Less than $5 Reading Strategies Resources (by date, latest first)

Movie Time!!!!

This is a movie watch-along to go with DreamWorks' The Penguins of Madagascar. Students will focus on the main idea and theme of the movie. There are 2 sheets for students to complete either during or after the movie. Students will be identifying the main idea, providing supporting details, and describing the theme!

This is a great product to help keep students engaged and focused during the movie while also building comprehension skills!

I hope you enjoy it! Please rate and review.

Credits:

Darnell, E., & Smith, S. J. (Directors). (2014). The Penguins of Madagascar [Film].DreamWorks Animation

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Movie Time!!!!

This is a movie watch-along to go with DreamWorks' Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted. Students will focus on the main idea and theme of the movie. There are 2 sheets for students to complete either during or after the movie. Students will be identifying the main idea, providing supporting details, and describing the theme!

This is a great product to help keep students engaged and focused during the movie while also building comprehension skills!

I hope you enjoy it! Please rate and review.

Credits:

Darnell, E., McGrath, T., Vernon, C., Stiller, B., Rock, C., & Schwimmer, D. (2012). Madagascar 3: Europe's most wanted.DreamWorks Home Entertainment

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Movie Time!!!!

This is a movie watch-along to go with DreamWorks' Madagascar 2: Escape to Africa. Students will focus on the main idea and theme of the movie. There are 2 sheets for students to complete either during or after the movie. Students will be identifying the main idea, providing supporting details, and describing the theme!

This is a great product to help keep students engaged and focused during the movie while also building comprehension skills!

I hope you enjoy it! Please rate and review.

Credits:

Darnell, E., & McGrath, T. (Directors). (2008). Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa [Film]. DreamWorks Animation; PDI/DreamWorks

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Movie Time!!!!

This is a movie watch-along to go with DreamWorks' Madagascar. Students will focus on the main idea and theme of the movie. There are 2 sheets for students to complete either during or after the movie. Students will be identifying the main idea, providing supporting details, and describing the theme!

This is a great product to help keep students engaged and focused during the movie while also building comprehension skills!

I hope you enjoy it! Please rate and review.

Credits:

Darnell, E., & McGrath, T. (Directors).(2005).Madagascar [Film].DreamWorks Distribution

Movie Time!!!!

This is a movie watch along to go with Disney's The Emperor's New Groove. This watch along is focused on the main idea and theme of the movie. Either during the movie or after, students will identify the main idea of the movie and provide supporting details for the main idea. They will also draw the theme of the story and then describe the theme with supporting details.

This is a great product for keeping students engaged during a movie on a fun Friday, practice for main idea/theme, and something to do after testing. And it is always good to practice main idea and theme!

I hope you and your students enjoy it! Please rate and review.

Credits:

Disney, W. (Director) & Disney, W. (Producer).(2000).The Emperor's new groove [Motion Picture].Walt Disney Pictures

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Keep track of your reading adventures with our adorable Animal Reading Lists! Perfect for students and homeschoolers, these free printable lists feature charming animals enjoying their favorite books.

Contents:

Get organized and track your reading progress with our delightful Animal Reading Lists! This freebie includes four unique designs, each featuring lovable animals immersed in the joy of reading. Students can record essential information such as the book title, author, and number of pages, creating a personalized log of their reading journey.

These printable reading lists provide a fun and engaging way for students to stay organized and motivated in their reading endeavors. With adorable animal illustrations and plenty of space to jot down details, these lists make it easy for readers to keep track of the books they've read and explore new literary adventures.

Why You'll Love This Product:

• Adorable Designs: Capture students' interest with charming animal illustrations, making tracking reading progress fun and enjoyable.
• Promotes Organization: Encourage students to stay organized by providing a structured format for recording book details.
• Motivates Reading: Inspire a love of reading and encourage students to explore new books by keeping a log of their reading accomplishments.
• Free Resource: Accessible to all students and homeschoolers, providing a valuable tool for tracking reading progress at no cost.
• Easy to Use: Simply print and use! These reading lists are ready to go, making them convenient for both students and educators.

Who This Product Is For:

1. Homeschoolers seeking a simple and effective way to track their reading progress and incorporate literacy activities into their curriculum.
2. Teachers looking for engaging tools to motivate students to read and keep track of their independent reading assignments.
3. Parents interested in fostering a love of reading in their children and providing them with tools to track their reading habits.
4. Librarians aiming to encourage library patrons, especially young readers, to explore new books and keep track of their reading adventures.
5. Reading enthusiasts of all ages who want to keep a record of the books they've read and create reading goals for themselves.

Learning a New Red Word!

Inspired by Orton Gillingham

This can be used to make a red word book - or just use the Red Word page by itself when teaching a new red word.

Sections on the page include:

-Coloring a circle for each sound heard.

-Writing the sounds heard.

-Writing the actual spelling.

-Putting a heart above the parts that must be known by heart.

-Writing the word with a screen underneath.

-Writing the word 4 times.

-Using the word in a sentence.

-Checking the sentence for CUPS.

Birthday Gift Reading Comprehension Package: Engaging Worksheets for Grades 2-3 and Special Education

Boost your students' reading comprehension skills with this versatile, engaging, and easy-to-differentiate resource!

Perfect for grade 2-3 students, as well as special education classrooms, this Birthday Gift Reading Comprehension Package includes a variety of worksheets that target essential skills like answering WH questions, sequencing, and cloze activities, all while accommodating students with varying abilities.

What’s Inside This Comprehensive Package?

This package features three activity types that target different aspects of reading comprehension, with carefully designed levels of support to help your students progress step-by-step:

1. WH Question Worksheets
   Help your students improve their ability to locate answers to WH questions (who, what, when, where, why, and how) in a text. This activity includes:

• 3 levels of worksheets for each set of questions:

  • Level 1: Highlight prompts and multiple-choice answers
  • Level 2: Highlight prompts with written answers
  • Level 3: No prompts, students provide written answers independently

1. Cloze Worksheets
   Perfect for practicing vocabulary and understanding context clues. These worksheets come in 3 levels:

• Level 1: Highlighted words with a word bank for students to complete
• Level 2: Word bank provided, no highlights
• Level 3: No prompts, students fill in the blanks independently

1. Story Sequencing Worksheets
   Build your students' understanding of story structure and sequencing. This activity includes 4 levels:

• Level 1: Guided with sentence order and highlight prompts
• Level 2: Sentence order given, no highlights
• Level 3: Highlighted text, no sentence order provided
• Level 4: No highlights or sentence order – students complete independently

Why You’ll Love This Resource:

• Differentiated Learning: With 3-4 levels for each activity, you can easily adapt this resource to meet the needs of students at various skill levels. Whether you’re working with advanced readers or students who need extra support, this resource provides the flexibility to ensure every student is engaged and challenged.
• Ideal for Diverse Classrooms: This package is perfect for older struggling readers, special education students, and ESL learners, thanks to the scaffolded support and visually engaging design.
• Builds Confidence Gradually: As students move through the levels of each activity, they will gain the confidence to work independently. The gradual reduction of support helps them develop critical reading and comprehension skills at their own pace.
• Comprehensive Answer Key: Each worksheet includes an answer key to make grading and assessing progress quick and easy.

Perfect for:

• Teachers of Grades 2-3 who need engaging and easy-to-use reading comprehension activities.
• Special Education and ESL Classrooms where students need targeted practice with visual prompts and scaffolding.
• Parents and Tutors seeking fun, educational worksheets to support their child’s reading comprehension development.

Product Features:

• 3 activity types: WH Questions, Cloze Worksheets, and Story Sequencing
• 3-4 levels per activity for easy differentiation
• Scaffolding and support gradually reduce as students progress
• Answer Key for each worksheet
• Perfect for struggling readers, ESL students, and special education classrooms
• Visually engaging and age-appropriate content for older elementary students

Help your students become more confident readers with this thoughtfully designed resource!

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Engage students with vibrant, easy-to-use anchor charts that simplify concepts, spark curiosity, and provide lasting reference tools for classrooms, making learning interactive and memorable!

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Engage students with vibrant, easy-to-use anchor charts that simplify concepts, spark curiosity, and provide lasting reference tools for classrooms, making learning interactive and memorable!

➡️ LET’S CONNECT

Follow ELA Vibes to get updates on new resources!

➡️ ADDITIONAL SUPPORT

Mini-Lessons

Activity Bundles

Engage students with vibrant, easy-to-use anchor charts that simplify concepts, spark curiosity, and provide lasting reference tools for classrooms, making learning interactive and memorable!

➡️ LET’S CONNECT

Follow ELA Vibes to get updates on new resources!

➡️ ADDITIONAL SUPPORT

Mini-Lessons

Activity Bundles

Engage students with vibrant, easy-to-use anchor charts that simplify concepts, spark curiosity, and provide lasting reference tools for classrooms, making learning interactive and memorable!

➡️ LET’S CONNECT

Follow ELA Vibes to get updates on new resources!

➡️ ADDITIONAL SUPPORT

Mini-Lessons

Activity Bundles

Engage students with vibrant, easy-to-use anchor charts that simplify concepts, spark curiosity, and provide lasting reference tools for classrooms, making learning interactive and memorable!

➡️ LET’S CONNECT

Follow ELA Vibes to get updates on new resources!

➡️ ADDITIONAL SUPPORT

Mini-Lessons

Activity Bundles

Engage students with vibrant, easy-to-use anchor charts that simplify concepts, spark curiosity, and provide lasting reference tools for classrooms, making learning interactive and memorable!

➡️ LET’S CONNECT

Follow ELA Vibes to get updates on new resources!

➡️ ADDITIONAL SUPPORT

Mini-Lessons

Activity Bundles

Engage students with vibrant, easy-to-use anchor charts that simplify concepts, spark curiosity, and provide lasting reference tools for classrooms, making learning interactive and memorable!

➡️ LET’S CONNECT

Follow ELA Vibes to get updates on new resources!

➡️ ADDITIONAL SUPPORT

Mini-Lessons

Activity Bundles

Engage students with vibrant, easy-to-use anchor charts that simplify concepts, spark curiosity, and provide lasting reference tools for classrooms, making learning interactive and memorable!

➡️ LET’S CONNECT

Follow ELA Vibes to get updates on new resources!

➡️ ADDITIONAL SUPPORT

Mini-Lessons

Activity Bundles

Engage students with vibrant, easy-to-use anchor charts that simplify concepts, spark curiosity, and provide lasting reference tools for classrooms, making learning interactive and memorable!

➡️ LET’S CONNECT

Follow ELA Vibes to get updates on new resources!

➡️ ADDITIONAL SUPPORT

Mini-Lessons

Activity Bundles

Engage students with vibrant, easy-to-use anchor charts that simplify concepts, spark curiosity, and provide lasting reference tools for classrooms, making learning interactive and memorable!

➡️ LET’S CONNECT

Follow ELA Vibes to get updates on new resources!

➡️ ADDITIONAL SUPPORT

Mini-Lessons

Activity Bundles

Engage 3rd-5th graders with a point of view fiction lesson: bell ringer, guided notes, ELA STAAR practice, activities, anchor chart, model passage, and exit ticket—ideal for intervention, stations, STAAR prep, independent reading comprehension, and differentiated supports!

A low-prep lesson designed to help learners master point of view in a fun and structured way within the Fiction Genre.

➡️ Why You Will Love

⭐A lesson plan that is planned and prepped so you get your planning time back!

⭐Science of reading-aligned strategies for students to apply to their reading.

⭐Real-world connections so that students see how the skill is applied to their everyday lives. 

⭐Flexible Format to integrate into any curriculum. 

⭐Differentiated small group instruction cards to help you reach every learner in your classroom. 

➡️ What’s Included

• Detailed Mini-Lesson Plan
• Warm Up
• Anchor Chart
• Real-World Connections
• Interactive Adventure Google Lesson Slides
• Teacher Model Text
• Guided Notes
• Guided Practice with key terms
• Differentiated Small Group Instruction Cards
• Independent Practice Student Activity: Doodle Comprehension
• Exit Ticket

➡️ How to Use Suggestions

• Begin with a warm-up to spark curiosity and introduce the day’s focus.

• Teach with the anchor chart, lesson slides, model text, guided practice, and guided doodle notes, encouraging students to make connections.

• Engage students with a story-driven adventure lesson. 

• Provide scaffolded practice using small group instruction and independent activities.

• Wrap up with an exit ticket to assess understanding and inform future lessons.

• Use Google Slides and Adobe to assign or download resources.

Your students will love the adventure lesson, variety, and engagement provided in this resource! Bring Point of View to life with this resource! 

➡️ LET’S CONNECT

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➡️ Additional Supports

Mini-Lessons

Activity Packs

STAAR Prep

Short and Extended Constructed Responses

Engage 3rd-5th graders with a figurative language lesson: bell ringer, guided notes, ELA STAAR practice, activities, anchor chart, model passage, and exit ticket—ideal for intervention, stations, STAAR prep, independent reading comprehension, and differentiated supports!

A low-prep lesson designed to help learners master figurative language and imagery in a fun and structured way within the Fiction Genre.

➡️ Why You Will Love

⭐A lesson plan that is planned and prepped so you get your planning time back!

⭐Science of reading-aligned strategies for students to apply to their reading.

⭐Real-world connections so that students see how the skill is applied to their everyday lives. 

⭐Flexible Format to integrate into any curriculum. 

⭐Differentiated small group instruction cards to help you reach every learner in your classroom. 

➡️ What’s Included

• Detailed Mini-Lesson Plan

• Warm Up

• Anchor Chart

• Real-World Connections

• Interactive Adventure Google Lesson Slides

• Teacher Model Text

• Guided Notes

• Guided Practice with key terms

• Differentiated Small Group Instruction Cards

• Independent Practice Student Activity: Maze

• Exit Ticket

➡️ How to Use Suggestions

• Begin with a warm-up to spark curiosity and introduce the day’s focus.

• Teach with the anchor chart, lesson slides, model text, guided practice, and guided doodle notes, encouraging students to make connections.

• Engage students with a story-driven adventure lesson. 

• Provide scaffolded practice using small group instruction and independent activities.

• Wrap up with an exit ticket to assess understanding and inform future lessons.

• Use Google Slides and Adobe to assign or download resources.

Your students will love the adventure lesson, variety, and engagement provided in this resource! Bring  Figurative Language to life with this resource! 

➡️ LET’S CONNECT

Follow ELA Vibes to get updates on new resources!

➡️ Additional Supports

Mini-Lessons

Activity Packs

STAAR Prep

Short and Extended Constructed Responses