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Comprehension is the ultimate goal in all reading instruction. Are you struggling to keep your students engaged and learning as the weather gets warmer and summer approaches. This product has been tested in my classroom and has been a hit as an end of year literacy lesson. Students will learn how to make ice cream through close reading. They will sequence the steps in making ice cream and complete comprehension pages. After completing reading about how to make ice cream celebrate by actually mak

Thanksgiving Close Reading: Informational Reading Passages, Comprehension Activities and Writing Prompts Help your students build reading comprehension skills while teaching about Thanksgiving. This Thanksgiving themed product contains two original informational reading passages, comprehension pages, a read with your pencil page, links to resources, 4 writing prompts and a fact or opinion page. Here are some other literacy products from my store Martin Luther King Jr. Close Reading Christmas

I created this product because I was working with a group of students who was struggling with answering questions in complete sentences. I chose to use only very easy questions in order to allow them to focus on the skill being learned, not the actual answer to the question. This product was designed to scaffold teaching of this skill from very guided to more independent. The progression of this skill is. Answer using scrambled sentences Answer using bolded words Determine important words in

This product was designed to teach leadership through the use of informational texts and close reading. Students will complete six close reads to help them answer the essential question of What are some qualities in people which make them great leaders? It contains 6 original informational texts for use when learning about leadership qualities. Each text is written about a famous person who has demonstrated leadership. The texts are accompanied by a comprehension page with text dependent questio

This is a lesson which uses literature to model descriptive writing. Students will write about their favorite place. The lesson includes handout to help students plan for their writing. It does not include a scoring rubric because most districts have a specific rubric for scoring writing.

Holidays are an exciting time in primary level classrooms. Are you looking for a fun way to do Thanksgiving themed activities in November while keeping the students in your classroom learning? This product includes several Thanksgiving themed literacy activities. These activities allow students to have fun while building early literacy skills such as phonemic awareness, phonics and vocabulary. Students will also work on writing by building and writing sentences. Scrambled sentences are a great

Who doesn't love the beach? Whether you are teaching summer school or want a summer themed break on a cold snowy day students will enjoy these engaging beach themed activities. Each item included in this product not only has a fun beach theme but also teaches important literacy skills. Students will learn to break words into syllables and use this skill to read multisyllabic words while playing a fun game. They will build knowledge of compound words and contractions. This product also includes a

Close reading builds crucial comprehension skills. Make the most of close reading while teaching your students about an incredible Civil Rights leader. Martin Luther King Jr. Close Reading and Comprehension Activities contains an original informational passage about Martin Luther King, Jr. It also contains links to teaching resources, a read with your pencil poster, and several comprehension pages and a writing organizer and MLK themed paper. The comprehension pages are identify the author's pu

Literacy should be taught within all content areas of the school day. This product combines science concepts with literacy practice and was a favorite for my second graders. Students will learn all about insects and insect life cycles. It includes the following objectives Science • Students will identify characteristics of an insect. • Students will sort insects and non-insects. • Students will create an insect based on knowledge gained. • Students will draw complete and incomplete metamorph

Guided reading can be the most meaningful instructional time in your classroom. Effective guided reading takes planning and practice. Guided reading groups should include instruction in phonics, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension. This guided reading product contains both basic teacher instructions for setting up reading groups and a variety of printable forms and student pages. The teacher information included was complied for a teacher in-service I taught at my school. It covers background

Unlock Literacy Success with this Comprehensive Kindergarten BundleAre you ready to equip your young learners with the essential tools for lifelong literacy? This thoughtfully curated bundle is designed to address the foundational skills emphasized in the Science of Reading, providing a comprehensive approach to early literacy instruction. Key Features:Phonics and Phonemic Awareness Emphasis: These resources focus on developing crucial skills like letter-sound correspondence, rhyming, and sound

Do you have students in your class that prefer independent work? Are there students who need to be challenged? Independent reading contracts offer students a chance to work on literacy skill in a way that meets their individual needs and learning styles. Students find them engaging because they have the power to choose both the books they read and the product they complete. This is a bundled product with all three of my independent reading contracts. It includes reading contracts for biographi

December can be a challenging time in primary level classrooms. How do you keep quality instruction happening all the way until winter break? Christmas Literacy Activities includes Christmas themed literacy activities which can be used as centers or whole class work. Each activity focuses on a specific early literacy skill while keeping your students interest during the Weeks before Christmas. The Christmas themed literacy activities included are... Christmas Light Strand Alphabet Sequencing Di

Fun early reading practice. My students love earning game day and this is one of their favorites. This is a rainbow themed reading game designed for young readers to practice both word decoding and sight word vocabulary. I use this game with kindergarten through second grade intervention groups. The game includes multiple sets of cards for different levels of practice. Card sets include sight words, words with digraphs, words with complex endings, and CVCe words.

This product contains an informational passage about bats (500L). It also contains links to teaching resources, a read with your pencil poster, and several comprehension pages and bat themed writing paper. The comprehension pages are author's purpose vocabulary close reading detective detail graphic organizer Check out some of my other fun holiday products Thanksgiving Literacy CentersHalloween Literacy CentersChristmas Literacy Centers

The science of reading suggests teaching phonics systematically, explicitly, and cumulatively is essential to successful reading instruction. Students need practice with building words and with learning spelling patterns. I created these word building mats as a hands on way to provide students with quick word building activities as a word work warm-up in small groups. Each word mat focuses on a different phonics skill. Students will make changes to the words one phoneme at a time allowing them

This product is a pumpkin themed first sound sort. It contains sound sorts for voiced and unvoiced pairs. These include... P/B T/D K/G F/V S/Z CH/J

In this fun Christmas themed phonics center students will put ornaments on the Christmas tree with the correct digraph on the star. If you would like this activity in black and white Christmas Tree Digraph Sort Black and White For more holiday themed literacy activities check out these products. Gingerbread Reading, Writing and Word Work Unit Christmas Literacy Activities and Elf Writing Craft December Writing Journal

Who Wants Ice Cream? End of Year Ice Cream Themed Review Day is fun packet of ice creamed themed activities. It is designed to use near the end of the school year as a fun, but educational day. It includes... • Ice Cream Math word problems • Favorite flavor graphing • How to Make a Sundae writing plan and paper • Ice Cream descriptive writing plan and paper • Ice cream themed homophone concentration game with recording sheet • Ice cream word building • Here's the scoop letter writing activity

Phonemic segmentation is an important early literacy skill. Make practicing this skill into an exciting, fast paced learning activity. Help you students practice phonemic segmentation fluency with this fun game. Students will race to the park by segmenting words and moving spaces. This product also includes two printable pages to assess or practice individual phonemic segmentation ability.