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Students glue the column headings into a notebook. Then students cut and glue the cards at the bottom, deciding if the card is an example of a topic or an example of a main idea. If you like this check out the packet: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Topics-Main-Ideas-and-Details-2412077 which has another version of a topi/main idea sort and many other activities!

I gave students each a bag of 12 skittles to write fractions for and then use to draw pictures of equivalent fractions. This was a fun activity- especially because students got to eat them!

This is a pack that addresses the RI.2 standard of common core. It contains independent center tasks and resources you could use in whole group or small guided groups with students. -Interactive note page with definitions and guided notes on identifying -Identifying topic center -Sorting main ideas vs topics -Three differentiated readings passages -Details center -Researching for details center

This has two easier to read stories, one is a fairy tale and one is adapted from Aesop's fables. Students read the text and mark the parts of the plot. They could transfer information to a plot mountain if they wanted. There are 4 questions with each text.

This is a student brochure to match the book Mr. Popper's Penguins. It covers a range of skills for students in 3rd and 4th grade. Every two chapters have a set of short questions that deal with character, cause and effect, main idea, opinions, details, vocabulary etc. Students love filling out this brochure as they read. You can copy this front and back so it is foldable.

This is an end of book test for Eve of the Emperor penguins in the Magic Tree House series. It tests overall comprehension of the book with multiple choice and open ended questions. Author's purpose, main idea, citing textual evidence, character, and inferences are assessed with this book test.

This is a set of 42 cards and an answer key. These cards could be used to match partners in your classroom, cut as a quiz-quiz-trade activity, used as a center for Go Fish or Memory etc. The cards consist of 21 pairs of a number in standard form and a number in an abnormal unit form. For example: 5,167 is 51 hundred and 67 tens.

This is text on extreme skiing. It is the teacher read aloud for third grade lesson 25. The text has been rewritten and modified for some lower third grade readers. Students identify the main idea and details of a text and then answer questions covering many of the RI standards!! Picture from: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci_estremo

This file has a short nonfiction text on the first trip to the moon. It is written on 3 different levels with different scaffolding in the questions to meet the needs of three levels of students. The questions hit many of the RI standards in first grade.

This is a reading passage on 3 levels, based around MOY first graders. The passages discuss two characters in a rainstorm. Students compare the characters and tell which they are most like.

This is a 3 page end of unit assessment on fractions for third grade. It covers making fractions, comparing, equivalence, and number lines.

This is an independent review of all areas in 3rd grade fractions. I use this as a weekly homework to practice learned skills at home or during an independent practice center. Would be a great when reteaching fractions as well.

This is a set of questions for students to complete before, during, and after listening or reading to Tacky the Penguin. It has questions that align exactly with 3rd grade common core. This activity has students using context clues, explaining illustrations, comparing, and identifying specific details in text to explain events in the story. Tacky the penguin has a high lexile in the 800s. Credit from graphics: http://www.mycutegraphics.com/

This is a set of questions to practice fractions that have been learned in class. This set focuses mainly on comparing fractions and equivalence. It was used as a weekly homework but would be great for an independent practice center or for reteaching fractions before the end of the year testing.

Using the article here: http://www.highlightskids.com/audio-story/acorn-acorn Students read and answer questions that align DIRECTLY with common core.

This is an activity to go with the background information on page 610 of the Journeys 4th Grade textbook. It covers a variety of standards by using a very short text. There are three versions with various degrees of scaffolding. I have included the Journey's text so that you can see the page in the textbook this task goes with. It would be a great way to assess some standards so that you know where you need to target your instruction for the week.

This is a easy version of the teacher read aloud from first grade lesson 24. It is a short paragraph that is first grade friendly on visiting butterflies at the Bronx zoo. There are two versions of the text, the first being more simple than the second. First document- very easy text, students cut and glue events in order Second Document-a more complicated text, students write the events in order themselves

This is a check in for the middle of a fraction unit. It touches on making a fraction, equivalence, and comparison- it is 6 questions.