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This is a Close reading strategy resource handout with 6 steps to help students read with purpose. It also includes a list of "power verbs".

Reading starter activities that can be used for various reading tasks and concepts (vocabulary, theme, summarizing, characterization, context clues, and letter writing). This 5 activity set also includes a link to my site for additional help. Please check out my "How to" guide on Interactive Notebooks and my Interactive Notebook rubric. Thank you for your purchase! :)

8 pages that include: Expository Text Feature definition with examples and 6 types of text features: Chronological, sequence, description, problem/solution, compare and contrast, and cause and effect. Posters include a graphic organizer example along with a few clue words.

This is a peer grading rubric (teacher's final grade required) that allows students to analyze the work of their peers and, in turn, reflect on their own entries. This also allows for students to earn extra credit if they share their work with their parents.

Go APE is an acronym for Answer, Prove, and Extend/End for extended response answers.

Ivan Capp will help your students remember the parts of speech. Take to a copy service to make to a poster-size resource.

Assign on Monday and collect on Friday. Students also can use the back to practice weekly reading vocabulary.

A simple guide to introduce students to the annotation reading strategy.

Rikki Tikki R.A.F.T activity that can be edited to fit your lesson goals.

This is an easy way to help students find and describe the central idea of a text.

Editable RAFT assignment to fit the needs of your lesson goals.

Direction sheet for students. Please see my free rubric for this assignment.

Students will use the title, a few passages, and vocabulary to come up with a prediction. This activity should be used to build anticipation and suspense.

Do you need a quick list of oxymorons? This download is for you!

Focus on key elements of a Pour Quoi Tale. Need a Pourquoi Tale assignment? Please check out my store. Your positive feedback is greatly appreciated.