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Looking for a great story to read for Earth day here is a wonderful children's book about planting and growing a garden.

We are the Gardeners by Joanna Gaines is a fun story about a family who works together to garden. This story teaches the reader about the importance of hard work and never giving up. Along with teaching great morals, this story also teaches about actual gardening (including what animals help, which animals are bad, and what plants need to grow).

Through reading and interacting with this story, students will learn the joys of hard work, never giving up, and planting a garden. This pack includes activity pages covering vocabulary, note taking, writing prompts, and quiz for younger and older students.

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The Boy Who Changed the World

The Littlest Snowplow

I Like Myself

These 2nd-grade reading comprehension passages with multiple choice questions or answer keys have been designed for teachers and parents. They are perfect for helping your students develop strong reading comprehension skills in an engaging and meaningful way.

With this product, you'll receive thoughtfully crafted passages aligned with 2nd and 3rd grade standards and covering a wide range of exciting and relevant topics for young learners.

Each passage is accompanied by skillfully designed questions that challenge students to think critically, infer, and draw conclusions, helping them become confident readers.

Please see the preview to get a glimpse of the passages, questions, and answers to determine whether they are a perfect fit for your students.

In this download, you will get:

• 1 PDF file with 17 pages
• The file contains 5 reading comprehension passages with questions and answers.
• The passages are;
  • Lily Rides the Waves
  • Why Owls are Active at Night
  • Sunny Summer Fun
  • Chirp: The Boastful Cricket
  • The Adventures of Sparky the Toothbrush

These reading comprehension passages can also be used for other grade levels depending on the reading abilities and needs of the students.

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❤️Looking for engaging, culturally appropriate activities to celebrate Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) and Hispanic traditions in your classroom? Your students will love learning about this important holiday and how it is celebrated, while practicing reading, comprehension, social studies, and art skills!

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✏️ Great for kindergarten, 1st, or 2nd grade!

✏️A perfect addition to your Hispanic Heritage Month, Day of the Dead, Latin traditions, or holidays around the world unit!

✏️ Great for literacy centers, guided reading groups, independent work, partner work, indoor recess, sub tub, intervention programs and more!

✏️Once pages have been completed, you can staple into a Day of the Dead booklet to read or take home to share with family!

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⭐️Three differentiated reading levels included to help your students build confidence!

⭐️Reading comprehension worksheets with answer keys included to check for understanding!

⭐️This resource is low prep and will save you time! Simply print and go! (No cutting required!)

⭐️Create a reading or Day of the Dead bulletin board by displaying pages or booklets!

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✅Includes: (40 pages)

✅ Mini readers include: (33 pages - 11 pages per reader)

☑ Day of the Dead cover page

☑ Where it originated

☑ When it is celebrated

☑ What it celebrates

☑ How it is celebrated

✅ Reading comprehension worksheets: (7 pages)

Level 1

☑ Find & color the Day of the Dead pictures (1 page)

☑ Match the vocabulary words (1 page)

Level 2

☑ Multiple choice questions (1 page)

☑ Write your answer questions - dotted lines (1 page)

Level 3

☑ True or False questions (1 page)

☑ Multiple choice questions (1 page)

☑ Write your answer questions - single lines (1 page)

✅ Bonus:

☑ What you need to know (1 page)

☑ Table of contents (2 pages)

☑ Answer Key (7 pages)

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Aesop’s Fables The Lion & The Mouse Book Study Companion Reading Comprehension Literacy Unit with Fun Activities, based on the classic fairy tale book (book not included).

This 44-page packet provides a variety of levels to reach each individual student. Please see preview pages and descriptions below . Worksheets include lined paper for easy handwriting practice:

44 Pages Total Include:

1. TABLE OF CONTENTS

2. 5 Comprehension short-answer questions 

3. 5 Multiple Choice Questions ,

4. * * * answer sheet (corresponds with both sets)

5. Story Elements : Who, What, When, Where, Main Idea, Problem Solving

6. Reflection : Connection, Text-to-Self, Steps You Would Give to …………

7. Story Map: Setting, Characters, Problem, Solution

8. Key Questions : Who, What, When, Where, How, Why (With Graphics)

9. Step By Step : First, Next, Then, Last

10. Step By Step : First, Next, Then, Last : with shaped-illustrated writing areas

11. Title Page: Author, Illustrator, add your own illustration 

12. Cause & Effect  : Fill in the Cause & Effect blanks

13. Writing Prompt : with Mouse- shaped lined paper :…..

14. Moral of the Story : What does it mean? What evidence is given?

15. Compare & Contrast Venn Diagram: Lion Vs Mouse

16. Book Report : Who is the author? Fiction or Non Fiction? Characters? Favorite part? Rate this book! 

17. Opinion Journal: What did you think? What would you change?

18. Read & Respond : Main Idea, Supporting Details, Author’s Purpose, My New Vocabulary

19. Vocabulary : 10 words from the book with match-up definitions

20. * * * Vocabulary Answer Sheet

21. Vocabulary Words in Use –Fill-in-the-blank : insert the correct word in each sentence using the Vocabulary 10-Word Box

22. * * * Vocabulary Words in Use Answer Sheet

23. Word Search page (20 words)

24. Word Scramble page (10 words)

25. Spelling Words : 10 words plus 1 Bonus, from the book, on lined paper

26. * * * Spelling Test : blank, lined paper

27. ABC Order : 20 words from the book

28. * * * ABC Order : Answer sheet

29. Syllables : Divide the 20 words into syllables

30. * * * Syllables : Answer Sheet

31. Rhyme Time :15 homophone words from the book, to match up to 15 rhyming words

32. Design & Detail illustrating page …..

33. Contractions : 9 contractions to combine, or separate

34. Follow the instructions : coloring, addition/subtraction using photos

35. Follow the instructions : counting pictures , left/right

36. Follow the instructions : First/Second/Third/Fourth ; Counting photos graph

37. Acrostic Poem : KIND

38. Math : 12 simple addition problems

39. * * * Math : answer sheet

40. Math : 12 simple multiplication problems

41. * * * Math : answer sheet

42. Label a Mouse : 8 labels with fill-in-the-blank & word box included.

43. Label a Lion : 8 labels with fill-in-the-blank & word box included

44. Senses : Feels, Smells, Looks, Tastes & Sounds Like

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Tired of searching for decodable passages with comprehension? Make teaching L blends easy with these decodable passages and comprehension questions! Help your students master blends while building fluency and comprehension—all with simple, engaging passages designed to save you time. Each decodable passage provides targeted practice, while the comprehension questions ensure students understand what they read and apply that comprehension to all subject areas.

Why this resource works:

• Time-saving and ready to use—print and teach, no prep required.
• Builds fluency and comprehension—so students can read confidently and independently.
• Engages young readers with fun, relatable characters like Blake, Clint, and Bliss.
• Sets your students up for success in early literacy and beyond.

What’s included:

• 10 Decodable passages focusing on L blends
• 3 Comprehension questions per passage designed to strengthen understanding
• Easy-to-use makes it perfect for small groups, independent work, or at-home practice.

Your students will love the confidence they gain from reading successfully, and you’ll love the simplicity of having everything you need to teach blends in one resource.

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This printable contains a set of Earth Day Readers about Pollution. These Earth Day readers are perfect to teach your learners about pollution and its effects on Earth. Learners will also be exposed to real-life images of pollution and its damage to the environment as well as ways that can help to conserve and protect our Earth from damage.

The printable contains real-life photos (except for 3 clipart images)

This packs contains:

- 5 Easy Readers

Topics Included:

- Pollution (10 pages)

- Air Pollution (14 pages)

- Water Pollution (21 pages)

- Land Pollution (25 pages)

- Reducing Pollution (22 pages)

Content of the books:

- Pollution: General overview of pollution

- Air Pollution: Mentions about what it is and what are the main causes.

- Water Pollution: Mentions about what it is and what are the main causes.

- Land Pollution: Mentions about what it is and what are the main causes.

- Reducing Pollution: Mentions several ways that pollution can be reduced.

These easy readers are in a simple print, cut, and staple format! Also, you can choose to print the easy readers in color OR choose to print in grayscale in your printer settings.

Check out this Earth Day - Sorting Recycling Activity.

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What happens when Tom the Turkey decides not to participate in Thanksgiving? This active learning book includes listening and sight words that are physically acted out when read aloud. Get fit while reading and learning! Action words include: 1. gobbled and hopped 2. yelled, “Stop!” 3. sat on the ground 4. Shake a leg 5. wave your hand 6. jumped up and down 7. gobble, gobble… 8. shook hands 9. stretched and yawned 10. looked around 11. frowned 12. smiled 13. ran 14. stood frozen 15. remained frozen 16. shaded his eyes 17. Beep, beep 18. wriggled 19. yelled, “Happy Thanksgiving!” Includes short story elements that can also be taught. Meets CCSS for assessment of listening, following directions, sight words, vocabulary, and more...Have fun exercising and learning with Tom the turkey!

A close reading passage with a teacher presentation, comprehension and grammar questions, a multiple choice quiz, a crossword puzzle and a wordsearch about the president during the American Civil War, Abraham Lincoln.

The NO PREP informational text worksheets are perfect for students in third grade or fourth grade. Students will learn key facts about the former president whilst working on their comprehension skills.

Included in this PDF printable resource:

• A teacher presentation to introduce the subject
• An informational text
• A comprehension activity with ten questions
• Two grammar questions about the text
• An extension writing activity
• A multiple choice quiz with seven questions
• An answer sheet for self-assessment or teacher use
• A crossword puzzle to consolidate learning
• A wordsearch puzzle
• An Easel activity for distance learning

For a digital version of this resource that students can complete on tablets, phones and computers download the Abraham Lincoln Close Reading Activity | Digital & Print.

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This resource is great for:

• In class learning
• Independent work
• Homework
• Guided reading sessions
• Assessment practice
• Reading interventions
• Emergency sub plans

The activity requires NO PREP; it has a body of text that students need to read through thoroughly; then they can use the text to find the comprehension and grammar answers. All texts then have an extension activity for those fast finishers and answers, for teacher use, are on the final page of the document.

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This is a 38-page set of worksheets for the book "Who Was Harriet Tubman?" by Yona Zeldis McDonough. This includes a four-page story test.

There are three worksheets for each chapter:

* comprehension questions

* vocabulary

* story analysis

Also, there are several additional worksheets:

* story reflection

* review activities

* cause and effect

* compare and contrast

* biography (story map)

* critical thinking

* inferences

* summaries

* scrambled sentences

* word search

* crossword puzzle

* story test (four pages)

There is also an answer key included at the end of the file.

Worksheets for the “Who Was…?” series:

* What Was Pearl Harbor?

* What Was Pompeii?

* What Was the Underground Railroad?

* Where Are the Galapagos Islands?

* Where Is the Amazon?

* Where Is the Grand Canyon?

* Who Is Barack Obama?

* Who Was Albert Einstein?

* Who Was Amelia Earhart?

* Who Was Anne Frank?

* Who Was Ben Franklin?

* Who Was Charles Darwin?

* Who Was Eleanor Roosevelt?

* Who Was Harriet Tubman?

* Who Was Helen Keller?

* Who Was Isaac Newton?

* Who Was Jackie Robinson?

* Who Was Jacques Cousteau?

* Who Was John F. Kennedy?

* Who Was King Tut?

* Who Was Leonardo da Vinci?

* Who Was Louis Armstrong?

* Who Was Marie Curie?

* Who Was Mark Twain?

* Who Was Nelson Mandela?

* Who Was Roald Dahl?

* Who Was Rosa Parks?

* Who Was Sally Ride?

* Who Was Seabiscuit?

* Who Was Thomas Alva Edison?

* Who Was William Shakespeare?

* Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?

* Who Were The Beatles?

Free Guide to go with my BILINGUAL BOOK.

Adventures with the Cousins

Aventuras con los Primos

Need a quick and fun way for students to review a book they have recently read? Looking for a quick way to check students comprehension? With this Emoji Book Review, students can choose an emoji to represent how the book made them feel as well as answer 4 questions about the book.

This packet is a literature response to Judy Moody Saves the World.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 M. Reading Comprehension Strategies Addressed- - Predicting - Visualizing - Short Answer Response - Questioning - Story Mapping - Grammar - Character Analysis - Text Connections - Compare and Contrast For literature response packets for Levels J-M, click here: https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Response-to-Literature-Packets-Levels-J-M-Guided-Reading-2935703

The book, Good Work, Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish is great for children ages 5 and up. Idioms are reviewed in this packet that pop up in the book, unfamiliar vocabulary and how they are used is included in this packet, along with short answer and multiple choice comprehension questions that connect with the story that was read. Some of the comprehension questions in this product relate with students own experiences. Vocabulary words, their meanings, and a few example sentences are presented in the packet. As the book is being read aloud, as students are reading the book or after the book has been read, students can answer the comprehension questions in this packet.

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Mia and the Magic Flower is a heartwarming picture book that celebrates kindness, perseverance, and the power of community through the eyes of a young girl named Mia. When Mia plants a mysterious seed given to her by her grandmother, she learns that patience, hope, and a caring heart can blossom into something extraordinary. As the tiny sprout grows into a wondrous tree with glowing silver flowers, it transforms not just Mia’s world—but the entire village.

Children will be captivated by the rich, textured illustrations that bring each joyful and emotional moment to life. From laughter and teasing to triumph and celebration, Mia’s journey mirrors challenges every child faces—and reminds us that even the smallest hands can make the biggest difference.

Perfect for ages 4–8, Mia and the MagicFlower is ideal for bedtime reading, classroom inspiration, or as a gift for budding nature lovers and dreamers. This beautifully illustrated tale encourages empathy, resilience, and the joy of giving back to your community.

Let Mia’s story plant a little magic in your heart.

**Introduce Martin Luther King Jr. to your 1st–3rd grade students with this engaging and interactive mini-book! **This printable resource is perfect for teaching about MLK, his life, and his contributions to the Civil Rights Movement. This mini-book helps young learners understand Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy and the importance of equality, kindness, and fairness!

What’s Included:

• Cover Page
• Martin Luther King Jr. as a Boy
• Growing Up in a Segregated World
• Who did Martin Luther King Jr. become?
• What Did Martin Luther King Jr. Do?
• How Do We Celebrate?
• writing prompt page with writing lines
• coloring page

Why Teachers Love This Resource:

• Aligned with social studies and literacy standards for Grades 1-3.
• Easy-to-print mini-book format for individual or group activities.
• Encourages empathy, creativity, and critical thinking.
• Perfect for Black History Month, MLK Day, or year-round learning about equality.

Use this resource in your classroom or homeschool to inspire your students to dream big and make a difference, just like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.!

Guided reading group time has always been a favorite time in my classroom. Students love the closeness of the small group and reading a book chosen just for them! Magic Tree House A Perfect Time for Pandas is book #48 in the series. The format is half page (my students LOVE the smaller booklet format). Included in the packet: -comprehension questions for each chapter -short word work review task for many chapters -art connection opportunity -story sequence -answer key for chapter questions A Perfect Time for Pandas is an AR level 3.8 book. We hope your students enjoy this Magic Tree House adventure! Please leave your comments and feedback, we enjoy hearing from you. Also, we would love to have you follow us to receive notifications about our new TeachShare products, sales, and freebies. Thanks for visiting and checking out our store! ~ Judy & Rachel ~

This special education force and motion adapted book engages students by having them match real pictures to the pages of this life skills book.

Use this activity one time as a cut and glue activity or laminate and velcro for repeated use.

Force and Motion

Pages include:

Push

Pull

Force

Incline

Decline

Position

Velocity

Gravity

This book is included in a Science Adapted Book Bundle. Check it out HERE!

• Bodies of Water
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• Continents
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• My Organs
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• Animal Habitats
• Life Cycle

Come along on a social-emotional learning adventure where we learn how "A Pirate Makes a Great Team-Matey" with this short story all about working together and learning more about different tools that can help make us a great teammate! This download includes a copy of the short story "A Pirate Makes a Great Team-Matey" as well as FOUR follow up and follow along worksheets to help make this story even more interactive and engaging! Read together with your younger mateys or provide a fun opportunity during indepandant or small group reading time! However you chose to use, it is surely a fun resource to learn, grow, and explore together!

The Playground Problem by Sally Rippin is part of the Hey Jack! series. This file contains comprehension questions for each chapter of the book and vocabulary questions. It has an Accelerated Reading level of 2.5. If you have suggestions or want to ask any questions, please feel free to reach out to me by email, mrleeslearners1@gmail.com About the Story: Jack’s friend Billie is away, so he plays with Alex instead. They have lots of fun together! But what will happen when Billie comes back and Jack is faced with The Playground Problem? Other Hey Jack! Book Studies Hey Jack! The New Friend by Sally Rippin Book Study Hey Jack! The Robot Blues by Sally Rippin Book Study Hey Jack! The Worry Monster by Sally Rippin Book Study Hey Jack! The Scary Solo by Sally Rippin Book Study Hey Jack! The Top Team by Sally Rippen Book Study Hey Jack! The Winning Goal by Sally Rippen Book Study Hey Jack! The Circus Lesson by Sally Rippin Book Study Hey Jack! The Crazy Cousins by Sally Rippin Book Study *** How to get TeachShare credits to use on future purchases *** Go to your My Purchases page. Beside each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback button, click it and you will be taken to a page where you can leave a quick rating and a short comment about the product. Why is feedback so important? Each time you provide feedback, you’ll earn TeachShare credits that can be applied to future purchases to save you money! Plus, the feedback you provide helps me make my products better suit your needs! *** How To Follow My Store *** Click the green star beside my name at the top of this page OR at the top of my store page. Following me notifies you when I post a new item and you will receive customized email updates about my store.

The Boy Who Changed the World by Andy Andrews is an inspiring tale about making a difference in the world. Through reading and interacting with this story, students will learn that all actions matter. This pack includes activity pages covering vocabulary, note taking, writing prompts, and quiz for younger and older students.

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