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8th grade reading strategies centers for Microsoft Word
Making Inferences: Pixar Short Film For the Birds
After watching Pixar's short film: For the Birds, students will infer by answering three questions and providing clues that lead to their inference.
Grades:
K - 10th
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Making Inferences: Pixar Short Film One Man Band
After watching Pixar's short film: One Man Band, students will infer by answering three questions and providing clues that lead to their inference.
Grades:
K - 8th
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Reading Fluency 5E Lesson Plan
This is a Reading Fluency lesson plan that uses journal writing. The lesson plan follows the 5E Lesson Plan model. The 5 Es are Engagement, Exploration, Explanation, Elaboration, and Evaluation. The plan uses poetry to enforce vocabulary, 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 student, however it includes differentiated lesson plan idea
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Grades:
2nd - 12th
Also included in: Reading 5E Lesson Plan BUNDLE
Inference Mystery Activity - The Stolen Will
My students tend to have a hard time inferencing, or they just don't want to.
I started using mysteries that they have to solve to try and peak their interest, and they LOVE them. They're always asking if I have a new one for them to solve.
This is my first one, and I will be adding more.
In this mystery, students have to figure out who stole the will and testament of a famous singer. They have to read a background passage, answer clues, and then use clues to solve logic puzzles. They h
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5th - 12th
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Reading Decoding & Social Studies Integrated 5E Lesson Plan
This is a Reading Decoding lesson plan that uses word origins, and root words to decode vocabulary in Social Studies. The lesson plan follows the 5E Lesson Plan model. The 5 Es are Engagement, Exploration, Explanation, Elaboration, and Evaluation. The plan uses poetry to enforce vocabulary, 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 student
Grades:
2nd - 12th
Also included in: Reading 5E Lesson Plan BUNDLE
Coyote Tales - Native American Reader's Theater
This package was intended for November which is Native American month but can be done at any time. My name is Melanie Whitesides but my store name is Wonbyone. One of the things I am passionate about is Reader's Theater. It is a fun way for my students to improve on their fluency. In a world where reading is pushed so hard on students that many are losing their love of reading it is IMPORTANT to give them opportunities to read that are fun. Reader's Theater does this. In this package I have plac
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Euphemism Worksheet
A euphemism is an inoffensive word or phrase that is substituted for another word or phrase that may be considered sad, offensive, hurtful, or shocking. Usually we use euphemisms when we talk about death, bodily functions, or death.
This worksheet is aimed for use with 7th grade, but can also be used with 6th or 8th grade. It consists of the definition of a euphemism, an example of a euphemism and its literal meaning, and 12 sentences using common euphemisms encountered in literature and real-l
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6th - 8th
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Abe Lincoln - Classroom Station #7 - Oh Captain! My Captain!
This item is #7 in 9 classroom stations about Abe Lincoln. It is entitled Oh Captain! My Captain!
*Students will read Walt Whitman's biography and answer some questions about him.
*Students will read information about Abe Lincoln and his connection to Whitman and the poem, Oh Captain! My Captain!
*Students will learn about what an elegy is and have to determine whether Walt Whitman's poem Oh Captain! My Captain! is an example of that.
*Students will read the poem, Oh Captain! My Captai
Grades:
5th - 10th
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Mythology NIKE, WINGED VICTORY STATUE Worksheet + 10 Multiple Choice Read Comp Q
In Greek Mythology Nike is the goddess who personified triumph and victory. Your students’ familiarity with Nike, the athletic shoe company just might motivate them to want to learn about Nike, The Winged Victory masterpiece located in Paris’ Louvre Museum. I think having your students read this one page informational text about the famous sculpture will not only broaden their horizons, but will also enhance students’ vocabularies and
reading comprehension skills. The explicitly taught vocabula
Grades:
4th - 8th
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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
The Year Santa Got Mixed Up! - Readers Theater for the Entire Class
This is a Reader's Theater for the entire class. It can be performed at any time but is usually performed at Christmas. Reader's Theater is a terrifically fun way to improve your fluency.The Year Santa Got Mixed Up by Melanie Whitesides is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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STAAR Prep - Making Inferences with Crime Scenes #2
This activity gives students several pieces of evidence that they must use to figure out a crime. This is a creative, fun, engaging way to practice making inferences at a literacy center or in a group activity, which allows YOU free time to do the one-on-one conferences or workshops over another TEK you so desperately need to hit!
Who knew inferences could be so much fun?
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Context Clues Poster
This is an 8 1/2 x 11" Context Clues Poster. It has 6 different strategies and examples. You could put this poster in your reading area, use it during guided reading groups or whole group lessons, or give it to students to use as a reference! Help your students improve their vocabulary and reading skills with this poster!
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1st - 12th
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Weathering Man & Erosion Boy - Reader's Theater for Small Groups
This is a Reader's Theater for 3 students. It follows the curriculum for science in 5th grade but it is also a good topic opener for any other grade that is going to be studying weathering or erosion. In this script Weathering and Erosion are compared to superheroes. This Reader's Theater is designed to tie in Language Arts and Science. My goal was to tie in some science with language arts. I use reader's theaters to encourage my students to practice fluency. It is a fun way to do something tha
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4th - 8th, Adult Education
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STAAR Prep - Making Inferences with Crime Scenes #1
This activity gives students several pieces of evidence that they must use to figure out a crime. This is a creative, fun, engaging way to practice making inferences at a literacy center or in a group activity, which allows YOU free time to do the one-on-one conferences or workshops over another TEK you so desperately need to hit!
Who knew inferences could be so much fun?
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6th - 12th
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Teach Characterization with Video Clips (Disney, Pixar, etc.)
By middle school, students should begin to develop skills in analyzing author craft. One of the easiest ways to introduce kids to the "craft moves" an author makes is through teaching characterization. The reality is that kids already understand this literary term on some level because they unconsciously pick up on all of the clues that an author or a text (be it book, movie, music video, or tv show) provides the audience. We inherently form judgements about characters as we engage with a text.T
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Grades:
5th - 10th
STAAR Prep - Making Inferences with Crime Scenes #3
This activity gives students several pieces of evidence that they must use to figure out a crime. This is a creative, fun, engaging way to practice making inferences at a literacy center or in a group activity, which allows YOU free time to do the one-on-one conferences or workshops over another TEK you so desperately need to hit!
Who knew inferences could be so much fun?
Grades:
6th - 12th
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FREE - The Ice Cream Caper - A Mystery Inference Activity
Here is one mystery inference activity for FREE. If you like this one, be sure to check out my store for some more!
My students love to solve mysteries. I started to create mysteries that they could solve using reading and inferencing skills. They love it!
Grades:
4th - 12th
Thank You M'am Common Core Lesson
This is a full lesson plan for the short story "Thank You, M'am" by Langston Hughes.
This lesson plan is aligned with Common Core Standards for each activity. It also includes lesson objectives to share with the students that align with the Common Core Standards.
This lesson is very focused on reading and utilizes a “Before-During-After” reading design.
The center worksheets are now available here:
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Thank-You-Mam-Common-Core-Center-Activities-889992
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Biography REMEMBERING ROBERTO CLEMENTE w/20 Mult Choice Reading Comprehension Qs
This lesson is a 4 ½ page biography of baseball superstar, Roberto Clemente, followed by another 4 ½ pages of 20 multiple choice questions. Not only is it based on Roberto Clemente’s life, it is also based on my memories of watching Clemente play baseball. I entitled the lesson “Remembering Roberto Clemente” because I had the opportunity to go to Forbes Field and Three Rivers Stadium with my father and younger brother to see many Pittsburgh Pirate games in the 1960s and 1970s. I tell about the
Grades:
5th - 8th
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The Witch's New Broom Small Group Reader's Theater
This small group reader's theater has 4 parts. I wrote this one especially for the time near Halloween as students start thinking about spooky stories. If you like this script try the Halloween pack! I use the rubric that I've placed in my store. I use reader's theaters to encourage my students to practice fluency. It is a fun way to do something that they need. My scripts are in black and white except for the occasional picture on front so they photo copy easily. The problem with many other re
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
Long Vowel Pairs Guess Who
This is a fun way to incorporate hands-on memorization of long vowel pair sounds. Build a Guess Who board game with the materials given and play in pairs.
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2nd - 8th
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Golden Line Close Reading Strategy
The Golden Line is a close reading strategy that allows students in interact and connect with the text. Students select a "golden line" from their reading, provide a summary of the story/book when the golden line was shared, and make a connection to the text.
This is an assessment that does the following: assesses comprehension, inferring, summarizing, and connecting.
Included in this packet is a sample golden line to share with students and a blank template to use in your classroom.
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Fix-Up Strategies (Tool Theme) - Got To Get Them All
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Are you having trouble with getting students to monitor their thinking while they read to look for confusions, hang-up, and misunderstandings? What student does not enjoy to collect things? Well in this activity, students are challenged to try to collect each tool. These fix-up tools can be used as an engaging way to reinforce a student’s use metacognitive skills around monitoring for meaning during their reading. As a student provides evidence of using a particular fix-up strateg
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4th - 8th
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