These 65 question cards for literature will help your students engage in meaningful and insightful discussions about the books they are reading. The cards address setting, characters, plot, theme, author's purpose, mood, tone and more. Students will need to use reading strategies such as inference,

This a great resource to promote reading comprehnension in your classroom. I provided a step-by-step close-reading strategy to help students develop skills to read for deeper meaning. This resource contains everything you will need to implement close reading in your classroom! I’ve included THREE D

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

Here are 45 literature response activities arranged in five grids of nine activities each to make a Tic-Tac-Toe format. There is also a list of all 45 activities at the end of the document. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Distance LearningThis packet will work well for at-home

I created this resource to help students read complex texts independently and for a specific purpose. I’ve researched several strategies for close reading and have developed a process that will make your teaching more effective, and help your students develop skills to read for deeper meaning. This

I created this resource to help students read complex texts independently and for a specific purpose. I’ve researched several strategies for close reading and have developed a process that will make your teaching more effective, and help your students develop skills to read for deeper meaning. This

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Perfect for grades 3 – 6Inferring isn’t a skill that comes naturally to every learner. Some students catch on right away, and others struggle with it. As a teacher, it is very difficult to find texts that provide clear inferring opportunities for students. To meet the needs of my students, I created

Our Solar System captivates the attention and awe of our students like few other topics in science. This MASSIVE Bundled Solar System Unit gives you a wealth of fun, informational and engaging materials to help you present the Solar System, our little corner of the universe, to your kids! Use these

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

Students can use these close reading posters to demonstrate their understanding of and show their thinking through close reading exercises. The poster format is perfect for open ended reading responses, with the questions broken down by the number of "close reads" a student completes. They can be

I created this resource to help students read complex texts independently and for a specific purpose. I’ve researched several strategies for close reading and have developed a process that will make your teaching more effective and help your students develop skills to read for deeper meaning. This r

I created this resource to help students read complex texts independently and for a specific purpose. I’ve researched several strategies for close reading and have developed a process that will make your teaching more effective, and help your students develop skills to read for deeper meaning. This

These differentiated reading passages are great to practice reading comprehension and close reading. They are all differentiated so they are ready to use in your classroom!-------------------------------------------------------------------------**A digital version is also included for use with Googl

These digital graphic organizers are perfect for students to use to respond to any fiction or literature text. These 18 ready-to-use pages were designed to be used with Google Slides, but can also be downloaded to use with PowerPoint. Assign these pages in Google Classroom or through Google Drive as

**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 leng

This ELA Sub Plan Bundle includes 5 sets of my best-selling emergency sub plans for language arts! Well over 100 pages and 7+ days worth of reading literature and informational text fun for your students to work on in your absence!Emergency ELA Sub Plans because EMERGENCIES happen!As a veteran teach

Close reading is a big part of the Common Core and an important skill to master. This freebie includes a close reading poster, 3 graphic organizers (one for each read), and a set of 6 "Talk Time" discussion prompt cards. These resources came from my Close Reading Toolkit for Informational Textbut w

These digital graphic organizers are perfect for students to use to respond to any non-fiction or informative text. These 18 ready-to-use pages were designed to be used with Google Slides, but can also be downloaded to use with PowerPoint. Assign these pages in Google Classroom or through Google Dri

Close reading with music is a way to engage your students so they enjoy close reading! Digital version using Google Slides ™ now included for all sets. Music is a way of letting our emotions out and allowing ourselves to express our feelings. Music speaks to people, it inspires people, and it allows

Valentines STEM and other seasonal STEM challenge activities are so much fun. But, finding the time to incorporate design challenges into your curriculum can be difficult. This FULL YEAR STEM BUNDLE includes MORE THAN 70 STEM DESIGN CHALLENGES from the STEM with CLOSE READING series. Each challen

Paired passages, or paired texts, meet the demand for more rigorous, complex texts with Common Core- especially these passages that students can use to compare and build knowledge to integrate information and draw conclusions. The passages in this set are differentiated. Two levels are provided: on

This product provides a template for a game I've titled, Literary Jenga. It includes 54 task cards for each Jenga piece. The game is differentiated and competitive with each piece being a different number of points based on question complexity. For example: pink questions are 2 point and focus on

Paired passages, or paired texts, meet the demand for more rigorous, complex texts with Common Core- especially these passages that students can use to compare and build knowledge to integrate information and draw conclusions. The passages in this set are differentiated. Two levels are provided: on