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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.
Making Inferences with Pictures Task Cards, Inference Task Cards
By Queen's Educational Resources
Making Inferences with Pictures Task Cards, Inference Task Cards
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ABOUT THIS RESOURCE
★ Picture Inference Task Cards
★ 21 pages
★ PDF Zip File
★ EXCELLENT for ALL grade levels!
This resource includes:
★ 40 Inference Picture Task Cards with Guiding Questions
★ 40 Inference Picture Task Cards without Guiding Questions (same pictures)
★ 1 Picture Inference Worksheet
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Making Inferences is a challenging skill to master, especially for lower-level students. This resource includes two sets of Picture Inference Task Cards (80 cards in total) that are differentiated to meet the needs of both lower-level and higher-level students. The pictures in these task cards are very relevant as students "see" these everyday images almost anywhere they go!
DESCRIPTION
▶️ The first set of 40 cards, which are the color RED, have pictures that students can use to make inferences. These RED Picture Inference Task Cards include guiding questions to help lower level students make inferences.
▶️ The second set of 40 cards, which are the color GREEN, have the SAME pictures that students can use to make inferences, but without the guiding questions. Instead, this set of Picture Inference Task Cards read: “What can you infer from this picture?” and “Why do you think that?” These questions require high-level students to think for themselves as they pay close attention to picture details.
▶️ Finally, this resource includes a Picture Inference Worksheet that students can use to record their inferences and evidence. Students can record inferences and evidence for two pictures.
▶️ This is engaging practice for your especially ELL and Special Ed students and is perfect for mini-lessons, whole class instruction, cooperative learning, intervention groups, literacy centers, and small group instruction.
Suggestions on how you can use the Picture Inference Task Cards:
1. Small Group Instruction - You can have students engage in small group instruction where you provide additional support on the skill of inferencing. These Picture Inference Task Cards will support that type of instruction. You can have all students in small groups practice with the same Picture Inference Task Card number or you can distribute 1-2 task cards to each student to practice making inferences and citing evidence before reviewing.
2. Mini Lesson - You can load these Picture Inference Task Cards on the Smartboard and use them to demonstrate how to make an inference, while paying closing attention to details. They can also be used to discuss the importance of details and how they are used to encourage inferential thinking. You can even use these task cards to discuss the difference between relevant picture details and irrelevant details. Finally, you can use these inference task cards during the guided practice portion of your lesson.
3. Exit Slips - You can use these Picture Inference Task Cards as Exit Slips by distributing 1-2 task cards to each student to complete and hand in to you before they leave.
4. Partner Study - You can have students pair up and “test/question each other.” Partners not only ask each other to make valid inferences and support it with relevant picture details, but to be open to a variety of valid inferences that can be made from the same picture.
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INFERENCE GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
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- Making Inferences Graphic Organizers (Books) SET 1
- Making Inferences Graphic Organizers (Post-Its) SET 2
- Making Inferences Graphic Organizers (Clouds) SET 3
- Making Inferences Graphic Organizers (Quote Boxes) SET 4
- Making Inferences Graphic Organizers (Clipboards) SET 5
- Making Inferences Graphic Organizers (Clouds and Books) SET 6
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Readers Theatre Script Fractured Fairytale - Jack and the beanstalk
By Clodagh
Get your students tuned into Fractured Fairytales in your classroom with this "Jack and the Beanstalk: The Kindly Giants" Readers Theatre Script. This funny and heartwarming script is an engaging and entertaining way to teach students about fractured fairytales.
In this Readers Theatre script, your students will act out the fairytale of Jack and the Beanstalk, but with a twist! This fractured fairytale tells a different version of the classic tale, where Jack is a thief who steals the magic beans and robs the giants. However, the giants, Gina and Greg, are just kindly beings trying to get by.
Through a series of humorous and heartwarming scenes, your students will act out this fractured fairytale and learn the importance of honesty and kindness.
Key Features:
Educational and Entertaining: This fractured fairytale Readers Theatre script combines education and entertainment seamlessly, making it an ideal teaching tool. It's perfect for a fairytale unit or study! Great for literacy sessions or the drama classroom!
Character Development: The fairytale characters in the script are relatable and well-developed, allowing your students to connect with them on a personal level.
Engaging Dialogue: The witty and heartwarming dialogue keeps students engaged and eager to see what happens next, making it an excellent choice for classroom readings and performances.
Literacy Sessions or Performing Arts Lessons: Perfect to integrate into your literacy centres or your social-emotional learning lessons! A great way for your students to study fractured fairytales and then create their own.
Lesson on Honesty and Kindness: The central theme of honesty and kindness is woven throughout this fractured fairytale Readers Theatre script, imparting valuable life lessons to young minds.
Perfect for Years 3 - 6: Suitable for middle-upper elementary students, this script can be adapted for various grade levels, ensuring that every student can benefit from its message of cooperation and empathy.
Fractured Fairy Tales: A fun way to teach fractured fairytales and all the wonderful literacy elements that come along with them.
Easy to Use: All you need to do is print, staple, and go!
By using this "Jack and the Beanstalk: The Kindly Giants" Readers Theatre Script, you can explore fractured fairytales and have fun while you’re at it. Your students will not only enjoy the entertaining story but will also gain a deeper understanding of different perspectives and the power of storytelling.
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Figurative Language CENTERS: 8 Stations & 120 Quotations | Worksheets & Quizzes!
By Rigorous Resources for High School English
This FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE STATIONS activity is a fun and effective method for giving students practice at analyzing the most important types of figurative language. Students will develop the skills not only to identify types of figurative language but also to explain how figurative language contributes to the meaning of a literary text!
Students will learn about figurative language while gaining exposure to the most profound and thought-provoking quotations from the world's greatest writers! They'll be asked to analyze the figures of speech in over 120 inspiring quotations by a diverse range of important authors: Chinua Achebe, Louisa May Alcott, Maya Angelou, Jane Austen, James Baldwin, William Blake, Emily Dickinson, John Donne, Louise Erdrich, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Robert Frost, Zora Neale Hurston, John Keats, Harper Lee, Toni Morrison, George Orwell, Zadie Smith, John Steinbeck, Henry David Thoreau, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, Virginia Woolf, and many others.
This stations activity focuses on the 8 types of figurative language that are used most commonly in literature: metaphor, simile, metonymy, personification, apostrophe, paradox, oxymoron, and hyperbole.
Here's what you'll find inside this 40-page resource:
• Stations Worksheets (x8): This resource includes a total of 8 worksheets focused on 8 types of figurative language. Each worksheet challenges students to explain the meaning or effect created by the same figure of speech found across 6 quotations. The quotations include some of the most profound and thought-provoking lines from famous authors — a total of 48 quotations! (8 pages)
• Answer Keys to Stations Worksheets (x8): The answer keys explain how the figures of speech found across 48 quotations contribute to the meaning of the quotation. (8 pages)
• Station Placards (x8): The 8 placards can be folded and placed on the desks that correspond to the 8 stations. The placards add a splash of colorful decoration to this activity. (8 pages)
• Literary Devices Glossary: This 1-page glossary features the 8 types of figurative language that are used most frequently in literature. The glossary includes definitions of the 8 types of figurative language as well as one or two examples of how each figure of speech gets used in famous quotations. Students can use the glossary to study in preparation for the quizzes on figurative language. (1 page)
• Quiz: Metaphors & Similes: This quiz focuses only on metaphors and similes; it challenges students to identify the figures of speech used across 15 famous quotations. Answer key included. (2 pages)
• Quiz: All Types of Figurative Language (x2): These two quizzes focus on all 8 types of figurative language. The first quiz challenges students to identity the figures of speech used across 25 quotations. The second quiz is similar but features 20 longer quotations; it could be used as a make-up quiz or extra-credit quiz. Answer keys included. (8 pages)
• Quiz: Figurative Language in Music: This quiz focuses on the types of figurative language used in 10 famous song lyrics by musicians such as The Beatles, Paul Simon, Elton John, John Legend, Beyoncé, and Taylor Swift. Answer key included. (2 pages)
Here are the types of figurative language featured across the 8 stations:
1. Metaphor
2. Simile
3. Metonymy
4. Personification
5. Apostrophe
6. Paradox
7. Oxymoron
8. Hyperbole
The entire 40-page resource will come to you in two separate formats: Word doc and PDF. Because the Word doc is fully editable, you'll be able to customize the materials to suit the skill levels of your particular students — year after year! If you don't have Microsoft Word, you'll still be able to access the entire resource as a PDF — which is easy to navigate and quick to print!
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By Fortunate in Fifth Grade
Do you teach 5th grade science? Do you use the Discovery Education curriculum? If so this is a wonderful vocabulary resource for you! Even if you don't use Discovery Education these vocabulary words still follow the NGSS 5th grade standards. This bundle includes 8 units of vocabulary with answer keys
Each Vocabulary Match Includes:
- A printable page for students.
- Easy matching by writing the letter of the correct definition on the line.
- Answer keys
Using these vocabulary matches is a great way to build students' comprehension when they practice learning the vocabulary words they are reading in the text.
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Context Clues Worksheets Determining Meaning of Unknown Words
By Blooming Through High School
THIS IS A PDF FILE
Why teach word meaning through nonsense words?
- Students must use critical thinking to solve
- Students must read the whole passage for context clues
- Students must problem solve to find the best word that makes the most sense.
- They can't find the answer except through problem solving.
All of these are things we want every student to do! This is something that is already adapted for high and low learners.
Starting with three nonsense words gets students going so they can work in groups or independently to decode the meaning of 7 REAL words (selected from the SAT vocabulary list).
This is a perfect activity for group problem solving and critical thinking!
Spelling Confused Words A-I Game and Puzzles with Activities
By Beth Hammett
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.
FLUENCY + PHRASING MINI LESSONS | ANCHOR CHARTS, MENTOR TEXTS, PROMPTS
By French Made Fun!
Have your middle schoolers regressed in their reading strategies, or do you have students that require explicit strategies relating to their fluency and phrasing? This collection of slides is intended for big kids who need extra support. The language is intended for grades 5 through 8. They're not babyish, and the texts used are at the level of your pre-teen and teen crowds!
This 35-page document provides you with posters (which you can display digitally as anchor charts, or have them printed), mentor texts to model the strategy or do a shared reading with your students, and independent task prompts.
In this document, you'll find:
9 Anchor Charts reflecting 9 different strategies.
"I can read less common words with fluency."
"I can make sense of my reading."
"I can read with intonation and expression."
"I can read with phrasing."
"I can make my voice match the punctuation."
"I can warm up my fluency by reading an easy book."
"I can pay attention to punctuation."
"Hear me out!"
"I can be a helpful reading partner."
10 mentor texts.
8 independent tasks (often using writer's notebooks or post-its.)
I translate the majority of my documents to have both English and French versions; however, this is an English-only document.
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Fall Theme - 3rd 4th 5th Grade Reading Fluency Sentences
By Your Reading Tutor
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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20 Quick Reference Reading Skills & Strategies Bookmarks
By Shy's Sunshine Room
What’s Included?
20 Bookmarks, each featuring a critical reading skill or strategy for grades 3 - 8:
- Main Idea & Supporting Details
- Summarizing
- Making Inferences
- Context Clues
- Identifying Theme
- and many more!
Why You'll Love This Resource
- Student-Friendly Format: Each bookmark simplifies complex skills into bite-sized, actionable steps.
- Versatile Use: Perfect for guided reading groups, independent practice, or homework aids.
- Aligned with Curriculum Standards: Helps reinforce essential reading skills aligned with Common Core and other standards.
- Durable and Reusable: Print, laminate, and reuse for years!
Franklin's Halloween - Reading Comprehension Questions
By Sign with me TOD
This book series is great for young children as they can relate with what Franklin and his friends experience as they are growing up and helping each other. The book, Franklin's Halloween discusses Franklin's feelings about going to a haunted house, making decisions, having fun with his friends, being a good friend, etc. The comprehension questions in this product relate with the text as well as students own experiences. Images are located throughout packet to help students answer questions. 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.
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Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Fiction
By The Emergency Sub
Reading Comprehension Fiction: Lotto
Our worksheets cover a variety of genres and themes from popular children's literature, making reading fun and enjoyable for kids of all ages
- Improve reading comprehension
- Engage with popular children's literature
- Enhance critical thinking skills
These are fun, interactive reading comprehension worksheets. Students will receive the lucky lottery number if they answer all the questions correctly.
Students must correctly complete the five comprehension questions to get the daily PICK 5 lottery numbers. (They will only have a winning lottery ticket if they complete all the questions correctly.) This activity has an independent and guided component.
Set includes 5 Passages from
The Birthday Party by Oliver Optic
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
A Gallery of Children by A.A. Milne
The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baun
The Story of Dr. Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
AVID Vocabulary Awareness Chart for Reading Comprehension in Google Sheets
By Teach Savvy Store
Enhance vocabulary in any class or content area with this AVID-inspired vocabulary awareness chart in Google Sheets. This vocabulary awareness chart allows students to check their awareness and knowledge of words found in the content they are learning about.
Directions
- The vocabulary self-awareness chart allows students to assess themselves on class vocabulary words.
- In my classroom, we chose our words from the words students have come across in their reading.
- Students write the vocabulary words, determine how well they know the word (checking a checkbox in the correct column), and type any notes or definitions they have for the word.
- Simply duplicate the chart in Google Sheets when you are ready for students to make a new self-awareness chart over new content you are learning so that students can keep a log.
What's Included
- One Google Sheets document where students will duplicate and log their vocabulary awareness across all the readings completed in your class.
- In the document, students will include:
- Name
- Date
- What the vocabulary is for
- Word
- Students will check a box for the following: know it well & can explain it, heard it or seen it before, no Clue
- Notes/Definitions
*This resource is available for Outschool teachers to purchase without the need for extra licenses.
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Halloween Simile & Metaphor Task Cards for 3rd-5th Grade - Figurative Language
By MrsBaileyandHerClass
Make simile and metaphor practice spook-tacular with this set of 50 Halloween-themed task cards! Perfect for engaging your students in identifying and understanding figurative language, these fun and interactive cards are a must-have for your literacy centers, small group work, or independent practice. Designed for 3rd to 5th graders, these task cards help students differentiate between similes and metaphors while adding a festive touch to your language arts lessons.
What’s Included:
- 50 Halloween Simile vs. Metaphor Task Cards with a variety of examples ranging from simple to complex
- A student recording sheet for easy tracking of answers
- An answer key for quick and easy grading
- A fun, spooky Halloween design to keep students engaged
Key Features:
- Perfect for Literacy Centers: Students can work individually or with partners to solve each card, making figurative language practice interactive and collaborative.
- Versatile Use: Ideal for center activities, homework, early finishers, or a whole-class scoot game. Great for reviewing similes and metaphors in a fun, themed way.
- Differentiated Learning: Cards are crafted with varying levels of difficulty, allowing you to support all learners in your classroom.
- Engaging Halloween Theme: Capture your students' attention with Halloween-themed examples that make learning figurative language fun and festive!
Whether you’re teaching similes and metaphors for the first time or reviewing for mastery, these Halloween task cards provide the perfect mix of challenge and engagement. Your students will love practicing figurative language with these spooky, themed cards!
I hope you find this resource just as helpful for your students as it has been for mine! If you have any questions or would like to share feedback, please reach out to me on Instagram: MrsBaileyandHerClass.
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Bundle: Reading Activities | Dewey Decimal | Venn Diagram | Journaling
By Reece's Tech Shop by Scott Reece
Are you looking for ways to encourage your students to read in your classroom or at your school? This bundle has everything that you need!
Encourage reading with little competition in the Dewey Decimal Reading Race. Students earn racing points and move along the race track by reading books from different Dewey categories.
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Encourage reading and comprehension by using the 180-day A Reader's Journey ~ A Reading Journal!! 180 days worth of reading journal topics. Includes page documentation, title and author information, and a journal prompt to reflect on what students have read for the day.
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Bloom's Taxonomy RACE Writing PRINT & DIGITAL Activities
By Christina Bush
Allow students to take control of their learning by creating text-dependent questions based off of the levels of Bloom's Taxonomy! This activity requires students to develop and apply higher-order thinking skills by coming up with their own questions while also coming up with an answer key using the R.A.C.E writing strategy.
This Activity Pack Includes:
- Black & White Printable Version - Handouts and Activities
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- Teacher Presentation
The Digital and Print Options Each Include:
- Handout explaining what Bloom's Taxonomy is
- Question starters/examples
- Assigned-level activity pages (R.A.C.E setup)
- Choose-your-level activity pages (one per page AND two per page options)
Teacher Presentation Reviews:
- Bloom's Taxonomy basic overview
- Each level explained
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Christmas Reading Comprehension Escape Room Inference Plot Clues 3rd 4th 5th 6th
By Magen Crim
Are you looking for a fun and educational activity to bring the magic of Christmas into your classroom? The Christmas Reading Comprehension Escape Room is just what you need! Four unique reading comprehension challenges that focus on making inferences, character analysis, context clues, and elements of plot. Designed for students in grades 3-6, this engaging resource combines holiday excitement with critical reading practice. Your students will help Santa recover his missing star by solving puzzles and challenges that build essential reading skills—all while having a blast!
➡️ What’s It All About?
This festive escape room features four unique reading comprehension challenges that will get your students thinking critically and working together to save the day. Each task focuses on an important skill:
- Making Inferences: Students read between the lines to find clues and draw conclusions.
- Character Analysis: They’ll explore characters’ traits and motivations to uncover key details.
- Using Context Clues: Tough vocabulary? No problem! Students will learn to decode tricky words by examining the surrounding text.
- Plot Comprehension: From the introduction to the resolution, they’ll piece together the sequence of events to unlock the next clue.
Every challenge is tied to TEKS standards, making it both fun and academically meaningful. Plus, the question formats mimic those on the STAAR assessments, so it’s a great way to prepare students for testing season without them even realizing it.
➡️ Here’s what’s included:
- Easy Prep Materials: Print-and-go worksheets that make set-up simple and stress-free.
- Built-in Decoder: A fun twist that adds a layer of mystery to every task.
- Clear Instructions: Step-by-step guidance to help you implement the activity smoothly, even if you’re new to escape rooms.
- Group or Individual Options: Let students work independently or in teams, depending on your classroom needs.
➡️ Suggested Classroom Use
- As a whole-class activity, fostering collaboration and a sense of holiday fun.
- In small literacy groups for targeted practice on specific skills.
- As a test prep tool, giving students hands-on experience with STAAR-style questions.
- For differentiated instruction, customizing tasks for various reading levels.
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By Ann Stewart
Engaging Fiction Comprehension - Character, Plot, Solution
This resource includes a 500+ word engaging fiction story centered around a compelling character facing a problem and coming up with a thoughtful solution. The complex narrative is written at a high 5th - 6th grade reading level and tackles mature themes including passion, injury, depression, and overcoming adversity that will resonate with middle school students.
The passage is followed by 5 multiple choice questions and 2 short answer questions focused on analyzing the central character's motivations and development, understanding the plot points and central conflict, and examining how the character grapples with and solves the key problem in the story. Detailed sample responses and an answer key are provided.
This fiction comprehension resource is perfect for:
Analyzing character traits, motivations, and development
Plot analysis and plot structure
Conflict and resolution
Theme and central ideas
Critical thinking and analysis
Key terms: character, plot, conflict, solution, fiction comprehension, upper elementary, middle school reading
With engaging content and thought-provoking questions, this resource provides an excellent opportunity for upper elementary or middle school students to practice standards-aligned ELA skills. This comprehension activity engages learners in analyzing high-level narrative fiction.
As You Like It- Complete Teacher's Unit
By Educate and Create
Covering the As You Like It? Don't know where to get started? This bundle includes everything you need for your students to analyze the text for plot development, characterization, language, and more. Makes learning Shakespeare fun and easy for your students.
Complete Unit.
Covers the entire play of As You Like It !
Great for differentiation.
By Queen's Educational Resources
Bookmarks | Reading Strategies Bookmarks | Reading Comprehension Strategies and Skills Interactive Bookmarks | Reading Comprehension
Bookmarks, Reading Comprehension Strategies and Skills Interactive Bookmarks
About This Resource
☆ Reading Strategies Bookmarks
☆ File Format: PDF Zip File
☆ Excellent for any grade or subject!
This resource includes:
☆ 12 Reading Strategy Bookmarks
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!
You can print on gloss or photo paper and laminate for optimal quality!
Distribution Idea: Each sheet contains 4 Reading Strategy Bookmarks, so you can print all 10 pages to create a total of 40 bookmarks. Let students pick and choose the ones they want to use—making it a fun and interactive activity!
Reading Strategies featured in this set:
☆ Determining Importance
☆ Making Inferences
☆ Questioning
☆ Evaluating
☆ Predicting
☆ Summarizing
☆ Visualizing
☆ Text-to-Self Connections
☆ Text-to-Text Connections
☆ Text-to-World Connections
These bookmarks are a versatile and thoughtful resource to encourage a love of reading! They’re perfect for classroom use, school libraries, prizes, or even as a small gift to inspire your students to explore new books.
You may:
☆ Print and cut each one out (as there are four bookmarks on each sheet) ☆ Photocopy onto card stock paper, or laminate them, for long lasting use. ☆ Hole-punch the tops and tie a ribbon through!
▶️ This is a DIGITAL DOWNLOAD ▶️ NO PHYSICAL ITEM WILL BE SHIPPED
⭐ 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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