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Use this as a supplement for your students to show their understanding of the book, Anna, Grandpa and the Big Storm by Carla Stevens. Students answer higher level stance comprehension questions that require them to cite evidence from the text to support their answers.

Use this packet to supplement your book club or reading group that is reading The Stories Julian Tells by Ann Cameron. The questions in this packet ask higher order stance questions that require the students use evidence to support their answers. My students are always challenged with this packet!

Use this packet to help guide your reading group or book clubs while reading The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary. In this packet there are high level stance questions for each chapter that ask students to use evidence to support their answers. There are also vocabulary checks for each chapter that have the students go back to the page and infer what the word means and then look the word up. My students are always challenged with this packet!

Use this as a supplement for your students to show their understanding of the book, Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express. Students answer higher level stance comprehension questions that require them to cite evidence from the text to support their answers.

Use this as a supplement to guide your students through the scientific method while they conduct the fun "Squawker" Science Experiment. This is the well known experiment when teaching how sound waves travel through a medium and how the sound they create changes as you change the medium. Just cut a straw diagonally on one end and follow the directions on the worksheet to conduct the EASY experiment.

Use this packet as a companion to the book Freckle Juice by Judy Blume. The questions ask higher order stance questions that ask the students to cite evidence from the text to support their answers. This packet really helps my students to think on a deeper level while reading the book.

Use this as a rubric/checklist to guide your students as they respond to a stem box. Hang it on the wall by your Stem Box area and/or staple it to the response page for students. Enjoy! It has really enhanced my students' responses drastically!!!

This resource is a fantastic addition to your rotations in Reader's Workshop. After a few guided practices, my second graders love it and they are getting SO good at citing evidence to support the topic in poems. Enjoy this free product!