Vocabulary & languageResponse & discussion
Interactive Spelling Boards - Journey's 1 - 3rd Grade
Give 3rd-grade students Write It / Build It / Sort It practice with the spelling words from the Journeys reading program.
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Phonics & word reading
The Famous Cousin From The Country: Learn ou That Sounds Like u
Teaches early readers to recognize and read the 'ou' spelling pattern that makes the /u/ sound (as in 'famous', 'cousin', 'jealous') through a phonics story.
Comprehension & inferenceVocabulary & language
Joseph McCarthy & Nikita Khrushchev Reading Packet
An informational reading passage and activity packet teaching about Joseph McCarthy, the Red Scare, and Nikita Khrushchev's role in Cold War tensions including the Cuban Missile Crisis, aligned to a Georgia 5th-grade social studies standard (SS5H5) per the file name.
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Comprehension & inference
Comparing Characters Activity
Reading comprehension activity for comparing and contrasting characters' adventures and experiences across familiar picture books.
Comprehension & inference
Québec
Introduce students to the Canadian province of Quebec - its symbols, geography, history, economy, and facts - through an informational reading with comprehension questions and a symbols-matching activity.
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Response & discussion
Kindergarten Reader's Workshop Mini Lessons | Units 1-8
Provide a teacher-facing kindergarten Reader's Workshop mini-lesson pack covering foundational reading-community skills (book care, who/what/where/when/why readers read, and ways to read) using the workshop model.
Comprehension & inference
What's the Main Idea Activity
A reading comprehension activity that has students identify the main idea of a nonfiction passage and record key details that support it.
Comprehension & inferenceVocabulary & language
ESL Harry Potter Back to School Reading/ Writing Activity Worksheet!
A back-to-school themed reading comprehension and writing worksheet based on a Harry Potter excerpt (Platform 9 3/4 / journey to Hogwarts scene), for ESL/EFL students.
Comprehension & inferenceVocabulary & language
ESL Reading Activity + Essay - First Day of School around the World
An ESL/EFL reading comprehension and writing resource built around a single nonfiction-style feature article on "the first day of school in different countries around the world (Germany, Poland, Kazakhstan, Japan, India, Italy, the Netherlands, Indonesia)", used to build reading comprehension, vocabulary and essay-writing skills.
Comprehension & inferenceVocabulary & language
Fiction Adventure Story Unit: Fort McHenry in Maryland
A cross-curricular ELA reading unit built around an original adventure fiction story (Mission X Series #1 of 50, 'Backs Against the Wall', set at Fort McHenry in Maryland) that teaches figurative language, context clues, main idea, theme, inference, tone, text structures, grammar, Greek/Latin roots, and vocabulary while integrating history, science, and…
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SUPER FREE PACK | ANCHOR CHARTS IN ENGLISH | 100 PAGES
A bundle of short original English stories/fables (including at least one classic fable, 'The Lion and the Mouse') each paired with a main-idea-and-details reading-comprehension anchor chart, provided in both a completed worked example and a blank student-practice template.
Comprehension & inferenceVocabulary & language
ESL TED Talk Activity - How to start a movement - Derek Sivers
An ESL/English-language-development worksheet built around the TED Talk "How to start a movement" (speaker per file name: Derek Sivers), used to build listening comprehension, vocabulary, discussion, and writing skills before, during, and after watching the talk.
Comprehension & inferenceVocabulary & language
Covid-19 Interactive Listening Activity
Develop ESL listening, speaking, and writing skills using a news video about the global response to COVID-19.
Fluency & read-aloudComprehension & inference
This is Our House Read Aloud Book Companion Activities for IRA
A 21-activity read-aloud book companion for 'This is Our House' by Michael Rosen, providing printable reading comprehension and critical-thinking activities to accompany the book.
Comprehension & inferenceVocabulary & language
Epic Beowulf Packet
A literature packet for teaching Beowulf (Burton Raffel's translation, Books 1-13), combining a warm-up journal, vocabulary and literary-terms activities, close-reading comprehension questions, and a post-reading interview activity.
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Comprehension & inferenceResponse & discussion
Asking Questions Activity
Support reading comprehension by giving students question-word cards to guide discussion of a topic, helping them ask and answer questions to seek help, get information, or clarify understanding.
Comprehension & inferenceVocabulary & language
ESL TED Talk Activity - Looking Past Limits - Caroline Cassey
An ESL/English-language-development worksheet built around the TED Talk "Looking past limits" (speaker per file name: Caroline Casey), used to build listening comprehension, vocabulary, discussion, and writing skills before, during, and after watching the talk.
Comprehension & inferenceVocabulary & language
ESL TED Talk Activity - Less stuff, more happiness - Graham Hill
An ESL/English-language-development worksheet built around the TED Talk "Less Stuff more happiness" (speaker per file name: Graham Hill), used to build listening comprehension, vocabulary, discussion, and writing skills before, during, and after watching the talk.
Comprehension & inferenceVocabulary & language
ESL TED Talk Activity - Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator
An ESL/English-language-development worksheet built around the TED Talk "Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator" (speaker per file name: Tim Urban), used to build listening comprehension, vocabulary, discussion, and writing skills before, during, and after watching the talk.
Comprehension & inferenceVocabulary & language
ESL TED Talk Activity - How Language transformed Humanity - Mark Pagel
An ESL/English-language-development worksheet built around the TED Talk "How Language transformed humanity" (speaker per file name: Mark Pagel), used to build listening comprehension, vocabulary, discussion, and writing skills before, during, and after watching the talk.
Comprehension & inference
Business Organization & Management (Full Intro to Business Unit)
Introduce students to business organization and management concepts (organizational structures, the four functions of management, and leadership styles) via a slideshow lesson, graphic-organizer handouts, and a supplementary video-based worksheet with an answer key.
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Comprehension & inferenceVocabulary & language
Virginia SOL Reading Practice Test for Grade 8
The test pairs historical, informational and literary passages with forty-five questions. Use the teacher guide and answer explanations to review reasoning after students respond. The skill references can help you identify a focused follow-up lesson.
Response & discussion
Birthday Party Dramatic Play Set for Kindergarden & Grade 1
Dramatic-play (pretend play) center kit built around a birthday party theme, used to build oral language, social-emotional skills, math, and early literacy through role play.
Comprehension & inferenceVocabulary & language
ESL TED Talk Activity- How to stop screwing yourself over
An ESL/English-language-development worksheet built around the TED Talk "How to stop screwing yourself over" (speaker per file name: Mell Robbins), used to build listening comprehension, vocabulary, discussion, and writing skills before, during, and after watching the talk.