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Common Core RI.8.1 resources for GATE
Informational Text for October and Halloween
Informational Text Halloween Theme
Informational Text for October begins with an article about Frankenstein’s monster. Not only is he one of Halloween’s most versatile characters, he is also a star of stage, screen, and TV. The strange thing is—he has never had a name and he owes everything to his strikingly ugly looks.
The second article takes students back to 1816, known as the Year Without a Summer when people in New England and a few states father south were shoveling out from under
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6th - 9th
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Gifted and Talented Escape Room | Color by Code | Reading Comprehension BUNDLE
Get your GIFTED and TALENTED students engaged with this awesome BUNDLE of easy-prep reading comprehension activities.Featuring escape rooms, color-by-code activities, close readings, and more! Perfect for gifted and talented learners seeking to learn more about social-emotional learning. Save 30% off each individual resource when you purchase the bundle today!Close Reading ESCAPE ROOM CHALLENGES include:Informational Text- 2 Pages in Each ResourceBreakout Task 1- Plot an Escape: Vocabulary Word
Grades:
4th - 8th
Halloween Mystery Activities | CSI Reading Comprehension | Art History
Unlock the mystery of a stolen painting with GATER Educator's Fall-Themed Crime Scene Investigation and Engaging Color by Code Reading Comprehension Activities. Learn all about Edvard Munch and his famous Expressionism painting while reinforcing reading comprehension skills.By purchasing this BUNDLE you are saving 20% off of each individual resource!This bundle includes two resources to help students draw conclusions, make inferences, use deductive logic, and practice reading comprehension using
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5th - 8th
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Informational Text Bundle Seasonal and Holidays
Informational Text Bundle is a collection of 12 products from my store with a total of 32 no-prep lessons.
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Informational Text for September
Informational Text for September National Punctuation Day and Coffee
Informational Text for October
Informational Text for October--A Hollywood Monster and Strange Weather
Informational Text for November
Informational Text for November--Pumpkins and a Thanksgiving Parade
Informational Text for Thanksgiving
Informational Text--5 Things You Did
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5th - 8th
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Non-Fiction Reading Skills ELA Question Loop and Middle School Trail Game
Elevate your classroom experience with this captivating Interactive ELA skills lesson that puts students at the center of their learning journey. This engaging activity offers a unique twist on traditional instruction, seamlessly blending rigorous questioning, collaborative problem-solving, and active movement. Ideal for middle school and high school students, this lesson provides a dynamic way to grasp essential non-fiction reading concepts while fostering teamwork and critical thinking.I belie
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Dynamic ELA Question Trails Bundle - Engaging Middle School Activities
Thanksgiving Activities | Writing & Reading Escape Room | PBL BUNDLE
Looking for fun and meaningful THANKSGIVING Activities that promote CRITICAL THINKING, LIFE SKILLS, and a HEART of GRATITUDE?Get your students in the Thanksgiving spirit with this fun and educational bundle from GATER Educator! Engage critical thinking skills, promote a growth mindset, and explore close reading comprehension passages. Includes higher-level thinking activities, math projects, word search puzzles, riddles, and more!Click Here to Save 30% on a NOVEMBER BUNDLE with these resources a
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4th - 7th
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FALL | November Activities | Thanksgiving Writing Prompt | Logic Puzzles BUNDLE
These NOVEMBER reading passages, creative writing activities, and logic puzzles make it quick and easy for teachers to provide engaging and high-interest literacy activities throughout the month of NOVEMBER.These resources are either PRINT and GO or Digital CLICK and SHARE and are perfect literacy center resources for your 4th, 5th, or 6th-grade students. By buying this bundle, you are saving 30% off the total price of the individual resources!Please check the PREVIEWS to see more details about
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4th - 7th
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Gifted and Talented Color by Code Activity | Close Reading Comprehension
Are you looking to support the social and emotional well-being of your gifted learners? Check out this engaging informational text about giftedness and time management!Unlock the secrets of time management with this fun, colorful activity that combines close reading and comprehension skills. Perfect for gifted learners' enrichment or any gifted program! Students will read a non-fiction passage, answer questions, mark evidence from the text, color the picture according to their answers, and compl
Grades:
4th - 8th
Analyzing Multiple Perspectives: Stamp Act Primary Source Lesson
Stamp Act Analysis! There are two sides to every story, and in this case, there are two sides to the story of British taxation. In this lesson, students are given four abridged excerpts of primary source documents about the Stamp Act. Two documents are written by British officials or groups, the other two are written by American colonists/groups.
Students will be challenged to see the Stamp Act from two different perspectives and synthesize the stances in order to identify the main argument
Informational Text for April Frogs and Kites
Informational Text
Informational Text for April
In the U.S., April is both National Frog Month and National Kite Month. Thus, the unlikely duo of frogs and kites is the subject of this Informational Text reading resource.
“Frog Background Check,” the first informational text, takes students into the world of frogs and highlights some of their most unusual talents and habits, such as shedding and eating their own skins. Though written to appeal to a student's sense of humor, this text's goal of
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6th - 9th
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Informational Text: The American Search for Utopia: Free (CCSS Aligned)
This free, original Informational Text reading resource is taken from my teaching pack for Gordon Korman's popular book SCHOOLED.
The selected informational text--"The American Search for Utopia"-- is designed to provide students with background information that will heighten their understanding, appreciation, and enjoyment for Mr. Korman’s story and its characters. However, the text can also stand alone as a independent reading resource with social studies connections. The ten quest
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6th - 9th
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Science_SpaceX Starship Explosion_Current Event News Article Reading_2023
SpaceX launched the largest rocket ever built for the first time on Thursday from its Boca Chica, Texas, spaceport. The Starship spacecraft, designed to fly people on a Mars mission someday, lifted off the launch pad then blew up in mid-flight, with no crew on board.Teen news articles covering contemporary issues. Great for current events journaling, reading comprehension practice, summer enrichment lessons, substitute teacher plans, home school lessons, or informally chatting with your teen at
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7th - 11th
Understanding Euphemisms, Ambiguities, and Twisted Wording in Nonfiction
Spin-doctoring, the purposeful twisting of words to manipulate nonfiction readers, can create dangerous propaganda for minds unaccustomed to critical analysis of word choices. We must teach 6th- through 9th-grade students to read critically and be on the lookout for subtly injected points-of-view in nonfiction and misleading "facts."
This lesson, in the form of a ready-to-use handout, takes a humorous approach to verbal manipulation by first presenting a funny retelling of a criminal's history
Grades:
6th - 9th
Who Owns the Zebra? (with manipulatives page and possible answer)
This is a highly challenging, well-known logic problem, said to have possibly been created by Albert Einstein or Lewis Carroll. This version comes with a manipulatives page to help students solve the problem. Students will engage in critical thinking and employ several mathematical practices to solve the problem.There is supposedly more than one answer, to check your answer reread through each statement in the problem to determine if it works in your solution. This printable can easily be made i
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Business_First Barbie with Down Syndrome_Current Event News Article Reading_2023
Mattel Inc launched its first-ever Barbie doll with Down syndrome Tuesday to allow even more children to see themselves in the iconic toy. The company's goal is to enable all children to see themselves in Barbie, while also encouraging children to play with dolls who do not look like themselves. Teen news articles covering contemporary issues. Great for current events journaling, reading comprehension practice, summer enrichment lessons, substitute teacher plans, home school lessons, or informa
Grades:
7th - 11th
Presidents Day Activities Bundle | Reading | Writing | Math | Logic Puzzles
Help your students learn about the United States Presidents with this fun and engaging bundle of Presidential Activities.Reinforce learning of Presidential history with this bundle of fun and engaging activities, puzzles, and printables. Your students will love researching and learning about the Presidents with this easy-to-use bundle!***Please see the PREVIEWS above for an idea of everything included!By purchasing this BUNDLE, you are saving 20% on each individual resource!All tasks in this cha
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5th - 7th
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2023_May Week 1_ Current Events News Articles_Middle and High School_Sub Plans
Teen news articles covering contemporary issues. Great for current events journaling, reading comprehension practice, summer enrichment lessons, substitute teacher plans, home school lessons, or informally chatting with your teen at home. This week:Politics _Biden’s Re-election BidBusiness_First Barbie with Down SyndromeCulture_Cigarette Smoking DeclinesScience_SpaceX Starship ExplosionWorld_Chile to Nationalize Lithium IndustryFollow Us @ NewsLessonPlans on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest & Y
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7th - 11th
Culture_Cigarette Smoking Declines_Current Event News Article Reading_2023
The number of US adults who smoke cigarettes dropped to an all-time low last year, according to new data released yesterday from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Teen news articles covering contemporary issues. Great for current events journaling, reading comprehension practice, summer enrichment lessons, substitute teacher plans, home school lessons, or informally chatting with your teen at home. Follow Us @ NewsLessonPlans on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest & YouTube Articl
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7th - 11th
World_Chile to Nationalize Lithium Industry_Current Event Article Reading_2023
Chile's President Gabriel Boric said on Thursday he would nationalize the country's lithium industry to boost its economy and protect its environment. Chile is the world's second largest producer of lithium, which is essential in electric vehicle batteries,Teen news articles covering contemporary issues. Great for current events journaling, reading comprehension practice, summer enrichment lessons, substitute teacher plans, home school lessons, or informally chatting with your teen at home. Fo
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7th - 11th
Comprehension Guide (8th Grade Informational Text) - Common Core Aligned
This 1-page outline is intended to help guide students through a piece of informational text as they read. I have created questions that embed 8th grade Common Core standards with GATE ICONS to produce a comprehensive resource that can be adapted for other grades and subjects.
I use these with my Language Arts kiddos every Wednesday. I generally spend Monday on spelling and grammar; Tuesday on vocabulary, context clues, and pre-reading activities; Wednesday reading, annotating, and responding
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5th - 12th, Staff
Politics_Biden’s Re-election Bid_Current Event News Article Reading_2023
President Joe Biden on Tuesday formally announced that he is running for reelection in 2024, asking voters to give him more time to “finish this job” and extend the run of America’s oldest president for another four years.Teen news articles covering contemporary issues. Great for current events journaling, reading comprehension practice, summer enrichment lessons, substitute teacher plans, home school curricular support, or informally chatting with your teen at home. Follow Us @ NewsLessonPlans
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7th - 11th
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Counting by 7s & Rain Reign: A Comparison
Two great novels, two talented authors, two best-selling books, two strong characters with diagnoses... Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan and Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin have A LOT in common! Created as an independent study, this guide can be used for single students or for an entire class!In this comparison study, students will compare and contrast the plots of the novels, the two main characters, the two diagnoses of the main characters, and perspectives on current research involving gif
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5th - 8th
RI.5.6 RI.6.6 RI.7.6 POV, Perspective and Persuasion with Daylight Saving Time
Did you know Daylight Saving Time (DST) is a hot-button issue? I didn't, but when I found out, I knew I had to turn it into a perspective/point of view/persuasion lesson since it is a topic that is kid-appropriate! This series of lessons focuses on a writer's point of view, perspective and opinion. Students will learn how writers use strong, persuasive language to prove their point. They will also take a look at the difference between a strong argument, a weak argument and an unbiased view o
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5th - 8th
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Biography Series: Differentiated Lin Manuel-Miranda Choice Board
Reach all learners in your classroom with this Differentiated Biography Choice Board on Lin Maneul-Miranda! This Choice Board is differentiated in 3 ways! First, choose the level of text each student reads from online versions (text not included). Also, each task on the board is given a point value that denotes level of difficulty. Further differentiate by adjusting number of points students need to earn before completion. Best of all, since all studnets focus on the same topic, every learn
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6th - 8th
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