Whether you are already using close reading strategies in your own upper elementary classroom or not, you’ll love using free close reading passages like The History of the Chocolate Chip Cookie! By using a purposeful, high interest set of close reading passages with proven reading comprehension strategies, your students will enjoy a greater level of reading success. Here is everything included in your FREE close reading passages download: The History of the Chocolate Chip Cookie Reading Passage (2 Differentiated Levels) 5 Days of Close Reading Activities Text Dependent Questions Written Response Teacher Guide Annotation Guide Printable Version Interactive Google Classroom

Here's a step-by-step guide for teaching students to identify text evidence and support answers to questions with evidence from passages.

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Free reading comprehension passages for grades 2 - 3

Science of reading activities can be so helpful for students of all ages. Reading is an essential skill to have in order to succeed in school and life. It’s not just about being able to read the words, it’s about understanding what you are reading and connecting those ideas with what you already know.

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Join a fun group of teachers for a study of Serravallo’s, The Reading Strategies Book. We're focusing on few of our favorite reading strategies. Teaching Theme Free Printable and Activities for 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grade. FREEBIE printables Theme anchor chart idea, lessons, passages, a graphic organizer, and a poster to use with your upper elementary classroom or homeschool students. These printable theme worksheets make a great activity. Use these printables for review, test prep, assessment, and more. third, fourth, fifth, sixth graders, homeschool

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This is a four day unit on Barack Obama. It includes two reading passages (they are the same, one is slightly easier), vocabulary pages, vocabulary cards, KWL chart, anticipation guide, text dependent questions, discussion questions, and writing paper. There is a lot of important vocabulary in the p...

These Proofreading and Editing Reading Passages are a fun way to practice reading comprehension and proofreading at the same time.This product includes 4 non-fiction reading passages for students to proofread and edit. Each worksheet comes with an editing chart. Also included are 4 Answer Keys so that students may check their work independently, Comprehension Questions ... Read More about Proofreading and Editing Reading Comprehension Passages

Reading Comprehension Passages for Upper Elementary. You will grow your students with these engaging Reading Sets!

This free short constructed response resource includes sentence starters, questions, & a reading passage for 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade.

Take close reading to the next level in your classroom. Use the six Close Reading steps guide from Appletastic Learning for a deeper understanding of text.

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We know that all students need access to grade level content area information, but how can we make this happen with students of so many varying reading levels? Some ways to support students in understanding difficult

Ready for a new approach to main idea? Here's one that integrates technology AND helps visual learners! Using online word clouds helps students clearly see the most commonly used words so they can better understand main idea. Find out more here!

Invite students to color-code important keywords and phrases. If the class is reading about recycling, ask them to use green or blue highlighters to find key vocabulary or commonly repeated phrases that will stick in their brain. If the students are reading about Ancient Greece, offer different colors for different nouns—one color for important people, one color for important places, another color for key things.

Practice proofreading and editing with these fun, non-fiction reading passages. There are 4 passages included, plus answer keys and comprehension questions! They are great for the end of the year or any time of the year! You Might Also Like:DIY Class Yearbook PrintableReading Bingo Summer IncentiveCamping Scavenger Hunt CardsHave a Summer Learning Luau

Are you looking for 3rd grade reading comprehension passages and questions that will quickly and easily allow you to assess each standard? These 3rd grade reading assessments are aligned to common core standards and are the perfect tool to check for understanding. Use these 17 ready-to-go Reading Quick Checks as 3rd grade reading test prep, review worksheets, quizzes, assessments, homework, or morning work. All 3rd grade reading standards are included! ⭐ Bundle and save for a discount! ⭐ You can get BOTH the 3rd Grade Reading Quick Checks and the 3rd Grade Math Quick Checks in this bundle, giving you a savings of 20% off! ⭐ Looking for 4th and 5th grade quick checks? Find them at the links below! 4th Grade Reading Quick Checks 5th Grade Reading Quick Checks This 3rd grade reading comprehension review packet includes a quick reading assessment for each standard and comes with data tracking sheets that make it easy to group students for re-teaching of a particular standard or skill. Included in this download: Binder Cover and Section Dividers 3rd Grade Reading Common Core State Standards At-A-Glance Data Recording Sheets Data Grouping Sheets Student Recording Sheets 8 Quick Checks for Reading: Literature (3.RL.1 – 3.RL.9) Note: RL.3.8 not applicable to literature 9 Quick Checks for Reading: Informational Text (3.RI.1 – 3.RI.9) All Answer Keys These assessments are designed to be a quick and easy way to help you keep track of student progress. The main goal of these Reading Quick Checks is to assess each reading standard quickly and use them to guide instruction and review at the end of the year before testing.  However, you can also use these quick assessments to check for understanding at the end of a unit, in reading centers or small groups throughout the year, for morning work, or as homework. Data Recording Sheet The Data Recording Sheet is aligned to a scoring rubric that follows the CCSS 5 Achievement Levels. You can use the rubric to score student assessments, or you can simply grade them as usual. The recording sheet includes all standards with columns to record grades and levels attained by students. Data Grouping Sheet The Data Grouping Sheet is broken down by standard and makes it easy to form HIGH, MIDDLE, and LOW groups. This helps to group and target students that need re-teaching of a particular standard or skill. You can use the data grouping sheet to guide differentiated instruction. Student Recording Sheet The Student Recording Sheet includes “I Can Statements” for students to check off and/or highlight depending on their scores. This helps students visually see the standards/skills they have mastered and/or need more help with. Perfect for: test prep review assessments quizzes practice worksheets small groups reading centers homework morning work The best part? This resource comes with 17 Reading Quick Checks that can be used anytime throughout the year as test prep review or practice.  The data recording sheets make it easy to quickly identify which students need to be targeted for re-teaching of a particular standard or skill. This saves time and ensures that you are helping each student master all reading standards. In this one convenient resource, you can… have 17 ready-to-go Reading Quick Checks that will help you and your students track progress and mastery of each 3rd grade reading standard use these 17 pre-made assessments to guide your instruction and review at the end of the year, check for understanding at the end of a unit, use as practice worksheets in reading centers, small groups, morning work, or as homework print and go - includes everything you need to assess all 3rd grade reading standards throughout the year ⭐ TEACHER TIP: Use a binder to store these 3rd Grade Reading Quick Checks! This 3rd grade reading review packet can easily be stored in a binder to pull from throughout the year. Binder covers and section dividers have been added to make it easy for organization! Supports Common Core Standards (CCSS): 3rd Grade Reading: Literature - RL.3.1, RL.3.2, RL.3.3, RL.3.4, RL.3.5, RL.3.6, RL.3.7, RL.3.9 (RL.3.8 not applicable to literature 3rd Grade Reading: Informational Text - RI.3.1, RI.3.2, RI.3.3, RI.3.4, RI.3.5, RI.3.6, RI.3.7, RI.3.8, RI.3.9

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This resource includes 20 Reading comprehension passages worksheets for 4th grade & 5th grade. Use these reading passages for quizzes, daily grade, independent practice and more. Also included are reading strategies posters that are perfect for 3rd, 4th, & 5th grade. Inside this product are passages on fiction, nonfiction, poetry & drama that your students will love reading! Use this resource for independent practice, ELA intervention in the classroom, tutorials, summer, and homeschooling during the school year. This product is printable & digital. Reading Comprehension Passages worksheets resource contains: * 20 passages (5 fiction, 5 nonfiction, 5 poems, 5 drama readers theater scripts) Each passage is followed by 5-7 multiple choice & short answer questions. * Reading strategies posters * Reading strategies Bookmarks * Strategies checks with a post-it note template (shown in the preview) Use the resource for test prep, private tutoring, home school, independent work, and homework during summer school. The bundle is also sold as separate reading packets in my store. Each pack contains five passages with a multiple-choice version, a short answer version, and a digital option. Please note: The multiple-choice & short answer is the same questions. These are provided so the teacher can choose the best option for the student. Also included: Reading strategies posters, bookmarks, and post-it note templates for students to check if they are using the strategies correctly. ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● Show your students how to: ❀ use context clues ❀ make predictions ❀ find the main idea ❀ use text evidence ❀ use figurative language properly ❀ find the theme ❀ infer within the text ❀ point of view and much more! These reading passages will help you understand the skills your readers may struggle with. They are long enough for independent work and can be used in small groups, centers, or homework. Furthermore, I used them while tutoring students, reviewing for major tests, and preparing for state tests. Copyright © Marcy’s Mayhem All rights reserved by the author Permission to copy for single-classroom use

Daily Reading Review has proven to be the most effective resource for improving reading comprehension skills. Learn about my Reading Spiral Review System

Nothing builds fluency like repeated readings - but who likes to sound like a broken record? This fluency activity lets students sound like something else for a change - a robot, an opera singer...maybe a confused cowboy - and it's anything but boring!

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Morphology instruction is a powerful strategy for improving vocabulary and comprehension. This post shares several morphology activities.

Whether using compare and contrast worksheets, task cards, or pictures, students will be so focused and engaged in the lessons.

These making inferences reading passages and worksheets come are perfect for any upper elementary classroom working on inferencing skills.

Seems simple, RIGHT? Read a chapter, write a summary… Our students see this a lot, whether it be on our reading assessments, in our own classroom work, or on our state assessments. Bottom line, we want our kids to be proficient (and feel confident) in taking out the important elements from a piece of text,...

Practice doesn't always make perfect, especially when it comes to main idea! Students need lots of scaffolding with this difficult skill. And it's hard to find resources that provide good scaffolding, so do yourself a favor and download 3 of mine for free here!

This summer, after attending a reading workshop, I've made it my goal to amp up and improve my guided reading and shared reading instruction. With this in

Explicitly teaching and practicing reading strategies is so important to give students tools to better comprehend what they are reading. Some of these powerful strategies include using background knowledge, making predictions, asking questions, making inferences,

It's an end of year reading escape room extravaganza! As we say goodbye to another year, let's spice up the final days in the upper elementary classroom with some end-of-year reading escape room fun! Picture this: a literary journey where your students become the heroes - solving puzzles, cracking codes, and unlocking some reading magic. Get ready to turn those end-of-year jitters into a thrilling quest for knowledge and excitement. Join me as we dive into the world of reading escape rooms and discover how they can transform your classroom into a fun learning zone!

A free, printable worksheet about African American Inventor, Granville T. Woods. Students learn by reading the passage and answering questions. Click here!

Learn all about a mystery mammal by reading through this passage and answering the questions that follow!