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Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions
Free Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions!This is a small sample of my monthly reading passages. These high interest, non-fiction passages can be used as a quick warm up, in reading centers or for homework. It includes 4 fun reading passages with 3 comprehension questions each:• Flag Day• Buzzing Bees!• Popsicles! (The Invention of the Popsicle)• Great White SharksAlso included is one worksheet for recalling 4 facts they have learned.Cover all the important days, events and themes of ea
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2nd - 4th
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Reading Strategies Task Cards - FREE! Inference, Summarizing, + more & Audio!
Your students will love this reading strategy task cards, and you'll love that it's FREE!This set was created by combining cards from six other reading strategy task card sets so that you as a teacher can try them out!:Author's PurposeSummarizingMaking ConnectionsInferenceCause and EffectPredictingWHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:24 Task Cards (prints 4 to a page)Black-lineColorRecording SheetsAnswer KeysDIGITAL:Easel Activity - with AudioDIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:Digital or PrintChallenge Card to extend
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3rd - 6th
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History of Chocolate Chip Cookies Reading Comprehension Passage & Worksheets
Your students will enjoy learning all about how chocolate chip cookies got their start with this FREE high-interest, informational Close Reading Unit! Perfect for a fun reading unit, this resource includes everything, including worksheets, that you need for a full week of reading activities about the history of the chocolate chip cookie. Now includes a digital version for Google Classroom. Engaging for students and NO PREP for teachers!This freebie is a part of the August Close Reading Bundle, w
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Leveled Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Bundle for the Year
Halloween Reading Comprehension Passage and Questions | Candy Corn Reading
This high-interest, FREE candy corn reading passage is the perfect Halloween reading activity! Your students will enjoy the sweet topic, and you will love this useful, no-prep freebie!This free resource is part of the larger, more comprehensive October Reading unit, which has other fun reading passages, worksheets, center games and activities, poetry, and writing activities. Click HERE to see the complete October Reading Unit.This free Halloween Reading resource includes:Candy Corn: A Unique Tre
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3rd - 6th
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SAMPLE Non-Fiction Compare & Contrast Passages | Reading Comprehension
This is a sample of my best-selling Non-Fiction Compare & Contrast Passages Product. This is a PDF sample - the purchased product linked in the sentence above contains a version for Google Slides!It's designed to help 5th and 6th grade students that need practice with reading non-fiction passages and being able to respond to the text in a variety of ways. This product helps students practice:comparing & contrasting using a graphic organizerfinding and defining vocabulary wordsanswering c
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5th - 7th
I SPY Nonfiction Text Features
Looking for a fun, engaging activity to give your students the opportunity to explore and identify nonfiction text features? I SPY Nonfiction Text Features allows them to do just that! Your students will spy on the nonfiction text features placed around the room (give them a magnifying glass to add a little novelty). When students get to a card, they will identify the nonfiction text feature on it. Then, they will find that text feature on their recording sheet and write the letter correspondin
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1st - 3rd
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FREE Informational Text Structures Assessment
Enjoy this FREE 3 page Informational Text Structures Assessment. This assessment was designed to accompany my Informational Text Structure Task Cards and includes examples of each type of non-fiction text structure. They also have accompanying questions that require students to read, comprehend, and provide proof of the correct text structure.This resource also includes access to a DIGITAL version!Answer Key Included MORE Informational Text Resources Informational Text Structures Task Cards In
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Informational Text Structures Activity Bundle
The Rainbow Fish -Story Sequencing- Re-telling Visuals-FREEBIE
This 50+ page file contains story telling and sequencing tools to promote literacy and oral comprehension. I major in English and my personal philosophy is to use a "Webbed" curriculum, which is similar to a thematic approach where all elements tie together to reinforce learning.
Story telling is a key aspect in developing language acquisition, critical thinking skills and oral comprehension and I create many visuals for my kindergarten students to facilitate engaging them in the wonderful w
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PreK - 1st
Reading Comprehension Passage Fluency 2nd 3rd Grade FREE
2nd and 3rd Grade Reading Comprehension Passages in 2 formats: Fluency Cards and Reading Comprehension printables plus "Answer It" comprehension sign. You will love how simple these fluency activities are to incorporate with your plans. You will love the many uses, too. Perfect for morning work, literacy centers, seat work, or homework.
Fluency activities on the 2nd and 3rd grade level.
2nd Grade Reading Passage - fluency card
3rd Reading Passages - fluency card
2 - Reading Comprehension p
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2nd - 3rd
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Book Review Template - FREE
This is a FREE PDF download for Book Review Templates! There are differentiated options ideal for lower grades (K-2) and upper grades (3-5).
Two versions use sentence stems for the write up part of the review, but the version aimed for upper grades has more lines for writing their review and is structured less like a graphic organizer than the version aimed for lower grades. One version has just a lined back, no sentence stems.
Use as a writing or reading project, book review or book report, o
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K - 5th
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RACE Strategy Writing Activity Worksheets FREE with Easel Activity
The RACE writing strategy helps students answer passage-based, short response questions in a formal style, with using clear reasons and evidence from the text, and to provide concluding statements. Like this product? Check out the full version here! Writing with the RACE StrategyR: Re-state the questionA: Answer all parts of the questionC: Cite the text to provide evidenceE: Explain your citationWhy use the RACE strategy? RACE is a mnemonic device that helps students write open-ended constructed
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6th - 8th
Autumn Vocabulary Activities - Fall Riddles for Inference & Drawing Conclusions
These autumn vocabulary riddle activities are a fun and engaging way to model early comprehension skills. Solve a fall riddle each day to practice inference, identifying and answering key questions, and drawing conclusions.These riddles are a sample of the cards and activities in Autumn Vocabulary Riddles. Here's what the complete set includes!✅ 24 autumn riddle cards, printing at two per page✅ 24 picture/word answer cards✅ 24 sets of matching cards✅ The same 24 riddles in full-page format for y
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Vocabulary Bundle - Spring, Summer, Autumn, & Winter Riddles
Text Features Poster FREE
This text features printable is a great tool that helps students learn about text features and gives them something to refer to throughout the year. It can be printed off as a classroom poster or kept at each student’s desk individually. As the students work through a text, this printable can help them discover and identify important aspects of a text which can lead to greater comprehension. Don't Have a Colored Printer?All Create-abilities resources are designed with ease-of-use in mind. Don’
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Not Grade Specific
Also included in: Guided Reading Mega Bundle Lower Elementary
Informational Text Structures Posters Freebie - Description, Sequence, & more!
Here are six Informational Text Structures posters and a student handout. Great for classroom decor and centers!WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:6 Posters (Black-line & Color)Summary of all 5DescriptionProblem & SolutionCompare & ContrastCause & EffectSequenceStudent HandoutBlack-lineColorDIGITAL:Google Slides - SlideshowGreat for 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade! NOTE: This resource uses American English and is not editable. Here’s what teachers are saying: ✏️ "I loved this set of posters to disp
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Digital and Printable Football Close Read Passages
The Super Bowl is right around the corner! Students are generally interested in the big game, so I use their interest to generate excitement about reading!This digital and printable resource unit includes 7 close-read passages with text-dependent questions. The questions are short answer and true/false. Topics include:Super Bowl LVIII (New passage added for Super Bowl 2024!)The First Super BowlSuper Bowl CommercialsThe Perfect SeasonI am going to Disneyland!The Vince Lombardi Trophy Football Off
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2nd - 4th
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FREEBIE Black History Month Jesse Owen Passage Written at 4 Levels Close Reading
Celebrate Black History Month with this Jesse Owens Passage to use for Close Reading or Leveled Homework! Differentiated w/ 4 levels of passages + 2 activities. Use the poster to dig into RI.3 connections and historical figures personality motivations. Connect writing with text evidence! Click HERE for my Black History Month MEGA Bundle. Informative, Relevant, Engaging, and Meaningful Reading! •Celebrate Black History Month with this set of nine passages. Each passage is written at four differ
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1st - 4th
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FREE Easter Reading Comprehension Passage and Jelly Bean Bookmarks
This high-interest, FREE jellybeans reading passage is the perfect Easter or Springtime reading activity! Your students will enjoy the sweet topic, and you will love this useful, no-prep freebie!This freebie is part of a larger, more comprehensive reading unit for the month of April. It includes high-interest reading passages, comprehension worksheets, poetry, center games, writing activities, and more!Click HERE to see the complete April Reading Unit.This free Easter Reading resource includes:J
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3rd - 6th
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Growth Mindset Activity Free Reading Comprehension Passage and Questions
This free growth mindset reading passage and activity is great for several reading comprehension skills: vocabulary, summarizing, text-to-self connections, and making inferences. This two-page, printable resource is no-prep and high-interest.The passage is written approximately on a 6th grade level, but it can be used with a range of students.This Download Contains:PRINTTwo page printable reading passage + questions answer keyDIGITALReady to use Easel activityTeachers are saying... ♥ "I have
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5th - 8th
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FREE 3rd Grade Reading Comprehension Passages [Nonfiction and Fiction]
This FREE 3rd grade reading comprehension resource is perfect for guided reading, shared reading, close reading, homework, or morning work. It includes 2 high-interest, professionally written reading passages (1 nonfiction and 1 fiction) that are designed to engage your students. 11-12 text-dependent questions (and answers) are provided for each passage.
Want an ENTIRE YEAR of passages and questions? CLICK HERE!
Why You Will Love This Resource:
♥ Two weeks of reading comprehension materials (p
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3rd
PUMPKINS Literacy Reading Comprehension Worksheets 2nd Grade Main Idea & Details
Main idea is a tricky skill for second graders. This is a two-page reading comprehension worksheet about pumpkins with graphic organizer to help them identify main idea and supporting details. On page 1, students read a nonfiction passage about pumpkins and answer comprehension questions. On page 2, they cut out four statements from the text and glue them onto the graphic organizer to show which is the main idea and which are supporting details.Includes answer keys.Enjoy! If you like this free s
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2nd
8 FREE Animal Reading Comprehension with Activities and Games for Grades 1-3
We all have questions, children and adults alike. The “Why?” series is developed to help ignite young children’s curiosities about things in the world. Through a series of why questions, students in grades 1 to 2 and some in grade 3 learn to pick out important information, understand the meaning of three new words per lesson, and practice answering comprehension questions. Each lesson comes with a game to make learning engaging and fun!************************************************************
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1st - 3rd
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Launching Reading Centers: FREE 4th & 5th Grade Reading Centers
Do you use reading centers in your classroom? Or are you wanting to use them? Either way, this free reading centers starter pack is just what you need!In order for my centers to be effective and my center time to have the biggest impact, I keep my reading centers consistent throughout the year. The centers themselves (directions and how to play) don’t change, only the content does.Want more details about these reading centers? Click here to read the blog post with all the details.I will occasion
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5th
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Also included in: Reading Centers and Games for 4th and 5th Grade MEGA BUNDLE
Thanksgiving History: Passage - Distance Learning Compatible
Let's clear up a few Thanksgiving myths. The "first Thanksgiving" was not one big meal. The Pilgrims and Wampanoag Native Americans probably did not sit around a long table giving thanks together. And don't start picturing turkeys and pumpkin pie either. The real "first Thanksgiving" was quite different from how it is pictured in many places today.With this resource, students will learn more about the real "first Thanksgiving" and why many people today picture turkey and pumpkin pie around the
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: High-Interest History Differentiated Passages for the Year Bundle
Ocean Animals Close Read! FREE GIFT {Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd & 3rd}
OCEAN ANIMALS Close Read! TRY IT FOR FREE!FUN with NONFICTION TEXT! Close Reading for Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd & 3rd Grade!Click Here Visit my shop for the complete pack of OCEAN ANIMALS which includes:CRABSDOLPHINSSEA TURTLESJELLYFISHWHALESSEAHORSESSALTWATER FISHOCTOPUSESSTARFISH Close Reading is my favorite thing! Students need explicit instruction and practice with finding evidence in text in order to answer text-dependent questions. This mini lessons teach students to go back to the text i
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K - 3rd
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