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This notebook page is a helpful student resource reminding writers to choose a specific topic to write about and not one that is too general. This resource correlates with the Choosing a Topic (watermelon vs. seed topic) PowerPoint presentation.

My students love to play this fun game to practice their facts. I've included the directions and two levels of play. Print the games on cardstock and laminate for future use or just slip them into communicators so that your students can use their dry erase markers to play again and again.

This comprehensive test about the novel Ralph S. Mouse features the following skills: character matching, multiple choice comprehension questions, short answer comprehension questions, vocabulary questions, and "who said that" quotes from characters (students must make logical inferences to determine which character stated each). I allow my students the use of their novel during the test so that they can provide evidence from the text to support their short answers.

This comprehensive book test on the novel Bunnicula includes the following: -character matching -multiple choice comprehension -short answer questions -vocabulary questions using context clues -"who said that" (making inferences about the characters based on what they said)

This is a comprehension test based on the novel Abby Takes a Stand 1960 by Patricia McKissack. It incorporates questions on the setting, problem, mood, and it has excerpts from the book asking the students to record their thinking about the characters.

This comprehensive test about the novel Mr. Popper's Penguins features the following skills: character matching, vocabulary questions, cause and effect questions, and "who said that" quotes from characters (students must make logical inferences to determine which character stated each). It has a total of 25 questions.

This packet is great to use with a nonfiction guided reading group or if you're working with a student needing extra comprehension practice. It breaks down the book Who is Jane Goodall into chapters and includes comprehension questions and higher order thinking questions. Graphic organizers are included such as a Venn diagram, boxes and bullets (to identify main idea), and a chart to list the positive events vs. the negative events that happened in a chapter. In addition, the packet includes a s

This comprehensive test about the novel The Janitor's Boy by Andrew Clements features the following skills: character matching, multiple choice comprehension questions, short answer comprehension questions, vocabulary questions, and "who said that" quotes from characters (students must make logical inferences to determine which character stated each). I allow my students the use of their novel during the test so that they can provide evidence from the text to support their short answers.

This comprehensive test about the novel Pirates Don't Wear Pink Sunglasses features the following skills: character matching, multiple choice comprehension questions, vocabulary questions, and "who said that" quotes from characters (students must make logical inferences to determine which character stated each).

The students research one of the original 13 colonies with these prompting questions. They use the information packet to design a book about their researched colony. I had my students create their final copy of their book in small white blank books that I ordered from a website. The students felt so proud of their finished product and enjoyed sharing their books with their classmates.

This is an end-of-the-book test that accompanies the novel Frindle by Andrew Clements.

This comprehensive test about the novel The Pinballs by Betsy Byars features the following skills: character matching, multiple choice comprehension questions, short answer comprehension questions, vocabulary questions, and "who said that" quotes from characters (students must make logical inferences to determine which character stated each). I allow my students the use of their novel during the test so that they can provide evidence from the text to support their short answers.

Print these Post-it notes out and stick them in your copy of The Junkyard Wonders to be used as models for keeping track of the characters and thinking while reading.

This comprehensive book test on the novel The Million Dollar Shot by Dan Gutman includes the following: -character matching -multiple choice comprehension -short answer questions -vocabulary questions using context clues -"who said that" (making inferences about the characters based on what they said) -inferring about the character -summary

This comprehensive test about the novel Beezus and Ramona features the following skills: character matching, multiple choice comprehension questions, short answer comprehension questions, vocabulary questions, and "who said that" quotes from characters (students must make logical inferences to determine which character stated each). I allow my students the use of their novel during the test so that they can provide evidence from the text to support their short answers.

This comprehensive test about the novel The Janitor's Boy by Andrew Clements features the following skills: character matching, multiple choice comprehension questions, short answer comprehension questions, vocabulary questions, and "who said that" quotes from characters (students must make logical inferences to determine which character stated each). I allow my students the use of their novel during the test so that they can provide evidence from the text to support their short answers.

Print these cards on cardstock, laminate and cut, and then have the students match the pairs face up. Have the students match every blue card with a red card. Students will have a great discussion about factors and multiples and prime and composite numbers while matching the cards. When they have matched the pairs, have the students make two separate arrays placing the cards face down this time while they play a game of memory, drawing one card from each array until they find all the matches.

This comprehensive book test on the novel Bunnicula includes the following: -character matching -multiple choice comprehension -short answer questions -vocabulary questions using context clues -"who said that" (making inferences about the characters based on what they said) -short answer inferences about the characters based on a short excerpt from the book I allow my students to use their novels when taking this test so that they can provide evidence from the text for their short answers.

This video response goes with the movie "Our Friend, Martin". It asks the students to react to the movie and write about how our world is differently today because of Martin Luther King, Jr. This response can be cut and glued into the students' notebooks.

In this end-of-book comprehension test on the novel In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson, students will infer about character traits as well as answer comprehension questions about the characters, setting, problem, and solution. The students will have to also read excerpts from the book and identify figurative language that the author used.