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Teach nonfiction text structures with these engaging 4th grade reading passages! This differentiated Titanic themed resource helps students practice informational text skills, reading comprehension, and text structure in a meaningful, high-interest way. These activities are perfect for test prep and daily ELA instruction. Students will learn to identify and analyze the five main nonfiction text structures while reading about the Titanic, keeping them engaged while building essential reading com

These main idea and supporting details passages for 3rd grade help students practice reading comprehension skills with printable worksheets and graphic organizers. We developed this unit to help students become successful in finding the main idea as well as supporting details. The passages and activities have an engaging boot camp theme to get students excited to learn. The activities are scaffolded so that by the end of the unit students will feel confident in their understanding of main id

This nonfiction text features activity helps students practice identifying and analyzing informational text features in a fun, hands-on way. Perfect for 2nd–3rd grade reading comprehension (RI.3.5, RI.4.5). Get your students excited about nonfiction text features with this engaging and interactive activity! This product includes everything you need to create a memorable and hands-on learning experience for your students. Whether you want to keep it simple or go all out with surgical gloves an

Are you looking for activities to keep your students engaged all the way to Thanksgiving Break? In this resource, students will learn all about the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade while completing fun tasks, including creating a balloon/float. The worksheets have qr codes which allow students to complete the activities independently or in centers. In this product you will find: Parent Letter: (English and Spanish Version) A no prep printable letter to send home to collect supplies needed for

Bring history to life in your classroom! This product will walk your students step by step through the research and writing process to help them write a biography. It also has resources for a Biography Museum culminating activity. This is the PRINTABLE VERSION, the DIGITAL VERSION is available here. In this resource you will find:• Writing Process Checklist: A checklist of steps from start to finish in student friendly language. • Prewriting pages: Brainstorming options for helping your

Take your students on a camping adventure while teaching essential map skills! These engaging map skills activities help students master types of maps, cardinal directions, continents/oceans and grid maps as they explore, navigate, and learn through hands-on lessons. Designed to go beyond basic worksheets, this unit makes map skills meaningful, interactive, and easy to teach. Students will develop essential map skills such as reading maps, understanding map keys, differentiating between polit

Are you ready to kick off the new school year with a thrilling and collaborative experience for your students? Our Back-to-School Escape Room Team Building Activities will make the first week of school unforgettable as students work together to solve puzzles, decode challenges, and build lasting connections. This is the PRINTABLE VERSION, the DIGITAL VERSION is available here. Why Choose Our Back-to-School Escape Room Team Building Activities?Engaging and Interactive: The escape room format

Renewable and nonrenewable energy resources can be confusing and boring for students. This STEM energy unit includes everything you need to teach about renewable and nonrenewable resources in a fun and interactive way! Your students will engage in hands on STEM activities to illustrate how each resource works.  This product will extend your students’ understanding with practical illustrations! This product is part of a 125 page RENEWABLE AND NONRENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCE BUNDLE. The bund

Bring the fun and excitement of a breakout room to your classroom! This cross curricular mystery challenge will have your students engaged, investigating and challenged from start to finish without the need of complicated locks or boxes. Students will work their way through 4 clues, each time they complete the clue challenge, they eliminate a suspect. You can use this as an introduction to teaching mysteries or a review day game! This is the PRINTABLE VERSION, the DIGITAL VERSION is available

Your students will enjoy publishing their projects on these decorative pages! Choose from nine different fun styles. Each style comes with: a cover pagea page for text and a picturea page for text onlySEE WHAT OTHER EDUCATORS ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS RESOURCE:❤️"These papers are so helpful in getting kids excited about writing final drafts. Lots of design choices. Perfect." ❤️"Exactly what I needed...and cute!! Thanks for sharing!" ❤️"My students have loved making stories using these formats. T

Are you looking for a product to help you teach all about folktales, fables and myths? This 65 page activity pack is a great resource to use during your Traditional Literature Unit! It contains various activities that will introduce your students to folktales, fables and myths.  This resource includes: • Fable, Myth, and Folktale Posters: Colorful and bright posters with definitions for each traditional literature story type.  5 fables: The Cat and the Fox, The Hare and the Tortoise, The Ant

This math unit contains everything you need to not only make adorable gingerbread houses with your students, but also to teach area and perimeter at the same time! The weeks leading up to holiday break can be hectic, but this gingerbread area and perimeter unit will keep your students engaged and learning! This is a printable version, check out the digital version here! In this resource you will find:•Gingerbread House Blueprint- students will use graph paper to design their own gingerbread

Looking for a way to make learning about your local government interactive and fun? This resource has everything your students need to make their own flip-flap book about the departments of local government. It also includes interactive notes and a departments of government relay game! In this product you will find:• Department Pictures- Pictures to represent  the following departments: Public Library, Planning Department, Police Department, Fire Department, City Clerk, City Manager, Publi

Bring renewable and nonrenewable energy resources to life in your classroom! Your students will gain knowledge about renewable and nonrenewable resources by reading passages, completing interactive notes, and engaging in student activities. This energy resources unit includes everything you need to teach about renewable and nonrenewable resources in a fun and interactive way!  Save 20% when you purchase this resource in the Nonrenewable and Renewable Energy Resources Bundle!This 69 page uni

A print and go, no prep needed novel study to accompany The 39 clues: The Maze of Bones. This product contains chapter questions and activities, reading/LA skills, ANSWER KEYS, and an end of book test! The Maze of Bones is the first book in The 39 Clues mystery series. It is perfect for more advanced readers, or those that need enrichment. This mystery book will have your readers searching and analyzing clues to solve the mystery right alongside Dan and Amy! This 39 page print and go novel un

Bring the fun and excitement of a breakout room to your classroom! This cross curricular mystery challenge will have your students engaged, investigating and challenged from start to finish without the need of complicated locks or boxes. Students will work their way through 4 clues, each time they complete the clue challenge, they eliminate a suspect. You can use this as an introduction to teaching mysteries or a review day game! This football themed mystery works great in the fall during f

Kick off the school year with these engaging Back to School STEM Activities! Perfect for the first week of school, these 6 hands-on STEM team-building challenges will get your students thinking creatively, problem-solving, and working cooperatively from day one. We've provided photo examples of each challenge for easy setup and a complete supply list so you’ll know exactly what you need before you begin. Your students will love the excitement, and you’ll love how quickly they start collabora

Prepare your third graders for standardized testing with our Race to Success Reading Test Prep! This comprehensive test prep resource includes fun race-themed mini-lessons, guided practice, and independent practice. Your students will be ready to tackle multi-part questions, main idea, compare and contrast two texts, nonfiction text features, cause and effect, text evidence, character traits, theme, and retelling. Don't miss out on this one of a kind test prep unit that will get your third

These Camping STEM Activities are a fun way to get students thinking creatively and working cooperatively. They would be great to use with a camping classroom transformation or an engaging camping-themed week of learning. These 6 STEM team building challenges will have your students challenged and thinking outside of the box. In this product you will find the following activities:Design a Tent: Students will work to create a tent using only the provided materials that will keep the “campers”

Make animal research fun with these ready-to-use informational animal articles. Each informational text is student-friendly and perfect for nonfiction reports. With 10 engaging animals, research time is easy and exciting!  These articles all follow the same format with facts on each animal's habitat, diet, appearance and behavior. We've also include a fact recording sheet that students can use to record their information. You can use this product during your informational/nonfiction readin