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Reading strategies Common Core W.5.3 resources
Teaching Theme with Aesop's Fables Finding Theme Worksheets Graphic Organizers
Do your students struggle to find the theme of a story? Theme can be a difficult skill for students to master but it doesn't have to be! Teaching theme with fables makes finding themes in literature a little easier. In this resource, students will learn how to explain how the theme is conveyed through morals, lessons, and key details in fables. Students will quickly and easily be able to determine the message or central idea found in a story that the author is trying to convey.Eliminate the conf
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in:Â Teaching Theme with Fables, Short Stories, and Poems Finding Theme BUNDLE
Teaching Theme with Poetry Finding Theme in Poems Worksheets Identifying Theme
Do your students struggle to identify the theme of a poem? In this resource, students will be required to analyze poems by answering questions about the poem's theme, topic, setting, character's actions, and how the speaker in a poem reflects on a topic. In the end, they will be directed to summarize the poem. These theme activities were created to be used as practice or assessments for finding the themes in poetry. Themes found in poetry are not always black and white. Some answers will vary th
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in:Â Teaching Theme with Fables, Short Stories, and Poems Finding Theme BUNDLE
Reading Comprehension Skills, Writing Strategies Guide, ELA Reference Sheets
Put visual reading skills and writing strategies in the hands of your students with this Reference Sheet BUNDLE! These ready-to-use resources include several reading and writing skills and strategies that serve as a great addition to a minilesson, reading group, writing conference, or the perfect spiral review for your students throughout the year. These are great for reader’s and writer’s workshops, small groups, or a tool for extra parent support at home.These Reading and Writing Reference She
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3rd - 5th
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5th Grade Reading Comprehension Passages | Grammar and Writing Prompts FULL YEAR
Teaching 5th grade ELA has so many components - and that’s before you even think about aligning to English Language Arts standards and state test prep! Supplement your main ELA curriculum with my 5th Grade Mini Lessons With Standards Based Assessments. Whether you use this resource every single week to supplement instruction, as a part of your literacy rotations, or as a robust review for test prep season, your 5th graders will show what they know as you thoroughly assess each standard. No more
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5th
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Writing Center | Printables & Interactive Learning Display
How do you get your students enjoy writing? This is a question that I asked myself for years! After being in the classroom for 8 years, I had the idea of giving my students a say in what they would be writing. This idea changed it all! PLEASE TAKE TIME TO VISIT MY DETAILED PREVIEW ABOVE!By offering a variety of topics that they could choose to learn and write about, I found that my students weren't just writing, they were asking to write! I filled my bulletin board with a "writing menu." It allo
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3rd - 5th
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Novel Study - Chapter Questions - Activities
This comprehensive 170+ Page Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Unit is perfect for your upcoming Roald Dahl novel study. This package contains Charlie and the Chocolate Factory chapter questions, answers keys, projects, graphic organizers, and activities. Very little teacher prep is required – simply print and teach!✅Be sure to check out the preview for pictures and descriptions of everything included in this giant product!★IMPORTANT NOTE: All of these activities were designed with busy teachers
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2nd - 5th
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Teaching Theme with Short Stories Finding Theme Worksheets Identifying Theme
Do your students struggle to identify the theme of a story? Teaching common themes and topics in literature can be a hard skill to grasp. Focusing on the setting, characters, and plot helps students find the overarching message. In this resource, students will be required to analyze short stories by answering questions relating to each story's theme, topic, setting, character's actions, and plot. In the end, they will be directed to summarize the text. These theme activities were created to be u
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in:Â Teaching Theme with Fables, Short Stories, and Poems Finding Theme BUNDLE
The Wild Robot Novel Study Unit - The Wild Robot Projects Questions Activities
This 210+ Page Wild Robot Novel Study Unit is a complete unit plan for The Wild Robot by Peter Brown. This Wild Robot literature guide contains classroom tested Wild Robot reading comprehension questions, interactive class activities, Wild Robot worksheets, graphic organizers, paired non-fiction reading passages, and printable assignments. A full set of Wild Robot questions are included, which focus on reading comprehension and encourage students to think critically and engage with text. Detaile
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Teaching Theme with Fables, Short Stories, and Poems Finding Theme BUNDLE
Help your students easily find the theme of a story or poem with this bundle of teaching theme resources! This download comes with a variety of activities that will help your students learn how to identify the themes and topics of fables, short stories, and poems. By using these theme posters, reading passages, and fun activities - your students will quickly learn how to identify themes and topics found in literature! Included in this download:30 Posters of Common Themes Found Literature 28 Them
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3rd - 5th
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Aesop's Fables Activities Reading Comprehension Passages & Writing Sub Plans
This oh-so-helpful Aesop’s fables reading and writing unit is packed with activities that meet the standards for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade! Students will practice reading comprehension skills, compare and contrast Aesop’s fables, practice writing complete sentences, learn how to write a summary, identify parts of speech, write their own fable, and so much more!Perfect to leave as sub plans!This resource comes with a variety of fables and activities that you can add to any traditional literature un
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3rd - 5th
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The Lemonade War Novel Study Unit - Chapter Questions - Math Activities Project
This 120 PAGE The Lemonade War Novel Study Unit contains a complete unit plan for The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies. Perfect for a Lemonade War interactive notebook, these Lemonade War activities are classroom tested and include chapter questions, interactive class activities, graphic organizers, and printable assignments.A full set of Lemonade War questions are included, which focus on reading comprehension and encourage students to think critically and engage with text.Detailed answer keys
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3rd - 6th
Bridge to Terabithia Novel Study Unit - 200+ Page No-Prep Bundle
Bridge to Terabithia Novel Study Unit with over 200 pages of fully reproducible, NO-PREP informational/supplemental texts, student worksheets, standards-based activities, quizzes, tests, and more for teaching Katherine Paterson's Bridge to Terabithia. Classroom-tested by over 1,100 teachers with a 4.9/5 Rating! Includes both PRINTABLEÂ and DIGITALÂ VERSIONS for Distance Learning and In-Person Classrooms. SAVE OVER 40% by purchasing the entire bundle!In this comprehensive Bridge to Terabithia Teach
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4th - 6th
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No Prep 5th Grade Sub Plans ELA Only- Print & Digital Bundle
Don’t miss this 5th grade ELA sub plans bundle! Due to teacher demand, these No Prep 5th Grade ELA Sub Plans Only- Print + Google Bundle have been compiled from all of the language arts lessons from my 5th Grade Ready To Go Sub Plans. These are the perfect 5th grade language arts lessons to use for a sub or anytime your students need some extra 5th grade ELA practice!***Please note: This is not brand new content, but simply a re-organization of the already created sub plans, for teachers who do
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5th
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The Birchbark House Novel Study Unit and Literature Guide
This literature guide for The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich is a low prep historical fiction novel study. In addition to chapter vocabulary, reading comprehension questions, character charts, and a plot diagram, students can complete a mix of reading and writing activities to enhance their understanding of the book and expand their knowledge of the setting and time period. The Birchbark House provides a look into the life of the Ojibwa Indians at the time that French settlers and fur traders
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5th - 7th
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Groundhog Day Activities Reading Comprehension Passages Questions Close Reading
These Groundhog Day close reading passages and activities are the perfect tools to help students practice close reading skills during the month of February. This mini lesson on Punxsutawney Phil: The World's Most Famous Groundhog follows a close reading model and includes a teacher guide and notes to make teaching the lesson easy! Students will be required to use close reading skills to practice making logical inferences, citing textual evidence, and drawing conclusions from the text.PRINT &
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in:Â Valentine's Day Activities Reading Comprehension Passages February BUNDLE
Graphic Novels Unit | Student Notes | Book List | Graphic Novel Activities
Graphic Novels - Activities and Resources for Middle School and High School - This teaching resource bundle contains student notes and activities for a complete graphic novel unit. Everything you need to teach the characteristics and features of graphic novels, and to show students how to read this form of writing with purpose to encourage deep analysis. Graphic Novels are effective high interest resources to engage and motivate reluctant middle school and high school readers.*******************
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5th - 8th
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Interactive Notebook Graphic Organizers - Reading Strategies Notebook Projects
This reading response graphic organizer resource contains a variety of reading comprehension activities designed for Upper Elementary and Middle School. These reading graphic organizers are perfect for interactive notebooks and contain a variety of reading strategy based activities, including worksheets, foldable activities, and reader response prompts.These resources are perfect for interactive reading notebooks, guided reading practice, read alouds, language centers, or for comprehension check
Grades:
4th - 7th
Reading Response Project - Any Book! - Creating a Newspaper
This CCSS-aligned Reading Response Project enables students to creatively respond to their reading. Over the course of the project, students will create a two-page newspaper complete with a main event lead news story, character profile, editorial book review, setting highlight, and even a comic, obituary or advice column. For each element of the newspaper, students complete guided pre-writes. Then, they write rough drafts for each piece of the newspaper. Finally, after editing and revising t
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5th - 8th
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Jumanji by Chris VanAllsburg Reading and Writing Activities,
Jumanji by Chris VanAllsburg is an excellent choice as a writing mentor text, and this resources is now in GOOGLE SLIDES TM and PDF. It has a clever plot, great examples of voice and word choice, and fabulous illustrations. HOW TEACHERS CAN USE JUMANJI FOR LITERACY INSTRUCTION:This comprehension focused unit is intended to be used before, during, and after reading for deeper understanding. Students analyze the text through outlining the plot events, working with vocabulary, making inferences usi
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3rd - 5th
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Fiction Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Bundle 4th 5th Grade PDF
This fiction reading comprehension passages and questions bundle is perfect for practicing reading comprehension. Ideal for test prep, the questions on these worksheets are written specifically for 4th & 5th Grade. Topics include animals, sports and family. Reading Comprehension Outline:Each lesson has a blend of post-reading activities. Each lesson also contains a bonus extension exercise at the end. These activities include research projects, poetry, origami and additional writing practice
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4th - 5th
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Making Inferences with Patricia Polacco
Love Patricia Polacco? Here's an inferring unit filled with lesson plans, graphic organizers, and posters based on these Patricia Polacco books to help students learn to make inferences about characters, setting, vocabulary, and more:-Thunder Cake-Mr. Lincoln's Way-Chicken Sunday-Luba and the Wren-The Junkyard Wonders(Note: You must have the books to do the unit)The unit contains three weeks worth of reading lesson plans, graphic organizers, and posters. The following topics are included: Intro
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in:Â Patricia Polacco Activities Bundle
Snow Treasure Novel Study Unit and Literature Guide
Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan is a great historical fiction novel study for 4th to 6th grade students and is a hit with both boys and girls. Snow Treasure is a fast paced adventure story, and this novel resource is low prep with high engagement.
There are a variety of reading and writing activities from which to choose in this novel unit. There are also several opportunities to provide enrichment with mini research tasks to learn more about Norway and World War II.
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CCSS 5t
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4th - 6th
The Dark by Lemony Snicket Activities, Personification, and Writing Project
Are you searching for a spooky book to read with your students and teach writing skills, such as the element of personification? Our The Dark by Lemony Snicket Activities, Personification Instruction, and Writing Project are just what you need. Our Activities will give your students perfect examples and activities using personification and how to use this figurative language element in their writing through our activities, graphic organizers, and writing project. Our activities will take you fro
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4th - 7th
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Island of the Blue Dolphins Novel Study Unit and Literature Guide
This is a zipped file with two secure PDF files for Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell. The resource is a low prep novel study and includes a student PDF with all student activity pages that teachers can print as a novel unit packet for reading groups. The second PDF has all student pages with teacher notes, answer keys, student samples, and the link to a Google Drive file if you need to share student pages digitally.Island of the Blue Dolphins is one of the best survival stories and is
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4th - 6th
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