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The lesson is a short reading on the Declaration of Independence. Students will read paragraphs and then answer the questions that follow

These Large-Sized Ocean Animals Reading Comprehension Passages are a comprehensive resource designed for students in grades 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.

This resource features engaging passages that explore the fascinating world of large marine animals. The reading passages include;

• The Amazing Sea Turtles
• The Majestic whales
• The Fierce Shark
• The Fascinating Sea Lions
• The Wonderful Walrus
• The Playful Dolphin
• The Mysterious Giant Squid

Accompanying each passage are multiple-choice questions that assess students' reading comprehension skills, a reflective writing activity that encourages students to think critically and express their thoughts on the topic, and answer keys.

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If you are looking to explore non-fiction text structures, this What is Climate Change? Book Report Project digital product for 4th-grade students is perfect. It's designed to enhance non-fiction reading comprehension and book report writing skills!

This resource includes:

• Comprehensive Google Slides digital lesson
• 9-page printable PDF book report flip book template

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NOTE: You need a (free) Google account to access the digital lesson, and you will need access to the book "What is Climate Change" in the What is? book series to complete the digital and printable activities.

Students will dive into the historical context of climate change, gaining a deeper understanding of this relevant topic. The digital lesson guides students through key facts, timelines, and the impact of these events.

How to use this resource:

• Have students read the book, "What is Climate Change?"
• Print the book report flip book template
• Open and present the Google Slides digital lesson
• Follow the intuitive prompts, which will take you through each step of the book report. For example, if it's time to work on the "facts" page, there is a series of multiple-choice questions on specific facts detailed in the text that will help refresh the students' memories and comprehension. Then students can fill in the facts they found most interesting.
• Have fun guessing the mystery puzzle between each section of the book report!

The printable PDF book report flip book template provides creative book report ideas, such as summarizing the events, using critical thinking skills, and creating a timeline. It can be used with any non-fiction book. Students will also use a book review template to evaluate the topic's significance and relevance today. Overall, this project offers an engaging way for students to explore non-fiction text structures while learning about a crucial topic.

The non-fiction book report flip book pages include:

   ✏book title info

   ✏rating & review

   ✏vocabulary

   ✏facts

   ✏text ideas

   ✏series of events

   ✏making life connections

   ✏what I learned

   ✏questions I have

   ✏setting & subject

   ✏interesting event

   ✏important event

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Archetype Web Quest! Started Web Quests this year and my students love them and so do I. Students must define and find examples for different archetypes. Great release of accountability. Requires students have access to a computer and internet. Includes resources and answer key.

Our 6th Grade Kites Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions solve the challenge of making aerodynamics and kite history engaging for students. With topics like Getting Your Kite to Fly, Kite Safety Rules, Aviation Pioneers, and The History of Kites, this resource enhances reading comprehension while sparking curiosity about flight. Perfect for classroom or home learning, it encourages critical thinking through thought-provoking questions.

What is included :

- Passages & Questions

• Kites
• Aerodynamics
• Getting Your Kite to Fly
• Kite Safety Rules
• Aviation Pioneer
• A kite in History
• Pioneers

- Review

- Answers key

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Author's Purpose Interactive Activity | Reading Comprehension | PIED

About This Resource

★ Author's Purpose Interactive Flip Card Activity

★ Interactive Activity

★ 10 pages

★ Suitable for Middle and High School Students

This resource includes:

★ Teacher Directions Page

★ 2 Author's Purpose Flip Card Sheets (contains 9 Flip Card Text Boxes on each Sheet)

★ 2 Author's Purpose for Writing Sheets

★ Colorful Bulletin Board Task Display Page (for this activity)

★ 2 Rubrics (to score the activity)

★ Answer Keys

In this engaging and interactive activity, students can work in pairs or independently to read 18 short Author's Purpose descriptions (or texts) and determine the author's intended purpose for writing each one. Students will decide whether the examples reflect the purpose to Persuade, Inform, Entertain, or Describe. They will then cut out Author’s Purpose Word Flip Cards and glue them onto the text boxes that best match the author’s purpose for each piece of text.

This resource also includes two rubrics for scoring the Author’s Purpose Flip Card Charts! One rubric is designed for use when assigning the activity as a pair task, and the other is for independent work. Additionally, a visually appealing Bulletin Board Task Display Page is included, making it easy to showcase students’ completed work right away!

Step-by-Step Teacher Instructions with Images Included!

You’ll have everything you need to score your students’ responses and showcase their work right away using the included Bulletin Board Task Display Page and Rubrics! Best of all, there’s no preparation required—YAY!

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Life Cycle of a Tree Reading Comprehension Activity (Year 3-5)

Bring the beauty of autumn into your literacy centres with this engaging Life Cycle of a Tree reading comprehension activity! Perfectly designed for Year 3-5 students, this resource offers a text about the fascinating changes that trees go through during autumn. Students will explore why leaves change colour, how trees prepare for winter, and the importance of the tree's life cycle.

What’s included:

• A written text about the Life Cycle of a Tree with a focus on autumn.
• Reading Comprehension questions that encourage students to think critically and answer in their own words, reinforcing their understanding of the life cycle.
• A research section for early finishers, students can research deciduous trees and evergreen trees and what their differences are.
• Answer key for easy marking.

This versatile resource is ideal for use in literacy centres, reading groups, or as part of an autumn themed unit. It promotes reading comprehension, critical thinking, and independent research skills. Whether used for whole class instruction or individual learning, students will love discovering the magic of trees during autumn while strengthening their literacy skills.

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Engage students with creative book report formats! Our comprehensive resource offers a variety of engaging templates to inspire students to connect with their reading. From social media posts to app ideas and writing prompts, these templates will make book reports fun and memorable.No prep required! Perfect for teachers and students who want to explore their creativity and deepen their understanding of the story.Discover how to make book reports more than just homework!

Key features:

• Engaging social media templates: Create eye-catching Twitter and Instagram posts that spark discussion and promote your students' book reports.
• Interactive app ideas: Encourage students to develop innovative apps based on the story, fostering creativity and problem-solving skills.
• Writing and drawing prompts: Ignite students' imaginations with a variety of prompts that inspire deeper understanding and personal connections to the book.
• No-prep convenience: Our templates are ready-to-use, saving teachers valuable time and effort.

Benefits for teachers and students:

• Enhanced learning: Our templates provide a fun and engaging way for students to demonstrate their comprehension and creativity.
• Increased motivation: By offering a variety of activities, our resources keep students interested and excited about reading.
• Time-saving: The no-prep templates streamline the book report process for both teachers and students.
• Skill development: Students will improve their writing, critical thinking, and digital literacy skills through these activities.

Discover the power of our book report templates and watch your students' reading enthusiasm soar!

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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.

Whether it's in person or online, your students will LOVE this coffee-themed summarizing activity and printables set. Using the SWBST visual prompt strategy, students will learn and practice summarizing a story (ANY story!) by stating the main character, what the character wanted, the problem, the solution, and the resolution. Ideas for differentiation are included to easily meet the needs of all of your students.

Celebrate World Water Day with this reading comprehension passage that highlights the importance of water conservation and sustainable water use. Students will learn about the history of World Water Day, the global water crisis, and the role of individuals and communities in protecting this precious resource. The passage includes comprehension questions that test students' understanding of the text, as well as vocabulary words that expand their knowledge of water-related issues.

Perfect for classroom instruction or independent study, this passage is a great way to raise awareness about the importance of water and inspire young learners to take action.

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This is a movie watch-along activity to go with How to Train Your Dragon. Students will identify the main idea of the movie and also the theme. They will need to provide supporting details for the main idea and the theme.

This is a great product to help keep students engaged and focused while they watch the movie, and provide some practice for main idea and theme!

I hope you enjoy it. Please rate and review.

Il s'agit d'un ensemble de 56 cartes qui inciteront vos élèves à avoir des conversations profondes et significatives avec leurs pairs et qui permettront à vos élèves d'atteindre des niveaux de compréhension plus élevés. Je les utilise lorsque je travaille 1:1 dans un groupe de lecture guidée, je les utilise avec le grand groupe et le travail avec des partenaires, et je les utilise absolument dans les cercles de lecture ou les clubs de lecture. Elles touchent aux niveaux de lecture pour le 3e cycle et permettront à vos élèves de pousser plus loin leur réflexion.

Les catégories de questions qui s'y retrouvent incluent: 

• Critiquer
• Analyser
• Synthétiser
• Chercher et utiliser l'information
• Résumer
• Prédire
• Faire des liens
• Inférer

Imprimez, découpez, laminez et profitez-en!

Merci tellement pour votre intérêt et support continu. Je vous apprécie tous et toutes.

These cards are suitable for:

• Grades 5/6 Early French Immersion,
• Grades 4/5 French First Language,
• Grades 7-9 Late French Immersion/Core French.

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Empower your students to delve deeper into informational texts with this versatile worksheet! This resource guides students through a thorough examination of nonfiction, focusing on key areas such as:

Summary: Students identify main ideas and supporting details, honing their ability to synthesize information.

Text Structure: Students analyze how the author organizes the text, recognizing patterns like cause and effect, chronological order, or problem and solution. This fosters understanding of how structure contributes to meaning.

Author's Craft: Students explore the writer's techniques, such as vivid language, use of evidence, and emotional appeals. This develops critical thinking about how authors achieve their purpose and influence readers.

Word Choice: Students examine impactful words and phrases, considering their effect on the tone and message of the text.

Connections: Students make meaningful links between the text and their own knowledge, other texts, and the wider world, promoting deeper engagement and understanding.

Benefits:

• Promotes active reading and critical thinking skills
• Suitable for a variety of nonfiction texts and subject areas
• Scaffolded approach supports students of different learning levels
• Encourages thoughtful discussion and analysis
• Develops key literacy skills essential for academic success

This resource is perfect for teachers who want to:

• Enhance nonfiction reading comprehension
• Foster analytical thinking and discussion
• Support students in writing about informational texts
• Prepare students for standardized tests

A book with ten close reading passages, or informational texts. Each activity has an informational text with comprehension and grammar questions, an extension task, a crossword puzzle and a wordsearch activity. The close reading passages require NO PREP and are perfect for students in fifth grade or sixth grade.

This book contains the following activities:

1 – Mount Everest

2 – Children of the Industrial Revolution

3 – Roswell

4 – William Shakespeare’s Macbeth

5 – The Transatlantic Slave Trade

6 – The Great Plague

7 – Martin Luther King

8 – Abraham Lincoln

9 – Ancient Olympic Games

10 – Mars – The Red Planet

Included in each PDF printable resource:

• An informational text
• A comprehension activity with eight questions
• Two grammar questions about the text
• An extension writing activity
• An answer sheet for self-assessment or teacher use
• Each with a crossword & wordsearch to consolidate learning
• Ready-made Easel activities perfect for distance learning

For a digital version of this resource that students can complete on tablets, phones and computers download the Non-Fiction Close Reading Bundle | Digital & Print.

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These resources are great for:

• In class learning
• Independent work
• Homework
• Guided reading sessions
• Assessment practice
• Reading interventions
• Emergency sub plans

The activities require NO PREP; they each have 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 documents.

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Time allowance to complete each activity:

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.

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Your 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders will love practicing reading out loud with these Fall-themed engaging and high-interest sentences! 

This set includes 48 low-prep sentences with a fun Fall theme that are perfect for practicing reading fluency.  Quick and easy set up plus clear student directions make these activities perfect independent practice, literacy centers, and homeschooling families!

Printable fluency sentences and a blank page are included to customize for your student(s).  High interest topics will especially motivate your reluctant readers. Students will love reading these sentences to practice reading out loud! The sentences are appropriate for grades 3-5. 

Here’s what you’ll get:

• 48 sentences on high-interest topics
• Pictorial instructions page
• Black sentence page to customize
• Certificate of completion to print and color
• Progress tracker
• Extension activities 

Ideas for use:

The format is perfect if you have daily fluency practice or offer take home activities for students. I use these with my own homeschooled children and my online teaching students. I’ve also included several extension activities to use the materials further.

Why your students will love this:

Your students will love practicing their oral reading fluency with these sentences because it is fun to pull them out of a hat and the topics are high interest or funny! 

**Prep is quick and easy…**Just print the pages, cut the sentences into strips, find a basket or bin, and let your student(s) pull a sentence to read!

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Reading fluency, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, copy work, reluctant readers, high-interest topics, reading out loud, fall, autumn, fall theme

This is a 71-page set of worksheets for the story "Pippi Longstocking" by Astrid Lindgren. This includes a four-page story test.

For each chapter, there are four worksheets:

* comprehension questions (multiple choice)

* comprehension questions (short answer)

* vocabulary

* story analysis

There are also several pages of differentiated activities at the end of the novel study:

* story review

* story reflection

* author study

* "w" questions

* picture practice

* character sketches

* story map

* point of view

* character analysis

* comic strip

* book design

* news report

* interviews

* writing a letter

* compare and contrast

* review activity

* summaries

* scrambled sentences

* crossword puzzle

* fallen phrases

* word search

* story test (four pages)

Also, there is an answer key included at the end of the file.

Worksheets for novels and chapter books:

Betty G. Birney: The World according to Humphrey

Andrew Clements: Frindle

Roald Dahl: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Roald Dahl: Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

Roald Dahl: James and the Giant Peach

Roald Dahl: Matilda

Roald Dahl: The BFG

Kate DiCamillo: Leroy Ninker Saddles Up

Kate DiCamillo: The Tale of Despereaux

Astrid Lindgren: Pippi Longstocking

Astrid Lindgren: Pippi in the South Seas

Lois Lowry: Number the Stars

Patricia MacLachlan: Sarah, Plain and Tall

Patricia MacLachlan: Skylark

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

J. K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

J. K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

J. K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Louis Sachar: Holes

Armstrong Sperry: Call It Courage

Mark Twain: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

E. B. White: Charlotte’s Web

E. B. White: Stuart Little

Laura Ingalls Wilder: Little House in the Big Woods

Being able to analyze and understand characters is very important skill students need in order to understand a story at a deep level. With these Characterization and STEAL character analysis reading response templates for Google Jamboard™, your students will interactively analyze characters by collecting evidence of speech, thoughts, effects, actions and looks.

What's Included:

• 5 templates ( 1 template for each element: speech, thoughts, effects, actions and looks

Directions:

• It is time to take a closer look at a character.
• Click on the Google Slide to access a forced copy of the templates in Jamboard.
• Students go back into the text to identify & explain aspects of the character.
• Students find at least 3 textual example for each element of characterization (S.T.E.A.L.).

Uses:

• individual activity
• small collaborative groups
• whole class where students can each contribute to a part of the activity, or as a guided lesson on character analysis
• distance learning
• assigned as a paper-pencil assignment
• short stories
• novel studies
• book clubs
• litereacy centers
• AVID

What is Google Jamboard:

Google Jamboard is a digital interactive and collaborative whiteboard. It is a FREE online and app version.

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With the help of these entertaining parts of a book worksheets, young children will enjoy learning about the components of a book. These entertaining book reports are incredibly helpful for young children. These worksheets on identifying book sections make sure that readers are aware of the title, author, and illustrator, among other elements of the books they are reading. All you need to do is print the label sections of a book worksheet, and your kindergarten, first, second, third, and fourth graders will be ready to study.

These no-prep parts of a book worksheet papers are perfect for kindergarteners, first-graders, second-graders, third-graders, and fourth-graders, regardless of whether you are a parent, teacher, or homeschooler. In order to make sure they comprehend what they are reading, children will learn about the many components of books. Children will find it easy to learn and retain the components of a book with the aid of these guided prompts and identifying pieces of a book worksheet. Additionally, you can print these elements of a book worksheets for your own classroom or home.

The activities on these parts of a book worksheets include:

• Parts of a book coloring pages
• Playdough mat for the parts of a book
• Read and trace the parts of the book
• Trace the parts of a book in lines
• Cut and paste the parts of a book
• Color the parts of the book in the correct color
• Label the parts of a book on the book
• Fill in the parts of a book
• Complete the story part of a book

Whether you are a teacher, parent, homeschooler, daycare provider, or planning a summer camp you will love these parts of a book worksheets for kids in preschool, kindergarten grade 1, and even grade 2.

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This is a 2-page reading passage (informational newsletter) that gives information on the Desert Habitat.

This Desert Newsletter is a comprehensive and student-friendly nonfiction research newsletter designed to empower students with valuable resources for academic exploration.

Student-Centric Content: Recognizing the unique needs of students, our newsletter focuses on content that is not only academically rigorous but also accessible and engaging. We bridge the gap between complex research and student comprehension, making it easier for learners to incorporate information into their work.

It gives information on...

➡️ Location

➡️ Weather

➡️ Animals

➡️ Plants

➡️ Geography

Other individual habitat research newsletters can be purchased here:

-Grassland

-Arctic

-Forest

-Ocean

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