Reading Comprehension Nonfiction Set 1 Sample - Ostrich (PPT)
A single nonfiction reading-comprehension lesson about ostriches, pairing an informational passage with comprehension, spelling, summarizing, and extension activities.
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A single nonfiction reading-comprehension lesson about ostriches, pairing an informational passage with comprehension, spelling, summarizing, and extension activities.
View state facts and symbols slides, watch embedded videos (via clickable license-plate links), read an informational passage about the state, and complete a summary writing activity (one sentence per sentence-starter prompt: First/Next/Also/Last).
Students read/watch a passage about mammals, fill in missing vocabulary terms in sentences (word bank: aortic, attraction, mammals, monotremes, offspring), and drag-and-drop matching of terms to definitions.
This lesson package on The History and Future of Flight begins with an inquiry WebQuest to get your students thinking about important historical events in aviation. The lesson then overviews the history of flight and looks at today's aircraft. Lastly, it looks at what aviation might look like in the near future. Each of the…
A multi-day Earth and Space Science lesson package on celestial objects (the sun and other stars, planets, moons, asteroids/comets, meteoroids/meteors/meteorites, the Milky Way and other galaxies, interstellar medium), delivered as a fill-in-the-blank guided-notes presentation for secondary students.
Reading Comprehension Passages Nonfiction Set 2 (Google Slides)
A narrated PowerPoint presentation introducing young learners to hedgehogs (autumn animal topic), covering basic facts such as habitat, defense (curling into a spiky ball), and diet, plus a hedgehog coloring page.
Introduce, review, or assess six types of figurative language (simile, metaphor, personification, idiom, hyperbole, alliteration) through a self-checking, branching 'Mitten Hunt' digital game (PowerPoint-based, with an accompanying teacher guide referencing a Google Slides version).
Teach AP Human Geography vocabulary and concepts related to inner-city urban decline: filtering, redlining, white flight, blockbusting, and public housing.
Preview the topic, watch a video lesson, read a non-fiction passage about great white sharks (readability level 5.1, 327 words), complete a cloze ('What's Missing') sentence-completion activity using a vocabulary word bank, respond to a 'Play on Words' shark joke prompt, write a one-sentence-per-prompt summary using…
A digital micro-learning slide deck teaching about the historic Incan rope bridge (Q'eswachaka) through informational reading and vocabulary practice.
A slide presentation with accompanying student notes/graphic-organizer PDF introducing major Cold War conflicts and flashpoints (Berlin Airlift, Korean War, Berlin Wall, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War) as a lead-in before deeper primary-source study.
Introduce and define satire and its component literary devices/elements so students can identify them before or while reading a satirical text.
Six political thinkers — Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Beccaria, and Voltaire — and their core beliefs open this 36-slide walk through the Age of Enlightenment, covering its definition and origins, the Philosophes' five guiding concepts, the salons that spread new ideas, scientific discoveries such as gravity and electricity, Baroque and Classical composers, Physiocrat and Adam Smith economic theory, and the American and French Revolutions. A companion five-page fill-in-the-blank outline mirrors the slide order so students can take notes as the presentation plays. Four think-pair-share slides pause the lecture; the note outline contains five discussion prompts, including an additional discoveries prompt. Placeholder text throughout the slides ("Insert an image of...") marks where teachers are expected to add their own portraits and illustrations.
Full 5-lesson candy-themed reading comprehension series formatted as a slideshow-style PDF (no PowerPoint needed) for projecting directly in class, covering candy types, flavors, shapes/colors, ingredients and fun facts.
An interactive micro-learning slide deck teaching grades 5-8 students about daily life in ancient Rome (clothing, food, housing, the forum) through a reading passage, vocabulary, and comprehension activities.
Teach a full introductory business/economics unit on supply and demand, covering demand, supply, equilibrium, and the effect of the business cycle, via slides, guided notes, and graphing practice.
Horse Chestnut Tree: Kindergarten Science Project: Presentation This Horse Chestnut Tree Life Cycle Kindergarten Science Project PowerPoint follows the life cycle of the Horse Chestnut tree through the seasons. Beautiful, original photos will captivate children, making an everyday sight into an object of awe and…
Follow a slide presentation covering the five themes, then fill in a matching fill-in-the-blank ('skeleton') outline worksheet reproducing the same notes with key terms removed for students to complete.
Access page for the full 5-lesson candy-themed reading comprehension series delivered as editable Google Slides; the opened file is a Google Drive redirect cover listing the 5 lessons, not the slide content itself.
Explore intrinsic and extrinsic motivation through example scenarios before students rate ten statements about everyday choices. The scoring sheet groups their responses into two totals, providing a starting point for discussing rewards, consequences and personal interest. Use the results to reflect on these answers and possible strategies for a task, rather than treating the totals as a fixed description of a student.
Provides a comparative history lesson on the lives, conquests, and legacies of Alexander the Great and Genghis Khan for middle/high school students.
This Mushroom Science Lesson has 35+ pages full of learning about mushrooms! There is teacher guidance and note-taking provided for the teacher to keep track of learning. A printable booklet is included for students to make as they draw , colour, learn and explore mushrooms. The pack includes a simple 23-slide…
An English-language reading comprehension quiz presentation about robots and the future of work, used to check understanding of a short informational/persuasive passage.