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

***************************************Picture of the Day now available in Volume 2.Picture of the Day now available in Volume 3 (Google Slides compatible) posted 8/24/2020.***************************************This Picture of the Day product is a great way for students to practice three very impor

Dig deeply into the text for reading comprehension and close reading practice with these high-interest, standards-based reading passages. written by a published nonfiction children’s author. Print, Google Slides, and Easel versions are all included. These passages were written by a published childr

THIS PRODUCT IS COMPLETELY UPDATED! PLEASE NOTE THAT THE IMAGES ON THE COVER, THUMBNAILS, AND IN THE PREVIEW DO NOT REFLECT THE UPDATED FILE! FOR THAT REASON, I WILL KEEP THE PRICE LOW UNTIL THOSE ARE UPDATED. I AM ACTIVELY WORKING ON THAT, SO YOU CAN SEE THE AMAZING CHANGES AND ADDITIONS! YOU WILL

This resource includes all standards including reading comprehension (literature and informational), writing, language/grammar, fluency, speaking and listening.These are COMPLETE 400+ pages of Assessments and Teaching Notes for ALL English Language Arts Standards for 5th Grade. These will cover your

Are you looking to expand your collection of short informational text perfect for close reading? Text that you and your students can read and reread in one session? If so, then I think you will love this first volume of articles in a new Informational Text series of mine called Hello 411. I wrote

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 ca

Make Close Reading Easy with this toolkit, jam-packed with posters, graphic organizers, discussion starters, writing prompts and plenty of close reading strategies and teaching tips. These resources will work with any informational (nonfiction) text and to address all of the Common Core RI standard

These mini and standard size reading response stem charts are perfect for your wall or reading response journals. There are 12 categories that include over 80 sentence starters in which students would routinely respond. Each chart gives students multiple ways to begin their written response to elimi

This 5th 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

This Inferencing Activity bundle is a complete pack of resources to help you teach your students how to make and defend inferences. This resource was created to align with the Common Core Standards for 4th and 5th grade Language Arts. They teach students what an inference is, and how to use their

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 ac

This Inferences Using Informational Text unit comes in a print and a digital version (for Google Classroom and other top educational platforms) and has 7 passages (historical, scientific, and technical), 3 sets of task cards, posters, games, and fun activities, that will help your students master ma

This reading response set includes 15 Reading Response Stem Cards that cover a variety of reading skills and strategies. Students will stay engaged while using sticky notes! Looking for more skills/strategies on these cards? Check out my 2nd set! 15 Reading Response Stem Cards - 2nd Edition for 15 m

This Step-by-Step Text Evidence unit is a complete, NO-Prep unit with a variety of activities to help students learn an effective approach to analyzing text and increasing reading comprehension. Through anchor charts, modeling, mentor text, differentiated interactive pages, practice, task cards, and

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 conver

Veterans Day Activities for Close Reading, includes DIFFERENTIATED versions and aligns with the Common Core standards you need to teach. This product includes 7 fun, challenging, and engaging reading activities that all have a Veterans Day theme and are aligned to Common Core.Please view the preview

Thanksgiving Activities for Reading and Writing, Grades 4-8 Forget your old Thanksgiving lesson plans! Your students do NOT want to hear about the first Thanksgiving, and they DEFINITELY do NOT want to write dull paragraphs about the things they are thankful for. Seriously. They DON’T! Spice up y

*EDITABLE* A Year of Journal Prompts Bell Ringers or Exit Slips Bundle includes: Over 400 writing prompts aligned with the ELA Common Core Standards for reading, writing, speaking and listening, language, and history strands. The prompts are provided in Powerpoint and in Microsoft Word, so they are

My BLOG POST about how to use this graph with your students. And, a follow-up blog post HERE.By now, we all know the Common Core emphasis on TB Q&A with TBE (text based questions and answers with text based evidence), but if you were at all like me, I couldn't get the kids to DO IT, until THIS,

ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE original 5th grade leveled close reading passages and activities that are PERFECT for teaching your students to become masters of close reading. There are sixteen standards-based earning targets in this product. Each learning target has 5 passages specifically dedicated to it e

This reading unit is designed to provide six weeks of detailed reading instruction! In addition to the traditional PDF file, I've also made all student pages available in digital copies for use in Google Classroom! This guided reading unit is 100% aligned to the Common Core Standards and MANY other

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!*********************************************************************************

This resource is designed to help your students get more out of their informational text (nonfiction) reading. These printables will work with any nonfiction book. The first 24 pages are printables that include pre-reading activities, exploring text features and practicing reading strategies such as