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Reading strategies homeschool curricula for Microsoft Word
Jigsaw Jones: The Case of Hermie the Missing Hamster Comprehension Packet
This is a comprehension packet for Jigsaw Jones: The Case of Hermie the Missing Hamster by James Preller. Answer key included. It encourages practice with reading strategies such as reading with expression, analyzing character traits, predicting, and making connections. Students will be engaged in their reading as they answer various types of questions for each chapter. Students will practice writing complete sentences and participate in discussions. This book is a level N - 3.0 and was designe
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1st - 4th
Elie Wiesel Nobel Prize Speech ~ Night Pre-reading activity
Night is the heart wrenching first hand account of Elie Wiesel's internment in the Auschwitz Camp during the Holocaust. In order to truly lead into the novel, it is important to impress upon students that Elie Wiesel spent his life devoted to reversing racism around the globe. Reading his Nobel Prize Acceptance speech will do just that. To accommodate scaffolding, I have included one version that caters to teaching persuasion and rhetorical analysis and a second that asks questions pertaining to
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7th - 9th, Higher Education
Marco Polo Mini-Book
This mini-book is a brief overview of Marco Polo and the Silk Road including his accomplishments and influence on other explorers. It is intended for elementary children to support social studies, reading comprehension, and critical thinking. The pages can be copied front to back and then folded to create a mini-book to support a teacher's curriculum. Many teachers do not have access to social studies textbooks and this resource supports those non-fiction needs.
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2nd - 6th
A-Z Mysteries: Mayflower Treasure Hunt Comprehension Packet
This is a comprehension packet for A-Z Mysteries Mayflower Treasure Hunt by Ron Roy. It encourages practice with reading strategies such as reading with expression, visualizing, predicting, and making connections. Students will be engaged in their reading as they answer various types of questions for each chapter. Students will practice writing complete sentences and participate in discussions. Can be used with individuals reading above or below grade-level or in literature circles. This book is
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1st - 4th
DOLLEY MADISON War of 1812: Info Text + SEQUENCE Reading Comprehension $REDUCED
1 Page DOLLEY MADISON Worksheet: The informational text explains how Dolley Madison, the wife of 4th President James Madison, saved White House valuables before the British burned it to the ground in 1814. Dolley pulled off the heroic act during the War of 1812. At the bottom of the worksheet students must number the events as they occurred in the selection. They can look up to the text above where the information is explicitly stated. Provides useful practice of the reading comprehension skill
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Common Core-friendly Biotechnology Scientific Literacy assignment
This four part assignment requires students to read and understand a series of articles and to view the film "Gattaca" starring Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman and Jude Law in order to gain a better understanding of the role of biotechnology in the past, present and future.
In addition to developing scientific literacy, language arts skills and critical thinking are called into action.
The assignment deals with the eugenics movement from the early 20th century, the issue of genetically modified organ
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8th - 12th
Anticipation Guide for Non Fiction Article about E Cigarettes, Fact vs Opinion
This Anticipation Guide was designed to engage students in discerning fact and opinion. The news article was published in the LA Times and downloaded from Kellygallagher.org. The Anticipation Guide is solely my work. I use Anticipation Guides as an anchor strategy and vehicle for various skills practice. Anticipation Guides, combined with close reading and think, pair, share, prompts can make for rich academic discussion and metacognition in the classroom. This particular Anticipation Guide
Grades:
9th - 12th
Slake's Limbo Figurative Language STAAR
I love this book! I was a joy to teach my students about symbolism with. It is simple and repeated and helped them get a great grasp of figurative language. This unit includes questions, vocabulary, and plenty of activities about figurative language including symbolism and personification.
Grades:
6th - 12th
A LONG WALK TO WATER Chapter MC Quizzes
A comprehensive MC test for each of the 18 chapters of this book. This product is 39 pages of state tests style questions focusing on comprehension, vocabulary, figurative language and mainly BLOOM'S TAXONOMY upper level critical thinking skills. I give students the SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS listed separately on this site AS they read, then use these MC the following day to check for comprehension and memory. This packet works well as a home unit too. Please email me at zelayaa.az@gmail.com for all
Grades:
6th - 10th
"Harrison Bergeron" Inferencing Lesson with Differentiated Activities
Lesson contains an AIM, learning objective, anticipation guide as a Do Now, teacher model/mini-lesson, guided practice, and two differentiated graphic organizers that help students to make inferences. This lesson can be differentiated three ways:Some students have the textual evidence provided so that they can make inferences.Some students are provided the inference, and must go back into the text to find the appropriate matching evidence.To make this even more challenging, have more advanced st
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8th - 12th
CVC Words | Kindergarten Worksheets | Busy Binder | Homeschooling | Reading
Teach your kids their very first CVC (consonant, vowel, consonant) words with this 37 page worksheet bundle. The first 14 pages are cut and paste which are great for hands on learners or kinesthetic learning! The rest of the pages focus on filling in the blanks- first just the vowels, and then lastly focusing on the vowel plus the ending sounds.This is a digital item. Nothing physical will be shipped.You do not have permission to resell this item.
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PreK - 1st
Cold & Hot Read Fluency Tracker
Cold & Hot Read Fluency Chart for Words Per Minute & Accuracy
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Not Grade Specific
Holes Test - Complete Test on Novel Holes by Louis Sachar
This is a complete novel test, including answer key, for the novel Holes by Louis Sachar. It has 50 questions plus an optional essay. Questions 1-40 are multiple choice, while questions 41-50 are fill-in-the-blank character matches with a word bank to pick from. The optional one-paragraph essay following this has three essay choices. Like the novel, several of the questions are clever and wickedly funny. (See the preview!)As Mr. Sir would say -- "This isn't a Girl Scout camp!" It is, howev
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5th - 8th
Fairy Tale and Nursery Rhyme: Word Search and Choral Reading
Find words related to fairy tales or nursery rhymes. Practice reading with others some rhymes that students may or may not know. Great reading practice!
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PreK - 1st
J.K. Rowling Harvard Commencement Speech
J.K. Rowling is my hero and a role model to all human beings! Not only has she reached rock bottom and built herself into the woman we all know and love, she is willing to share that painful experience with the world in hopes of inspiring others to persevere. Her “fairy tale” should be shared with each and every student as a means of empowerment. For that reason, I have made three forms of this resource. 1. Students are asked to analyze Rowling’s story-telling, word choice and tone as a means of
Grades:
7th - 12th
Quarterback Comeback Jake Maddox novel Test w/Key, Vocabulary Added
12-question multiple choice quiz w/key -Carlos is a good quarterback for his Wildcats team, but he is a "ball hog" and wants to make of the most points himself. When his team plays a tough rival, the Huskies, Carlos has to learn the value of teamwork.A vocabulary lesson with practice writing complete sentences has been added to this product using words from the novel.Jake Maddox has written a series of short, high interest novels based on sports stories. Their vocabulary level is appropriate fo
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4th - 7th
Retelling vs. Summarizing Activity
This activity was created by a certified English teacher and Reading Specialist. Students read short passages about popular fairy tales (Hansel and Gretel, Three Billy Goats Gruff, Three Little Pigs, and King Midas) and students are required to label each passage as a retelling or summarizing. An answer key is included.
Grades:
4th - 8th
Also included in: Retelling & Summarizing Bundle
Hit the Bullseye 250 literacy activities Spanish &English (Digital Download)
These are 250 literacy activities based on the 5 components of reading: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. All are in English and Spanish and are text-independent. Partners with CSSS and TEKS. Reading research-based and given for each activity. Whole group, small group, individual, homework, home schooling. I've really lowered the price! If more teachers at your school want them or your principal for the whole school, contact me for a discount. Marti Dryk, Ph.D.
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PreK - 12th
ELA Summer & Remote Learning Packet
This is a great packet that you can use whether it's daily reading or a long term home schooling assignment. It can also be used as an ELA Center assignment. -Short Reading Passages-Reading Comprehension Questions-Open Ended Questions-Sentence Corrections-Punctuation
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3rd - 6th
Using Frozen for Mood vs Tone
Each year, the use of videos in daily lessons is becoming more and more acceptable -- no essential. This mini-unit takes that into account by comparing two trailers to Disney's Frozen. Students will first watch the official trailer and discuss the tone and mood. Next, they will watch Bobby Burn's edited version. He does a masterful job of twisting dialogue and altering color schemes to recreate a horror trailer. After this, students will compare the two. The unit plan then proceeds to Roald Dahl
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Grades:
6th - 9th
A Word-A-Day Vocabulary Building Program for March
Take 5 minutes at the beginning or end of class to learn a valuable vocabulary word every day. Page 1___ Features an introduction to the easy 5-Step Format for A- Word-A-Day Program plus 5 vocab words relating to animals. Page 2___Week 2 features Good to Know Words. Page 3___Week 3 features Multi-, Cide, and Biblio Words. Page 4___More Good to Know Words. raptor Page 5___Matching Review PagePage 6___Answer-Suggestion Key
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5th - 8th, Adult Education
Blends & Digraphs Mixed Assessment
Many students are working on learning blends and digraphs around the same time. This assessment allows you to test their knowledge on those skills. Incorporating blends and digraphs together helps develop a better assessment of their understanding, because they aren't catching on that they are only being assessed on one thing, which could make it easier for them to narrow down their options.
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Not Grade Specific
WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS Short Answer Questions
A comprehensive list of SHORT ANSWER questions for each of the 20 chapters of this book. This product is 27 pages of state tests style questions focusing on comprehension, vocabulary, figurative language and mainly BLOOM'S TAXONOMY upper level critical thinking skills. I give students these SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS AS they read, then use the MC quizzes, listed separately on this site, the following day to check for comprehension and memory. This packet works well as a home unit too. Please email m
Grades:
5th - 10th
ADVENTURES IN FLORIDA HISTORY___Pioneer Prince
ADVENTURES IN FLORIDA HISTORY___ Pioneer PrincePages 1 & 2___A two-page illustrated article featuring Achilles Murat, the nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte, who found life much to his liking in pioneer Tallahassee. Achilles was an eccentric man of unusual habits and taste who married George Washington’s grandniece and became a very enthusiastic American. Page 3___There are five opinion comprehension questions to consider on page three plus space for five facts learned.Page 4___ An Answer-Suggest
Grades:
5th - 8th
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