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Looking for almost a month of guided reading plans?! This is the perfect bundle to lead your students through the book Storm Runners by Roland Smith with a bonus DIGITAL packet for building background knowledge of hurricanes! Whether it is used whole class, small group, or independently, your students will be engaged in the reading each day! This bundle includes a digital hurricane background knowledge packet, a printable PDF guided reading packet, 8 question quiz & an essay question. Almos

*** Important *** - These posters were made for the Next Generation Version of Read 180. I no longer teach Read 180 and will not be updating for any of the newer versions. These are tips to help students progress through the Read 180 software. I've printed these out and hung them near my computer station. The visual reminder has really helped students make progress throughout the year. Included tips for the Reading Zone, Word Zone, Spelling Zone, Success Zone, and Writing Zone. There's also

This packet is a 13-day lesson plan for the book The Thing About Georgie by Lisa Graff. It is structured with before, during, and after strategies for students to employ each day. The before consists of vocabulary and prediction tasks. The during tells students the required reading and comprehension questions. And the after section is an open-ended style response for the students to craft a 2-3 sentence answer. The book is divided into 13 parts with a book review rating at the end. This is an e

This packet is a 10-day lesson plan for the book Storm Runners by Roland Smith. It is structured with before, during, and after strategies for students to employ each day. The before consists of vocabulary and prediction tasks. The during tells students the required reading and comprehension questions. Finally, the after section is an open-ended style response for the students to craft a 2-3 sentence answer. In addition, there are additional nonfiction applications on each day based on the day’

This is a printable PDF 8-question multiple choice quiz for the book, The Thing About Georgie by Lisa Graff. There is also a written RACES response question including a brainstorm chart and an included rubric. This quiz goes along with The Thing About Georgie Guided Reading Packet in our TPT store!

This packet is a 10-day lesson plan for the book Emma’s New Beginningby Jessica Gunderson. It is structured with before, during, and after strategies for students to employ each day. The before consists of vocabulary and prediction tasks. The during tells students the required reading and comprehension questions. Finally, the after section is an open-ended style response for the students to craft a 2-3 sentence answer. The book is divided into 10 parts/days. This is an excellent printable PDF r

This packet is a 12 day lesson plan for the book House of Tailors by Patricia Reilly Giff. It is structured with before, during and after strategies for students to employ each day. The before consists of vocabulary and prediction tasks. The during tells students the required reading and comprehension questions. And the after section is an open ended style response for the students to craft a 2-3 sentence answer. Feel free to check out our BUNDLE that also includes a 3 day packet full of activi

This packet is a 12-day lesson plan for the book Orphan of Ellis Island by Elvira Woodruff. It is structured with before, during, and after strategies for students to employ each day. The before consists of vocabulary and prediction tasks. The during tells students the required reading and comprehension questions. Finally, the after section is an open-ended style response for the students to craft a 2-3 sentence answer. The book is divided into 12 parts/days. This is an excellent printable PDF

This packet is a 14 day lesson plan for the book Eleven by Patricia Reilly Giff. It is structured with before, during and after strategies for students to employ each day. The before consists of vocabulary and prediction tasks. The during tells students the required reading and comprehension questions. And the after section is a open ended style response for the students to craft a 2-3 sentence answer. Finally on the bottom is a spiral review of grammar, figurative language and nonfiction

This packet is a 14-day lesson plan for the book Swindle by Gordon Korman. It is structured with before, during, and after strategies for students to employ each day. The before consists of vocabulary and prediction tasks. The during tells students the required reading and comprehension questions. Finally, the after section is an open-ended style response for the students to craft a 2-3 sentence answer. In addition, there are additional spiral review grammar/deeper level thinking activities aft

This packet is an 11-day lesson plan for the book Lily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff. It is structured with before, during, and after strategies for students to employ each day. The before consists of vocabulary and prediction tasks. The during tells students the required reading and comprehension questions. Finally, the after section is an open-ended style response for the students to craft a 2-3 sentence answer. The book is divided into 11 parts/days. This is an excellent printable PDF r

This packet is an 11-day lesson plan for the book Riding Freedom by Pam Munoz Ryan. It is structured with before, during, and after strategies for students to employ each day. The before consists of vocabulary and prediction tasks. The during tells students the required reading and comprehension questions. Finally, the after section is an open-ended style response for the students to craft a 2-3 sentence answer. The book is divided into 11 parts/days. This is an excellent printable PDF resource

This is a printable PDF 8-question multiple choice quiz for the book, Donavan's Word Jar by Monalisa DeGross. There is also a written RACES response question including a brainstorm chart, grading rubric, and two versions for student response. One version is completely open-ended and another version contains sentence frames for learners that need more assistance. This quiz goes along with the Donavan's Word Jar Guided Reading Packet in our TPT store!

This packet is a 14-day lesson plan for the book The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate. It is structured with before, during, and after strategies for students to employ each day. The before consists of vocabulary and prediction tasks. The during tells students the required reading and comprehension questions. Finally, the after section is an open-ended style response for the students to craft a 2-3 sentence answer. In addition, there are additional spiral review grammar/deeper level thi

This packet is a 13-day lesson plan for the book Phineas MacGuire... Erupts! by Francis O'Roark Dowell. It is structured with before, during, and after strategies for students to employ each day. The before consists of vocabulary and prediction tasks. The during tells students the required reading and comprehension questions. Finally, the after section is an open-ended style response for the students to craft a 2-3 sentence answer.**This version includes SENTENCE FRAMES IN THE AFTER SECTION for

This packet is a 14 day lesson plan for the book Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo. It is structured with before, during, and after strategies for students to employ each day in addition to four vocabulary definition and application pages for each "book section." The before consists of vocabulary and prediction tasks. The during tells students the required reading and comprehension questions. The after section is an open-ended style response for the students to craft a 2-3 sentence answer. T

This is a printable PDF 8 question multiple choice quiz for the book, Storm Runners by Roland Smith. There is also a written RACES response question which includes a brainstorm chart and grading rubric. This quiz goes along with the Storm Runners by guided Reading Packet in our TPT store!

This is a School to Home resource for each week of the Wonders Reading Series for 4th grade (2017 version). One page has everything students will need to study for the weekly tests! Each page contains: - reading skill & strategy for the week - vocabulary strategy - vocabulary words (with definitions!) - Spelling words - on grade and beyond (Purpose of the test date table at the top: I use a 6 day cycle. I test Spelling on Day 5 and Reading & Vocab on Day 6. I also never do Spelling tests o

This is a printable PDF 8 question multiple choice quiz for the book, The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate. There is also a written RACES/TDA response question which includes a brainstorm chart and grading rubric. This quiz goes along with The One and Only Ivan guided Reading Packet in our TPT store!

This is an anchor chart for students to fill in in order to review/learn about the 8 key reading strategies (Predict, Visualize, Infer, Monitor/Clarify, Connect, Question, Summarize and Evaluate). Also attached is a teacher copy that is completed.