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Free high school informational text printables
September 11th {9/11} Interactive Timeline Activity ~ Reading for Grades 4-8
September 11th {9/11} Interactive Timeline Activity ~ Reading for Grades 4-8This activity is meant to be an independent activity for students in grades 4-8. Lower level students may need some scaffolding.UPDATED September 2017. Items 6 and 14 have been changed due to changes in the timeline itself. Please re-download this activity to use again. ;) I'm using it in my 6th grade classroom. First, I will use the timeline to go through and discuss with my students the events of September 11th. Then,
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4th - 9th
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Sled Dog Racing | Reading Comprehension Passage & ELA Tasks
FREE! HIGH-INTEREST NO PREP PRINTABLES AND EASY DISTANCE LEARNING! Thorough, high-interest 2-page passage about sled dog racing for any time of year. Student will preview & practice relevant vocabulary, read the text closely to answer comprehension questions, practice supporting inferences by citing textual evidence, interpret a visual diagram, and compare viewpoints on the race. WOW!!!Fascinating subject matter that puts readers at ease! Kids love reading and writing about dogs and will not
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4th - 9th
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Assistance Dogs | Reading Comprehension Passage & ELA Tasks
Engaging, FREE 1-page informational text passage hooks readers & tasks get them to hone in on central ideas by filling out a web & following steps to WRITE AN AWESOME SUMMARY! Vocabulary activities too! NO PREP PRINTABLES AND INTERACTIVE DIGITAL VERSION FOR EASY IN-PERSON OR DISTANCE LEARNING! PUTS RELUCTANT READERS AT EASE with its lighthearted (yet highly informative) subject matter of how assistance dogs help people everywhere.Perfect for middle school and older elementary students. A
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4th - 9th
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The Monkey's Paw WW Jacobs COMPLETE Short Story Unit Middle School
The Monkey’s Paw Short Story Unit for Middle and High SchoolThis is the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 8: August Selection – Click here to read more about the Short Story of the Month Club!Skills Focus:Elements of Plot ReviewCiting Text EvidenceContext Clues & Situational CluesTypes of ForeshadowingMood (and Mood Shifts)Analyzing DialogueEssential QuestionSee the list of activities below for a COMPLETE list of all of the skills covered. The ones above are simply the FOCUS of this unit
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7th - 10th
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Interactive Notebook Covers ~ FREEBIE! ~ ELA, Reading, English, Spelling
I made these interactive notebook covers for my students to help them identify which notebook is which and hopefully prevent the wrong page from going into the wrong notebook.After the students colored/decorated them, I laminated them and then used packing tape to tape them onto the notebooks.Notebook covers include: Reading, English, ELA, ELA & Reading, ELAR, Spelling, Vocabulary, Literature, WritingGet all the Interactive Notebook FAQs and read more about how I set up my notebooks here!
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1st - 9th
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Holocaust Victims' Identity Cards for ELA, History - Print & Digital (FREE)
These identity cards are designed to help students make personal connections with the victims of the Holocaust, and could be used before a novel study or a history lesson.Images and information within this resource are used with permission from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. You can find the originals as well as more information here.The ID cards can be printed, used digitally, or a combination of the two. This resource includes a print ready PDF as well as Google Drive versions (D
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6th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Holocaust Resource Bundle for ELA, History - Print & Digital
"All About Eclipses" Informational Text Reading Passage & Infographic Visuals
High-interest 1-page informational text about eclipses explained concisely and straightforwardly in a passage that tells everything students want to know about what the total solar eclipse was like in 2017 and what the next one will be like on April 8, 2024. INCLUDES A GREAT VISUAL: A COLORFUL INFOGRAPHIC FROM NASA! AND READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS! Wow! All this for free?!Plus, the text explains how there are actually eclipses all over the world every one to two years, and how there are diff
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4th - 9th
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Development of Central Ideas RI.8.2 | Walkout! Student Protests Article #8-1
Nonfiction Article of the Week Club, Article #8-1: Walkout!This is the first in a set of 25 informational text articles + activity packs designed to teach ALL of the reading informational text standards for 8th grade in a fun, rigorous, and easy to implement solution! Download this FREE resource today, and then click here to view the rest of the article + activity packs available via this growing bundle. Your students will love reading Walkout! and practicing skills, including text evidence, dev
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7th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Ultimate Article of the Week Bundle Grades 4-8
Financial Literacy Reading Comprehension Worksheet Types of Expenses
This product covers what financial literacy is and the different types of expenses: Fixed, Discretionary, Periodic, and Variable. Great for life skills or financial literacy.INCLUDES:Article and 15 scenarios where students determine the type of spending described.Color and BW VersionsKey included at end.Part of my Financial Literacy BundleI have several World History, U.S. History, and several other products available in my store.*I do my best to make sure I do not have typos, but occasionally t
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7th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Financial Literacy Reading Comprehension Worksheet Bundle Center Activities
Science of the Flu Shot / Vaccines: Science Article #51 - (Google Slides & PDFs)
This science article / sub plan comes in two versions (with answer key): 1) easily printable PDFs, as well as 2) Google Slides for distance learning. Students can type in their answers directly in the Google Slides. This resource spans two pages in total with 1 and 1/3 pages of article and 2/3 pages of questions. It is information rich and written to engage even reluctant readers. The two page format makes it economical for printing and provides a length that students willingly read and complete
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7th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Science Sub Plans - 52 Articles MEGA BUNDLE | Printable & Distance Learning
Science Article #52 - Concussions in Sports - Sub Plan (Google Slides & PDFs)
This science article / sub plan comes in two versions (with answer key): 1) easily printable PDFs, as well as 2) Google Slides for distance learning. Students can type in their answers directly in the Google Slides. This resource spans two pages in total with 1 and 1/3 pages of article and 2/3 pages of questions. It is information rich and written to engage even reluctant readers. The two page format makes it economical for printing and provides a length that students willingly read and complete
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7th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Science Sub Plans - 52 Articles MEGA BUNDLE | Printable & Distance Learning
Informational Informative Explanatory Writing Rubric and Mentor Essay FREE
Informative writing kit for easy scoring/feedback, peer evaluation, and mentor sample evaluation. These tools will help your students quickly and thoroughly learn the elements and process of informational writing. Download for FREE. How to use: Students can color-code the sample essay to find all of the elements such as thesis statement, hook, topic sentences, evidence, elaboration, etc. and discuss as a class or in stations.Students can use the rubric expectations to write their own essays.St
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6th - 10th
All About Pumpkins Literacy Activities: Reading, Writing, Vocabulary, Poetry
INTERESTING & FREE! Grab their attention with interesting informational texts about pumpkins, historical literacy passages, vocabulary connections, a poem, fascinating facts that are incorporated into critical thinking activities, writing explanatory text about how to make a jack-o-lantern, writing a short persuasive text about why and how people can eat more pumpkin in their diets, and more challenging yet fun ELA activities. Perfect for the fall season in ELA, including Halloween and Thank
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5th - 9th
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FREE Close Reading Bookmarks - Annotating Text & Post-it Note Strategy
Print these bookmarks for your students and they will never forget how to close read! I print mine double-sided and students use one side for when we can write on the text and the other (post-it) side for when we're close reading something we can't write on!*****************************************************************************CCSS Aligned Interactive Reading NotebooksI use interactive notebooks in my classroom on a daily basis. I've created my own interactive notebook pages that are align
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4th - 12th
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Rhetorical Analysis SOAPStone Organizer and Rhetorical Device Chart Freebie
Help your students rhetorically analyze any text with this SOAPStone organizer and rhetorical device student handout! This organizer helps ease students into rhetorical analysis, and once students understand how to complete the chart, it works great as a last-minute lesson plan idea for a sub that your students can use with any speech.Looking for resources for the ENTIRE year?Secondary English Curriculum: Common Core - Grades 7-10Ultimate Writing Bundle for Secondary EnglishHelpful Tools and Res
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7th - 12th
Also included in:Â Rhetorical Analysis Bundle for Secondary ELA
Informational Text Reading Passage | Test Prep | SBAC | CAASPP | PDF & Digital
Help your students prepare for standardized testing with this practice reading passage. Great for Common Core or the Smarter Balance test!This common core aligned test prep resource has 10 questions written to give your students examples of all the types of questions they will see on standardized testing.Question types: multiple-choice, multi-select, A/B questions (evidence-based selected response), and constructed response.Print Version Includes:- 1 NoniFiction Passage- 10 Text-Dependent Questi
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5th - 9th
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Zebra on the Loose! FUN Informative Writing Activity for Common Core Grades 4-8
Zebra on the Loose! FUN Informative Writing Activity for Common Core Grades 4-8Spice up informative writing with this FUN and different lesson!A zebra on the loose in the city? That's not something you see everyday! Read a reporter's interviews (primary sources!) of four people involved in this outrageous incident:- the kid who took the cell phone video of the zebra running through the city that went viral- the zebra's owner who accidentally let him get away (is that LEGAL?)- the lady who hit th
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4th - 9th
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Ice Cream Science Informational Text Passage - Practice Science Literacy in ELA
High-interest NO PREP PRINTABLES OR INTERACTIVE GOOGLE SLIDES FOR DISTANCE LEARNING! High-interest topic students will love reading about and be fascinated by. Super interesting & informative informational text passage explains why & how ice cream is a complex substance (It is a foamy emulsion made possible by freezing-point depression!). Teachers have repeatedly told me how much students liked this activity because it is so engaging and relevant to real life!Comes with several ELA and L
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5th - 10th
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"Working Dogs" Informational Text Reading Passage & ELA Task (Central Ideas)
HIGH-INTEREST NO PREP PRINTABLES OR DIGITAL FOR EASY DISTANCE LEARNING! Thoroughly engaging 2-page informational text passage teaches fascinating information about all the amazing things working dogs have done throughout history. Written with bold vocabulary words followed by a vocabulary activity. Well organized paragraphs make central ideas stand out more clearly for students as they are asked to organize main ideas. Then they use critical thinking skills to classify further information they a
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4th - 9th
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Saint Patrick's Day Figurative Language Identification Worksheet, March
18 questions- students identify types of figurative language from examples, then create their own examples with sentence startersKey included
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4th - 9th
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FREE Show Evidence From the Text: Nonfiction Reading Practice
Do your students know how to adequately show evidence from the text when they are asked? We often take for granted that students automatically know how to do this.
Use my Show Evidence From the Text: Nonfiction Reading Practice *FREE* resource to help your students! This resource includes a visual aid to help students remember, as well as ONE nonfiction passage with questions to practice citing evidence from the text. Suggested answers for each question (and identification of evidence from the
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6th - 9th
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Reading in Social Studies: Explore 5 Themes of Geography in Sled Dog Racing FREE
HIGH-INTEREST NO PREP PRINTABLES AND EASY DISTANCE LEARNING! Bring literacy in social studies into ELA by having students examine 5 themes of geography which are revealed in a fascinating Informational Text Passage full of historical information "Sled Dog Racing." Engaging activity that gets students motivated to use critical thinking skills & locate central ideas!Subject matter motivates reluctant readers! Kids love reading about dogs.NOW IN INTERACTIVE GOOGLE SLIDES FOR EASY DISTANCE LEARN
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4th - 9th
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Why There Are Seasons - Informational Text Passage & ELA Tasks With Visuals FREE
HIGH-INTEREST informational text passage NO PREP PRINTABLES OR INTERACTIVE GOOGLE SLIDES FOR DISTANCE LEARNING! Your students are wondering why there are seasons, so they will want to read this informative text that incorporates visuals (2 diagrams), an interactive hand demonstration, and multiple ELA tasks for practicing important Literacy in Science skills (reading, writing, and language). It explains scientifically and clearly why there are seasons. This is information they'll always remember
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5th - 10th
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[FREE] Christmas Reading Comprehension Light Pack | Reading Comprehension |
This is the Christmas Reading Comprehension Light Pack. It contains 4 reading comprehension handouts for different levels.Answers keys are included.If you are happy with this product and you want more, please consider purchasing the Mega Pack, which you can find here: Christmas Reading Comprehension MEGA Pack.
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1st - 10th
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