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A phonics activity that teaches syllable counting and syllable division using an original nonfiction song-lyric passage on the history of breaking (breakdancing) as the reading text.
A close-reading and writing activity teaching students to describe German aggression in Europe and Japanese aggression in Asia leading up to World War II, built around an 800-Lexile informational passage.
Teach students about Progressive Era "muckraker" journalists (Lincoln Steffens, Jacob Riis, Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair) and the reforms their investigative writing helped bring about.
A no-prep social-studies reading packet teaching grade-2 students how historical figures connected to Georgia adapted to their environments (Georgia standard SS2G2b, per file name), covering Creek Indians, Cherokee Indians, James Oglethorpe, Tomochichi, and Mary Musgrove.
A differentiated, no-prep reading packet teaching Georgia history content about Richard B. Russell Jr. and Carl Vinson's economic contributions to Georgia, using two versions of the same passage (on-level and below-level) with matching reading-skills worksheets.
End-of-year graphic organizer for students to reflect on and record their favorite school memory, teacher, and reading, provided in both Canadian/British and American spelling versions.
A social studies reading packet on the history of slavery in Latin America, covering European colonization, the decline of indigenous populations, and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, for use as a print-and-go classroom resource.
A social studies biography reading packet teaching 2nd graders about Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement, aligned to a Georgia history standard (SS2H1d).
A phonics activity that teaches syllable counting and syllable division using an original song-lyric passage reviewing the Moana movie as the reading text.
Use the relief, recovery and reform sections to organize research on responses to the Great Depression. A two-page reference accompanies a two-page partly completed student organizer. Review the reference before use: its fifteen entries include the later FAA, and the AAA and FHA names need correction. Students can check the supplied examples against reliable historical sources before completing the remaining spaces.
A single-page, text-agnostic graphic organizer for responding to any nonfiction article or book, prompting students to record the main idea, key facts, and their own conclusions/opinion.
A reusable graphic organizer teaching students to make inferences ('reading between the lines') by combining textual evidence with prior knowledge, usable with any book.
Teaches compare-and-contrast reading skills by having students compare Disney's movie version of Mulan with the traditional Chinese folktale, using a song passage.
A read-aloud book companion for Andrea Cheng's 'Grandfather Counts' providing reading comprehension activities covering prediction, story elements, sequencing, inference, cause and effect, character analysis, theme, and text-to-self connections.
Provide small-group/individual reading-skill intervention materials for students who are still struggling with specific reading comprehension skills after initial instruction, covering ten skills: Author's Purpose, Cause and Effect, Character, Context Clues, Inference, Main Idea, Point of View, Sequence, Summary, and Text Features.
Teaches students to critically evaluate news sources for credibility using five assessment categories (author, publisher, sources, facts, bias).
Teaches compare-and-contrast reading skills by having students compare Disney's depiction of the demigod Maui (from the movie Moana) with traditional Polynesian folklore about Maui, using a parody song passage.
A mini-unit lesson helping grade 5-8 students critically read, interpret, and analyze the Declaration of Independence, including its ideals, arguments, grievances against King George III, and the deleted paragraph on slavery.
A sequencing reading activity using a rap-song lyric passage about the life of Maggie Walker as a nonfiction-style reading passage for comprehension and chronological-order practice.
Teach compare-and-contrast reading comprehension using a two-part rap-song lyric passage about the fictional Dora Milaje (Black Panther comics) and the historical Dahomey Amazons.
Teaches high school students about student loans in both Canada and the United States, using applied math (percentages) to calculate realistic loan interest and repayment scenarios as preparation for post-secondary life.
Teach sequencing/timeline skills (putting events in chronological order) using a rap-song biography of Phillis Wheatley as the reading passage.
Free download Teach reading comprehension (identifying the main idea and supporting details) using a short English narrative about a cloud named Coco who learns that trying again, with a little help, makes a difference.
A reading comprehension activity teaching students to identify and describe how a story character responds to major events and challenges, using a short narrative as a model.