$5 - $10 7th Grade Guided Reading Books (by date, oldest first)
Young Voices: Eight Short Stories of Courage & Resilience 5-8
By Mark Holmes
Young Voices: Stories of Courage & Resilience in Conflict & Adversity
64 pages
Grade 5 to 8
All stories also available individually
Discover the resilience and hope of youth with our collection of eight short stories for grades 5 to 8, each set against the backdrop of global conflict and adversity. These narratives, ranging from a diary in the ruins of Gaza to unexpected friendships in Kashmir, offer a window into the impact of war on young lives. They capture the essence of innocence and the unyielding human spirit, providing a poignant exploration of loss, tradition, and the strength found in family and friendship bonds amidst turmoil.
Our carefully curated anthology spans from the streets of Sarajevo to the tense borders of East Ukraine and beyond, bringing to light the often-overlooked experiences of children in war-torn environments. These authentic tales not only confront the harsh realities of violence but also weave threads of hope, suggesting paths toward healing and peace. This collection is a profound reminder of our shared humanity and the vital importance of nurturing and listening to the world's youth, who carry the promise of a brighter, more united future.
Each story comes with a set of probing and thought-provoking questions.
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Stories
Iqbal & Yasmin: A Kashmiri Story
● A Kashmiri boy starts a cricket league to bring together youth from opposing
sides and provide hope in the midst of conflict.
Mykhala & Daniela: Slava Ukraini
● Two girls driven from their homes in Ukraine find friendship and purpose in
creating a bird sanctuary, becoming symbols of resilience and peace.
Kiribati: Rising Tides, Resilient Hearts
● Two girls from the island nation of Kiribati find strength in their bond as their
community is forced to leave their sinking homeland.
Irene’s Steps: A Story from the Troubles in Northern Ireland
● An unlikely friendship between a Catholic girl and a Protestant boy in Northern
Ireland during the Troubles helps bridge divides through their school project
sharing personal stories.
Beyond the Horizon: A Mexican Tale
● Four friends from Mexico undertake the perilous journey across the border,
driven by hopes for a better future.
Echoes of Hope: The Children of Sarajevo
● Children create an oasis of hope and resistance through education and art during the Siege of Sarajevo.
Gaza Diary: Shadows of Hope
● A young girl in Gaza chronicles her family's daily struggles for survival and
glimpses of hope amidst the cycles of war devastating her community.
The Day the World Changed: 9/11
● Two NYC teenagers find purpose helping their community cope with the
aftermath of 9/11, gaining resilience amidst tragedy.
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General Learning Objectives for Deep by Design Stories
Understanding Conflict: The material offers insights into the dynamics of territorial conflicts and their ramifications for those caught in the crossfire.
Effects of War or Conflict on Youth: The content underlines the deep-seated impact of hostilities on the mental and physical health of children and adolescents.
Resilience and Hope: Through character experiences, the narrative highlights the
human capacity for endurance and the quest for collective healing amidst adversity.
Cultural Insight: The text provides a window into the complexities of a region's culture and the intense obstacles its inhabitants endure.
Human Rights: The narrative serves as a primer for dialogues concerning the
safeguarding of civilians and the enforcement of human rights in times of strife.
Peacebuilding: The book promotes an investigation into the adoption of nonviolent strategies for mitigating disputes and fostering reconciliation at the community level.
World War I & World War II Close Reading Book Bundle | 5th Grade & 6th Grade
By Creative Primary Literacy
Two close reading activity books that timeline both the First World War and the Second World War. In total there are sixteen reading passages; each activity has an informational text with comprehension and grammar questions, followed by an extension task, crossword puzzle and wordsearch activity. The NO PREP reading comprehension worksheets are perfect for students in fifth grade or sixth grade. Students will learn about key areas of World War 1 and World War 2 whilst developing their comprehension skills.
The World War I book contains the following close reading activities:
1 – An Overview of World War I
2 – The Outbreak of World War I
3 – Trench Warfare in World War I
4 – The Battle of the Somme
5 – The United States Enters World War I
6 – The Treaty of Versailles
The World War II book contains the following close reading activities:
1 – The Outbreak of War in Europe
2 – World War II (Overview)
3 – Dunkirk and The Battle of Britain
4 – The Blitz
5 – The Eastern Front
6 – The Attack on Pearl Harbor
7 – The Battle of Midway
8 – The Holocaust
9 – The Surrender of the Axis Powers in Europe / VE Day
10 – The Atomic Bombs and Japan’s Surrender / VJ Day
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Included in this PDF printable resource:
- Sixteen informational texts
- Each with a comprehension activity with ten questions
- Each with grammar questions about the text
- Each with an extension writing activity
- Answer sheets for self-assessment or teacher use
- Each has a crossword puzzle and wordsearch activity
- Ready-made Easel Activities perfect for distance learning
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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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Time allowance to complete:
5 minutes - read through the text individually.
40 minutes - answer questions using the text as guidance (including extension activity)
15 minutes - Teacher and students go through the text and answers.
Other similar or relevant resources:
- Distance Learning Resources
- World War 1 Resources
- World War 2 Resources
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World War II Close Reading Book & Writing Bundle | 5th Grade & 6th Grade
By Creative Primary Literacy
This bundle comes with two close reading books, and an informational writing unit - all about World War 2. There are 20 complete lessons, and 100s of pages of activities about the global war.
Firstly, the World War II Collection contains close reading activities on:
1 – The Outbreak of War in Europe
2 – World War II (Overview)
3 – Dunkirk and The Battle of Britain
4 – The Blitz
5 – The Eastern Front
6 – The Attack on Pearl Harbor
7 – The Battle of Midway
8 – The Holocaust
9 – The Surrender of the Axis Powers in Europe / VE Day
10 – The Atomic Bombs and Japan’s Surrender / VJ Day
Then, the World War II Leaders Book contain close reading activities on:
1 – Winston Churchill
2 – Adolf Hitler
3 – Franklin D. Roosevelt
4 – Benito Mussolini
5 – Joseph Stalin
6 – Hirohito
NO PREP is needed!
Finally the World War II - Informational Text Writing Activity has been split into three separate lessons which will take students approximately 40-50 minutes each. The first lesson is interactive and involves them cutting out facts, and then sorting these facts into paragraphs. In the second lesson the children need to use these facts to write four paragraphs. Then, in the final lesson your class will need to check their draft paragraphs for mistakes before writing up their work into a neat copy on the template provided.
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This resource is great for:
- Distance learning
- Independent work
- Homework
- Guided reading sessions
- Emergency sub plans
- Reading interventions
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Other similar or relevant resources:
- U.S. History Resources
- World War 1 Resources
- Distance Learning Resources
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Special Education Science Adapted Book Bundle: Science Lesson and Goal Practice
By Specifically Sped
This special education science adapted book bundle is perfect for life skills classes. It is differentiated to meet the needs or multi-level students. The definitions provide information for students working at a higher level while the matching visuals give access to science material who may need more academic support.
These science adapted books are included in a mega bundle with corresponding task boxes. For each adapted book in this bundle their is an adapted book with matching visuals to reinforce the retention of each topic. With nine topics included, you are able to change these out each month.
- Bodies of Water
- Landforms
- Continents
- Planets
- My Body
- My Organs
- Weather
- Animal Habitats
- Force and Motion
***FREEBIE INCLUDED
There is a free copy of "My Life Cycle Adapted Book" available for you to download with this purchase of this bundle.
Don't miss out on this complete set of Science Adapted Books.
Each book includes visuals to velcro to each page of the book.
Mega Bundle
These science adapted books are included in a mega bundle with corresponding task boxes. For each adapted book in this bundle their is an adapted book with matching visuals to reinforce the retention of each topic. With nine topics included, you are able to change these out each month.
Check out the Mega Bundle HERE!
Spanish Food Comida Novice Reading Comprehension Passage | Activity & Questions
By La clase animada
Engage your novice level Spanish students with these entertaining reading activities and comprehension questions! This no-prep activity would be great for students who are practicing food, beverage or exercise vocabulary. This bundle includes the following two Spanish reading activities:
'La comida' is a story about Tyler and his friends and the different items they eat and drink. This story would work well for any unit over food and includes the grammatical concepts of -er and -ir conjugations as well as me gusta/n and me encanta/n phrases.
'Cada día' is a story about Gregorio as he describes his day, including what he eats at meals, his different classes at school, and how he maintains his health. This story would work well for any unit that includes food or exercise vocabulary and includes the grammatical concepts of ser and adjectives.
This product includes:
- Engaging printable story with lines for student responses
- Dynamic PDF version of the story suitable for projection
- Comprehensive 10-question multiple-choice assessment with answer key
- Creative activity ideas for speaking, writing, and drawing
These versatile stories are effective for:
- Interactive partner or small group activities
- Rigorous integrated performance assessments (IPAs)
- Convenient no-prep substitute plans
- Seamless online or distance learning
These stories correspond to: Level 1 Ch. 3A & 3B of Auténtico & Realidades.
I have stories and activities that correspond to Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 of Spanish! Incorporate these stories into every unit, and you will see your students become highly proficient readers! (I use these stories in my own classroom each unit and can confirm that they work!)
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La Navidad | Christmas Holidays Spanish Activity Bundle | Reading & Vocabulary
By La clase animada
You will be fully prepared to teach about la Navidad and other Spanish winter holidays with these three fun, no-prep Spanish reading and vocabulary activities! These Navidad activities will work for any level of Spanish and will hold your students' attentions throughout the class period. These Christmas resources are the following:
- Spanish Christmas Holidays Short-Stories: 4 short stories, each one dealing with a different holiday (Día de los Reyes, La Nochebuena, Día de los Inocentes, Año Nuevo en España) These short stories each contain four true/false questions, a reading activity, a writing activity, and a drawing activity.
- La Navidad Story: This non-fiction story shares the similarities and differences between Christmas in the United States and Christmas in Spanish-speaking countries. This activity contains a worksheet with ten comprehension questions, as well as activities for reading, speaking, and drawing.
- Christmas Worksheets: Looking for an easy and fun way to introduce your students to traditional Christmas and winter vocabulary and concepts? These fun printable worksheets will hold your students' interest and are a great way to learn while celebrating the holiday season. These worksheets come with answer keys too! :)
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Spanish Adjectives Likes and Dislikes Novice Reading Passage Bundle Activities
By La clase animada
Two of my most popular stories are now in a bundle! Engage your novice level Spanish students with these entertaining reading activities and comprehension questions! These no-prep activities would be great for students who are practicing likes and dislikes, activities and adjectives vocabulary. This bundle includes the following two Spanish reading activities:
'¿Qué te gusta hacer?' is an easily comprehended story of a conversation between two people meeting for the first time and getting to know each other. This story work well for any unit that includes basic verbs (like to work, to dance, to read, etc.) and includes the grammatical structure of different me gusta / te gusta phrases.
'¿Cómo eres?' follows a description of Rosa and her friends. Even though this group is all friends, they are very different from each other! This story would work well for any unit that includes personality description vocabulary (like hardworking, sociable, etc.) and includes the grammatical concept of correctly using adjectives in Spanish.
This product includes:
- Engaging printable story with lines for student responses
- Dynamic PDF version of the story suitable for projection
- Comprehensive 10-question multiple-choice assessment with answer key
- Creative activity ideas for speaking, writing, and drawing
These versatile stories are effective for:
- Interactive partner or small group activities
- Rigorous integrated performance assessments (IPAs)
- Convenient no-prep substitute plans
- Seamless online or distance learning
These stories correspond to Level 1 Chapters 1A & 1B of Realidades /Auténtico.
I have stories and activities that correspond to Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 of Spanish! Incorporate these stories into every unit, and you will see your students become highly proficient readers! (I use these stories in my own classroom each unit and can confirm that they work!)
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Spanish School Novice Reading Comprehension Passage Bundle | Activity Questions
By La clase animada
Engage your novice level Spanish students with these entertaining reading activities and comprehension questions! These activities would be great for students who are practicing school and classes vocabulary. This bundle includes the following two Spanish reading activities:
'Mi horario' is all about Lisa as she takes us through her daily schedule, telling us when she has different classes and also what she thinks of those classes. Will your students be able to relate to how Lisa feels about her classes? Your students will be interested in this story throughout your class period!
'La sala de clases', is a story about Eric. Eric describes his English classroom and the different activities he does in that room. Your students will be interested in this story from start to finish!
This product includes:
- Engaging printable story with lines for student responses
- Dynamic PDF version of the story suitable for projection
- Comprehensive 10-question multiple-choice assessment with answer key
- Creative activity ideas for speaking, writing, and drawing
These versatile stories are effective for:
- Interactive partner or small group activities
- Rigorous integrated performance assessments (IPAs)
- Convenient no-prep substitute plans
- Seamless online or distance learning
These stories correspond to: Level 1 Ch. 2A & 2B of Realidades & Auténtico.
I have stories and activities that correspond to Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 of Spanish! Incorporate these stories into every unit, and you will see your students become highly proficient readers! (I use these stories in my own classroom each unit and can confirm that they work!)
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Spanish Family Novice Reading Comprehension Passage Bundle Activity & Questions
By La clase animada
Engage your novice level Spanish students with this entertaining set of reading activities and comprehension questions! This no-prep activity would be great for students who are practicing family, birthdays, and restaurant vocabulary and contains vocabulary concepts of present tense irregulars (like tener and venir) and ser vs. estar. This bundle contains the following two stories:
'¿Cuántos años tienes?' is a fun story about Mónica's birthday party (with a surprise in her piñata!). This story would work well in any unit that includes family vocabulary and includes grammatical concepts of tener (and using tener with age) gusta/encanta, and possessive adjectives.
'¿Algo más?' is about Luna's trip with her family to a restaurant that ends in free dessert! This story would work well for any unit that includes vocabulary that centers around restaurants or physical attributes (like hair color and height) and includes the grammatical concepts of irregular verbs (venir, tener, traer, pedir) as well as ser vs. estar.
This product includes:
- Engaging printable story with lines for student responses
- Dynamic PDF version of the story suitable for projection
- Comprehensive 10-question multiple-choice assessment with answer key
- Creative activity ideas for speaking, writing, and drawing
These versatile stories are effective for:
- Interactive partner or small group activities
- Rigorous integrated performance assessments (IPAs)
- Convenient no-prep substitute plans
- Seamless online or distance learning
These stories correspond to: Level 1 Chapter 5A & 5B of Auténtico/Realidades.
I have stories and activities that correspond to all chapters of Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 of these textbooks! Incorporate these stories into every unit, and you will see your students become highly proficient readers! (I use these stories in my own classroom each unit and can confirm that they work!)
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Valentine's Day | Día de San Valentín Spanish Activity Bundle | Reading & Vocab
By La clase animada
You will be fully prepared to teach about el Día de San Valentín and other Spanish love holidays with these three fun, no-prep Spanish reading and vocabulary activities! These Valentine's activities will work for any level of Spanish and will hold your students' attentions throughout the class period. These Valentine resources are the following:
- Spanish Love Holidays Short-Stories: 4 short stories, each one dealing with a love holiday in a different country. These short stories each contain four true/false questions, a reading activity, a writing activity, and a drawing activity.
- 'Una tarjeta especial' Story: This fiction story is about a girl named Evita who creates a special card for her crush. Unfortunately, her crush isn't the one who receives it! This activity contains a worksheet with ten comprehension questions, as well as activities for reading, speaking, and drawing.
- Valentine's Day Worksheets: Looking for an easy and fun way to introduce your students to traditional Valentine's vocabulary and concepts? These fun printable worksheets will hold your students' interest and are a great way to learn while celebrating the holiday season.
All these resources come complete with answer keys for easy checking! ✅
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Spanish Weekend Plans Novice Reading Comprehension Activity Bundle and Questions
By La clase animada
Engage your novice level Spanish students with these entertaining reading activities and comprehension questions! These no-prep activities would be great for students who are practicing places around town and weekend plans vocabulary. This bundle includes the following two Spanish reading activities:
'Los fines de semana' is a story about four friends who discuss their normal weekend routines, including jobs and plans for this weekend. This story would work well for any unit that includes locations around town (like church, swimming pool, etc.) and includes the grammar concepts of creating questions in Spanish and conjugating the verb ir.
'¿Qué vamos a hacer?' is about Marta and her friends and their attempts to coordinate their schedules for this weekend. This story would work well with any unit that focuses on sports and leisure activities (like camping, playing baseball, etc.) and includes the stem changing verb jugar as well as ir + a + infinitive sentence structures.
This product includes:
- Engaging printable story with lines for student responses
- Dynamic PDF version of the story suitable for projection
- Comprehensive 10-question multiple-choice assessment with answer key
- Creative activity ideas for speaking, writing, and drawing
These versatile stories are effective for:
- Interactive partner or small group activities
- Rigorous integrated performance assessments (IPAs)
- Convenient no-prep substitute plans
- Seamless online or distance learning
These stories correspond to: Level 1 Ch. 4A & 4B of Auténtico and Realidades.
I have stories and activities that correspond to Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 of Spanish! Incorporate these stories into every unit, and you will see your students become highly proficient readers! (I use these stories in my own classroom each unit and can confirm that they work!)
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Growth Mindset Bookmarks | Positive Affirmation Bookmarks
By Queen's Educational Resources
Growth Mindset BOOKMARKS | Inspirational Bookmarks | Growth Mindset
About This Resource
★ 15 Growth Mindset Bookmarks
★ PDF file
★ Suitable for all grade levels, including adults!!
★ Suitable for ALL Subject Area Classrooms!
This resource includes:
★ 15 Growth Mindset Bookmarks
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These uplifting growth mindset bookmarks can be used in classrooms in several impactful ways:
❤️ Promote Reading Engagement:
★ Use the bookmarks as tools to motivate students to read more frequently and foster a love for reading.
★ Distribute them during book checkout or reading assignments to create excitement around reading.
❤️ Encourage Positive Thinking:
★ Highlight the motivational messages on the bookmarks to inspire students to adopt a positive mindset in both academics and daily life.
❤️ Classroom Incentives and Rewards:
★ Offer bookmarks as rewards for meeting academic goals, such as completing a book, excelling in a test, or demonstrating good behavior.
★ Include them in a prize box for students to choose from when earning classroom rewards.
❤️ Enhance Library Displays:
★ Place the bookmarks in the school library as a free resource for students to take, linking positive messages with the joy of reading.
❤️ Boost Classroom Morale:
★ Give bookmarks to students “just because,” reminding them they are valued and appreciated.
★ Incorporate them into activities like surprise desk drops or as part of a “Random Acts of Kindness” initiative.
❤️Incorporate into Literacy Activities:
★ Pair bookmarks with specific books or themes in literacy lessons, encouraging discussions around the motivational messages they display.
★ Use them as part of a book club to signify membership or participation.
❤️ Creative Projects:
★ Encourage students to create their own bookmarks inspired by the motivational messages as a creative classroom project.
You may:
★ Print and cut each one out (as there are four bookmarks on each sheet)
★ For long lasting use, photocopy onto card stock paper, or laminate them.
★ For personal touch you can also hole-punch the tops and tie a ribbon through!
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Created by © Queen’s Educational Resources
Your purchase includes one copy to be used in a single classroom. If you are looking for multiple copies, please be sure to purchase additional licenses.
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Please feel free to email me if you have any questions!
Bookmarks | Reading Bookmarks | Inspirational Bookmarks | Bookworm
By Queen's Educational Resources
Bookmarks | Reading Bookmarks | Inspirational Bookmarks | Bookworm
About This Bundle
**★ **Bookmarks
**★ **PDF File
**★ **Includes 3 products
**★ **49 Pages 49 Bookmarks
**★ **Suitable for ALL Grades!
This resource includes:
★ 15 Growth Mindset Bookmarks
★ 12 Reading Strategies Bookmarks
★ 22 Urban Motivational Bookmarks
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This bundle resource includes three sets of Bookmarks:
❤️ Growth Mindset
❤️ Motivational Bookmarks
❤️ Reading Strategy Bookmarks
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These Growth Mindset Bookmarks are a constant source of inspiration, encouraging students to stay positive, practice mindfulness, and persevere. With 15 unique and vibrant designs tailored to students' interests, these bookmarks are beautifully crafted to promote a growth mindset wherever they go.
Enhance your students’ reading comprehension with Reading Strategy Bookmarks! This set includes 10 attractive bookmarks, each featuring sentence stems aligned with essential reading strategies, such as predicting, visualizing, and summarizing. These bookmarks serve as handy tools to stimulate thinking, increase comprehension, and actively engage students in reading and discussion. The sentence stems can also be used to support students’ writing, making them versatile for various activities. Perfect for any text, these bookmarks help students develop deeper understanding and become more confident readers. Great for use during independent reading, group work, or homework assignments!
Reading Strategies featured in this resource:
☆ Determining Importance
☆ Making Inferences
☆ Questioning
☆ Evaluating
☆ Predicting
☆ Summarizing
☆ Visualizing
☆ Text-to-Self Connections
☆ Text-to-Text Connections
☆ Text-to-World Connections
❤️ Urban Motivational Bookmarks
This AMAZING set of 22 uplifting motivational bookmarks features vibrant, urban-style African American clipart that will captivate your students’ attention. Designed to encourage positive thinking, these bookmarks are perfect for inspiring a love for reading. They make a great addition to school libraries, classroom prizes, or thoughtful gifts for students—just because!
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These bookmarks can be used in classrooms in several impactful ways:
❤️ Promote Reading Engagement:
- Use the bookmarks as tools to motivate students to read more frequently and foster a love for reading.
- Distribute them during book checkout or reading assignments to create excitement around reading.
❤️ Encourage Positive Thinking:
- Highlight the motivational messages on the bookmarks to inspire students to adopt a positive mindset in both academics and daily life.
❤️ Classroom Incentives and Rewards:
- Offer bookmarks as rewards for meeting academic goals, such as completing a book, excelling in a test, or demonstrating good behavior.
- Include them in a prize box for students to choose from when earning classroom rewards.
❤️ Enhance Library Displays:
- Place the bookmarks in the school library as a free resource for students to take, linking positive messages with the joy of reading.
❤️ Celebrate Diversity:
- Use the urban-style African American clipart as a way to celebrate representation and diversity, helping students see themselves reflected in positive and uplifting materials.
❤️ Boost Classroom Morale:
- Give bookmarks to students "just because," reminding them they are valued and appreciated.
- Incorporate them into activities like surprise desk drops or as part of a "Random Acts of Kindness" initiative.
❤️Incorporate into Literacy Activities:
- Pair bookmarks with specific books or themes in literacy lessons, encouraging discussions around the motivational messages they display.
- Use them as part of a book club to signify membership or participation.
❤️ Creative Projects:
- Encourage students to create their own bookmarks inspired by the motivational messages as a creative classroom project.
You may:
- Print and cut each one out (as there are four bookmarks on each sheet)
- For long lasting use, photocopy onto card stock paper, or laminate them.
- For personal touch you can also hole-punch the tops and tie a ribbon through!
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Created by © Queen's Educational Resources All Rights Reserved
Your purchase includes one copy to be used in a single classroom. If you are looking for multiple copies, please be sure to purchase additional licenses.
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Please feel free to email me if you have any questions!
queenseducationalresources@gmail.com
Spanish Short Stories for the Classroom Libritos
By ARIANA PEREZ
Spanish Short Stories for the Classroom Libritos
includes:
5 original stories
+Reading Comprehension Questions
Stories are appropriate for Spanish 2 and higher.
Can be shared with students digitally or printed copies (up to the teacher).
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By ARIANA PEREZ
Una Broma en Clase utilizes beginning Spanish phrases and offers a fun story to engage your students. It includes guided questions at the end, and the graphics are amazing! I hope you love my new project!
Literature Circle Response Packet | 12 Titles | Levels N-R | Graphic Organizers!
By Veronica Reyes
This packet is a literature response to several books at Level N, Level O, Level P, Level Q and Level R. It can be used as a literature response for a book club or as a whole class reading comprehension packet. These packets can also be used during guided reading. There are prompts on when to answer each response page in the upper right corner in blue.
Reading Comprehension Strategies Addressed-
- Predicting
- Visualizing
- Short Answer Response
-Text Connections
- Major Event
- Author's Purpose
- Questioning
- Grammar
- Opinion
Includes these titles…
The Giving Tree
Strega Nona
Owl Moon
Amber Brown
Jumanji
Mr. Popper’s Penguins
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
Tikki Tikki Tembo
And Still the Turtle Watched
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Gleam and Glow
A Bad Case of Stripes
**LEVELS N, O, P, Q, R**
Literature Circle Response Packet | 12 Titles | Levels N-R | Graphic Organizers!
By Veronica Reyes
This packet is a literature response to several books at Level N, Level O, Level P, Level Q and Level R. It can be used as a literature response for a book club or as a whole class reading comprehension packet. These packets can also be used during guided reading. There are prompts on when to answer each response page in the upper right corner in blue.
Reading Comprehension Strategies Addressed-
- Predicting
- Visualizing
- Short Answer Response
-Text Connections
- Major Event
- Author's Purpose
- Questioning
- Grammar
- Opinion
Includes these titles…
The Giving Tree
Strega Nona
Owl Moon
Amber Brown
Jumanji
Mr. Popper’s Penguins
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
Tikki Tikki Tembo
And Still the Turtle Watched
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Gleam and Glow
A Bad Case of Stripes
**LEVELS N, O, P, Q, R**
Literature Circle Response Packet | 12 Titles | Levels N-R | Graphic Organizers!
By Veronica Reyes
This packet is a literature response to several books at Level N, Level O, Level P, Level Q and Level R. It can be used as a literature response for a book club or as a whole class reading comprehension packet. These packets can also be used during guided reading. There are prompts on when to answer each response page in the upper right corner in blue.
Reading Comprehension Strategies Addressed-
- Predicting
- Visualizing
- Short Answer Response
-Text Connections
- Major Event
- Author's Purpose
- Questioning
- Grammar
- Opinion
Includes these titles…
The Giving Tree
Strega Nona
Owl Moon
Amber Brown
Jumanji
Mr. Popper’s Penguins
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
Tikki Tikki Tembo
And Still the Turtle Watched
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Gleam and Glow
A Bad Case of Stripes
**LEVELS N, O, P, Q, R**
Click Graphic Novel Comprehension Questions
By Sign with me TOD
The graphic novel, Click! Kayla Miller is great for children ages 8 - 13, as they can relate with the characters. My students enjoyed this book because it is a book about friendship and finding where they belong or where they "click" as they navigate middle school. This book does not have chapters, so comprehension questions were separated by pages. Therefore, written comprehension skills are emphasized while reading.
The comprehension questions in this product relate with the text as well as 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.
Answer key is included at the end of the product.
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The HBs Trouble at the Arcade - Comprehension Questions
By Sign with me TOD
This book series is great for children ages 7 - 13, as they can relate with what Frank and Joe are doing and what mystery they are attempting to solve. The book, The HBs - Trouble at the Arcade - Book 1, discusses problem solving skills, working together as a team, listening to others ideas, and being a good friend/sibling. The comprehension questions in this product relate with the text as well as students own experiences. Vocabulary words, their meanings, and example sentences are presented in the packet. Students can also write sentences using the vocabulary words. 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. Words that students may need help with spelling when answering comprehension questions are provided in this product as well. An answer key is included at the back of this product for all comprehension questions
If you download this product, and found it useful, please leave me a positive review! :)
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