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Critical thinking general science Common Core RL.3.4 resources
March Madness Reading Test Prep Challenge - 3rd & 4th Grade
Let March Madness and test prep combine in this fiction and nonfiction reading comprehension challenge! This engaging and rigorous march madness classroom activity will help your students understand important reading skills and practice ! It requires students to read 15 unique passages and answer text evidence questions to cover many standards and skills!Why will these challenges help your students grow?Engagement- Students will be engaged from the beginning to the end of the challenges. In this
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3rd - 4th
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MORE MINI MYSTERIES: 20 Fun Mystery Stories & Reading Comprehension Activities
Grab your reluctant readers' attention with these short, high-interest mysteries! No prep worksheets sure to improve reading comprehension.Follow along with Detective Cody as she solves these 20 intriguing "whodunits" mysteries. Reading comprehension and critical-thinking skills get a workout as students read each mystery, then follow the clues to their logical conclusions. Clever questions and activities encourage students to find facts, read for details, analyze situations, make inferences, p
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2nd - 6th
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Surgery Day for Reading Comprehension Practice - Doctor Transformation
Students will practice many reading skills in a doctor transformation challenge. Transform your room as much as you want into a hospital then give your kid rigorous reading challenges in order to fix their patients! These challenges will have passages that they will use their close reading skills to read and answer text dependent questions with! Why will these challenges help your students grow?Engagement- Students will be engaged from the beginning to the end of the challenges. They won't even
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3rd - 4th
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Also included in: Reading Skill Challenges Full Year Bundle
Making Inferences Unit, Grades 3-5, Common Core Reading
This 60+ page Making Inferences unit focuses on identifying learning goals with students, teaching them how to develop strategies for becoming more effective readers, and then providing activities for them to practice these strategies in various ways. I've included fiction and nonfiction reading passages, anchor charts, graphic organizers, task cards, and other activities in this unit for inferring character traits, feelings, setting, author's viewpoint, and theme.*** Be sure to download the 20-
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3rd - 5th
Test Prep Reading Skills Carnival | Digital and Printable
Make test prep fun with a test prep carnival! Students will answer text-dependent questions that are both multiple choice and short response. They will read rigorous passages and then answer the questions in order to earn tickets. These tickets can be used in your classroom carnival.You can use real carnival games or just use board games! Why will these challenges help your students grow?Engagement- Students will be engaged from the beginning to the end of the challenges. They won't even realize
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3rd - 4th
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3rd Grade Reading Review Game | Digital Escape Room | Google Distance Learning
This digital (Google) end of the year test prep escape room game is the most fun way to review the 3rd grade reading standards while encouraging critical thinking and problem solving! It can be used live in the classroom or via distance learning. In this escape, students will compete individually or as a group to beat the clock and escape Planet Emoji!*This is a digital version for use with student Google accounts. If your students don't have access to Google accounts, use the print version inst
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3rd
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Also included in: Emoji Escape Room EVERYTHING Bundle Math and ELA Review 2nd-6th
Interactive Reading Notebook * Book Reports & Comprehension Strategies
Interactive Reading Notebook to use with ANY Fiction Book! There are over 100 foldables and activities included in this resource. This product will accompany almost any fiction book that you use in your classroom. There are interactive activities that focus on whole book comprehension {book reports}, as well as foldables that reinforce once specific strategy or skill. This resource also works great as an added resource to Guided Reading or intervention groups. Test prep doesn't have to be b
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2nd - 5th
Reading Log - Independent Reading Response Homework Log - Use with any book
A few years ago, I ditched timers and parent signatures from my nightly reading homework log – and I’ve never looked back. This resource was created from a need to engage students in their independent reading rather than make it a dreaded chore. This Homework Reading Log contains two main parts: the reading log and a question choice sheet. On the log, students list the book they read each night and then choose a response question to show what they've learned from their reading. Students are to
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3rd - 5th
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Comprehension and Metacognition, Reading is THINKING, Good Readers
Reading is THINKING! These reading comprehension strategies, lessons, and student handouts are perfect for students needing extra practice with metacognition skills and learning to REALLY READ. Students will learn the difference between "FAKE READING" and "REAL READING."Lessons are great for:RTI / InterventionsGuided Reading lessonsSmall group reading instructionWhole group mini-lessonsLiteracy stations / centersInteractive Reading JournalsIncluded in this READING IS THINKING download:Teaching
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1st - 4th
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Also included in: Metacognition, Reading Comprehension MEGA BUNDLE
Claims and Evidence Information Text Mystery Short Fiction Story Activity
Mystery stories are perfect for getting to grips with claims, evidence and reasoning. Get students engaged in reading, following ideas, understanding cause-and-effect relationships, and predicting outcomes. In a mystery, the reader has to employ inference skills to understand the story and identify clues. This fun, mystery story activity pack will improve students’ comprehension and inference as they employ detective skills to find the guilty suspects. With loads of fun activities to turn your r
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5th - 9th
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Reading Assessment Bundle Fiction & Nonfiction 2nd Grade Standards Based Grading
How do you assess a second grader’s reading comprehension for report cards? This question can be particularly difficult if you are required to follow a standards-based grading report card. Second Grade ELA Reading Comprehension Year-Long Curriculum Bundle provides a quick reading comprehension assessment for each of the Common Core standards. This print version makes it easy to make two piles- got-it and needs more work making small group creation a breeze.Standards-Based grading has never been
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2nd - 3rd
The Wild Robot Questions - The Wild Robot Novel Study Discussion Questions
⭐ Make sure to take a sneak peek at this amazing resource ⭐Do you love the novel, The Wild Robot, by Peter Brown, but need low-prep activities to integrate into a fun novel unit? The Wild Robot Discussion Questions for Google Slides are a perfect way for students to synthesize information as they read each chapter in the novel. This resource includes a printable and digital option and is designed so that you can simply download, print, and go! This is ideal for teachers wanting a high-quality a
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3rd - 5th
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The Can Man Literature Unit
This Literature unit goes along with the story "The Can Man" by Laura E. Williams and covers basic comprehension and inference, plot events, context clues, sensory language, character analysis and character change, and theme. Use as whole class or in guided reading groups. You can also use this mini unit to review concepts and fictional story elements that have already been taught or use as sub plans!
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3rd - 5th
Reading Comprehension Homework - Weekly Independent Home Reading Questions 3rd
Need to assign reading homework, but want to engage students with choice? This weekly homework reading log provides you with 36 weeks of grade-appropriate reading homework logs full of questions from every CCSS reading standard for literature and informational text.Each reading log contains ten questions - four are for fiction texts, four for nonfiction, one reflection question, and one free choice option. No two logs are the same.Your Reading Comprehension Homework Download Includes:36-weeks of
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3rd
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Also included in: Weekly Reading Logs & Reading Skills Task Cards YEAR LONG BUNDLE 3rd
Reader's Theater Script, Lab Safety Rules, Scientific Method Booklet, Activities
Reading And Science Integration: First Time Lab Time
(Lab Safety Rules)
Reader’s Theater
Scripts with Content for Intermediate Readers
by The RT Shop
This Reader’s Theater Package it’s a great resource to use in your classroom in many ways: literature circles, small group activities, partner’s activities, centers, or teacher table.
Reader’s Theater is one of the best tools in the classroom to have students gain fluency, accuracy and c
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2nd - 4th
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Teach CCSS with Encanto's Song Surface Pressure | Theme | Craft & Structure
Teach CCSS with Encanto's Song Surface Pressure! Use this short 3 minute song to teach a ton of CCSS standards. Explore how lyrics and visuals reveal how Luisa feels about herself and how Mirabel must feel about her older sister. Discuss word/phrase meanings in the lyrics like 'under the surface' and 'cerebus'. Finally, identify the theme and lessons that can be learned from Luisa's song. This song by Jessica Darrow, along with the lyrics on screen, can be found on YouTube here. (Note: I do no
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1st - 5th
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COMMON CORE READING Comprehension Bundle
Save with these two best sellers together in a NO PREP 2 IN 1 BUNDLE, which includes over 100 reading comprehension response printables aligned and compatible with the Common Core Reading for grades 1-3. The resource packets in this bundle require no laminating or color ink. Just print and use with any book during whole group instruction, reading centers, literature circles, as homework, and more. IMPORTANT TO NOTE:This is a discounted, BUNDLED pack of 2 resource items that are also available in
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1st - 3rd
Earthquakes and Volcanoes: Earth Changes and Natural Disasters Boom Cards
Help your students learn about natural disasters, earth changes, earthquakes, and volcanoes while having some learning fun by using these Boom Learning Digital Task Cards!Why use Facts About Earthquakes and Volcanoes Boom Learning Digital Task Cards? Children are drawn to scientific concepts such as weather and storms. These Boom Learning Digital Task Cards will give the children an opportunity to practice their reading and thinking skills, while thinking about earthquakes and volcanoes as wel
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Earth Changes Bundle Boom Learning Digital Task Cards
Rebus Puzzles for Idioms and Critical Thinking
I'm head over heels for this product! Make teaching fun using rebus puzzles to get students thinking and to teach idioms. This product has 36 rebuses. Some of them are idioms, and some of them are just words or short phrases. There are also recording sheets, a worksheet, and two matching worksheets. This could be used to help teach nonliteral language for RL 3.4There are a few ways to use this product. Daily Warm-Up: Whole Group or Small GroupsHave students work in groups. Have a competition to
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Third Grade Reading Bundle - RL CCSS
Reader's Workshop Unit 1 Building a Reading Life Grade 3, Distance Learning OK
I created this product to help save me time and resources spent on teaching the Reader's Workshop program. You can use this in class or if teaching through Distance Learning. It is a fun, engaging way to interactively teach Unit 1: Building a Reading Life from the purchased books. I have read every page and condensed it down to hit the important things I needed to remember to teach without having the book in my lap. It is editable so you can adapt it to your own classroom. I just throw the slide
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3rd - 4th
Iam JAX Protector of the Ranch Reading Journal Slides and Worksheet Bundle
Encourage analysis and discussion chapter by chapter of I am JAX, Protector of the Ranch by Catherine Stier. This story gives an inside look at a ranch dog's adventurous work and life. Included in this bundle are questions on Google Slides for presentation via a projector or as a digital assignment. Students can easily follow along on illustrated printable worksheets. An answer key is included for your convenience. Jax Protector of the Ranch is available on Amazon.com through this clickable link
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3rd - 5th
Literacy Center: Reading Clips
Pair these reading clips with any text for a fun, ready to use center!Prep the clips once and use them again and again!Great for centers or guided reading!Included in this product:-4 Types of clips: Literary, Figurative Language, Informative, and Text features (47 Clips in all)-4 Reference sheets for students to look up what the terms meanThis product can be differentiated by pairing different texts with the clips for each student. Instructions included, just laminate(optional), fold, and cu
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1st - 5th
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3rd Grade Summer Review Pack ELA, Math, Critical Thinking Rising Fourth Graders
Are you looking for a resource to boost retention of third grade standards and skills over the summer? With this comprehensive spiral review resource designed for end of third grade/ beginning of forth-grade math and ELA standards. It's a carefully-crafted resource that includes 20 days of engaging activities. It's a perfect summer school, a summer spiral review packet, or summer tutoring resource!Each day offers two pages of content, providing a well-rounded approach to learning. The first page
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3rd - 4th
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Building Vocabulary Science and Social Studies BoomCard Bundle!
As the end of the year approaches, it's time to review the science and social studies vocabulary that your students have been learning. Engaging with digital tools is a great way to help your students remember and practice their new words. These Boom Learning digital task cards are engaging and fun for the students, and easy for the teacher to assign and asses!Why use Distant Learning Science and Social Studies Vocabulary Building Bundle? The brain automatically sorts information into categorie
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2nd - 4th
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