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

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 entire year! 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

Want to keep your students engaged and learning during December? Here's what on 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,

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 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 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★★5th Grade Language Arts BUNDLE: Spi

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

Looking for a complete resource that includes everything you need to teach cause and effect using informational text? It's here! This Cause and Effect Using Informational Text unit comes in print and digital and includes 6 passages (historical, scientific, and technical), graphic organizers, posters, and two sets of 32 task cards that are specifically designed to target reading strategies using nonfiction text. Besides getting targeted cause and effect practice, your students will enjoy the pas

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 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 r

This Cause and Effect Bundle contains 6 resources for teaching students how to identify cause and effect within sentences, short reading passages (1 paragraph), and longer reading passages (multiple paragraphs). It includes: A 53-slide PowerPoint (You have my permission to convert this PowerPoint to Google Slides, if you wish.)3-page PowerPoint companion handout (This companion handout is available in both printable and digital formats.)Cause and Effect Activity Pack: Craftivity, Poster, and W

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 engaging and COMPLETE unit has it all with reading passages about different types of ecosystems, biomes, food chains, photosynthesis, herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores. Students will enjoy the comprehension and connection activities, vocabulary skills, interactive notebook activities, and so much more! Your students will love learning all about ecosystems with this BEST SELLER! A DIGITAL version of this resource is available for Google Classroom.With Information About:Types of Ecosystem

**ALL GRADE 5-6 STANDARDS** Close-reading ready! Engaging, lengthy, and meaningful standards-based non-fiction passages and assessments for ALL TWENTY Common Core Informational Text Standards in Grades 5-6 in ONE bundle of 20 teacher-friendly and student-friendly printables! PLEASE NOTE: These lengthier passages and rigorous assessments are ideal for implementing a close reading program in your classroom based around mastery of the Common Core! What does that mean to you as a classroom teacher?

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Help support your students in your reading classroom with this mega bundle of best-selling graphic organizers (for fiction and nonfiction). Two Packets are Included:Reading Fiction Graphic Organizers Packet (200+ pages)Reading Nonfiction Graphic Organizers Packet (140+ pages)Students will organize, explore, analyze, and clarify a plethora of key reading concepts that will allow students to think deeply in order to comprehend their reading. You and your students will love this easy-to-use classro

40 WEEKS INCLUDED in this meaningful & rigorous weekly reading homework aligned to the 3rd, 4th & 5th grade standards! Are you looking for upper grade weekly reading homework to provide instant reading material and something meaningful to align to your Common Core instruction? See how the ELA standards are addressed with this alignment spreadsheet (perfect for inquiring administrators).Parents, students, and teachers agree they love this easy-to-use format and how engaging the high-inte

Reading interactive notebooks are an engaging way to practice the 4th and 5th grade reading standards and a perfect opportunity to create an anchor for students' learnings.In this Reading Interactive Bundle, you will get:1. Reading Interactive Notebook :This is an interactive notebook resource (with texts) for the literature and informational reading standards for 4th and 5th grade. 2. Reading Anchor Charts : This resource includes seventeen reading anchor charts/teaching posters. Eight of the p

Do you need concise, scaffolded instruction for small groups, English learners, and struggling students? This resource integrates all 37 5th Grade ELA Common Core Reading Standards for Literature, Informational Text, and Language Standards into ANY text. No need to reinvent the wheel for your daily lesson planning! Kid-Friendly • Scaffolds for each standard include prerequisite vocabulary, graphic organizers, and consistent visuals cues. • Concise mini-lessons maximize learning. • In-context

This Ancient Egypt Unit Bundle has over 200 pages of Egypt projects and activities. It contains everything students need to create an organized Ancient Egypt interactive notebook for social studies. It contains Ancient Egypt reading passages, comprehension questions, an Ancient Egypt map, foldable activities, projects, graphic organizers, and more!✅Be sure to click on the previews for detailed descriptions and images of exactly what is included in this package.✅SAVE $$$$ BY PURCHASING THIS COMP

During this project, students will first learn about growth mindset by reading an informational article about Carol Dweck’s work. Then, they’ll select a famous person in history with a growth mindset. They’ll choose from 14 famous leaders and pioneers in their fields for the basis of their research. Students will research their famous person as they respond to targeted research questions. While researching, they’ll be on the lookout for ways that the famous person had a growth mindset. Next

With this resource, students will learn about Native Americans through reading engaging passages on differentiated reading levels. Students can respond to multiple-choice or short-answer questions after reading. Teaching notes and lesson plans are included. This resource can be printed or shared digitally.What is included?+ Printable and interactive digital versions6 reading passages – (See topics below.)5 differentiated reading levels for each passage (30 total passages)CCSS-aligned question se

How would you like to save time and never have to create an anchor chart by hand ever again??? Get a full year's worth of Anchor Charts that are ready to print and use! This ready-to-print bundle includes over 350 anchor charts to help you teach some of the key reading, writing, grammar, and vocabulary concepts taught in 3rd, 4th and 5th grade.  This bundle seriously will save you so much time. I used to spend hours each weekend creating my anchor charts until I finally decided to create them in

Rapid Read and Review is the perfect way to engage your students in relevant and rigorous review of reading content! This digital and printable review set is the perfect way to keep your students' informational text skills sharp. It can be used in centers, small groups, whole class, or as homework to review essential informational text comprehension skills and standards. The same question is never asked twice and skills are never reviewed in the same way, so students will stay engaged and exc

NON-FICTION INFORMATIONAL TEXTSClick here to see the Cheaper Mini October Unit5 STARS "So perfect! We started doing Close Reading activities and I am super happy with this product because I can use it in class AND send as homework, but most of all because it is already differentiated! Which is how my homework assignments are already. :)" Marivic S.5 STARS "Awesome resource to use for homework, data, collection, or close reading with a small group!"--- Elise O.5 STARS "Just what I needed for the

Cause and effect articles! This packet includes everything you need to introduce students to the text structure of cause and effect in expository texts. You'll find 11 texts with a wide variety of before, during, and after reading activities.Texts (text-dependent questions and activities included)What Is A Tsunami?Surviving the Winter Raising a Stink About StinkbugsThe Reason for a RainbowMysterious Milk Sickness Invasive Species Synthesizing Information activity Great Peshtigo FireWriting Sente