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Spring writing-expository Common Core RI.5.4 resources
Paired Passage with Writing ELA Test Prep 3rd 4th Grade SBAC Performance Task
ELA Test Prep made simple! These high-interest ELA performance tasks tie reading and writing together in meaningful ways for students. In each performance task, students will read two different informational passages to help them answer source questions, multiple-choice questions, and open-ended questions. Need a 3rd source? Links with short videoes on the topics are included.This bundle includes 3 complete ELA Performance Tasks on different topics.Students will then take all the information tha
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3rd - 4th
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History of Saint Patrick's Day Reading Passage
Help your students understand the history of St Patrick's Day with this reading passage!The resource includes a DIGITAL & PRINT St. Patrick's Day reading passage. The passage focusing on descriptive text structure, a 5-question comprehension check, an answer key, and a graphic organizer. Text level is ideal for 4th-5th graders. For the digital version you will receive a PDF with a clickable link to make a copy of the resource to your Google Drive™. Have your students EACH make a copy of the
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: Spring Holidays Reading Passages Bundle
13 Colonies Paired Passages: Reading Comprehension & Writing Colonial America
Colonial America Why did Colonial regions develop differently? Paired Passages & Informational/Explanatory Writing - Digital & PDFThis is a set of three leveled paired passages or texts on the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies. The resource also includes reading comprehension and short answer or response questions. The extended writing prompt provided is for informative/explanatory writing. The included texts are non-fiction. Targeted reading levels are 4th - 6th grades.This res
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4th - 6th
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Life Cycle of a Plant Project - Plant Research - Craft
Are you growing plants in your classroom? Ready for a plant life cycle project that is both rigorous and engaging? This Life Cycle of a Plant Project is the perfect supplement to your Plants science unit. Clear images are used to show seeds, germination, stems and roots, leaves, flowers, and pollination. The student uses the images as guidance as they research, take notes, write a report, and complete the plant craft. When complete, students have an interactive project that can be fanned in
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Life Cycle Projects BUNDLE - Life Cycle Research Reports and Crafts
Plants Reading Passages & Questions with Graphic Organizer Writing Activities
This plants close reading resource includes 5 plants close reading passages. Each plants close reading passage comes with a page of reading response questions as well as a graphic organizer for visual interpretation. For your convenience, we've also included a teacher's guide and answer keys for each plants question page and plants graphic organizer page. The teacher's guide for this plants close reading resource includes a Common Core Standards listing and usage map, a quick teaching reading
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3rd - 5th
Native Americans: Paired Reading Comprehension Passages & Informational Writing
Native Americans: How did tribes adapt to their environment? Paired Passages & Informational/Explanatory Writing - Digital & PDFThis is set of three leveled paired passages or texts with reading comprehension tests, short response questions, and extended writing prompts. The included texts are non-fiction. The extended writing prompts provided are both for informative/explanatory writing. Targeted reading levels are 4th - 6th grades.This resource is included in both PDF and digital (Go
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4th - 6th
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Spring Reading Comprehension Passages May Activities Bees Close Read
Looking for spring reading comprehension activities for your 3rd and 4th graders? These high-interest, differentiated reading passages will help strengthen your students' reading comprehension and keep them actively reading a variety of reading genres during the spring season!This set includes three passages with two levels of each passage to help you differentiate in your classroom with ease. Plus it also includes a poetry reading comprehension activity your students will love. This set include
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3rd - 5th
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Holiday Reading Comprehension Passages Activities Worksheets
Looking to engage students with the holidays while still providing rigor in the classroom? Get ready for all of the holiday seasons in your classroom with these high-interest nonfiction close reading passages and comprehension activities that kids love! These activities are perfect for consistency throughout the year and will highly motivate your students to be active readers.Since the articles in each pack are related, they are also great to use as paired passages!This bundle includes 8 resourc
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3rd - 5th
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Life Cycle of a Butterfly Chicken Reading Passages Worksheets for Spring
Looking for butterfly, caterpillar, bee, chick, and tulip life cycle reading passages and activities this spring or anytime? These high-interest informative nonfiction close reading passages and activities will help you engage your students and tie important science concepts and reading work together!Included are 4 nonfiction articles to help your students understand the phenomena of life cycles of chickens, butterflies, bees, and tulips, all while they gather important information as they read.
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3rd - 5th
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3-LS4-2
April Nonfiction Close Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions
I have used these nonfiction close reading passages with my own fifth graders to promote more meaningful interactions with text. I purposefully wrote these texts to be high-interest and short so that the students would be motivated to read the text multiple times. The follow-up activities have gotten my students to go back to the text and dig deeper.How are my close reading texts unique?★ Original, high-interest, and short passages written by me★ Discreetly differentiated into five levels of dif
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4th - 6th
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Physical Science Reading Passages Differentiated Close Reading Passages
This Physical Science Close Reading Bundle comes with EIGHT engaging close reading passages on high interest Physical Science topics. These reading passages are the perfect way to tie together your science and literacy instruction this year. Your students will love using these fun passages for the middle grades to learn about topics like the atoms and molecules, properties of mater, oceans, simple machines, potential and kinetic energy and more. In addition to the differentiated Close Reading
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4th - 8th
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Florida's Geography Paired Passages, Reading Comprehension Questions & Writing
Florida's Geography: How do people affect Florida's environment? Paired Passages & Informative/Explanatory Writing - Digital & PDFThis is a set of three leveled paired passages or texts with multiple choice and short answer or response comprehension questions, as well as an extended writing prompt. The included texts are non-fiction. These texts can be used as:close readingsocial studies lessonsreading comprehensionpaired passages with an extended writing piece.The extended writing promp
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4th - 6th
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Valentine's Day Paired Passages Reading Comprehension & Informational Writing
Valentine's Day Themed Paired Passages & Informative Writing - Digital & PDFThis resource includes two sets of two leveled non-fiction paired passages or texts related to Valentine's Day. The resource also includes reading comprehension quizzes (4 questions on each) and text-based writing prompts. Targeted reading levels are 3rd/4th grades and 5th/6th grades. The topics of the texts are:How Chocolate Is MadeThe History of ChocolateConversation Hearts: A Sweet AccidentThe History of Valen
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4th - 6th
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History of May Day Reading Passage
Help your students understand the history of May Day with this reading passage!The resource includes a DIGITAL & PRINT nonfiction passage about the History of May Day, a 5-question comprehension check, an answer key, and a graphic organizer focusing on descriptive text structure. Text level is ideal for 4th-5th graders.For the digital version you will receive a PDF with a clickable link to make a copy of the resource to your Google Drive™. Have your students EACH make a copy of the resource
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: Spring Holidays Reading Passages Bundle
Life Cycle of a Chicken Project - Research Report - Craft
Are you hatching chicks in your classroom? Looking for an engaging project to study the life cycle of a chicken? This engaging chicken life cycle project allows students to take notes, write a report, and complete a chicken craft! With this project, the teacher can easily integrate science, the reading of nonfiction texts, research, and informational writing. It's a great way to supplement your science unit on life cycles! This life cycle of a chicken project works well in writing centers, as
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Life Cycle Projects BUNDLE - Life Cycle Research Reports and Crafts
History of Mother's Day Reading Passage
Help your students understand the history of Mother's Day with this reading passage!The resource includes a DIGITAL & PRINT nonfiction passage about the History of Mother's Day, a 5-question comprehension check, an answer key, and a graphic organizer focusing on descriptive text structure. Text level is ideal for 4th-5th graders.For the digital version you will receive a PDF with a clickable link to make a copy of the resource to your Google Drive™. Have your students EACH make a copy of the
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Spring Holidays Reading Passages Bundle
Biography Essays: Opinion Persuasive Writing Unit
This writing unit teaches students to write a five paragraph opinion essay with a thesis statement on a biographical figure. With the Common Core’s emphasis on text evidence, this unit will walk you and your young writers through the entire writing process. The unit starts with eight possible reading resources that can be used as students read their biographies. The writing portion introduces students to the idea of writing a thesis statement, and then guides them to select three specific exampl
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3rd - 4th
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Also included in: ELA Reading & Writing Mega BUNDLE
History of Earth Day Reading Passage
Help your students understand the history of Earth Day with this reading comprehension passage!The resource includes a DIGITAL & PRINT nonfiction passage about the History of Earth Day, a 5-question comprehension check, an answer key, and a graphic organizer focusing on chronological text structure. Text level is ideal for 4th-5th graders. For the digital version you will receive a PDF with a clickable link to make a copy of the resource to your Google Drive™. Have your students EACH make a
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Spring Holidays Reading Passages Bundle
March Nonfiction Close Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions
I have used these nonfiction close reading passages with my own fifth graders to promote more meaningful interactions with text. I purposefully wrote these texts to be high-interest and short so that the students would be motivated to read the text multiple times. The follow-up activities have gotten my students to go back to the text and dig deeper.How are my close reading texts unique?★ Original, high-interest, and short passages written by me★ Discreetly differentiated into five levels of dif
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4th - 6th
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Inventor Reading Passages Informational Writing Template Research Project
Getting ready to study inventors and inventions? These high-interest informative nonfiction close reading passages and research writing activities will help your students learn about inventors and conduct research on an inventor of their choice!Included are 9, two-page articles to help your students understand and learn about a wide range of inventors and their inventions all while they gather important information as they read informational text.Close reading anchor charts are also included to
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3rd - 5th
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Navajo Code Talkers Reading Comprehension Activity
Help your students understand the role Navajo Code Talkers had in World War II with this reading passage!The resource includes a DIGITAL & PRINT nonfiction passage about the Navajo Code Talkers, a 5-question comprehension check, an answer key, and a graphic organizer focusing on problem-solution text structure. Text level is appropriate for 4th-5th graders.For the digital version you will receive a PDF with a clickable link to make a copy of the resource to your Google Drive™. Have your stud
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3rd - 6th
History of Cinco de Mayo Reading Passage
Help your students understand the history of the Battle of Puebla (aka Cinco de Mayo) with this reading passage!The resource includes a DIGITAL & PRINT nonfiction passage about the History of Cinco de Mayo, a 5-question reading comprehension check, an answer key, and a graphic organizer focusing on cause and effect text structure. Text level is ideal for 4th-5th graders.For the digital version you will receive a PDF with a clickable link to make a copy of the resource to your Google Drive™.
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: Spring Holidays Reading Passages Bundle
May Reading Comprehension Passage Memorial Day Activities 3rd 4th 5th Grade
Looking for spring and Memorial Day reading activities? This print-and-go, high-interest reading and activity pack will keep your students actively reading and learning all spring long!These close-reading articles with a spring holiday theme will have your students critically thinking about little-known facts about some popular spring holiday traditions. Combine reading activities with what is happening outside of the classroom with these high-interest and high-engagement activities that your st
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: Holiday Reading Comprehension Passages Activities Worksheets
Bat Life Cycle Project - Bat Craft - Bat Research
Are you looking for a Bat Unit that is both engaging and rigorous? This bat life cycle project is just what you need to help students research the life cycle of a bat in an interactive format! This project is a great writing component to supplement your science unit on nocturnal animals. The teacher can easily integrate science, the reading of nonfiction texts, research, and informational writing. Great for group work, independent projects, and as a Halloween project in the final weeks of Octo
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Life Cycle Projects BUNDLE - Life Cycle Research Reports and Crafts
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