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Oral communication U.S. History Common Core RL.3.5 resources
Skill Based Reader's Theater | Science of Reading
Save BIG with this bundle of Reader's Theater plays for 7 important key reading skills! Fluency and comprehension are at the heart of upper grades reading instruction, and these skill-based reader’s theater plays have been carefully designed to review both! My students absolutely LOVE reader’s theater, and I love all the benefits they provide. I set out to create a set of Reader’s Theater that helps students practice their reading comprehension skills, gives them plenty of opportunity for oral
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3rd - 5th
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Seasonal Reader's Theater | Science of Reading
Save BIG with this bundle of Reader's Theater plays for every occasion! Fluency and comprehension are at the heart of upper grades reading instruction, and these seasonal reader’s theater plays have been carefully designed to review both! My students absolutely LOVE reader’s theater, and I love all the benefits they provide. I set out to create a set of Reader’s Theater that helps students practice their reading comprehension skills, gives them plenty of opportunity for oral reading fluency prac
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3rd - 5th
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The Josefina Story Quilt ELA Unit (Ink Friendly)
Newly Updated with 41 additional pages! Complete lesson plans to teach reading and writing skills. Students learn about a family of the Westward Movement as Faith and her family make the move west. But what will she do with her beloved pet chicken, Josefina? How will they remember the trip? What other challenges will they encounter? Read the Josefina Story Quilt to find out.
This resource is full of actvities for a language arts unit based on the book, The Josefina Story Quilt. Pages are in
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2nd - 3rd
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Historical Perspectives MEGA Bundle Social Studies Texts Informational Passages
Teach social studies and reading together with Historical Perspectives. Historical Perspectives were made to make teaching social studies EASY! Each pack includes everything you need to teach these important topics in history. Each pack teaches through a fiction and non-fiction text, as well as through primary source photos and documents for grades 3-6. This resource is great for teaching a variety of reading and writing standards too. With the two passages for each topic your students will ge
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3rd - 6th
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Poetry Recitation Assignment and Rubric - Easy, No-Prep
Poetry Recitation Assignment - Did you know April is National Poetry Month? This printable includes everything you need to assign a poetry recitation project to your students.Students will learn to memorize and orally recite a poem. This packet includes:Assignment handout (detailed instructions)Memorization Tips Anchor ChartRubric (for grading the assignment)List of suggested poemsPoem assignment tracker (so teacher can keep track of the poems assigned to students)List of suggested poetry Inter
Revolutionary War on Wednesday Novel Study
Revolutionary War on Wednesday by Mary Pope Osborne is another wonderful book for students just starting chapter books. This comprehension focused guided reading unit is set up with before/during/after activities and vocabulary for each chapter. It works well with guided reading groups and if you enjoy running literature circles.Product ContentsEach chapter focuses on a different comprehension skill. Here is the table of contents:Prereading Activity: Schema builder and Quick Write to build ba
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2nd - 4th
Literary Texts, Historical Fiction (Reading Skills Practice Workbook)
This workbook offers practice understanding and analyzing literary texts with a specific focus on historical fiction. This book contains six historical fiction passages on a range of American history topics. It includes passages based on Henry Ford, George Washington, the California Gold Rush, the Revolutionary War, the building of America’s transcontinental railroad, and the Oregon Trail. Each passage is followed by a set of 15 reading comprehension questions. This includes multiple choice, gr
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3rd - 5th
Henry's Freedom Box Comprehension Questions FREEBIE for Upper Elementary
This product is a FREE SAMPLE from my full day of plans for Henry's Freedom Box by Ellen Levine. The full plans include an activity for reading, writing, math, science, social studies, and a craft! See that version here!Update January 2021: This product can now be used digitally with Google Slidesâ„¢! You must have a Google Classroomâ„¢ account to use this feature. You will download a PDF with links and directions for assigning this to your class. All activities remain the same.How does this work?Yo
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3rd - 6th
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Shel Silverstein's THIS BRIDGE Socratic Seminar Plan + MANY Extras!
Are your students struggling with interpreting poetry? Build confidence and comprehension with this short, imaginative poem by Shel Silverstein.
This Socratic seminar plan is designed to help students become more comfortable with prose. As is, it’s appropriate for grades 4th-6th. It could also be used in 3rd, with some modification of questions to help them understand symbolism and figurative language.
In general, Socratic seminar is a fantastic way to engage your students in thoughtful conve
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3rd - 6th
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Magic Tree House Revolutionary War on Wednesday Common Core Reading Unit
Travel back to the time of the American Revolution with Jack, Annie, and George Washington in this novel unit for Magic Tree House Revolutionary War on Wednesday! It integrates the Common Core principles of higher order thinking questions and using text details and examples to support answers. This reading unit contains: * Common Core based higher level thinking questions for each chapter. These questions are similar to close read questions and promote analysis of text rather than just recall. Q
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2nd - 4th
Malala's Magic Pencil FREE Comprehension Questions for Upper Elementary
Your download will come with a full page of comprehension questions appropriate for upper elementary. It also includes an answer key. This product is a FREE SAMPLE from my full day of plans for Malala's Magic Pencil by Malala Yousafzai. The full plans include an activity for reading, writing, math, science, social studies, and a hallway display! See that version here!Update January 2021: This product can now be used digitally with Google Slidesâ„¢! You must have a Google Classroomâ„¢ account to use
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3rd - 6th
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Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt: motivation, vocabauthor's craft (Common Core
There are 21 thought provoking questions about character motivation, inference, analyzing and gathering evidence, and author's craft. Scholars are also asked how they can apply this story to their lives. I have added a brief history on the quilt's role in the Underground Railroad and a resource page.
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3rd - 5th
Martin's Big Words Comprehension Questions FREEBIE for Upper Elementary
This product is a FREE SAMPLE from my full day of plans for Martin's Big Words by Doreen Rappaport. The full plans include an activity for reading, writing, math, science, social studies, and a craft! See that version here!Update January 2021: This product can now be used digitally with Google Slidesâ„¢! You must have a Google Classroomâ„¢ account to use this feature. You will download a PDF with links and directions for assigning this to your class. All activities remain the same.How does this work
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3rd - 6th
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Dear Levi Comprehension Packet
In my classroom this is a great novel to help teach Westward Expansion. It is an engaging book and lends itself to great classroom discussions!! (It always works well into my Social Studies curriculum too!!)
Use this comprehension packet with your class while reading Dear Levi- Letters from the Overland Trail. This comprehension packet contains...
-3 Comprehension Packets (with answers)
-These packets contain vocabulary, making connections, short answer comprehension questions, observati
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3rd - 5th
Locomotive by Brian Floca Lesson Plan & Google Activities
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the nonfiction / informational text mentor text picture book Locomotive by Brian Floca. An excellent book about Westward Expansion, trains, engineering, and frontier life! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative retell, timeline, graphic organizer, Somebody Wanted But Then So)close reading for describing text featurescomparing an
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2nd - 5th
Pilgrim Cat Literacy Pack
Pilgrim Cat, 27 pagesThis literacy pack is a great companion to the book Pilgrim Cat by Carol Antoinette Peacock. The book is historical fiction, and tells the story of a cat that sailed on the Mayflower with the Pilgrims to the New World. Students will learn about the first Thanksgiving from the book, and then develop the following literacy skills with this pack: sequencing, compare and contrast, story element identification, cause and effect, and creative writing.Literacy Pack Contents:Pilgr
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2nd - 3rd
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Book Talk: An innovative home reading program
Book Talk: An innovative home reading program to promote the love of reading and to provide an authentic opportunity to practice oral presentation skills all year long.
A home reading program is important for students at all grade levels. Often teachers send home a Home Reading Log and we ask ourselves, Are the students really reading? A Book Talk is an efficient and effective way to promote the love of reading while still holding students accountable for their learning.
Includes 5 pages of
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2nd - 6th
Dear Levi Assessment Packet
In my classroom this is a great novel to help teach Westward Expansion. It is an engaging book and lends itself to great classroom discussions!! (It always works well into my Social Studies curriculum too!!)
Use this assessment packet with your class while reading Dear Levi: Letters from the Overland Trail. This assessment packet contains...
-Mid-Novel Assessment - use after page #60 (with answers)
*includes multiple choice, true/false, fill in the blank, and short answer
-Final Assessme
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3rd - 5th
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Red and Lulu Comprehension Questions FREEBIE
This product is a FREE SAMPLE from my full day of plans for Red and Lulu by Matt Tavares. The full plans include an activity for reading, writing, math, science, Social Studies, and a hallway display! See that version here!How does this work?Your download will come with a full page of comprehension questions appropriate for upper elementary. It also includes an answer key and links to use this with Google Classroom!*********************************************************************************
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3rd - 6th
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Harriet Tubman Poetry Assessment
This assessment integrates Social Studies (Underground Railroad) with ELA Poetry unit. This was written with 3rd grade CCSS in mind but could be used for 4th & 5th grades as well. Answer key is included and the assessment mixes short response, multiple choice, and labeling.
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3rd - 5th
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Locomotive by Brian Floca Lesson Plan & Activities
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the nonfiction / informational text mentor text picture book Locomotive by Brian Floca. An excellent book about Westward Expansion, trains, engineering, and frontier life! Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative retell, timeline, graphic organizer, Somebody Wanted But Then So)close reading for describing text featurescomparing and contrasting storiesanalyzing the main idea and details The lesson
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2nd - 5th
SSYRA Ben Franklin's in my Bathroom - Questions per Chapter - 3rd, 5th
This book is hilarious! My students are going to love it just like my daughter did. Print off your own copy of my easy to use questions or review for each chapter. Your students will be experts too! Teacher’s Guide: 136 discussions questions, eight per chapter. Answers are provided. The format is in a way that the teacher can print off each chapter as they go along in the read aloud. A majority of the questions are open ended and would make a great writing prompt. This would be a great way to
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3rd - 5th
Charlotte's Web Character Activity
This is an extension activity for the novel Charlotte's Web. Students will discuss the character traits of four of the main characters: Charlotte, Wilbur, Fern, and Templeton. After discussing the character traits of each of these characters the students will then decide which of the characters they most identify with. The students will make a craftivity where they write how they are like the character. Students will then share with the class their responses.
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2nd - 4th
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Richard Wright and the Library Card: multicultural reading guide (Common Core al
This is a 5 pages document containing 18 thought provoking questions. The questions presented ask scholars to identify characteristic traits, and character perspective. As well as, analyzing evidence.
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2nd - 4th
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