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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:
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.
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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.
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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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20 Quick Reference Reading Skills & Strategies Bookmarks
By Shy's Sunshine Room
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20 Bookmarks, each featuring a critical reading skill or strategy for grades 3 - 8:
Why You'll Love This Resource
Color & Discover: Modern Heroes of Black History Month Freebie
By TooBookedUp
Are your students ready to meet the modern heroes shaping our world today? Dive into the remarkable lives of 12 trailblazing Black figures with our engaging 24-page resource, perfect for Black History Month. This unique coloring and educational booklet is designed to inspire and inform students from 4th to 6th grade.
Each page spotlights one influential figure, from the inspiring leadership of Barack Obama to the groundbreaking achievements of Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett. The booklet presents a brief overview at a 6th-grade level, followed by a more detailed explanation suitable for 4th-graders, ensuring it caters to different reading levels and learning needs.
What makes this resource truly special is its interactive element. Alongside each biographical snippet, there's a beautifully outlined image related to each personality – from Serena Williams' tennis racket to Lewis Hamilton's racing car. These images are not just to color but to spark creativity and discussion in the classroom.
Figures featured include:
This resource isn't just for Black History Month; it's a year-round tool for teaching about perseverance, innovation, and resilience. It's perfect for:
So, are you ready to bring the stories of these inspiring individuals into your classroom? Download our resource now and take the first step in celebrating the achievements and contributions of these modern Black heroes.
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Extinct Arthropleura Spooky Science & ELA Packet: CCSS Aligned for Grades 4-6
By TooBookedUp
Looking for a fun, engaging, and educational resource that brings spooky science to life? Look no further! This Arthropleura Spooky Science Packet is perfect for grades 4-6 and offers an interdisciplinary experience by blending STEM and humanities. Whether you're teaching about creepy creatures during the spooky season or exploring ancient life all year long, this packet is a hit with students!
This resource is CCSS-aligned and covers essential skills such as:
With reading comprehension activities and opportunities for students to draw, write, and analyze, this resource not only taps into science but also strengthens ELA skills. Students will learn about the giant, prehistoric Arthropleura, a creature from millions of years ago, while practicing critical thinking and creativity.
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This ready-to-go packet will captivate your students with spooky, scientific fun while building key academic skills. Whether you’re in it for Halloween or curious creatures from the past, this interdisciplinary resource is the perfect addition to your classroom!
Halloween Spooky Figurative Language Fun Music Lesson Plan for Grades 4-6
By TooBookedUp
Get ready to bring the spooky season into your classroom with this no-prep, figurative language lesson plan! Perfect for Grades 4-6, this resource is designed to introduce or review seven types of figurative language—simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, alliteration, imagery, and onomatopoeia—all with a spooky twist!
This lesson plan includes engaging slides, guided notes with fill-in-the-blanks, and spooky examples that will keep your students excited about learning. Plus, it comes with a fun activity using the lyrics from "This is Halloween" and a creative writing extension for students to write their own spooky stories.
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Why You'll Love This Resource:
No Prep: Ready to use with zero planning!
Perfect for Spooky Season: Engages students with Halloween-themed examples and activities.
Flexible Use: Great as a full lesson, extension activity, or writing center resource.
Lesson Plan Included: Easy-to-follow, detailed lesson plan to guide your instruction.
Bring some spooky fun to your classroom this fall with this engaging figurative language lesson! Whether you’re introducing the concept for the first time or reviewing it, your students will be creatively inspired while mastering essential ELA skills.
Thanksgiving Persuasive Writing Activity Rhetoric Grade 5-7 Ethos, Pathos, Logos
By TooBookedUp
Gobble up some fun this November with this 'Turkey’s Plea' Persuasive Writing Activity!
Do your students love a good debate? How about some Thanksgiving fun that will have them laughing and learning at the same time? In this pun-tastic activity, students will step into the feathers of a turkey and use persuasive writing techniques to convince their audience to enjoy an alternative main dish for Thanksgiving!
Perfect for grades 5-7, this print-and-go resource makes persuasive writing easy as pumpkin pie! No need to carve out extra prep time—this pack includes everything you need to help your students master ethos, pathos, and logos.
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Whether you’re preparing for the big Thanksgiving feast or looking for a creative way to teach persuasive writing, this Thanksgiving-themed activity will help students “carve out” their persuasive skills! Perfect for ELA and humanities teachers seeking a seasonal twist on persuasive writing.
Don't let this feather-light prep opportunity pass you by—add a little extra flavor to your November lessons and give your students something to gobble about!
Introduction to Mystery Genre Lesson Plan - 60-Minute, Print & Go, Guided Notes
By TooBookedUp
Uncover the excitement of mystery writing with this engaging, print-and-go lesson plan!
Designed to introduce middle school students (grades 5-8) to the elements of the mystery genre, this comprehensive, 60-minute lesson plan is perfect for kicking off a new unit. With a focus on deduction, clue-finding, and critical thinking, students will explore the foundations of mystery stories in a fun and interactive way!
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Grab this engaging introduction to the mystery genre today, and watch your students become master detectives!
Extinct Gigantopithecus Spooky Science & ELA Packet: CCSS Aligned for Grades 4-6
By TooBookedUp
Swing into prehistoric times with this "Gigantopithecus Spooky Science & ELA Packet" for grades 4-6! This "ape-solutely massive" resource blends STEM and ELA to create an engaging, educational experience for your students. Perfect for spooky season or a deep dive into the fascinating world of ancient creatures, your class will go bananas for this resource!
Explore the world of Gigantopithecus, the largest ape to ever walk the Earth, while building key skills like reading comprehension, vocabulary, and cause-and-effect analysis.
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Add this "ape-solutely awesome" resource to your cart today and get ready for a lesson that’s larger than life!
Thanksgiving Author’s Purpose Reading Unit Passages, Slides, Guided Notes Gr 5-7
By TooBookedUp
Looking for a high-engagement, Thanksgiving-themed resource to teach author’s purpose? This Thanksgiving Author’s Purpose Unit is perfect for grades 5-7 and provides students with five unique, double-sided passages (10 pages total) to help them practice identifying and analyzing different author’s purposes—all with a festive, fall twist!
This resource includes everything you need for a whole-group lesson, centers, or intervention, and is perfect for engaging students with seasonal content while building critical reading skills.
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This resource is ideal for teaching the author’s purpose in a fun, seasonal way with relevant Thanksgiving content that students will love. Whether you use it for whole-group instruction, stations, or small-group intervention, your students will be "thankful" for how engaging this resource is!
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Help your students master the skill of identifying author’s purpose while enjoying Thanksgiving-themed content! Perfect for ELA centers, whole-class lessons, or small-group intervention.
Veteran's Day Elementary Reading Comprehension Passage and WH- Questions/Autism
By Kiyana
Introducing our "Veteran's Day Reading Comprehension Passage" designed specifically for learners in autism and MD classrooms! This reading comprehension activity is thoughtfully created to cater to the unique needs of special education students.
Make learning fun and accessible with our "Veterans Day Reading Comprehension Passage." It's the perfect tool to help your special education students develop essential reading and comprehension skills while engaging with a topic that's relevant and meaningful. Don't miss out on this valuable resource for your classroom!
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Election Day Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Passage and WH- Questions/Autism
By Kiyana
Introducing our "Election Day Reading Comprehension Passage" designed specifically for learners in autism and MD classrooms! This inclusive resource is thoughtfully created to cater to the unique needs of special education students.
Make learning fun and accessible with our "Election Day Reading Comprehension Passage." It's the perfect tool to help your special education students develop essential reading and comprehension skills while engaging with a topic that's relevant and meaningful. Don't miss out on this valuable resource for your classroom!
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Labor Day Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Passage and WH- Questions/Autism
By Kiyana
Introducing our "Labor Day Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Passage" designed specifically for learners in autism and MD classrooms! This inclusive resource is thoughtfully created to cater to the unique needs of special education students.
Make learning fun and accessible with our "Labor Day Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Passage." It's the perfect tool to help your special education students develop essential reading and comprehension skills while engaging with a topic that's relevant and meaningful. Don't miss out on this valuable resource for your classroom!
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Black Friday Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Passage and WH- Questions/Autism
By Kiyana
Introducing our Black Friday Reading Comprehension Passage, designed specifically for learners in Autism and MD classrooms! This inclusive resource is thoughtfully created to cater to the unique needs of special education students.
The passage consists of 8 sentences, making it accessible and manageable for young readers. The text is supported with symbolated visuals to provide extra support and enhance understanding, ensuring that every student can engage with the content.
Your students will have the opportunity to practice their comprehension skills through 6 WH- questions that align with the text. Each WH- question comes with 3 visual answer choices, providing a range of options to help students actively engage and demonstrate their understanding.
This resource is perfect for introducing nonfiction texts, promoting reading comprehension, and facilitating small group language arts instruction. Visual supports are seamlessly embedded throughout to enhance learning and provide extra clarity for students.
Special education teachers will find this tool to be an essential addition to their teaching toolkit, offering a meaningful and effective learning experience for students with diverse needs. The activity can be laminated for extended use, allowing students to write directly on it with a dry erase marker. Alternatively, answer choices can be cut out to support learners with fine motor skill limitations.
Make learning fun and accessible with our Black Friday Reading Comprehension Passage! It’s the ideal tool to help your special education students develop essential reading and comprehension skills while engaging with a topic that’s fun and relevant. Don't miss out on this valuable resource for your classroom!
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Nonfiction Task Cards - Analyzing Author's Craft Using ANY Informational Text
By Sequoia Hill
Inspire your students to think critically about informational texts with this set of engaging, open-ended questions! Perfect for 4th-5th grade, these questions encourage students to explore main ideas, text features, structure, and author’s craft in any nonfiction text they read.
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Aligned with Common Core standards, this resource is a great way to help students build confidence in analyzing texts, connecting ideas, and uncovering the author’s purpose. Make each reading experience more meaningful and memorable!
Franklin Goes to School - Reading Comprehension Questions
By Sign with me TOD
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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. This book, Franklin Goes to School discusses Franklin's feelings about going to school, what his strengths are, making friends, 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.
Arthur's Birthday - Reading Comprehension Questions
By Sign with me TOD
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Arthur's Birthday is a great book to read for students to learn about being a good friend, being patient, understanding, how some people celebrate a birthday, etc. Students are presented with a variety of comprehension questions based on what happens in the book, Arthur's Birthday. Students can answer these questions as the book is read to them, as they read the book independently or they can use the text for lookbacks once the book is finished.
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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Arthur Babysits Comprehension Questions
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