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English Language Arts, Informational Text, Reading Strategies

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

Reading Interactive Notebook: Nonfiction Text Activities

Created by

Lovin Lit

Nonfiction Reading Interactive Notebooks for Nonfiction Text - Common Core Aligned Grades 4-8This 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 technique for e

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 8th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Lesson

CCSS:

RI.4.1

Informational Text, Reading, Reading Strategies

, RI.4.3

, RI.4.5

, RI.4.6

...

Also included in: Interactive Notebook ELA Bundle of 5

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:

Teaching With a Mountain View

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

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:

RI.3.1

, RI.3.3

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Writing

, RI.3.5

...

Also included in: Reading Comprehension Task Card Bundle

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

English Language Arts, Informational Text, Reading Strategies

...

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:

Worksheets, Printables

CCSS:

Balanced Literacy, English Language Arts, Reading Strategies

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

5th Grade Reading Comprehension Passages With ELA Standards Based Assessments

Created by

Kristine Nannini

Teaching 5th grade ELA has so many components - and that’s before you even think about aligning to English Language Arts standards and state test prep! Supplement your main ELA curriculum with my 5th Grade Mini Lessons With Standards Based Assessments. Whether you use this resource every single week to supplement instruction, as a part of your literacy rotations, or as a robust review for test prep season, your 5th graders will show what they know as you thoroughly assess each standard. No more

Subjects:

Grades:

5th

Types:

Assessment, Rubrics

CCSS:

RL.5.1

, RL.5.2

, RL.5.3

, RL.5.4

, RL.5.5

...

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

Created by

ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Informational Text

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:

ELA Test Prep, Informational Text, Reading Strategies

Main Idea for 4th and 5th Grades - Main Idea Activities - Main Idea Task Cards

Created by

The Teacher Next Door

Finding the main idea can be so challenging for students! This Main Idea, Supporting Details, and Summary Unit can make it so much easier! The print and digital unit has everything you need, from reading comprehension passages to games, task cards, and graphic organizers! This unit has a variety of materials with high-interest passages and fun activities that will help your students master the concept of finding the main idea using informational text.It includes: Print and Digital Versions3 Main

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 5th

Types:

Task Cards, Centers

CCSS:

RI.4.2

Also included in: Reading Comprehension Bundle - Strategies & Skills Supplement - 4th & 5th Grade

Main Idea and Supporting Details Sorting Activity featuring Ice Cream Cones

Created by

ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Reading Strategies

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:

End of Year, Science, Writing

, CCRA.R.2

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

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

...

Informational Text CLOSE READING Passage Pack for Interactive Notebooks 4-8

Created by

Lovin Lit

Includes Nonfiction Text Structure Passages! Close Reading Informational Text Passages for Interactive NotebooksThis passage pack is full of text-marking lessons for active nonfiction reading. They focus on teaching and practicing identifying nonfiction text structure as well as identifying main ideas, transitions, and supporting details in paragraph and multi-paragraph passages. This product is the perfect extension to my Interactive Reading Notebooks: Informational Text, but can easily be impl

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Informational Text, Reading Strategies

Grades:

4th - 9th

Types:

Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RI.4.2

, RI.4.5

, RI.5.5

English Language Arts, Informational Text, Literature

...

Also included in: Close Reading Bundle for Grades 4-8: Bundle Palooza @ Lovin' Lit!

Reading Resources | 4th and 5th Grade Reading Activities - w/ Digital Activities

Created by

Jennifer Findley

Do you teach 4th or 5th grade reading? This reading resource will be a lifesaver! It includes everything you need to supplement your reading instruction for the included reading skills (see below for the skills included).This HUGE reading resource is a bundle of 18 of my reading resources and reading activities for 4th and 5th grade reading and literacy skills. NOTE: All of the resources in this bundle now include Google Slides or Google Forms (most are designed for use with Google Slides).This

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 5th

Types:

Activities, Centers

CCSS:

RL.4.1

, RL.4.2

, RL.4.3

, RL.4.5

, RL.4.6

...

3rd-5th Grade Reading Workshop BUNDLE | Print and Digital

Created by

Ashleigh

This reading workshop bundle is designed to provide an entire year of detailed reading instruction for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades! In addition to the PDF version of this file, there is a digital copy of all student files. ***************************************************************************What's Included?Each of the six units includes 30 day-by-day lessons. Each lesson contains directions for a mini lesson, independent reading time, and closing. There is also an additional handout or guided

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, English Language Arts, Reading

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Unit Plans, Printables

CCSS:

RL.3.1

, RL.3.2

, RL.3.3

, RL.3.4

, RL.3.5

...

5th 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 5th 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:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

Worksheets, Homework

CCSS:

RL.5.1

, RL.5.2

, RL.5.3

, RL.5.4

, RL.5.5

...

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:

Close Reading, Informational Text, Reading

Grades:

2nd - 8th

Types:

Printables, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

RI.3.1

, RI.3.3

Kalena Baker - Teaching Made Practical

, RI.3.5

...

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

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:

Catherine Reed - The Brown Bag Teacher

Also included in: Finding the Main Idea and Details Lessons Bundle - Worksheets, Games, More

Main Idea in a Bag: Hands-On Practice with 10 Social Studies & Science Card Sets

Created by

Main ideas and supporting details are HARD concepts, especially if you are stuck reading a long, boring article.] So, when introducing main idea to my ‘BIG’ 5th graders it had to be interactive. In this hands-on resource, students work in pairs to differentiated between the topic, main idea, and supporting details. This is a fantastic activity for modeling what main ideas, topics, and supporting details look and sound like. Additionally, this hands-on ‘game’ is a perfect transition into students

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Science, U.S. History

Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

Activities, Posters

CCSS:

RI.5.2

Nonfiction Text Features Scavenger Hunt Summarizing Informational Text Graphic

Created by

Teaching on Lemon Lane

✨BEST-SELLER✨ This nonfiction graphic organizer works w/ any type of informational text or nonfiction passage: use it again & again. Students love the non-fiction text activities like the Nonfiction Text Features scavenger hunt & the fun dice Nonfiction Game | Nonfiction Reading response worksheet. Perfect for summarizing nonfiction text, teaching nonfiction reading skills, nonfiction centers, no-prep sub-plans, close reading, teaching nonfiction reading strategies, informational writing

Subjects:

Close Reading, English Language Arts, Informational Text

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

Worksheets, Printables, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

, RI.7.2

...

Also included in: Nonfiction Informational Text Structures Features Summarizing Activities Bundle

Summarizing Nonfiction: A Bundle of Activities

Created by

English Language Arts, Informational Text, Reading Strategies

This nonfiction text summary bundle will help you teach students how to write a summary of a nonfiction text. It can be used for introduction or review of the skill. It includes a Summarizing Nonfiction PowerPoint, an interactive notebook activity, a poster, and 5 practice worksheets.1. I recommend beginning with the 40-slide PowerPoint. It follows this format:Slides 1-5: Introduction & Key #1- Differentiate interesting and important.Slides 6-11: Key #2- Identify the text structure used b

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

RI.4.2

I Heart Recess by Jessica Scott

Main Idea & Supporting Details Activity

Created by

This is an engaging and hands on activity to each Main Idea! Students will use their knowledge of topic, main idea, and supporting details with each bag, along with writing their own short paragraph. Students use the picture cards to identify the topic and Main Idea of each bag. They will then choose one Main Idea bag to write a paragraph with a main idea and supporting details.Product Includes:Detailed Lesson Plan10 Main Idea card setsInstructions for setting up the activityAnchor Chart/Guided

Subjects:

Reading, Reading Strategies, Writing

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Activities, Task Cards, Centers

CCSS:

Thanksgiving Main Idea Craftivity in Print and Digital

Created by

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Thanksgiving

This engaging print and digital Thanksgiving-themed activity will be a hit in your upper elementary classroom! Students will practice identifying the main idea sentence and its supporting detail sentences! Students match 4 supporting detail sentences (written on feathers) to each main idea sentence (written on the body of a turkey). This also makes a creative November bulletin board or school hallway display!To begin, each student is given four worksheets that contain 4 turkey images and 16 feat

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

English Language Arts, Informational Text, Reading Strategies

Also included in: November Craftivity BUNDLE

Winter Activities Main Idea & Details Worksheets Graphic Organizers Central Idea

Created by

Kim Miller

Teaching main idea and supporting details to students isn’t all that easy. Many students struggle with the concept and the process. They get confused and caught up in all of the little details when reading through the text. These short winter-themed reading passages with graphic organizers make it easy for students to pinpoint the main idea. Supporting details are strategically placed so students can easily practice identifying small details supporting the main idea. With repeated practice, your

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Worksheets, Printables

CCSS:

Government, Social Studies - History

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

Branches of Government LINKtivity® (Legislative, Judicial, Executive)

Created by

The Classroom Nook

Transform your students into government experts with this engaging and interactive digital resource! The 3 Branches of Government LINKtivity is the perfect way to introduce your upper elementary students to the unique features of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches.With just a single link, your students will be able to access a kid-friendly digital learning guide that includes video, audio, fun graphics, and more, making their learning experience enjoyable and unforgettable. The LI

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Activities, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

RI.3.1

, RI.4.1