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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.

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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.

Why You'll Love This Product:

• Adorable Designs: Capture students' interest with charming animal illustrations, making tracking reading progress fun and enjoyable.
• Promotes Organization: Encourage students to stay organized by providing a structured format for recording book details.
• Motivates Reading: Inspire a love of reading and encourage students to explore new books by keeping a log of their reading accomplishments.
• Free Resource: Accessible to all students and homeschoolers, providing a valuable tool for tracking reading progress at no cost.
• Easy to Use: Simply print and use! These reading lists are ready to go, making them convenient for both students and educators.

Who This Product Is For:

1. Homeschoolers seeking a simple and effective way to track their reading progress and incorporate literacy activities into their curriculum.
2. Teachers looking for engaging tools to motivate students to read and keep track of their independent reading assignments.
3. Parents interested in fostering a love of reading in their children and providing them with tools to track their reading habits.
4. Librarians aiming to encourage library patrons, especially young readers, to explore new books and keep track of their reading adventures.
5. Reading enthusiasts of all ages who want to keep a record of the books they've read and create reading goals for themselves.

Keep track of reading adventures with these adorable Hedgehog Reading Logs! Perfect for logging book details like title, author, and page count, these logs make reading fun and organized.

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This set includes multiple hedgehog-themed reading logs to support reading practice and record-keeping:

• Book Details: Space to write down each book’s title, author, and total pages, helping kids reflect on their reading.
• Fun Hedgehog Design: Cute illustrations make reading logs engaging and fun for young readers.
• Flexible Use: Logs are ideal for daily, weekly, or monthly reading tracking, adaptable for any reading schedule.

Why You’ll Love This Product:
These Hedgehog Reading Logs are a fantastic tool for encouraging reading while building organizational skills. Designed with homeschool families in mind, they make tracking multiple books easy and enjoyable, and they’re a wonderful resource for meeting reading goals or requirements. The cute, kid-friendly design makes reading a memorable activity and motivates kids to reach for more books!

Features:

• Organized Layout: Clean, structured areas for title, author, and page number.
• Reading Motivation: Logs support reading habits, goal-setting, and accountability.
• Print-Ready: Each page is 8.5x11 and ready to print and fill out, perfect for at-home or classroom use.

Who This Product Is For:

1. Homeschool Families: Simplifies reading record-keeping for all ages.
2. Elementary Teachers: A great tool for book challenges or reading accountability.
3. Parents and Caregivers: Encourages kids to engage with reading at home.
4. Libraries: Ideal for summer reading programs or after-school clubs.
5. Tutors and Literacy Coaches: Helps track progress for individual students.

Quick activity to go along with the book "Never Ride Your Elephant to School"

Red Word Tic Tac Toe!

A fun way to practice spelling and reading red words!

Copy multiple copies, or place a copy in a plastic sleeve to be used with dry erase markers!

A fun and FREE bookmark keepsake for the upcoming eclipse.

Print and go bookmark!

Can be printed on colored paper or students can color the bookmark!

Getting out and exploring the colors and textures of fall is a great introduction to nature for all students! With our fall scavenger hunt have adventures in nature and have fun practicing counting to five and identifying colors.

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Enhance your students' understanding of Kwanzaa with this engaging Kwanzaa Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Passage and Questions resource! Perfect for the classroom, this product provides a detailed nonfiction passage that introduces the history, principles, and traditions of Kwanzaa.

Accompanied by six thought-provoking questions, this resource encourages meaningful discussions and helps students develop critical thinking skills.

Whether used for group activities, classroom discussions, or individual assessments, this two-page PDF is designed to captivate young learners while meeting educational standards.

Key Features:

• 1-page nonfiction reading passage about Kwanzaa
• 6 comprehension questions to assess understanding
• Ideal for Grades K-2, suitable for other elementary levels
• 8.5 x 11-inch format for easy printing and use
• Perfect for December and cultural heritage lessons

This versatile resource is excellent for celebrating Kwanzaa while also incorporating themes of diversity and cultural awareness. Download now to provide your students with a meaningful and educational learning experience!

Discover engaging Cinco de Mayo facts with our interactive reading worksheet! Dive into the history and significance of this festive holiday while sharpening reading skills. This educational resource features fascinating tidbits about Cinco de Mayo's origins, celebrations, and cultural impact. Perfect for classrooms or homeschooling, our worksheet includes comprehension questions to reinforce learning and critical thinking. Inspire curiosity and celebrate Mexican heritage with this fun and informative activity. Download our Cinco de Mayo reading worksheet today to unlock a world of knowledge and celebration! Ideal for students of all ages, this resource is a must-have for teachers, parents, and anyone interested in exploring the rich traditions behind this colorful event. Don't miss out—start your Cinco de Mayo adventure now!

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Explore the fascinating world of animals and their habitats in this beautifully adapted book "Where Does Animals Live". Discover how various creatures from the desert to the ocean, make their homes and survive in their unique environments. From the rainforest to the Arctic, this book takes readers on a wild adventure filled with stunning illustrations and interesting facts. Perfect for young animal enthusiasts and nature lovers, "Where Does Animals Live" is sure to captivate and educate readers of all ages. Embark on a journey to discover the diverse and intricate ecosystems that animals call home.

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This no prep engaging set of printable Dolch Sight Words l Printable Worksheets Free Sample Pack will help your students master high frequency words in no time flat. These Dolch Sight Words Printable Worksheets are a fun and engaging way to build reading skills, increase fluency and practice reading sight words in order to reach mastery. This free set is a sample of my Dolch Pre-Primer-3rd Grade Sight Words l Printable Worksheets Bundle.

Learning sight words is one of the fundamental building blocks for students to build fluency in reading. This packet will help students to be able to identify sight words in order to help build reading fluency. There are many other skills that are worked on in this packet in addition to high frequency words such as alphabetical order and sentence structure all of which will help students on their road to success as readers.

❤️What's included in this Dolch Sight Words l Printable Worksheets Free Sample Pack:

• A few sheets from each of the Dolch sight word work packets pre-primer-3rd grade

This sampler can be used in class as daily work or can be sent home for homework as a weekly packet. It could also be sent home as a summer packet. There is a page that can be made into flashcards for practice along with five activities, one for each day, for each set of high frequency words. There is a sheet so that each students progress can me tracked. You can color in the words on the sheet as they are mastered.

❤️Here is some feedback that I have received for this this Dolch Pre-Primer Sight Word Resource:

• Love the variety of resources in this sample. Thank you!
• Awesome resource, very comprehensive and perfect for sight word recognition! Stellar product!
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Increase reading fluency with these 60th Day of School-Themed Fluency Poems for 1st and 2nd Grade! This resource includes color and black-and-white versions to support reading comprehension and oral reading practice. Perfect for literacy centers, guided reading, or homework assignments!

Introduce your students to the basics of genre with these engaging Fiction and Nonfiction Genre Posters! Perfect for elementary classrooms or library displays, these posters feature student-friendly definitions and eye-catching graphics, helping students easily identify the differences between fiction and nonfiction.

This free set includes only the Fiction and Nonfiction posters.

Want more? Discover the full Reading Genre Posters set, featuring 28 unique genres to cover everything you need for teaching book genres.

WHAT’S INCLUDED

This set includes the fiction and nonfiction genre posters in the following formats:

★ Full-Size Poster (8.5” x 11”)➜ Color and black & white options

★ Half-Size Poster (5” x 4”)➜ Color and black & white options; perfect for student notebooks or smaller spaces

WHY USE GENRE POSTERS?

Boost reading comprehension by giving students a quick reference to help them identify fiction and nonfiction elements. These posters provide a strong foundation for understanding the basics of genre and are perfect for displaying year-round.

WAYS TO USE THIS RESOURCE

• Display & Reference: Use on focus walls, in notebooks, or at literacy centers.
• Student Engagement: Encourage students to refer to the posters as they explore texts.
• Customization: Tailor the editable version to best fit your classroom needs.
• Long-Term Use: Print, laminate, and reuse these posters year after year.
• Digital Integration: Incorporate digital versions for virtual learning or in-class activities.

WHO IS THIS FOR?

Ideal for elementary teachers looking for a clear, ready-to-use tool to introduce fiction and nonfiction genres. This set is designed specifically for younger students needing a strong foundation in genre types.

Looking for the complete set of 28 genres? Explore these resources:

⭐ Reading Genre Posters — Ideal for classroom displays and word walls, featuring vibrant visuals for every genre.

⭐ Reading Genre Anchor Charts & Interactive Templates — Dive deeper into each genre with detailed definitions, key features, and student-friendly note-taking guides.

⭐ Spanish Genre Posters — Available in Spanish to support bilingual classrooms.

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⭐ Fairy Tale Genre Poster Freebie

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Create an engaging learning space for genre exploration with these fiction and nonfiction genre posters for your ELA classroom!

Some social and emotional skills needed to collaborate with each other on a readers theatre performance are:

• Empathy
• Resilience
• Communication
• Cooperation
• Confidence
• Emotional regulation

To ensure the students are set up for success, before they are sent off into the wild for readers theatre there needs to be guidelines and clear expectations. An example of some Readers Theatre rules could be

Be Kind: Listen to each other and treat everyone with respect.

Join In: Everyone gets a chance to be part of the fun!

Teamwork Rocks: Work together to make our performance shine.

Get Ready: Practice your lines and cues before rehearsals.

Talk It Out: Share ideas and listen to each other's suggestions.

Try New Things: Be open to trying different ways of doing things.

Solve Problems Together: Work as a team to overcome any challenges.

Say Thanks: Celebrate each other's hard work and talent.

Look Back and Learn: Reflect on what we did well and how we can improve.

Have Fun!: Let's make reader's theatre a blast for everyone!

Readers Theatre Scripts

There are many out there to suit a whole range of different year levels and themes!

I’ve created these social and emotional learning readers theatre scripts for years 3-6, with each focusing on a different area.

The Kindness Crew 

In this Readers Theatre script, your students will meet the unique characters of the Kindness Crew: Charlie, Grace and Emma, as they embark on a mission to teach Zog, an alien from Planet Meany, about the importance of kindness.

The Inner Voices

In this Readers Theatre script, your students will meet Emma and Liam, whose ‘inner champion’ and ‘inner critic’ accompany them for a day at school. Inner Champion offers positivity, encouragement and kindness… Whilst Inner Critic is negative, unhelpful and unkind.

The Emotion Busters 

In this Readers Theatre script, your students will meet the unique characters of “The Emotion Busters”: Happy Harry, Sad Sally, Fearful Fred, Frustrated Fran and Angry Alex, as they drink a potion to suppress emotions they don’t like.

Resilient Riley 

In this Readers Theatre script, your students will meet the unique characters of Resilient Riley and Non Resilient Riley. Resilient Riley steps up to date to day challenges, however Non Resilient Riley runs away and ends up feeling even worse.

Check out the 'Readers Theatre In The Classroom' blog on the Captivating Kids blog.

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With this product, children will be able to practice their number words by circling them in numerical order as fast as they can. The words are spread out all over the worksheets in colorful letters.

There are worksheets for:

#s 1-10

#s 1-20

Counting by 10s to 100

Countings by 5s to 100

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Introducing my latest comprehension with questions and answers worksheets pack, Sally Strawberry in the Forest! This product includes a captivating story about Sally Strawberry and her adventure in the forest with her new friend, Mr. Pineapple. With engaging rhymes and fun characters, students will be drawn in and excited to read. The short reading comprehension pack also includes two different worksheets for students to use. The first worksheet has spaces for students to write their answers directly on the page, making it easy to keep track of their comprehension progress. The second worksheet is designed to be glued into their notebooks. Comprehension skills are essential for students to become successful readers. That's why this pack includes six Bloom's Taxonomy questions per worksheet, as well as two creative questions to encourage critical thinking and engagement. And don't worry - an answer key is included for easy grading and assessment.

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Welcome to The Fruit Characters and Mr. Orange Comprehension pack, a fun and engaging resource for young readers to practice their comprehension skills.

In this short reading comprehension, the Fruit Characters encounter Mr. Orange, a new fruit character who has lost his way and needs their help to find his way back home. The Fruit Characters are happy to assist and go on an adventure with Mr. Orange, which leads them to a surprise ending. The comprehension passages pack includes Bloom's Questions, which encourage critical thinking and help students delve deeper into the story. These questions include topics such as problem-solving, character analysis, and personal reflection. Overall, this comprehension pack with questions and answers is designed to not only help students understand the story but also to encourage them to think critically and creatively. The pack includes worksheets that can be stuck in workbooks or used as individual worksheets.

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Introducing the Mr Orange's Festive Party comprehension worksheet pack. This short reading comprehension pack includes a worksheet that can be stuck into a workbook or given as a standalone worksheet for students to work on. Comprehension is the ability to understand and interpret written text, and it's an essential skill for students to develop. By practicing comprehension, students can improve their reading skills, vocabulary, critical thinking, and overall academic success. The comprehension passage is a fun and engaging way for students to practice their comprehension skills while enjoying a heartwarming story about Mr Orange's festive party. Whether you're a teacher looking for a reading activity or a parent looking to supplement your child's learning at home, this comprehension sheet is a great resource for students of all ages.

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Join Little Strawberry and Cool Mr. Pineapple on their exciting adventure to find the secret garden in this fun and engaging comprehension worksheets pack. This short reading comprehension includes a fun story with beautiful illustrations, a worksheet to stick in your students' books, and a worksheet with spaces for answers that can also be stuck in their books. The story emphasizes the importance of kindness and helping others, while also improving students' reading comprehension skills. The pack also includes an answer key to make grading a breeze. Perfect for classroom use or homeschooling, this comprehension pack is sure to captivate young readers and inspire them to be kind to others.

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