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Middle school reading strategies pdfs
Making Inferences Task Cards - Digital and Print Passages Inferencing Activities
Making Inferences is an important reading skill, and these inferencing task cards and digital activities can help!Each card/slide features a short passage with a text-dependent question plus a follow-up question asking students to explain their reasoning. Students will need to use clues within the text to infer their answers. WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:24 Task Cards (prints 4 to a page)Black-lineColorRecording SheetsAnswer KeysDirections & SuggestionsDIGITAL:Google Slides (Regular & Self-
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4th - 6th
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Cause and Effect Task Cards with Graphic Organizers Digital and Audio Support
These cause and effect task cards are perfect for teaching this complex skill! Cause and effect graphic organizers, audio support, and recording sheet options are great for differentiation! WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:24 Task Cards (prints 4 to a page)Black-lineColorRecording SheetsAnswer Keys2 Posters, Anchor Charts2 Cause and Effect Graphic OrganizersDIGITAL:Google SlidesEasel ActivityDIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:Digital or Print3 Challenge Cards to extend the lessonAudio Support Multiple versions of
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3rd - 6th
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Theme Task Cards with Print & Digital Versions Activity Reading Differentiation
Theme is a tricky skill to master, but this resource can make teaching theme easier for you and learning it easier for your students!PLUS FREE BONUS! Write to a theme! WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:16 Task Cards (prints 4 to a page)Black-lineColorRecording Sheets (3 different formats)Answer KeysDIGITAL:Google Slides (3 versions)Google Forms Assessment - Self-CheckingEasel Assessment - Self-CheckingDIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:Digital or PrintChallenge Cards to extend the lessonReference PosterAudio Suppor
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4th - 6th
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Summarize It! Task Cards - Nonfiction Text Summary with Audio - Print & Digital
Summarizing nonfiction texts can be so hard for students! Give them lots of practice with these 24 informational task cards! Use in a print or digital format!WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:24 Task Cards (prints 4 to a page)Black-lineColorRecording SheetsAnswer KeysDIGITAL:Google SlidesEasel ActivityDIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:Digital or PrintChallenge Cards to extend the lessonAudio Support Multiple versions of the recording sheet includedGreat for 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th grade! CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW TO SEE
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3rd - 6th
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End of the Year Break Activities Digital Resources Mystery Game - Team Building
Are you ready to watch reading comprehension skills skyrocket before the end of the year break?! Students will work together to solve the mystery AND practice a variety of academic skills including; inferencing, critical thinking, problem solving, reading comprehension, and much more! The material is so fun and engaging, students won't even know they are actually learning! This activity can be used anytime of year and is a fantastic way to get students excited about learning.⏳ Gameplay: 90 min
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5th - 9th
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Figurative Language Worksheets: Simile, Metaphor, Alliteration, Idiom, and More!
You've taught your students the seven most common types of figurative language... now what? Next comes lots of practice! These no-prep figurative language worksheets are ready to go for you. Just print and go! A worksheet that focuses on each of the following literary devices is included: similes, metaphors, onomatopoeias, alliteration, personification, hyperboles, and idioms. These figurative language worksheets consist of both reading exercises and writing exercises. First, students will have
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4th - 6th
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Book Review - Doodle Book Report - Use with any book!
Take book reports and book projects to a whole new level with this super fun Doodle Book Review! First, students complete a step-by-step planning guide. They’ll reflect on the book’s characters, plot, setting, and theme. In addition, they’ll rate the book, identify an important quote, write a summary, describe the book in just three words, and even make up an award for the book. Next, they’ll use their insights from their planning pages to design a Doodle Book Review. Using a doodle templat
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4th - 7th
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End of the Year Activities - Reading Comprehension - Digital Resources
Are you ready to watch reading comprehension skills skyrocket before the end of the year break?! This mystery game digital resource is great for team building. Students will work together to solve the mystery AND practice a variety of academic skills including; inferencing, critical thinking, problem solving, reading comprehension, and much more! The material is so fun and engaging, students won't even know they are actually learning! This activity can be used anytime of year and is a fantast
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7th - 12th
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Making Inferences Worksheets Inferencing Activities Passages 4th 5th Grade
Do you find it hard to find quality, age-appropriate inferencing activities? This resource includes short stories that teach students how to use text evidence and their prior knowledge (schema) to make logical inferences. Students will be required to refer to and quote details and examples in the text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. Do your students need practice making inferences?Making inferences is no easy task for some students! Infere
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4th - 6th
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Titanic! Nonfiction Text Features & Comparing Multiple Accounts 4-8 NO PREP
Spice up your lessons with this Titanic Pack! Students practice identifying and using nonfiction text features in natural context. They'll also compare multiple accounts of survivor stories. Just like all of my other activity packs, these lessons are FUN, extremely high-interest, organized, RIGOROUS, and ready to teach today!*NOTE* - This product is included in my Spring Bundle. Purchase the bundle to receive an exclusive Easter Mini-Pack!Your students will:Construct an 11 page "book" in their i
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4th - 9th
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Character Traits & Analysis Graphic Organizers Character Map & Development
Get ready for an amazing reading resource tailor-made for your 3rd, 4th or 5th-grade students: "Character Traits and Analysis Graphic Organizers"! These awesome graphic organizers are designed with captivating layouts to grab your students' attention and take their understanding of characters in literature to the next level.This reading resource will help your students delve deep into the story's characters. Your readers will visually organize important traits and relationships, while also keepi
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: Character Graphic Organizers Bundle: Printable and Digital Resouce
Reading Strategies Task Cards Reading Skills & Comprehension - Theme, Main Idea+
Huge discounted bundle of 22 sets of Reading Strategy Task Cards! Each card features a short, curriculum-based and/or high-interest passage, along with a text-dependent question or prompt. 17 sets include Audio Support and all the sets have Google Apps and Easel resources!This bundle includes 22 task card resources:Find the Theme: Theme is a tricky skill to master, but this resource can make teaching theme easier for you and learning it easier for your students!Informational Text Structures: The
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3rd - 6th
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Elements of Poetry Unit for Middle School Students Bundle
Why do we often submit our students to long, dull, (dare I say, torturous) poetry units that they hate? Why not make poetry as fun and exciting as it has the potential to be?This unit does just that! Inside this .pdf file, you will find 10 elements of poetry lesson plans and activities plus a pre and post-test. Each lesson comes with everything you need (from links to engaging Google Slides Presentations to note sheets to assignments to answer keys and rubrics) to make your class's poetry study
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6th - 8th
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Inference Activity: Making Inferences using Pixar-esque Shorts: Paper & Digital
After viewing 8 Short Films, students will answer inference questions and cite evidence from each of the shorts that proves the inferences. The Short Films are hyperlinked within the assignment and within the teacher's copy so a YouTube link for EVERY short film is provided for you!! Product includes Print and Digital versions. An answer key is also provided. These are great to use all at once or one at a time as starters for the beginning of class. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Download PREVIEW for FREE Activity!!
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4th - 7th
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Narrative Texts Comprehension | Language Strategies, Vocabulary, Inferencing
These print and go, no-prep worksheets are perfect for increasing skills in comprehending and understanding narratives in speech therapy sessions!These printables teach several language-based reading comprehension strategies including previewing the text for important information prior to reading, answering story grammar based comprehension questions, identifying the main idea (in a scaffolded, supported way!), and making basic inferences about the text. In addition, each page includes 4 key voc
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K - 7th
Also included in: Middle School Starter Kit for Speech and Language Therapy
Author's Purpose - It's All About PIE - Anchor Charts
****This kit is now available as part of a money-saving BUNDLE! Check it out here (Click on the title): Save With A Bundle: Author's Purpose - All About PIE and Reader's Tool Box Get ready for the first day and week of school!
Updated to include a fourth optional poster for Explain. See preview file!
A fun way to introduce Author's Purpose to any grade level! I used the P.I.E. acronym (Persuade, Inform, Entertain) but took it to the next level by actually using pie as the text examples. P
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K - 8th
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Reading Passages with Comprehension Questions: 4th Grade and 5th Grade (Set 1)
This resource contains 20 reading comprehension passages (10 nonfiction passages, 9 fiction passages, and 1 poem). Beneath each passage, there are six multiple-choice comprehension questions. These reading passages can be used in so many ways! Some options include using them as a test prep activity, as morning work or homework, or as part of a small group lesson.The comprehension questions vary with each passage, which allows your students the opportunity to review several reading skills at once
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Reading Passages Bundle with Comprehension Questions
Paraphrasing Practice Activity - Paraphrase Task Cards - Anchor Chart - Digital
Paraphrasing is an essential skill for many types of writing, but a difficult one to master. Each of these 32 paraphrasing task cards (print or digital) features a different informational text (nonfiction) paragraph for students to paraphrase. These paragraphs are ideal for working on this skill because their shorter length will not overwhelm your students, but will still provide plenty of practice. Additional support material is also included with the cards. PRINT VERSION INCLUDES:Teacher Instr
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4th - 7th
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Nonfiction Text Structure Flipbook - Printable & Digital
Text structure activities in a fun flipbook to review or practice! Covers the following nonfiction text structures with example passages: cause & effect, compare & contrast, sequence/chronological order, problem & solution, and description. This flipbook will help students understand informational passages or nonfiction text better. This flipbook with activities will help you introduce the different types of text structures to your students. It comes with an introductory page and th
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4th - 7th
End of the Year Break Activities Mystery Game - Engaging Team Building - Digital
Are you ready to watch your student engagement skyrocket before the end of the year break?! Great for team building! Students will work together to solve the mystery AND practice a variety of academic skills including; inferencing, critical thinking, problem solving, reading comprehension, and much more! The material is so fun and engaging, students won't even know they are actually learning! This activity can be used anytime of year and is a fantastic way to get students excited about learni
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4th - 9th
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Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions - Reading Worksheet Pack
**You might also like my Inferring (Making Inferences) Reading Response Pack - Templates For Any Book**Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions - Reading Worksheet PackThis resource includes 15 worksheets to reinforce making inferences and drawing conclusions as a reading strategy. Each worksheet includes a reading passage followed by questions asking students to make three inferences about the text. Students also have to explain how they made each of their inferences (using clues from the text
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Reading Strategy Bundle - Comprehension Passages
Reader's Theater for Greek Mythology (3 leveled scripts; 4 myths)
Focus on differentiation! This reader’s theater set features 4 popular stories from Greek Mythology written on 3 separate reading levels for a total of 12 plays! Each script contains 5-6 parts, making it a perfect activity for centers or leveled guided reading groups! Modified versions provide support in basic fluency skills, regular versions focus on expression development, and enriched versions challenge students with tier 2 vocabulary and figurative language components. This set helps me
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Reader's Theater Bundle of Myths, Legends, and Traditional Tales!
Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions - Reading Test Prep
Are you looking for READING COMPREHENSION PASSAGES with Rigorous Questions that truly model the State Testing Format? Then look no further!This file contains 10 original Reading Comprehension Passages designed for STATE TEST PREP Practice. __________________________________________________________________"I was looking for test prep practice for 2-part questions and using text evidence, and this resource has been amazing! I appreciate that the topics are very high-interest--my students love the
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4th - 7th
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Emoji Context Clues Color By Number Worksheets Activities Coloring Pages ELA
Using context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words is an important reading comprehension skill. This Emojis context clues color by number activity provides fun practice that will engage your students! This print-and-go resource is also perfect for stations and sub plans.Upper elementary and middle school students still love to color, but there isn’t a lot of time for fun activities. Your students will love coloring in a mystery image by using context clues to determine the meaning of
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5th - 7th
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Also included in: Custom Bundle
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