Homeschool Reading Strategies Handouts (by date, oldest first)

Perfect for learners who have IEP's requiring class notes, correctly completed examples, and graphic organizers.

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I was tired of writing things on the board over and over again. I was tired of printing out pages that students threw away. I was also tired of answering questions that students could find for themselves. So I made a book to make sure I wouldn't have to anymore.

Over the course of 2 months, I thought of everything that I would have to teach, explain, write examples of, and print, and I put all my tips and tricks into ONE BOOK. I printed this out and spiral bound all the pages for each of my students. Every time my students ask me to repeat something, I point them to the book.

I also use this in my class for reference during specific lessons as well. It's a game changer! I save time and I save my sanity.

It's the MOST helpful for all the little pieces students need to know for all the stages of writing: brainstorming, pre-writing, paragraphs, citations, plagiarism, and much, much more.

WANT TO REVISE THIS TO MAKE IT YOUR OWN? I've added the Word document for teachers to modify to fit their teaching style!

Sections:

• Revising & Editing
• Fiction
• Non-fiction
• Writing
• Graphic Organizers & Notes
• Index

Key Features: ELA, English Language Arts, Writing Guide, Revising & Editing, Class Notes, Completed Examples, Graphic Organizers, IEP Accommodations, Teacher-Editable Word Document.

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Perfect for learners who have IEP's requiring class notes, correctly completed examples, and graphic organizers.

I was tired of writing things on the board over and over again. I was tired of printing out pages that students threw away. I was also tired of answering questions that students could find for themselves. So I made a book to make sure I wouldn't have to anymore.

Over the course of 2 months, I thought of everything that I would have to teach, explain, write examples of, and print, and I put all my tips and tricks into ONE BOOK. I printed this out and spiral bound all the pages for each of my students. Every time my students ask me to repeat something, I point them to the book.

I also use this in my class for reference during specific lessons as well. It's a game changer! I save time and I save my sanity.

It's the MOST helpful for all the little pieces students need to know for all the stages of writing: brainstorming, pre-writing, paragraphs, citations, plagiarism, and much, much more.

Sections:

• Revising & Editing
• Fiction
• Non-fiction
• Writing
• Graphic Organizers & Notes
• Index
• Bundle Includes practice that leads students through each level of Bloom's!

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And Check out these other resources!

• ELA Test Prep, Study Guide & Activities Bundle (new)
• All Things English For Middle & High School Students (best seller)
• Once Upon a Crime
• Revising & Editing Workbook
• Revising & Editing for Group Lessons
• Bell Ringers for the Semester
• Everything Writing (FREEBIE!)

Maximize your biology teaching resources with my plant and fungi life cycle reading passages.  Designed for middle and high school students, this comprehensive FREEBIE includes detailed reading passages, comprehension questions, and organized note-taking pages.

Dive deep into the world of reptiles with this comprehensive full-unit study designed for upper-middle to high school students.  This extensive resource includes a detailed reading passage, challenging questions, a 6-part assessment tool, a two-week lesson plan, detailed scope and sequence, writing prompts, a PowerPoint presentation, and engaging activities related to reptiles.  This unit study covers everything from the basics of reptile biology to their ecological roles and conservation efforts, making it a perfect addition to your science curriculum.  It also includes a PowerPoint presentation to enhance classroom learning.

Explore the captivating world of amphibians and reptiles with this comprehensive combo bundle!  This bundle includes detailed reading passages, lesson plans, scope and sequences, assessments, activities, writing prompts, and PowerPoint presentations on amphibians and reptiles.  Delve into these fascinating creatures’ unique characteristics, habitats, survival strategies, and reproductive processes.  This all-in-one bundle is designed to provide a complete and engaging science curriculum, equipping students with a deep understanding of these two important animal groups.

Unlock the full potential of your science curriculum with this in-depth unit study on amphibians!  Designed for upper middle to high school students, this comprehensive study covers everything from amphibian characteristics, habitats, and survival strategies to their reproduction and the impact of humans on amphibian populations.  The unit includes a detailed reading passage, lesson plans, scope and sequence, assessments, activities, writing prompts, and a PowerPoint presentation.  Equip your students with the knowledge and tools they need to explore the captivating world of amphibians through this all-inclusive educational package.

My Frog Life Cycle Booklet Includes:

-Color and Black & White of each handout.

-A fictional frog story that incorporates the handouts that come in the booklet.

- Graphic Organizer of the Frog Cycle (Descriptive-Writing).

- Graphic Organizer of the Frog Cycle (Students will illustrate).

- Reading Comprehension Sheet with fictional story (Questions for reading strategies).

This is a wonderful booklet to combine with a Science lesson on the frog cycle. Students will enjoy writing and drawing the frog cycle. The fictional story is fun and goes well with the lesson. I also created a reading comprehension sheet that incorporates the Reading Common Core as well.

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One Story, Two Perspectives: Exploring Subjectivity and Empathy through Dual-Perspective Narratives 5-8

Description:

Dive into the world of subjectivity and empathy with "1 Story, 2 Perspectives," a unique collection of eight short stories, each told from two contrasting viewpoints. Designed for students in grades 5-8, this resource encourages readers to examine familiar scenarios through different lenses, fostering understanding, compassion, and critical thinking skills.

Each story features two distinct characters, such as the shy new kid and the boisterous class clown, or the driven athlete and the passionate artist. By presenting both perspectives side by side, these narratives invite students to step into the shoes of each character, exploring their thoughts, feelings, and motivations. As students engage with the stories, they'll develop a deeper appreciation for the role that personality, priorities, and life experiences play in shaping one's perception of the world.

But the learning doesn't stop with the stories themselves! This comprehensive resource also includes 20 thought-provoking activities and discussion questions, providing educators with a wealth of tools for extending the lessons of empathy and perspective-taking. From comparative analysis and writing prompts to role-playing exercises and real-world connections, these activities are designed to help students internalize the stories' messages and apply them to their own lives.

Key features of "1 Story, 2 Perspectives":

• 8 engaging short stories, each told from two contrasting viewpoints
• Suitable for students in grades 5-8
• Encourages empathy, critical thinking, and appreciation for diverse perspectives
• Includes 20 activities and discussion questions for deeper exploration
• Adaptable for various classroom settings and learning styles
• Aligns with Common Core Standards for English Language Arts

By exploring these dual-perspective narratives and engaging in the accompanying activities, students will:

• Develop a deeper understanding of empathy and subjectivity
• Recognize the importance of considering multiple viewpoints
• Strengthen critical thinking and analysis skills
• Improve written and verbal communication abilities
• Foster a more compassionate and inclusive classroom community

"One Story, Two Perspectives" is a must-have resource for any educator looking to promote social-emotional learning, character education, and the development of 21st-century skills. Download now and watch as your students grow into more understanding, empathetic, and open-minded individuals!

Need a great, easy-to-use reading log? This was successfully used for many years when we had a time slot cut out for a 30-minute reading time each day. Students earn points towards rewards such as homework passes, computer time, or have your students earn point each six weeks or quarter for a special movie day event.

Enhance your students reading experience with these vibrant and adorable Monster Bookmarks pack. These cute and fun printable bookmarks will be the perfect Back to School or End of Year gift for your students. This printable pack includes 10 unique bookmarks, each featuring an adorable monster and an inspiring quote. These colorful bookmarks can be printed and laminated, making them durable and perfect for use as rewards, classroom incentives, or gifts for the first or last day of school. Teachers can use these monster bookmarks to encourage reading engagement and provide a fun visual aid during reading activities. The captivating quotes like Reading with monsters is monstrously fun! and Join the monster reading club and embark on extraordinary journeys will spark enthusiasm and curiosity among students. Give your students a whimsical companion as they dive into the pages of their favorite books and discover the joy of reading with these delightful monster bookmarks.

You can use these Monster bookmarks in your classroom in various ways:

1. Reading Incentives: Use bookmarks as rewards or incentives for students who reach reading goals, complete book reports, or participate in reading challenges.
2. Guided Reading: Provide bookmarks to students during guided reading sessions to help them keep track of their progress, mark important pages, or jot down notes and questions.
3. Reading Comprehension: Encourage students to use bookmarks to mark passages they find interesting, confusing, or important for discussions and comprehension activities.
4. Independent Reading: Encourage students to personalize their bookmarks and use them during independent reading time to keep their place in the book and track their reading progress.
5. Book Clubs or Literature Circles: Use bookmarks as discussion prompts or conversation starters during book club meetings or literature circle discussions.
6. Book Reviews: Have students design bookmarks with their own book reviews or recommendations to share with their peers.
7. Library Organization: Use bookmarks to categorize books in the classroom library or to mark specific genres, themes, or reading levels.

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This is a 2 page printer friendly black and white worksheet to print and hand to your students. While you read Would You Rather be a Bullfrog? by Theo LeSieg.

Tell you students something along the lines of:

"I'm going to read you a fun story. You need to think about each question comparing 2-3 nouns. A Noun is a person, place, thing, or idea. You wont tell me out loud which one you would rather be you are going color your choice. This is a great way to practice writing while listening."

The idea behind this worksheet is to allow students to:

• interact with the story that is quiet
• encourages decision making.
• allows students to start practicing skills for note taking.

Check out thiscolor version where students just circle their choice!

This is a both the 2 page printer friendly black and white worksheet and full color worksheet to print and hand to your students. While you read Would You Rather be a Bullfrog? by Theo LeSieg.

Tell you students something along the lines of:

"I'm going to read you a fun story. You need to think about each question comparing 2-3 nouns. A Noun is a person, place, thing, or idea. You wont tell me out loud which one you would rather be you are going color or circle your choice. This is a great way to practice writing while listening."

The idea behind this worksheet is to allow students to:

• interact with the story that is quiet
• encourages decision making.
• allows students to start practicing skills for note taking.

15 Commonly Confused Words A-I with engaging activities for students to learn. Includes:

A-I game with fill-in-the-blank, definitions, make your own

sentences/slides (individual/groups & competitive play)

2 Crossword puzzles with Commonly Confused Words

2 Word Searches with Commonly Confused Words

All answer sheets included

Directions and Suggestions with Extensions

Words used are:

1. accept except

2. aloud allowed

3. bare bear4. brake break

5. coarse course6. council counsel

7. desert dessert

8. dose doze

9. envelope envelop

10. forbear forebear

11. grisly grizzly

12. glance glimpse

13. hair hare

14. hole whole

15. ingenious ingenuous

Students will have fun learning these Commonly Confused Words.

Do your students need help with analysis? Use these ten graphic organizers with images for analysis practice and writing a thesis. These exercises and graphic organizers help students springboard to analyzing more complex illustrations and essays for future coursework.

This easy to implement, step-by-step analysis guide for individual, small/whole group practice includes:

Full picture slides for whole group discussion and preview

10 Analysis Graphic Organizers with images

One Blank Analysis Graphic Organizer

Analysis categories include: Assumptions/Inferences, Year, Time, Season, Setting, Stereotypes, Characterization, Genre, Emotions, and Others

Writing a Thesis Statement

This step-by-step guide is simple to follow, great for test prep, and helps students uncover the process of analysis.

Fun prepositional activity to get kids up and moving! Insert a map of your school campus, have kids illustrate their path, and travel the school as kids write sentences with prepositions that match their walk. Before teaching, use chairs and have students actively demonstrate prepositions: Stand beside the chair, go over the chair, in front of, behind...

Reinforce word origins by having students come up with their own made-up words! Use compound words, foreign words, prefixes/suffixes, shortened words, sound words, rhyming words, etc...for this fun, visual activity. Includes: Directions Definition Example from Classic Poem Student Examples Application Activity Publishing Activities Meets CCSS, improves vocabulary, uses decoding skills, and visualization. Use for individual or group activity.

Completely revised product that includes 25 pages of fun for elementary learners to practice parts of speech and inferencing skills. Students use clues to come up with answers for "What's in the Bag?". All can be colored, cut apart, and pasted onto answer sheets. Comes with: Directions for individual, small, whole groups Extra activities and games suggestions How to Use with Student Writings Answer Sheet with Sight Words List of Parts of Speech Inferencing Clues Bag Handouts Bag Handout for My Parts of Speech Excellent for young learners to practice inferencing skills, parts of speech, eye and hand coordination, sight words, use with student writings, and more... Meets CCSS.

Have some Super Bowl fun with ten bingo sheets ready to be colored. Includes related football themed sight words and images: BALL FAN GO RUN TEAM WIN Images: Coach Fan Football Football Players Cheerleaders Watch Whistle, and more... Also, includes: Directions Symbol Sheets Sight Word Sheet Excellent for incorporating the big game into classroom learning! Work on basic skills such as: letters, motor skills, shapes, and sight reading. Fun and educational!

This is a 43-page set of worksheets for the story "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain.

For each set of two chapters (C1-C2, C3-C4, C5-C6, etc...), there is one page of comprehension questions, for a total of 21 pages of comprehension questions. The comprehension questions include multiple choice and short answer.

Also, there is a wide variety of worksheets and activities in this novel study:

* story review

* story reflection

* story elements

* author study

* "w" questions

* picture practice

* story map

* summaries

* point of view

* character analysis

* comic strip

* book design

* news report

* interview activity

* scrambled sentences

* crossword puzzle

* fallen phrases

* word search

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

Please note that I used the original version of this story (as it was published in 1885) to make these worksheets. You can check the version I used at this link:

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/76/76-h/76-h.htm

Worksheets for novels and chapter books:

Andrew Clements: Frindle

Roald Dahl: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Kate DiCamillo: The Tale of Despereaux

Astrid Lindgren: Pippi Longstocking

Lois Lowry: Number the Stars

Patricia MacLachlan: Sarah, Plain and Tall

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor: Shiloh

Scott O’Dell: Island of the Blue Dolphins

Veronica Roth: Divergent

J. K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

Louis Sachar: Holes

Armstrong Sperry: Call It Courage

Mark Twain: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

E. B. White: Charlotte’s Web

Laura Ingalls Wilder: Little House in the Big Woods

This is a 61-page set of worksheets for the story "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain.

This includes a four-page story test.

For each set of three chapters (C1-C3, C4-C6, C7-C9, etc...), there are two pages:

* comprehension questions (multiple choice and short answer)

* story analysis

Also, there is a wide variety of worksheets and activities in this novel study:

* story review

* story reflection

* similes

* personification

* metaphors

* theme

* motif

* story elements

* "w" questions

* illustrations

* story map

* summaries

* point of view

* character analysis

* comic strip

* book design

* news report

* interview activity

* crossword puzzle

* word search

* story test (four pages)

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

Please note that I used the original version of this story to make these worksheets. You can check the version I used at this link:

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/74/74-h/74-h.htm

Worksheets for novels and chapter books:

Andrew Clements: Frindle

Roald Dahl: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Kate DiCamillo: The Tale of Despereaux

Astrid Lindgren: Pippi Longstocking

Lois Lowry: Number the Stars

Patricia MacLachlan: Sarah, Plain and Tall

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor: Shiloh

Scott O’Dell: Island of the Blue Dolphins

Veronica Roth: Divergent

J. K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

Louis Sachar: Holes

Armstrong Sperry: Call It Courage

Mark Twain: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

E. B. White: Charlotte’s Web

Laura Ingalls Wilder: Little House in the Big Woods