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Students practice or review text structure through writing. Given the topic of "Ice Cream," students must write one sentence about ice cream in the form of each of the five different nonfiction text structures. Students must include at least one signal word for each text structure from the word box in each sentence. The first one has been completed as an example of the description text structure

Struggling to get students excited about theme? Let’s flip the script—literally! This resource features five short, student-friendly skits with five parts each, designed to make theme identification interactive and enjoyable. After each performance, students reflect and choose the matching theme by circling their answer on a worksheet. It’s a perfect blend of movement, collaboration, and comprehension—all in one!

This activity can be used as classwork or as an assessment to test students knowledge of using context clues and prefixes -mis & -un. Students must use context clues to determine which word goes in each blank and then add the correct prefix.

This set provides three five-question multiple choice assessments to check students' understanding of context clues. Answer keys are provided.

This product assesses students on various types of poems including limerick, free verse, rhymed verse, and haiku. Students must identify poems by definition and read poems to determine the types. There are also figurative language questions about personification and simile.

This is a practice test designed to expose students to the types of questions they may see on the standardized state ELA tests, such as the FSA. The passage and questions specifically cater to third graders but can be used as prep for 2nd graders or fourth graders as well. It includes a fiction passage with 10 comprehension questions, as well as five language and editing questions at the end. (15 total questions) There is a two-part question (Parts A & B), as well as a grid style question to hel

State Test Prep Motivation/Strategies Bundle: Eight activities/materials to get you through the week/days before state testing. It is specifically made for third graders taking the state reading test but can be used for older students as well! What’s Included? 1. “G-E-N-I-U-S” test taking strategy acronym. Review this acronym with students and remind them that they are all GENIUSES! 2. Create Your Own Acronym-Students come up with their own acronym to remind them to do their best on the test.

This activity is sure to give your students a laugh before the holiday break. Students are to recreate the song, "Frosty the Snowman," by filling in the blanks. This activity can be printed or used digitally. Students can then recite their songs to the class and have a silly competition. I did this with both students on zoom in breakout rooms and in-person students in groups! You can either print it out, or publish it to Google Classroom and have students type in the boxes for the digital versio

Get your students hooked on Author's Claim, evidence, and reasoning. Students are introduced to the topic of author's claim. They then find author's claim, evidence, and reasoning on their own. The packet ends with a class debate where students must establish their own claim and evidence.

This worksheet can be used to introduce context clues or as a quick post assessment. The learning goal is included at the top as well as a 1-5 Marzano style rating scale at the bottom. Great for observation purposes as well as state test prep!

This product contains each of the 3rd grade B.E.S.T. Florida reading standards for comprehension and vocabulary turned into student friendly objectives to display on the board.

These practice pages serve as a review for third and fourth grade reading test prep. Questions include the following topics: theme, figurative language, author's claim, context clues, author's purpose, types of poems, & central idea.

This packet includes three activity pages for the week before Winter break. The pages are as followed: 1. The Perfect Gift: Students write to explain what gift they would give to someone and why. They then fill out a comic strip to illustrate their gift giving. 2. Find Someone Who: Holiday Edition-Students walk around the room to find students who celebrate different holiday traditions and write their names in the corresponding boxes. 3. My Winter Break Wishes: Students fill in five wishes they

This Spelling Menu is non-editable. There are nine different options for students to choose from. Directions instruct students to choose 3 of the spelling options to complete on the back. Copy the two pages front to back for an easy weekly spelling homework assignment!

Students pick an idiom from the list. They then write and illustrate the figurative and literal meanings.