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5th grade ELA test prep unit plans
Main Idea Supporting Details Passages, Graphic Organizers, Activities, Lessons
How many times are students asked to identify the main idea in a reading passage? Almost every reading comprehension worksheet includes questions about finding the main idea or central idea in a text. You would think that students would be masters at identifying the main idea and supporting details by now. However, many students still struggle with this critical reading skill (and many teachers are in search of engaging ways to teach students how to find the main idea).That’s where this Main
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4th - 7th
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Theme Lessons and Activities for Teaching Theme - Passages and Worksheets
Understanding a story’s theme is critical to deciphering the author’s message in a text. This 3-day theme unit is designed to make learning fun while helping students go beyond the surface meaning of text to truly understand the author's message and the underlying meaning of the text. Filled with theme passages, theme worksheets, activities, and tasks, this unit is a hit!This unit provides numerous opportunities to develop the skill of identifying theme. Each lesson starts with a fun and enga
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5th - 8th
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Listening Comprehension Unit - Upper Elementary to Middle School - Note Taking
Listening comprehension is an essential element of ELA instruction. That’s because students do not intuitively know how to take notes, discern what is important in a listening passage, or even know how to reference their notes when answering questions. This unit develops all of those skills through fun active listening anticipatory sets, instruction on listening and note taking, five original listening passage practice tests, multiple choice and short answer questions, and a final assessment t
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5th - 8th
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Cause and Effect Reading Comprehension Passages & Activities (Google Version)
Understanding cause and effect relationships is an essential reading comprehension skill that takes lots and lots of practice for students to master.That’s where this 3-Day Cause and Effect Unit comes in. This Cause and Effect mini-unit provides numerous opportunities to develop the skill of determining cause and effect relationships. Through creative activities like a Cause and Effect Match-Up game, Cause and Effect Charades, and Cause and Effect toss, students become actively involved in the
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4th - 7th
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Text Structure Powerpoint
This powerpoint is a fun, colorful way to introduce or re-teach TEXT STRUCTURE!
Includes:
- 21 EDITABLE slides
- 5 video clip examples
- 15 slides can be printed to created colorful, informative posters for your class, including:
*definitions written in kid-friendly language
*key words to look for
*graphic organizers
Text Structures included:
- Cause & Effect
- Compare & Contrast
- Description
- Problem & Solution
- Sequence
*Be sure to check out the preview for an example of wha
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
Predicting Passages, Making Predictions Graphic Organizer (Print and Digital)
Making predictions while reading is an essential skill for comprehending text. Students do not intuitively know how to make effective predictions based on clues from the passage and their own experiences. That’s where this mini-unit comes in. Filled with predicting passages, worksheets, and graphic organizers, this unit is the perfect way to teach students how to make predictions while reading. This mini-unit provides numerous opportunities to develop the skill of making predictions. Through
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4th - 7th
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Informational Text Structures Unit - Nonfiction for Third, Fourth & Fifth Grade
This complete unit has everything you need to teach informational text structures in third, fourth, of fifth grade. It includes a PowerPoint presentation, 45 nonfiction paragraphs to analyze in worksheet and sorting formats, organizers, lesson plans, posters, and assessment.Open the previews to take a closer look.First, teach five informational text structures with the PowerPoint presentation.Colorful, interactive graphic organizers illustrate description (parts of a whole), sequence (chronologi
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3rd - 5th
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Reading Passages and Questions Main Idea, Inferences, Predicting -Google Options
Save with this bundle of reading comprehension skills mini-units --- Making Inferences, Finding the Main Idea, and Making Predictions.Or...save even more with the SUPER BUNDLE (6 Mini-Units) or MEGA BUNDLE (9 Mini-Units) or ULTIMATE BUNDLE (12 Mini-Units)...---Reading Comprehension Skills - Mini-Unit SUPER BUNDLE!Making Inferences, Main Idea, Predictions, Sequencing, Cause and Effect, and Context Clues ---Reading Comprehension Skills - MEGA BUNDLE! 9 Mini-Units! Making Inferences, Finding the M
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4th - 7th
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Finding Main Idea & Key Details: Summarizing Nonfiction Text 3rd, 4th, 5th Grade
Teach summarizing with confidence! A slideshow, five high-interest texts, and graphic organizers support your third, fourth, or fifth grade students – and you! Kids will learn to find the main idea and key supporting details. Then write summaries. Open the preview to take a closer look. This informational text unit takes kids through an entire learning cycle with direct instruction, practice, and assessment.First, kids read “A Chocolate a Day Keeps the Doctor Away.” Is chocolate really good for
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3rd - 5th
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ELA Test Prep Bundle - Multiple-Choice, Short Answer, and Motivational
Save and prepare your students to succeed on state assessments with this Test Prep Bundle! This bundle includes units on Answering Multiple-Choice Questions, Answering Short Answer Questions, and Tips and Ideas for Motivational Test Prep.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Test Prep Unit - Answering Multiple Choice QuestionsIn this 5-day unit, students learn specific strategies to promote success on state assessments and daily practice.
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5th - 8th
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Sequencing Lessons, Passages, Graphic Organizers for Sequence (Digital Options)
Sequencing is one of the many skills that students need in order to comprehend what they read. That’s why this Sequencing Mini-Unit is the perfect addition to your English Language Arts instruction. Filled with sequencing passages, engaging worksheets, and graphic organizers for finding the sequence of events, this unit will help students develop strong skills in sequencing.This 3-day mini-unit provides numerous opportunities to develop the skill of finding the sequence of events in a passage.
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4th - 7th
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ELA Made Easy: Language Arts Full Year VALUE Bundle
This incredible mega bundle includes a full year's worth of middle grade ELA resources at a significant discount. You get all of the tools you need to offer differentiation through a variety of reading, writing, speaking, listening and word work activities.WRITINGELA made Easy includes several resources to help your students grow and become more confident writers. Whether you want to implement weekly journals, readers notebooks, or daily sentence editing, you will find plenty of engaging prompts
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4th - 7th, Staff
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Irony Mini-Unit - Lessons on Situational, Dramatic, & Verbal Irony (Google)
Help students develop a deep understanding of situational, dramatic, and verbal irony with this fun and engaging 3-day mini-unit!This IRONY MINI-UNIT provides numerous opportunities for students to learn about the three types of irony, determine the purpose of irony, analyze irony, describe how irony contributes to a story and even write their own examples of irony. Each lesson starts with a fun and engaging activity – Irony Hunt (where students differentiate between examples of irony and just
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5th - 8th
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Test Prep Writing | 4th, 5th, and 6th Grade Lesson Plans | Unit 4
Hey Teacher friends!It’s that time of year again- Testing Season. As it gets closer and closer, our hearts start to beat a little bit faster and we wonder- do they know it all? This Writing on Demand Writing Unit will prepare your students in 20 fun, engaging, and focused writing lessons. Perfect for grades 4th-6th, this unit has everything you need to get your kiddos ready for this year’s state test! Included in this Unit is:- Detailed Daily Lesson Plans for Unit 4 {20+ days worth of lessons
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: 5th Grade Writing Unit Bundle | An Entire Year of Writing Curriculum
Nonfiction Listening Comprehension Unit: Malala Yousafzai
Listening Comprehension
Malala Yousafzai
Malala Unit Overview
This 5-day unit packs a major punch! While studying Malala Yousafzai, students practice critical skills including listening comprehension, sequencing, participating in group discussions, analyzing a quote, and responding to a writing prompt. Five activities are included in this unit. Each is based on a nonfiction listening passage about Malala. The activities are designed to be interactive, engaging, and educational. This unit i
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: September Unit Plans Bundle - 4 Units to Teach All September Long!
Conflict Mini-Unit: Understanding Types of Conflict w/ Google Classroom Version
Understanding the central conflict in literature is essential to grasping a work’s overriding themes. Help students identify the core types of conflicts in literary pieces with this mini-unit. When students can identify a story’s conflict, they can accurately summarize and analyze a text. This engaging and powerful 3-Day Mini-Unit is designed to help students do just that! This conflict mini-unit provides numerous opportunities to develop the skill of identifying conflict. Each lesson start
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5th - 8th
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Reading Skills Bundle - Cause & Effect, Context Clues, Sequencing (Google Docs)
Save with this bundle of reading comprehension skills mini-units --- Context Clues, Sequencing, and Cause and Effect!Or...save even more with the SUPER BUNDLE (6 Mini-Units) or MEGA BUNDLE (9 Mini-Units) or ULTIMATE BUNDLE (12 Mini-Units)...---Reading Comprehension Skills - Mini-Unit SUPER BUNDLE!Making Inferences, Main Idea, Predictions, Sequencing, Cause and Effect, and Context Clues ---Reading Comprehension Skills - MEGA BUNDLE! 9 Mini-Units! Making Inferences, Finding the Main Idea, Predict
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4th - 7th
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5th Grade Writing Test Prep Bundle | Text-Based Writing
This resource prepares students for writing a text-based opinion essay, a text-based informational/explanatory essay, a text-based narrative, and a text-dependent analysis essay, and is designed to meet the expectations of various state writing tests.Writing types included:Text-Based Opinion WritingText-Based Informational/Explanatory WritingText-Dependent AnalysisText-Based NarrativeThis resource includes eight full prompts and essays (two for each writing type).Throughout each engaging writing
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5th
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Reading Test Prep, Writing Test Prep, & Math Test Prep | 5th Grade Bundle
If you're getting ready to start test prep, this ultimate test prep bundle has everything you need for reading, writing, and math! With 6 complete resources focused on preparing your students for state testing and end of the year testing, you'll have your students ready to rock the test in no time! Check out the preview to see more details about this resource!About the Reading Test Prep:This resource includes a set of four reading comprehension assessments that require students to analyze two te
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5th
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Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Bundle (Printable and Digital)
Save BIG with this bundle of reading comprehension skills mini-units --- Making Inferences, Finding the Main Idea, Making Predictions, Context Clues, Sequencing, and Cause and Effect!Or...save even MORE with this MEGA BUNDLE of 9 reading comprehension skills mini-units:Reading Comprehension Skills - MEGA BUNDLE! 9 Mini-Units! Making Inferences, Finding the Main Idea, Predicting, Context Clues, Sequencing, Cause and Effect, Drawing Conclusions, Fact & Opinion and Author’s PurposeOr...check ou
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4th - 7th
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Cause and Effect Texts for Teaching Text Structure
Cause and effect articles! This packet includes everything you need to introduce students to the text structure of cause and effect in expository texts. You'll find 11 texts with a wide variety of before, during, and after reading activities.Texts (text-dependent questions and activities included)What Is A Tsunami?Surviving the Winter Raising a Stink About StinkbugsThe Reason for a RainbowMysterious Milk Sickness Invasive Species Synthesizing Information activity Great Peshtigo FireWriting Sente
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4th - 6th
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ELA Test Prep - Teaching Students How to Respond to Short Answer Questions
In this 5-day Test Prep Unit, students learn specific strategies to promote success on standardized assessments and daily practice. Students will learn test-taking strategies for answering short-response questions. They will learn how to include textual evidence in their responses to short answer questions with instruction, guided practice, and independent activities.During the mini-unit students develop and practice the “READ” strategy to promote thoughtful and thorough responses. Using the
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Test Prep BUNDLE! - Short Answer Questions and Motivation!
5th Grade Poetry Unit | Unit 6 | 2 Weeks of CCSS Aligned Lesson Plans
Hey teacher friends! Poetry is probably one of my all time favorite units! Included in this unit is everything you will need to teach a 5th grade writing unit on Poetry Writing!Included in this unit:- Detailed Daily Lesson Plans for Unit 6 | 11 days worth of lessons!- Interactive Notebook Pages to Glue Into Student's Writer's Notebooks- Writer's Workshop Year at a Glance- Rubrics for grading students work | Using Standards Based Grading- Mentor Text List- Management Ideas and Forms- Whole Group
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5th
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Also included in: 5th Grade Writing Unit Bundle | An Entire Year of Writing Curriculum
Personal & Fictional Narrative Units Anchor Chart Example Brainstorming Grade 5
⭐ Want to make teaching narrative writing SO much easier?⭐ Looking for a way to help your students write well-crafted personal narratives and fictional narratives? This Narrative Writing Bundle, in both print and digital, uses Explicit Writing to help you teach each part of the narrative writing process in a step-by-step, logical way!It combines two of The Teacher Next Door's narrative sets: Personal Narratives and Fictional Narratives (creative writing). Everything you need is here to help your
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3rd - 5th
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