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$2.00Add to CartStudents love to learn about animals and this resource will have students reading about the sloth, an elusive Amazon rainforest animal!
First, students will read information text that will tell students about sloths: habitat, diet, behavior and predators.
After reading, students may be assigned one or both included worksheets: (Fill-in the Blank | Short Answer)
There is also an image students may color.
Answer keys includedYou may also like:
- Sloth – Amazon Rainforest Animal Report – Writing – Project Paper
- Arboreal Mammals | Tree Dwelling Animals | Science Research and Report Activity
- Amazon Tropical Rainforest Animals – Realistic Images | Color and Write
- Rainforest Coloring Book
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Two Christmas themed reading comprehension activities that can be used for extra practice or as an assessment on student ability to comprehend what they read.
Includes both a fiction and a nonfiction passages!Fiction passage title: Nobel Fir|A Christmas Tree
Nonfiction passage title: Christmas SymbolsAfter students read a passage, they will answer either multiple choice or short answer questions. A FUN maze is also included for each!
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This Abraham Lincoln Informational Text Bundle includes two products:
- Abraham Lincoln | Informational Text and Activities
- Lincoln Memorial | Informational Text and Activities
(See description below for details of each)
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This product will give you an entire year (36 weeks) of worksheets to help 2nd grade students master 958 important reading words to help them comprehend what they read. Students that learn to read and understand these words consistently score higher on reading comprehension tests and will be ready to soar in 3rd grade!
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This product will give you an entire year (36 weeks) of worksheets to help 1st grade students master 340 important reading words to help them comprehend what they read! Students that learn to read and understand these words consistently score higher on reading comprehension tests.
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In this informational text lesson, students will learn about Christmas carol, Silent Night, which is one of the world’s most well-known Christmas songs. Written in 1816 by an Austrian priest named Father Josef Mohr, it has since been translated into more than 140 different languages and was even sung as part of the ‘Christmas Truce’ during World War I in 1914. Historic facts like these are included in this informational text.
After students read the text, they will:
1. Complete a short comprehension worksheet.
2. Write an opinion essay (choosing to write their opinion that answers one of two given questions). -
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Comprehension and vocabulary activities for the Newbery award-winning novel, The Family Under the Bridge written by Natalie Savage Carlson. This book will expose your students to the hardships of poverty and the power that comes with family. The setting: Christmas time in Paris. (I include this as a Christmas book, but it can be used anytime!)
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Whether you are simply looking for informational text resources or you are studying landforms, if your teaching grades 5th-8th, this resource is perfect! The resource includes 25 reading pages with questions about a given landform. Questions include both short answer and true/false.
Flesch-Kincaid levels range from 5.5 – 8.3
These are short reading passages with 5 – 7 questions after each.
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Designed to help 2nd and 3rd Grade students practice an important Language Arts / Reading skill – Finding the main idea! This resource includes 5 days of practice.
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$3.00Add to CartStudents should understand the significance of a terrible day in American history, September 11th, 2001, otherwise known as 9-11.This resource has been designed to help students gain factual knowledge of the events of that day, the heroic efforts of first responders and the U.S. military response.May be used as a standalone mini-lesson or as part of your own curriculum. (Designed for 7th-10th grades)
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Take your students on a journey through the historic and rugged Northeast Region! This 12-page resource provides a comprehensive “textbook-style” experience without the bulk of a heavy manual. From the Appalachian Mountains to the bustling Atlantic harbors, students will explore the unique identity of this vital corner of the United States.
This resource is designed to be a “one-stop shop” for regional literacy, covering Land and Water, Climate, Products and Natural Resources, Landmarks, Culture, and Food.
🧠 The “How” and “Why” (Educational Benefits)
Why choose this informational text set? It’s built on proven instructional strategies:
- Activates Prior Knowledge: The Anticipation Activity primes the brain for learning, helping students make connections between what they think they know and the new facts they are about to discover. 💡
- Targeted Comprehension: By breaking the text into specific categories (like Climate or Culture), students learn how to scan for information and master the art of non-fiction reading. 📖
- Critical Thinking: The category-specific questions require students to synthesize the text rather than just skimming for a single word.
- Skill Reinforcement: The “State Name Unscramble” provides a fun, low-stakes way to reinforce spelling and geographical recognition of the Northeast states. 🧩
🛠️ Ways to Use This in Your Classroom
- The Foundation of a Unit: Use the informational text as your primary reading material for a week-long deep dive into the Northeast.
- Guided Reading Groups: Break into small groups, assign each group one category (like “Landmarks” or “Food”) to read and present back to the class. If homeschooling, this can be done as a family. 🏫
- Create an Independent Research Station: Place the worksheets in a center or folder for students to complete at their own pace.
- Easy Plans: With clear text, structured questions, and included answer keys, this is the perfect “grab-and-go” resource. 🍎
📝 What’s Inside This 12-Page Resource:
- Textbook-Style Informational Text: High-quality content covering all major regional pillars.
- Anticipation Activity: Get those gears turning before the reading begins!
- Comprehensive Student Worksheets: Detailed questions for every category.
- State Name Unscramble: A fun challenge to wrap up the unit.
- Full Answer Keys: For quick, easy grading. ✅
Pro Tip: For the ultimate hands-on experience, pair this resource with the US Geography – Northeast Scrapbooking Pages! Students can use the facts they learn here to create their own beautiful regional journals.
🚀 Ready to Explore the Northeast?
Give your students a clear, structured, and engaging way to master U.S. Geography.Add the Regions of the U.S. – Northeast Region to your curriculum today and start the adventure!
⭐ This product is included in a $$$ SAVING BUNDLE: Regions of the U.S.A. | Geography Bundle
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This is a fun, engaging unit on trains!
See description for details
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This informational text resource centers around the life of 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln and created for 3rd-4th grades. It begins with his early life in Kentucky and progresses through his life touching on his family, his career as a lawyer, his presidency and finally his death by the hands of John Wilkes Booth. This is a cross-curricular resource and may be used for both Social Studies/History and Language Arts!
Automated Readability Index: 3
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This informational resource on Abraham Lincoln is designed to give 5th – 7th graders practice reading and comprehending content area text. There are two pages of text which will cover Lincoln’s life beginning in Kentucky and progresses through his life touching on his family, his career as a lawyer, his election in 1860 and finally his death by the hands of John Wilkes Booth. After reading both the text and two charts (quick facts and fun facts), students will complete a comprehension worksheet. Finally, there is a fun postcard writing activity asking them to write to President Lincoln.
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This 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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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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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 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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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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