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Figurative Language Stories ~ Close Reading for Common Core Grades 4-8
6 original reading passages for teaching and reviewing figurative language: simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia, idiom, and allusion.These activities are perfect for weekly homework, daily/bell work, classwork, review, test prep, or assessment.Each of the 6 passages includes 4 activities. Please view the preview file for the first passage and tasks in their entirety.Task A: Identify Figurative Language - Read the story and annotate (highlight or underline and
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3rd - 9th
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Also included in: Close Reading Bundle for Grades 4-8: Bundle Palooza @ Lovin' Lit!
Project Based Learning: Geometrocity! A Math PBL
Project Based Learning: GEOMETROCITY! Build a City Made of Math with Geometry.Imagine, Design, and Build a City with this 2D and 3D Adventure!-Project Based Learning-Real World Application-Geometry, Maps, & More -Extension Activities -Differentiated Levels***THIS RESOURCE IS NOW DIGITAL!***There is a link to a Google Slides Version. Details below. *This resource can be used for distance learning and e-learning.*Geometrocity is a project based learning activity where students will take their
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3rd - 7th
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Also included in: Project Based Learning MEGA Bundle: 14 Full-Scale Hands-On Projects!
36 Main Idea & Details ELA Reading Skills Practice Worksheets
Give your students the skills they need to find/tackle any main idea or supporting detail question with these 36 ELA reading drills! Each worksheet includes tips that reinforce effective reading strategies, and can be used to drive home the fundamentals or prep for test day! Bundle this item & save: Core ELA Value Bundle | READING! Grade 3 | READING! Grade 4 & 5THIS PRODUCT INCLUDES: 36 ELA comprehension drills (24 informational texts / 12 fiction passages) 135+ simulat
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3rd - 5th
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Elements of Poetry Unit, Drama, and Prose Poetry Comprehension 3rd 4th 5th Grade
Looking for a ready-to-teach unit that covers the elements of poetry, drama, and prose in one place? This print and digital unit is a complete set of engaging teaching materials filled with original poems, mini-plays, and pieces of prose that your students will enjoy. You'll find everything you need, from teaching pages to kid-friendly poetry, drama, and prose to analyze, 32 task cards, sorts, posters, handouts, graphic organizers, a Poetry Flipbook with nine types of poems, and MORE! It contain
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3rd - 5th
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Theme Task Cards with Print & Digital Versions Activity Reading Differentiation
Theme is a tricky skill to master, but this resource can make teaching theme easier for you and learning it easier for your students!PLUS FREE BONUS! Write to a theme! WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:16 Task Cards (prints 4 to a page)Black-lineColorRecording Sheets (3 different formats)Answer KeysDIGITAL:Google Slides (3 versions)Google Forms Assessment - Self-CheckingEasel Assessment - Self-CheckingDIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:Digital or PrintChallenge Cards to extend the lessonReference PosterAudio Suppor
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4th - 6th
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Cereal Box Book Report Project Fiction Book Report Template & Activities Rubric
Ready to try a different approach to the traditional book report? Your students will love this Cereal Box Book Report! This packet has everything, including printable book report templates and rubrics, you need to get your students started on this exciting project. Please click on the preview above for a better look at the contents of this resource.Click HERE to save 20% by purchasing this resource as part of the popular Book Report Projects Bundle.This best-selling cereal box book report proje
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Book Report Templates & Projects Bundle Story Map Graphic Organizers
Book Report Projects for Any Book Student Instructions Rubrics & Digital Options
Try these 15 creative book projects to spice up your reading program. These book project worksheets include everything you need for a comprehensive reading unit!WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:15 Creative Book ProjectsDIGITAL:Google Slides (no outside materials needed!)Video InstructionsDIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:Digital or PrintVideo Instructions Self-Checking or Short AnswerMultiple versions of the recording sheet includedGreat for 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th grade! CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW TO SEE A LOT MORE! Th
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3rd - 6th
Digital + Print Charlotte's Web Novel Study Bundle
Now with digital slides for google drive for distance learning. This 150+ page novel unit is packed with NO PREP and low prep comprehension, vocabulary, analysis and extension activities! Perfect for small group, whole group or independent work when reading Charlotte's Web by E. B. White. Peek at the Table of Contents in the preview!The print only file is available at a discount here. It does not have access to the google drive/slides materials.This file is brimming with printables including
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3rd - 5th
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Fiction Graphic Organizers: Story Elements, Character Traits Reading Response
Graphic organizers are an essential tool for differentiating and supporting all students in your classroom. This pack includes 100 graphic organizers that can be used with any fiction books or reading passages. If you are looking for a paper and digital version, click here!This resource is packed full of a wide variety graphic organizers to practice skills and strategies needed while reading fiction! These organizers have been thoughtfully aligned to the ELA Common Core for Grades 1-6. Take
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2nd - 5th
The One and Only Ivan Novel Study Unit - Comprehension Questions - Vocabulary
This huge 190+ page The One and Only Ivan Novel Study Unit contains an array of digital and printable reading comprehension activities for this Newberry Award winner by Katherine Applegate. It contains One and Only Ivan activities and projects, including vocabulary activities, graphic organizers, and other One and Only Ivan fun activities.✅Save time planning with these easy to implement NO PREP resources. The wide variety of activities focus on reading comprehension and encourage students to thi
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3rd - 5th
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Would You Rather Sampler - Fun Questions for Discussion, Writing Prompts, & More
Dive into writing prompts, classroom discussion, and more with our exclusive sampler from Would You Rather Questions!!These 18 digital or print Would You Rather questions are great for discussion, class polls, writing prompts, language building, facilitating higher-level thinking, brain breaks, building community, and more! This sampler gives you a taste of our comprehensive Would You Rather resource that promises to make learning engaging and effective.Try before you buy!Purchase this sampler f
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2nd - 9th
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The Lemonade War Novel Study Unit
This is a complete 150+ page novel unit for The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies. It includes NO PREP and low prep comprehension, vocabulary, analysis and extension activities! Perfect for group or independent work.This file is packed with printables including:*Multiple packet covers*Comprehension questions (multiple choice, true/false, short response, extended response, and essay). *Answer keys*Vocabulary recording forms and Vocabulary practice pages*Printable vocabulary cards with definiti
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3rd - 5th
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Reading Resources | 4th and 5th Grade Reading Activities - w/ Digital Activities
Do you teach 4th or 5th grade reading? This reading resource will be a lifesaver! It includes everything you need to supplement your reading instruction for your major reading skills.Designed to support and enrich your reading lessons, this HUGE reading resource is a bundle of 21 of my reading resources and reading activities for 4th and 5th grade reading skills. This is a must-have resource if you teach 4th or 5th Grade Reading! Key Benefits of This Bundle:✔️ Wide-ranging Skills | A collection
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4th - 5th
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Balloons Over Broadway Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Have a classroom Thanksgiving Day Parade! Make learning fun with this Thanksgiving STEAM challenge in which students design their very own Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloon! An excellent companion activity to the fall read aloud book Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet.Not only do students design the balloon, but as an added challenge they must create a device to keep it floating in the air!Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is t
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K - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Also included in: Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
Book Club Fiction and Nonfiction Bundle Digital and Printable
I LOVE that this can work for ANY book. I have packets made for my small group and I can easily have them flip to the page to work. It is awesome! Thank you!” - Amy B.You’ve heard Book Clubs (or Literature Circles) are a fun way to get your students reading and talking about books. You’ve even heard Book Clubs make reading fun for your most reading-averse students. But how do you start them? How do you run them effectively? How do you make sure all your students—regardless of reading level—ge
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2nd - 5th
Room on the Broom Unit, Crafts, Sequencing, Puppets, Character Sorts, & Writing
This Room on the Broom inspired unit is packed with essential ELA skills! Practice retell, sequencing, writing, rhyming, number words, cause & effect, Science of Reading aligned word mapping skills, and so much more! Your students will love creating the unique paper towel retell craft and the showstopper extra large broom craft. You will love that students are working on key writing and sequencing skills!These activities pair perfectly with the book written by Julia Donaldson.You will find
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PreK - 1st
15 Working Memory Brain Games: Improve executive function in 5 minutes a day!
WORKING MEMORY BEST SELLER--UPDATED FOR 2024! These 15 research-based brain games are designed to improve kids' working memory in five minutes of partner game play daily for just 9 weeks! If you've ever complained that students lack the following skills, an executive function of the brain called working memory might be the issue!-staying focused and on-task-following complex and multi-step directions-copying information and taking notes-keeping their place in a text-retelling stories-explaining
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K - 6th
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Teaching Point of View Activities, Worksheets, Task Cards, with Digital
Point of view can be fun skill to teach and learn but also a challenging skill for many students to master. This resource will help you teach point of view from the basic level to the more challenging skills.This point of view resource contains everything you need to introduce and practice identifying point of view and perspective (and how it affects a story) with your 4th and 5th grade readers. This teaching point of view resource includes passages, paired passages, point of view task cards, po
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4th - 5th
Character Traits & Analysis Graphic Organizers Character Map & Development
Get ready for an amazing reading resource tailor-made for your 3rd, 4th or 5th-grade students: "Character Traits and Analysis Graphic Organizers"! These awesome graphic organizers are designed with captivating layouts to grab your students' attention and take their understanding of characters in literature to the next level.This reading resource will help your students delve deep into the story's characters. Your readers will visually organize important traits and relationships, while also keepi
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: Character Graphic Organizers Bundle: Printable and Digital Resouce
Growth Mindset ESCAPE ROOM Activity - Reading Comprehension - Back to School
The Growth Mindset Escape Room will take students on a secret mission around the classroom, reading comprehension passages, and answering questions! This escape room has students decode interesting facts about Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, George Lucas, and Walt Disney.Perfect Back to School or first day activity to promote a positive mindset, talk about failures, determination and success, and start the year off on a good note.The Growth Mindset Escape Room is a great reading comprehension ac
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5th - 8th
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Fact and Opinion Activities Sort 2nd 3rd Grade Fun Reading Centers Comprehension
Are you looking for a fun, highly engaging, and EFFECTIVE way to teach fact and opinion? This set of activities will teach your students how to distinguish between fact and opinion by becoming observant text detectives. You can even use it as the basis for a room transformation!This resource includes:Fact Detectives Reading CentersFact vs Opinion SortAssessmentDigital ActivitiesSOLVE THE CRIME FACT DETECTIVESThis activity is super engaging for students! They will read each storyline along with t
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2nd - 3rd
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Also included in: Fact and Opinion Activities BUNDLE Text Detective Reading Comprehension
Math Game Digital Escape Room Who Is The Imposter Among Us Students
The Grand Council is counting on YOU to help find the imposter among us that is trying to prevent math mastery among students! This Digital Math Escape Room is an interactive activity which promotes peer collaboration and problem solving. Cryptic messages, challenges, and puzzlers combine to create the perfect blend of learning and fun!Math skills covered: place value and addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division (4th grade standards) What is a Digital Classroom Escape?A digital classr
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4th - 6th
Winter STEM Activities and Challenges with Paper ❄️ Snowflakes ❄️
**BEST SELLER!** Winter STEM / Snowflake STEM activities! Create a variety of snowflakes with these 3 STEM engaging challenges. For these challenges, the only material that is necessary is plain paper. This is a great companion activity if you are reading about Snowflake Bentley (Wilson Bentley).✅ What You'll Get ✅Teacher Instructions and sample imagesWarm up activities: How snowflakes form in nature (1 page informational text)Cutting practice page (if your students need it, recommended!)Which f
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3rd - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-PS2-2
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
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Book Clubs for 1st and 2nd Grade
Book club activities for first and second grade classrooms!★Can you run successful book clubs in the primary grades?★It may seem like a stretch, but the spring is such a great time to get your students ready and used to reading, thinking about, and discussing books with their peers instead of me, the teacher!I created this unit as a guide to running book clubs in your primary classroom and provided some tools that your kids can successfully use! In this unit:IntroductionWhat book clubs look like
Grades:
K - 2nd
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