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Reading, Reading Strategies, Test Preparation

5th Grade STAAR Reading Test Preparation Practice Tests! Research-based test practice, aligned to the 5th Grade Reading Texas TEKS! I’ve included ten thorough practice tests with a focus on multiple meaning words and context clues; as well as all other important TEKS that practice important reading skills 5th graders need to know to be successful on their STAAR exam. This resource is perfect for whole class test review, tutoring or small group instruction.The questions used on the practice tes

Subjects:

Grades:

5th

Types:

Assessment, Literature Circles

Also included in: 5th Grade STAAR Reading Test-Prep BUNDLE, PDF or Digital Option!

Those Shoes Differentiated Writing Activity | Wants and Needs

Created by

Miss Ashlee's Class

"Those Shoes" by Maribeth Boelts is a touching story of kindness and teaches the difference between wants and needs. This differentiated writing activity was created to compliment the book “Those Shoes” by Maribeth Boelts and is a great companion activity to any kindness unit. The writing prompt comes with three versions of differentiation to reach all ability levels, ranging from writing a short paragraph to choosing error-free picture choices. This resource includes:Shoe Flap Page – to color,

Subjects:

Character Education, English Language Arts, Special Education

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Activities, Literature Circles, Interactive Notebooks

Also included in: Kindness Activity BUNDLE | Building Character | Special Education Resource

Wonder RJ Palacio Comprehension Questions Novel Study

Created by

Life Long Teacher

*NOW WITH ANSWER KEY INCLUDED** This packet contains over 140 comprehension questions for the book Wonder by RJ Palacio. It breaks the book into 14 divided sections, and for each section there are 10 comprehension questions. The sections are as follows: Part 1 August - Pages 3 to 23 - Pages 24 to 42 - Pages 43 to 60 - Pages 61 to 80 Part 2 Via - Pages 81 to 99 - Pages 100 to 117 Part 3 Summer - Pages 118 to 132 Part 4 Jack - Pages 133 to 150 - Pages 151 to 185 Part 5 Justin - Pages 186 to

Subjects:

Character Education, English Language Arts, Reading

Grades:

4th - 9th

Types:

Unit Plans, Literature Circles

Rhyming and Syllables Assessment (Kindergarten)

Created by

Mrs Mac's Teaching Hacks

This product is the perfect way to assess your students on their ability to recognize rhyming words, produce rhyming words, and identify syllables according to the kindergarten ELA Common Core State Standards (K.RF.2 a&b). This testing sheet will allow you to read from a prompt and record student answers in this easy-to-use assessment. An answer key is also included!Freebies & Discounts: Be sure to follow my store by clicking HERE to stay up to date on all my new products, including prod

Subjects:

ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Test Preparation

Grades:

PreK - 1st

Types:

Worksheets, Assessment, Literature Circles

CCSS:

RF.K.2

, RF.K.2a

, RF.K.2b

Also included in: Kindergarten Assessment Bundle

5th Grade STAAR Reading Stems Test-Prep, Review Passages

Created by

Reading, Reading Strategies, Test Preparation

Excellent 5th Grade STAAR Reading Test-Prep with a thorough study of the questions stems. While using this product, the students will analyze reading stems commonly found on the 5th Grade STAAR Reading test to have a better understanding of exactly what the question is asking for. Research has shown that by developing a better understanding of the questions and exactly what they're asking, students will be more successful on test day! This product has been updated to reflect the most current 5th

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 5th

Types:

Also included in: 5th Grade STAAR Reading Test-Prep BUNDLE, PDF or Digital Option!

Growth Mindset - Salt in His Shoes - Biography and Reading Comprehension

Created by

Character Education, Close Reading, English Language Arts

This activity packet can be used for guidance lessons, small group, read aloud activities, literature circles, sub work and more! Salt in His Shoes is a biography about Michael Jordan written by Delores and Roslyn Jordan. (His mother and sister) This book focuses on growth mindset because Michael shows that he is determined to become the best basketball player he can be, even though it is hard work. Other Salt in His Shoes Resources include: • Salt in His Shoes Creative Writing Newspaper Act

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Jean Martin's Balanced Literacy

CCSS:

RL.3.1

, RL.3.2

, RL.3.3

, RL.3.5

, RL.4.2

...

Auggie & Me, by R.J. Palacio; A PDF and Digital Novel Study

Created by

A great character-building resource for helping students with compassion, empathy, kindness, and tolerance. This is a ready-to-use, PDF and Easel by TpT Digital packet designed to use with middle grades who are reading Auggie & Me, which contains 3 WONDER stories (The Julian Chapter, Pluto, and Shingaling), by R.J. Palacio. It includes 36 student pages for printing a student workbook plus the same workbook in digital format (in the form of an Easel Activity) complete with textboxes all re

Subjects:

Character Education, Life Skills, Reading

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Guided Reading Books, Literature Circles, Independent Work Packet

CCSS:

RL.5.1

, RL.5.2

, RL.5.3

, RL.5.4

, RL.5.6

...

Also included in: A WONDER-ful BUNDLE of RJ Palacio Novel Studies

Growth Mindset - The Dot: Activity Packet

Created by

Character Education, Close Reading, School Counseling

This activity packet can be used for guidance lessons, small group, read aloud activities, literature circles, sub work and more! Growth Mindset is a positive way of thinking. When someone laments, “Well, I’m just bad at Math!” or “I am terrible at cartwheels!”, the growth mindset approach would be to help the person look at their "temporary" short comings a different way. A growth mindset lets a person figure out the next step in his/her journey towards success and helps the learner take owners

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 4th

Types:

Printables, Literature Circles, Centers

CCSS:

RL.3.1

, RL.3.2

, RL.3.3

, RL.3.5

, W.3.1

...

Thank you, Mr. Falker: A Comprehension Scoot

Created by

2nd Grade Snickerdoodles

“Thank you, Mr. Falker” by Patricia Polacco is the perfect story for teacher appreciation week, the end of the school year, struggling readers, or a lesson on bullying. This activity can be used in small group instruction, as a literacy center, as a walk around, or as a scoot activity. This product includes a comprehension activity with 30 multiple choice question cards, student answer recording sheet, and an answer key If you like this activity, you may also be interested in other book stu

Subjects:

Character Education, English Language Arts, Reading

Grades:

2nd - 4th

Types:

Activities, Literature Circles, Centers

IB Learner Profile Activities For Any Fiction Book Includes ALL Learner Profiles

Created by

Children's Library Lady

You will find these IB learner profile activities helpful all year round to teach all the learner profile attributes.Use any fiction book related to the learner profile trait you are focused on. Each pack also included 20 picture book recommendations.The learner profile activities bundle includesTen packs, one for each of the attributes:InquirersKnowledgeableThinkersCommunicatorsPrincipledOpen-mindedCaringRisk-takersBalancedReflective Check out the preview for examples of the activities.MORE DET

Subjects:

Character Education, International Baccalaureate

Grades:

1st - 4th

Types:

Graphic Organizers, Literature Circles, Centers

Fall Themed Fluency Passages

Created by

Stephany Dillon

This packet is designed to give you not only reading fluency practice but assessment opportunities! They are Fall themed fluency passages but you can use them anytime of the school year! ~Each passage is leveled by Lexile Level. ~Each passage includes both a student page and a teacher assessment page. ~You can either send the student page home as homework or use it in your fluency notebook at school. ~ Each student page contains a skill that help the students understand the story... character

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Holidays/Seasonal, Test Preparation

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Printables, Literature Circles, Centers

"Posted"- by John David Anderson: Chapter-by-Chapter Reading Questions

Created by

Colorado ELA Teacher

I have created reading comprehension questions for the novel "Posted" by John David Anderson. The questions you will receive require students to answer "right there" questions, make inferences, text-dependent questions, and use evidence from the text to support their thinking. I have not included an answer key because there are many "correct" answers to the different questions. These questions are perfect for a read aloud, independent study, book clubs, exit slips, guided reading groups, and for

Subjects:

Character Education, English Language Arts, Reading

Grades:

5th - 9th

Types:

Guided Reading Books, Literature Circles

Mistakes - A Growth Mindset lesson using Beautiful Oops by Barney Saltzberg

Created by

Growth Mindset in Action

This growth mindset lesson is all about making mistakes as a part of the learning process. This lesson requires you to buy or have the book "Beautiful Oops" by Barney Saltzberg. This is a wonderful little board book where an artist turns many common "mistakes" into fun little drawings. This is a growth mindset lesson I use with my once weekly growth mindset classes from Kindergarten all the way through 5th grade. The students really love the pictures in this book and the message that mistakes a

Subjects:

Character Education, Critical Thinking, Short Stories

Grades:

K - 4th

Types:

Worksheets, Literature Circles, Lesson

Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad Readers Theater Script

Created by

Bethany McClure - Teaching For Fun

Your students will love learning all about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad with this Reader's Theater Script. The script features speaking parts for 3 narrators and each letter of the alphabet. This script will enrich your shared reading or guided reading group time by providing informational text, vocabulary, and varied skill levels to introduce slavery in kid-friendly terms. The following items are included in this product:• Teacher Instructions• Common Core Standards for Grades 1-

Subjects:

Character Education, Reading, Social Studies - History

Grades:

1st - 2nd

Types:

Activities, Scripts, Literature Circles

Also included in: Individual Student Behavior Chart | Awards Book Labels Literacy & Math BUNDLE

Reading Skill Lessons All Year! Practice Tests, Passages BUNDLE! PDF or Digital!

Created by

Reading, Reading Strategies, Test Preparation

Reading lessons on every skill for the entire year! I have bundled all nine of my Text Structure Reading Units for one great price. Each unit includes a introductory lesson, follow up activities, passages, writing activity and practice test. From main idea, summary, point of view, plot, compare and contrast, mood, style author's purpose, and more, this is a must have set of lessons for any upper elementary classroom! Print and go reading lessons!$27.50 ValueEach Reading Text Structure Unit inc

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

Literature Circles, Lesson

Emmanuel's Dream- Book Study -Growth Mindset - Biography & Reading Comprehension

Created by

Character Education, Close Reading, Reading

This activity packet can be used for guidance lessons, small group, read aloud activities, literature circles, sub work and more! Emmanuel's Dream is written by Laurie Ann Thompson and Sean Qualls. This book is about Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah. He was born with only one leg in Ghana, Africa. Despite many challenges that he faced in his life, he was able to reach all of his dreams and change the conversation and perceptions following disabled people in Africa and around the world. This packet inc

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

English Language Arts, Holidays/Seasonal, Test Preparation

CCSS:

RL.3.1

, RL.3.2

, RL.3.3

, RL.4.1

, RL.4.2

...

Winter Themed Fluency Passages

Created by

Stephany Dillon

This packet is designed to give you not only reading fluency practice but assessment opportunities! They are Winter themed fluency passages but you can use them anytime of the school year! ~Each passage is leveled by Lexile Level. ~Each passage includes both a student page and a teacher assessment page. ~You can either send the student page home as homework or use it in your fluency notebook at school. ~ Each student page contains a skill that help the students understand the story... charact

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Printables, Literature Circles, Centers

Author's Purpose Reading Passages, Extra Practice, Reading Skill Intervention!

Created by

Reading, Test Preparation, Tools for Common Core

Author's purpose reteach and intervention passages! Great for extra practice to reinforce this important reading skill as well as practice on such important text structures as summary, theme, character traits, cause and effect and more. Perfect for guided reading, test prep or small group intervention.CCSS and STAAR Aligned!Perfect for Distance Learning!This resource includes:A thorough list of author's purpose reading stems to review with students. Author's Purpose discussion questions.Author'

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

Activities, Literature Circles, Centers

First Week of School Book Companion BUNDLE - Activities for Back to School

Created by

The Primary Partner - - Libby Klinner Teaching

These book activities are perfect for the first week of school! There are 8 resources included with book companions for 11 different books. The crafts your students create will make the perfect back to school bulletin board! The books these activities are based on will teach growth mindset, acceptance of others, celebrating names, friendship, and more!What's Included:1. All Are Welcome Book Companion & Social Emotional Learning LessonThis book promotes inclusivity in the classroom. Use this

Subjects:

Back to School, Character Education, Classroom Community

Grades:

1st - 2nd

Types:

Activities, Bulletin Board Ideas, Literature Circles

The Smallest Girl in the Smallest Grade by Justin Roberts 18 Activities NO PREP

Created by

Everywhere Librarian

Justin Roberts have made a book out of one of his beloved children's songs! You can find the song (same name as the book) on iTunes and play it for your class - they will love it!From Amazon: Hardly anyone noticed young Sally McCabe.She was the smallest girl in the smallest grade.But Sally notices everything—from the twenty-seven keys on the janitor’s ring to the bullying happening on the playground. One day, Sally has had enough and decides to make herself heard. And when she takes a chance and

Subjects:

Character Education, Library Skills, Literature

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Also included in: Third Grade Story Time 10 Book Bundle

Rosie Revere Engineer - Growth Mindset - Research, Reading Comprehension & STEM

Created by

Character Education, English Language Arts, U.S. History

This activity packet can be used for guidance lessons, small group, read aloud activities, literature circles, sub work and more! Rosie Revere Engineer by: Andrea Beaty is an awesome story about a little girl who dreams of becoming an engineer! She creates inventions for her relatives and learns important life lessons along the way. Her Great-Great Aunt Rose (Rosie the Riveter) helps Rosie adopt a growth mindset and is instrumental in helping Rosie grow as a person and as an engineer! Rosie l

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types: