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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

In this unit students will focus on the changes that communities go through over time by learning about changes in environment, business, education, communication, and transportation. The study of local history comes alive through the use of artifacts and documents. This is the PRINTABLE VERSION, the DIGITAL VERSION is available here. In this unit you will find:• Unit Overview: A unit overview with eight days of  lessons, including read-aloud and video suggestions. • Then and Now Inter

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

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

This bundle includes a printable and digital version of our Titanic: Nonfiction Text Structures Unit.  The Titanic has intrigued people for over 100 years! Use this engaging Titanic unit to teach your students the five common nonfiction text structures (Description, Cause and Effect, Problem and Solution, Order and Sequence, Compare and Contrast).  The digital version has been adapted to allow students to complete the activities remotely and interactive videos are included! It's easy to ass

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

The Titanic has intrigued people for over 100 years! This bundle includes our Titanic Nonfiction Text Structures Unit where students will learn about 5 common nonfiction text structures, as well as our Titanic Activities Enrichment Pack with activities to help students delve deeper into the story of the Titanic. Both products will have students engaged and excited to learn! The Titanic Nonfiction Text Structures product contains:Interactive Notes- Use these to introduce your students to t

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

Are you in need of an engaging, no-prep, daily activity that will help your students become experts at math problem solving? This resource can be used as morning work or during Math in your classroom to build and enforce critical math problem solving skills. Check out this Common Core aligned math problem solving product that takes students step by step through the problem solving process. We've used this resource in our classroom as daily work and the students' math problem solving skills al

This bundle includes a printable and digital version of our Main Idea Boot Camp.Do your students have difficulty with the difference between topic and main idea? This resource will help stop answers like, "It's about dogs" or "It's all about cheetahs" when asked to identify the main idea. We noticed our kids answering main idea questions by stating the topic instead of the main idea. We developed this unit to help teach our students the difference between a topic and a main idea. We also wan

This year long 3rd grade Social Studies bundle includes everything you need to teach Local Government, Communities Change Over Time, Geography Map Skills, and more! The activities in each unit are designed to be interactive and engaging for students. See the descriptions of each of the units below: Local Government Flip Flap Book, Interactive Notes, and Game Looking for a way to make learning about your local government interactive and fun? This resource has everything your students nee

This character study can be used with any fiction book and it is a great resource to help your students to really explore a main character deeply by following the character's journey throughout the book. Included in the student character study packet are graphic organizers on the following topics: Getting to Know a Character- Students will fill out a web with what they find out about the character as they read.Physical Traits vs Personality Traits- A look at the difference between what we s

Prepare your third graders for standardized testing with our Race to Success Reading and Math Test Prep Bundle! This comprehensive test prep resource includes fun race-themed mini-lessons, guided practice, independent practice, and a breakout review gameThis is the PRINTABLE VERSION, the DIGITAL VERSION is available here. In the Reading Test Prep Review you will find:Reading/LA Recording Track- Students will track their progress as they finish each topic on the race track.VIP Pit Pass Co

Are your students overwhelmed with the thought of having to learn their multiplication times tables? Help your students master their multiplication facts 1-10 by putting them through multiplication boot camp! This week long unit introduces the facts through engaging chants, tips/tricks, games, and practice sheets! It allows students to have a better understanding of the multiplication facts as they work to memorize them. This unit includes guidance on what a typical day of boot camp looks

This Free Summer Review packet is a sample of the full Third Grade Summer Review designed to keep important third grade skills fresh in students’ minds during the long summer break. The activities are meant to be fun and interactive for students as they prepare for the beginning of fourth grade. This free review packet contains a math, literacy, and science activity.The Complete Resource Includes: Magic Squares-Fill in the missing spaces so that each row, column, and diagonal equal the mag

Your students will love elapsed time when you connect it to something they enjoy in real life - the movies! This fun movie-themed time unit is a great resource for practicing telling time and writing time to the nearest minute, as well as reading both digital time and analog time. In the product you will find:•Time Centers • Memory Matching Game-Students will match digital times  with analog times in a memory game format. •Missing Movies-Using analog time clocks, students will f

Do your students have difficulty with the difference between topic and main idea? This free resource includes a cut and paste activity that can be used to practice sorting topic vs. main idea, as well as practice finding main idea in two short passages. These resources are from our Main Idea Boot Camp, which is full of activities to help teach students about main idea in a fun and engaging way! See the full details below. Grasping the concept of main idea can be challenging for students. Ther