints 4 to a page)Black-lineColorRecording SheetsAnswer KeysDIGITAL:Easel Activity - with AudioDIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:Digital or PrintChallenge Card to extend
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3rd - 6th
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Main Idea and Details FREEBIE: 2 Passages in PDF and Digital Easel
This product contains two passages and a teaching poster that explains the ice cream cone analogy! For each passage, the students have to read the passage and then determine the main idea and three supporting details. They write their statements beside the ice cream cone (main idea) and scoops of ice cream (supporting details). ********This resource is available in two formats:1. Traditional Printables- Print the PDF and distribute paper copies to your students to complete.2. Easel Activity- I
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3rd - 6th
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FREE Informational Text Structure Worksheet Activity One Pager + Easel Activity
Need free text structure worksheets? This no-prep, printable activity is a great way to review non-fiction text structure, including: compare/contrast, cause and effect, problem/solution, description, chronological order, and sequence.→ Prefer a digital version for Google Forms? Get it for FREE here!This activity can be used as a review station, test prep, homework, or substitute lesson plan.Answer key is included. No prep—just print and use! Included: 6 short non-fiction passagesDigital self-gr
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4th - 7th
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History of Chocolate Chip Cookies Reading Comprehension Passage & Worksheets
Your students will enjoy learning all about how chocolate chip cookies got their start with this FREE high-interest, informational Close Reading Unit! Perfect for a fun reading unit, this resource includes everything, including worksheets, that you need for a full week of reading activities about the history of the chocolate chip cookie. Now includes a digital version for Google Classroom. Engaging for students and NO PREP for teachers!This freebie is a part of the August Close Reading Bundle, w
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Leveled Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Bundle for the Year
Halloween Reading Comprehension Passage and Questions | Candy Corn Reading
This high-interest, FREE candy corn reading passage is the perfect Halloween reading activity! Your students will enjoy the sweet topic, and you will love this useful, no-prep freebie!This free resource is part of the larger, more comprehensive October Reading unit, which has other fun reading passages, worksheets, center games and activities, poetry, and writing activities. Click HERE to see the complete October Reading Unit.This free Halloween Reading resource includes:Candy Corn: A Unique Tre
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3rd - 6th
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RACE Strategy Writing Worksheet Activity Grades 4-6 FREE | with Easel Activity
The RACE strategy for writing is a structure to help students answer passage-based, short response questions in a formal style, with using clear reasons and evidence from the text, and to provide concluding statements. This free download contains a short passage and short-response question to practice using the RACE Strategy.This Download Contains: PRINT1 passage with short response question to practice using the RACE StrategySuggested answer and grading guideDIGITALReady to use Easel ActivityLi
Grades:
4th - 6th
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Nonfiction Text Structures: Three FREE Activities
Are you teaching text structures in your upper elementary classroom? You'll definitely want to download these free printables! You will have everything you need to facilitate a complete and thorough text structure lesson! (Well, you'll just need to provide the anchor chart paper and the clipboards.) It features the five following text structures:→ Sequence→ Compare and Contrast→ Cause and Effect→ Problem and Solution→ Description It contains three activities:1. An Anchor Chart Activity (The cli
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3rd - 6th
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SAMPLE Non-Fiction Compare & Contrast Passages | Reading Comprehension
This is a sample of my best-selling Non-Fiction Compare & Contrast Passages Product. This is a PDF sample - the purchased product linked in the sentence above contains a version for Google Slides!It's designed to help 5th and 6th grade students that need practice with reading non-fiction passages and being able to respond to the text in a variety of ways. This product helps students practice:comparing & contrasting using a graphic organizerfinding and defining vocabulary wordsanswering c
Grades:
5th - 7th
FREE Informational Text Structures Assessment
Enjoy this FREE 3 page Informational Text Structures Assessment. This assessment was designed to accompany my Informational Text Structure Task Cards and includes examples of each type of non-fiction text structure. They also have accompanying questions that require students to read, comprehend, and provide proof of the correct text structure.This resource also includes access to a DIGITAL version!Answer Key Included MORE Informational Text Resources Informational Text Structures Task Cards In
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Informational Text Structures Activity Bundle
Main Idea and Key Details RI.5.2 | Great Pacific Garbage Patch Article #5-1
Nonfiction Article of the Week Club, Article #5-1: The Great Pacific Garbage PatchThis is the first in a set of 25 informational text articles + activity packs designed to teach ALL of the reading informational text standards for 5th grade in a fun, rigorous, and easy to implement solution! Download this FREE resource today, and then click here to view the rest of the article + activity packs available via this growing bundle. Your students will love reading about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Grades:
4th - 6th
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Also included in: Ultimate Article of the Week Bundle Grades 4-8
Solar System Activity: Planets Sorts (3) *Freebie*
These planet sorts are a unique way for students to show what they have learned about the planets! All of the information in this free planets activity can also be found in the Solar System Differentiated Reading Passages with Common-Core aligned Comprehension & Vocabulary activities. Hope your students enjoy!
3 Sorts Included:
• Inner Planets
• Outer Planets
• All Planets
Answer Keys
Check out the FULL product here: Differentiated Planets Reading Passages, Comprehension and Vocabulary C
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Nonfiction Graphic Organizer
Nonfiction Graphic Organizer for ANY Article or Nonfiction PassageThis graphic organizer will help your students to think critically about any nonfiction article or passage you've read.Students will find facts, opinions, express their own opinion, main idea and supporting details, author's purpose, and text structure.December 2023 UPDATE: A one page article is included, so you can PRINT & GO!
Grades:
4th - 8th
FREE Greek and Latin Roots Sketch Notes
WHY GREEK AND LATIN ROOTS?Almost 70% of the English language is derived from Latin and Greek languages. When we teach students these “building blocks,” they can recognize and decode unfamiliar words that are related to a known root. It is also increasingly important to explicitly teach students the meanings of Greek and Latin roots as they encounter the very technical vocabulary found in science and other content areas.WHY SKETCH NOTESSketch notes present your students with a meaningful and enga
Grades:
4th - 8th
Human Body Systems Color by Number, Reading Passage and Text Marking
This Human Body Systems Color by Number and Text Marking activity has your students searching for text evidence from the reading passage and coloring in answers. This is a highly engaging reading comprehension activity. Great addition to your Human Body Systems unit.Topics include: Human Body Systems, Skeletal system, Muscular system, Cardiovascular/circulatory system, Digestive system, and more.Students read about Human Body Systems, answer questions, mark the text for evidence, and color the p
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Custom Bundle for Kady H
Free Nonfiction Text Features Scavenger Hunt
This free two-page Non-Fiction Text Features Scavenger Hunt asks students to locate and explain several text-features. By doing so, students will gain a better understanding of how to read all parts of a non-fiction book or article, and they will understand the how and the why of the structure of non-fiction texts.Text-Features Included:-Title Page-Table of Contents-Index-Glossary-Heading-Subheading-Illustrations and Pictures-Maps-Charts, Graphs, and Tables-Captions-Textboxes-Keywords-Bold or I
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3rd - 6th
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Non-Fiction Text Graphic Organizer for Main Idea Key Details and Summarizing
Pair this graphic organizer with any non-fiction text to help your students identify main idea and key details, as well as summarize what they have read. A description of each of these elements is included. Enjoy!Check out this BUNDLE of VISUAL SUPPORTS for speech therapy!••• Blog ••• Instagram ••• Pinterest ••• Facebook •••
Grades:
4th - 9th
Free Nonfiction Text Features Graphic Organizers and Activities
These graphic organizers will help your students identify and understand the purpose of text features in nonfiction books. Includes 3 unique graphic organizers for teaching this often difficult skill. This is a part of a COMPLETE lesson plan with anchor charts, mini-lesson materials, and more activities. You can find it here: ⭐ Nonfiction Text Features: Lesson plan, Anchor Charts, Mini-lesson, and ActivitiesCHECK OUT THE COMPREHENSION SKILLS BUNDLE⭐ Reading Comprehension Skills Graphic Organi
Grades:
2nd - 6th
Daily Reading Comprehension Passages Context Clues Week 1
Start class with these engaging reading comprehension passages. These daily reading passages include two daily opportunities to use context clues to determine the meaning of challenging words. The passages also include opportunities to make inferences, determine the central idea, and more.Students will love reading about the mystery of the Lost Colony!Digital & Printable Options: This download includes a printable PDF as well as links to individual Google Forms for each passage.This resource
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6th - 8th
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1950s Popular Toys Reading Comprehension Worksheet Fifties Informational Text
This passage describes popular toys in the 1950s. 13 questions (true/false and multiple choice) assess students' understanding. I've included a color and black and white version, as well as a key.INCLUDES:Article13 total questionstrue/false, multiple choiceColor and BW Verionskey includedPart of my 1950s Bundle*If you don't already, Follow Me!
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: 1950s Reading Comprehension Worksheet Bundle Fifties
RACE Strategy Writing Activity Worksheets FREE with Easel Activity
The RACE writing strategy helps students answer passage-based, short response questions in a formal style, with using clear reasons and evidence from the text, and to provide concluding statements. Like this product? Check out the full version here! Writing with the RACE StrategyR: Re-state the questionA: Answer all parts of the questionC: Cite the text to provide evidenceE: Explain your citationWhy use the RACE strategy? RACE is a mnemonic device that helps students write open-ended constructed
Grades:
6th - 8th
Central Idea and Details RI.6.2 | Toys R Us: The End of an Era Article #6-1
Nonfiction Article of the Week Club, Article #6-1: Toys R Us: The End of an EraThis is the first in a set of 25 informational text articles + activity packs designed to teach ALL of the reading informational text standards for 6th grade in a fun, rigorous, and easy to implement solution! Download this FREE resource today, and then click here to view the rest of the article + activity packs available via this growing bundle. Your students will love reading Toys R Us: The End of an Era and practic
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5th - 7th
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Also included in: Ultimate Article of the Week Bundle Grades 4-8
Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions - The Perfect Planet FREE
The Perfect Planet Differentiated Close Reading Passage, Text-Dependent Questions & MoreThis is a FREE sample of my Close Reading Resources! Try out this sample, and if you like it, check out all of my other Close Reading resources by clicking the links below.-------------------------------------------------------------------------**A digital version is also included for use with Google Classroom.** With the digital version, you have the option to go 100% paperless...........................
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences Interactive Notes Activity
Sentences Interactive Notebook and Practice Sheet
This freebie includes interactive notes and a practice sheet that can be used to teach students simple, compound, and complex sentences. I always start the year with this lesson because it sets the foundation for writing!
Additional Sentence Resources:
⭐ Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentence SORT ⭐ Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentence Color By Number Mystery⭐ Go Digital: Sentences Task Cards ⭐ Narrative Writing Interactive Notebook ⭐
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Grades:
4th - 6th
One Page List of Transition Words and Sentence Starters (Persuasive Writing)
This handy one page list of transition words and sentence starters are sure to improve the quality of paragraph and persuasive writing writing in your classroom. It is a great resource for your students to edit and input various words to make their writing sound more intellectual. By sounding "Smart," students will be impressed with what a few words added to their written work can do to convince others in their persuasive writing.Please Check out the hundreds of teaching resources I have in m
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
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