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Elementary informational text resources on sale
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
Grades:
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
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Main Idea Task Cards Bundle
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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Distance Learning Reading Comprehension Intervention Bundle
Google Apps Ready!Page 2 has all of the Google Slides LinksClose ReadingIntervention PackDaily Guided Reading Lessons✎ Four weeks of daily guided reading lessons for your intervention reading group! These lessons are close reading lessons designed to make your struggling readers more independent. It also reinforces the close reading strategies. ➨ Learning targets are included!!! ☺Included are six nonfiction articles, 20 days (4 weeks) of daily guided reading lessons, pair share, close readin
Grades:
5th - 9th
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Topic, Main Idea, and Supporting Details in Nonfiction GRADES 4-6 Google Apps
⭐ NO PREP DIGITAL LESSON: Engage students in 4th, 5th, and 6th grades with this interactive lesson as you introduce or review topic, main idea, and supporting details in nonfiction texts. Students will highlight text, drag and drop text, and type in their own responses to prompts. It's time to replace those boring worksheets!Students will:highlight the parts of a paragraphlearn about main idea statements and sort examples and non-exampleslearn the difference between main ideas that are stated di
Grades:
4th - 6th
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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
Grades:
4th - 9th
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Also included in: Close Reading Lesson Bundle: A Year of Close Reading
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
Grades:
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
Grades:
K - 2nd
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Nonfiction Summary Reading Intervention Unit
Close Reading Nonfiction Summary Intervention PackRunning out of ideas to help your struggling readers?Tired of being observed by your principal only to be caught without a lesson plan?Too busy to write learning targets?These are the reasons I wrote this intervention unit! I was frustrated with the lack of time and resources to plan for my small reading groups. I knew I needed data and lots of skill practice for my struggling readers. That's how this unit evolved. It has taken months of work
Grades:
4th - 7th
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Also included in: Reading Comprehension and Progress Monitoring Bundle
Compare and Contrast Two Nonfiction Articles
Compare and Contrast The World's Deadliest Island Nonfiction ReadingDid you know there is an island that has never been explored by modern day man because of a deadly tribe living there? Did you know there is an island in Brazil so deadly you have to have a doctor travel there with you? North Sentinel Island and Snake Island are two of the World's Deadliest Islands. Students will be captivated by this high-interest topic! You can teach them to compare and contrast the two islands, or go deep
Grades:
4th - 7th
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Also included in: Close Reading Lesson Bundle: A Year of Close Reading
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
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
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Close Reading Lesson Bundle: A Year of Close Reading
Compare and Contrast Close Reading Lesson Yellowstone Wolves
Close ReadingPoint of ViewCompare and ContrastLots of options for differentiation!Check out my YouTube video that explains this lesson: Click hereTwo original articles about the Yellowstone Wolf controversy. Each article takes a different point of view. Students will have fun reading about each side and will form their own opinions about the controversy. Great way to teach close reading for the point of view without boring the kids to death. :)I wrote this lesson because I wanted an interesti
Grades:
4th - 8th
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Also included in: Close Reading Lesson Bundle: A Year of Close Reading
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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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Also included in: Ocean Animal Close Reading Passages Bundle + FREE Spanish
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
Grades:
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
Grades:
1st - 3rd
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Animal Habitat Close Reading Comprehension Passage Activities + FREE Spanish
Make reading engaging with this no prep close reading comprehension pack centered around an animal habitat nonfiction text that downloads in English + a FREE Spanish version. This science 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 comprehension skill
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Science Close Reading Passages Bundle + FREE Spanish
Valentine's Day Compare and Contrast Nonfiction Articles
Valentine's DayCompare and ContrastNonfiction ArticlesGoogle Slides Included!How did Valentine's Day begin? How do other countries celebrate Valentine's Day? Students will read two original articles all about this! Then they will analyze it using close reading skills. They will compare and contrast using a double bubble map or Venn diagram, fill out two column notes, and finally write an essay. There is also a summary assignment- The Gossip Gazette, and a COOTIE CATCHER! Included is both bl
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Close Reading Lesson Bundle: A Year of Close Reading
Gorilla Close Reading Comprehension Passage Activities + FREE Spanish
Make reading engaging with this no prep close reading comprehension pack centered around a gorilla nonfiction text that downloads in English + a FREE Spanish version. This jungle 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 comprehension
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Jungle Animal Close Reading Passages Bundle + FREE Spanish
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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Grades:
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
Cause and Effect PowerPoint
Cause and Effect PowerPoint
*** View it in "Slideslow" mode and display onto whiteboard***
This packet is designed to introduce the concept of cause and effect. This no prep, no print, PowerPoint, interactive lesson, will target skills that will help your students gain an understanding of cause and effect. This slides are differentiated so please feel free to choose which slides that will best suit your students’ needs. The real life and clipart images will keep your students engaged.
Use t
Grades:
1st - 4th
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