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The Penguins of Madagascar Movie Watch Along - Main Idea and Theme
By A Teachers Sidekick
Movie Time!!!!
This is a movie watch-along to go with DreamWorks' The Penguins of Madagascar. Students will focus on the main idea and theme of the movie. There are 2 sheets for students to complete either during or after the movie. Students will be identifying the main idea, providing supporting details, and describing the theme!
This is a great product to help keep students engaged and focused during the movie while also building comprehension skills!
I hope you enjoy it! Please rate and review.
Credits:
Darnell, E., & Smith, S. J. (Directors). (2014). The Penguins of Madagascar [Film].DreamWorks Animation
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Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted Movie Watch Along - Main Idea and Theme
By A Teachers Sidekick
Movie Time!!!!
This is a movie watch-along to go with DreamWorks' Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted. Students will focus on the main idea and theme of the movie. There are 2 sheets for students to complete either during or after the movie. Students will be identifying the main idea, providing supporting details, and describing the theme!
This is a great product to help keep students engaged and focused during the movie while also building comprehension skills!
I hope you enjoy it! Please rate and review.
Credits:
Darnell, E., McGrath, T., Vernon, C., Stiller, B., Rock, C., & Schwimmer, D. (2012). Madagascar 3: Europe's most wanted.DreamWorks Home Entertainment
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Madagascar 2: Escape to Africa Movie Watch Along - Main Idea and Theme
By A Teachers Sidekick
Movie Time!!!!
This is a movie watch-along to go with DreamWorks' Madagascar 2: Escape to Africa. Students will focus on the main idea and theme of the movie. There are 2 sheets for students to complete either during or after the movie. Students will be identifying the main idea, providing supporting details, and describing the theme!
This is a great product to help keep students engaged and focused during the movie while also building comprehension skills!
I hope you enjoy it! Please rate and review.
Credits:
Darnell, E., & McGrath, T. (Directors). (2008). Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa [Film]. DreamWorks Animation; PDI/DreamWorks
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Madagascar Movie Watch Along - Main Idea and Theme
By A Teachers Sidekick
Movie Time!!!!
This is a movie watch-along to go with DreamWorks' Madagascar. Students will focus on the main idea and theme of the movie. There are 2 sheets for students to complete either during or after the movie. Students will be identifying the main idea, providing supporting details, and describing the theme!
This is a great product to help keep students engaged and focused during the movie while also building comprehension skills!
I hope you enjoy it! Please rate and review.
Credits:
Darnell, E., & McGrath, T. (Directors).(2005).Madagascar [Film].DreamWorks Distribution
The Emperor's New Groove Movie Watch Along - Main Idea and Theme
By A Teachers Sidekick
Movie Time!!!!
This is a movie watch along to go with Disney's The Emperor's New Groove. This watch along is focused on the main idea and theme of the movie. Either during the movie or after, students will identify the main idea of the movie and provide supporting details for the main idea. They will also draw the theme of the story and then describe the theme with supporting details.
This is a great product for keeping students engaged during a movie on a fun Friday, practice for main idea/theme, and something to do after testing. And it is always good to practice main idea and theme!
I hope you and your students enjoy it! Please rate and review.
Credits:
Disney, W. (Director) & Disney, W. (Producer).(2000).The Emperor's new groove [Motion Picture].Walt Disney Pictures
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By Creative Soul Printables
Keep track of your reading adventures with our adorable Animal Reading Lists! Perfect for students and homeschoolers, these free printable lists feature charming animals enjoying their favorite books.
Contents:
Get organized and track your reading progress with our delightful Animal Reading Lists! This freebie includes four unique designs, each featuring lovable animals immersed in the joy of reading. Students can record essential information such as the book title, author, and number of pages, creating a personalized log of their reading journey.
These printable reading lists provide a fun and engaging way for students to stay organized and motivated in their reading endeavors. With adorable animal illustrations and plenty of space to jot down details, these lists make it easy for readers to keep track of the books they've read and explore new literary adventures.
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By Succulents and Second
Learning a New Red Word!
Inspired by Orton Gillingham
This can be used to make a red word book - or just use the Red Word page by itself when teaching a new red word.
Sections on the page include:
-Coloring a circle for each sound heard.
-Writing the sounds heard.
-Writing the actual spelling.
-Putting a heart above the parts that must be known by heart.
-Writing the word with a screen underneath.
-Writing the word 4 times.
-Using the word in a sentence.
-Checking the sentence for CUPS.
By Exceptional Education CA
Birthday Gift Reading Comprehension Package: Engaging Worksheets for Grades 2-3 and Special Education
Boost your students' reading comprehension skills with this versatile, engaging, and easy-to-differentiate resource!
Perfect for grade 2-3 students, as well as special education classrooms, this Birthday Gift Reading Comprehension Package includes a variety of worksheets that target essential skills like answering WH questions, sequencing, and cloze activities, all while accommodating students with varying abilities.
What’s Inside This Comprehensive Package?
This package features three activity types that target different aspects of reading comprehension, with carefully designed levels of support to help your students progress step-by-step:
3 levels of worksheets for each set of questions:
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Help your students become more confident readers with this thoughtfully designed resource!
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Guided Reading Lesson Plan & Activities for Grade 2
By Bright Classroom Ideas Marketplace
Second Grade Reading
Second graders keep enhancing their literacy abilities as they acquire more intricate vocabulary and engage with lengthier, more challenging texts across various genres, such as fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Learners enhance their reading comprehension abilities while discussing their readings and cultivate more sophisticated concepts related to those subjects. As in prior years, second graders consistently engage in reading as they utilize texts for other subjects during the day.
This ebooks features a guided reading lesson plan and activities, designed especially for Grade 2, that can last up to 40 minutes.
FREEBIE iCVC Animal CVC Words Worksheet and Photo Hunt
By Kaisha Louis
Consonant Vowel Consonant (CVC) Strategies
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Teachers Helping Teachers:
Vocabulary instruction is an important component of literacy instruction in preschool. It also provides children with an understanding of a variety of words which in turn can help with later reading comprehension. When a child is exposed to vocabulary in a vocabulary. A child needs to be taught vocabulary in many different ways.
Using Quizlet At The Younger Levels:
Below you are going to find a nice review quizlet made by icvc.early.learning that seeks to provide a great review resource for you. QUIZLET: https://quizlet.com/884353827/icvc-animal-cvc-words-worksheet-and-photo-hunt-flash-cards/?i=3b2vg\&x=1qqt
Save the link and use it to do any or all of the following:
*Create Review flashcards to send home of the CVC words and the sentences tried out in class
*You can play games with them
*Share the link with parents- they can hit play in the car or at home to have the flashcards flip through and review items learned in class
*You can hit play to preview the terms and sentences or review them with your kiddos
*I LOVE doing repeat-after-me activities where the Quizlet reads it and then my kiddos repeat it.
*projecting onto your board, then sounding out the words together it key with the focus being on JUST the words and sentences without the busy pictures and activities around them.
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MLK Reading Comprehension Passages 1st Grade New Year Reading Comprehension
By Chasity Giddens
Make January a breeze with these engaging First Grade Reading Passages! This resource includes 20 no-prep reading passages designed to build reading comprehension and fluency. Featuring winter-themed, MLK Day, and New Year’s topics, these passages provide meaningful, high-interest reading practice that keeps students motivated while strengthening essential literacy skills.
Perfect for teachers looking to:
✅ Save time with ready-to-go reading passages that require zero prep.
✅ Support students’ fluency and comprehension in a fun, purposeful way.
✅ Provide differentiated instruction for small groups, independent reading, or homework.
How This Resource Benefits Your Students:
These January-themed passages help students:
Product Features:
✅ 20 Thematic January Reading Passages: Includes exciting topics such as snowball fights, sledding, MLK’s message of kindness, and New Year’s celebrations.
✅ Fluency Practice: Each passage includes a fluency tracker, encouraging students to read the story multiple times for improvement.
✅ Text-Based Comprehension: Three carefully crafted questions per passage focus on finding and marking text evidence.
✅ No-Prep & Teacher-Friendly: Simply print and go! Perfect for busy teachers who want an effective and engaging resource at their fingertips.
Ideal for:
Small Groups & Guided Reading: Support students as they practice fluency and discuss their understanding of the text.
✏️ Independent Practice: Great for literacy centers or morning work to build confidence.
Homework & Extra Practice: Encourage family involvement with easy-to-use passages that reinforce classroom learning.
Why This Resource Will Make Your Life Easier:
These no-prep reading passages take the guesswork out of lesson planning, saving you valuable time while providing high-quality literacy practice. The mix of engaging themes and targeted comprehension skills ensures your students stay on track and grow as confident readers—all while enjoying relevant, seasonal topics.
What’s Included:
Help your students build fluency, comprehension, and confidence this January—without adding extra stress to your day!
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Christmas Comprehension Passages | First Grade Text Evidence | No Prep
By Chasity Giddens
Product Description: Get your students into the holiday spirit while building their reading comprehension and fluency skills with these Christmas reading comprehension passages and questions! This resource includes 20 engaging Christmas reading passages, each paired with targeted comprehension questions that encourage students to find text evidence. The passages feature high-interest, festive stories centered around Christmas traditions, winter activities, and the magic of the season, making December reading passages both fun and educational. Perfect for helping first-grade students develop their Christmas reading comprehension skills, these passages are designed to boost fluency and comprehension while celebrating the holiday spirit.
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Why This Resource? This packet combines the fun of Christmas reading passages with essential reading skills, aligning with first-grade comprehension standards. It’s perfect for teachers looking to boost fluency, comprehension, and text evidence skills with December reading passages that celebrate the holiday season.
What’s Included:
Help your students practice their reading skills while enjoying the festive joy of Christmas with these Christmas reading comprehension passages!
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S Blends Decodable Passages with Comprehension Questions Decodable Comprehension
By Chasity Giddens
Make teaching S blends simple and engaging with these decodable passages and comprehension questions! Each story is designed to strengthen phonics and comprehension skills while encouraging creativity. Instead of relying on pictures to guess the story, students illustrate the passages after reading, ensuring they focus on decoding and understanding the text.
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Your students will love illustrating their stories and sharing their unique interpretations, all while mastering S blends and improving reading fluency. With these decodable passages and comprehension questions, you’ll have everything you need to help young readers succeed.
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Book Report Project Templates | Simple Book Review | Reading Response Sheets
By Innovative Classroom Ideas
Ensure children comprehend the content they are reading by using these worksheets for book reports. These enjoyable printable book report template pages are ideal for older children enrolled in second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth grade classes. These book report forms, which require no prep, aid in making sure that readers comprehend the material they are reading. Just print the book report template, fill it out, and write down details about the book, such as the title, author, setting, main characters, the end, and more.
These book report templates are ideal for parents, teachers, and homeschoolers of students in grades 3 through 6. They require no preparation. Instead of staring at a blank page, children should practice writing, summarizing the main ideas of the book, and confirming that they understand what they are reading. This will help your early reader succeed! A book report form, such as these worksheets, can assist kids in recalling the key elements of the literature they read and help them create an engaging report on any book they have been reading.
The activities on these book reports include:
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Reading Comprehension Bookmarks | Fiction and Nonfiction Book Report Templates
By Innovative Classroom Ideas
This might be the greatest reading aid available! With the help of these printable reading comprehension bookmarks, your child can jot down important details about the fiction or nonfiction book they are currently reading. These comprehension bookmarks are an extremely easy way for children in kindergarten, first grade, second grade, third grade, fourth grade, fifth grade, and sixth school to demonstrate that they are understanding and remembering what they have studied.
These helpful printable reading comprehension bookmarks are a terrific way to assess children's comprehension of the material they have been reading or to help them get ready to write a book report. For kids in kindergarten, first grade, second grade, third grade, fourth grade, fifth grade, and sixth grade, these comprehension bookmarks are incredibly helpful. You will enjoy these worksheets whether you are a homeschooler, teacher, or parent. These comprehension bookmarks will help students work on remembering key facts about what they’ve read – perfect for book reports, learning to take notes, and reading comprehension.
There are 4 choices of these reading comprehension worksheets:
The reading comprehension printable has space for kids to note various different things depending on what grade you are working with. Here are some of the choices you will find on these bookmarks:
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Book Report Project Templates | Simple Book Review | Reading Response Sheets
By Innovative Classroom Ideas
Use these book reports to ensure that children are comprehending what they have read. Because it requires no preparation and can be used with any book, this third-grade book report is incredibly useful. Make sure readers are comprehending what they are reading by using this book report template. There are numerous spaces on these book report forms for second, third, fourth, and fifth graders to take down details about the book, such as the title, author, setting, main characters and the ending. All you need to do is print the book report templates.
These no-prep book report templates are perfect for students in grades 2, 3, 4, and 5, regardless of whether you are a parent, teacher, or homeschooler. Staring at a blank page won't help your early reader thrive; instead, they need to practice writing, summarizing the main ideas of the book, and making sure they comprehend what they are reading. Children may simply prepare an engaging report on any book they have been reading with the aid of this book review template for Kids and guided prompts. Use these third-grade book report worksheets to help kids summarize and articulate the main ideas of the book they just finished reading.
The activities on these book reports include:
Whether you are a teacher, parent, homeschooler, daycare provider, or planning a summer camp you will love these book report worksheets for kids of all ages in grade 3, grade 4, grade 5 and even grade 6!
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Parts of a Book Worksheets & Vocabulary | Library Lessons & Reading Activities
By Innovative Classroom Ideas
With the help of these entertaining parts of a book worksheets, young children will enjoy learning about the components of a book. These entertaining book reports are incredibly helpful for young children. These worksheets on identifying book sections make sure that readers are aware of the title, author, and illustrator, among other elements of the books they are reading. All you need to do is print the label sections of a book worksheet, and your kindergarten, first, second, third, and fourth graders will be ready to study.
These no-prep parts of a book worksheet papers are perfect for kindergarteners, first-graders, second-graders, third-graders, and fourth-graders, regardless of whether you are a parent, teacher, or homeschooler. In order to make sure they comprehend what they are reading, children will learn about the many components of books. Children will find it easy to learn and retain the components of a book with the aid of these guided prompts and identifying pieces of a book worksheet. Additionally, you can print these elements of a book worksheets for your own classroom or home.
The activities on these parts of a book worksheets include:
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PRE-READING GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
By SOWMYA SUGUMARAN
Pre-reading graphic organizers can be used prior to starting any read aloud or novel study.
Includes:
HALLOWEEN PUMPKIN FICTIONAL READING AND ACTIVITIES
By SOWMYA SUGUMARAN
This reading packet includes:
ESL - Sports and Sight Words Sentences Practice Workbook
By Sign with me TOD
In this product, students will learn 23 different English sports vocabulary words.
Students will unscramble the given sentences that emphasize the 23 different sports vocabulary words and the verbs - play, go to, will go, and went. After students unscramble each sentence, they will be required to make up a sentence stating if they like or dislike each sport.
At the end of the product, students will have the opportunity to answer questions regarding what their favorite and least favorite sport is. Students will also be asked to make up a sentence using the following words: I like, I dislike, I go to, I play, I will go, and I went.