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Are your students struggling to summarize on their own? If so, have they ever practiced using the SWBST Strategy? This Summarizing Passages resource includes 3 different passages that give students a chance to practice and master the SWBST Strategy for summarizing a fiction text. Here's how it works... Students will use a highlighting system while reading the passages to find evidence to support each question of the SWBST strategy. Then, they will record their evidence on the Summarizi

Do your students struggle to find the main idea of a text when it is implied rather than stated? Do they understand what main idea and details "are," but struggle to determine them independently? Here's the scoop... Students must understand that the main idea of a text is not always clearly stated in the text. It is often implied. The What? So What? Strategy is a great strategy to use when the main idea is implied rather than stated, as it distinguishes the difference between a topic, main idea,

Are your students struggling to summarize fiction and nonfiction text? If so, have you ever tried using the SWBST Strategy for fiction or the What? So What? Strategy? for nonfiction? This awesome BUNDLE includes 2 resources with 6 different passages that give students a chance to practice and master both the SWBST Strategy for summarizing fiction and the What? So What? Strategy for determining the main idea and details to summarize nonfiction.In both resources, students will use a highlig

Do your students struggle with summarizing? Maybe they understand what it means to summarize, but are having trouble writing a summary on their own?This Summarizing SWBST PowerPoint is great to use as a guided lesson to introduce or review the skill of summarizing because it teaches students a specific step-by-step strategy to master the skill. Use this PowerPoint to both introduce and practice the Somebody Wanted But So Then Strategy. Copy the printables that accompany the lesson so studen

Are you an upper elementary teacher looking for a resource for your students to practice identifying character traits? These Character Traits Passages not only ask students to identify character traits, but provides them with a step-by-step strategy to analyze and infer character traits in detail. The Think F.A.S.T. Strategy asks students to analyze a characters feelings, actions, sayings, and thoughts in order to infer character traits. In this resource you will find: 2 fiction passagesThink F.

Are your students struggling to locate and refer to evidence in the text to answer comprehension questions? Let’s face it…when our students who are struggling to find text evidence see an extremely long passage with 20 multiple choice questions, it can be very overwhelming! With this resource we will meet them halfway with a quick half-sheet passage with 5 "text evidence" questions. You can grab their attention by letting them know they don’t even have to write their answers! They simply find

Do your students understand what main idea and details are, but can’t seem to determine them when reading independently? Are you looking for a new strategy to use when teaching students how to determine the main idea and details, especially when the main idea needs to be implied?This PowerPoint walks students through the strategy step-by-step with a practice passage. It offers students another way to determine main idea rather than just relying on reading the first sentence of the passage or

Are you looking for a way to make independent reading more engaging? Do These Character Traits Bookmarks are the perfect solution to keep students more accountable while reading while also practicing a reading strategy. These bookmarks feature the Think F.A.S.T (feelings, actions, sayings, thoughts) Strategy for inferring character traits.Here's the details....These interactive bookmarks were created to not only be mini anchor charts for each step of the Think F.A.S.T. strategy to analyze ch

Do your students struggle to find the main idea of a text when it is implied rather than stated? Do they understand what main idea and details "are," but struggle to determine them independently? This resource is going to help you tremendously! Students must understand that the main idea of a text is not always clearly stated in the text. It is often implied. The What? So What? Strategy teaches students to analyze the text to determine the topic first, and then use it to determine the main ide

Do your students struggle to determine the text structure of a nonfiction text? Do they understand the difference of each text structure but struggle to determine them after reading a text independently? Here's the scoop... Students must understand that the text structure is how the author organizes the text. They also must understand that they must analyze the evidence and key words closely in a text to determine the text structure. This 40-page resource incorporates tons of practice with using

Do your students struggle to determine the text structure of an informational passage? Here's the scoop... Students must learn how to analyze the text looking for evidence that supports different text structures. This resource covers the following text structures:Chronological OrderCompare and ContrastCause and EffectProblem and SolutionThis text structure resource includes over 25 pages...Text Structure Mini- Anchor Chart and Instructions to copy for students as a reference or to introduce the

Are you constantly reminding your students to capitalize the beginning of every sentence and end their sentences with a punctuation mark to no avail? I have something to catch their attention! Essay Editors was created to bring attention to writing that has a lack of conventions. Students will have an opportunity to edit essays that have no punctuation or capital letters AT ALL! That's right... no punctuation or capital letters in the ENTIRE essay!Here's what's included: (5) 5- paragraph essay

Are your students struggling to identify and determine meaning of different types of figurative language including:metaphorssimilespersonificationidiomshyperboleStudents must be able to BOTH identify and interpret different types of figurative language, and this resource gives ample practice to master the 5 types above! This resource includes: o 4 Weeks of Figurative Language Morning Work- Each week (Monday-Thursday) includes a 5-question matching worksheet where students will practice identify

Do your students understand what main idea and details are, but are having difficulty determining them when reading independently? Have you taught your students a strategy to use when determining the main idea and details of a text? Students must understand that the main idea of a text is not always clearly stated in the text. It is often implied. The What? So What? Strategy is a great strategy to use when the main idea is implied rather than stated, as it distinguishes the difference betwee

Are you looking for a new strategy to teach determining the main idea and details of a text? Are you looking for a way to make independent reading more engaging and accountable? These Main Idea and Details Independent Reading Bookmarks are the perfect solution! Here's the details....These interactive bookmarks were created to not only be mini anchor charts for the What? So What? strategy to determine main idea and details, but also to give students the opportunity to practice the strategy! I

Do your students understand what character traits are, but can't seem to infer character traits based on the evidence from the text? This PowerPoint teaches students a step-by-step strategy, called "Think F.A.S.T." which focuses on character's feelings, actions, sayings, and thoughts, to understand their traits.It is great to use as a guided lesson to introduce or review the skill. Students will learn to think deeply about a character's feelings, actions, sayings, and thoughts in order to un

Are you looking for a set of paired passages for ELA Test Prep? These paired passages cover the topic of ocean pollution using both a fiction and nonfiction passage to practice a variety of reading skills.The 4 reading skills covered in this resource are:Figurative Language (fiction)Summarizing (fiction)Cause/Effect (nonfiction)Determining Main Ideas and DetailsThese paired passages would be great to use for Test Prep for ELA, as they cover a variety of reading skills. However, they would al

Are you looking for a way to make independent reading more engaging? Do you want your students to be more accountable for their independent reading? These Summarizing Bookmarks are the perfect solution! Here's the details...These interactive bookmarks were created to not only be mini anchor charts for each step of the SWBST strategy for summarizing, but also to give students the opportunity to practice the strategy! I suggest printing them on colored paper, so they stand out and get your stude

Are you a 4th grade teacher looking for a Common Core Aligned Assessment to assess mastery of the Informational Standards? These engaging informational passages (2) are paired with a 10-question assessment aligned to CCSS RI.4.1, RI.4.2, RI.4.4, RI.4.5, RI.4.7, RI.4.8, RI.4.9. The product includes:2 informational paired passages - Red-Eyed Tree Frog & Poison Dart Frog10-question assessment aligned to CCSS RI.4.1, RI.4.2, RI.4.4, RI.4.5, RI.4.7, RI.4.8, RI.4.9 Answer Key for assessmentStandar

Are you looking for an engaging Halloween Writing Activity to use this Fall?Using this Halloween Writing Activity, your students will practice opinion writing by making a claim about "The Best Halloween Candy Ever" by using sensory details to support their opinion.Here's what's included in the activity:Writing Cover Sheet for BookletCreative Opinion Writing Prompt - The Best Halloween Candy EverBrainstorming SheetPlanning SheetSensory Details ChartSensory Details Planning SheetSentence Starter