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5th grade science guided reading books for special education
The Water Cycle - Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Do your students struggle with scientific literacy? Do you find yourself at a loss for how to promote vocabulary retention? Are waning attention spans becoming a larger and larger problem in your classroom from year to year? If you answered yes to any of those questions then this resource is for you. I believe that teaching literacy is the job of every teacher, not just the heroes in English and Language Arts. And the only way we can help our students improve is by modeling and giving them chanc
Grades:
5th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-ESS2-4
Also included in: Ecosystems - FULL UNIT
Layers of the Earth - Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Do your students struggle with scientific literacy? Do you find yourself at a loss for how to promote vocabulary retention? Are waning attention spans becoming a larger and larger problem in your classroom from year to year? If you answered yes to any of those questions then this resource is for you. I believe that teaching literacy is the job of every teacher, not just the heroes in English and Language Arts. And the only way we can help our students improve is by modeling and giving them chanc
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Grades:
5th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-ESS2-2
Also included in: Earth Science Reading Comprehension Bundle
All About Butterflies Reading Passages & Activities | Butterfly Life Cycle
These Butterflies Reading Passages are perfect for your insects unit, working on nonfiction reading skills, and guided reading groups. They include everything you need to work on building vocabulary and comprehension skills with your students! Differentiated butterflies reading passages (3 levels) allow you to meet the needs of all students to ensure complete understanding of the content. Take a look at the product preview for a closer look! All follow-up activities are thoughtfully aligned to
Grades:
2nd - 5th
All About Insects Bundle, Life Cycle, Nonfiction Reading Passages and Questions
These insects reading passages are a must have for an insects unit, working on nonfiction reading skills, and guided reading groups. They include everything you need to work on building vocabulary and comprehension skills with your students! Insects differentiated reading passages (3 levels) allow you to meet the needs of all students to ensure complete understanding of the content. Save big by buying this Insects Bundle! Take a look at the product preview for a closer look! All follow-up a
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Science Adapted Books | Special Education | Print + Digital
These very simple science readers and comprehension questions are perfect to supplement science units in your special education education classroom. Use adapted books to introduce students with Autism to science! Each page contains a matching component and this resource now includes a DIGITAL version! Great for distance learning!Click HERE to save 20% by purchasing this resource as part of the Best- Selling Simple Science Curriculum BundleWHAT TOPICS ARE INCLUDED?- Matter- Living and Nonliving-
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PreK - 8th
Weather Reading Passages
This 57 page pack includes 12 reading passages, 12 comprehension questions, 12 vocabulary cards, and a variety of follow-up activities. Take a look at the types of weather we focused on:TORNADOLIGHTNINGRAINBOWSNOWBLIZZARDHAILRAINSUNNYHURRICANETHUNDERSTORMTSUNAMIEARTHQUAKEInterested in this pack? Grab a freebie here!Weather Freebie: Drought
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2nd - 5th
The Giver: Differentiated Instruction - Chapter Summaries + Comprehension Checks
Individual chapter summaries written with English Language Learners and students with learning disabilities in mind. Same page vocabulary support is provided as well as corresponding questions for comprehension.Summaries are detailed enough to allow scholars to follow along with the text and actively participate in class discussions but low enough of a reading level to allow struggling scholars to independently engage with the text. Each chapter is between 100-400 words and has a readability lev
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4th - 10th
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Insects Activity | Fireflies Reading Passages, Vocabulary & Comprehension
These Fireflies Reading Passages are perfect for your insects unit, working on nonfiction reading skills, and guided reading groups. They include everything you need to work on building vocabulary and comprehension skills with your students! Differentiated fireflies reading passages (3 levels) allow you to meet the needs of all students to ensure complete understanding of the content. Take a look at the product preview for a closer look! All follow-up activities are thoughtfully aligned to the
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Executive Functioning Stories & Activities | Attention & Focus Skills
This executive functioning short story highlights skills for attention and focus. Kids will read along with Felix the Focused Fox as they learn skills for paying attention in class. This skill will help kids learn how to focus and pay attention in class by watching the teacher talking, participating in class, avoiding distractions, and more.Digital VersionA digital version for Google Slides is now included!Story Summary Felix the fox tells his story and transition from struggling to pay attentio
Grades:
1st - 5th
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Expected vs. Unexpected Behavior at School (Adapted/Interactive Book)
Included in this product:
-26 page interactive book
-2 data sheets to track students progress on identifying "expected" vs. "unexpected" behavior
-1 visual of expected behaviors you can post in your classroom
-tips and instructions for use
This book is meant to teach your students how to differentiate between expected and unexpected behaviors at school.
This book covers the definition of “expected” vs. “unexpected” as well as includes 24 pages of scenarios for your students to practice ident
Grades:
PreK - 8th
Fossils - Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Do your students struggle with scientific literacy? Do you find yourself at a loss for how to promote vocabulary retention? Are waning attention spans becoming a larger and larger problem in your classroom from year to year? If you answered yes to any of those questions then this resource is for you. I believe that teaching literacy is the job of every teacher, not just the heroes in English and Language Arts. And the only way we can help our students improve is by modeling and giving them chanc
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-ESS2-3
, MS-LS4-1
Also included in: Evolution - FULL UNIT
Short Story Comprehension with Sequencing Cards/WH-Questions
*** BOOM CARD RESOURCE***Use this Boom Card to target skills like short story comprehension, recalling details of a short story, sequencing events, re-telling events, and inferencing. This deck includes 3-event sequence cards (7 stories) and 4-event sequence cards (4 stories) which your student can arrange logically.Click here to see a preview of this material._________________________________________________________________To use Boom Cards, you must be connected to the Internet. Boom Cards pla
Grades:
1st - 6th
scientific method worksheet Science reading comprehension passages and questions
Looking for a way to increase science reading comprehension and science literacy in your classroom? Help your students learn all about the scientific method, how to do a controlled experiment, and accuracy versus being precise with this scientific method science reading comprehension passages with note-taking templates that guide the students, comprehension worksheets that have leveled questions, and Task cards to extend the learning. Perfect for Common Core Literacy Science Standards.These comp
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4th - 12th
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Executive Functioning Stories & Activities | Organization Skills
This executive functioning short story highlights skills for organization. Kids will read along with Oscar the Organizing Octopus as they learn how to organize. This skill will help kids learn how to organize their materials, including their binders, desks, rooms, and other workspaces.Digital VersionA digital version for Google Slides is now included!Story Summary Oscar is a smart and talented octopus, but he has one big problem – his desk and materials are always a mess! Oscar seeks out help fr
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1st - 5th
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Puberty Book for Boys (Editable) Social Story Special Education
Our puberty book will help boys understand the changes that are happening as they go through puberty. "I'm Growing Up!" is designed to address sensitive topics with care and accuracy, offering a deep dive into the changes that come with puberty.This social story will help prepare boys for puberty and the changes their bodies will go through. From understanding some of the physical transformations like height, weight, pimples, body odor, voice changes, hair growth, and more. We even explain a lit
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Grades:
4th - 7th
Also included in: Social Stories Growing Bundle (52 Books) Special Education Autism PCS
The One and Only Ivan Adapted Novel Complete Unit
Everything you need to teach a comprehensive English-Language Arts novel study for the popular novel "The One and Only Ivan", tailored toward students with special needs. This bundle includes an adapted version of the novel divided into 19 chapters. The text has been simplified and includes picture cues for key words in the text with a repeated storyline that highlights each chapter's main idea. Also included is a teacher guide with suggested vocabulary words for each chapter, chapter objective
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4th - 12th
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Decodable Passages Readers for Older Students Phonics Reading, Fluency Practice
Searching for Decodable Passages and text for older students? These reading passages with controlled text are just what you are looking for.Our Phonics Reading Decodable Passages and phonics fluency practice are the perfect tool for your older readers to gain confidence in their phonics reading skills. This resource offers a range of passages that are specifically designed to help children recognize all phonemes. Not only will you practice decoding targeted words, but your students will also bui
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
{BUNDLE} Thunder Rolling in the Mountains - Summaries + Comprehension Activities
When teaching this book, we found that our struggling readers had a hard time following along and keeping the characters straight. These resources were created with support from a Special Education teacher to preview or review specific skills to aid in comprehension throughout the novel study.Chapter SummariesIndividual chapter summaries written with English Language Learners and students with learning disabilities in mind.Summaries are detailed enough to allow scholars to follow along with the
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Grades:
4th - 7th
Differentiated Bees Leveled Reading Passages with Comprehension Questions
These Bees Reading Passages are perfect for your insects unit, working on nonfiction reading skills, and guided reading groups. They include everything you need to work on building vocabulary and comprehension skills with your students! Differentiated bees reading passages (3 levels) allow you to meet the needs of all students to ensure complete understanding of the content. Take a look at the product preview for a closer look! All follow-up activities are thoughtfully aligned to the ELA Commo
Grades:
2nd - 5th
States of Matter Unit Special Education Science
States of matter is a tricky concept - especially when you’re trying to teach students with diverse needs. Written specifically with special education teachers in mind, my States of Matter 10 Day Mini Unit breaks down matter concepts into clear, repeated practice in varying formats. With definition posters, reading passages, comprehension questions, and worksheets, students will reinforce their understanding of states of matter in engaging and varied formats! What You Get: 2 comprehension works
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K - 12th
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Healthy Living GROWING BUNDLE Digital and Print Special Education
Healthy Living GROWING BUNDLE. Health Eating differentiated text and reading comprehension plus google slides for special education. Adapted Books and reading comprehension for each Food Groups, MyPlate, Exercise and MORE TO COME. Healthy Living and Healthy Eating Series! Printable PDF and interactive Google Slides for distance learning, blended, and in person! Great for special education, speech therapy, and early learners! All real pictures and age appropriate for all ages!Included so far-
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1st - 12th, Adult Education
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12 Decodable Christmas/Winter/Holiday Reading Comprehension & Fluency Passages
12 decodable, NO PREP, concept-specific holiday reading comprehension passages (59 pages). Each passage has a "Fluency Time" page, comprehension questions, and passage activity (design-based). ⭐️This high-quality phonics resource is aligned with the Science of Reading, as well as the Orton-Gillingham approach. It is designed to help your child/student build their phonemic awareness in an effective and engaging manner. Students with dyslexia and other learning needs can benefit from all resources
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Grades:
K - 6th
The Three Little Pigs-Adapted Book
Fairy Tale Favorite! The story of The Three Little Pigs is summarized using picture supported sentences within an interactive adapted book. Adapted books are a great way to engage beginning readers and English Language Learners.
This 35 page interactive book tells the story of the Three Little Pigs as they try to stay safe from the Big Bad Wolf. The format of this book encourages students to make predictions and use the pictures to support the reading of the book.
Students complete the se
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Grades:
PreK - 5th
Also included in: The Three Little Pigs-BUNDLE (PreK-2/SPED/ELL)
Executive Functioning Stories & Activities | Task Initiation Skills
This executive functioning short story highlights skills for task initiation. Kids will read along with Toby the Task Initiation Tiger as they learn how to start their work. This skill will help kids learn how to start their work right away, avoid distractions, and avoid procrastination.Digital VersionA digital version for Google Slides is now included!Story Summary Toby is a laid back tiger living a good life. His mom grows concerned, though, when Toby is unable to start anything from chores to
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1st - 5th
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