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Unlock the power of inferencing with this comprehensive resource pack tailored for middle and high school students. Dive into the world of critical thinking and analysis with 19 unique files, carefully curated to enhance inferencing skills across various mediums.

Delve into captivating texts with a selection of short stories and poems, including "The Chaser," "Rose from the Concrete," "Rolling in the Deep," and "Cry me a River." Each file comes with detailed summaries and thought-provoking questions to stimulate deep comprehension and inferencing abilities.

Equip your students with the tools they need to excel in inferencing with supplementary materials, such as checking account statements for real-world application and a list of words describing tone to aid in textual analysis.

Explore the intricacies of inferencing through engaging activities, including an Inferencing Lesson with 26 slides designed for both group instruction and individual practice. With meticulously crafted lessons, students will develop a keen eye for detail and learn to draw insightful conclusions from diverse sources.

Unleash the power of music, poetry, literature, and more as students analyze and infer meaning through a variety of mediums. Whether used for group lessons, individual practice, or assessments, this resource pack provides all the materials you need for rapid inferencing success.

Plus, with answer keys included for all activities, you can streamline your grading process and focus on what matters most: empowering your students to become master inferencers. Elevate your teaching and transform your classroom into a hub of critical thinking and discovery with this inferencing activity!

Dive into the dynamic world of meteorology with the FREEBIE “The Fury of Nature: Understanding Hurricanes” reading passage, Q & A, and Note-Taking Sheets!  This educational resource offers a captivating reading passage that explores the science, impact, and fascinating facts about hurricanes.  Accompanied by a comprehensive set of questions and answers, it provides a thorough framework for assessing student understanding and encouraging critical thinking. The note-taking sheets are designed to help students organize information effectively and develop strong study habits.  Ideal for middle to high school students, this freebie is an invaluable addition to any science curriculum or classroom library.

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Distance Learning - Nutrition Label Comprehension Unit 2 - Google Forms

This product is great for distance learning utilizing Google Classroom or Gmail accounts. This resource is also great for schools and districts pushing for more technology use during school closure. These forms are great to help you keep track of student progress for data collection.

This download includes:

• 10 nutrition labels
• 10 different Google Forms with 60 comprehension questions
• Teacher PDF answer key
• Teacher Google Form answer key
• Suggested follow up activities
• EDITABLE!

**These forms AUTOMATICALLY GRADE! Saving you time!**

You can import all student grades into Google Classroom with the click of one button!

**AUTOMATIC DATA COLLECTION**

This resource is designed to expose students to a variety of REAL nutrition labels. These worksheets provide real world text practice with text dependent questions. Students will read nutrition labelsclosely to answer questions. Questions include serving size, servings per container, calories per serving & multiple servings, finding and identifying vitamins and minerals in food products and ingredients

Nutrition labels included:

Heinz Ketchup

Captain Crunch Cereal

Smartfood Popcorn

Kraft String Cheese

Penne Pasta

Skippy Peanut Butter

Gatorade

GoGurt Yogurt

English Muffins

Pepsi

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Menu Math | Menu Comprehension | Life Skills | Functional Text | Skills for Independence | Real-World Skills | Community Skills

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These worksheets work great for functional text & life skills IEP objectives.

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Understanding Menus Unit 1

Understanding Menus Unit 2

Understanding Menus Unit 3

Understanding Menus Unit 4

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This download includes:

• 1 menu
• 2 levels
• A color & black and white set
• 1 separate large menu page
• Teacher answer key

Level 1 - Cut & Paste - Simpler Questions - Bolded Key Words

• 5 worksheets with 25 questions (5 questions per page)

Level 2 - Write in the Answer - More Complex Questions - Multi-part questions

• 5 worksheets with 28 questions (5 - 6 questions per page)

12 different worksheets and 53 questions per set.

A total of 24 different worksheets.

This resource features one realistic menu for students to explore. Designed for differentiation, the resource offers two levels of engagement. The first level involves cut-and-paste activities with simpler questions, focusing on menu comprehension and basic price identification. The second level challenges students with write-in responses, encouraging critical thinking and analysis. Students tackle questions about menu item costs, ingredients, and comparisons of prices. They also practice calculating totals for orders and determining the correct amount of change. This comprehensive resource aims to enhance students' real-world understanding of menus, prices, and basic financial skills, preparing them for practical decision-making and equipping them with valuable life skills.

Featured Menu:

Sports Restaurant

As extension activities, students can use classroom money to present the correct amount of money. Students can calculate sales tax and or tip.

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These worksheets work great for functional text & life skills IEP objectives.

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Reading Medicine Labels - Unit 1

Reading Medicine Labels - Unit 2

Reading Medicine Labels - Unit 3

This download includes:

• 2 different medicine labels
• 2 levels
• A color & black and white set
• Teacher answer key
• Suggested follow up activities

Level 1 - Cut & Paste - Simpler Questions

• 2 worksheets with 10 questions (5 questions per page)

Level 2 - Write in the Answer - More Complex Questions

• 2 worksheets with 12 questions (6 questions per page)

4 different worksheets and 22 questions per set.

A total of 8 different worksheets.

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Reading Medicine Labels - BUNDLE

This resource is designed to expose students to a variety of real over the counter medications that they would find in their local pharmacies, grocery stores, general merchandise retailer or even in their medicine cabinets at home. Students will read the medicine labels closely and answer questions to show understanding. This resource introduces medications that are taken at different times of day (A.M. & P.M.), different ways to take medications (pill, syrup, chewable tablet), and where to look to find out important information such as what the medication treats, how long the medication works for, and what strength the dosage is.

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Nutrition Label Comprehension - Unit 1 - Google Forms

Recently Updated to include 2 levels, 10 new cut & paste worksheets & 48 new questions!

This download includes:

• 10 different REAL nutrition labels
• 2 levels of each worksheet, perfect for differentiation!
• A total of 20 different worksheets & 108 questions
• Suggested follow up activities

Level 1:

• 10 different cut & paste worksheets with 4 - 5 questions per page.
• 48 comprehension questions

Level 2:

• 10 different worksheets with 5 - 6 questions per page.
• 60 comprehension questions
• Teacher answer key

This resource is designed to expose students to a variety of REAL nutrition labels. These worksheets provide real world text practice with text dependent questions. Students will read nutrition labelsclosely to answer questions. Questions include serving size, servings per container, calories per serving & multiple servings, finding and identifying vitamins and minerals in food products and ingredients

Nutrition labels included:

Heinz Ketchup

Captain Crunch Cereal

Smartfood Popcorn

Kraft String Cheese

Penne Pasta

Skippy Peanut Butter

Gatorade

GoGurt Yogurt

English Muffins

Pepsi

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Reading Websites Unit 1

Coupons Unit 2

Medicine Label Comprehension Unit 2

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This download includes:

• 18 Hanukkah scavenger hunt fact cards

Level 1 – Write in the answer

- 2 answer sheets with 9 questions each

Level 2 – Cut & paste

- 2 answer sheets with 9 questions each

• Follow up worksheet with 10 questions
• Total of 5 worksheets and 46 questions
• Teacher guide
• Teacher answer key

With this interactive scavenger hunt students will learn fun and interesting Hanukkah related facts like: Did you know Hanukkah is also known as the festival of lights? Or Did you know there is 16 different ways to spell Hanukkah? The scavenger hunt includes 18 fact cards and asks students to read the cards closely for information to fill in the answer sheets. Fact cards are numbered and provide all the information needed for students.

This scavenger hunt will still work broken into shorter segments for multiple lessons or a shorter activity.

This scavenger hunt also works well as a scoot game!

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This is a digital Google Forms version of my paper based product:

Medicine Label Comprehension - Unit 3

This download includes:

• 12 medicine/ vitamin labels
• 12 different Google Forms with 64 comprehension questions
• Google Forms answer key
• PDF Teacher answer key
• EDITABLE!

**These forms AUTOMATICALLY GRADE! Saving you time!**

You can import all student grades into Google Classroom with the click of one button!

**AUTOMATIC DATA COLLECTION**

This product is great for distance learning utilizing Google Classroom or Gmail accounts. This resource is also great for schools and districts pushing for more technology use during school closure. These forms are great to help you keep track of student progress for data collection.

This resource provides real world text practice with text dependent questions. This resource was designed to expose students to medicine and vitamin labels that are often overlooked in classroom life skills. These worksheets help to introduce and expose students to different kinds of common over-the-counter medications. This resource introduces medications that are taken at different times of day (A.M. & P.M.), different ways to take medications (pill, syrup gummy), and where to look to find out important information such as what the medication treats, how long the medication works for, and what strength the dosage is.

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Coupons - Unit 1

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Coupons - BUNDLE

Recently Updated to include 2 levels, 2 new cut & paste worksheets, 1 new write in the answer worksheet & 13 new questions!

This purchase includes:

• 2 coupons
• Level 1: 2 different cut & paste worksheets with 4 questions per page. Total of 8 questions.
• Level 2: 2 different worksheets with 5 - 6 questions per page. Total of 11 questions.
• A total of 4 different worksheets & 19 questions.
• Teacher answer key for Level 2

This is a NO PREP, real world text resources with text dependent questions. This real world resource was designed to expose students to coupons they would see/ use in everyday life. A variety of comprehension skills are embedded covering shopping, math and money skills. This resource is a great way for students to practice life skills.

This resource also works great for IEP objectives.

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This download includes:

• 5 readings for different jobs
• 6 different Google Forms with 41 comprehension questions
• Google Forms answer key
• Editable questions

**These forms AUTOMATICALLY GRADE! Saving you time!**

You can import all student grades into Google Classroom with the click of one button!

**AUTOMATIC DATA COLLECTION**

Unit 1, 2 & 3 can be found here:

Job Exploration Unit 1 Google Forms

Job Exploration Unit 2 Google Forms

Job Exploration Unit 3 Google Forms

This product is great for distance learning utilizing Google Classroom or Gmail accounts. This resource is also great for schools and districts pushing for more technology use during school closure. These forms are great to help you keep track of student progress for data collection.

This resource is designed to help students explore different vocations and expose students to a variety of everyday jobs. 5 Google Forms include readings that teach and explain different jobs and the steps required to work in the role. Each reading also includes 10 - 12 questions to asses student learning and understanding. 1 Google Form reviews the knowledge learned and has students practice differentiating between jobs. These Google Forms also help keep an inventory on students vocational interests. This unit has lengthier readings that include more information, details with harder vocabulary than the previous units.

Included jobs:

Bank Teller

Computer Programmer

Librarian

Paralegal

Photographer

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Reading Product Labels Unit 1 Google Forms

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Reading Product Labels Unit 3 Google Forms

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This is a NO PREP, print and go resource!

This is a paper based download. This resource is also available digitally below:

Nutrition Label Comprehension Unit 2 - Google Forms

Recently Updated to include 2 levels, 10 new cut & paste worksheets & 50 new questions!

This download includes:

• 10 different REAL nutrition labels
• 2 levels of each worksheet, perfect for differentiation!
• A total of 20 different worksheets & 110 questions
• Suggested follow up activities

Level 1:

• 10 different cut & paste worksheets with 5 questions per page.
• 50 comprehension questions

Level 2:

• 10 different worksheets with 6 questions per page.
• 60 comprehension questions
• Teacher answer key

This resource is designed to expose students to a variety of REAL nutrition labels. These worksheets provide real world text practice with text dependent questions. Students will read nutrition labelsclosely to answer questions. Questions include serving size, servings per container, calories per serving & multiple servings, finding and identifying vitamins and minerals in food products and ingredients

Nutrition labels included:

Lucky Charms Cereal

Chewy Bar

Prego Pasta Sauce

Mountain Dew

Hood Milk

Ice Cream Sandwich

Wheat Thins

Doritos

Sweet Corn

Baked Beans

Unit 1 of this resource can be found below:

Google Forms

Nutrition Label Comprehension Unit 1 - Google Forms

Paper Based

Nutrition Label Comprehension Unit 1

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Reading Bills Unit 3 - Paper

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Reading Calendars - Unit 1 - Paper Based

This download includes:

• 12 different monthly calendars

- 6 generic

- personal (with appointments or personal events)

• 12 different EDITABLE self-grading Google Forms 5 questions each
• 60 total comprehension questions
• Teacher answer key

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This resource was designed to introduce and help students practice the important life skill of readingcalendars. With this download students will be exposed to different generic and personal monthly calendars with holidays and events. Students may be asked to identify days in a month, number of weekend days, holiday dates, or to calculate days before or after an event and more!

This resource is great for life skills lessons and great for tracking progress for IEP objectives.

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Job Exploration Unit 2 Google Forms

Reading Nutrition Labels Unit 1 Google Forms

Bus and Train Schedules Routes & Signs Google Forms

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Apparel Details & Size Charts Comprehension - Unit 1

Apparel Details & Size Charts Comprehension - Unit 2

This download includes:

• 2 worksheets 5-6 questions per page
• 11 comprehension questions
• Teacher answer key

This resource is designed to expose students to everyday clothing and apparel sites. This resource provides real world text practice with text dependent questions. Students will need to read clothing and apparel product details, materials and care and size charts closely to answer questions. A variety of comprehension skills are embedded into the text samples to provide your students an opportunity to read, refer and respond to questions. Some questions address pricing, discounted prices, materials and care and sizing.

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Reading Recipes Unit 1 - Google Forms

This download includes:

• 12 different REAL recipes
• 12 different worksheets with 67 comprehension questions
• Teacher answer key
• Suggested follow up activities

This resource is designed to expose student to a variety of REAL recipes. These worksheets provide real world text practice with text dependent questions. Students will read recipes closely to answer questions. Questions include finding recipe preparation time, specific ingredients, materials needed and steps to take to complete the recipe.

Recipes Included:

Pancake Poppers

Hard Boiled Eggs

Fro-Yo Fruit Bites

PB&J Sushi

Ham & Cheese Pinwheels

Tomato Butter Spaghetti

Bread In A Bag

Mini Pepper Pizzas

Chicken Parm Pockets

Puppy Chow

Chocolate Cuties

Banana Bites

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This is a NO PREP, download & go resource!

This is a digital Google Forms resource.

If you prefer the paper based version of this resource it can be found here:

Nutrition Label Comprehension Unit 2

This product is great for distance learning utilizing Google Classroom or Gmail accounts. This resource is also great for schools and districts pushing for more technology use during school closure. These forms are great to help you keep track of student progress for data collection.

This download includes:

• 10 nutrition labels
• 10 different Google Forms with 60 comprehension questions
• Teacher PDF answer key
• Teacher Google Form answer key
• Optional follow up activities
• EDITABLE!

**These forms AUTOMATICALLY GRADE! Saving you time!**

You can import all student grades into Google Classroom with the click of one button!

**AUTOMATIC DATA COLLECTION**

This resource is designed to expose students to a variety of REAL nutrition labels. These worksheets provide real world text practice with text dependent questions. Students will read nutrition labelsclosely to answer questions. Questions include serving size, servings per container, calories per serving & multiple servings, finding and identifying vitamins and minerals in food products and ingredients

Nutrition labels included:

Lucky Charms Cereal

Chewy Bar

Prego Pasta Sauce

Mountain Dew

Hood Milk

Ice Cream Sandwich

Wheat Thins

Doritos

Sweet Corn

Baked Beans

Unit 1 of this resource can be found below:

Nutrition Label Comprehension Unit 1 - Google Forms

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Reading Product Labels Unit 1 Google Forms

Reading Product Labels Unit 3 Google Forms

Reading Medicine Labels Unit 3 Google Forms

Coupons Unit 2 Google Forms

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Job Exploration Unit 1 Google Forms

Job Exploration Unit 2 Google Forms

Thank you for your interest in my product!!

This download includes:

• 5 readings for different jobs
• 6 different Google Forms with 41 comprehension questions
• Google Forms answer key
• Editable questions

**These forms AUTOMATICALLY GRADE! Saving you time!**

You can import all student grades into Google Classroom with the click of one button!

**AUTOMATIC DATA COLLECTION**

Unit 1, 2 & 3 can be found here:

Job Exploration Unit 1 Google Forms

Job Exploration Unit 2 Google Forms

Job Exploration Unit 3 Google Forms

Job Exploration Unit 4 - Google Forms

This product is great for distance learning utilizing Google Classroom or Gmail accounts. This resource is also great for schools and districts pushing for more technology use during school closure. These forms are great to help you keep track of student progress for data collection.

This resource is designed to help students explore different vocations and expose students to a variety of everyday jobs. 5 Google Forms include readings that teach and explain different jobs and the steps required to work in the role. Each reading also includes 10 - 12 questions to asses student learning and understanding. 1 Google Form reviews the knowledge learned and has students practice differentiating between jobs. These Google Forms also help keep an inventory on students vocational interests. There is also a Google Slides presentation with each of the readings available in a larger format. This unit has lengthier readings that include more information, details with harder vocabulary than the previous units.

Included jobs:

Graphic Designer

Modle Maker

Musician

Park Ranger

Reporter

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Reading Nutrition Labels Unit 1 Google Forms

Bus and Train Schedules Routes & Signs Google Forms

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Reading Product Labels Unit 3 Google Forms

This flip book goes through all 5 Acts of William Shakespeare's play. It also include a character map and background information to help your students successfully navigate through the text. Answer key is included and the questions are easy to answer while reading the Act or after the play is done. Easy to use and easy to grade. It makes a great study guide for students.

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This flip book goes through all 5 Acts of William Shakespeare's play. It also include a character map and background information to help your students successfully navigate through the text. Answer key is included and the questions are easy to answer while reading the Act or after the play is done. Easy to use and easy to grade. It makes a great study guide for students.

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This flip book goes through all 35 chapters of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams and has questions to ensure comprehension. It also includes a character map and background information on the author to help your students successfully navigate through the text. Answer key is included and the questions are easy to answer while reading the book. Easy to use and easy to grade. It makes a great study guide for students.

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