1,192 results
Elementary informational text lessons for Microsoft Word
Informational Text - American Revolution: Yorktown and Treaty of Paris (No Prep)
A reading assignment about the last major battle of the war, Yorktown, and the treaty to end the war. A great way to introduce the subject. The reading comes from a really great website, ushistory.org, under their free textbook tab. The information presented is theirs, I made up the questions. This can be done as a web quest assignment using the site. Perfect as a supplement, or if you don't have a textbook! Also great as a Sub Assignment. MS Word for easy editing.
Grades:
5th - 12th
Also included in: Informational Text - The American Revolution Bundle (No Prep Sub Plans)
Writer's Workshop - Informational Writing - 3rd grade Unit 2
Included are the daily lesson plans for Unit 2 of the 3rd grade Writer's Workshop that follow the Art of Informational Writing by Lucy Calkins and Colleen Cruz.
Also included are some ideas for anchor charts along with drafting paper and writing samples for the unit.
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd
Types:
Reading Informational Text - Restaurant Menu - RI.7.1. - RI.7.3. - RI.7.5.
This item includes a lesson on how to read a restaurant menu.
*Applebee's Menu
*Over 38 questions requiring students to read the menu.
The lesson aligns with the seventh-grade common core standards:
RI.7.1. Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
RI.7.3. Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text.
RI.7.5. Analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text,
Grades:
4th - 9th
Types:
STATUE OF LIBERTY Mini-Lesson 18 Multiple Choice READING COMPREHENSION Questions
"The Statue of Liberty" can be a Social Studies and/ or reading mini-lesson. The interesting informational text is over 2 pages long. There are 18 mulitple choice questions, which all offer 4 choices. 8 of the 18 questions are higher order thinking ones. Reading skills assessed are identifying main Idea, noting details, drawing conclusions, making inferences and vocabulary. Several black-and-white drawings of the Statue of Liberty and its visitors are inthe document. The product is a word docum
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 8th
Types:
History Social Studies LEWIS and CLARK EXPEDITION info 12 Reading Comprehension
Minilesson on U.S. History's LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION - the informational selection is nearly two pages. It is followed by 12 questions. 11 are multiple choice that tap the reading skills of finding details, drawing conclusions, and making inferences. The 12th question is an open-ended one requiring application of what was learned in the reading selection. Answer key is included along with two black-and-white drawings. This is a word document and therefore easily edited to better serve your ne
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 8th
Types:
Info Text - The Foundations of Government: Creating the Constitution (Sub Plans)
A reading assignment about the founding of the US Constitution. A great way to introduce the subject. The reading comes from a really great website, ushistory.org, under their free textbook tab. The information presented is theirs, I made up the questions. This can be done as a web quest assignment using the site. Perfect for Constitution Day, and great as a Sub Assignment. MS Word for easy editing.
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 12th
Compare/Contrast Chart THOMAS JEFFERSON & ALEXANDER HAMILTON Info + Venn Diagram
This U.S. History worksheet has a full page of information about Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton. It is followed with a Venn Diagram or Compare/Contrast Chart that must be completed about the two men. Students refer to the text to find stated similarities and differences. Provides a beneficial reading strategies and reinforces Social Studies curriculum. Answer key is included.
Grades:
5th - 8th
Informational Text - Ancient Rome: The Pax Romana (No Prep)
A reading assignment about the great period of peace in Ancient Rome, the Pax Romana. A great way to introduce the subject. The reading comes from a really great website, ushistory.org, under their free textbook tab. The information presented is theirs, I made up the questions. This can be done as a web quest assignment using the site. Perfect as a supplement, or if you don't have a textbook! Also great as a Sub Assignment. MS Word for easy editing.
Grades:
5th - 12th
Building study question of the day pictures creative curriculum
This is pictures for the question of the day during the building study. These are pictures for most of the questions during the study, but not one for everyday. I used real pictures.
I also listed before the pictures exploring topic and Investigation number so it should be easy to find what question the picture goes with. Their might be only two pictures that you need to switch based on your schools location. Example is this building close to our school? I chose sonic because it is close to my
Grades:
PreK - 1st
Types:
Informational Text - Ancient Rome: The Fall of the Roman Empire (No Prep)
A reading assignment about the fall of the Roman Empire. A great way to introduce the subject. The reading comes from a really great website, ushistory.org, under their free textbook tab. The information presented is theirs, I made up the questions. This can be done as a web quest assignment using the site. Perfect as a supplement, or if you don't have a textbook! Also great as a Sub Assignment. MS Word for easy editing.
Grades:
5th - 12th
TC K TC Kindergarten Writing How to Books Teachers College
These are 19 lesson plans for Writing How to Books in TC. Each lesson plan includes differentiation, scaffolding, use of assessment, and more. Each lesson is editable in word. There are several additional charts. This does not replace TC, but is just a support for you to use as lesson plans.
Subjects:
Grades:
K
Types:
Lucy Calkins Reading First Grade Unit 2 Outlines – fully editable
This is a word document of outlines for all 18 Sessions in the Unit 2 Learning About the World manual for Lucy Calkins first grade reading (published in 2014). Each outline includes a brief synopsis of the:connectionteaching pointteach portionactive engagementlinkmid-workshop teaching pointtransition to partner timeshareEach outline is a maximum of one page, so they are quick to read when lesson planning and easy to skim just before teaching. Specific pages in the Learning About the World manual
Grades:
K - 2nd
Also included in: Bundle Lucy Calkins First Grade Reading and Writing - editable
Tree study question of the day pictures creative curriculum
I know everyone liked my building study question of the day pictures. Well here is another study question of the day pictures.
This is pictures to go along with the questions of the day for the tree study.
Each question is above the pictures and investigation number listen when new investigation starts. All questions have pictures in the study. I changed the what do you want to ask the visitor question to something else, but listed both questions so you can easily see the change.
I gave the
Grades:
PreK - 2nd
Types:
History WAR OF THE WORLDS Radio Broadcast Inform Text +6 Multiple Choice Reading
On the night before Halloween in 1938, a million Americans ended up being scared out of their wits. This minilesson tells about it, as it summarizes Orson Welles' Radio Broadcast of "The War of the Worlds." The informational text is a page and a half long followed by 6 multiple choice reading comprehension questions. Each question has 4 choices. Half the questions are literal comprehension and half are inferential reading comprehension. In the directions, students are encouraged to look back to
Grades:
5th - 8th
Types:
Biography INVENTIONS OF BEN FRANKLIN Info 4 Cause-Effect Reading Comprehension Q
This is a 3 page minilesson called, "The Inventions of Benjamin Franklin." The informational text describes 4 of Ben's inventions and has a drawing for each. The third page asks what problems each invention solved. The reading skill here is identifying cause-effect relationships. It is an interesting U.S. History minilesson and a helpful test preparation because it has students read for a specific purpose.The product is on a word document so it is easy to edit in ways you wish. An answer key is
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
Lucy Calkins Reading Kindergarten Unit 4 Outlines - editable
This is a word document of outlines for all 18 Sessions in the Unit 4 “Becoming Avid Readers” manual for Lucy Calkins kindergarten reading (published in 2014). Teachers College Reading and Writing Project suggests that kindergarten and first-grade teachers teach this unit in Feb/March. The body of the text is fully editable. The footer is the only part protected.Each outline includes a brief synopsis of the:connectionteaching pointteach portionactive engagementlinkmid-workshop teaching pointtr
Subjects:
Grades:
PreK - 2nd
Types:
BIO How the WRIGHT BROTHERS Invented Airplane 5 Reading Comprehension Questions
If you want to teach reading in the content area of history, then this product is for you! The worksheet is entitled "How the Wright Brothers Invented the Airplane" The informational text gives background on Wilbur and Orville's experimentation with gliders and tells what they studied to invent the first successfull airplane. The text includes details of the first flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. To make it more interesting, I included some dialog of things the brothers might have said. T
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
Using "Two Truths and a Lie" to Find Fake News and Guide Quick Research
Students need to be wise readers - to find main ideas of a text, but also discern if the information is fact or "fake news." Once you have a copy of the book, this packet gives everything you'll need for a fun and engaging unit - including a fun game to build community, detailed lesson plans for 6-7 25 minute sessions, extension worksheets, an editing checklist and a model of a completed project. Using the unique format from the book, students will complete quick research projects on a topic o
Topic Sentence and Supporting Details Review Activity
An activity to use to review topic sentences and supporting details with your class that also branches out so you can discuss weak and strong details, transitions between details, and concluding sentences. The initial activity gets the students up and moving around and the follow-up activities (which can be done on separate days or in one large chunk of time) allow for movement and student-led discussion. Simply print out the topic sentence sentence strips and cards (sized to fit on 3x5 noteca
Grades:
4th - 7th
Types:
North Carolina History: Blackbeard and Bath
Ahoy, mateys! Cheryl Gourley has created nonfiction reading selections on Blackbeard and Bath, NC, where the famous pirate once lived. Each selection is written at an intermediate reading level. A reading response page or a multiple choice question sheet accompany each selection. Answers are provided for all worksheets. The pages can be used for individual assignments or projected to a SMART board. Fulfills the Common Core standard 4.10 for comprehending informational texts, including history.
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 6th
MYSTERIES of STONEHENGE 12 Multiple Choice Make Inferences Locate Details Vocab
Mysteries of Stonehenge is a minilesson that looks at what we know about the famous landmark and what still puzzles people about it. There are 15 multiple choice questions that assess students' reading comprehension skills of Making Inferences, Locating Details, and Drawing Conclusions. Several vocabulary words are presented in the context of the text and then assessed in the questions. Vocabulary words are: legend, scholars, Druids, quarries, primitive, and observatory. Your students should enj
Grades:
5th - 7th
Types:
Informational Text - American Revolution: Battle of Saratoga (No Prep)
A reading assignment about the Battle of Saratoga and why it was a turning point in the war. A great way to introduce the subject. The reading comes from a really great website, ushistory.org, under their free textbook tab. The information presented is theirs, I made up the questions. This can be done as a web quest assignment using the site. Perfect as a supplement, or if you don't have a textbook! Also great as a Sub Assignment. MS Word for easy editing.
Grades:
5th - 12th
Also included in: Informational Text - The American Revolution Bundle (No Prep Sub Plans)
4RI.6 Compare and Contrast First and Second Hand Accounts
5 Day Shared Reading Lesson Plan and Activities2 Side by Side Comparisons of a Journal and ArticleTopic: Bird Watching and OrnithologyResearch Based Presentation for teaching Academic VocabularyMix and Match Cut and Paste Account Details to Passage Titles-Different and the SameRally Coach Questions for A/B PartnersVenn Diagram Lesson PlanVisualize the Accounts Sketch Activity 2 Hyperlinks to You Tube Videos to Support building background for at risk learners, EL learners or EC learners
Grades:
4th - 5th
Types:
Reading Comprehension & Science Integrated 5E Lesson Plan
This is a Reading Comprehension lesson plan that uses Science content. The lesson plan follows the 5E Lesson Plan model. The 5 Es are Engagement, Exploration, Explanation, Elaboration, and Evaluation. The plan uses science content to enforce reading comprehension, however, any reading passage can apply to this lesson plan. The lesson plan applies to Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and the common core standards. The lesson is designed for the average students, however it includes diff
Grades:
2nd - 12th
Also included in: Reading 5E Lesson Plan BUNDLE
Showing 1-24 of 1,192 results
TPT is the largest marketplace for PreK-12 resources, powered by a community of educators.
IXL family of brands