Reading Interactive Notebooks Literature - Literary Elements for Common Core. This Reading Interactive Notebook is the true original - over 55,000 copies sold!After learning about interactive notebooks two summers ago, I resolved to use this technique for every concept I taught to my 6th, 7th, and 8th grade literature students. Now that I’ve used this in my classroom for over a year, I have compiled all of my reading interactive notebook lessons for teaching literary elements here.Each of the 2

Nonfiction Reading Interactive Notebooks for Nonfiction Text - Common Core Aligned Grades 4-8 This reading interactive notebook is the nonfiction (informational text) companion for my TpT top seller Interactive Reading Literature Notebooks. This is the *original* Interactive Reading Notebooks for Informational Text! Over 32,000 copies sold! -------------------------------------------------------------- After learning about interactive notebooks two summers ago, I resolved to use this techniq

Writing Interactive Notebooks ~ Sentences and Paragraphs for Common Core 3-8. This Writing Interactive Notebook is a companion to my TpT Best Sellers for Reading Literature and Reading Informational Text.Get the *original* Interactive Writing Notebooks - Over 30,000 copies sold!This resource is now part of an interactive notebook bundle. Find the bundle here.***********************************************Each of the 26 lessons includes a photo of the finished product, teacher’s notes, teacher’s

Includes print and digital versions. Let your students become detectives with these ten mysteries! Students will need to rely on their inferencing skills and use the clues in the reading passages to solve each case.***************************************************************************Use in many different ways!This activity is perfect for literacy stations or reading centers. The passages are great for allowing students to practice supporting their thoughts and conclusions with text evidenc

Need a simple-to-use tool to help your students remember the reading comprehension skills and strategies they need to succeed? These 24 reading bookmarks will help students practice reading strategies and skills with questions and sentence frames. Use the reading bookmarks as strategy references or to keep track of reading skills across multiple books or reading comprehension passages.The bookmarks are divided into two categories:★ 17 Reading Skills bookmarks★ 7 Reading Strategies bookmarksEach

Teaching reading comprehension strategies to beginning readers can be difficult. But with this scaffolded and differentiated resource, you will have everything you need to teach your students about finding text evidence, citing text evidence and making inferences using context clues. I like to call this Text Evidence 101! This text evidence and inferencing resource was purposefully designed to break these essential reading strategies into small parts and then slowly lead your students to indep

This 176-page packet helps tackle many of the questions surrounding close reading. It's designed specifically for primary students (grades K-2). The packet is broken down as follows:What is Close Reading?Key Details About Close ReadingWhat Is the Teacher's Job?How To Ask Text-Dependent QuestionsHow to Introduce Close Reading to Your Primary Students (this includes a great introductory lesson)Text-Dependent Question Suggestions (fiction and non-fiction questions)Then, I break it down even more fo

Main idea and details are a blast with this fun resource! This tough concept can be tricky for young learners, but with the included original song, cut and paste practice pages, graphic organizers, and other activities, your students will get the hang of it in no time at all!Grab these and other fun main idea and supporting details activities for 20% off by clicking here!This main idea and details resource is filled with many different ways for your students to practice these skills. The activi

Creative activities and project ideas for any novel, story, or unit in history. Includes standards alignment for every activity, EDITABLE grading rubrics, EDITABLE list of activities, EDITABLE student handouts that are ready to share in Google Slides, and lots of print-and-go handouts for students. These are perfect for distance learning!This 52-page bundle contains almost 100 creative student activities to use with any piece of literature. It includes 33 pages of templates and worksheets that

Reading responses do not have to be challenging when you can use sentence stems to get you started! These reading response posters are great as a wall display, as a reference ring, or for student interactive notebooks. There are 12 categories that include over 80 sentence starters in large and mini size.Each chart gives students multiple ways to begin their written response to eliminate starting each response the same way. These charts will also assist all students (general education, special ed

This 3-day Making Inferences Mini-Unit provides numerous opportunities to develop the skill of inferring. Through creative activities like Inference Charades, Top Secret Tips Puzzle, “Inside the Principal’s Files,” and Whose Locker is This?, students develop their inferring skills while they are actively engaged in their learning. Direct instruction on the reading comprehension skill combined with the analysis of five separate inferencing reading passages further develop students’ ability to a

This bundle features Alphabet Sentences, Decodable Text, Sight Word Sentences, Kindergarten Guided Reading Comprehension Passages and twenty more resources designed to help students develop strong early literacy skills. To support teachers who are working tirelessly throughout these difficult times, this bundle is now offered at a 50% discount. These materials are handy for whole group work, use in guided reading groups, morning work, and homework. Because of the highly supportive format, I hav

The Hunger Games Literature Guide Novel Teaching Unit Bundle with Lessons Aligned with the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) - Digital Download UPDATED for distance learning with a DIGITAL version of my Survival Guide that can be shared on a secured platform with your students. They can type directly into the document!This is a comprehensive literature guide for the entire novel, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. It correlates with the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for grades 6-12 in En

These comprehension passages for first and second grade are filled with text-dependent questions and rich vocabulary to help young readers practice the skill of close reading throughout the whole school year!Updated: digital type-in responses added 7/2020The close reading passages are of high interest to young learners and are seasonal so you can use them from September through June!I have been through numerous trainings for close reading and at first I thought it was a skill too difficult for m

This Genius Hour activity pack is perfect for upper elementary and middle school students. Teaching can be overwhelming with all the planning that you have to do. This Genius Hour activity will save you time and headaches as you plan and begin to implement this activity in your classroom. You can use this for passion projects or even enrichment for those high level students in your classroom too!This amazing Genius Hour resource includes:-Genius Hour Teacher Tips to help get you started-A slides

Teaching poetry reading and analysis doesn't have to be intimidating or overwhelming. This poetry unit makes interpreting and analyzing poetry very accessible! In this CCSS-aligned poetry unit students will closely read five poems from diverse authors. Each poem is accompanied by four analysis tasks. After each reading, students dive deeper into the interpretation and analysis of the poem. Then, based on the work that students have done while reading and responding to the poem, they will c

Here are 27 reading response graphic organizers that cover a range of reading skills and reading strategies. Sticky notes are encouraged but kids can also write directly on these visuals during guided reading and independent reading. These graphic organizers are hands on, engaging, and fun activities for reader's workshop! If you need the digital AND printable version, grab the bundle here! Only need the digital option? Find the digital option here!These can be used:-during whole group introduct

As teachers, we all love to give our students engaging activities to review skills within our classrooms. Escape rooms are extremely engaging, but also help you to see who is still struggling with what skills! Win, Win.However, if you’re anything like me, some days you’re just #TeacherTired. Stuffing 50 envelopes to hide around the room just made me even more tired thinking about, but at the same time, I still wanted my students to get to participate in these Classroom Escape Room or Break Out R

This is a Poem of the Week Mega Bundle that you can use for the whole year! Poem of the week is a great routine to have in your classroom. It helps develop reading fluency and confidence in reading. Poetry (Poem of the Week) MEGA Bundle Activity Packs 1-10 for second and third grade shared readingThese poems are great for use with shared reading, morning work, Daily 5 Word Work, literacy centers, whole class and small group activities.If you purchase the individual poetry packs it would cost yo

This bundle contains multiple resources for teaching students how to find and cite text evidence when reading. In total, the bundle contains 15 original passages- some fiction and some nonfiction. The resources include:1. A 35-slide PowerPoint and companion handout (You have my permission to convert this PowerPoint to Google Slides, if you wish. Also, the companion handout includes both a printable version and a Google Slides version.)2. Anchor Chart Activity3. A Text Evidence Craftivity (1 f

These close reading passages and questions for first grade are perfect to help young readers practice the important skill of close reading in the Spring!GET ALL FOUR SEASONS IN THE DISCOUNTED BUNDLE:Close Reading for 1st Grade (The BUNDLE)!I have been through numerous trainings for close reading and at first, I thought it was skill too difficult for my 1st graders. When I started researching the topic more, I realized that when broken down, there are parts of close reading that can apply to any

This huge 140 page The One and Only Ivan Novel Study Unit contains an array of digital and printable reading comprehension activities for this Newberry Award winner by Katherine Applegate. It contains One and Only Ivan reading comprehension questions, vocabulary activities, graphic organizers, and other One and Only Ivan fun activities.Save time planning with these easy to implement NO PREP resources. The wide variety of activities focus on reading comprehension and encourage students to think c

This Escape the School breakout activity is perfect as a back-to-school or end-of-year activity or can be used ANY time you need a fantastic learning adventure for your students!The back story of Escape the School has your kids trapped in school by a giant who thinks they are way too clever. They will be there forever...unless they can work in groups to solve a series of FUN comprehension and writing challenges and puzzles!WHICH SKILLS ARE PRACTICED IN THIS ESCAPE ROOM?☑ Close Reading☑ Team Buil

These compare and contrast reading passages and writing printables are perfect for little learners.⭐️⭐⭐️⭐️⭐️ “I love this resource! The passages were great for my kids to read independently. The cut and paste for the Venn Diagrams was helpful for us to use while introducing Venn Diagrams. Thank you!” -Tiffany P.Part of a Comprehension Strategy Bundle. Please click here for a look:Compare and Contrast CamiThis pack includes reading passages and printables to practice the Compare and Contrast comp