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Main Idea Task Cards and Guided Mini Lessons Google Ready!

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Main IdeaTask CardsReading Comprehension Skills Do you love to read about unsolved mysteries? Capture your students' attention with nonfiction paragraphs about aliens, UFO's, crop circles, and much more! This is my students' favorite lesson. It

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

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Main Idea Task Cards and Guided Mini Lessons Unsolved Mysteries

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Main IdeaTask CardsMini LessonsUnsolved MysteriesAre you looking for engaging, high interest topics to teach main idea with? This is the unit for you! The theme is unsolved mysteries. If you liked my first Unsolved Mysteries Unit, then you will

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English Language Arts, Reading, Informational Text

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Main Idea Shared Reading Lessons and Literacy Center

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Main IdeaShared Reading and Literacy CenterPLUS Guided Mini Lessons!This is a 26 page common core-aligned unit that focuses on the critical thinking skill, main idea. It is nonfiction and ocean themed with high interest topics for 4-6th grades.

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Balanced Literacy, Reading, Informational Text

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4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, Homeschool

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Compare and Contrast Task Cards Arctic Animals

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Compare and Contrast Arctic AnimalsTask Cards and Literacy CenterGuided Mini lessons included!This is a 21 page common core-aligned unit that focuses on the critical thinking skill, compare and contrast. It is a non-fiction unit.Harp seal and walrus

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Balanced Literacy, Reading Strategies, Informational Text

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, Homeschool

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Halloween Reading Task Cards Bundle: Main Idea, Inferences, and Compare/Contrast

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HalloweenComprehension CentersMain Idea, Inference, and Compare/contrastDo you need Halloween themed reading skills lessons and practice? These passages and task cards are the perfect way to keep the Halloween theme going while still teaching

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Nonfiction Summary Literacy Center ⎮Animal Task Cards

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Nonfiction Summary UnitTask Cards How do you get your boys attention during reading? You summarize unusual animals! The topics are high interest boy topics; but the girls in my class also liked the topics. This is a two week unit, 31 pages in

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English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Informational Text

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, Homeschool

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Reading Comprehension and Progress Monitoring Bundle

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Reading Comprehension BundleMain IdeaInferenceVisualizingCause and EffectSummarizing NonfictionAssessment/progress monitoringEverything you need to teach reading! From progress monitoring to comprehension lessons, it's all included. I even added a

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English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

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Compare and Contrast Task Cards With Close Reading Lessons

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Compare and ContrastNonfiction TextGoogle Slides Ready!Print and go OR assign digitallyHow do you teach students to compare and contrast without boring them to death? Use high interest, engaging topics! These task cards allow for student choice.

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English Language Arts, Informational Text, Close Reading

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4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

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Task Cards, Lesson, Centers

CCSS:

RI.4.8, RI.4.9, RI.5.3, RI.5.5, RI.5.7, RI.5.8, RI.6.1, RI.6.7, RI.6.9

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Cause and Effect Lesson and Reading Comprehension

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Cause and EffectMini LessonTask CardsWhich is deadlier, a toilet or a toaster? Students will learn about cause and effect, practice with task cards, and apply it to longer passages. The longer passages argue which is deadlier- a toilet or a

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English Language Arts, Reading, Critical Thinking

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, Homeschool

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Similes and Metaphors Literacy Center

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Similes and Metaphors Literacy CenterThis is a fun way to teach figurative language!Included in this lesson are three literacy centers:A literacy center for just similes. The students match the missing word to the sentence. When matched, they make

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English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, Homeschool

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Megalodon Compare and Contrast the Author's Point of View

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Close ReadingPoint of ViewCompare and ContrastDoes the Megalodon Shark still exist? Is he terrorizing the Sea of Cortez? Massive sharks, three times the size of a Great White Shark, have been reported in the Sea of Cortez. Is it the once believed

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English Language Arts, Informational Text, Close Reading

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4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

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Making Predictions Task Cards and Literacy Center

By Nala Bella Teaching

Making PredictionsReading Comprehension SkillsTask Cards and Guided LessonsWhy do students struggle with reading comprehension? They may not be actively listening! Making predictions is a strategy to help students actively think and listen to what

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Informational Text

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Homeschool

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Worksheets, Lesson, Centers

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Visualizing and Connecting with the Text Literacy Center and Shared Reading

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VisualizationReading ComprehensionTask Cards and Guided LessonsDo you have students who struggle to read and comprehend? Do they read something, and then immediately forget what they read? They need practice in visualizing the text!This is a 21

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English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

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Main Idea Guided Lessons and Task Cards

By Nala Bella Teaching

Main Idea Task Cards and Guided Mini Lessons36 cards in all!High interest topics: football, music, make-up, cars, unusual animals, and more! Task cards allow students to pick the topic they want to read about, which gives students buy in. I

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English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Informational Text

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Reading Intervention Unit

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Looking for a high interest topic for your struggling readers? Big Foot is the answer! This intervention unit is designed for struggling fifth and sixth grade readers. The high interest topic will grab their attention, and learning will follow.

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English Language Arts, Informational Text, Close Reading

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Homeschool

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Compare and Contrast Task Cards and Venn Diagram Monster

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Compare and ContrastMonstersDo your students like silly stories? This unit is for you! 12 silly monster stories for your students to compare and contrast. The theme is comparing monsters. Each card has a color picture and biography of the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Informational Text

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Homeschool

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Task Cards, Lesson, Centers

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Main Idea Task Cards and Guided Mini-Lessons Rockstar

By Nala Bella Teaching

Main Idea Task Cards5 Days of Guided Lessons Included!Check out my Youtube video explaining this lesson: Rockstar Main ideaThis lesson is a main idea lesson with two parts: guided mini lessons and also an independent literacy center for practice.

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English Language Arts, Reading, Informational Text

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, Homeschool

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Task Cards, Lesson, Centers

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Inference Task Cards and Mini-Lessons: Animal Safari

By Nala Bella Teaching

Making Inferences Task Cards5 Days of Guided Mini LessonsWhat is the secret to getting kids to really think about what they are reading? Making inferences! When you make inferences, you are thinking critically about the text. This unit will not

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Informational Text

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, Homeschool

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Task Cards, Lesson, Centers

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$2.00

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Reading Skills Bundle

By Nala Bella Teaching

This is a bundle of my 3 Units: Compare/Contrast, Summarizing, and Main Idea.The topics are high interest topics created for reluctant readers. Topics included are: The Black Mamba, The Ball Python, Bigfoot, Yeti, Monster Trucks, Luxury Sports

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Informational Text

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Homeschool

Types:

Task Cards, Lesson, Centers

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Summary Cootie Catcher

By Nala Bella Teaching

Summary Cootie Catcher A fun way to learn about summaries! ↝Teaching summaries made easy! *Just print and go. Students can cut it out and answer the questions. How surprised will they be when they write their summary on their cootie catcher?

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, For All Subject Areas

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, Homeschool

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Graphic Organizers, Centers

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$1.20

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I have been teaching 5th and 6th grades for 15 years.

MY TEACHING STYLE

I am a hands on teacher. I believe that learning should be active and engaging.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

I think the biggest award I have received are the thank you notes from students. It reminds me of why I became a teacher and how much we touch their lives. :)

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Master's degree in curriculum and Instruction

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

I have a Master's degree in curriculum and instruction.

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PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool, Staff, Not Grade Specific

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English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Fractions, Geometry, Science, Environment, Social Studies, U.S. History, Arts & Music, Graphic Arts, Math Test Prep, Geography, Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Literature, Classroom Management, Professional Development, Word Problems, Instructional Technology, Problem Solving, Short Stories, Writing, Robotics, Reading Strategies, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Halloween, Valentine's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents' Day, Decimals, Black History Month, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Spring, Tools for Common Core, Earth Day, Summer, Informational Text, End of Year, Close Reading, Hispanic Heritage Month