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Book C 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 4-5.
A full-day substitute teacher plan package for Grade 3 built around the theme of how everyday items are manufactured, combining reading comprehension, writing, math review, and vocabulary activities.
Reinforce vocabulary, reading comprehension, and creative-writing skills using story-setting terms (stadium crowd, cottage in the woods, city, castle, beach, campsite, treehouse, circus) that students can use when writing narratives.
Reinforce vocabulary, reading comprehension, and creative-writing skills using a second set of story-setting terms (jail, forest, desert, haunted house, railway bridge, ocean, party, space) that students can use when writing narratives.
Provide a book companion of activities for the story 'Apple Trouble!' by Ragnhild Scamell, focused on reading comprehension and related science content (hibernation).
Reinforce vocabulary, reading comprehension, and writing skills using wedge-tool terminology (chisel, shovel, nail, door stopper, axe, tack pin, knife, scissors).
Informational science reading article about bats (biology/life science) paired with comprehension and extension questions, for literacy and content-area reading practice.
A grades 5-7 nonfiction science reading article explaining what causes wind (air pressure differences, temperature, Earth's rotation), types of intense wind, how wind is measured, and wind energy use, paired with comprehension and extension questions.
An informational science reading article explaining how bioaccumulation and biomagnification of pollutants move up the food chain and harm organisms, paired with comprehension and extension questions.
A nonfiction science reading article that explains the physics of why the sky is blue (light scattering, electromagnetic spectrum) and gives students comprehension and extension questions.
A reading comprehension resource teaching grade 8+ students about fossil fuel electricity production, using an academic-style essay with citations.
Book A 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 2-3.
A science reading article explaining momentum, impulse, and Newton's first law through the lens of car crashes and how airbags and seatbelts reduce injury.
Provides a reading comprehension and activity set on the digestive system, focused specifically on the mouth through stomach portion.
Provides a reading comprehension and activity set on the human reproductive system, including fertilization and development.
Provides a reading comprehension and activity set on the excretory system, focused specifically on the kidneys and large intestine.
Teach grades 5-8 students about ecosystems with a specific focus on the water cycle, using leveled reading passages, hands-on activities, and critical-thinking exercises spanning Bloom's Taxonomy levels.
Reinforce vocabulary, reading comprehension, and writing skills using wheat-production terminology (grinder, bread loaf, mill, dough mixer, wheat, combine harvester, ground wheat, wheat grain, bread oven, bakery, baguette).
A more advanced nonfiction science reading passage teaching watershed structure and the detailed factors affecting water movement (runoff, evaporation, infiltration, transpiration) through a watershed, paired with comprehension and extension questions.
Reinforce vocabulary, reading comprehension, and writing skills using human body-parts terminology (nose, ear, arm, eye, back, stomach, cheek, shoulder, finger, face/head, hair, tongue, lip, tooth, thumb, foot, leg, neck, knee, hand).
An interactive reading companion packet for the book 'The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush' by Tomie dePaola, teaching reading comprehension, vocabulary, and response-to-literature skills.
Reinforce vocabulary, reading comprehension, and writing skills using classroom terminology (chair, bulletin board, bookshelf, board, clock, computer, door, table, map, carpet, sink, smartboard, desk, garbage can, window).
Reinforce vocabulary, reading comprehension, and writing skills using terminology related to screws and related small hardware/tools (jar, light bulb, bottle cap, screw, bolt, drill bit).
A comprehensive close-reading unit on vertebrate animals (mammals, birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles) combining nonfiction reading passages, vocabulary instruction, and hands-on classification/sorting activities to build science content knowledge and reading comprehension skills