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 100 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 the 5 included paired pa

“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

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

NINETY-FIVE original 3rd grade leveled close reading passages and activities that are PERFECT for teaching your students to become masters of close reading. There are seventeen standards-based earning targets in this product. Each learning target has 5 passages specifically dedicated to it except for all of the comparing learning targets because they all have a total of 10 passages so that your students can compare away!Each passage has 2 pages of carefully written and consistent close reading t

This reading workshop bundle is designed to provide an entire year of detailed reading instruction for any state's standards, including the Common Core Standards! In addition to the traditional PDF version of this file, I have also included a digital copy of all student files. These Google Docs will allow you to use the forms with Google Classroom!***************************************************************************What's Included?Each of the six units is a 6-week unit that is broken down

This 3rd Grade Spiral Reading resource is perfect for Reading HOMEWORK, Reading MORNING WORK, or a DAILY READING REVIEW! These professionally written, on-level passages and 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.✪ CLICK HERE to see more SUBJECTS & GRADE LEVELS!✪ CLICK HERE to see the DIGITAL VERSION!★★SAVE $$ with these BUNDLES★★3rd Grade Language Arts BUNDLE: Spi

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

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

These are COMPLETE 400+ pages of Assessments and Teaching Notes for ALL English Language Arts Standards for 3rd Grade. These will cover your entire year! Reading comprehension (literature and informational), writing, language/grammar, fluency, speaking and listening are all included.Use them for more than just assessments. They are a perfect supplement to your English Language Arts Curriculum.·These will work with ANY reading program and allow teachers to conduct a thorough assessment of a stand

5 Stars "Great interactive notebook! My kids got really used to using the pages"-Megan R.5 Stars "One of the best interactive bundles I've found"- Michele H.5 Stars "My students love interactive notebooks - this keeps them very engaged with our reading lesson."- Celia M.5 Stars "Such a great resource. I love all the activities. All of these interactive pages are both kid friendly but serve as such a great review for the skills too. This will be a great addition to our Wonders resources!"- Happil

Practice answering open ended questions while restating the question with these 2nd grade reading comprehension passages and questions. These are perfect for small group practice with PQA or TTQA. Students find text evidence and write in complete sentences while restating the question. These help build stamina for constructed response questions. WHAT'S INCLUDED:20 half-page texts with open ended questions: 11 non-fiction , 9 fiction textsPages 1 and 2 are available for free in the preview for yo

FIFTY original 3rd grade close reading passages and activities that are PERFECT for teaching your students to become masters of close reading. There are nine non-fiction learning targets in this product. Each learning target has 5 passages specifically dedicated to it. The learning target for COMPARE AND CONTRAST TWO TEXTS ON THE SAME TOPIC is extra special because it has a total of 10 passages so that your students can compare away!Each passage has 2 pages of carefully written and consistent cl

3rd Grade Reading Comprehension AssessmentsThird Grade Reading TestsLooking for 3rd grade reading comprehension assessments to be used a reading formative assessment or summative assessment in your third grade classroom? This 3rd grade reading test bundle is designed to progress monitor third graders' reading comprehension throughout the year. This pack includes three comprehension tests per nine weeks for a total of 12 different 3rd grade reading tests. These reading comprehension passages and

Thanksgiving Activities - This comprehensive activities resource includes a variety of Thanksgiving activities including nonfiction reading, poetry, writing, speaking and listening, and math activities. Download Preview FileThis is aligned with 3rd grade common core, but may stretch to other grades depending on writing and reading proficiency. Download the preview file for a comprehensive look at this resource. Ensure that it is appropriate for your grade level prior to purchasing.Related Than

Interactive Anchor Charts Print and Digital: Reading Edition Want to make beautiful and functional Anchor Charts that will LAST for your classroom? This pack of Interactive Anchor Charts are designed to save you time (and frustration) when it comes to making reading Anchor Charts for your classroom.All charts in this pack are designed to be used “interactively”. That means, they don’t just sit there and look pretty. Students fill them in! Just laminate and use dry erase markers or sticky notes t

If you liked my Common Core Graphic Organizers for 2nd Grade or 1st Grade, you'll love my 3rd Grade Edition! I have dissected the standards and created a resource that is perfect for assessing your students in reading! The graphic organizers included in this packet will provide formative assessments that are an easy form of documentation for mastery of the Common Core Standards.Each graphic organizer highlights the specific vocabulary from the standard and some standards even have up to 3 differ

Give students three reading response choices each week that encourage higher order thinking and citing text evidence. This is now available as a PDF or as a digital copy through Google Files for use in Google Classroom!**************************************************************************************What's IncludedThere are 36 weeks worth of reading response questions. On each page, there are three questions or prompts. Students should select one prompt and write a response paragraph on the

⭐️This collection of 12 digital and printable Lexile® leveled close reading comprehension passages with standards based questions for 3rd grade Common Core standard author's viewpoint of a nonfiction text. These passages enable students to highlight their answers, an interactive anchor chart, and two assessments.⭐️Includes standard based questions, anchor charts, and two skills focused test passages. Certified Lexile measured close reading comprehension texts are varied within the second and thi

Have you heard of Toothy® yet?! Toothy® task kits are highly engaging games that allow students to practice reading comprehension skills by answering questions in a fun, motivating way. The answers on the back of the passages make the activity self-paced and self-correcting. Teach the rules for Toothy® once at the beginning of the year, then simply switch out the topic each week and use the activity all year! Toothy® Task Kits- an original idea from Angie Olson at ©Lucky Little Learners, LLC.⭐️D

It can be tough to find resources to review reading strategies and skills - especially ones that students will find fun and engaging. Reading for Google Classroom Bundle is highly interactive, which means that your students will have fun while learning and practicing reading comprehension strategies and skills.How relieving will it feel to finally have access to materials that your students will both ENJOY and LEARN from?Reading for Google Bundle is full of activities and graphic organizers that

These point of view worksheets and activities contain the perfect informational text passages that clearly state the author's point of view. This resource contains engaging topics that will help students identify an author's point of view, find evidence to support it, and share their own viewpoint in relation to the author. CLICK HERE to save 20% with the Point of View BUNDLE!What's Included:•Passages and activities for having a television in your room•Passages and activities for spiders as fr

These Interactive Reading Notebooks are for 2nd and 3rd grades and include activities for teaching literature and informational text with interactive notebooks. Here are the two products that are bundled: Interactive Reading Literature Notebooks *Elementary Edition* Interactive Reading Informational Text Notebooks *Elementary Edition* Please view the original item descriptions above for preview pages as well as more detailed information about the two items included in this bundle.

Teach the Common Core Standards for informational reading with the lessons and activities from this unit. The strategies and skills included in this unit are:-characteristics of nonfiction-nonfiction text features -anticipation guides-asking questions-main idea-text structure-sequencing-cause and effect-compare and contrast-context cluesYou will find lesson plans, worksheets, graphic organizers, card sorts, and more!Check out the original year long reading workshop bundle!3rd-5th Grade Guided R

These engaging, no-prep Text Time passages (written by a published children's author) are the "just right" way to help your students learn to support their thinking with evidence from the text. There are 60 passages, each presented at 3 reading levels (for a total of 180 passages) so you can differentiate as needed. The passages are a mix of high-interest and curriculum-based science and social studies topics and include both informational text and literature. The included text-dependent questi