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Dinosaurs Comprehension Series | Episode 7: The Velociraptor | Audiobook teaching resource preview

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Dinosaurs Comprehension Series | Episode 7: The Velociraptor | Audiobook

Listen to (or read the transcript of) a short audio episode about Velociraptor, then answer written comprehension questions, describe Velociraptor's features, and fill in a partially completed Velociraptor skeleton diagram.

Includes: audio episode (published as two mp3 files; ~10-17 additional .m4a files appear to be raw production takes/segments of the same… · episode transcript (docx)

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File: Multiple File Types

Graphic Organizers Simplified A - Reading, Writing & Thinking Skills teaching resource preview

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Graphic Organizers Simplified A - Reading, Writing & Thinking Skills

Read a selection, complete a matched graphic organizer (Venn diagram, web, concept map, flow chart, table, timeline, etc.), answer multiple-choice comprehension questions, then write short constructed responses; some lessons include an 'On-Your-Own Activity'.

Includes: 18 reading selections (fiction and nonfiction: articles, stories, poems) each paired with a graphic organizer and comprehension… · table of contents

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File: PDF
Level: 2–3

Car Safety - Digital Science Reading Article - Grades 5-7 teaching resource preview

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Car Safety - Digital Science Reading Article - Grades 5-7

Read the article and answer reading comprehension questions about momentum, impulse, and car safety devices, then complete extension questions (explain seatbelt importance using physics, propose additional safety devices, and diagram how airbags work).

Includes: reading passage on momentum/impulse and car crash safety · reading comprehension questions

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File: Multiple File Types
Level: 5–7

Circulatory, Digestive & Reproductive Systems: Mouth to Stomach Gr. 5-8 teaching resource preview

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Circulatory, Digestive & Reproductive Systems: Mouth to Stomach Gr. 5-8

Read a comprehension passage, answer questions, label a diagram, complete a crossword and word search, and take a comprehension quiz.

Includes: reading comprehension passage · hands-on activity worksheets

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File: PDF
Level: 5–8

Circulatory, Digestive & Reproductive Systems: The Reproductive System Gr. 5-8 teaching resource preview

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Circulatory, Digestive & Reproductive Systems: The Reproductive System Gr. 5-8

Read a comprehension passage, answer questions, label a diagram, complete a crossword and word search, and take a comprehension quiz.

Includes: reading comprehension passage · hands-on activity worksheets

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File: PDF
Level: 5–8

Ants Reading Comprehension Passage - Cored Ed Encyclopedia teaching resource preview

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Ants Reading Comprehension Passage - Cored Ed Encyclopedia

Read pre-reading trivia facts and a nonfiction passage about ants, answer multiple-choice and short-answer comprehension questions, write a short creative-writing paragraph from a worker ant's perspective, and choose one hands-on extension activity (trail-map, ant-body diagram, or fungus-farm model).

Includes: pre-reading trivia · reading passage

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File: PDF
Level: 2–5

Circulatory, Digestive & Reproductive Systems: Kidneys & Large Intestine Gr. 5-8 teaching resource preview

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Circulatory, Digestive & Reproductive Systems: Kidneys & Large Intestine Gr. 5-8

Read a comprehension passage, answer questions, label a diagram, complete a crossword and word search, and take a comprehension quiz.

Includes: reading comprehension passage · hands-on activity worksheets

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File: PDF
Level: 5–8

Ecosystems: The Water Cycle teaching resource preview

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Ecosystems: The Water Cycle

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.

Includes: cover and Bloom's Taxonomy critical-thinking skills chart mapping each of 8 sections to specific skills · assessment rubric for evaluating student understanding, application, creativity, and independent-interest application

File: PDF
Level: 5–8

Reading Passage 31: Invertebrates PPT teaching resource preview

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Reading Passage 31: Invertebrates PPT

Read a science passage presented across slides, answer 10 multiple-choice questions, answer 5 additional short-answer questions, label the three parts of an insect's body on a diagram, and complete a spelling/vocabulary clue exercise.

Includes: 36-slide presentation with reading passage ('Lesson 31: Invertebrates') · 10 multiple-choice comprehension questions

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File: Microsoft PowerPoint
Level: 5–7

A Mixed-up Bedtime Story: "The Little Gray Wolf and Red Riding Hood" teaching resource preview

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A Mixed-up Bedtime Story: "The Little Gray Wolf and Red Riding Hood"

Read aloud or act out the 13-part play script; before reading, predict what a 'mixed-up' fairy tale might mean; after reading, compare/contrast this version with the traditional Little Red Riding Hood tale; identify the 5 talking animal characters, describe make-believe events, and explain the happy ending; determine…

Includes: 13-part play/reader's theater script (Little Gray Wolf and Red Riding Hood retelling) · character list

File: PDF
Level: 1–3

Science Comprehension on Changes in the Earth and Sky (Word) teaching resource preview

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Science Comprehension on Changes in the Earth and Sky (Word)

Students read an informational passage, then answer multiple-choice comprehension questions (recall, cause/effect, and diagram/flowchart completion), and complete a spelling fill-in-the-blank exercise using words drawn from the passage; answers can be self- or teacher-checked against the included answer key.

Includes: Lesson 35: Slow Changes to the Earth's Surface (passage, questions, flowchart/bar graph) · Lesson 36: Fast Changes to the Earth's Surface (passage, questions, flowchart, spelling exercise, answer key)

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File: Microsoft Word
Level: 2–4

Science Reading Organisms and Environments (Presentable PDF) teaching resource preview

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Science Reading Organisms and Environments (Presentable PDF)

Students read an illustrated passage in each lesson, then answer multiple-choice comprehension questions, complete flowchart/food-web diagrams, and complete a spelling/vocabulary fill-in-the-blank exercise (confirmed in full for Lesson 26: Food Chains and Food Webs, including a complete answer key; Lesson 27…

Includes: Lesson_26_Food_Chains_and_Food_Webs (26 pages) - passage, 8 questions including flowchart-completion items, spelling/vocabulary… · Lesson_27_Organisms_Change_Environments (26 pages) - passage on predator/prey population effects begins (remainder not in reviewed…

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File: PDF
Level: 2–4

Grade 2: Reading Comprehension Volume 3 Printable Workbook teaching resource preview

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Grade 2: Reading Comprehension Volume 3 Printable Workbook

Read each short story, then write short answers to 'What Did the Story Say?' comprehension questions, match vocabulary words to definitions, sequence story events by numbering sentences, sort statements into 'then'/'now' or fiction/nonfiction categories, label a diagram, draw a map or picture, and write personal…

Includes: 5 short stories: 'An Elf in the Broom Closet' (fiction), 'A Peachy Game' (nonfiction narrative about the invention of basketball)… · comprehension question pages ('What Did the Story Say?') per story

File: PDF
Level: 2

How to be a Hero | Book Companion Activities | Digital Book Study teaching resource preview

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How to be a Hero | Book Companion Activities | Digital Book Study

Follow the read-aloud, type/write/draw answers to sequencing and character-analysis organizers, drag-and-drop matching and fill-in-the-blank activities, complete a story-elements diagram, answer true/false questions, sort main idea vs. detail, and write a short summary paragraph about being a hero.

Includes: read-aloud intro slide · sequencing organizer (beginning/middle/end)

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File: Microsoft PowerPoint
Level: 2–5

How Things Are Made: Full Day Substitute Plans teaching resource preview

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How Things Are Made: Full Day Substitute Plans

Write morning/afternoon group messages; read comprehension passages (Natural Resources, How to Make Erasers, How to Make Pencils, How to Make Paper, How to Make Brownies) and answer comprehension questions; draw sequence-of-steps illustrations; complete a Venn diagram comparing pencil- and eraser-making; write…

Includes: Morning/afternoon group message scripts · Reader Response papers

File: PDF
Level: 3

Literacy worksheets: Story setting vol 1 teaching resource preview

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Literacy worksheets: Story setting vol 1

Students label pictures with vocabulary words, write sentences and an original story using the words, make personal connections to the topic, play a guessing/charades game, solve anagrams, write riddles, do internet research on the topic, reflect on a favorite word, create two levels of comic strips, complete a…

Includes: vocabulary sheet (word/picture list) · picture-labeling activity sheet

File: PDF
Level: 3–5

Literacy worksheets: Story settings vol 2 teaching resource preview

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Literacy worksheets: Story settings vol 2

Students label pictures with vocabulary words, write sentences and an original story using the words, make personal connections to the topic, play a guessing/charades game, solve anagrams, write riddles, do internet research on the topic, reflect on a favorite word, create two levels of comic strips, complete a…

Includes: vocabulary sheet (word/picture list) · picture-labeling activity sheet

File: PDF
Level: 3–5

Apple Trouble! (A Book Companion) teaching resource preview

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Apple Trouble! (A Book Companion)

Provide a book companion of activities for the story 'Apple Trouble!' by Ragnhild Scamell, focused on reading comprehension and related science content (hibernation).

Includes: SWBST retell worksheet with answer key · problem/solution worksheets

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K–1

Literacy worksheets: wedges teaching resource preview

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Literacy worksheets: wedges

Students label pictures with vocabulary words, write sentences and an original story using the words, make personal connections to the topic, play a guessing/charades game, solve anagrams, write riddles, do internet research on the topic, reflect on a favorite word, create two levels of comic strips, complete a…

Includes: vocabulary sheet (word/picture list) · picture-labeling activity sheet

File: PDF
Level: 3–5

Substitute Teacher Activity Packet and Worksheets teaching resource preview

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Substitute Teacher Activity Packet and Worksheets

Students read two passages and answer reading-response questions, complete a paired-text comparison, do a coloring/draw-and-write page, write an acrostic poem, complete a school-supplies matching page and word search, fill in a Venn diagram comparing teachers and substitutes, complete creative writing prompts (a…

Includes: informational passage 'What is a Substitute Teacher?' with reading response questions · narrative passage 'The Substitute Creature' with reading response questions

File: PDF
Level: 1–5

Literacy worksheets: Wheat production teaching resource preview

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Literacy worksheets: Wheat production

Students label pictures with vocabulary words, write sentences and an original story using the words, make personal connections to the topic, play a guessing/charades game, solve anagrams, write riddles, do internet research on the topic, reflect on a favorite word, create two levels of comic strips, complete a…

Includes: vocabulary sheet (word/picture list) · picture-labeling activity sheet

File: PDF
Level: 3–5

Watersheds Reading Comprehension Article teaching resource preview

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Watersheds Reading Comprehension Article

Read the article about watersheds, answer seven reading comprehension questions covering evaporation/infiltration factors and watershed vocabulary (headwaters, confluence, mouth), and complete two extension tasks (drawing a watershed water-cycle diagram and identifying their own local watershed).

Includes: reading passage on watersheds and detailed factors affecting water movement · 7 reading comprehension questions

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File: Multiple File Types
Level: 8–10

Literacy Worksheets: The body teaching resource preview

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Literacy Worksheets: The body

Students label pictures with vocabulary words, write sentences and an original story using the words, make personal connections to the topic, play a guessing/charades game, solve anagrams, write riddles, do internet research on the topic, reflect on a favorite word, create two levels of comic strips, complete a…

Includes: vocabulary sheet (word/picture list) · picture-labeling activity sheet

File: PDF
Level: 3–5

The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush | Interactive Reading Packet teaching resource preview

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The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush | Interactive Reading Packet

Draw and write about personal talents, draw a personal dream, retell the story using a Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then organizer, answer roll-and-retell discussion questions, complete cause-and-effect charts, describe the main character's growth from beginning to end, compare self to the main character, describe and…

Includes: Cover page (companion to the book by Tomie dePaola) · 'Gifts and Gladness' writing/drawing page (personal talents)

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File: PDF
Level: Pre-K, 1–2