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Reading Common Core WHST.6-8.1b resources
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
History's Mysteries - The Disappearance of Amelia Earhart
History is full of unsolved mysteries, and who doesn’t love a good mystery? This packet is one of a growing collection of engaging inquiry-based learning adventures for your students. In each packet, students will investigate a mystery from history and try to solve the case!This investigation requires your history detectives to return to the year 1937. The world was a buzz with the excitement of Amelia Earhart completing the first trip around the world at the equator. Everything was going well.
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4th - 8th
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The One and Only Ivan Novel Study Unit - Printable and Digital for Google Slides
Your students will GO APE over this unique book report project. Activities for the project-based classroom. Mix-and-Match Templates allow you to create a novel unit that is tailored to your students' needs. Both PRINT and DIGITAL versions.PRINTABLE: 69 ready-to-go templates focus on a wide range of topics related to The One and Only Ivan by Katharine Applegate—story elements, themes, symbolism, characters, parts of a book, research topics, vocabulary, and more. Challenge students to use higher-l
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: The One and Only Ivan Mega-Bundle (4 Posters and Complete Novel Unit)
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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Nonfiction Reading Passages Bundle for Science, Social Studies, and ELA
Use these brief illustrated non-fiction reading passages to address ELA reading standards in science and social studies classes, and to provide students with practice making inferences from reading. They are perfect for bell work or for those ‘ragged times’ when you need a quick independent activity related to a topic you are teaching. They can also easily be incorporated into low-prep lessons for substitute teachers, and can be used for “quick finishers” or as homework.They were written for sc
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6th - 9th
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History's Mysteries Whatever Happened to the Ghost Ship Mary Celeste?
History is full of unsolved mysteries, and who doesn't love a good mystery? This packet is one of a growing collection of engaging inquiry-based learning adventures for your students. In each packet, students will investigate a mystery from history and try to solve the case!This adventure includes activities for integrated learning in history, reading comprehension, writing, and technology. Students will be required to use higher order thinking skills to infer, evaluate, analyze, draw conclusion
Epidemics - Nonfiction Reading Passages and Inference Questions
Use these brief illustrated non-fiction reading passages about epidemics to address ELA reading standards in science and social studies classes and to provide students with practice making inferences from reading. They are perfect for bell work or for those ‘ragged times’ when you need a quick independent activity related to a topic you are teaching. They can also easily be incorporated into low-prep lessons for substitute teachers, and can be used for “quick finishers” or as homework.
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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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7th Grade Reading Passages & ELA Practice Tests | Informational Text Edition
HIGH-INTEREST 1-page reading comprehension passages 7th grade students enjoy paired with practice tests in both easy-print AND digital self-grading versions. ONE TEXT & ELA PRACTICE TEST FOR EVERY SINGLE 7th GRADE READING INFORMATIONAL TEXT STANDARDPLUS ones aligned to Language, Listening/Viewing, and Writing standards.A TRULY ENGAGING ELA RESOURCE!Gets students reading, writing, identifying nuances in language, listening and viewing, exploring both historical and scientific primary sources,
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7th
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Histories Mysteries The Lost Colony of Roanoke
History is full of unsolved mysteries, and who doesn’t love a good mystery? This packet is one of a growing collection of engaging inquiry-based learning adventures for your students. In each packet, students will investigate a mystery from history and try to solve the case! This investigation requires your history detectives to return to the year 1590 along the coast of what is now North Carolina. They will explore the history of one of the original colonies of the new world. Their miss
Solve History's Mysteries- Stonehenge
History is full of unsolved mysteries, and who doesn’t love a good mystery? This packet is one of a growing collection of engaging inquiry-based learning adventures for your students. In each packet, students will investigate a mystery from history and try to solve the case!This investigation requires your history detectives to travel back in time to 5000 B.C. where they will enter the world of the Celts and Druids in Britain. Their mission: unravel the mysteries of Stonehenge. How was it buil
Holocaust / Diary of Anne Frank Memorial Project
Diary of Anne Frank | Paperclips | Holocaust Memorial | Holocaust Project | Anne Frank Project
This project is used after reading the Diary of Anne Frank play as a class and viewing the documentary "Paper Clips". It asks students to be creative and design a Holocaust memorial for their town that not only remembers those lost in the Holocaust, but the members of the Secret Annex as well. Students are asked to be explicit in their designs, including such things as materials needed, time of comp
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7th - 10th
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Nonfiction Reading Passages and Inference Questions About The Elements
Make Inferences in Science – The Elements is a set of nonfiction reading passages written to support your efforts to incorporate ELA reading standards into your science classes during your unit on chemical elements. As a science teacher myself, I experienced the pressure of trying to teach everything in my own subject area in the time I had available. Trying to also incorporate reading and writing standards in the time available is really a challenge for science teachers. These brief passages g
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Nonfiction Reading Passages Bundle for Science, Social Studies, and ELA
US History - Social Studies and Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions
You want your upper elementary and middle school students to know more about the history of the United States. But there isn't enough time to teach everything when reading comprehension and writing are at the forefront of your curriculum.This bundle of reading passages combines well- and little-known events in our nation's history that will provoke students' thinking while working to reinforce comprehension skills.✅ Teachers get:thoroughly researched passages with bibliographiesMini-lessons whe
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4th - 7th
Writing Module #1 | Problem-Solution Opinion Essay | Recycling | Grades 4-6
Your 4th to 6th graders got this! Got what? A final product they'll create in no time with step-by-step guidance and be so proud of: A Problem-Solution Opinion Essay about "The Recycling Problem," which is a type of argumentative writing perfect for this age group. STUDENTS READ & CITE AUTHENTIC SOURCES ABOUT THE PROBLEM WITH RECYCLINGStudents read and critically think about a very important, current, relevant issue people all over the world are grappling with right now - the problem with re
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4th - 6th
Also included in: Writing Modules | Grades 4-6 Growing Bundle | Write in Every Genre
Branches of Science Research and Presentation Activity
Science is divided into many different types or 'branches' such as astronomy, biology, physics, chemistry etc. Students will research branches of science. Then, tey will choose a particular sub-branch of science (for example, a sub-branch of the branch of biology would be marine biology) and they will research information about it by answering questions.Then, they will do a short presentation for the class about the sub-branch that they chose. They will also bring in a model and/or representatio
Ancient Greek History BUNDLE Reading Passages and Writing Tasks
Build literacy skills while your students learn about ancient Greek civilization with this BUNDLE of reading passages and writing activities. Students will read about four important eras in the history of Ancient Greece: the Minoans and Mycenaeans, the Archaic Age, the Golden (Classical) Age, and the Macedonian Empire. After reading, students will practice writing about what they have learned using a variety of strategies at sentence and paragraph levels.This resource includes:Five pages of read
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6th - 8th
Free Chemistry Claim Evidence Argument Reading Practice
This resource is a middle school claim, evidence, and argument (CEA) writing and reading set with a chemical reactions theme. The set supports deductive reasoning skills and includes a rubric, graphic organizer, key, and non-fiction article that will help your middle school students practice content-area reading skills. Included in this resource are:A fictional non-fiction newspaper article about a track star whose water bottle was sabotaged with a mysterious liquid (pdf)One pdf of the claim-ev
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6th - 8th
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MS-PS1-2
Also included in: Chemistry Bundle Middle School Science NGSS Chemistry
Egyptian Diary The Journal of Nakht Young Scribe Reading Response Journal
This is a book we will be reading as a class next year. The whole grade level decided and you know me, gotta have a reading reflection to go with it. I designed this journal with Universal Design Elements in mind: I have areas for Gifted Students, as you can see by my use of the Icons of Depth and Complexity, but also areas for the Special Education students, such as simple retells. I have parts for visual learners, graphic organizers built in. This is meant as individual assignment but can
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6th
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Daily History - Lewis & Clark Expedition, Louisiana Purchase & Sacagawea
Louisiana Purchase | Lewis and Clark | Sacagawea | American History | Special Education | Reading Comprehension | Writing. Daily Lessons to teach American History while improving essential reading and writing skills! Take students on a journey... back in time to the 1800's. A time when no one knew what exactly was west of the Mississippi... Could a route be found that led to an ocean? Was it safe? This slice from our Daily American History series covers the important events of
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
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Social Studies R.A.C.E. Response Guide/ Anchor Chart
Included in this guide are the arts of a R.A.C.E. response: Restate + Answer, Cite Evidence, and Elaborate, as well as:A simple example of a Restate and Answer for students' referenceA bank of Social Studies-specific transition phrases to introduce and cite evidence either word-for-word or paraphrasedA bank of Social Studies-specific transition phrases to help students begin their elaboration for either an informative or argumentative responseThe PDF is sized 8.5x11" and can be distributed to st
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4th - 12th
Science R.A.C.E. Response Guide/ Anchor Chart
Included in this guide are the arts of a R.A.C.E. response: Restate + Answer, Cite Evidence, and Elaborate, as well as:A simple example of a Restate and Answer for students' referenceA bank of Science-specific transition phrases to introduce and cite evidence either word-for-word or paraphrasedA bank of Science-specific transition phrases to help students begin their elaboration for either an informative or argumentative responseThe PDF is sized 8.5x11" and can be distributed to students at that
"The Notorious Benedict Arnold" Unit Plan
This is an entire unit based on "The Notorious Benedict Arnold Book". It can be used for both Social Studies and English and includes 7 activities (with student handouts created)Graphic organizers to help facilitate student workIn-depth chapter questions in the format of a printable packetDetailed descriptions of how to assess each activityOrganized teacher checklist for each standard and correlating activityLearning TargetsThis is truly a unit that is fully planned out. A packet can be printed
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7th - 9th
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History of Easter Reading Comprehension and Skills [Editable]
This is an evidence-based non-fiction reading passage for middle school or high school students that focuses on summarizing, comprehension, and making claims about Easter Traditions. This resource is perfect for distance learning and part of a set that focuses on literacy skills using historical topics. It is available as both a Google Doc and a fillable PDF.This product includes:Reading Passage Summarizing SectionComprehension QuestionsEvidence-based Claim PromptAnswer keyFillable & Printab
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: History of Holidays Series Evidence-based Passages Growing Bundle
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