Watermelon Animated Writing Activity | Short Film
Uses a short animated film called 'Watermelon' to teach story sequencing, true/false comprehension, and summary writing.
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Uses a short animated film called 'Watermelon' to teach story sequencing, true/false comprehension, and summary writing.
A micro-learning deck teaching the figurative language idiom 'fifth wheel' through a reading passage with audio, close reading, comprehension activities, and a summary writing task.
A word-search activity book built around everyday-life vocabulary themes (school subjects, tools, bedtime routines, types of homes, etc.) to build vocabulary and reading/problem-solving skills.
A reading-comprehension question bank (with answers included) for the novel 'A Lesson Before Dying' by Ernest J. Gaines, for teachers to assess or discuss student understanding of the book.
Teach middle-school students about the scale and process of a large plastics-recycling plant (volume of material handled, baling, washing, flaking), using a video lesson, reading passage, vocabulary, and comprehension activities in a self-paced interactive slide deck.
Provide a set of nonfiction science reading passages (one per lesson listed below) paired with comprehension questions and an answer key, to build science reading comprehension and content knowledge on the lesson topics.
Reading Comprehension Passages Fiction Set 2 Overview No prep reading comprehension lessons, with enjoyable stories and topics. Each lesson has a blend of post-reading activities. Mixed questions to check overall understanding. Vocabulary activities, plus a writing section. Lessons also contain a bonus extension exercise at the end. Some you may like,…
A digital micro-learning slide deck teaching what greenhouse gases are, using a video lesson, an illustrated reading passage/story (with audio), vocabulary, a fill-in-the-blank comprehension activity, and a summary-writing task.
A no-prep, self-paced middle-school zoology micro-lesson on hedgehogs, supplementing a classroom unit through an interactive slideshow with video, reading, vocabulary, comprehension, and writing components.
An interactive micro-learning PowerPoint deck teaching about the Plateau Native Americans (geography, food sources, housing, clothing) through a video/audio reading passage, vocabulary, comprehension activities, and a summary writing task.
A nonfiction reading comprehension packet that teaches Earth science content (Earth materials, minerals, rocks and the rock cycle, soils, fossils) through short informational passages paired with practice activities.
Support classroom study of the novel 'Maniac Magee' with a learning-styles introduction unit and literature comprehension lessons.
A teacher-directed lesson plan presenting background information and source artifacts on the Russia-Ukraine crisis, building student understanding of the conflict's causes.
A supplementary pack of multiple-choice extra-practice questions (with answer keys) tied to previously taught reading-comprehension science lessons, for early finishers, homework, or holiday work.
A Common-Core-aligned, full-day substitute/homeschool lesson plan for 4th grade combining morning/afternoon class messages, independent reading with reader-response forms, and an integrated science-reading-writing-math unit on the ears, eyes, hearing loss, and vision loss.
Teach students to understand the figurative language expression 'misery loves company' through a close-reading passage and comprehension activities.
Teaches students about slow and fast changes to Earth's surface and related Earth/space science topics, across a multi-lesson bundle (per the file's table of contents: Lessons 35-39).
Teach middle/high-school students how plastic is recycled, using a video lesson, reading passage, vocabulary, and comprehension activities in a self-paced interactive slide deck.
Teach the idiomatic figurative-language phrase 'no ifs, ands or buts' (expressing certainty) through a short video-style lesson, an audio-paired reading passage, comprehension checks, and a summarizing/quick-write activity.
A five-lesson earth science reading comprehension packet (Word document) covering slow and fast changes to the Earth's surface, weather/atmosphere, measuring weather, and motion of objects in the universe, each with an informational passage, multiple-choice comprehension questions, a spelling fill-in-the-blank exercise, and an answer key.
Teach the figurative-language idiom 'up in the air' through a video lesson and reading passage with audio, building comprehension of figurative language.
Tall Tall Tall Tales Gr. 4-6: A Dynamic Teaching Resource Tall Tall Tall Tales Gr. 4-6 is an exceptional teaching resource which has been designed for educators who are eager to imbibe amusement and understanding in students regarding the vibrant world of folktales. This unique unit effectively marries reading comprehension and creative writing, serving…
A supplementary pack of multiple-choice extra-practice questions (with answer keys) tied to previously taught reading-comprehension science lessons, for early finishers, homework, or holiday work.
Teach middle/high-school students how recycled plastic is reprocessed into new products (melting, molding, thermoforming), using a video lesson, reading passage, vocabulary, and comprehension activities in a self-paced interactive slide deck.