More than $20 3rd Grade Reading Independent Work Packet

Save 20% on 15 books from the What Is? and What Was? book series. Each one includes a book report flipbook template and a comprehensive reading comprehension digital lesson (with a built-in reward system).

The books in the series include:

1. What Was the Age of Exploration?
2. What Was the Children's Blizzard of 1888?
3. What Was the Wild West?
4. What Was the Donner Party?
5. What Was the Ice Age?
6. What Was the Boston Tea Party?
7. What Was Ellis Island?
8. What Was the Great Depression?
9. What Was the Plague?
10. What Was the Titanic
11. What Were the Salem Witch Trials?
12. What is Climate Change?
13. What is the Constitution?
14. What is the Coronavirus Disease COVID-19?
15. What is the Women's Rights Movement?

This product is easy to use:

1. Print the template (same template for every book in this series), cut along the dotted line on each page, then staple the top to create the flipbooks (students can do this on their own).
2. Read the book (independently or as a class/group)
3. Click through the Google reading comprehension digital lesson (no-prep required!)
4. Students fill out the template independently/homework or as a class or group. In my class, we work on the book report template together through each section of the lesson.

The sections of the reading comprehension digital lesson and 9-page book report template include (along with the built-in reward system):

• book title info
• rating & review
• vocabulary
• facts
• text ideas
• series of events
• making life connections
• what I learned
• questions I have
• setting/subject
• interesting event
• important event

The ELL Newcomer Vocabulary Units offer an engaging and interactive way to build essential vocabulary for English Language Learners. Designed to help students tackle everyday tasks in English, these units focus on important basic vocabulary that lays the groundwork for language success.

All 44 Picture Page First Word Units cover 396 entry-level vocabulary words, organized into groups of nine for easy comprehension. (Download the preview for the complete list of words covered and a few pages from the product)

Key Features:

• Interactive Learning: Each thematic unit is crafted to engage students through hands-on activities that reinforce vocabulary comprehension and usage.
• Practical Vocabulary: Students will learn vital words and phrases relevant to various themes, enabling them to navigate real-world situations and communicate more effectively.
• Supportive Structure: The units are designed to foster a collaborative learning environment, allowing students to practice their language skills in a supportive setting.
• Comprehensive Approach: These units provide a well-rounded introduction to vocabulary, incorporating visual aids and contextual learning to enhance understanding.

Empower Your Students: Provide them with the foundational vocabulary they need to succeed in their English language journey. The Picture Page First Word Units are essential tools for helping learners build confidence and competence in English.

Prepare your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students for STAAR success featuring 65 passages, 15 skills, 5 genres, revising and editing, and short constructed responses in one spot! Topics include main idea and details, inference, author's purpose, context clues, plot, and more!

This print-and-go resource covers fiction, poetry, informational,  drama, and argumentative genres.

➡️ Why You Will Love

⭐STAAR rigor activities that are planned and prepped so you get your planning time back!

⭐Flexible Format to integrate into any curriculum. 

⭐Variety of activities to differentiate to help you reach every learner in your classroom.

➡️ Skills Included

• Author's Purpose
• Author's Voice
• Character Relationships
• Context Clues
• Elements of Plot
• Figurative Language
• Inference
• Main Idea and Supporting Details
• Making Connections
• Paraphrase and Summarize
• Point of View
• Print & Graphic Features
• Setting
• Text Structure
• Theme

➡️ Genres Addressed

• Fiction
• Poetry
• Informational
• Drama
• Argumentative

*Note: Plot elements, character relationships, setting influence, point of view, and figurative language are not tested in informational and argumentative texts_._

➡️ What’s Included in each passage

• Comprehension Questions
• Short Constructed Response
• Revising and Editing
• Answer Key

➡️ How to Use

• Small Group Intervention
• Independent Practice
• Stations
• Formative Assessments
• Sub Plans

Help your students feel confident and prepared for STAAR with this all-in-one resource!

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➡️ ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS

Mini-Lessons

Activity Packs

Short and Extended Constructed Responses