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$3.00Buy NowThis resource, Immigration – Ellis Island – US History Informational Text, has SIX parts: The Early Days, 1892-1954 Gateway to the United States, The Immigrant Experience, Why They Came, From WWII to the Present and Ellis Island Name Change Myth.
In each part, students will have one page of informational text and then a page of multiple choice questions plus one essay question to assess understanding / comprehension. Answer Keys provided.
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This Language Arts resource will help your students practice an important reading skill, understanding the setting of a story. This resource includes 6 one paragraph passages that tell a short story. Students will read and then answer 2 questions about the setting.
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This informational article will explain to students that the word “Hispanic” is a cultural word and that people from more than 20 countries and nationalities are considered Hispanic. This cultural people group can be divided in many ways. There are Indo-Hispanics, Afro-Hispanics, Cuban-Americans and Mexican-Americans. Students will also learn how those ethnic groups can be broken down into other groups and why there has been an entire month dedicated to celebrating the many cultural diversities and people of Hispanic descent.
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Whether late December or early January, this holiday resource will provide your students with a quick lesson on New Year’s Day. After they read the passage, their attention to detail is accessed as they answer five short answer questions and then complete a crossword puzzle.
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This ANATOMY / BIOLOGY / HEALTH resource contains 3 informational text articles (each with comprehension questions followings) and a bonus labeled poster! These articles can be used in any Science class or in a Language Arts / Reading classroom. Use as standalone mini-lessons or as supplemental activities, homework or in centers.
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Colorful and eye-catching reading comprehension strategy posters and handouts that will help readers connect and understand what they are reading. When using these strategies, students will be actively engaged in and analyzing the written text. They will activate prior knowledge, seek to understand the author’s purpose, ask questions (about characters, setting and events), predicting, visualize, infer, summarize, compare and contrast and question.
This resource includes:
- – 8 Full-page individual strategy posters
- – 8 Half-page strategy handouts
- – 1 Full-page poster/handout that includes all 8 strategies
Strategies included:
- – Author’s purpose – PIE (Persuade, Inform, Entertain
- – SUMmarize it
- – Questioning (4 questions that encompass characters, setting, events as well as asking themselves questions about their own thoughts)
- – Compare and Contrast
- – Connecting (text to self ; text to text ; text to world)
- – Visualizing (create images of events and actions)
- – Predicting
- – Inference (Looking for clues in the text to discover what is not directly stated)
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Students will read about the muscular system and learn facts such as how many muscles are in the body, what are muscle fibers, the three different types of muscles and much more. After reading and learning about the body / human anatomy, students will answer multiple choice questions.
Also included: A research and writing activity that may be assigned at your discretion!
Answer Key provided.
Reading level:
Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 5.3
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Help your students learn how 2 vowels working together can represent one sound as in the case of a vowel digraph. Examples of vowel digraphs are /ea/ in leaf or /oy/ in boy. This resource will focus on the /ay/ vowel digraph and will provide you with a variety of student activities and tasks allowing them to expand vocabulary and practice important Language Arts skills. I’ve also added several word puzzles because studies have shown that word search and other word puzzles can help improve memory, focus, vocabulary, word recognition, pattern recognition, and overall mental acuity!
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Help students develop their reading comprehension while building vocabulary and content knowledge plus practice their writing skills using this cross-curricular resource based on jellyfish! You can use this resource to reinforce Language Arts skills while teaching about sea life – the jellyfish.
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In this informational article, students will learn about Louis Braille and the system he invented so that people who can not see (the blind) can read!
Includes:
- -Informational text article
- -Reading comprehension assessment worksheet (short answer)
- -Answer key
Reading Level:
Automated Readability Index: 8
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This Language Arts resource as been created to teach and reinforce an important comprehension skill: determining cause and effect (the relationship between events – actions and reactions) within the written text. They will also be instructed on ‘signal words’ such as because, do, since, if, as a result of and as.
In this resource, you’ll get…
- Classroom poster
- Student handout
- 13 student activity pages
- 3 assessments
- Answer Keys
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In the United States, National Flag Day is celebrated on June 14. It commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States on June 14, 1777 by resolution of the Second Continental Congress. This informational text article will help 4th-5th grade students learn about this day set aside to recognize national flag, how it came about and facts about the U.S. flag. To assess reading comprehension and understanding, there are two worksheets for students to complete after reading the text (multiple choice and short answer). Answer keys provided.
Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 5
Grade level: Fifth Grade
Automated Readability Index: 4.3
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This workbook includes 50 fun and engaging pages (a page for each of the 1st 50 Fry sight words)…Students will learn sight words by tracing, coloring, and writing the words as well as identifying and build each word (cutting & pasting)!
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We have now combined all 220 Dolch sight words into one bundle! So, with this purchase, you’ll not only get the 3rd grade Dolch sight words but all 220 words: Pre-Primer, Primer, 1st grade, 2nd grade and 3rd grade.
Dolch Sight Words have been found to be the most frequently used words in reading and writing. They include pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions and verbs that are difficult to sound out and are best learned by sight and repetition. By learning and practicing these words, children will enhance their reading skills and build confidence while doing so.
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This American Revolution series has been designed for use in both Language Arts and History classes. It includes 10 informational articles for students to read. Each article has a multiple-choice worksheets as well as a short answer worksheet to check student understanding / comprehension of the passages. Answer Keys Provided.
Article Topics:
- Causes of the American Revolution
- The Boston Massacre
- The Boston Tea Party
- Declaration of Independence
- Colonial Leaders of the American Revolution
- British Leaders of the American Revolution
- American Victories of the Revolution
- Independence from Great Britain
- The Treaty of Paris
- Articles of Confederation
Readability levels: 6th-12th Grade
This series is included in The American Revolution | 4th-8th Grades
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We have now combined all 220 Dolch sight words into one bundle! So, with this purchase, you’ll not only get the pre-primer Dolch sight words but all 220 words: Pre-Primer, Primer, 1st grade, 2nd grade and 3rd grade.
Dolch Sight Words have been found to be the most frequently used words in reading and writing. They include pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions and verbs that are difficult to sound out and are best learned by sight and repetition. By learning and practicing these words, children will enhance their reading skills and build confidence while doing so.
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The skill of being able to compare and contrast effectively is extremely important throughout subjects: Literature, Science and Social Studies. Comparing and contrasting is necessary for interaction with the environment. Finding differences and/or similarities helps students organize both new and known information. Students need to be able to note differences and similarities between or among objects, ideas, entities, concepts, events, etc..
This resource includes: 2 posters, an introduction to a Venn diagram and 25 student activity pages. Once you use this resource with your students, they will have mastered the ability to compare and contrast!
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Introduce and reinforce syllables with these fun phonics activities! Your students are going to have plenty of hands-on, engaging practice determining the number of syllables in over 220 picture words!
Activities include Syllable Sort and Syllable Snap, Clap and Tap (with a variation). Syllable sort is a perfect Literacy center or small group activity. Syllable Snap, Clap and Tap will be a fun whole group or small group activity.
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This 200+ page resource includes flashcards for all Dolch sight words (PreK to 2nd Grade) and 47 word families plus a variety of suggested activities! See additional details about this product below. (Flipbook preview also available)
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$3.00Buy NowThis Reading / Literacy resource offers guided reading questions and student activities that will help students enjoy and gain greater appreciation for Allen Say’s book, Grandfather’s Journey. (1994 Caldecott Medal award winning book)
For the Teacher:
- Suggested Pre-Reading, About the Cover, After Reading and About the Artwork questions are provided. These should be teacher directed.
For the Students:
- Worksheet for students to answer questions from the story
- Worksheet to produce questions while reading
- Worksheet to produce questions after finishing the reading
- 2 art responses
- Map making activity
- Postcard activity
- 2 extended writing activities – Students will share their own experiences and thoughts.
There are two copies each worksheet which requires students to write. One with dashed lines / One with single lines – Choose which works best based on individual student level (ability).
Reading Level: 650L Lexile (3rd Grade)
