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Cause and Effect Passages, Task Cards, No Prep Worksheets, Activities Bundle

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This cause and effect packet provides a huge assortment of activities to help students come to a thorough understanding of cause and effect. In order for students to truly understand the complex skill of cause and effect, they must experience it in

Subjects:

Reading, ELA Test Prep, Reading Strategies

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2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, Homeschool

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Theme Scavenger Hunt - Fun Finding the Theme of a Story Practice & Review

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This resource helps students practice finding the theme of a story in a fun way. Students complete a theme "scavenger hunt" by finding theme paragraph cards /short stories hidden around the room. Students must determine which theme on their

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English Language Arts, Reading, ELA Test Prep

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4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Homeschool

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RL.4.2, RL.5.2

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Short Constructed Response Practice - Passages & Questions / Prompts

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This scaffolded, no prep short constructed response practice will help your students become more successful and more confident at this difficult test taking skill. Students start with plenty of support and structure as they read passages and are

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ELA Test Prep, Writing, Informational Text

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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W.3.1, W.4.1, W.5.1

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Main Idea and Supporting Details Task Cards - Passages, Short Stories

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

Use these task cards for a low prep lesson that help students practice main idea in a new and engaging way. These task cards are designed to get students thinking about how key details support the main idea. Students have to figure out what detail

Subjects:

Reading, ELA Test Prep, Reading Strategies

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2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Printables, Task Cards

CCSS:

RL.3.2, RI.3.2

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Short & Extended Constructed Response Passages & Questions - ELA Practice

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This Constructed Response Practice with Passages bundles 2 resources together to help your students learn to be successful with both short and extended constructed response questions and prompts. The resources include scaffolding and gradually

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Writing-Expository, ELA Test Prep, Writing-Essays

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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Worksheets, Activities, Printables

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W.3.1, W.3.2, W.4.1, W.4.2, W.5.1, W.5.1a, W.5.1b, W.5.1c, W.5.1d, W.3.1a, W.3.1b...

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Reading Comprehension Games & Centers Bundle for 3rd & 4th Grade ELA - Printable

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This low prep reading games bundle is a fun way to help your students practice main idea and supporting details, character traits, finding the theme, cause and effect, and inferencing. Save over 30% when you buy the bundle.The reading centers

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English Language Arts, Reading, ELA Test Prep

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3^rd, 4^th

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Activities, Games, Centers

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Compare and Contrast 2 Fiction Texts Snowball Fight - Compare Texts Fun

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This is a fun whole group activity to help your students practice comparing and contrasting two fiction texts. The two texts tell about the same character and 2 different problems he faces. Students read the texts and then have a snowball fight

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English Language Arts, Reading, ELA Test Prep

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3^rd, 4^th

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Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RL.3.9

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Comparing 2 Fiction Texts Scavenger Hunt - Fun Compare and Contrast Activity

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This whole class or small group activity can be used to help your students practice comparing and contrasting 2 fiction text in a fun way. Both of the short texts tell a story about the same basketball game. The texts are written from 2 different

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English Language Arts, Reading, ELA Test Prep

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3^rd, 4^th

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Activities, Printables

$2.00

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Free Short Constructed Response Reading Passage, Sentence Starters, Questions

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This free short constructed response resource contains sentence starters, possible constructed response questions, and a sample reading passage with a question and paragraph frames to provide scaffolding. This freebie is a sample of this Scaffolded

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Writing-Expository, ELA Test Prep, Writing

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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Worksheets, Printables, Lesson

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Extended Constructed Response Prompts & Passages with Scaffolded Practice

By Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

This scaffolded, no prep extended constructed response resource will help your students become more successful and more confident at this test taking skill. Students start with plenty of support and structure as they are introduced to answering

Subjects:

ELA Test Prep, Writing, Informational Text

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

W.3.1, W.3.2, W.4.1, W.4.2, W.5.1, W.5.1a, W.5.1b, W.5.1c, W.5.1d, W.5.2, W.3.1a...

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I have been teaching for 6 years. Most of this time was spent in 3rd grade, but I have also worked with Kindergarten, 2nd grade, and 4th grade.

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Many of my products are geared toward struggling students who need additional scaffolding in order to be successful. I love building confidence and ability in students who don't have it!

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MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

I have a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education, and am currently working on my Master's Degree in Curriculum and Instruction, with an emphasis on ELL learners.

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1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Homeschool, Staff, Not Grade Specific

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English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Fractions, Geometry, Graphing, Measurement, Numbers, Other (Math), Science, Astronomy, Environment, Social Studies, Government, U.S. History, Arts & Music, Visual Arts, ELA Test Prep, Math Test Prep, Canadian History, Geography, Other (ELA), Life Skills, Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Literature, Classroom Management, Professional Development, Statistics, Character Education, Word Problems, General Science, Library Skills, Short Stories, Writing, Oral Communication, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Autumn, Mental Math, Halloween, Winter, Valentine's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Black History Month, Easter, Spring, Place Value, Tools for Common Core, For All Subjects, Summer, Informational Text, Test Preparation, End of Year, Phonics, Classroom Community