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Reading Interactive Notebook w/ Option for Google Slides™
Reading Interactive Notebook w/ Option for Google Slides™
By Cultivating Critical Readers
Want a tool to help you quickly plan engaging, effective reading lessons? The Reading Interactive Notebook is just what you're looking for! This Common Core and TEKS-aligned reading interactive notebook is a great tool for introducing skills and
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies
Grades:
3rd, Homeschool
Types:
Activities, Interactive Notebooks, Google Apps
CCSS:
RL.3.1, RL.3.2, RL.3.3, RL.3.4, RL.3.5, RL.3.6, RL.3.7, RL.3.9, RL.3.10, RL.4.1, RL.4.2...
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ALL ABOUT ME Activity
ALL ABOUT ME Activity
By Cultivating Critical Readers
This All About Me writing and art activity is a fun, creative, and engaging back to school project. Students are free to complete this with as few or as many words as they like, allowing for maximum differentiation.This All About Me activity is
Subjects:
Visual Arts, Writing, Back to School
Grades:
2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
Types:
Activities, Printables
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Argumentative Text - Reading Interactive Notebook Pages & Passage
Argumentative Text - Reading Interactive Notebook Pages & Passage
By Cultivating Critical Readers
If you're overwhelmed by the idea of teaching argumentative text, or you just don't know where to start, this argumentative text interactive notebook is for you.This interactive notebook offers a hands-on, engaging approach to teaching the
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies
Grades:
3rd, Homeschool
Types:
Activities, Interactive Notebooks, Google Apps
CCSS:
RI.2.8, RI.3.2, RI.3.6, RI.4.2, RI.4.8, CCRA.R.8
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Argumentative Text Bundle
Argumentative Text Bundle
By Cultivating Critical Readers
This argumentative text bundle has everything you need for the week!The 5-day Argumentative Text Unit will help you teach your students to recognize and identify the characteristics and structures of argumentative text (ie. the author's claim, the
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Reading, ELA Test Prep
Grades:
3rd, Homeschool
Types:
Unit Plans, Task Cards, Interactive Notebooks
CCSS:
RI.3.2, RI.3.6, RI.3.9, RI.4.2, RI.4.8, CCRA.R.8, CCRA.R.9
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STAAR Reading Review Game - Test Prep Review Game
STAAR Reading Review Game - Test Prep Review Game
By Cultivating Critical Readers
This TEKS-aligned, editable Jeopardy-style STAAR Reading review game is a fun addition to your test prep activities! Students will love reviewing context clues, sensory language, poetry, fiction, and nonfiction with this mixture of open-ended and
Subjects:
Reading, ELA Test Prep, Reading Strategies
Grades:
3rd
Types:
PowerPoint Presentations, Games
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Author's Purpose Beyond PIES - Reading Interactive Notebook
Author's Purpose Beyond PIES - Reading Interactive Notebook
By Cultivating Critical Readers
Go beyond PIES with author's purpose. Teach your students how to make inferences and draw conclusions about the author's purpose of a text and analyze the choices they made to achieve that purpose with these interactive notebook pages.Your students
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies
Grades:
3rd, Homeschool
Types:
Interactive Notebooks, Google Apps, Lesson
CCSS:
RI.2.2, RI.2.6, RI.3.6, CCRA.R.6
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Argumentative Text Task Cards w/ Digital Task Cards - Supp
Argumentative Text Task Cards w/ Digital Task Cards - Supporting Evidence
By Cultivating Critical Readers
Students struggling with identifying supporting evidence? This recess-themed set of 20 argumentative text task cards gives your students a fun way to practice identifying evidence that supports the claim. Each card contains a claim and asks the
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Reading, Informational Text
Grades:
3rd, 4th, Homeschool
Types:
Internet Activities, Task Cards, Google Apps
CCSS:
RI.4.8, RI.5.8
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Argumentative Text 5 Day Unit
Argumentative Text 5 Day Unit
By Cultivating Critical Readers
Need a resource that helps your third graders understand the characteristics and structure of argumentative text? This 5-day argumentative text unit is the perfect tool to walk you and your students through identifying the author's claim, the
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies
Grades:
3rd, Homeschool
Types:
Unit Plans, Activities, Google Apps
CCSS:
RI.3.2, RI.3.6, RI.3.9, RI.4.2, RI.4.8, CCRA.R.8, CCRA.R.9
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Elements of Drama - Reading Interactive Notebook with Samp
Elements of Drama - Reading Interactive Notebook with Sample Drama for Labeling
By Cultivating Critical Readers
Want a fun and engaging way to introduce the elements of drama? These elements of drama interactive notebook pages are just what you're looking for!This interactive notebook offers a hands-on, engaging approach to teaching the elements of drama.
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies
Grades:
3rd, Homeschool
Types:
Activities, Interactive Notebooks, Google Apps
CCSS:
RL.3.5, RL.4.5
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Valentine's Day Context Clues Task Cards w/ Digital Options
Valentine's Day Context Clues Task Cards w/ Digital Options
By Cultivating Critical Readers
Looking for a Valentine's Day activity that engages your students while reviewing context clues? Your students will love using context clues, prefixes, suffixes, synonyms, antonyms, and multiple meaning words with these fun Valentine's Day context
Subjects:
Vocabulary, ELA Test Prep, Valentine's Day
Grades:
3rd, Homeschool
Types:
Internet Activities, Task Cards, Google Apps
CCSS:
RF.3.3a, L.3.4, L.3.4a, L.3.4b, L.4.4, L.4.4a, L.4.5c, CCRA.L.4
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Context Clues Task Cards - Print & Digital Options with Au
Context Clues Task Cards - Print & Digital Options with Audio Support
By Cultivating Critical Readers
Need a fun and engaging context clues activity? Your students will love using context clues, prefixes, suffixes, synonyms, antonyms, and multiple meaning words with the relatable sentences in these context clues task cards. These task cards are
Subjects:
Reading, Vocabulary, ELA Test Prep
Grades:
3rd, Homeschool
Types:
Internet Activities, Task Cards, Google Apps
CCSS:
RF.3.3a, RF.4.3a, L.3.4, L.3.4a, L.3.4b, L.4.4, L.4.4a, L.4.5c, CCRA.L.4
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Point of View - Reading Interactive Notebook Pages with So
Point of View - Reading Interactive Notebook Pages with Sorting Activity
By Cultivating Critical Readers
Help your students understand how to identify the point of view of the characters and the author and distinguish it from their own with these point of view interactive notebook pages.This interactive notebook offers a hands-on, engaging approach to
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies
Grades:
3rd, Homeschool
Types:
Activities, Interactive Notebooks, Google Apps
CCSS:
RL.2.6, RL.3.6, RL.4.6, RI.3.6, CCRA.R.6
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Plot Structure and Setting - Reading Interactive Notebook Pages
Plot Structure and Setting - Reading Interactive Notebook Pages
By Cultivating Critical Readers
Need help getting your students to identify the plot's main events and explain the influence of the setting on the plot? These plot structure interactive notebook pages are just what you're looking for.This interactive notebook offers a hands-on,
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies
Grades:
3rd, Homeschool
Types:
Interactive Notebooks, Google Apps, Lesson
CCSS:
RL.2.5, RL.3.9
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Vocabulary Activities and Games for Any List - Vocabulary
Vocabulary Activities and Games for Any List - Vocabulary Station for 3rd Grade
By Cultivating Critical Readers
Need a little help providing your students with meaningful practice for their vocabulary words? These 13 vocabulary activities and games are just what you need to keep them engaged and motivated to use their new vocabulary words in daily
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Reading, Vocabulary
Grades:
3rd, Homeschool
Types:
Activities, Games, Centers
CCSS:
L.3.6, L.4.6, L.5.6, L.6.6, CCRA.L.3, CCRA.L.4, CCRA.L.5, CCRA.L.6
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Text Features - Reading Interactive Notebook Pages
Text Features - Reading Interactive Notebook Pages
By Cultivating Critical Readers
Looking for an engaging activity to help you introduce or review text features? Want something your students will remember and be able to reference throughout the year? These text features interactive notebook pages are just what you're looking
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies
Grades:
3rd, Homeschool
Types:
Activities, Interactive Notebooks, Google Apps
CCSS:
RI.2.5, RI.3.5, RI.4.7
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Fiction Interactive Notebook Pages - Bundle
Fiction Interactive Notebook Pages - Bundle
By Cultivating Critical Readers
Looking to improve your students' comprehension of literary texts? These Common Core and TEKS-aligned fiction interactive notebook pages are just what you're looking for.This fiction bundle offers a hands-on approach to teaching plot structure,
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies
Grades:
3rd, Homeschool
Types:
Interactive Notebooks, Google Apps, Lesson
CCSS:
RL.2.1, RL.2.2, RL.2.3, RL.2.5, RL.3.1, RL.3.2, RL.3.3, RL.3.5, RL.3.9, RL.4.2, RL.4.3
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Prefixes and Suffixes - Reading Interactive Notebook Pages
Prefixes and Suffixes - Reading Interactive Notebook Pages
By Cultivating Critical Readers
Looking for a way to help your students gain a solid understanding of affixes and the way they change the meaning of the root or base word? These prefixes and suffixes interactive notebook pages are just what you're looking for.This interactive
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Reading, Vocabulary
Grades:
3rd, Homeschool
Types:
Graphic Organizers, Interactive Notebooks, Google Apps
CCSS:
RF.2.3d, RF.3.3a, RF.3.3b, RF.4.3a, L.2.4b, L.3.2e, L.3.4b, L.4.4b
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Inferring Task Cards Print and Digital with Audio Support
Inferring Task Cards Print and Digital with Audio Support for Making Inferences
By Cultivating Critical Readers
Are your students struggling with making inferences? If you need an engaging activity that your students will actually enjoy, these Inferring Task Cards are just what you're looking for! Each card in this set of 24 has a short, relatable passage and
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies
Grades:
3rd, Homeschool
Types:
Internet Activities, Task Cards, Google Apps
CCSS:
CCRA.R.1
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Valentine's Day Synonym and Antonym BINGO
Valentine's Day Synonym and Antonym BINGO
By Cultivating Critical Readers
Looking for a fun ELA Valentine's Day game? Students will love practicing synonyms and antonyms with this Valentine's Day BINGO game! It's the perfect combination of fun & academic practice.What You'll Get:Teacher and Assembly Directions30 BINGO
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Reading, Vocabulary
Grades:
3rd, Homeschool
Types:
Activities, Games, Centers
CCSS:
L.4.5c
$3.00
35
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Sensory Poems Writing Activity w/ Color Poems, Seasonal Po
Sensory Poems Writing Activity w/ Color Poems, Seasonal Poems, & Sensory Poetry
By Cultivating Critical Readers
These sensory poems and information pages help your students learn how to bring their poetry to life with sensory language. Use these informational, brainstorming, drafting, and publishing pages to help your students create sensory poems for any
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Writing, Poetry
Grades:
3rd, Homeschool
Types:
Activities, Handouts, Lesson
$3.00
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I was a classroom teacher for nine years. I taught kindergarten for one year at a private school. I then moved into public schools and taught one year of second grade and seven years of third grade ELA. Certifications: Generalist Certification Early Childhood through Grade 4 Special Education Supplemental Certification English as a Second Language Supplemental Certification

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MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

I graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Learning and Development Early Childhood through Grade Four with a Reading Specialization. Member of the International Literacy Association

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My mission is to give you effective lesson plans and ideas to help you cultivate critical readers and thinkers. cultivatingcriticalreaders.com

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1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, Homeschool, Not Grade Specific

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English Language Arts, Reading, Grammar, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Arts & Music, Visual Arts, ELA Test Prep, Math Test Prep, For All Subject Areas, Literature, Classroom Management, Writing, Reading Strategies, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Poetry, Autumn, Halloween, Winter, Valentine's Day, Spring, For All Subjects, Informational Text, Test Preparation, End of Year, Phonics, Classroom Community

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