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36 Main Idea & Details ELA Reading Skills Practice Worksheets
Give your students the skills they need to find/tackle any main idea or supporting detail question with these 36 ELA reading drills! Each worksheet includes tips that reinforce effective reading strategies, and can be used to drive home the fundamentals or prep for test day! Bundle this item & save: Core ELA Value Bundle | READING! Grade 3 | READING! Grade 4 & 5THIS PRODUCT INCLUDES: 36 ELA comprehension drills (24 informational texts / 12 fiction passages) 135+ simulat
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3rd - 5th
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Cause & Effect in Informational Texts Reading Comprehension Worksheets | GRADE 3
Students will identify, describe and/or explain cause and effect relationships in informational texts. They will answer questions that ask "what," "why" and "how" about a series of historical events and scientific ideas/concepts (RI.3.3) while referring explicitly to the text (RI.3.1). These reading comprehension worksheets include a mini-lesson on cause and effect, followed by a non-fiction passage and several questions. Tips for students are included to help them learn how to answer some com
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3rd
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Also included in: Cause & Effect: ELA Reading Comprehension Worksheets ♥ GRADE 3 BUNDLE
Main Idea & Details Reading Passages and Questions + Task Cards | Savings Bundle
Boost your students' main idea and detail skills with this activity bundle while saving $$! ♥ 36 Skills-Focused Reading Worksheets ♥ 44 Task Cards with 18 Activity SheetsMAIN IDEA AND DETAILS READING COMPREHENSION PASSAGES AND QUESTIONSArm your students with the skills they need to tackle any main idea or detail-related question with these 36 ELA reading drills! Each drill includes tips that reinforce effective reading strategies, and can be used to drive home the fundamentals or prepare for te
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3rd - 5th
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Compare and Contrast the Author's Point of View BigFoot
Close ReadingPoint of ViewCompare and ContrastDoes Bigfoot exist? Or is he just a made up legend? Students will read two nonfiction articles to compare and contrast both sides of the Bigfoot debate! This is a fun, but educational, lesson. Included is BOTH print and digital versions.I wrote this lesson because I wanted an interesting topic that would catch my students' attention. I also was frustrated trying to find articles that showed a clear point of view about a similar topic. I wanted no
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4th - 9th
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Also included in: Close Reading Lesson Bundle: A Year of Close Reading
Main Idea Task Cards and Guided Mini Lessons Google Ready!
Main IdeaTask CardsReading Comprehension Skills Do you love to read about unsolved mysteries? Capture your students' attention with nonfiction paragraphs about aliens, UFO's, crop circles, and much more! This is my students' favorite lesson. It is a great way to teach the main idea without boring the kids to death. I have two YouTube videos that preview and explain this lesson. Please check them out and like them! Unsolved MysteriesMeet Nala Bella in this video as she explains what this le
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Main Idea Task Cards Bundle
Main Idea Task Cards & Activity Sheets: Literacy Center
Your students will be able to find the main idea & recall supporting details with ease using these 44 animal-themed task cards & 18 corresponding activity sheets! Preview this resource and you’ll see its "funtastic" quality!TASK CARD LITERACY CENTER INCLUDES:44 task cards/passages, across 6 sets of informational text with pictures (all about animals!)18 activity sheets that correspond with task card sets and assess finding the main idea & recounting details Answer keys for students
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3rd - 5th
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Making Inferences: ELA Reading Comprehension Worksheets | GRADE 3 ♥ NONFICTION
Students will make inferences in an informational text, and support inferences with text evidence and clues (RI.3.1). These reading comprehension worksheets have a mini-lesson on inferencing (or drawing conclusions) at the top, followed by a non-fiction reading passage and several questions. Tips are included next to some commonly asked inference questions to mentor students on how to best answer them. Use as test prep, or to teach and practice the fundamentals of inferencing-- a key reading
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3rd
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Hispanic Heritage Month
Hispanic Heritage Month
Looking for an easy way to introduce Hispanic Heritage Month to your students? This mini-unit contains:
- Hispanic Heritage Month Mini-Book (2 to a page)
- Circle Map
- Puzzle Comprehension Activity
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Check out my Hispanic Heritage Mini-Biographies Unit to easily introduce an influential person a day.
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K - 2nd
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Compare and Contrast the Author's Point of View Sharks
Close Reading Point of View Compare and ContrastShould all the sharks in the world be removed from the ocean to protect people from shark attacks? Explore this topic in two different nonfiction articles!View the Video Preview: PreviewI wrote this lesson because I wanted an interesting topic that would catch my students' attention. I also was frustrated trying to find articles that showed a clear point of view about a similar topic. I wanted non fiction articles that would be easy to teach wi
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4th - 9th
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Also included in: Close Reading Lesson Bundle: A Year of Close Reading
States of Matter Reading Passages and Activities
In this NO PREP resource you will find three reading passages and comprehension questions that focus on states of matter and physical and chemical changes. There are word searches and a crossword puzzle, vocabulary practice and a states of matter picture sort activity. This resource is meant to save you time and to supplement and enhance your unit of study on states of matter. This is excellent to leave for a sub and is so easy to use. Just print and go!Included in this resource you will fin
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4th - 5th
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Also included in: Science Reading Comprehension and Activities Bundle
Patriot Day Reflections: Patriot Day Activities Reading Comprehension Passage
The "Patriot Day Reflections: Patriot Day Activities Reading Comprehension Passage" worksheet provides a collection of reading comprehension passages around Patriotic Day. Through the passages, students will learn about various aspects of Patriotic Day, including its historical significance and related activities."Patriot Day Reflections: Patriot Day Activities Reading Comprehension Passage" worksheet includes meaningful passages such as:The September 11th AttacksThe Patriot ActTrue Stories of 9
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3rd - 5th
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S.O.L.E. Community Helper Research Project (Distance Learning)
This packet is a research project for kindergarten, first grade and second grade about community helpers. It has a Seesaw option and a paper option. Students will get choose what community helper they want to research. Then, the students will create a community helper craft and write 3 facts about the community helper they choose to research. What is included?Printable reading passages about each community helperPaperless version on SeesawWriting responses for each community helperFinal report w
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K - 2nd
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Ocean Animal Close Reading Passages Bundle + FREE Spanish
SAVE BIG with this 10 pack MEGA BUNDLE! Make reading engaging with this no prep close reading comprehension bundle centered around ocean animal nonfiction texts that download in English + a FREE Spanish version. This ocean animal habitat resource, created by Nikki and Nacho, a.k.a Nicole and Eliceo, includes close reading guides, text code sheets, posters, vocabulary cards, non-fiction passages and various worksheet activities. Designed to support common core standards, it helps build academic v
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Hermit Crab Close Reading Comprehension Passage Activities + FREE Spanish Pack
Make reading engaging with this no prep close reading comprehension pack centered around a hermit crab nonfiction text that downloads in English + a FREE Spanish version. This ocean animal habitat resource, created by Nikki and Nacho, a.k.a Nicole and Eliceo, includes a close reading guide, text code sheets, poster, vocabulary cards, non-fiction passage and various worksheet activities. Designed to support common core standards, it helps build academic vocabulary, reading fluency, and comprehens
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1st - 3rd
Also included in: Ocean Animal Close Reading Passages Bundle + FREE Spanish
Writing Picture Prompts - Sequence and Procedural Writing ( Set 1)
Writing Picture Prompts - Sequence and Procedural Writing (1)Practice Informational Writing, "How To" Writing, Procedural Writing, and creating paragraphs!Format: Students look at the pictures and write sentences in order. There is a word bank with help words for support.Each Prompt comes in 5 versions: (35 Pages in all)Primary Lines (with word starters)Primary Lines (no word starters)Standard Lines (with word starters)Standard Lines (no word starters)Blank (for digital learning/typing into the
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K - 2nd
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Compare and Contrast the Author's Point of View in Two Nonfiction Articles
Compare and Contrast the Author's Point of View in Two Nonfiction ArticlesDid you know the blue-ringed octopus is so venomous that one bite will paralyze you? Did you know the bite from a snail could kill you? The blue-ringed octopus and cone snail are two of the world's most deadly sea animals. Students will be captivated by this high-interest topic! You can teach them to compare and contrast the two animals, or go deeper and teach them to compare and contrast the author's point of view. I
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Close Reading Lesson Bundle: A Year of Close Reading
Arctic Animal Close Reading Passages Bundle + FREE Spanish
SAVE BIG with this 10 pack MEGA BUNDLE! Make reading engaging with this no prep close reading comprehension bundle centered around arctic animal nonfiction texts that download in English + a FREE Spanish version. This arctic animal habitat resource, created by Nikki and Nacho, a.k.a Nicole and Eliceo, includes close reading guides, text code sheets, posters, vocabulary cards, non-fiction passages and various worksheet activities. Designed to support common core standards, it helps build academic
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Main Idea Task Cards and Guided Mini Lessons Unsolved Mysteries
Main IdeaTask CardsMini LessonsUnsolved MysteriesAre you looking for engaging, high interest topics to teach main idea with? This is the unit for you! The theme is unsolved mysteries. If you liked my first Unsolved Mysteries Unit, then you will love this one!This lesson is a main idea lesson with two parts: guided mini lessons and also an independent literacy center for practice. You can also use the literacy center for your reading intervention groups. I used it both as a center and as re-te
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3rd - 7th
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Also included in: Main Idea Task Cards Bundle
Seed Dispersal
Seed Dispersal
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Are you struggling to find information to teach your NGSS Science Second Grade Standards?
This Seed Dispersal Mini-book is the perfect way to teach the concept of seed dispersal in a way that young students can understand.
Includes:
Seed Dispersal Mini-book (7 pages)
Seed Dispersal Circle Map (1 page)
Seed Dispersal Comprehension (1 page)
Use the Seed Dispersal mini-book to introduce, review, and pr
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1st - 3rd
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Hispanic Heritage Month
Hispanic Heritage Month
***UPDATED 9/29/15- 13 Color Posters Now Included****
Looking for a way to acknowledge and celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month? This unit is filled with graphic organizers, fold and learn mini books, and coloring posters for 13 influential Hispanic Americans.
Featured People include:
Oscar De La Hoya
Sonia Sotomayor
Cesar Chavez
Roberto Clemente
Selena Gomez
Bob Menendez
Jose Feliciano
Isabel Allende
Marco Rubio
Rita Moreno
Dolores Huerta
Ellen Ochoa
Franklin Chang Diaz
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K - 2nd
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Compare and Contrast The Author's Point of View The Bermuda Triangle
Compare and Contrast The Author's Point of View The Bermuda TriangleTwo high interest nonfiction articles, written from two different points of view! Students will read "Killer Sea Farts" and "Alien Vortex." Both are original articles, two pages long, nonfiction, written by me. They investigate The Bermuda Triangle. Hundreds of planes and ships go missing in The Bermuda Triangle each year. Are the disappearances due to a hidden alien vortex? Or is there a logical explanation for these disa
Grades:
4th - 10th
Also included in: Close Reading Lesson Bundle: A Year of Close Reading
Main Idea Shared Reading Lessons and Literacy Center
Main IdeaShared Reading and Literacy CenterPLUS Guided Mini Lessons!This is a 26 page common core-aligned unit that focuses on the critical thinking skill, main idea. It is nonfiction and ocean themed with high interest topics for 4-6th grades. Common Core Standard:English Language Arts Standards: Reading: Informational Text : Grade 5 Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text. The first part of this lesson is a shared/guided
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Main Idea Task Cards Bundle
The Lost Roanoke Colony: Analyzing Multiple Accounts of the Same Event
This is a webquest activity that has students analyze six different accounts of the Lost Roanoke Colony, and find similarities and differences among the documents. The accounts of this event are in a variety of formats, from multiple sources (a firsthand account journal, a video, and online articles). Students will determine whether each document is a firsthand or secondhand account, the author's purpose, and analyze for important details/information.In addition to supporting the common core i
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5th - 8th
Reading Comprehension Passages Nonfiction Articles
Nonfiction Article Reading Passages Pack This pack includes 12 nonfiction topics, and each one has two articles that are written from two different points of view. The reading level of each article is about a fifth or sixth grade level. I used these when I taught fifth grade and again when I taught sixth grade. This year I am teaching fourth grade, and I plan to use them again. This pack gives you a total of 24 nonfiction articles. Each article is original and is written by me. T
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4th - 10th
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