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Free informational text lessons
Earth Day Emergent Reader for Preschool, Pre-K and Kindergarten FREE
Earth Day FREE informational emergent reader for early learners in BW. Cut out the pages, stack them, and staple together on the left side.This booklet tells about some things that young children can do to help our Planet Earth. On the last page a child can draw something that he/she can do to help. Earth Day is celebrated on April 22nd every year.10 reader pages I LOVE FEEDBACK!Lots MORE activities for Earth Day ...
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PreK - 1st
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FREE Informational Text Structure Worksheet Activity One Pager Nonfiction
Need free nonfiction text structure worksheets? This no-prep, printable activity is a great way to review informational text structure, including: compare/contrast, cause and effect, problem/solution, description, chronological order, and sequence.This activity can be used as a review station, test prep, homework, or substitute lesson plan.Answer key is included. No prep—just print and use! Included: 6 short non-fiction passagesDigital self-grading Easel Activity→ Prefer a digital version for Go
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4th - 7th
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Groundhog Day Reading Passage with Comprehension Questions and Activities
If you are looking for engaging materials on Groundhog Day--click the download button! This mini-unit is great for the students during the week (or day) of Groundhog Day!Includes:KWL ChartReading Passage with QuestionsAnswer Key to the PassageTwo Writing ActivitiesA Fact ActivityPrediction Chart (Data/Math) ActivityThe students will love the activities and you will love the level of engagement you will see in your students!
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3rd - 5th
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Free Nonfiction Text Features Scavenger Hunt
This free two-page Non-Fiction Text Features Scavenger Hunt asks students to locate and explain several text-features. By doing so, students will gain a better understanding of how to read all parts of a non-fiction book or article, and they will understand the how and the why of the structure of non-fiction texts.Text-Features Included:-Title Page-Table of Contents-Index-Glossary-Heading-Subheading-Illustrations and Pictures-Maps-Charts, Graphs, and Tables-Captions-Textboxes-Keywords-Bold or I
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3rd - 6th
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RACE Strategy Writing Activity Worksheets FREE with Easel Activity
The RACE writing strategy helps students answer passage-based, short response questions in a formal style, with using clear reasons and evidence from the text, and to provide concluding statements. Like this product? Check out the full version here! Writing with the RACE StrategyR: Re-state the questionA: Answer all parts of the questionC: Cite the text to provide evidenceE: Explain your citationWhy use the RACE strategy? RACE is a mnemonic device that helps students write open-ended constructed
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6th - 8th
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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Ocean Animals Close Read! FREE GIFT {Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd & 3rd}
OCEAN ANIMALS Close Read! TRY IT FOR FREE!FUN with NONFICTION TEXT! Close Reading for Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd & 3rd Grade!Click Here Visit my shop for the complete pack of OCEAN ANIMALS which includes:CRABSDOLPHINSSEA TURTLESJELLYFISHWHALESSEAHORSESSALTWATER FISHOCTOPUSESSTARFISH Close Reading is my favorite thing! Students need explicit instruction and practice with finding evidence in text in order to answer text-dependent questions. This mini lessons teach students to go back to the text i
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K - 3rd
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Comparing and Contrasting- Nonfiction Passages FREEBIE sample
This is a sample passage from my best selling comparing and contrasting nonfiction passages. You can find the full product by clicking the link below:
Comparing and Contrasting Passages
Each passage has 4 multiple choice questions that ask about comprehension, recalling details, and comparing/contrasting.
I have also included ways to differentiate this activity and ideas on how to use it. You can even just use the passages to help tie in nonfiction text into your common core lessons!
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2nd - 5th
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Seventh Grade by Gary Soto Short Story Unit Grade 7
This is the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 7: August Selection – Click here to read more about the Short Story of the Month Club!Skills Focus:Elements of Plot (Plot Pyramid)Citing Text EvidenceContext CluesSimiles and MetaphorsAnalyzing Characters’ ActionsAnalyzing DialogueFree Verse PoetryComparing Poem to Short Story w/Similar ThemesEssential 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.This i
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7th
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Balloons Over Broadway | Literacy Activities
Balloons Over Broadway is the perfect Thanksgiving read aloud to help your students get excited about the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade! These Balloons Over Broadway activities will help your students focus on character traits and text evidence while learning about the amazing true story of Tony Sarg.*Get more great Balloons Over Broadway printable and digital activities and save money with the Bundle!*Included in this free Balloons Over Broadway resource:Activity page to compare Tony Sarg as
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K - 5th
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Also included in: Picture Book Activities - Book Companion Bundle
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. TIMELINE AND ACTIVITIES
FREEBIE! UPDATED 2019 This freebie has your students cutting the events of Dr. King's life and pasting them on a timeline. There are TWO versions of a timeline included in this resource. This freebie packet can be used alone but works best when it is used with our MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. Power Point unit. This Power Point unit has a 15 slide power point presentation and 10 ELA activities to complete the unit. The power point is filled with facts and photos about this extraordinary man. It has
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2nd - 6th
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Main Idea and Supporting Details Matching Game
This can be used as an introductory activity or as a review to identify main idea and supporting details. Students will match supporting detail sentence strips to the corresponding main idea.
Students can be put onto teams to be completed as a relay race.
If completed in groups, this allows discussion and debate about which supporting details belong with which main idea--truly allowing students to understand the purpose of supporting details.
For the complete Main Idea and Supporting Detail
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3rd - 5th
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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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Christmas Tree Nonfiction Reading FREEBIE
Get students digging deeper into nonfiction texts with this FREE informational reading passage all about Christmas trees. This is a great addition to your Christmas activities so students can learn about the history of Christmas trees and how they make it from the farm to our homes.⭐This freebie is a SAMPLE of my Christmas Nonfiction 10 passage set that includes both PRINT and Digital versions!⭐O Christmas Tree is written at two different levels (third/fourth grade and fifth/sixth grade) and inc
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3rd - 6th
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FARM ANIMALS Riddles- POEMS FREEBIE-Great for Language activities
This freebie includes a set of 7 riddles-poems which I wrote when I was teaching my MEGA FARM ANIMAL THEME PACK. These poems are my original work and I used them with very younger Kindergarten students as a part of an oral comprehension-listening activity.
They are fairly simple but the rhyming words and tune helps children develop language and they are a fun free addition to any teacher's farm animal unit.
When I create new story telling/element units or various language tools I often post t
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PreK - 1st
FREE Main Idea & Supporting Details LESSON, Activity, Worksheet & Practice
Finding the Main Idea & Supporting Details can be challenging for your students. This is a FREE LESSON on Finding the Main Idea as well as a Sample activity, to get you started or reinforce your own lessons on this skill. This is a free sample from a BUNDLE of my other popular MAIN IDEA / ELA Skills resources linked below. Also, don't forget that Hispanic Heritage Month is Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 - be ready with this related packet!Related Products⭐ Main Idea Supporting Details Practice Activiti
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2nd - 6th
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Reading Comprehension Passage Pumpkin Life Cycle FREE
This FREE pumpkin life cycle nonfiction reading passage is a sample from my Differentiated Reading Passages Fall for Grade 1. Click HERE to check out the fall pack.
This reading passage has 3 levels of the passage. Included in this pack are two different options of comprehension questions. The first option includes 4 multiple choice questions. The second option has two pages of questions that require students to write out their answers and use a bit of coloring as well to show understanding of
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1st - 2nd
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Polar Bear Nonfiction Passage FREEBIE
Get students excited to dig into nonfiction texts with this FREE All About Polar Bears nonfiction passage! This is a great addition to your reading instruction for winter so students can learn all about polar bears!⭐This freebie is a SAMPLE of my Winter Nonfiction 10 passage set!⭐All About Polar Bears is written at three different levels, appropriate for kindergarten, first, and second grade students. There are three comprehension questions that accompany the passage. Students will practice dete
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K - 2nd
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Cause and Effect Nonfiction Text Structure Passage
This cause and effect passage and graphic organizer is a free sample of my Ancient Egypt Nonfiction Text Feature Passages product!
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Ancient Egypt Nonfiction Text Structure Passages
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4th - 7th
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Nonfiction Paired Passages FREEBIE: Zoo Animals
This is a small preview of our much larger Nonfiction Paired Passage Unit. If you love this freebie, check out the full unit here!! We hope you and your students love reading and learning about the animals as much as we did. There are 10 non-fiction articles and 1 non-fiction poem included in this unit. All the articles are student and teacher tested and approved! There are 5 multiple choice questions for each passage and 8 passages have been paired with 2 multiple choice paired passage questi
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4th - 6th
Valentine's Day Activity: Parts of Speech, Nonfiction Reading & Creative Writing
FYI: This resource is also included in the Valentine's Day Creative Writing Lessons and Activities Resource. It includes 5 extremely engaging and motivating writing activities. If you’d like to learn more about it, you can check it out HERE.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Celebrate Valentine’s Day in your classroom with this super fun, creative, and educational resource. This lesson begins with students reviewing and identifying
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5th - 8th
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Thanksgiving Nonfiction Passage FREEBIE
Get students excited to dig into nonfiction texts with this FREE The First Thanksgiving nonfiction passage! This is a great addition to your reading instruction for Thanksgiving so students can learn all about the first Thanksgiving with the pilgrims and Wampanoag!⭐This freebie is a SAMPLE of my Thanksgiving Nonfiction 10 passage set!⭐The First Thanksgiving is written at three different levels, appropriate for kindergarten, first, and second grade students. There are three comprehension question
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K - 2nd
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Nonfiction Text Features Poster Freebie
This is one poster that includes 2 text features for nonfiction texts.
(Title, Table of Contents, Diagrams, Photographs, Captions, Bold Words, Bullets, Headings & Subtitles, Charts & Graphs, Index, Glossary, Maps)
You can post this in your classroom. I like to send one home with each student to keep with them while they read nonfiction books at home.
If you are interested in my 74-page Nonfiction Unit, click below:
NonFiction Writing Unit
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K - 5th
Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Passage FREE
This free nonfiction reading comprehension passage is a sample from my Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Passages - Animals DIGITAL & PRINTABLE BUNDLE. This orangutan reading passage is both a printable and digital resource, therefore, perfect for use both IN the classroom and for distance learning! There are two options for comprehension questions: multiple-choice and short answer. Students work on comprehension skills as well as nonfiction text features with this free reading passage! Help
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1st - 3rd
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