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Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Foldable

By No Monkey Business

Add some creativity and fun to your Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing novel study. This fish bowl foldable includes instructions for how to put together, photos of one put together, all the pieces and labels, comprehension questions for the chapters,

Subjects:

Reading, Literature, Reading Strategies

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Activities, Literature Circles

$4.75

219

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Indian in the Cupboard Foldable

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Add some creativity to your novel study of Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks. This foldable allows students to practice essential reading skills (character, setting, plot summary, cause/effect, vocabulary, problem/solution, generating

Subjects:

Reading, Literature, Reading Strategies

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Activities, Graphic Organizers

$5.00

198

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It's Raining Main Ideas and Supporting Details

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Students can practice identifying the main idea and supporting details with this non-fiction focused task. Includes 6 main idea cards, along with 3 supporting detail cards for each main idea. Also includes a main idea & supporting details

Subjects:

Reading, Reading Strategies, Informational Text

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

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Activities, Printables

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187

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Literary Elements (Make a Case For...)

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Students will 'make a case' for Literary Elements by pulling evidence from the text to support all answers. 13 Literary elements posters also included to support literature instruction. Writing in response to text is a great way to assess true

Subjects:

Literature, Writing, Reading Strategies

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

RL.3.1, RL.3.3, RL.3.6, RL.3.7, RL.4.1, RL.4.2, RL.4.3, RL.4.6, RL.5.1, RL.5.2, RL.5.6

$5.25

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Informational Text Graphic Organizer Pack

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23 graphic organizers that address multiple Common Core Standards for Reading: Informational Text. (SECOND GRADE) CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.1, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.2, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.3, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.4, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.5,

Subjects:

Reading, Reading Strategies, Informational Text

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Graphic Organizers

$4.25

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Novel Study Interactive Notebook

By No Monkey Business

Interactive notebook fun with ANY novel study. 32 pages of folding fun, writing to explain, and applying reading strategies to the book you're tackling. Focuses on: characterization, setting, plot, theme, author's intent and style, generating

Subjects:

Literature, Reading Strategies, Close Reading

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Activities, Printables

$6.50

Digital Download PDF (4.15 MB)

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Text Features Holiday Match

By No Monkey Business

Have some holiday fun with this text features match up. Activity includes 16 text feature labels, definitions, and images to match, all on festive holiday lights. Labels are in color. Definitions are in black and white. This activity can be done

Subjects:

Reading Strategies, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Informational Text

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RI.2.5, RI.2.7, RI.3.5, RI.3.7, RI.4.7

$2.95

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Book Report Bonanza

By No Monkey Business

Do you and your students love book reports? This 137 page bundle contains 8 fun and engaging book reports that practice key reading strategies: Character traits, Setting, Plot, Summary, Theme, Genre, Cause and Effect, Problem and Solution, Point

Subjects:

Literature, Reading Strategies, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Graphic Organizers

$7.50

Digital Download PDF (21.10 MB)

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Corners game-Reading review

By No Monkey Business

If you like the freebie version of this on Sentences (in store), you'll LOVE this bundled version of 5 different Reading skills. (Author's purpose, main idea/details, facts/opinions,Cause/Effect, and Reference skills). Can get your students

Subjects:

Reading, Library Skills, Reading Strategies

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Activities, Games, Lesson

$6.00

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Novel Study foldable template

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Novel studies can be so much more fun when you throw in a little Art project to go with it. Create a novel study "house" foldable complete with some crucial reading skills. (Genre, Predicting, Characters, Setting, Vocabulary, Sequencing,

Subjects:

Reading, Vocabulary, Reading Strategies

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Activities, Printables

$2.35

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Story map Non-fiction

By No Monkey Business

Need an additional tool for your non-fiction reading? This is a creative way to break down some skills associated with non-fiction. (text features, main idea & supporting details, predicting, alternate titles, facts, and summarizing) Can be

Subjects:

Reading, Short Stories, Reading Strategies

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Graphic Organizers

$1.25

Digital Download PDF (0.83 MB)

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CD Case Centers Reading Bundle

By No Monkey Business

These CD case centers are ideal for reviews and practice on some key reading skills. There are 25 centers total including 5 HOMOPHONES, 5 CONTEXT CLUES, 5 CAUSE/EFFECT, 5 PARTS OF A BOOK, and 5 FACT/OPINION). Each set of 5 centers comes with a

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

$7.00

Digital Download PDF (15.50 MB)

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Match Game-Rhyming Words

By No Monkey Business

Match point! If you've seen the other games in my store, you know I like to keep my kiddos moving! This is no exception. Distribute one card to each student. They find their match. Together they record their discovery on a learner's response

Subjects:

Reading, Grammar, Reading Strategies

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Activities, Games

FREE

Digital Download PDF (2.45 MB)

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Figurative Language Let's Talk Turkey

By No Monkey Business

Let's Talk Turkey is a nice addition to your Figurative Language lessons. It contains 28 pages of activities for similes, metaphors, personification, onomatopoeia, idioms, alliteration, and hyperboles. Graphic organizers, a match game, a mini

Subjects:

Reading, Literature, Reading Strategies

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Printables, Graphic Organizers, Centers

$4.00

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Newspaper Unit

By No Monkey Business

Extra! Extra! Don't throw out those newspapers! Use them with this collection of activities centered around newspapers. Put individual pieces in a center for reinforcement, do as a whole unit, or incorporate into your current lessons. Skills

Subjects:

Grammar, Math, Reading Strategies

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Worksheets, Printables, Lesson

$2.85

Digital Download PDF (0.61 MB)

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Novel Study paper bag template

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Paper bag novels are a blast to create with lunch sacks, Popsicle sticks, and imagination! They also reinforce some necessary reading skills. (predicting, character, setting, problem/solution, vocabulary, comparing/contrasting, and opinions) This

Subjects:

Reading, Writing, Reading Strategies

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Activities, Printables

$3.00

Digital Download PDF (17.78 MB)

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Story map-Pirate theme

By No Monkey Business

Need a creative way to map a picture book or novel study? The pirate theme map contains practice for characters, setting, plot, opinion, predicting, cause/effect, genre, problem/solution, and creating alternate endings. Can be used in whole group

Subjects:

Reading, Short Stories, Reading Strategies

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Activities, Graphic Organizers, Literature Circles

$1.50

Digital Download PDF (3.25 MB)

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Story Maps Collection

By No Monkey Business

Spice up your story mapping with theme based graphic organizers. Can be used as a response with ANY novel study and/or picture book. (There's even a map for non-fiction books) Key skills include character, setting, plot, summary, problem/solution,

Subjects:

Reading, Short Stories, Reading Strategies

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Activities, Graphic Organizers

$4.50

Digital Download PDF (15.03 MB)

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Word Family Train Wreck Bundle

By No Monkey Business

Students will delight in practicing their word family words as they try to increase the length of their trains. Watch out for the train wreck card! Thirteen Train Wreck word family games bundled into one unit. (am, an, ap, at, ed, en, ip, it, og,

Subjects:

Reading, Reading Strategies, Phonics

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Activities, Games, Centers

CCSS:

RF.K.2a, RF.K.2d, RF.1.2b, RF.1.2c, RF.1.3b

$10.00

Digital Download ZIP (36.78 MB)

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Accountable Talk Prompts

By No Monkey Business

Get students talking about text in a meaningful way by using these accountable talk stems. The 24 prompts come in kid friendly size so that you can cut apart and laminate for long term keeping. An accountable talk mini poster, and helpful hints

Subjects:

Reading, Reading Strategies, Informational Text

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Activities, Assessment

$1.85

Digital Download PDF (2.01 MB)

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