All Resources

Informational Text, Reading, Reading Strategies

Also included in: Reading Strategies Task Card Bundle 648 reading skills cards with Digital

Summarize It! Task Cards - Nonfiction Text Summary with Audio - Print & Digital

Created by

Rachel Lynette

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

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Assessment, Task Cards

CCSS:

Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

Also included in: Reading Strategies Task Card Bundle 648 reading skills cards with Digital

Main Idea & Supporting Details Activities - Central Idea - Passages, Worksheets

Created by

Teaching main idea and supporting details can be frustrating for teachers and difficult for students to understand. This resource is scaffolded to help all of your students - even your struggling students - better understand main idea and key details. As an added bonus, most of the activities are no prep! This main idea unit starts easy (with activities that make a great introduction for beginners) and gets increasingly more difficult to help students develop a true understanding of the diffe

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

2nd - 4th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

Teaching With a Mountain View

Also included in: Reading Skills Bundle - Differentiated Comprehension Practice & Review

Reading Comprehension Passages | Informational Text

Created by

Informational Text Reading Skills and Close Reading Task Cards for Comprehension Skill ReviewEngage your readers with high-interest reading comprehension passages and corresponding questions! This resource includes 32 half-page informational text task cards with 4 comprehension questions and tasks on EACH card for a total of 128 informational text questions! Engage your students in meaningful close reading practice and review key reading skills associated with informational and nonfiction text

Subjects:

ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Informational Text

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Task Cards, Centers

CCSS:

Close Reading, Reading, Reading Strategies

, RI.3.5

...

Also included in: Reading Comprehension Task Card Bundle

Close Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions - Reading Strategies - Audio

Created by

Rachel Lynette

These close reading comprehension passages are the perfect no-prep, standards-based, and high interest way to strengthen your students' close reading skills!This resource includes 60 (x2 for 2 reading levels) passages professionally written by a published children's author with more than 100 books in print!WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:60 printable passages with comprehension questions (Each with 2 levels! 120 passages total.)Teacher answer keysStudent annotation guide3 graphic organizers to use with

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Worksheets, Independent Work Packet

CCSS:

Informational Text, Literature, Test Preparation

, RL.3.6

...

Also included in: 130 Close Reading Comprehension Passages with Questions Print and Google Slides

Reading Test Prep Centers

Created by

Not So Wimpy Teacher

“Finally! A FUN way to review! My kids really liked this last year. Will use again this year!” - Anna C. At Not So Wimpy Teacher, we know how stressful it can be to help your students prep for standardized testing. It can feel like there’s so much to cover and so little time. That’s why I created this resource. It is your COMPLETE kit for preparing your students for standardized testing on their reading skills. It has everything you need to help you review the standards for literature and info

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 4th

Types:

Task Cards, Centers

CCSS:

, RL.3.9

, RI.3.1

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Writing

...

Writing Center | Printables & Interactive Learning Display

Created by

Joey Udovich

How do you get your students enjoy writing? This is a question that I asked myself for years! After being in the classroom for 8 years, I had the idea of giving my students a say in what they would be writing. This idea changed it all!PLEASE TAKE TIME TO VISIT MY DETAILED PREVIEW ABOVE!By offering a variety of topics that they could choose to learn and write about, I found that my students weren't just writing, they were asking to write! I filled my bulletin board with a "writing menu." It allow

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Printables, Lesson, Centers

CCSS:

RL.3.5

, RL.5.5

, RL.6.4

Balanced Literacy, Close Reading, Informational Text

...

End of the Year Activities Summer Reading Comprehension Passages Main Idea

Created by

Peas in a Pod

These main idea and details reading comprehension passages include holiday themes such as Memorial Day pg.39, Ocean & Starfish pg.40 Earth Day pg.37, & more! Finding the main idea and supporting details has never been easier! Using our main idea graphic organizer to color code nonfiction passages gives students multiple opportunities to practice recognizing text organization. When students can see the organization of a written paragraph, they can more easily identify the main idea. Each

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 5th

Types:

Printables, Graphic Organizers, Centers

CCSS:

, RI.5.8

English Language Arts, Grammar, Reading

...

Also included in: Main Idea Graphic Organizer Printable Worksheets Reading Comprehension Passages

3rd Grade Language Arts Assessments | Print and Digital

Created by

Ashleigh

Get at least TWO or THREE Assessments for EVERY Common Core Language Arts StandardYou can now use the assessments with ANY state standard. The Common Core Standards version has the standard listed at the top of each page. There is also an additional version where the standard has been removed, so the assessments can be rearranged to work with almost any state standard. *************************************************************************This packet includes a three-page AND one-page assessme

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd

Types:

Assessment, Printables

CCSS:

English Language Arts, Informational Text, Reading Strategies

, RL.3.5

...

Main Idea & Supporting Details Activities and Graphic Organizers Central Idea

Created by

Kim Miller

Are you having a hard time teaching your students how to find the main idea and supporting details of a passage? Many students struggle with this skill. They tend to get confused and caught up in all the little details. These reading passages with graphic organizers are perfect for students to use as they practice finding the main idea and supporting details. After years of trial and error, I have found that this solution works time and time again.These PRINT & DIGITAL main idea practice act

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

CCSS:

ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Informational Text

Also included in: Main Idea & Supporting Details Activities Graphic Organizers Central Idea Bundle

Main Idea Bundle of Lessons and Activities: 4th, 5th, and 6th grades

Created by

Deb Hanson

This main idea bundle has everything you need to keep your upper elementary and middle school students engaged as they read passages and identify the main idea and supporting details in the text. Several activities include test prep elements because main idea questions tend to appear frequently on standardized tests. Students love the activities while teachers love the convenience of these no-prep resources that can be used year after year! These main idea activities can be used for test prep, r

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Lesson

CCSS:

Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, English Language Arts, Social Studies - History

Holidays Around the World for Older Kids - Holidays Around the World Activities

Created by

The Teacher Next Door

Want to keep your students engaged and learning during December? Here's what one teacher said about my Holidays Around the World for Older Kids: "Very engaging for my 3rd-5th graders, and perfect for the weeks leading up to Christmas break. There are so many resources here that I didn't even get to use all of them in class, but it was great because I could pick and choose what would be most meaningful for my students. I loved the research pages for students to do their own research on a country,

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities

CCSS:

ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Reading Strategies

, RI.3.9

, RI.4.1

...

Main Idea and Supporting Details Sorting Activity featuring Ice Cream Cones

Created by

Deb Hanson

Keep your kids engaged as they learn how details support the main idea with this main idea craftivity. Your students will match three detail sentences to each main idea sentence. The finished products can be used to make a creative bulletin board or school hallway display!All of the MAIN IDEA CONES are related to ice cream topics. These are the main ideas:Three ice cream flavors are clearly America's favorites.The amount of milkfat determines how ice cream is labeled.Ice cream can cause a sensat

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Projects, Activities

CCSS:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

, CCRA.R.2

Also included in: Main Idea Bundle of Lessons and Activities: 4th, 5th, and 6th grades

Reading Comprehension Bookmarks with Questions and Sentence Frames

Created by

What I Have Learned

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

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 5th

Types:

Graphic Organizers, Literature Circles

CCSS:

RL.2.1

, RL.2.3

, RL.2.5

, RL.2.7

, RL.2.9

...

Also included in: Reading Comprehension BUNDLE - Posters, Bookmarks, Graphic Organizers ESL

Regions of the United States: 5 Units Print and Digital Bundle Distance Learning

Created by

Jill Russ

Your students will learn about the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, and West regions of the United States with this bundle of five units.This bundle includes both printable and digital options. If you would like a printable, paper-based unit, check out my Five Regions Unit Bundle, or you can get the digital options only.Each region includes a 6-page informational text packet that can be used as a "textbook chapter" when teaching about the region. While reading the complex text, your stu

Subjects:

Geography

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Unit Plans, Printables

CCSS:

End of Year, Science, Writing

, RI.3.7

, RI.3.10

, RI.4.1

...

ANIMAL RESEARCH PROJECT REPORT adaptation habitat endangered animals farm ocean

Created by

Clutter-Free Classroom

Our Animal Research Project Report can be used with ANY animal including farm animals, butterflies & caterpillars, endangered, ocean, etc. The graphic organizers, scaffolded guided notes and scoring rubric make it easy for you to teach research writing based on any animal. The differentiated pages make it perfect for 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade or 5th grade students.Best of all...since it was designed to be used to learn about any animal, you can use it over and over throughout the yea

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 5th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RI.2.1

, RI.2.2

, RI.2.4

, RI.2.5

, RI.2.6

...

3rd Grade Close Reading Passages and Activities for Reading Comprehension BUNDLE

Created by

Alyssha Swanson - Teaching and Tapas

These are the close reading comprehension passages and activities that every 3rd grade teacher is looking for! This BESTSELLING bundle has 95 original 3rd grade close reading passages and activities that will get to the heart of improving reading comprehension by teaching your students to become close reading experts!There are seventeen standards-based reading comprehension target skills in this product. Each reading comprehension target skill has a set of 5 reading passages and activities speci

Subjects:

Close Reading, English Language Arts, Reading

Grades:

3rd

Types:

CCSS:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

, RL.3.5

...

3rd Grade Reading Comprehension Passages & Daily Questions: Fiction & Nonfiction

Created by

One Stop Teacher Shop

Increase reading comprehension skills in just 10 minutes per day!! This 3rd Grade Daily Reading Comprehension resource is perfect for Reading HOMEWORK, Reading MORNING WORK, or a DAILY READING REVIEW! All texts are professionally written & on-level. Text-dependent questions build in complexity each week as more skills are introduced. All questions are EDITABLE and easy to differentiate to fit your students' needs.⭐⭐UPGRADE for just $10 and get both PRINT & DIGITAL versions } CLICK HER

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 4th

Types:

Worksheets, Homework

CCSS:

Catherine Reed - The Brown Bag Teacher

, RL.3.5

...

Main Idea Comprehension Passages: Animals & Habitats for Distance Learning

Created by

Introduce and practice main idea, details, and topics through non-fiction animal/habitat passages. The 14 passages range from 100-120 words and are intended for primary grade classrooms. The digital version of this resource is also included. Uploads work seamlessly with Google Classroom Included in this download… Anchor ChartsMain IdeaTopicMain Idea CluesHow to Identify the Main IdeaMapping the Main Idea Graphic Organizer14 Habitat and Animal Passages (passage with main idea graphic organizer o

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Science, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

1st - 3rd

Types:

Graphic Organizers, Posters

CCSS:

RI.1.2

, RI.2.2

ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Informational Text

Main Idea PowerPoint Lesson

Created by

Deb Hanson

Teaching students to identify the main idea and supporting details can be incredibly challenging! It doesn't have to be tedious and boring, too! If you are looking for a step-by-step PowerPoint that can be used to introduce main idea and supporting details to your students in a way that will grab their attention, you've come to the right place! I use ice cream cone graphics so that students will build a meaningful connection that will help them remember and understand how details support the mai

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 3rd

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, English Language Arts, Reading

Also included in: Main Idea Bundle: Activities for 2nd and 3rd Grade

Holidays Around the World | Differentiated Reading Passages | Print and Digital

Created by

Ashleigh

Help students dig deeper into informational reading with these holiday themed close reading passages and comprehension questions. In this product, there are ten nonfiction reading passages based on ten cultures/nations' holiday celebrations. Since we all have students reading on many different reading levels, I've written each passage on three different reading levels to make differentiation a little easier for you. There are also three sets of questions for each set of passages. The first se

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

CCSS:

Close Reading, Informational Text, Reading

, RI.3.5

...

Also included in: Holidays Around the World Bundle | Print and Digital for Distance Learning

Close Reading Strategies for Informational Passages - Plus Wall Posters

Created by

Rachel Lynette

Make Close Reading Easy with this TOOLKIT! It's jam-packed with posters, graphic organizers, discussion starters, writing prompts and plenty of close reading strategies and teaching tips. Check out the preview to see more!These resources will work with any informational (nonfiction) text or passage and can address all of the Common Core RI standards. Use these materials for your entire lesson or supplement the close reading materials you already have. Use them in a variety of ways: individuallyi

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 8th

Types:

Printables, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

Close Reading, English Language Arts, Informational Text

, RI.3.5

...

Also included in: Close Reading Strategies Toolkit BUNDLE for Informational Text and Literature

Main Idea & Details RI.2.2 & RI.3.2 - Leveled Reading Comprehension Passages

Created by

MagiCore

⭐️Over 11,000 teachers trust this main idea reading comprehension passages and questions unit for 2nd & 3rd grade in their classrooms, and you're going to love it too. The included Lexile® leveled close reading passages, question sets, assessments, and anchor charts are perfect for teaching students how to identify the main idea and supporting details in a text. Texts, anchor charts, questions, and assessments are aligned to RI.2.2 & RI.3.2 and focus on developing core main idea skills.

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 3rd

Types:

CCSS:

Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

Also included in: 2nd & 3rd Grade Nonfiction Comprehension Bundle - Google Distance Learning

Main Idea & Details Centers - Nonfiction Main Idea Games - Printable & Digital

Created by

This low prep resource contains 3 main idea center activities for you to use in your classroom. These games are an engaging, hands on way to help your students be better able to differentiate between main idea and supporting details - especially in nonfiction / informational text. The centers can be played independently or with a partner depending on your students' needs. There is now a digital version for use with Google Slides / Google Classroom.Save over 20% when you buy this as part of my

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, English Language Arts, Reading

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Games, Centers

CCSS: