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Free informational text activities
Reading Strategies Task Cards - FREE! Inference, Summarizing, + more & Audio!
Your students will love this reading strategy task cards, and you'll love that it's FREE!This set was created by combining cards from six other reading strategy task card sets so that you as a teacher can try them out!:Author's PurposeSummarizingMaking ConnectionsInferenceCause and EffectPredictingWHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:24 Task Cards (prints 4 to a page)Black-lineColorRecording SheetsAnswer KeysDIGITAL:Easel Activity - with AudioDIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:Digital or PrintChallenge Card to extend
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3rd - 6th
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Main Idea and Details FREEBIE: 2 Passages in PDF and Digital Easel
This product contains two passages and a teaching poster that explains the ice cream cone analogy! For each passage, the students have to read the passage and then determine the main idea and three supporting details. They write their statements beside the ice cream cone (main idea) and scoops of ice cream (supporting details). ********This resource is available in two formats:1. Traditional Printables- Print the PDF and distribute paper copies to your students to complete.2. Easel Activity- I
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3rd - 6th
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FREE Main Idea & Supporting Details Activities Graphic Organizers Central Idea
Download this free (PRINTABLE & DIGITAL) sample of non-fiction reading passages that students can use to practice finding the main idea and supporting details. These high-interest and engaging non-fiction topics make learning about main idea fun and interesting for students!Like what you see? Find this entire product and others like it at the links below.BUNDLE & SAVE! Get 20% off by purchasing the bundle!⭐Finding the Main Idea with Non-Fiction Text - Year Long BundleFinding the Main I
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3rd - 5th
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Opinion Writing Activities
Opinion Writing ActivitiesTo introduce opinion writing first the children must understand the difference of fact vs. opinion. I have created a pocket chart sort you can do as a class to help them understand what facts and opinions are and how they are different. Then I always create a chart to teach what opinions are. This helps the kids throughout the week long mini-unit. I thought it would be fun to do an entire mini unit on things we eat. It includes opinion writing for Favorite candy, fruit
Grades:
K - 3rd
Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions First Grade FREEBIE
This pack includes 17 reading passages with comprehension questions and activities for 1st grade. This FREE SAMPLE contains one passage for each of the first grade ELA reading standards (RL and RI, 1.1-1.9). These reading passages and questions are perfect for practice, formative and/or summative assessments, reading groups, homework, and more!✅ These passages are part of this larger bundle of reading passages...First Grade Reading Passages and Comprehension Activities>>> Written for 1s
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1st
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Also included in: Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions 1st Grade Reading Standards
I SPY Nonfiction Text Features
Looking for a fun, engaging activity to give your students the opportunity to explore and identify nonfiction text features? I SPY Nonfiction Text Features allows them to do just that! Your students will spy on the nonfiction text features placed around the room (give them a magnifying glass to add a little novelty). When students get to a card, they will identify the nonfiction text feature on it. Then, they will find that text feature on their recording sheet and write the letter correspondin
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1st - 3rd
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Earth Day Emergent Reader for Preschool, Pre-K and Kindergarten FREE
Earth Day FREE informational emergent reader for early learners in BW. Cut out the pages, stack them, and staple together on the left side.This booklet tells about some things that young children can do to help our Planet Earth. On the last page a child can draw something that he/she can do to help. Earth Day is celebrated on April 22nd every year.10 reader pages I LOVE FEEDBACK!Lots MORE activities for Earth Day ...
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PreK - 1st
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Close Reading LEVELED Passages "FREEBIE" for Spring CCSS Aligned
This "Spring Season" freebie is a SAMPLE of the activities for one passage from my monthly close reading and text evidence unit for 20 March Themes: St. Patrick's Day, Women's History, Spring Break, Ireland, Shamrocks and Clovers, Biographies & More! Multiple Choice, True or False, Matching added!PDFs &/or Digital Google Slides/classroom.Six Common Core aligned activities are included for this FREEBIE!The full unit is described below. Each unit has:*** Good Old Fashion Table of Content
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2nd - 5th
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Nonfiction Text Structures: Three FREE Activities
Are you teaching text structures in your upper elementary classroom? You'll definitely want to download these free printables! You will have everything you need to facilitate a complete and thorough text structure lesson! (Well, you'll just need to provide the anchor chart paper and the clipboards.) It features the five following text structures:→ Sequence→ Compare and Contrast→ Cause and Effect→ Problem and Solution→ Description It contains three activities:1. An Anchor Chart Activity (The cli
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3rd - 6th
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Main Idea and Key Details RI.5.2 | Great Pacific Garbage Patch Article #5-1
Nonfiction Article of the Week Club, Article #5-1: The Great Pacific Garbage PatchThis is the first in a set of 25 informational text articles + activity packs designed to teach ALL of the reading informational text standards for 5th grade in a fun, rigorous, and easy to implement solution! Download this FREE resource today, and then click here to view the rest of the article + activity packs available via this growing bundle. Your students will love reading about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Grades:
4th - 6th
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Also included in: Ultimate Article of the Week Bundle Grades 4-8
Solar System Activity: Planets Sorts (3) *Freebie*
These planet sorts are a unique way for students to show what they have learned about the planets! All of the information in this free planets activity can also be found in the Solar System Differentiated Reading Passages with Common-Core aligned Comprehension & Vocabulary activities. Hope your students enjoy!
3 Sorts Included:
• Inner Planets
• Outer Planets
• All Planets
Answer Keys
Check out the FULL product here: Differentiated Planets Reading Passages, Comprehension and Vocabulary C
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Life Cycle of a Frog - FREE
Life Cycle of a FrogThis freebie includes:1. One cut and paste practice page for students to sequence the Life Cycle of a Frog.2. The Life Cycle of a Frog half-page book (6 pages).*************************************************************************Thank you so much for stopping by my store and looking. Please don't forget to follow my store for the latest updates on new products and sales. ☺ I truly appreciate your support and love hearing your feedback. ***********************************
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PreK - 2nd
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Nonfiction Graphic Organizer
Nonfiction Graphic Organizer for ANY Article or Nonfiction PassageThis graphic organizer will help your students to think critically about any nonfiction article or passage you've read.Students will find facts, opinions, express their own opinion, main idea and supporting details, author's purpose, and text structure.December 2023 UPDATE: A one page article is included, so you can PRINT & GO!
Grades:
4th - 8th
Nonfiction Text Features Freebie
This packet includes everything your PRIMARY students will need to learn about text features.
Included activities:
*Scavenger Hunt worksheet, for use with ANY non-fiction book, with picture cues for each non-fiction text feature.
*Poster Project- students cut, paste, and label the features
*Definition page- introduce and explain the use of each feature
Non-fiction Text Features included:
Table of Contents
Bold Print
Maps
Labels
Captions
Photographs
Glossary
Headings
These are the text feature
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Grades:
K - 2nd
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FREE Winter Main Idea & Supporting Details with Graphic Organizers Central Idea
Download this free (PRINTABLE & DIGITAL) sample of winter-themed non-fiction reading passages that students can use to practice finding the main idea and supporting details. These high-interest and engaging non-fiction topics make learning about main idea fun and interesting for students! Like what you see? Find this entire product and others like it at the links below.BUNDLE & SAVE! Get 20% off by purchasing the bundle!⭐Finding the Main Idea with Non-Fiction Text - Year Long BundleFin
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3rd - 5th
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Spring Reading Passage Comprehension Activities Writing Prompt FREE
Get ready for spring in your classroom with this nonfiction reading passage and fact and opinion activity about cottontail rabbits! This informational text is perfect to practice close reading strategies and help students differentiate between facts and opinions. Reader response questions and critical thinking writing prompt is included.This passage is part of this Easter/Spring No Prep Pack.Perfect for any spring day or to celebrate Easter with non-holiday activities. See all the spring holiday
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2nd - 4th
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FREE Greek and Latin Roots Sketch Notes
WHY GREEK AND LATIN ROOTS?Almost 70% of the English language is derived from Latin and Greek languages. When we teach students these “building blocks,” they can recognize and decode unfamiliar words that are related to a known root. It is also increasingly important to explicitly teach students the meanings of Greek and Latin roots as they encounter the very technical vocabulary found in science and other content areas.WHY SKETCH NOTESSketch notes present your students with a meaningful and enga
Grades:
4th - 8th
Reading Comprehension Passage Fluency 2nd 3rd Grade FREE
2nd and 3rd Grade Reading Comprehension Passages in 2 formats: Fluency Cards and Reading Comprehension printables plus "Answer It" comprehension sign. You will love how simple these fluency activities are to incorporate with your plans. You will love the many uses, too. Perfect for morning work, literacy centers, seat work, or homework.
Fluency activities on the 2nd and 3rd grade level.
2nd Grade Reading Passage - fluency card
3rd Reading Passages - fluency card
2 - Reading Comprehension p
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2nd - 3rd
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Solar Eclipse Reading Passage with Comprehension Questions
*Great for Remote Learning and At Home Learning Packets!This freebie contains a nonfiction passage about Solar Eclipses and several comprehension response pages (6 pages in all!). We created this based on our popular Print a Packet products! Print a Packet is one of our favorite classroom resources. Print a Packet products contain THIRTY reading passages (fiction + nonfiction included) and multiple comprehension pages. They are great for students to complete throughout the week! Want to tr
Grades:
K - 3rd
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Weather and Water Cycle FREEBIE | Print and Digital
Looking for a starting place to teach your students about the water cycle? This FREEBIE is a sample of the Weather No-Prep Unit. The cross curricular unit will keep your students ENGAGED while teaching them all they need to know about weather. There are multiple interactive options that allow you to make lapbooks or to use in interactive notebooks. Along with reading passages, there are also graphing activities, chart activities, and even a map activity. Your students will love being able to sh
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
NGSS:
3-ESS2-1
, 2-ESS2-3
Human Body Systems Color by Number, Reading Passage and Text Marking
This Human Body Systems Color by Number and Text Marking activity has your students searching for text evidence from the reading passage and coloring in answers. This is a highly engaging reading comprehension activity. Great addition to your Human Body Systems unit.Topics include: Human Body Systems, Skeletal system, Muscular system, Cardiovascular/circulatory system, Digestive system, and more.Students read about Human Body Systems, answer questions, mark the text for evidence, and color the p
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Custom Bundle for Kady H
Black History Month Poster Set FREE
You will receive posters for 25 important Black Americans. These posters work great for bulletin board or hallway displays. This free set works perfectly with my Black History Month pack!25 Important African Americans Throughout HistoryMartin Luther King Jr. Ruby BridgesSojourner TruthMae JemisonWilma RudolphMaya AngelouBarack ObamaBooker T. WashingtonCarter WoodsonFrederick DouglasGeorge Washington CarverHenry "Box" BrownHarriet TubmanJackie RobinsonJesse OwensKamala HarrisMadam C.J. WalkerKath
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Not Grade Specific
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Book Review Template - FREE
This is a FREE PDF download for Book Review Templates! There are differentiated options ideal for lower grades (K-2) and upper grades (3-5).
Two versions use sentence stems for the write up part of the review, but the version aimed for upper grades has more lines for writing their review and is structured less like a graphic organizer than the version aimed for lower grades. One version has just a lined back, no sentence stems.
Use as a writing or reading project, book review or book report, o
Grades:
K - 5th
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Free Nonfiction Text Features Scavenger Hunt
This free two-page Non-Fiction Text Features Scavenger Hunt asks students to locate and explain several text-features. By doing so, students will gain a better understanding of how to read all parts of a non-fiction book or article, and they will understand the how and the why of the structure of non-fiction texts.Text-Features Included:-Title Page-Table of Contents-Index-Glossary-Heading-Subheading-Illustrations and Pictures-Maps-Charts, Graphs, and Tables-Captions-Textboxes-Keywords-Bold or I
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3rd - 6th
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