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Reading strategies Common Core RI.7.4 handouts
Nonfiction Text Features: 6 Lessons & Activities for Reading Informational Texts
This fun resource includes six engaging lessons about Nonfiction Text Features. Each lesson and activity is designed to be hands-on and interactive. Many of the elements that students create in the lessons can serve as a reference for them to use throughout the entire school year (match-up, search and find, guide book). The lessons about informational text features are designed so that they can be taught in succession or as separate activities throughout the entire school year. Four nonficti
Grades:
4th - 7th
Also included in: November Unit Plans Bundle - 5 units and lessons to teach all month long
Main Idea Digital Escape Room, Theme, & Reading Comprehension
In this digital escape room, your students will review and practice their theme, main idea, and context clues skills. Would you like to try an engaging, review activity with your students to reinforce these skills and techniques? In this Digital Escape™, there are seven different activities, and your students will review and practice their context clue, main idea, and theme skills in this escape room.This Digital Escape™ is set up like the game, Clue, and a murder mystery-style game. In this es
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5th - 9th
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Also included in: ALL the Digital Escape Rooms, Oh My! |Distance Learning
Context Clues Passages, Worksheets, Graphic Organizers Word Meaning in Context
This 3-day mini-unit provides numerous opportunities to develop the skill of finding meaning in context. Students will have a ton of context clues practice with context clues passages, engaging reading comprehension worksheets, and reading graphic organizers for finding word meaning in context!Through creative activities like Context Clue Bullseye, Top Secret Skill Puzzles, Goldilocks and the Three Yallops Context Clue Passage, and a Nonsense Word Writing Activity, students become actively invo
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4th - 7th
Earth Day Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Passage - Plastic Waste & Pollution
Perfect for Earth Day! This reading comprehension passage explores the harmful effects of plastic pollution on the environment and our health. Teach students to write a nonfiction summary using the graphic organizers provided. Suitable for online learning with digital worksheets for Google Classroom®.Included with this Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Activity:✏️ 2-Page Informational Article - Colour & Grayscale“Why is Plastic Harmful?: The Effects of Plastic on the Environment and Your Heal
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5th - 10th
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Context Clues Worksheets. Reading Strategies Practice. 240 Questions. Gr 7 - 8
*** Context Clues Worksheets. Reading Strategies Practice. 240 Questions. Gr 7 - 8. *** This Grade 7 and Grade 8 resource is designed to give your students the opportunity to reinforce and master the skill of using context clues as a reading strategy to determine unknown meanings of words. No preparation is needed!*** It contains 12 engaging worksheets with full answer keys. They are spread throughout 74 pages in the form of Multiple Choice Questions; the total of 240 MCQs. Each worksheet contai
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7th - 9th
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Sports Reading Comprehension Worksheets, Common Core -- BASKETBALL GREATS
This packet includes engaging biographies of the 25 greatest NBA basketball players ever. Accompanying each reading lesson are written response questions, of which the answers can be found in the text and in the teacher's answer guide. Common Core aligned. One of many sports reading and math exercises offered by Sports Scholar including basketball, football, baseball, soccer, and more. LeBron James, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, Wilt Chamberlain, Magic Johnson and more!
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6th - 8th
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Crocs Article Reading Passage, Reading Comprehension Questions, Writing Prompts
This Crocs™ Article and Reading Comprehension activity is a highly-engaging reading activity for your middle school students. In this activity, your students will read all about the history of Crocs, and answer Common Core / New Generation standards, reading comprehension questions. This product also comes with two writing prompts - an informative writing prompt and an argument writing prompt.Reading nonfiction is a great way to improve reading comprehension. They provide students with the oppo
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Reading Passages Nonfiction Bundle, Reading Comprehension
Social Media Reading Comprehension Bundle
Social media is a huge part of our students' lives, so why not make their informational reading relevant and fun? In this Social Media Bundle, you are receiving the PDF and digital versions of these four reading comprehension products- 1. "Oh, Snap! Is Snapchat Safe for Teens"Snapchat™ is a popular app among teenagers, and my middle school students choose this app over any other one. However, many worry if it is safe for teens to use. I thought I would turn something the kids love into a learni
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6th - 9th
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Rhetorical Devices List and Analyzing Rhetoric Activity - Use with ANY TEXT
Handout and activity on Rhetoric and Rhetorical Devices! Includes a handout on the elements of rhetoric, and includes definitions and examples of rhetoric (logos, pathos, and ethos), and rhetorical devices (a total of 19, including alliteration, anaphora, antithesis, apostrophe, euphemism, hyperbole, irony, parallelism, rhetorical question, synecdoche, understatement, and more)... PLUS, an activity on Analyzing Rhetorical devices that can be used with ANY TEXT!Includes both PRINTABLE and DIGITAL
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Julius Caesar Teaching Unit - 5-Week Lesson BUNDLE in Print & Digital
Dramatic, Verbal, and Situational Irony Activity - Irony Types Literary Elements
This resource includes an Irony Types Literary Element slides presentation featuring 30 ironic images and three embedded YouTube videos defining verbal, situational, and dramatic irony. After viewing the videos, students will then note on their handouts whether the image is verbal, situational, or dramatic. They will also be required to explain why the image represents the specific type of irony.Some images could be considered more than one type of literary element. This is noted in the included
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7th - 10th
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ELA Review Mystery-Who Stole the Plant Truck?, Spring
Are you looking for your students to complete ELA Review for the beginning of the year, end of the year, or for test review? This ELA Review Mystery is the perfect activity to give to your middle school students to help them review two important ELA skills-reading comprehension and vocabulary words in context. Again, this is perfect for any time of year, but GREAT for state testing review.In this product, your students will receive a list of suspects who possibly stole the plant and seed truck
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7th - 9th
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Asking Questions Reading Bundle (5 articles, 1 strategy) PRINT or DIGITAL HDC
Four PRO TIPS to help students ASK BETTER QUESTIONS. Use the slideshow lesson and the NO PREP video to explain the reading strategy. The generic ASKING QUESTIONS handouts work with ANY TEXT.This bundle also includes 5 articles for students to practice the reading comprehension strategy. Each article is differentiated at three different reading levels. Your struggling readers and your strong readers can do the same lesson!The paragraphs of the articles are numbered so you can lead class discussi
Grades:
5th - 9th
Leveled Reading Passages with Comprehension Questions – Nonfiction Articles
This is the second set of the popular reading comprehension passages and comprehension questions with a doodle twist! This resource includes 5 different nonfiction reading passages. Each passage includes 3 versions with varying degrees of difficulty (15 total passages). The multi-level passages make it easy to differentiate instruction.Not only are the passages written about engaging topics that students can connect to, they are also written in an engaging style. The DOODLE-STYLE of the passages
Interactive Bookmarks to Support Reading Comprehension {CCSS Aligned}
***20 different interactive bookmarks to fit all of your needs for Reading Workshop.How to Use: The bookmarks included in this product are intended to be used in a variety of instructional contexts. Simply print out enough so that each student has one and cut them apart. Read below to find out how to use them during different parts of Reading Workshop.Reading Minilessons: After a reading minilesson when students have independent reading time, have students fill out an interactive bookmark wh
Grades:
5th - 8th
Reading Comprehension Quick Passages {October}
Are you looking for quick reading comprehension passages to help your students wit fluency and reading speed? Check out these October Quick Reads! Reading is an important part of every student’s life, but many of our students struggle with reading comprehension and reading speed. Presently, students are not reading enough, impacting their comprehension skills and their reading speed. Therefore, I created this product to help with those two skills. Hand these out as worksheets, or assign these
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: October No Prep Activities
Middle School Context Clues Vocabulary Curriculum - Level 1 Full Year
This full year of level 1 vocabulary curriculum comes with bellwork, homework and reading passage exit tickets for approximately 35 weeks of instruction, including pre and post assessments, parent pages, 150 new words, and over 500 example sentences.With a heavy focus on learning new and unknown words through the use of context clues, this is the perfect resource for middle school. In fact, the reading passages are specifically written with middle school students in mind, offering advice and str
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: TWO Levels of Vocabulary Curriculum for Middle School - Digital or Print
Making Connections Reading Bundle: 6 Non Fiction Articles 1 Reading Strategy HDC
4 PRO TIPS to help students MAKE STRONGER CONNECTIONS when reading. The slideshow lesson and video go over the reading strategy. The graphic organizer works with ANY TEXT.Making Connections Reading Strategy *EaselYou get 6 articles for students to practice Making Connections. Article 005: Rosa Parks - Assertive Communication *EaselArticle 010: Devious Licks - Active Citizenship *EaselArticle 012: Hot Toast - TikTok Communication *EaselArticle 013: Three Sixty (Google Street View in Africa) - Ch
Grades:
4th - 10th
Fact & Opinion Worksheets & Task Cards {PROVE IT!}
Are you working on facts and opinions with your students? Are you practicing or assessing the skill in your classroom? Have your students practice their knowledge and analytical skills with these fact and opinion questions and situations.Your students are asked to read the situations and agree or disagree with the student’s answer. They have to prove their thinking with evidence from the question and/or passage. In addition, the teacher can extend the activities with the conversational pieces
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6th - 9th
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Reading Comprehension Quick Reads {September}
These September Quick Reads are perfect, short reading comprehension passages to help with your student's reading fluency and reading comprehension skills. Reading is an essential part of every student’s life, but many of our students struggle with reading comprehension and reading speed. Presently, students are not reading enough, impacting their comprehension skills and their reading speed. How would you like a product that assesses your students' reading comprehension and speed? These Readi
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: September NO PREP Bundle
Pilgrims in Plymouth: Mayflower Compact Lesson Plan (13 colonies)
Incorporate literacy skills into your social studies classroom through primary sources.
Students preview read, complete a word splash, then read the Mayflower Compact, a primary source document. Then, they will get a translated version and must break it down, line by line, into today's language. Upon completion, students will answer a few thought-provoking questions which require them to revisit the text and will help them gain a deeper understanding of the author's purpose.
Used in 7th grad
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6th - 9th
Context Clues for Interactive Notebooks 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th grades Anchor Chart
Help your students figure out challenging words and Grow their Vocabularies using this handy list of the five most used context clues. Print the poster for your classroom, and cut apart the smaller lists for students to glue into Interactive Notebooks.♦IDEAS Acronym stands for:♦Inference♦Description♦Example♦Antonym♦SynonymYou may also like:BOOM cards for Grammar ReviewHomophones: Winter-themedHomonyms: Valentines-themedHomophones and Homonyms: Bundle-Winter-themedPyramid Sentences for Upper Ele
Grades:
4th - 7th
Quick Reading ComprehensionPassages {November}
These November Quick Reads are perfect, short reading comprehension passages to help with your student's reading fluency and reading comprehension skills.Reading is an essential part of every student’s life, but many of our students struggle with reading comprehension and reading speed. Presently, students are not reading enough, impacting their comprehension skills and their reading speed. How would you like a product that assesses your students' reading comprehension and speed? These quick rea
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: November No-Prep ELA Activities
ELA Non-fiction Bell Ringers for Middle School and High School: Dinosaurs
Welcome to the wonderful word of dinosaurs!The following are ELA Bell Ringers are high interest non-fiction reading comprehension activities that are based on dinosaurs. These Reading Comprehension activities can help you teach your students how to locate text evidence, find main ideas, identify text structures, identify text features, and make inferences.These can be used at the beginning of class, as exit tickets, as center activities, or to increase reading comprehension. If you like this pro
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6th - 10th
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Asking Questions Reading Comprehension Strategy Lesson - Digital EASEL by TpT
Teach 4 PRO TIPS to help students ask the BEST questions when reading to improve comprehension. Here's what you get with this ASKING QUESTIONS Reading Strategy product: Slideshow Lesson, Video (for distance learning or review), Before / During / After Reading Handout that works with any text, Metacognition / Review Questions, RubricComprehensive Lesson Plan with Detailed ScriptDigital Learning format (Easel by TpT™) ❤️ Like this resource? Check out the BookFace 10x Reading Program which includes
Grades:
6th - 9th
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