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Are you ready to add a 'sweet touch' to learning text structures this Valentine's Day? Dive into our Valentine's Day Text Structure Coloring Sorts, a delightful and engaging free resource designed to help your students master the art of identifying different text structures. Perfect for grades 3-8, this activity blends the fun of Valentine's Day with essential learning objectives.

With our resource, students will explore five key text structures: Cause and Effect, Problem and Solution, Question and Answer, Chronological Order, and Description. Each text structure is cleverly themed around Valentine's Day, making learning both enjoyable and relevant.

All you need is the PDF copy and six colored pencils or crayons to get started. This activity serves as an excellent warm-up, a creative homework assignment, or a lively addition to any learning center. It's not just about coloring; it's about understanding and applying knowledge in a way that sticks.

Looking for more ways to engage your students in text structure mastery? Check out our comprehensive Informational Text Structure Mastery Bundle. This bundle complements the coloring activity and offers an in-depth exploration of text structures, perfect for middle school learners.

Don't miss out on this 'heartfelt' opportunity to blend creativity with critical thinking in your classroom. Download our Valentine's Day Text Structure Coloring Sorts today and watch as your students color their way to text structure mastery!

Do you want some bite-sized reading comprehension activities packed full of fun and interesting nocturnal animal-themed passages and questions? This ten-page product is perfect for:

   ✏ Getting students interested in close reading

   ✏ Learning a ton of fun, interesting facts about the fall season

   ✏ Centers activities, homework sheets, or homeschooling work

This resource includes:

   ✏ 10 nocturnal animal-themed reading comprehension passages with questions

   ✏ Answer keys

   ✏ No prep! Simply print and distribute.

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Are you studying different habitats with your students? A pond habitat is one that many students can relate to! Are you looking for a resource that students can complete independently and incorporates reading? Students can read about how life in a pond changes throughout the seasons and draw the changes. For reluctant drawers, there are images that students can cut, color, and paste on the appropriate page.

- Standards and Suggestions are included to make your life easier.

- There are two posters of pond life and a video link to assist you in promoting discussion.

- Added bonus: Frog Life Cycle Worksheet

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A soliloquy Analysis of Hamlet's famous soliloquy. Includes a link to a video, handouts, and an answer key.

Teach students about the branches of the U.S. government while addressing three core reading standards with this fun and engaging resource.

It includes an informational passage on the branches of government, accompanied by two sets of questions tailored for various grades or proficiency levels. To spark enthusiasm and enhance learning, the resource also includes an engaging activity at the end.

Perfect for:

• Introducing Main Idea, Inferencing, or Context Clues
• Independent practice
• Assessing student understanding
• Center activity
• Test prep/review
• Homework assignment
• Early finishers
• Homeschool activity

What's included:

• Reading Passage on the United States Branches of Government
• Two sets of differentiated questions
• Maze that can be used to check for understanding, as center work, or as homework
• Answer keys for both sets of questions and maze
• Suggestions for teachers prior to use

This resource aligns with Common Core Standards 3.RI.1, 3.RI.2, 3.RI.4, 4.RI.1, 4.RI.2, and 4.RI.4 ensuring it supports your curriculum effectively.

This FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE STATIONS activity is a fun and effective method for giving students practice at analyzing the most important types of figurative language. Students will develop the skills not only to identify types of figurative language but also to explain how figurative language contributes to the meaning of a literary text!

Students will learn about figurative language while gaining exposure to the most profound and thought-provoking quotations from the world's greatest writers! They'll be asked to analyze the figures of speech in over 120 inspiring quotations by a diverse range of important authors: Chinua Achebe, Louisa May Alcott, Maya Angelou, Jane Austen, James Baldwin, William Blake, Emily Dickinson, John Donne, Louise Erdrich, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Robert Frost, Zora Neale Hurston, John Keats, Harper Lee, Toni Morrison, George Orwell, Zadie Smith, John Steinbeck, Henry David Thoreau, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, Virginia Woolf, and many others.

This stations activity focuses on the 8 types of figurative language that are used most commonly in literature: metaphor, simile, metonymy, personification, apostrophe, paradox, oxymoron, and hyperbole.

Here's what you'll find inside this 40-page resource:

• Stations Worksheets (x8): This resource includes a total of 8 worksheets focused on 8 types of figurative language. Each worksheet challenges students to explain the meaning or effect created by the same figure of speech found across 6 quotations. The quotations include some of the most profound and thought-provoking lines from famous authors — a total of 48 quotations! (8 pages)

• Answer Keys to Stations Worksheets (x8): The answer keys explain how the figures of speech found across 48 quotations contribute to the meaning of the quotation. (8 pages)

• Station Placards (x8): The 8 placards can be folded and placed on the desks that correspond to the 8 stations. The placards add a splash of colorful decoration to this activity. (8 pages)

• Literary Devices Glossary: This 1-page glossary features the 8 types of figurative language that are used most frequently in literature. The glossary includes definitions of the 8 types of figurative language as well as one or two examples of how each figure of speech gets used in famous quotations. Students can use the glossary to study in preparation for the quizzes on figurative language. (1 page)

• Quiz: Metaphors & Similes: This quiz focuses only on metaphors and similes; it challenges students to identify the figures of speech used across 15 famous quotations. Answer key included. (2 pages)

• Quiz: All Types of Figurative Language (x2): These two quizzes focus on all 8 types of figurative language. The first quiz challenges students to identity the figures of speech used across 25 quotations. The second quiz is similar but features 20 longer quotations; it could be used as a make-up quiz or extra-credit quiz. Answer keys included. (8 pages)

• Quiz: Figurative Language in Music: This quiz focuses on the types of figurative language used in 10 famous song lyrics by musicians such as The Beatles, Paul Simon, Elton John, John Legend, Beyoncé, and Taylor Swift. Answer key included. (2 pages)

Here are the types of figurative language featured across the 8 stations:

1. Metaphor

2. Simile

3. Metonymy

4. Personification

5. Apostrophe

6. Paradox

7. Oxymoron

8. Hyperbole

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For Middle Grade Students, all writers have it, but do you know what style is and how to recognize it? This 15 page presentation for will help students understand and analyze their own writing styles, as well as other authors' styles. Easy to follow format will have students analyzing style in no time! Includes: Checklist for Authors Handout Definitions for Author's Style . Examples of Classic Literature and Fairy Tale to Analyze How to Find Author's Style in Writing Extra Style Analysis Activities Author's Style Workshopping Handout How and Why to Improve Student's author's style Terminologies and definitions include: Audience—listeners, readers, viewers of work Author’s voice—sets writing apart from others; uniqueness of writing Genre—category/organization pattern of writing Purpose—intent of writing Mood—reader’s emotion to the writing Tone—author’s attitude about subject matter Sentence fluency—cadence, flow, transitions used Sentence variety—lengths/mixture of sentences Word choices—descriptions, figurative language, repetitions, synonyms… Excellent for introducing style, writing concepts, standardized testing reviews, class assessments, college readiness, CCSS, literacy centers, and grammar/editing revisions, Students will be able to identify their authors' styles after working through this presentation.

Vous souhaitez faire une dégustation de livres avec vos élèves ?

Ce document contient une feuille de travail de style napperon 11 x 17 que vos élèves pourront utiliser lors d'une dégustation de livres! Il les invite à collecter des informations et à évaluer une série de livres.

Je fournis un description de la tâche et le mode d'emploi. J'inclus les instructions d'impression!

Ce document a un napperon en anglais et en français.

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Wanting to do a book tasting with your students?

This document contains a 11 x 17 placemat-style worksheet for your students to use during a book tasting! It prompts them to collect information and to rate a series of books.

I provide the run-down and the how-to, to take the guesswork out of it. I include printing instructions!

This document has both an English and a French placemat.

This packet is a literature response to Those Shoes. It can be used as a literature response for a book club or as a whole class reading comprehension packet. There are prompts on when to answer each response page in the upper right corner in blue. These are graphic organizers with reading comprehension questions to promote a deeper understanding.

This book is at a Level P.

Reading Comprehension Strategies Addressed-

- Predicting

- Visualizing

- Short Answer Response

- Questioning

- Story Mapping

- Opinion

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Teaching Science/Animal/Amphibian through Close Reading and Fine Arts using GLAD strategies. Prep Free! Grade 1-5.

Materials include lesson plans, activity pages, and posters with both student version and teacher’s version (with teaching scripts).

Major components of the product:

- Student Package:

- 1 Info Organizer

- 2 Reading Passages

- 2 Text Dependent Questions Sets (Each with 4 questions.)

- 1 Vocabulary Sheet

-Teacher Package:

- 1 Info Organizer with answers

- 2 Reading Passages with Close Reading marks

- 2 Text Dependent Questions Sets with answers

- 1 Vocabulary Sheet with answers

- 3 Frog Black and White Drawings

- 1 Frog Color Drawing with labels

- 1 Vocab Poster with Post-it notes

- Lesson Plan embedded in 2 teaching scripts: 1 for Reading Passage and 1 for Text Dependent Questions.

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Related Lessons:

Science Word Search: Amphibian Facts

Science Word Search: Animal Unit

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Close Reading Bundle: Science + Holidays from Gail Gibbons

Plant:

Close Reading: Plant Unit

Close Reading: Apples

Close Reading: Corn

Close Reading: From Seed to Plant

Close Reading: Tell Me, Tree

Close Reading: The Fruits We Eat

Close Reading: The Pumpkin Book

Close Reading: The Vegetables We Eat

Animals:

Close Reading: Animal Unit

Amphibian:

Close Reading: Frogs

Arachnid:

Close Reading: Spiders

Bird:

Close Reading: Owls

Close Reading: Penguins!

Fish:

Close Reading: Sharks

Insect:

Close Reading: Monarch Butterfly

Close Reading: The Honey Makers

Close Reading: Ladybugs

Mammal:

Close Reading: Bats

Close Reading: Elephants of Africa

Close Reading: Polar Bears

Close Reading: Wolves

Close Reading: Whales

Reptile:

Close Reading: Alligators and Crocodiles

Close Reading: Dinosaurs!

Close Reading: Sea Turtles

Close Reading: Snakes

Environment:

Close Reading: Environment Unit

Close Reading: Caves and Caverns

Close Reading: Coral Reefs

Close Reading: Deserts

Close Reading: Marshes & Swamps

Close Reading: Rain Forests

Close Reading: Recycle!

Weather:

Close Reading: Weather Unit

Close Reading: It's Hurricanes!

Close Reading: It's Raining!

Close Reading: It's Snowing!

Close Reading: Tornadoes!

Season:

Close Reading: The Reasons for Seasons

Astronomy:

Close Reading: Astronomy Unit

Close Reading: GALAXIES, GALAXIES!

Close Reading: Planet Earth/Inside Out

Close Reading: The Moon Book

Close Reading: THE PLANETS

Matter:

Close Reading: States of Matter

Social Studies/Holidays:

Close Reading: Holiday Unit

Close Reading: Christmas Is ...

Close Reading: Easter

Close Reading: Halloween Is ... by Gail Gibbons

Close Reading: St. Patrick's Day by Gail Gibbons

Close Reading: Thanksgiving Is ... by Gail Gibbons

Close Reading: Valentine's Day Is ... by Gail Gibbons

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• 20 Bookmarks, each featuring a critical reading skill or strategy for grades 3 - 8:

  • Main Idea & Supporting Details
  • Summarizing
  • Making Inferences
  • Context Clues
  • Identifying Theme
  • and many more!

Why You'll Love This Resource

• Student-Friendly Format: Each bookmark simplifies complex skills into bite-sized, actionable steps.
• Versatile Use: Perfect for guided reading groups, independent practice, or homework aids.
• Aligned with Curriculum Standards: Helps reinforce essential reading skills aligned with Common Core and other standards.
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This resource includes three engaging reading comprehension passages about the life cycle of a pumpkin, along with comprehension questions for each passage. Ideal for grades 2-4, these passages can be used to enhance students' understanding of plant biology and improve reading skills.

Passages Included

1. Passage 1: The Seed Stage

• Description: Learn about how pumpkin seeds are planted and what conditions they need to sprout.
• Key Points:
  • Seed shape and characteristics
  • Ideal planting conditions
  • Germination process

1. Passage 2: The Seedling Stage

• Description: Explore the growth of pumpkin seedlings and what they need to thrive.
• Key Points:
  • Development of leaves
  • Growth requirements
  • Duration of this stage

1. Passage 3: The Maturing Stage

• Description: Discover how pumpkin plants develop flowers and fruit during the maturing stage.
• Key Points:
  • Flower development and pollination
  • Color changes of pumpkins
  • Time frame for growth

Comprehension Questions

• Each passage is accompanied by five comprehension questions to assess understanding and encourage critical thinking.

Decodable readers passages science of reading comprehension reading fluency OW decodables for your small groups or homework. Cute, easy to read story that focus on OW sound spellings. Your students will love this little books and you will love that you don't have to plan a big lesson to cover the basics like comprehension questions, fluency, and even sight word practice. Do yourself a favor and get these OW decodables now!

My other OW OU resources:

AI-AY-Worksheets

1st Grade Small Group AI AY Word Families (similar stories, extended lessons).

Kids will have a great time building these three full-color DIY models, using just scissors and glue or clear tape. They can choose from Frankenstein, a Witch or Vampire Buddies -- or make all three!

This fun, engrossing activity teaches children how to follow directions in sequence to create fun mini-creatures to place on the table or give as gifts.

This resource is ideal for a makerspace, DIY project or a Halloween activity. Includes:

• Frankenstein Buddy templates (top and bottom)
• Witch Buddy templates (top, bottom, and hat/broom/nose)
• Vampire Buddy templates (top and bottom)
• Photo of all three finished Creature Buddies to provide an example for kids

Martin Luther King Jr. Close Reading Passage. This packet, which includes a close reading passage, a vocabulary sheet with descriptions, vocabulary cards, a multiple-choice version, and an open-ended version, can help your students improve their comprehension skills. Included is an answer key.

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Pre-reading graphic organizers can be used prior to starting any read aloud or novel study.

Includes:

• character analysis
• illustration analysis
• vocabulary

Dive deep into the prehistoric oceans with this "Megalodon Spooky Science & ELA Packet" for grades 4-6! Perfect for shark-loving students and those who want to sink their teeth into both STEM and ELA skills, this resource will make a "jawsome" addition to your classroom! Whether you’re circling around spooky season or just want a fun, engaging study on the world’s most famous ancient predator, this packet will leave your students hooked all year long!

This interdisciplinary resource is packed with shark-tastic activities that are CCSS-aligned and can be used to boost reading comprehension, critical thinking, and science knowledge. Your students will explore the monstrous Megalodon, an apex predator of the ancient seas, while sharpening their skills in key areas like cause and effect, main idea, and evidence-based answers.

What’s Inside This Fin-tastic Packet:

• Megalodon Informational Text – Students will dive into the facts behind the famous shark and learn why it went extinct.
• Frayer Models Vocabulary – Key words like "carnivore," "fossil," "apex predator," and "extinct" will help students swim through new terms with ease.
• 5 CCSS-Aligned Comprehension Questions – Get your students to bite into text evidence and explain concepts like cause and effect, Megalodon’s hunting style, and more.
• Cause and Effect Chart – Students will analyze how the Ice Age impacted Megalodon, showing off their science and ELA smarts.
• Draw and Label Megalodon – Time to let those creative fins flap! Students will draw the giant shark and label its teeth, jaws, and powerful fins.
• Main Idea & Supporting Details Worksheet – Keep students afloat with this activity that helps them find the main idea and supporting facts from the passage.

Why You’ll Love This Resource:

• Perfect for Spooky Season – The story of a gigantic, terrifying shark is sure to give your classroom that Halloween creep factor!
• Great for Year-Round Study – Sharks never go out of style! This packet fits right into your study of prehistoric animals, ecosystems, or ocean life.
• Interdisciplinary Fun – From reading comprehension to science-based learning, your students will be swimming in knowledge by the time they finish.
• Easy to Implement – Simply print, distribute, and let your students dive in! Perfect for whole class study, small groups, or independent work.

Don’t miss out on this "jaws-dropping" resource! It’s sure to make a splash in your classroom and keep your students hungry for more learning!

Grab your copy of the Megalodon Spooky Science & ELA Packet today and get ready to watch your students swim through CCSS-aligned activities with enthusiasm!

This includes handouts of two speeches: " Ich Bin Ein Berliner" by president John F. Kennedy and " Tear Down This Wall" by president Ronald Reagan. It includes a graphic organizer to help students compare rhetoric and persuasive techniques in both of these speeches in terms of Ethos, Pathos, and Logos.

*Update* Available under TeachShare Digital Resources which adds an interactive layer on top of the pdf for distance learning.

These step-by-step charts make it way to teach literature genres, sub-genres, and authors' styles. Comes with two graphic organizers: 1 with Genre, Sub-genre, Type of Short Story, Subject, Theme, Time Period 1 for Author's Information, Birth/Death, Personal Information, Education, Works Written, Author's Style, Other Important Facts Handouts Include: Fiction and Non-Fiction Genres and Examples Types of Short Stories: Novel, Novella, Novellete, Short Story, Flash Fiction Types of Author's Style: Argumentative, Description, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive These simple to use graphic organizers make it easy for students to make connections between types of works and authors' backgrounds. Great for AP, GT, as well as at risk, ELL, and homeschooling. Use for AP test prep and assessment for analysis. Meets ELA CCSS and state reading guidelines.

This packet is a literature response to The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses. It can be used as a literature response for a book club or as a whole class reading comprehension packet. There are prompts on when to answer each response page in the upper right corner in blue.

This book is at a Level N.

Reading Comprehension Strategies Addressed-

- Predicting

- Visualizing

- Short Answer Response

- Questioning

- Character Analysis

- Quotes

- Text Connections

- Opinion

*** BOOKMARKS WITH VOCABULARY INCLUDED!!!