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A reading comprehension resource built around graphic organizers that teach story structure, character analysis, setting, plot, nonfiction text features, and comprehension skills such as analyzing, comparing, contrasting, sequencing, questioning, cause and effect, and summarizing.
Combine science content about extreme environments (desert, deep ocean, space) with reading comprehension and compare/contrast skills.
Book B of a 4-book reading-comprehension series pairing short reading selections (from past issues of Highlights for Children) with a matched graphic organizer and a 3-part worksheet (comprehension questions, Analyze and Write, Think and Write) to teach systematic thinking and reading strategies for grades 3-4.
Reading comprehension practice using a passage about tooth decay, paired with a labeled diagram.
Reading passage explaining water-cycle processes, with comprehension and extension questions, designed for distance learning / Google Classroom use.
A set of reusable reading-strategy anchor posters paired with blank graphic-organizer response sheets (two ruled-line versions of each: with and without pre-drawn lines) that students use with any book they are independently reading, covering the 'Five Finger Rule' for choosing a just-right book plus cause and effect, compare and…
A reading comprehension article and activity teaching how food webs work, including trophic levels, producers, consumers, and decomposers
A generic novel-study student workbook that can be used with any novel to guide pre-reading, during-reading, and post-reading comprehension and analysis activities.
Book D of a 4-book reading-comprehension series pairing short reading selections (from past issues of Highlights for Children) with a matched graphic organizer and a 3-part worksheet (comprehension questions, Analyze and Write, Think and Write) to teach systematic thinking and reading strategies for grades 5-6.
A 14-activity compare-and-contrast unit about polar bears and penguins, covering reading comprehension, vocabulary, writing, map skills, and hands-on tasks.
A middle/high school health unit introducing the parts and functions of the male and female reproductive systems.
A multi-activity packet to engage students productively during a substitute-teacher day, combining reading comprehension, creative writing, and low-prep filler activities.
A nonfiction science reading passage teaching what watersheds are, how they're divided, and how water moves through them (runoff, evaporation, infiltration, groundwater, transpiration), paired with comprehension and extension questions.
A reader-response question packet for Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar,' organized by act, to build reading comprehension through written response.
Reinforce vocabulary, reading comprehension, and writing skills using sea-animal terminology (eel, fish, jellyfish, orca, shark, crab, seal, turtle, lobster, seahorse, walrus, starfish, whale, swordfish, squid, octopus, dolphin, shrimp, stingray).
A large no-prep solar system unit packet covering the Sun, planets, moon and asteroid belt through informational readings and a variety of worksheets to build vocabulary, reading comprehension, and factual knowledge.
A printable flipbook craft teaching students about cheetahs - physical features, speed, self-defense, classification, habitat, diet, and body parts - with a reading comprehension and writing component.
Reinforce vocabulary, reading comprehension, and writing skills using weather-instrument terminology (hygrometer, weather vane, rain gauge, anemometer, wind sock, thermometer, barometer).
Build listening/reading comprehension and content knowledge about Velociraptor size, anatomy, feathers, and hunting behavior, contrasted with its Hollywood depiction.
A 13-part reader's theater play script ('A Mixed-Up Bedtime Story: The Little Gray Wolf and Red Riding Hood', a role-reversed retelling of Little Red Riding Hood) with an accompanying teacher guide and student activities to build reading comprehension, story elements, and fairy-tale analysis skills for Grades 1-3.
A book companion of print-and-go reading comprehension activities for the picture book "Miss Nelson is Missing" by James Marshall.
A 20-page grade 2 reading comprehension workbook using five short stories (fiction and nonfiction) with follow-up comprehension, vocabulary, sequencing, and fiction/nonfiction discrimination activities.
Interactive micro-learning book companion deck for the book 'How to be a Hero' by Florence Parry Heide, building reading comprehension skills (sequencing, story elements, comprehension, summarizing) around a read-aloud.
8 Tips to Help Students Build Better Reading Skills - Visual Mind Map Visual Mind Map, a teaching resource suitable for educators and homeschool parents, is designed to enhance students' reading skills.