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Free middle school reading strategies resources
Reading Strategies Task Cards - FREE! Inference, Summarizing, + more & Audio!
Your students will love this reading strategy task cards, and you'll love that it's FREE!This set was created by combining cards from six other reading strategy task card sets so that you as a teacher can try them out!:Author's PurposeSummarizingMaking ConnectionsInferenceCause and EffectPredictingWHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:24 Task Cards (prints 4 to a page)Black-lineColorRecording SheetsAnswer KeysDIGITAL:Easel Activity - with AudioDIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:Digital or PrintChallenge Card to extend
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3rd - 6th
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Main Idea and Details FREEBIE: 2 Passages in PDF and Digital Easel
This product contains two passages and a teaching poster that explains the ice cream cone analogy! For each passage, the students have to read the passage and then determine the main idea and three supporting details. They write their statements beside the ice cream cone (main idea) and scoops of ice cream (supporting details). ********This resource is available in two formats:1. Traditional Printables- Print the PDF and distribute paper copies to your students to complete.2. Easel Activity- I
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3rd - 6th
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History of Chocolate Chip Cookies Reading Comprehension Passage & Worksheets
Your students will enjoy learning all about how chocolate chip cookies got their start with this FREE high-interest, informational Close Reading Unit! Perfect for a fun reading unit, this resource includes everything, including worksheets, that you need for a full week of reading activities about the history of the chocolate chip cookie. Now includes a digital version for Google Classroom. Engaging for students and NO PREP for teachers!This freebie is a part of the August Close Reading Bundle, w
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Leveled Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Bundle for the Year
Reading Strategies Bookmarks: Personalized Freebie
My 5th grade kiddos asked for 'cool' bookmarks this week. Obliging, I whipped up some personalized bookmarks with reading strategies on the back. This is about as cool as it gets, friends. :)The fronts of these bookmarks are editable (on PowerPoint 2007), so you can add your students' names! Please download the fonts shown in the file and then, reopen the file. When you reopen the file, the names will be ready for you to edit! Catherine ReedThe Brown Bag Teacher
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3rd - 6th
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Root Words, Prefixes, & Suffixes Unit 1 FREE
A complete unit of Greek and Latin roots, prefixes, and suffixes! This Common Core aligned unit includes a master list of word parts, blank student list, enlarged flashcards, a practice worksheet for each word part, formative assessment, and answer keys.**This resource is part of the Root Words, Prefixes, and Suffixes Unit Bundle. It includes 12 Greek and Latin Word Parts Units at a 40% discount price! Click here to see all the units and take advantage of the savings.UNIT 1 INCLUDES:Complete Li
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5th - 8th
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Context Clues Practice & Assess: FREE No Prep Printables for Grades 4-5
Context CluesContext Clues Printables for 4th-5th gradesContext Clues Practice & Assess: FREE No Prep Printables for Grades 4-5This free download includes a 20-question practice and 20-question assessment on Context Clues, complete with answer keys. Your students will have to read a sentence, figure out a word's meaning with the clues from the sentence, and then classify the type of context clue used as a synonym, antonym, example, or explanation.This is Level A = 4th-5th grade difficulty le
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3rd - 6th
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Interactive Reading Notebooks ~ FREE Bonus Lesson! Making Inferences
This freebie includes a complete interactive reading notebook lesson on making inferences. It is a bonus lesson that is not included in my other notebook products, so be sure to download this if you own those as well.This lesson includes 3 activities and is aligned to CCSS standards for grades 4-8.Are you thinking about using interactive notebooks in your reading classroom? I've also included at the end of this freebie a 3-page Getting Started Guide / FAQ for interactive notebooking.If you are c
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3rd - 9th
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Theme Freebie! Graphic Organizer, Anchor Chart, & Worksheet - No Prep Activities
Theme is such a challenging skill to master! Here is a freebie that you can use with any story to help your students do just that. WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:Theme Worksheet: This printable requires students to answer questions about how the character thinks and acts to find clues about the theme.Theme Graphic Organizer: This requires students to find evidence from the text to support the theme they select.Theme Poster: Anchor chart to give students or for classroom decoration!Black-lineColorGreat
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3rd - 8th
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Main Idea and Key Details RI.5.2 | Great Pacific Garbage Patch Article #5-1
Nonfiction Article of the Week Club, Article #5-1: The Great Pacific Garbage PatchThis is the first in a set of 25 informational text articles + activity packs designed to teach ALL of the reading informational text standards for 5th grade in a fun, rigorous, and easy to implement solution! Download this FREE resource today, and then click here to view the rest of the article + activity packs available via this growing bundle. Your students will love reading about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Ultimate Article of the Week Bundle Grades 4-8
RACES Writing Strategy FREEBIE
Use the RACES strategy to teach or review response writing. This freebie set can be used in multiple ways in your classroom. Use it to teach or review the concept, include the pages in interactive notebooks, and use as a template to answer constructed responses.This freebie includes a few pages from a comprehensive response writing resource. Click here to check out the Writing Responses with RACES resource.The acronyms RACES and RACER both included.RACES:*Restate*Answer*Cite evidence*Explain &am
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3rd - 6th
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Nonfiction Graphic Organizer
Nonfiction Graphic Organizer for ANY Article or Nonfiction PassageThis graphic organizer will help your students to think critically about any nonfiction article or passage you've read.Students will find facts, opinions, express their own opinion, main idea and supporting details, author's purpose, and text structure.December 2023 UPDATE: A one page article is included, so you can PRINT & GO!
Grades:
4th - 8th
FREE Reading Comprehension Strategies Posters - Essential Skills for ELA
Use these bright and colorful posters at centers or to decorate your classroom. These anchors are a great way to remind students to use their reading strategies!Plus, there's a digital slideshow version that you can project while students are reading. The posters rotate every minute.WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:8 Reading Strategies PostersSummarizingAuthor's PurposeMaking ConnectionsInferencePredictingQuestioningVisualizingCompare and ContrastDIGITAL:Google Slides - SlideshowGreat for 2nd, 3rd, 4th,
Grades:
2nd - 6th
Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions - Reading Worksheet
**This worksheet is included in my complete Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions - Reading Worksheet Pack**Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions - Reading WorksheetThis worksheet will reinforce making inferences and drawing conclusions as a reading strategy. It includes a reading passage followed by questions asking students to make three inferences about the text. Students also have to explain how they made each of their inferences (using clues from the text or using their own life ex
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3rd - 6th
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Reading Intervention-Decoding Multisyllabic Words-Prefixes-Freebie
This Reading Intervention teaches upper grade students (3rd, 4th and 5th grades) to decode prefixes and vowel combinations in multisyllabic words. These successful, engaging phonics lessons are perfect for phonics intervention and phonics review. This Freebie provides a sample from my:PREFIX PHONICS ACTIVITIES INTERVENTIONand is also included in the following bundles:DECODING MULTISYLLABIC WORDS: PREFIXES AND SUFFIXESDECODING MULTISYLLABIC WORD BUNDLEScience of Reading Aligned and specifically c
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3rd - 6th
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PRACTICE WORKSHEET•Main Idea & Details Worksheet
PRODUCTSet of 3 practice worksheets which focus on the reading skill, 'Main Idea & Details'. The worksheets are suitable for lower elementary grades and ESL/EFL groups. Check out the FULL set of worksheets for this product! → (Main Idea & Details)Check out the Main Idea & Details posters! → (Poster 1, Poster 2)CONTENTSThe following material includes supplementary worksheets (zipped file) for the reading skill, 'Main Idea & Details'.Included: 3 different passages3 different versio
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K - 6th
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Central Idea and Details RI.6.2 | Toys R Us: The End of an Era Article #6-1
Nonfiction Article of the Week Club, Article #6-1: Toys R Us: The End of an EraThis is the first in a set of 25 informational text articles + activity packs designed to teach ALL of the reading informational text standards for 6th grade in a fun, rigorous, and easy to implement solution! Download this FREE resource today, and then click here to view the rest of the article + activity packs available via this growing bundle. Your students will love reading Toys R Us: The End of an Era and practic
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5th - 7th
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Also included in: Ultimate Article of the Week Bundle Grades 4-8
FREE Summarizing Graphic Organizers - Print and Digital
This free resource is a SAMPLE of my Summarizing: Differentiated Reading Passages and Questions for grades 3-6.Click HERE to check it out!-------------------------------------------------------------------------**A digital version is also included for use with Google Classroom.** With the digital version, you have the option to go 100% paperless.-------------------------------------------------------------------------These summarizing graphic organizers are each a one-page graphic organizer to u
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3rd - 6th
Free Nonfiction Text Features Graphic Organizers and Activities
These graphic organizers will help your students identify and understand the purpose of text features in nonfiction books. Includes 3 unique graphic organizers for teaching this often difficult skill. This is a part of a COMPLETE lesson plan with anchor charts, mini-lesson materials, and more activities. You can find it here: ⭐ Nonfiction Text Features: Lesson plan, Anchor Charts, Mini-lesson, and ActivitiesCHECK OUT THE COMPREHENSION SKILLS BUNDLE⭐ Reading Comprehension Skills Graphic Organi
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2nd - 6th
September 11th {9/11} Interactive Timeline Activity ~ Reading for Grades 4-8
September 11th {9/11} Interactive Timeline Activity ~ Reading for Grades 4-8This activity is meant to be an independent activity for students in grades 4-8. Lower level students may need some scaffolding.UPDATED September 2017. Items 6 and 14 have been changed due to changes in the timeline itself. Please re-download this activity to use again. ;) I'm using it in my 6th grade classroom. First, I will use the timeline to go through and discuss with my students the events of September 11th. Then,
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4th - 9th
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Rowdy Reindeer Christmas Fluency Passage & Comprehension Activities
Rowdy Reindeer 3 Day Fluency/Comprehension Reading Intervention This is an original fluency passage I wrote, two comprehension worksheets and a creative writing template to use as an extension activity to accompany the text. This package includes a teacher copy that you can print in color and reuse. It also includes a black and white copy that you can print off for each student and record their scores on it. Flesch Kincaid Readability Grade Level: 5.4 *How to Use* This was designed to use as a r
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4th - 6th
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Cause and Effect Literacy Activity - Free
This free product is part of my Nine Literacy Activities for Bigger Kids product. The activities included in the product are perfect for small groups, independent work, or for literacy centers.
I have included two posters, student directions, and answer key, and a student recording sheet.
I suggest printing the student direction page in color (It does look fine printed in grayscale.), laminating it and attaching it to the front of 9x12 envelopes. Print the cards in color or in grayscale
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3rd - 6th
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Author's Purpose PIE'ED Test Prep Passages with Print and Digital with TpT Easel
I created this FREE set of Author's Purpose test prep passages for teachers who want to teach their students the more advanced version of Author's Purpose: PIE'ED! It includes five passages about penguins. After reading the passages, students choose the author's purpose for writing each passage from a multiple-choice list of options. Teachers print these pages to complete with their entire class, or they can assign them to students to complete independently. persuade inform entertain explain de
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3rd - 6th
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Growth Mindset Activity Free Reading Comprehension Passage and Questions
This free growth mindset reading passage and activity is great for several reading comprehension skills: vocabulary, summarizing, text-to-self connections, and making inferences. This two-page, printable resource is no-prep and high-interest.The passage is written approximately on a 6th grade level, but it can be used with a range of students.This Download Contains:PRINTTwo page printable reading passage + questions answer keyDIGITALReady to use Easel activityTeachers are saying... ♥ "I have
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5th - 8th
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Reading Intervention | Decoding Prefixes | Phonics Activities for Older Students
This Reading Intervention teaches upper grade students (3rd, 4th and 5th grades) to decode prefixes in multisyllabic words. These successful, engaging independent phonics lessons are perfect for phonics intervention and phonics review. This Freebie provides a sample from:DECODING MULTISYLLABIC WORD BUNDLE andPREFIX AND SUFFIX PHONICS ACTIVITIES INTERVENTIONExcellent for RTI Tier 2 Intervention, small group support, tutoring, special education settings and homeschooling. Support for Struggling R
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3rd - 6th
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