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This bundle of reading comprehension passages with interesting questions covers all the cool things about the four seasons. Did you know that snow can be pink? Or that ice cream was invented 500 years ago and was only available to the rich and privileged? Grab this bundle of 40 winter, summer, spring, and autumn season-themed reading comprehension worksheets to learn more!

This resource includes:

   ✏ 10 winter-themed worksheets

   ✏ 10 spring-themed worksheets

   ✏ 10 summer-themed worksheets

   ✏ 10 fall-themed worksheets

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   ✏ No prep! Simply print and distribute

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This bundle of reading comprehension passages with interesting questions covers all the cool things about jungle, aquatic, insects, and desert animals. Did you know that snow can be pink? Or that ice cream was invented 500 years ago and was only available to the rich and privileged? Grab this bundle of 40 animal-themed reading comprehension worksheets with questions to learn more!

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   ✏ 10 jungle & rainforest-themed worksheets

   ✏ 10 desert animal-themed worksheets

   ✏ 10 aquatic animal-themed worksheets

   ✏ 10 insects & bug-themed worksheets

   ✏ All answer key cards

   ✏ No prep! Simply print and distribute

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   ✏ Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions 3rd & 4th Grade | Four Seasons BUNDLE

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AI AY Worksheets- Long A Word Work Pages

No Prep, just print and go!

Hands-On, multi-modal activity pages!

Great for Centers or Homework

These Word Families AI AY Worksheets are great word work pages and are designed to help first-grade students practice and master their phonics skills. These ai ay worksheets include a variety of activities to reinforce the long a sound. Students engage in activities such as word sorting, word building, and sentence writing to strengthen their understanding of ai and ay words. These ai ay worksheets are a valuable resource for teachers and parents looking to support their first-grade students' phonics development.

Ai Ay Worksheet Features:

- Word sorting activities to help students identify and categorize ai and ay words

- Word-building activities to encourage students to manipulate and create new words

- Sentence writing activities to practice using ai and ay words in context

- Clear and concise instructions for easy implementation- Just print and go!

Benefits of these AI AY worksheets:

- Reinforce phonics skills: These word work pages provide targeted practice for working with long a words, helping students develop their phonics skills.

- Build vocabulary: By engaging with a variety of long a words, students will expand their vocabulary and become more confident readers and writers.

- Enhance reading fluency: Regular practice with word families will improve students' ability to decode and read words fluently.

- Support independent learning: These word work pages can be used in the classroom or at home, allowing students to practice and reinforce their phonics skills independently.

What you get:

Seven ai ay worksheets for practicing long a vowel team words

with a variety of strategies

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ai ay worksheets for class or home use

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Engage your students in mastering long a spelling patterns with this easy, low-prep center activity pack, specifically designed for ai and ay words! Ideal for first and second graders, these activities make phonics practice fun and effective, reinforcing reading, writing, and word-recognition skills.

What’s Inside:

• Differentiated Reading Passage: A leveled reading passage filled with ai and ay words, helping students practice fluency and reinforce phonics skills.
• Sentence Writing Activity: Sentence-building exercises that use ai and ay words, perfect for practicing spelling, sentence structure, and creativity.
• Cut and Paste Activity: Hands-on sorting where students cut, sort, and paste ai and ay words into the correct categories.
• Word Unscramble: Engaging worksheets where students unscramble ai and ay words, boosting decoding skills and word recognition.
• And More!: Additional phonics activities to reinforce ai and ay patterns, including word hunts and silly sentence challenges.

Why Teachers Love It:

• Low/No Prep: Just print and go! Perfect for literacy centers, small groups, or independent work.
• Differentiated Activities: Designed for various learning levels with flexible options to meet each student's needs.
• Standards-Aligned Phonics Practice: A fun and meaningful way to support phonics standards while building confidence in reading and writing.

This activity pack provides an easy, effective way to help your students master long a spelling patterns. Add it to your teaching toolkit today!

French Decodable texts BUNDLE that aligns with the Science of Reading are a NO PREP printable activity for the K-2 French classroom. Students practice endoding and decoding skills and build confidence in reading.

Make a few copies of each text and insert into clear pockets to create a quick and easy reading centre; arrange a table with four copies to create a quiet reading group; use one-on-one with your students to assess reading levels, to gain insights to their decoding skills, and to inform your upcoming lesson plans. Whatever way you choose to use this resource, I am so grateful that you have given this item a try!

Who can use this resource:

Teachers who are just getting accustomed to using strategies from the Science of Reading can use these simple texts to open up independent practice, small group evaluation, or up on a digital screen for whole group instruction and reading practice.

Make a set and send them home with students to build fluency in reading and confidence in reading strategies.

Texts are designed to build a number of common French sounds and get more challenging as they go on.

Correction sheet is handy for use with a substitute as they can confidently assess students and command the lesson even when they are not assured of their French skills.

What grade level:

I personally use these texts with Grade 1 and Grade 2 students in French Immersion. I feel confident that students from K-3 will find these most useful and teachers can come back to the texts with any students who may be experiencing challenges in their French reading skills. Core French teachers will be sure to add the resource to their repertoire for Grades 4 to 6 as they learn to read and write at the Junior level.

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Some of the Benefits of this resource:

1. Students use hands on materials
2. Boost confidence in French language acquisition with whole group, small group, independent work, and one-to-one instruction using the same resource
3. Word wall and pocket chart for class focus and sound focus activities
4. Students grow in independence at their own pace
5. Reinforce decoding and encoding skills
6. Social wellness and personal autonomy in using French in the classroom
7. Scaffold and support language acquisition, oral communication, and writing skills
8. Card set can be used all year long and re-introduced each year going forward

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The 2010 movie, Ramona and Beezus makes a connection with the books written by Beverly Cleary. Students can see Ramona and Beezus as they are at home and school. Students will discuss problem solving skills, the importance of being creative and being yourself, being a good friend, accepting others for who they are, accepting change, working together as a family, while Ramona gets into mischief and has fun.

The short answer comprehension questions and the multiple choice comprehension questions in this product relate with the movie as well as students own experiences.

Students can answer these comprehension questions as they watch the movie or after they have finished the movie.

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This product covers comprehension question asked when students are reading the historical fiction book, Meet Samantha, 1904 - An American Girl. Students can work on the comprehension questions with 1:1 support, independently, or with help. Included with this product are comprehension questions - fill in the blank and short answer that relate directly with the movie Samantha: An American Girl Holiday. The questions asked in the 2nd half of this product also provide students the opportunity to compare and contrast the book and the movie with one another.

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This product is made for:

• adapting instruction
• differentiating instruction
• on level learners
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• Deaf Education
• Homework
• Classwork
• Homeschooling
• Bell Work
• Virtual Instruction
• Remote Instruction
• Struggling Readers
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The novel, Sideway Stories from Wayside School is a great read for students. My students enjoyed this book because it is humorous. It gives students the idea that children know more than their teachers. Each chapter has a vocabulary review and comprehension questions. Therefore, written comprehension skills are emphasized while reading.

Make learning the long a sound engaging and stress-free with this Long A (a and a_e) No Prep Activity Pack! Perfect for literacy centers, independent practice, or small group instruction, this resource provides a variety of hands-on and printable activities designed to support 1st and 2nd-grade students in mastering the long a sound.

What's Included?

1. Word Scramble Activity

   • Students unscramble words with long a patterns (a, a_e) to reinforce spelling and vocabulary skills.

2. Word Creation Activity

   • Add or change letters to form new words with long a sounds. Encourages creativity and phonics practice.

3. Cut and Paste Activities

   • Fun, interactive sorting tasks where students match pictures or words to the correct long a spelling pattern.

4. Sentence Building and Activities

   • Students complete sentences or write their own using a mix of long a words, improving sentence structure and grammar.

5. Scaffolded Reading Comprehension Passages

   • Engaging, differentiated passages that focus on long a words. Questions help students practice comprehension while applying phonics knowledge.

Why You'll Love It:

• No Prep Needed: Just print and go—perfect for busy teachers!
• Aligned with Phonics Standards: Helps meet literacy goals while building foundational skills.
• Interactive and Fun: Students will love the hands-on activities, making learning memorable.
• Flexible Use: Ideal for literacy centers, independent work, or homework.

Perfect For:

• 1st and 2nd Grade Classrooms
• Literacy Centers
• Small Group Instruction
• Intervention Support
• Homeschooling

Bring the joy of learning phonics into your classroom with this comprehensive, ready-to-use resource!

Make learning the long "E" sound fun and engaging with these Long E (EE, EA) Center Activities! Perfect for small group work, literacy centers, or independent practice, this resource includes hands-on activities that help students master the long "E" spelling patterns while building reading and writing skills.

What's Inside:

• Label the Animals: Match words like "tree frog" and "parakeet" to pictures.
• Cut and Paste Sentences: Complete sentences with long "E" words using picture clues.
• Synonyms and Antonyms: Match long "E" words like "team" and "sea" to their synonyms or antonyms.
• Picture Match: Connect long "E" words (like "meet" and "bean") to illustrations.
• Story Time: Write or illustrate a story featuring long "E" words with provided prompts and characters.
• Color the Word: Identify and color words with the long "E" sound.

These activities are kid-friendly, easy to implement, and align with foundational literacy standards. Great for Kindergarten, 1st, or 2nd grade classrooms, these engaging tasks promote learning through creativity and fun.

Use This Resource To:

• Support phonics lessons on vowel teams "EE" and "EA."
• Provide meaningful practice for literacy centers.
• Encourage independent or partner-based learning.

Give your students the tools they need to succeed in mastering the long "E" sound!

Looking for the perfect Christmas 1st Grade Busy Work Packet? This holiday bundle includes text evidence comprehension passages and math practice activities packed into over 40 pages of engaging, no-prep materials. With a math and reading comprehension sheet for every school day in December, this resource will keep students focused, learning, and on task right up until Christmas break.

What’s Included:

• Christmas Comprehension Passages: Build essential text evidence skills with short, engaging stories and questions that promote critical thinking.
• Math Practice Activities: Reinforce key math concepts like addition, subtraction, and number sense with fun, holiday-themed problems tailored for 1st graders.
• Daily Practice Sheets: Simplify your planning with ready-to-use activities for every day in December.
• Over 40 Pages: A wide variety of activities designed to keep students engaged and progressing all month long.
• No Prep Format: The planning and prepping is all done for you, so you can simply print and go.

Perfect For:

• Morning Work or Centers
• Fast Finishers
• December Classroom Activities
• Substitute Teacher Plans
• Engaging Holiday Lessons

Enjoy extra time to focus on grading, planning, or even just taking a moment to breathe—this resource has everything you need to make your December stress-free and successful. Get your Christmas 1st Grade Busy Work Packet today and keep your classroom running smoothly all month long!

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This is a GROWING BUNDLE of my 1st Grade Reading Passages with Comprehension Questions! These resources are designed to help first-grade teachers solve the challenge of finding high-quality, engaging, and low-prep reading comprehension materials that align with monthly and holiday themes.

With 20 passages per month, this bundle is perfect for teachers looking for ready-to-use resources that promote fluency, text-based comprehension, and confidence in their readers. Each passage includes text-dependent comprehension questions, making it easy for students to practice finding answers directly in the text.

What’s Currently Included?

• November Reading Passages with Comprehension Questions
• December Reading Passages with Comprehension Questions
• January Reading Passages with Comprehension Questions

What’s Coming Next?

This growing bundle will include 12 months of reading comprehension passages.

• February Passages: Available by January 15th
• March Passages: Available by February 15th
• April Passages: Available by March 15th
• May Passages: Available by April 15th
• June Passages: Available by May 15th
• July Passages: Available by June 15th
• August Passages: Available by July 15th
• September Passages: Available by August 15th
• October Passages: Available by September 15th

When you purchase this bundle now, you’ll lock in the current price and receive all future updates for free! As more months are added, the price will increase, and once complete, this bundle will value at $36+!

Why You’ll Love This Bundle:

• Includes 20 reading comprehension passages per month
• Aligned with monthly and holiday themes to keep students engaged year-round
• Saves teachers time and effort with low-prep resources
• Promotes fluency practice and strengthens text-based comprehension skills
• Perfect for use in reading centers, small groups, independent practice, and homework

Why You Will LOVE This Bundle

Teachers often spend hours searching for meaningful reading comprehension materials that fit into their monthly curriculum and holiday units. This bundle provides a consistent, high-quality resource every month, ensuring your students get engaging and purposeful practice without the extra planning time.

These 1st Grade Reading Passages with Comprehension Questions are designed to support young readers in developing confidence, fluency, and comprehension all year long.

Grab this bundle today to start using the included passages immediately, and watch your students grow as readers! Don’t forget to leave feedback—it helps others and earns you TeachShare credits for future purchases.

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