My Favorite Book Character
A book-report style activity for students to describe their favorite book character and reflect on why they admire that character, encouraging reading engagement.
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“The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963” : Novel and Film Comparison Activity
A novel-and-film comparison activity for 'The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963', aligned to an ELA standard on evaluating filmed adaptations of literature (ELA.RL7).
Question of the Day | Back to School Edition
A back-to-school 'Question of the Day' classroom-community-building activity using a poster board and yes/no questions.
U.S. History | World War I | 1914-1918 | Word Sort | A Preview Activity
Preview key WWI concepts before a full unit by having students sort key terms into four thematic categories (causes, weapons, realities/soldier life, U.S. involvement) using prior knowledge and a short reading.
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The Gardener Interactive Read-Aloud Activities
Provide a print-and-go interactive read-aloud companion of 32 reading activities to accompany the picture book 'The Gardener' by Sarah Stewart, developing comprehension, character analysis, and story-element skills.
Loving the Earth: Activity Pages
A set of circle-the-item, connect/color-by-number, and coloring worksheets teaching young children facts about farm animals and farm life.
Cell Energy Crossword Puzzle
A vocabulary-review crossword puzzle covering photosynthesis and cellular respiration (cell energy) terms, for use as a post-unit test activity or homework.
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Building Words with Prefixes and Suffixes - Building Bigger Words
A phonics/word-study workbook teaching students to build longer, more complex words by adding prefixes, suffixes and inflectional endings to root words.
Energy Use and Conservation - Digital Science Reading Article – Grades 5-7
Teach students about energy use and conservation (what it is, why it matters, how to save energy) through an informational reading article paired with comprehension questions.
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Free download READING-COMPREHENSION MINIBOOK | WHAT IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE?
A short illustrated mini reading book teaching basic facts about artificial intelligence (what it is, where it's found, how it learns, and responsible use) paired with comprehension check activities.
Bears Informational Book | Nonfiction Early Reader Animal Booklet
Teach early readers nonfiction text features and facts about bears (habitat, diet, cubs, fighting behavior, sleeping) through a self-assembled informational booklet, paired with a parent/teacher guide and comprehension questions.
Desalination for Drinking Water Reading Comprehension Article
Build scientific reading comprehension and content knowledge about the global water crisis and the chemistry/methods of desalinating salt water for drinking.
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Fiction Adventure Story Unit: Golden Gate Bridge in California
A cross-curricular ELA reading unit built around an original adventure fiction story (Mission X Series #2 of 50, 'Ace Up the Sleeve', set at the Golden Gate Bridge in California) that teaches figurative language, context clues, main idea, theme, inference, tone, text structures, grammar, Greek/Latin roots, and vocabulary while integrating history,…
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Kindergarten Summer ELA Games Pack | No-Prep Printables
Prevent summer learning loss and prepare kindergarteners for first grade with a comprehensive, no-prep ELA activity pack covering reading comprehension, phonics, sight words, grammar, vocabulary, tracing, and rhyming.
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Earth Science Reading Comprehension Passage: Igneous Rocks (Docs)
Science Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions: Igneous Rocks (Docs) This very engaging earth science reading passage about Igneous Rocks is designed to bridge the gap between science and literacy through strengthening reading comprehension and sparking scientific curiosity in middle school students. The passage blends English Language Arts skills…
Earth Science Reading Comprehension Passage: Soil Types (Docs)
Science Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions: Soil Types (Docs) This very engaging earth science reading passage about Soil Types is designed to bridge the gap between science and literacy through strengthening reading comprehension and sparking scientific curiosity in middle school students. The passage blends English Language Arts skills with…
Earth Science Reading Comprehension Passage: From Earth to Mars (Docs)
Science Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions: From Earth to Mars (Docs) This very engaging earth science reading passage about Mars is designed to bridge the gap between science and literacy through strengthening reading comprehension and sparking scientific curiosity in middle school students. The passage blends English Language Arts skills with…
Animal Dads by Steve Jenkins Interactive Read-Aloud Activities
A book companion/interactive read-aloud packet of comprehension and response activities to accompany the picture book 'Animal Dads' by Steve Jenkins, covering before-, during-, and after-reading skills.
Free download SAMPLE Social Studies Reading Comprehension Passage: Tea Customs
A social studies/sociology reading comprehension passage comparing tea-drinking customs across China, the United Kingdom, Morocco, and Turkey.
Earth Science Reading Comprehension Passage: Ice Age Leftovers (Docs)
Science Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions: Ice Age Leftovers (Docs) This very engaging earth science reading passage about how ice left from the Ice Age still affects Earth today . It explains the differences between glaciers, ice sheets, ice shelves, icebergs, and sea ice , and shows how each one shapes land, oceans, weather, and climate.…
The Nervous System Reading Comprehension Article - Grade 8 and Up
A scientific reading comprehension article on the nervous system for grade 8+ students, covering the CNS, PNS, and how signals are transmitted through the body.
2nd Grade Unit 3 Reading Street Stories Set
A set of 5 weekly reading passages for Grade 2, following the sequence and titles of the Pearson 'Reading Street' Unit 3 basal reading series, with high-frequency vocabulary words noted for each story.
Free download Remaking Plastic: SAMPLE Social Studies Reading Comprehension Passage
A free sample passage (drawn from a larger paid social-studies reading-passage series) about how plastic waste is being reused in construction (the EcoARK building), roads, and ocean-plastic textiles.
fur trade explorers (#1083)
A nonfiction reading assignment about fur trade explorers in Canadian history, building reading strategies (predicting, connecting, summarizing) around informational text, for grades 3-5.
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