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Book Activities BUNDLE | Reading Response Fiction Nonfiction | Print & Digital
Book Activities are a fun and engaging way for students to respond to reading and demonstrate comprehension. Book activities encourage students to think outside the box about the different texts they read. Are you ready to take reading responses to the next level?! This resource is a BUNDLE of Book Activities to use with Fiction and Non-Fiction Texts. Printable and Digital options are available. Digital options can be used with Google Slides. There are 20+ activities that can be used with fictio
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3rd - 6th
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Market Day Event
So what is Market Day?Market Day is a hands-on project based experience that will have your room buzzing with excitement! You will not believe your students’ enthusiasm as they experience creating a business, selling products, advertising, calculating expenses, practicing customer service, figuring profits, and becoming successful entrepreneurs! Once you experience Market Day for yourself, you will wonder why you never tried it sooner! Market Day allows your students to…Create a Business NameDes
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: The ULTIMATE Classroom Economy System BUNDLE
Compare and Contrast the Author's Point of View BigFoot
Close ReadingPoint of ViewCompare and ContrastDoes Bigfoot exist? Or is he just a made up legend? Students will read two nonfiction articles to compare and contrast both sides of the Bigfoot debate! This is a fun, but educational, lesson. Included is BOTH print and digital versions.I wrote this lesson because I wanted an interesting topic that would catch my students' attention. I also was frustrated trying to find articles that showed a clear point of view about a similar topic. I wanted no
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4th - 9th
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Also included in: Close Reading Lesson Bundle: A Year of Close Reading
Fountas and Pinnell Leveled Reading Passages
Complement your Fountas and Pinnell Leveled Reading Passages, "Levels A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z". My own seventy-eight original leveled reading passages to complement your Fountas and Pinnell. Each story includes simple assessments, with a mix of fiction and non-fiction passages. Flesch-Kincaid Reading Levels: K-7.Bonus file: 50 US State Map Outlines.Preview is typical of Download or follow the links for full previews:Level A"My Pet" (30 words)"In My Yard" (30 words
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PreK - 7th
Book Activities | Reading Response Worksheets | Print & Digital | Nonfiction
Book Activities are a fun and engaging way for students to respond to reading and demonstrate comprehension. Book activities encourage students to think outside the box about the different texts they read. Are you ready to take reading responses to the next level?! This book activities collection includes 20+ activities that can be used with any Non-Fiction text. Printable and Digital options are available. Digital options can be used with Google Slides. Each of these engaging, easy-to-prep acti
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3rd - 6th
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Reading Stations Activity for Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry Analysis
This fun reading activity "progressive dinner"™ works with any fiction, nonfiction, and poetry unit texts of your choosing! Practice close reading skills and textual analysis in a hands-on and interactive way, this is the reading activity for you! Have students preview literary criticism articles, read thematically-connected poetry, engage in close reading of a complex fiction or nonfiction text, and engage in small group discussion. These are just some of the possibilities!I use this close re
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7th - 10th
Also included in: Fiction and Nonfiction Reading Activities BUNDLE
Reading Challenge - Instagram Style
★Get Ready because this Instagram Reading Challenge is going to transform your students into READERS! ★You already know that the best way to get students to improve in all areas is through reading. We all want our students to read, read, and read some more. This Instagram Reading Challenge is going to motivate them and show them just how much they read! This is an amazing tracking system that students can reference all year long.Here’s why this Reading Challenge #ROCKS: What do students love mor
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3rd - 8th
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Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions
Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions, "Levels A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z". Seventy-eight guided reading comprehension passages and questions. Each story includes simple assessments, with a mix of fiction and non-fiction passages. Flesch-Kincaid Reading Levels: K-7.Preview is typical of Download. Or follow the links for full previews:Level A"My Pet" (30 words)"In My Yard" (30 words)"Food" (33 words)Level B"Frogs" (40 words)"My Farm" (42 words)"Singing" (47 wor
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PreK - 7th
Also included in: Top Sellers on TpT
The Barren Grounds Lessons and Novel Study
Supporting Indigenous Resources for Inclusive Learning**** This Product is featured in my blog: Students Succeed with The Barren Grounds and Misewa Saga **** This no-prep, 6 weeks, learning resource novel study, includes a 35 page student response and answer key (70 pages in total). This unit uses comprehension strategies: Summarizing, Connection, Visualization, Questioning, Character Description, Infer and Transformation to attain deep understanding.This novel study unit is suitable for: a whol
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4th - 8th
BUNDLE NO-PREP Team Building Escape Room - Classroom Community - Back to School
TpT Store Top Seller!!!This NO PREP BUNDLE contains 3 unique and fun escapes for classroom synergy! Each escape in this bundle is perfect for anytime of the year as a fun team-building activity. Students love working together to solve these puzzles and successfully use technology to complete the entire escape.What are people saying about these products??Stacy R: "I downloaded this activity last night and used it the next day! No prep!! The 6th graders had a great time doing this escape room. Tha
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3rd - 6th
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Main Idea Task Cards and Guided Mini Lessons Google Ready!
Main IdeaTask CardsReading Comprehension Skills Do you love to read about unsolved mysteries? Capture your students' attention with nonfiction paragraphs about aliens, UFO's, crop circles, and much more! This is my students' favorite lesson. It is a great way to teach the main idea without boring the kids to death. I have two YouTube videos that preview and explain this lesson. Please check them out and like them! Unsolved MysteriesMeet Nala Bella in this video as she explains what this le
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Main Idea Task Cards Bundle
Summer Reading Passages Honey Bees Life Cycle and Informational Text Passages
Are you looking for summer reading passages with comprehension questions? Students will learn all about honey bees with these reading comprehension passages and questions. Honey bees are so important and have interesting life cycles! Students will learn about why honeybees are important, how the hive works, the life cycle of bees, the importance of bees as pollinators, why bees are at risk, and what we can do to help bees. Science Reading Comprehension and Great for Earth Day! ✅This resource inc
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3rd - 6th
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4-LS1-1
, 3-LS2-1
, 4-LS1-2
, 3-LS4-2
, 3-LS1-1
Also included in: 4th Grade Science NGSS PLUS Reading Informational Text Passages CCSS
Distance Learning Reading Comprehension Intervention Bundle
Google Apps Ready!Page 2 has all of the Google Slides LinksClose ReadingIntervention PackDaily Guided Reading Lessons✎ Four weeks of daily guided reading lessons for your intervention reading group! These lessons are close reading lessons designed to make your struggling readers more independent. It also reinforces the close reading strategies. ➨ Learning targets are included!!! ☺Included are six nonfiction articles, 20 days (4 weeks) of daily guided reading lessons, pair share, close readin
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5th - 9th
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Topic, Main Idea, and Supporting Details in Nonfiction GRADES 4-6 Google Apps
⭐ NO PREP DIGITAL LESSON: Engage students in 4th, 5th, and 6th grades with this interactive lesson as you introduce or review topic, main idea, and supporting details in nonfiction texts. Students will highlight text, drag and drop text, and type in their own responses to prompts. It's time to replace those boring worksheets!Students will:highlight the parts of a paragraphlearn about main idea statements and sort examples and non-exampleslearn the difference between main ideas that are stated di
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4th - 6th
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Compare and Contrast the Author's Point of View Sharks
Close Reading Point of View Compare and ContrastShould all the sharks in the world be removed from the ocean to protect people from shark attacks? Explore this topic in two different nonfiction articles!View the Video Preview: PreviewI wrote this lesson because I wanted an interesting topic that would catch my students' attention. I also was frustrated trying to find articles that showed a clear point of view about a similar topic. I wanted non fiction articles that would be easy to teach wi
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4th - 9th
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Also included in: Close Reading Lesson Bundle: A Year of Close Reading
⭐ NO PREP ⭐ Growth Mindset Escape Room ⭐ Breakout Game
This growth mindset activity is the perfect way to teach students about the benefits of growth mindset and prepare them with determination to succeed. Students love working together to solve puzzles to escape a fixed mindset.The escape room is digitally controlled and is perfect for laptops, desktops, iPads, Chromebooks, and tablets of all brands and operating systems! No add-ons, extensions, or extra preparation is required: only the internet browser included on your device. This escape room in
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3rd - 8th
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Speaking and Listening Activities for Google Drive Based on Humans of New York
Do you love Humans of New York? Are you looking for a fun way to engage students while teaching important speaking and listening skills? These versatile speaking and listening activities teach students to conduct an effective peer-to-peer interview in order to get beyond surface-level response and discover the stories that make people unique. Use at the beginning of the school year as a getting to know you activity, as a public speaking activity, or as a part of your next memoir, personal narrat
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8th - 11th
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Analogy Task Cards
56 Analogy Task CardsCreated for grades 3-5. There 2 sets each with differentiated levels, feel free to start with set #1.There are 28 task cards in each set.A great way to use task cards is by playing SCOOT. SCOOT is an easy, fun, fast paced game that will get the kids up and moving around.Place a task card on each desk in numerical order. Each student will read the sentence and will write down the correct answer on their sheet. Then after a minute or two, say "SCOOT!" and the students will SC
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4th - 6th, Adult Education
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Ecosystems Digital Escape Room and Reading Informational Text Unit
This resource is a digital Escape Room with a science literacy connection. It can be used for Google Classroom Distance Learning! Students will use reading informational text skills as they learn about Ecosystems and the Interactions within Ecosystems that help them survive in their habitat. This resource is digital and self-checking. Students won’t be able to escape the room unless they have the correct answers. Incorrect codes are prompted to Try again! You do not need to use google classroom
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5th - 6th
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MS-LS2-2
, MS-LS2-3
, 5-LS2-1
, MS-LS2-1
Running Record Passages Level
Running Record Passages, "Levels A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z". A simple approach with 78 running record passages. Each story includes quick assessments, with a mix of fiction and non-fiction passages. Flesch-Kincaid Reading Levels: K-7.Free Bonus: 150 Guided Essays (K-7) and 50 US State Map Outlines.Preview is typical of Download, or follow the links for full previews:Level A"My Pet" (30 words)"In My Yard" (30 words)"Food" (33 words)Level B"Frogs" (40 words)"My Farm"
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PreK - 7th
Also included in: Top 20 Best Sellers
MLK March on Washington Close Reading Passages & Response Pack
Celebrate Black History Month with this Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and The Great March on Washington focused product. Inside you will find four informational text passages providing the reasons for the march, Dr. King's speech, the Civil Rights Movement, and the results of The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Use for guided reading, close reading, text evidence lessons, social studies or homework. • • Informative, Relevant, Engaging, and Meaningful Reading! • • High interest passages a
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2nd - 6th
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Diagnostic Reading Assessment
Diagnostic Reading Assessment, "Levels C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z". Seventy-two diagnostic reading assessments. Each story includes simple scoring assessment, with a mix of fiction and non-fiction passages. Flesch-Kincaid Reading Level: Grades 1-7. Need the bundle? Reading Levels A-Z (78 passages for $6).Preview is typical of Download. Or follow the links for full previews:Level C"At Work" (79 words)"Playing at the Park" (103 words)"Jake's Cake and Rake" (121 words)Level
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K - 6th
Also included in: Reading Comprehension Passages
Nonfiction Summary Reading Intervention Unit
Close Reading Nonfiction Summary Intervention PackRunning out of ideas to help your struggling readers?Tired of being observed by your principal only to be caught without a lesson plan?Too busy to write learning targets?These are the reasons I wrote this intervention unit! I was frustrated with the lack of time and resources to plan for my small reading groups. I knew I needed data and lots of skill practice for my struggling readers. That's how this unit evolved. It has taken months of work
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Reading Comprehension and Progress Monitoring Bundle
Compare and Contrast Two Nonfiction Articles
Compare and Contrast The World's Deadliest Island Nonfiction ReadingDid you know there is an island that has never been explored by modern day man because of a deadly tribe living there? Did you know there is an island in Brazil so deadly you have to have a doctor travel there with you? North Sentinel Island and Snake Island are two of the World's Deadliest Islands. Students will be captivated by this high-interest topic! You can teach them to compare and contrast the two islands, or go deep
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Close Reading Lesson Bundle: A Year of Close Reading
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