Sandy Fleming

Help students practice making inferences with 20 exercises at reading levels ranging from 5.0 to 7.9. Supports Common Core Standards RL.5.1, RL.6.1, RL.7.1. Each worksheet has a short reading followed by five open-ended inferential questions. Book includes a bonus lesson plan to teach making inferences and answer key.

Reading Comprehension: Making Inferences includes ten reproducible worksheets teaching how to recognize inferences and ten providing practice on making inferences from text. A free lesson plan is included!

30 Short Vowel Worksheets offers practice activities for recognizing words with medial short vowels, appropriate for young readers, struggling learners and even for adults. Each short vowel sound has six different styles of worksheets. The activities progress from simple recognition of spelling patterns through reading short vowel words with comprehension. There are word searches, scrambled sentences, coloring activities and even a controlled vocabulary reading passage focused on the target s

Help beginning writers learn to organize thoughts into paragraphs using these reproducible writing sheets. Each is themed with a familiar item. There are two sheets for each theme. One is a paragraph using frame sentences. Students can supply words or phrases to complete them, and can see examples of well-organized paragraphs with topic sentences and supporting details. The second page of each set offers the same theme picture with room to write a paragraph independently. Both styles inclu

Sight Word Recognition is critical to reading fluency. This 84 page ebook offers a complete system with instructions to assess sight word skills for students of all ages. It is based on the Dolch list and includes printable flashcards, done-for-you reading and record sheets, and strategies to get data with students or situations where it is tough to implement traditional one-on-one assessments. Tutors, paraprofessionals, teachers, homeschoolers and parents of struggling readers will appreciate

This 35 page printable workbook will help reading students gain fluency with closed syllable words. It is the third in a series from the class, "Just Six Syllables." Exercises help students learn to recognize closed syllable words (CVC, CCVC and CVCC spelling patterns) with short vowels, find them in text, and read them with fluency. Students can also practice with nonsense closed syllables, allowing them to learn to decode unfamiliar constructions within larger words. It is suitable for stu

At last! Here's a holiday activity that can be used with students with a range of reading abilities! Stories and activities cover grades 3-8Common Core Standards list includedAnswer Key includedNo more singling out struggling learners to give them a different assignment!Stories formatted in the same way so students won't know there are different levelsThe Legends of Christmas is a multi-level reading activity book covering reading levels 3-8. Each of five stories is presented at three reading

This 24 page workbook from the "Just Six Syllables" class will help learners practice recognizing, analyzing and reading compound words. Exercises include seeing the smaller words that make up the compound words, dividing the compound words into their smaller words, and matching two smaller words together to create a compound word. Students will also have an opportunity to analyze text and find compound words. The material is suitable practice for students with a second grade reading level or

Help students practice basic fraction skills with hands-on games using fraction flashcards. Instructions for six games to build skills with recognizing equivalent fractions, renaming fractions, adding and subtracting fractions and comparing fractions are included, as well as a complete set of fraction flashcards. These activities are perfect for home school, classroom, or learning centers. Grades 4-8.

Focus on Writing: Elaboration is a great way to teach students how to expand on their writing, and the Writing Prompts 1 collection gives a great opportunity to practice skills. Teachers can choose a skill from the Elaboration workbook, and use the Prompts as a way to pretest the skill, practice, and posttest. It's a fabulous way to document progress!

The Legend of the Evergreen is three reproducible versions of German folktale written at different levels of difficulty ranging from grade 3 through grade 8. There are also five related worksheets to choose from. Since the stories all have similar graphics and formatting, it is easy to give students the correct level without embarrassment. This makes it perfect for differentiating instruction or a special education class. It is the first set of stories from a larger work, The Legends of Chri

Division with Fractions is a practice workbook intended to review division by fractions or mixed numbers. The book has three sections: a prerequisite review to make sure foundational skills are intact, a section about how to divide by fractions and mixed numbers, and a section that deals with cancellation. The book includes a cross number puzzle, a post test, and an answer key. It will help students (no matter what their ages) to review these concepts and assist in preparation for prealgebra an

This reproducible workbook contains 40 lessons designed for students with skills at the grades 4-6 levels in reading comprehension and vocabulary. Each lesson is open-ended, and can be used with any book. The workbook is perfect for summer practice with library books, or any time paired with books read for other classes or programs. The lessons cover Common Core Reading Anchor Standards R.1-R.6 and R.10 and Language Anchor Standards L.1-L.6, with focuses on vocabulary development, written exp

Undersea Wonders is a workbook designed to guide beginners (grades 4-7) through writing their first research paper. Students will narrow their topic by choosing a unique undersea creature, researching online and/or in print resources, creating an outline, drafting a paper, editing the paper, proofreading, and then publishing their project. The workbook covers skills such as asking questions to guide research evaluating the reliability of internet sourcescreating an organizational schemewriting

Writing Prompts 1 is a collection of 50 writing prompts designed to provide daily practice with composition and written expression. The series can be a companion to the Focus on Writing Lesson books. After completing a lesson from Focus on Writing, assign a prompt of your choice and use the text produced to evaluate student progress on that skill. Use each prompt to focus on skills, to pretest student writing skills, or to evaluate writing skills after instruction. The prompts are relatable and

Quick Tips are handy reference sheets designed to help students review important concepts, study for tests, or complete assignments that rely on previous learning. They can serve as anchor charts or notebook references, and are great to summarize teaching, review skills, or remediate specific concepts. "Renaming Fractions" tells how to calculate equivalent fractions just like students need to do to find common denominators. The reference sheet is eye-catching and easy to understand. It clearly e

Syllable knowledge forms the foundation for fluent reading. Readers who understand how to work with syllables can decode even the longest and most difficult of unfamiliar words. They read more fluently and understand and retain the information more readily. Help reading students of all ages learn to count syllables in preparation for advanced phonics work with this collection of ten worksheets and three tests. Suitable for all age levels, including adult students.