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Free reading strategies unit plans
FREE SAMPLE of Poetry Unit: Analyzing and Comprehending Poems- 4th, 5th, 6th
Overview: This is a sample from my poetry unit for 4th, 5th, and 6th grade in which students will analyze poems, determine the speaker of a poem and their point of view based on textual evidence, identify similes and metaphors and determine their meanings, make inferences based on text clues and background knowledge, and determine the theme/main idea of a poem based on textual evidence. This unit is a great resource for reading comprehension.DIGITAL COPY AVAILABLE. Link to Google Slides digital
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4th - 6th
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Bossy R and the R-Controlled Vowels
This is a pack of printables, stories, and activities to help teach students the r-controlled vowel sounds (-or, -er, -ir, -ur, and -ar). It can be used as a stand-alone unit to help teach these concepts, or it dovetails nicely with Unit 5 of the First Grade Treasures Literacy Program.
Pages 3-6: Picture card and story (in color & b/w). Introduces students to “ar” the pirate & tells about the sound he makes: “aargh!”
Pages 7: “ar” pirate eye patches. Make copies and let students
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PreK - 1st
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1st Grade Reading Unit 1 Week 1 Freebie
Wonders Compatible resourceLooking for some extra support materials for your Wonders reading curriculum?This "Wonder"-ful pack includes everything you need to help you reinforce the concepts taught in Unit 1 week 1.Unit 1 Week 1 Resource Pack includes: ~Vocabulary word cards and high-frequency word cards ~Anchor chart for the genre- Realistic Fiction ~Anchor chart for the reading strategy - Visualization ~Book Covers and student pages to create a classroom book ~Pages for sha
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1st
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Also included in: 1st Grade Reading Unit 1 Bundle
Mars Patel Podcast Season 1: Episode 01 Questions
Mars Patel Podcast Season 1 Episode 1 Questions | PDF and Digital Formats: Use this engaging podcast to keep students engaged while practising their reading comprehension skills. This resource contains 5 multiple choice questions for Season 1 - Episode 1 of the Mars Patel podcast. The questions come in PDF and Self-Marking Google Forms formats. Looking for a complete Mars Patel Unit? Click here. Teacher Feedback“My students loved this! It was perfect to get them intrigued to hear more!! The mul
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6th - 8th
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Phonics Worksheets and Phonics Based Fluency~ Unit 1 SAMPLE
This is a sample to my huge 320 page unit which will help your students succeed in phonics and fluency. Phonics based fluency is the key to students becoming successful readers! There are daily phonics worksheets that practice a new phonics skill/sound and fluency passage, fluency sentence task cards, flash cards, posters, phonics words task card sets with assessments, sight word activity, sight word flash cards, sight word tests, fluency voice cards, and editable parent letters. This set has EV
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K - 2nd
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Author's Purpose Unit and Activities
A great week-long unit packed with many different activities to practice determining an author's purpose for writing.
Table of Contents (in order of suggested use)
3: Model of Anchor Chart to create with students
4-6: Sticky Note Sort
7: My Possible Purposes for Writing
8-16: Gallery Walk Documents
17: Gallery Walk Graphic Organizer (Student Paper)
18: Gallery Walk Graphic Organizer Answer Key
19-22: Quiz Quiz Trade Cards
23-24: Example Texts
25: PIE Videos
26: Example for One Topic, Three Pu
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6th - 8th
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Shared Reading Lesson Plans & Activities FREE SAMPLE: Big Red Apple
Shared Reading is an essential activity in any primary classroom. It is an interactive reading experience where students share the job of reading with the teacher. Valuable skills including word solving strategies, decoding, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension can all be taught in these quick shared reading lessons. Perfect for kindergarten and first grade, shared reading makes our beginning readers feel confident reading on their own.This book companion for Big Red Apple by Tony Johnston, RE
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K - 1st
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Text Structure - Cause & Effect vs. Problem & Solution
Students having trouble determining the text structure between Problem and Solution vs. Cause and Effect? This product is for you! My students were struggling determining the difference between the two text structures because they are very similar. I did research and came up with a fun, and black and white way to determine the difference between the two. Includes: - Step by Step Practice- Underlining and Highlighting- 7 Different Practice Passages THIS HELPED MY STUDENTS TREMENDOUSLY!!!
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3rd - 6th
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Daily 5 Pacing Guide {Freebie}
I have used this pacing guide for the last few years. I have taken the components of the Daily 5 book and typed it up in a format easier for me to use from day to day. (note the page #'s correspond to the first edition of the book)
This is a 5 week launch as prescribed by the 2 sisters.
I have also included 2 versions of the checklists I use for checking students in once we get into the "swing" of things.
I know this is free, but I'd love to hear your feedback.
Thanks so much and happy reading!
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K - 6th
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Reading Comprehension Strategy Pack for RL.3 {Summarizing}
Good Readers Use Tools! Keep your kiddos engaged when they are reading and help them build strong comprehension skills! Our Reader Ready pack is the tool YOU NEED to get started teaching a unit on RL.3 (Retelling and Summarizing). In this Reader Ready pack, you'll get:- a Good Reader tool for the standard/comprehension strategy - a small Good Reader tool for students to use individually- an anchor chart for a unit teaching the standard...create and laminate and use with all the books your rea
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Reading Comprehension Strategy Tools *Bundle*
Close Reading Lesson Plan: Declaration of Independence
This close reading lesson is the first of many to come! It is written using 4th grade CCSS, but can easily be adjusted for 5th or 6th grades. It includes a detailed lesson of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd reading of the the first section of the Declaration of Independence, vocabulary lesson that targets key words in the text, text-dependent questions, and an informational writing assignment. The lesson could span 2-4 days. Text-dependent questions are used to lead students to a deep understanding of the
Grades:
4th - 8th
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Pumpkin Pumpkin What Do You See?
Pumpkin coloring book using predictable text and color words
Graphics by Scrappin Doodles
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PreK - 1st
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Reading Wonders Fourth Grade Unit 1 Week 1
** FREE SAMPLE**
The following items are included in this packet:
Focus Wall Posters
Essential Question
Weekly Skills
8 Literacy Centers
Vocabulary Match Center
Vocabulary Puzzles
Vocabulary Roll & Read
Synonym Match
Short Vowel Sort
Phonics OOPS
Inflectional Ending Sort
Sentence Fix Ups
Weekly Skill Graphic Organizers
Each book title
Blank organizer for any book
Two Response To Literature Question Sheets
CREDIT
This unit was created by using the Wonders 4th grade Reading Series. It
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4th
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Also included in: Reading Wonders Fourth Grade Unit 1 Bundle
Big Book Activities - Possum Magic - 18 pages
Big Book Activities - Possum Magic
Go ahead and DOWNLOAD it. It's FREE!
Here we are just sharing some more freebies that we put together and used in the classroom with K-2 when using this Big Book.
Contains language activities that enable the teacher to better integrate this book into the classroom.
The types of activities you will find are things like:
writing tasks
grammar
sounds
blends
nouns
verbs
adjectives
story sequencing
cloze passage
comprehension.
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K - 2nd
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Vocabulary Free Sample for Each Kindness Mentor Text (grades 3-5)
This free sample provides a week of contextual vocabulary activities designed with researched best practices to use with the mentor text, Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson. (Book not included.)Vocabulary must be taught in context for students to truly understand the words and build relationships with them, and then, in turn, use them in writing and speaking. Move away from lists of vocabulary words and looking up definitions, and teach students how to comprehend with this best practice pack!**
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Unit 9 Structured Phonics Lessons-FREEBIE PREVIEW-advanced rules-SOR aligned PDF
Unit 9: Structured Phonics Lessons Grades 2-3+ (advanced rules) OG & SOR alignedFREEBIE PREVIEWResearch-based Orton-Gillingham-based phonics lessons for use in the classroom, reading interventions, ENL classes, and homeschool.Unit 9: Structured Phonics Lessons include:Syllable Division Mixed Practice: Rabbit, Tiger, Camel & Turtle Suffix -ed says /id/ after d & tSuffix -ed says /d/ after a voiced consonant Suffix -ed says /t/ after an unvoiced consonantSpelling Rule: cvc doubling rul
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2nd - 5th
Guided Reading Planning Templates
Use these planning templates to stay organized during guided reading! These are basic forms I use for planning big picture for each reading group for each week and unit. I also print out the small group planning template and print back to back. I put these blank templates in each section of my 3 guided reading binders. I write in plans in by hand the day or two before to keep the lesson fresh in my head and relevant. Included in this pack:✨small group template✨individual student anecdotal data c
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Not Grade Specific
Third Grade McGraw-Hill Wonders Comprehension and Vocabulary Posters-Unit 1
This resource contains classroom posters that align with comprehension skills and vocabulary strategies taught in McGraw- Hill Wonders Unit 1 for Third Grade.
The posters included in this download are the following:
-Visualize
-Character
-Sequence
-Ask and Answer Questions
-Cause and Effect
-Main Idea and Details
-Synonyms
-Context Clues
-Compound Words
-Metaphor
-Multiple-Meaning Words
I am working on posters and resources for the rest of the Wonders Units!
Check out my Unit 1 Vocabulary R
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3rd
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Author Study Pack
Within your reader’s workshop time, an author study is an important element to add deeper meaning to text. Students will be learning about different authors and identifying how the author’s background and writing affects their literary elements and craft. Doing an author study within your reading units of study will allow you to reinforce the common core standards.
Any feedback is appreciated. I hope you enjoy this freebie!
All pages in the pack are copyrighted. This product is for a single
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Biography Unit Grade 5
This purchase includes the unit plan, mini-lessons, handouts, rubrics, and exit tickets. The unit address the characteristics that make a biography and the types of biographies. This unit supports independence and aligns with the reader's workshop model of instruction. This unit drives students to think within, beyond, and about the text.Note: Although intended for 5th grade, it can easily be adjusted to meet the needs of 4th or 6th grade classes.
Grades:
4th - 6th
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Compare and Contrast Themes and Topics Across Cultures [RL.4.9]
Are you looking for fun and engaging activities to teach your students to Compare and Contrast Themes and Topics Across Cultures [RL.4.9]? Look no further than this free handout, which contains seven activities.You will find:Lesson Materials: essential questions, vocabulary list, and teaching StandardsHook Activity: a map activity helps students locate the places associated with myths and legendsOrganizer: goes over definitions and rulesTwo Stories to Compare with a Venn Diagram and Guiding Ques
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4th
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Vocabulary Free Sample for Diary of a Worm Mentor Text (2nd Grade)
This free sample provides a week of contextual vocabulary activities designed with researched best practices to use with the mentor text, Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin. (Book not included.)Vocabulary must be taught in context for students to truly understand the words and build relationships with them, and then, in turn, use them in writing and speaking. Move away from lists of vocabulary words and looking up definitions, and teach students how to comprehend with this best practice pack!*****
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2nd
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AVID WICOR Bingo for Teacher Planning
This is to help with your planning. At times we get stuck doing the same thing, switch it up a bit! You can have an entire school, or departments, complete the bingo sheet. Maybe even offer a prize. Who does not like a prize?
Grades:
PreK - 12th
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Edgar Allan Poe: "The Fall of the House of Usher" Full Text
From Electric English...
Here is a clean, fresh copy of Poe's short story, "The Fall of the House of Usher". There are activities that accomapany this story in my store as well. All that being said, use it for whatever you want.... It's FREE and a great story :)
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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