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Nonfiction Reading Skills Review
A Google Classroom-ready slide deck for reviewing six nonfiction reading comprehension skills.
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Reading strategies
Making Inferences Idea Development Digital Lesson
Digital lesson teaching the reading-comprehension skill of making inferences and idea development, for middle-school students, via differentiated interactive Google Slides notes ("Pixanotes").
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Reading strategies
R.A.C.E. Strategy Practice: Animals
Teach and give students practice with the R.A.C.E. (Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain) response strategy for written reading-comprehension answers, using six informational passages about animals.
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Science & nature
Frog Life Cycle Adapted Book Slide Deck for Special Ed
Frog Life Cycle Adapted Book Slide Deck for Special Ed This is a dynamic and engaging interactive resource designed to enrich your science lessons on frogs and their life cycle. It features a compelling, 10-slide presentation with an integrated 9-page adapted book full of fascinating information about frogs. Educates students…
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History & biography
Bill Clinton | Reading Comprehension Deck | Interactive Lesson
A micro-learning interactive slide deck biography of Bill Clinton, building reading comprehension, vocabulary, and summarizing skills through an informational text.
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History & biography
Streetcars | Reading Comprehension Deck | Interactive Lesson
A micro-learning slide deck teaching the history of American streetcars (their rise, decline, and modern revival, using New Orleans as an example) through a video-lesson slot, an informational reading passage with an embedded interview quote, and comprehension activities.
Fiction & book companions
Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right | Figurative Language Activity | Micro-Learning Deck
A micro-learning slide deck teaching the figurative-language idiom "Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right" through a video lesson, an audio-supported reading passage, and comprehension practice.
Science & nature
Panda Bears | Interactive Science Lesson | Micro-Learning Deck
Interactive micro-learning slide deck teaching middle-school students about panda biology, conservation, and habitat through close reading and short-response activities.
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Fiction & book companions
READING A FOLKLORE FABLE: THE DISCONTENTED FISH - POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
A no-prep PowerPoint reading comprehension lesson built around the Senegalese folk story 'The Discontented Fish,' structured using New Bloom's Taxonomy levels and aligned to Common Core RL.6-8 standards.
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Science & nature
Puffin Facts | Interactive Science Lesson | Micro-Learning Deck
Teach middle-school science students about Atlantic puffin appearance, habitat, diet, and behavior through an interactive digital slide deck.
Science & nature
Gas | Interactive Science Lesson | Micro-Learning Deck
Teach middle/high-school science students about the properties and behavior of gases through a multimedia 'micro-learning' slide deck.
History & biography
Story of Papyrus | Reading Comprehension Deck | Interactive Lesson
An interactive slide-deck lesson that teaches students about the history and making of papyrus in ancient Egypt through video, a reading passage, and comprehension activities.
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History & biography
The Oregon Trail | Reading Comprehension Deck | Interactive Lesson
A no-prep digital micro-learning slide deck teaching about the Oregon Trail through video, an audio-supported reading passage, close reading, and a summary writing task.
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Fiction & book companions
The Boy Who Cried Wolf | Figurative Language Activity | Micro-Learning Deck
A slide deck that teaches figurative-language and reading-comprehension skills using the fable The Boy Who Cried Wolf as the anchor text.
History & biography
Theodore Roosevelt | Reading Comprehension Deck | Interactive Lesson
A digital micro-learning slide deck teaching biographical/informational content about Theodore Roosevelt through a video lesson, an audio-supported reading passage, vocabulary, and comprehension activities.
Fiction & book companions
Ira Sleeps Over | Book Companion Activities | Digital Book Study
Digital book-study slide deck (companion activities) for the picture book Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard Waber, targeting reading comprehension skills.
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Fiction & book companions
Pout Pout Fish Goes to School | Book Companion Activities | Digital Book Study
A digital slide-deck book study/companion for the picture book 'Pout Pout Fish Goes to School', building reading comprehension and story-elements skills.
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Fiction & book companions
READING A NARRATIVE POETRY: THE SONG OF HIAWATHA - POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
A no-prep PowerPoint reading comprehension lesson built around an extract of 'The Song of Hiawatha' by H. W. Longfellow, structured using New Bloom's Taxonomy levels and aligned to Common Core RL.6-8 standards.
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History & biography
Donald Trump | Reading Comprehension Deck | Interactive Lesson
Deliver a middle-school social-studies micro-lesson on Donald Trump's life and presidency through an interactive digital slide deck.
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Science & nature
Saving the Polar Bears | Interactive Science Lesson | Micro-Learning Deck
An interactive digital slide deck teaching reading comprehension and vocabulary through an informational text about polar bears and Arctic ice loss.
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Science & nature
Cow Life Cycle Adapted Book - Google Slides
An adapted-book Google Slides resource teaching the stages of the cow life cycle for early learners, including special education use.
Science & nature
Otter Facts | Interactive Science Lesson | Micro-Learning Deck
Digital slide deck ('Micro-Learning Deck') teaching facts about the North American River Otter through an informational reading passage, vocabulary, and interactive review activities.
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History & biography
Nelson Mandela | Reading Comprehension Deck | Interactive Lesson
An interactive slide-deck lesson teaching middle/high school students about Nelson Mandela's life and fight against apartheid through reading, vocabulary, and comprehension activities
History & biography
Industrial Revolution | Reading Comprehension Deck | Interactive Lesson
An interactive slide-deck micro-lesson teaching the Industrial Revolution through video, a reading passage, vocabulary/comprehension activities, and a summary-writing task.
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