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Informational text Common Core WHST.6-8.1b resources
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Novel Study Activities Comprehension Questions
Your students will be inspired as they read about William Kamkwamba's persistence in The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Young Reader's Edition.) This COMPLETE STUDY UNIT incorporates NONFICTION READING PROMPTS, VOCABULARY, GEOGRAPHY, AND TEXT ANALYSIS.✏️ Turn this book into a reading unit that blends with Science, Social Studies, and Geography. The nonfiction reading responses provide background knowledge for you and your students about Malawi, climate, and windmills.✅ Included for teachers:30-pa
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4th - 7th
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I am Malala Unit Nonfiction Book Study Guide Resource - Young Reader's Edition
I have always been intrigued by people who are willing to stand up for their beliefs, even if it puts them in harm's way. This complete study guide, in DIGITAL AND PDF versions, will help students appreciate the world around them and relate to this amazing young woman. Just print the comprehensive study guide filled with deep-thinking, text-dependent questions, and get your students reading this powerful book!⭐⭐COMPLETELY UPDATED WITH CHAPTER QUESTIONS AND ADDITIONAL READING STRATEGIES ⭐⭐Includ
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6th - 8th
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Nonfiction Reading Passages and Inference Questions About Natural Disasters
Use these brief illustrated reading passages to support the Common Core ELA standard for making inferences from informational text (CCSS RI.6-8.1). They are perfect for use as bell work activities in science classes, but can be used by any teacher who needs scientifically accurate reading passages to help students practice making inferences. The reading level is intended for middle school. You can see excerpts in the preview that will help you determine if the reading level is appropriate for t
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Nonfiction Reading Passages Bundle for Science, Social Studies, and ELA
Earth Science Summer Reading Passages for Middle School Science
Are you looking for summer reading passages with comprehension questions? Do you need informational text passages about Changes to the Earth's Surface? This fantastic bundle gives you five informational text units on Earth Science Topics. You will love these science reading passages and comprehension questions. Students will practice informational text skills and learn about plate tectonics, weathering and erosion, and volcanic activity that has shaped the earth's surface with real-life examples
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6th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS2-2
8th Grade Reading Passages & ELA Practice Tests | Informational Text Edition
HIGH-INTEREST 1-page reading comprehension passages 8th grade students enjoy paired with practice tests in both easy-print AND digital self-grading versions. ONE TEXT & ELA PRACTICE TEST FOR EVERY SINGLE EIGHTH GRADE READING INFORMATIONAL TEXT STANDARD (ALL 10) PLUS ones aligned to Language, Speaking/Listening/Viewing, and Writing standards. YEAR ROUND SKILL PRACTICE!Wonderful for year-round skill practice, preparing your students all throughout the year for all those pesky standardized asse
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8th
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Ancient Mesopotamia Geography Reading Comprehension Passages Map Activity BUNDLE
It all started in Ancient Mesopotamia! Discover how the Geography of Mesopotamia and the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers created the Fertile Crescent and influenced the development of the Cradle of Civilization in Ancient Mesopotamia.Files are provided in PDF and PPT formats.Convert PPT files into Google Slides for upload to your student-only, password-protected Google Classroom. Refer to my detailed Terms of Use below for additional information.Here's all that's Included:5 Informational Text Readin
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6th - 9th
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Burrowing Owl Nonfiction Reading Passage, Worksheet and Color-by-Number Activity
This resource contains a non-fiction reading passage (two pages – 720 words) about burrowing owls, comprehension questions about the reading, and a color-by-number answer sheet for students to color based on their answers to the comprehension questions. The passage was written specifically to be useful as a paired text for use with the book Hoot by Carl Hiaasen but can definitely be used as a stand-alone reading passage to integrate science with ELA and give students opportunities to read nonfic
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5th - 8th
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Edgar Allan Poe Murder Mystery
This set comes with the materials to create a hands on murder mystery. The packet includes letters, photos, quotes, and facts that are all historically accurate. It also includes an autopsy report (fake, but it is accurate about Poe's height, weight, etc.) Using the materials included, students will be put into groups and work as a 'CSI' team to gather evidence and ultimately make a claim on who they believe was the true killer of Edgar Allan Poe.After students have made their claim, their group
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7th - 8th
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Red Fox Nonfiction Reading Passage, Questions, and Color-by-Number Answer Sheet
This resource contains a non-fiction reading passage (one page - approx. 500 words) about the red fox, comprehension questions about the reading, and a color by number answer sheet for students to color based on their answers to the comprehension questions. Students LOVE color by number activities and will stay much more engaged in reading if their work includes coloring! I’ve had teachers from elementary to high school report that my color by number activities are loved by their students, and
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5th - 7th
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Sumer Ancient Mesopotamia City States Reading Comprehension Passages Activity
Read about the rise of Sumerian Civilization in Ancient Mesopoamia. Learn why Sumer’s location in the Fertile Crescent was attractive for settled agriculture. Discover Sumerian inventions. Trace the power shift from priests to kings. Explore what a city-state looked like.Replace or Supplement your Textbook with these Complete, Fully Researched Informational Text Reading Passages and Comprehension Checks.ALL Files are provided in PDF and PPT formats. Convert the PPT file to Google Slides for uplo
Grades:
6th - 9th
Nonfiction Reading Passages and Inference Questions - Inventors and Inventions
Use these brief illustrated reading passages to support the Common Core ELA standard for making inferences from informational text (CCSS RI.6-8.1). They are perfect for use as bell work activities in science classes, but can be used by any teacher who needs scientifically accurate reading passages to help students practice making inferences.
The reading level is intended for middle school. You can see excerpts in the preview that will help you determine if the reading level is appropriate for
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Nonfiction Reading Passages Bundle for Science, Social Studies, and ELA
Otzi the Iceman Faux Autopsy Report
Use this faux autopsy report as part of your Iceman unit! Students love solving the mystery of the Iceman! I use this as part of a CSI crime scene station activity where students collect evidence and decide on which theory fits the crime best. This is just a supplement but it adds depth! It pairs well with the NOVA documentary too.
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6th - 12th
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The Roaring Twenties: Gallery Walk Stations (City vs. Rural Life)
Your students will come away with an understanding that the Roaring Twenties was not exactly “roaring” for everyone. This gallery walk is set up for your students to visit three stations. They will view historical images to analyze city life for the upper/middle class, life for immigrants & life in Harlem, and life in rural America. Pictures are worth a thousand words, and this is a great way for your students to analyze primary source images.This resource includes:- Life in the City: 7 imag
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5th - 7th
Layers of the Earth Color by Number Reading and Worksheet
This resource contains a non-fiction reading passage about the layers of the Earth in two formats: one (2-page) with a smaller font to save paper and ink and one (4-page) with a larger font for easier reading. The content is the same in both passages. After reading, students answer comprehension questions about the reading and complete a color-by-number answer sheet based on their answers to the comprehension questions. You can determine whether or not the reading level is appropriate for your
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6th - 9th
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6th-8th Grade Reading Passages & ELA Practice Tests | Informational Text Edition
HIGH-INTEREST 1-Page reading comprehension passages kids actually like! AND A MAJOR TIME SAVER! Over 35 high-interest informational text passages paired with practice tests each targeted to a specific standard so 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students practice each important skill, one by one, throughout the entire year OR at test prep time! Aligns to Over 40 Standards in All! LIKE NOTHING ELSE ON THE MARKETThis product is over a year in the making. and really is like no other product on the market. I
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6th - 8th
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Distance Learning Language Arts Performance Task Editable Google Template
Ready or not, SBAC and PARCC are here! Are your students ready? **Now with an editable Google Document template so the students can complete their work digitally!**Also updated to more accurately prepare students by giving three different writing prompts. All students could write on the same prompt, or it could be used as an assessment with students receiving different prompts Help your students tackle the most daunting aspect of these new tests, the performance task. In this performance task st
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5th - 6th
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GENERIC State History Research Project Unit Activity | USA Regions
This set is great if you're covering all the different states inside your region! Or your students can choose which state they research with this independent and comprehensive resource. Each state comes with its own custom pages plus lots more that will work with any state. CLICK HERE to save 30% on this resource in the GENERIC Resource Bundle!You'll find 8 organized modules with 86 differentiated student pages. This complete notebook unit is the perfect companion to your annual state and region
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4th - 7th
Claim Evidence and Reasoning Worksheet and Reading Bundle
Build better nonfiction reading skills with this bundle CER science bundle! Use the eleven nonfiction articles to teach and assess claim, evidence, and reasoning or claim, evidence, and argument skills to your middle school students. NGSS Middle School Standards for weather and climate, life science, earth and human activity, physics, and more are addressed in the reading sets!Global Warming CER Reading Set:A 3-page printable pdf reading that includes a nonfiction reading that addresses the ques
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6th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-LS1-3
, MS-LS2-4
, MS-LS1-4
, MS-ESS3-5
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Westward Expansion: Louisiana Purchase Lessons & Activities, Print and Digital
Looking for fun, engaging, hands-on Westward Expansion Louisiana Purchase Activities that will get your students thinking critically about Westward Expansion and the Louisiana Purchase? Students will be highly motivated as they analyze and debate historical events and viewpoints. Make history come alive! Learning about history is more than just learning about events, people, places, and dates. Lesson slides will prompt your students to analyze maps and make inferences about historical viewpoint
Grades:
5th - 8th
Credible Sources, Fact vs Opinion, Bias, & Fake News
In our times it is paramount that our students can identify credible sources. In today's world this is a crucial literacy skill, that is just too important to skip over! Critical thinking and research skills can and should be something that every student is equipped with going forward.This lesson series challenges middle school students to investigate credible and non-credible sources, bias, fact v opinion, and fake news. This product contains 3 easy to follow lessons that build towards a small
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in: Writing to Argue Bundle
Close Reading: Genetic Testing
Students will be actively engaged reading about the topic of genetic testing. Paired with a science unit about genetics, this activity will work to bring literacy into your science classroom. It could also be used independently in your language arts classroom.Students will be tasked with closely reading and annotating three articles relating to the topic. (links to articles and a short synopsis of each are included). Students will then pull evidence directly from the articles that support or
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7th - 9th
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Finding Good Sources A Guide to Finding Credible Sources with Google Slides TM
Teach your students essential research skills! Use this before any of your research projects! Finding Good Sources teaches grades 6-8 how to research using credible sources on the internet and beyond. This relevant independent activity walks your students through finding reliable sources and reinforces that with fun, interactive activities, multiple choice, and short response questions. The answer key and rubric makes it fast and easy for you to give a meaningful grade.⏰ About 1-2 classes of wor
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6th - 10th
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Urban Heat Islands Reading Passage and Text Evidence Lesson NGSS Earth Science
This resource is a non-fiction reading and writing set that supports NGSS Middle School Science Standards-Earth & Human Activity. Includes a non-fiction reading passage about an urban heat island, student worksheets for citing text evidence, a 2-page citing text evidence lesson, and a cause and effect graphic organizer. This resource is a crosswalk between language arts and science.This resource includes:A 6-page pdf:A 1-page newspaper article about a fictional city that has learned that the
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6th - 8th
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MS-ESS3-5
Platypus PowerPoint with Activity and Study Guide
Get ready to explore the world of the Duck-billed platypus, one of the most bizarre and mysterious mammals in the world from eastern Australia and Tasmania. Platypus facts include that they sport a tail like a beaver, bill and feet like a duck, and lay eggs like a bird! Platypuses give birth to furless babies called puggles. What's Included:One Quick Start GuideOne 23-slide animated PowerPoint (both PPTX and PDF file types)One 20-page fillable student activity and study guideOne 26-page EDITABLE
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
NGSS:
4-LS1-1
, MS-LS1-4
, 4-LS1-2
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