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Free Common Core RL.6.2 resources for homeschool
Theme Distance Learning Reading Passage and Task Cards FREE | Theme Activities
This finding theme distance learning resource now includes a digital option in Google Slides™. Please refer to the final 7 pages of the product for a link and instructions.FINDING THE THEME FREEBIE - In this Theme Activities product, you will find portions of the following products including:one full-page reading passage worksheet for reading passagefour theme task cards with a differentiated answer sheetan explanation of theme in readinganswer keysNOTE: THIS FILE NOW INCLUDES A DIGITAL DISTANC
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3rd - 6th
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Close Reading Comprehension Passages Full Bundle - Grades 3-8
These close reading passages come directly from the game Dreamscape, where students can build critical thinking skills while having fun!This resource reviews literacy skills in grades 3 - 8, explores different genres, and asks various writing prompts. Each grade level has a series of long and short passages that can be utilized at any given time throughout the school year.This product includes 39 no-prep reading printables and 28 answer keys that you may print and use. These printables can be us
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3rd - 8th
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Pixar Shorts Film Theme Plot Literary Elements, Devices, Analysis SEL Activities
This study guide using the Pixar short film, Joy and Heron, is a fun way to teach literary elements like THEME and CONFLICT. These Free worksheets guide students through the process of using the conflict and resolution to identify the theme of a story. It has mega fun appeal, but is also rigorous and challenging. Want to go deeper and digital? CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL GOOGLE SLIDES LITERARY WORKSHOP of Joy and HeronFilm Synopsis: A cute puppy, Joy, scuffles with an ornery Heron when the bird tr
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5th - 8th
"All Summer in a Day" Short Story-Metaphors, Figurative Language, Bullying Theme
This free, awesome science fiction short story resource is great for exploring beautifully executed figurative language, the theme of bullying, and a fascinating setting. Students read a very short, very well-written short story All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury that is available free in easy-print format. ELA students analyze the text, make inferences, cite textual evidence, and find similes and metaphors in the reading comprehension exercise. They even consider what motivates students to bul
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5th - 10th
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FREE SAMPLE of Poetry Unit: Analyzing and Comprehending Poems- 4th, 5th, 6th
Overview: This is a sample from my poetry unit for 4th, 5th, and 6th grade in which students will analyze poems, determine the speaker of a poem and their point of view based on textual evidence, identify similes and metaphors and determine their meanings, make inferences based on text clues and background knowledge, and determine the theme/main idea of a poem based on textual evidence. This unit is a great resource for reading comprehension.DIGITAL COPY AVAILABLE. Link to Google Slides digital
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4th - 6th
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FREE - Main Idea & Theme: Reading Passages Comprehension and Questions
FREE - Main Idea & Theme - Reading Passages Comprehension and Questions - Tools for Common Core - "Johnny Appleseed" (Grades 3-7). In this freebees printables reading: Main Idea and Theme with Analyzing Fact & Fiction "Johnny Appleseed". ---------------------------------------------------------------------This freebie is related to the mighty Reading Levels A-Z (78 passages for $6), which includes the following:Level A"My Pet" (30 words)"In My Yard" (30 words)"Food" (33 words)Level
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3rd - 7th
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Also included in: Top Sellers on TpT
Poetry Analysis Worksheets - CLOSE read with any poem!
This Poetry analysis worksheet is perfect for your students to analyze any poem that they read! It forces students to take a closer look at the poems they read and gain a deeper understanding of the author’s use of poetry to communicate his/her ideas.
Concepts included on the worksheet:
1. Summarizing literal meaning
2. Determining poetic form
3. Identifying rhyme scheme
4. Identifying sensory images
5. Determining types of rhyme (internal vs. end rhyme, exact,
eye, slant)
6. Iden
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5th - 8th
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Teaching Theme Differentiated Unit for Middle School - Main Idea
Use this complete and easy-to-use unit to teach your Middle School students to determine the theme in a text with ease! Everything you need to teach this concept as well as reteach or enrich it is included in this standards-based unit with BUILT-IN differentiation!What's included:TEACH:✅ A video to use an introduction to the unit ✅ EDITABLE lesson plans✅ Teacher script for each day✅ Vocabulary Worksheets for these words: inference, drawn, theme, central idea, cite, evidence, objective, summar
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Central Idea Main Idea Central Message Theme PRINTABLE BUNDLE
We HEART Poetry! A Poetry Analysis FREEBIE for Grades 4-8
This 9-page SAMPLER of my We HEART POETRY! A Poetry Analysis BUNDLE includes:•Lesson Planning Page •What is Poetry? Brainstorm •A Poetic Device Printable •How To Analyze Poetry Printable •Poetry Reader Response Questions •Dreams by Langston HughesInspiration…As an upper elementary to middle school teacher I have a variety of learners; enthusiastic and engaged, easily inspired, indifferent, and those that require a bit more encouragement to enhance their joy of learning. Can you relate?
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4th - 7th, Staff
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Narrative Writing Checklist - FREE - Primary Exploration - Grade 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
FREE Narrative Writing Checklist serves as a wonderful reminder for students to check their work! The checklist walks students through the editing process to ensure that they are submitting their best work! This is a great addition to a writing center or narrative writing booklet. In my classroom, I use this narrative writing checklist along with Primary Narrative Writing and Book Cover Assessment. This Narrative Writing Booklet is a step-by-step student work booklet that teaches students to suc
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PreK - 8th
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The Harvest Moon Reader's Theater and Reading Literature Toolkit FREEBIE
The Harvest Moon is a concept your students may have heard of, but have no idea what it is all about. In this 2-page realistic fiction, 6-character script, your students will learn a bit of information about this autumnal event.Included in this fall common core aligned toolkit:• 2-page, 6-character script• reader response questions• context clue word work• a journal prompt for post-reading writingEstimated Lexile Measure is 850.If you are looking for a quick script to enhance student comprehens
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4th - 7th, Staff
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The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost Poetry Comprehension
This product includes FREE printable and digital versions of a comprehension worksheet for the poem "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost. The worksheets follow my usual format which includes a variety of question types and uses as much printable space per page as possible. Questions are specific to the text and encourage higher-level thinking.Categories of questions for each poem include: Vivid Vocabulary, Comprehension Check, Picked Passage, Link to Literature, Test Taking, and Swift Summary.T
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4th - 6th
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The One and Only Ivan Novel Study FREE Sample | Worksheets and Activities
This is a 6 page FREE sample from my Common Core aligned book study for The One and Only Ivan, by Katherine Applegate.It includes vocabulary and comprehension student work for Chapters 1-11, along with an activity focused on theme, and all answer keys. This makes a perfect no prep book companion, and is great for whole class, small group, or independent study.This product is not associated with this book's author or publishing company. The book must be purchased separately in order to be used al
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3rd - 6th
Short Films FREE LITERARY ELEMENT DEVICES & TECHNIQUES GUIDE
Using shorts or other animated short films to teach literary elements and literary device is hands down the most engaging and effective practice in the ELA classroom! Students absolutely love learning with them! But, it takes forever to sort through thousands of films and figure out which literary elements correlate. This guide lets you bypass all of that and go straight to teaching! ❤ Personal Note: I have viewed and analyzed hundreds of animated short films (I'm kind of obsessed), choosing on
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4th - 8th
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The Recess Queen Chit Chat Cards FREEBIE for Grades 3-6
Have you read the picture book The Recess Queen by Alexis O'Neill? It is a good one if you are looking for texts to share with students to help combat bullying in your elementary classroom.
The Recess Queen Summary: Jean wants to be first at everything and run the playground causing kids to fear her and call her Mean Jean. Everything changes when Katie Sue, a new students takes a new approach to Jean.
Your students will LOVE reading this rhyming, well-illustrated picture book.
I created
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3rd - 6th, Staff
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St. Nicholas Night Reader's Theater and Close Reading Toolkit
Reader's Theater for BIG KIDS!St. Nicholas Night! I find reader's theaters to be a really fun way to focus on various skills in my upper elementary classroom. My students love to perform and may still need some work in the area of fluency, comprehension, word work, and writing. If your crew has the same needs, this is the perfect toolkit for you.St. Nicholas Night is a holiday that is celebrated in Europe, but is also a tradition that is celebrated here in some communities in North America.
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4th - 8th, Staff
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Free Twitter Tweet Story or Chapter Summary
Fiction & Non-Fiction Twitter Tweet Common Core Activity: Use the Twitter Concept to Make Connections to the TextUsing Twitter to Make Connections: Do you want to see if your students grasp the main idea or big event in a chapter or story but don't want to assign a boring chapter review? Use this creative "Tweet" activity--it's fun, fast, and you'll be able to tell right away if they read it/got it!Use in social studies for historical figures, science for chapter summary, and so many other
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Literature & Nonfiction Creative Reading Activities, Vol 2 Bundle
FREE 360 Digital Escape Room Middle School ELA Activities
Want to try a 360 digital escape room with your ELA students, but would like see how they work before purchasing? Or, maybe you would just like to check out the quality of DiGiGoods Resources? Grab this free one I created for you to explore! You can wander virtually and click links to make sure this digital experience is compatible with your tech specs and suitable for your students’ needs. 360 Escape Rooms are a blast! Students become fully immersed in the audio and visual spectacles, clever
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Short Films Hair Love Digital & Printable INFERENCE PLOT THEME CONFLICT
Reading Response Journal- Digital- Google Slides- Reading Notebook
DIGITAL VERSION ONLY! GOOGLE SLIDESpdf/ printable version available here: PDF Reading Response VersionAre you looking for a way to make your reading workshop go digital? This Google Slides reading response journal will help! It contains both open-ended response prompts and graphic organizers/ Thinking Maps.With a digital journal, it's easy to push out to your class and since it lives in your Google Drive, it's automatically updated and saved! This makes it easier for you as the teacher to "pop i
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3rd - 8th
Close Reading Practice and Text Annotation Work for Teachers & Students
Want to start teaching close reading skills to your students? Are you looking for a boost to what you're already teaching? The free close reading ideas and tips are just what you need to teach and support close reading in the classroom. The Close Reading for Teachers unit will familiarize you with the basics of close reading like text annotation, responding to text, and citing the text as support, and it provides step-by-step instruction to help teach these valuable skills to your students. Incl
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4th - 8th
The Lightning Thief Novel Study FREE Sample | Worksheets and Activities
This is a 5 page FREE sample of my highly rated novel study for The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan.This is easy to use, and adaptable for all students!This product is not associated with this book's author or publishing company. The book must be purchased separately in order to be used alongside this product.THIS DOWNLOAD INCLUDES:1) 3 pages of student work for Chapter 1, "I Accidentally Vaporize my Pre-Algebra Teacher." •This consists of the following 6 parts.→Quickwrite-a text-to-self free wr
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4th - 6th
Harlem Night Song Langston Hughes Poetry Activities - PDF & Digital
Poetry analysis doesn't have to be hard! These light-hearted, easy-to-use poetry worksheets introduce students to the skill of analyzing imagery in Langston Hughes's "Harlem Night Song." The activities easily guide students through reading and understanding the poem, and they're a great way reinforce poetry comprehension while focusing on rich imagery and making connections to the Harlem Renaissance period of U.S. history!(If you teach poetry in middle school, don't miss the rest of my bestselli
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5th - 8th
Also included in: Langston Hughes Poetry Unit for Middle School - PDF & Digital
Shiloh Novel Study FREE Sample | Worksheets and Activities
This is a 5 page FREE sample of my Common Core aligned book study for Shiloh, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. It includes vocabulary and comprehension student work for Chapters 1-2, along with a theme-based writing activity, and all answer keys. This makes a perfect no prep book companion, and is great for whole class, small group, or independent study.This product is not associated with this book's author or publishing company. The book must be purchased separately in order to be used alongside thi
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3rd - 6th
Inside Out & Back Again FREE Novel Study (Distance Learning)
Inside Out & Back Again describes the story of a girl whose family is forced to flee Vietnam during the war then start a new life in Alabama.Included:12 Writing Prompts:→ Assess student comprehension→ Requires students to use important skills: summarizing, characterization, cause and effect, figurative language, author's purpose, vocabulary strategies, and personal reflection→ Match the rigor required by the CCSS→ One writing prompt for every 20-30 pages→ Prompts clearly state when they shou
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Mega Bundle Novel Studies
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