Response skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed. The student is expected to:
Integrate reading, writing, and American history with a worksheet about the Boston Tea Party using the RACES writing strategy for text evidence.
Practice using the RACES writing strategy for text evidence with a Lewis and Clark Passage, graphic organizer, and worksheet.
Differentiate reading instruction with leveled nonfiction, compare and contrast passages, and worksheets.
A comprehension task to use when learning about Malala Yousafzai.
Review our profile on Congresswoman and first Black presidential candidate Shirley Chisholm, and answer questions to reinforce understanding.
Learn about the planets with differentiated compare and contrast passages, activities, and writing opportunities.
A graphic organizer for students to use when taking notes.
Enhance your students' comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills with this nonfiction Earth Day passage and accompanying activities.
A worksheet that encourages students to create a book cover including a blurb on the back.
Practice analyzing poetry with this poem and set of comprehension questions.
An article and comprehension task celebrating women and Women's History Month.
A 14-slide editable PowerPoint template explaining the reading comprehension strategy of summarizing.
A graphic organizer for students to record text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections.
An article about springtime blooms and festivals paired with a comprehension task.
A reading response template for students to use to summarize a piece of text.
Enhance your students' comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills using a high-interest reading passage about Tornadoes.
Meet famous Black History Month figures with this informational text and comprehension questions activity.
A graphic organizer to use with students when making connections with a piece of text.
A reading response journal for students to use to engage with text in meaningful and purposeful ways.
An article and comprehension task that celebrates women during World War 1.
A chart to practice using the SWBST strategy to write a summary for a fictional piece of text.
A reading response template for students to analyze a character in a piece of text.
Review our profile on history-maker Thomas Mundy Peterson and answer questions to reinforce understanding.
A comprehension task that encourages students to reflect on specific quotes from the Declaration of Independence.
A fun reading comprehension game to play after reading a fictional text.
A reading response template for students to make connections with a piece of text.
An 84-slide PowerPoint presentation containing a variety of quick warm-up activities.
Summarize fictional text through this whole-class station activity.
A comprehension worksheet paired with a literary text about a princess who demands to hear the loudest sound in the world.
Display and discuss terms related to poetry and figurative language with a set of 30 word wall cards.
Make text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections when reading a piece of text with this recording sheet
An 85-slide PowerPoint presentation containing a variety of quick warm-up activities.