**These worksheets are included in my complete Visualizing Reading Worksheet Pack**Includes three worksheets to help reinforce visualizing as a reading strategy. Each worksheet contains a short reading passage and requires students to draw a picture to represent the text.US spelling (visualizing) a...

Teach EVERY reading literature and reading informational text common core state standard using inspirational and engaging short films and video clips! For an entire year of highly engaging, no prep…

If you're looking for a fun and engaging way to help your students practice summarizing non-fiction text, then you'll love Summary Safari! This activity is perfect for use in the classroom or at home. Students will read a short passage, then answer questions about what they read. The questions are designed to help students identify the main idea and key details of the text. After completing the questions, students will be able to summarize the text in their own words. This activity is a great way to help your students improve their reading comprehension skills while also practicing summarizing. An interactive Google Slides Presentation is included for a fun classroom transformation! Click HERE to watch me teach this lesson on YouTube. - You will see exactly how I teach this lesson - Classroom management strategies to keep students engaged the entire time!  Click HERE to read the blog post. My students love any chance they have to dress up! I used these cute safari hats and vests to make the lesson come to life! Click here to get the link! TERMS OF USE By purchasing and/or downloading this electronic file, you agree to the terms of use as stated below. Purchase of this resource allows one user to use the product for personal use, across multiple devices owned by the same user. No part of this document may be distributed, posted on the internet, copied, sold, or edited without direct permission from the author. Violations are subject to the penalties of the Digital Millennium Act. To purchase additional sharing licenses, please visit my store. All contents of this document are under copyright protection including all text, graphics, contents, and fonts. All fonts are also protected by copyright from their original author/artist, KA Fonts.    If you have any questions, please feel free to message me. I will be happy to help! Copyright© Aimee Scott All rights reserved by the author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. Electronic distribution is limited to single classroom use only.

This resource contains ten pages of opportunities for your students to compare text structures with two different texts. Each page has two short paragraphs on the same topic with one question to compare the text structures.🛑 Are you a member of the TLL Membership? These materials are already included. If you are not a member, click here to learn more. The TLL Membership gives you an all-access pass to hundreds of ELA resources for teachers in Grades 3-5. If you need more support with teaching Text Structure, these activities are also included in the Text Structure Mini Unit. 👉This unit is also part of the Reading Mini Units Bundle for 3rd Grade.  👉This unit is also part of the Reading Mini Units Bundle for 4th and 5th Grade.  Other ELA resources you may L♥VE... ELA Task Cards Bottomless Bundle for Grades 3-5 ELA Task Cards Bottomless Bundle for Grades 4-6 ELA Task Cards Bottomless Bundle for 4th Grade ELA Task Cards Bottomless Bundle for 5th Grade ELA Task Cards Bottomless Bundle for 6th Grade Let’s connect! The Literacy Loft Blog The Literacy Loft on Instagram The Literacy Loft on Pinterest The Literacy Loft on Facebook Email: [email protected]

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Engage secondary students in meaningful literary analysis by pairing short films with poetry. Visual texts inspire students who are normally reluctant to read poetry to dive in and look for comparisons.

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Fluency is an important components of reading, yet it is often neglected. What type of activities could I plan that were NOT teacher directed? To improve fluency, students need to read over and over which takes time. Time is in short supply for most teachers. Some parents listen to their children read at home, but not ALL. How could I fix this problem to ensure ALL of my students were getting enough practice? The answer was partner fluency checks. You can try a free partner fluency check. Teachers who downloaded the file above asked if I had more activities like the ones in the file. I recently made a Kindergarten-1st grade Fluency Check file and a 2nd-3rd grade Fluency Check file. Color Code the fluency cards by reading levels so you can quickly see the difference without looking at the bottom of the card. Punch a hole and put the cards on a ring for easy storage. The reading passages come in two formats - fluency cards and comprehension printables. More formats means more times reading the same passage which improves fluency. There are also comprehension signs. Punch a hole and put the signs on a ring. Use them to ask questions after a read aloud or with your small group. Comprehension signs are perfect for quick checks after a read aloud. Put the comprehension signs on a ring. Keep the ring where you read to your class. Set up a literacy center using the signs and comprehension passages. This is a quick center to set up. Reading the passages in different formats will improve students' fluency. Partner fluency checks and literacy centers are NOT teacher directed activities. Perfect fluency activities for busy teachers! I currently have the following Fluency Check files available: Kindergarten and 1st Grade Fluency Check Fluency and Comprehension Passages Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 Christmas themed passages Bundle - Volume 1 & 2 2nd and 3rd Grade Fluency Check Fluency and Comprehension Passages Volume 1 Volume 2 Sources to make my blog post graphics can be found HERE. Click HERE to read my blog's disclosure statement.

This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text is a summary/ short story based on Roald Dahl's famous children's story "Matilda". Matilda recounts the story of a young bright girl who forms a beautiful relationsh...

Don't let your literature anthology dictate the short stories you read with your middle school and high school students. There are so many wonderful short stories out there, many of which can be used to teach a variety of literary elements and paired with other texts. Read on for 13 of my favorites, which literary terms and skills they lend themselves to teaching, plus suggested text pairings and activities.

This is a set of SIX decodable books that focus on closed, short vowel words with floss words (ff, ll, ss, zz), the /all/ sound, suffix -s, and suffix -es. Your students will love being the readers AND the illustrators of these adorable decodables! The format of these books require students to focus on what we want them to focus on- the graphemes on the page- not the pictures, as they decode text. Click here to check out the preview file. Teachers who have embarked on a journey into the science of reading are making exciting, positive changes within their classrooms! As a fellow lifelong learner, I applaud your bravery and courage to continue to seek out resources and instructional strategies that will best meet the needs of the readers within your classroom. Moving away from instructional strategies and materials that utilize the three-cueing systems is a vital step teachers need to take in order to put the science of reading research into practice. As a reading teacher and literacy coach, I have a lot of students who come to me with a habit of relying heavily on pictures to decode unknown words. While pictures are certainly important in books, I found myself covering them up so that students would stop guessing unknown words! When it comes to learning how to read, we want students to focus on connecting their understanding of sounds to the written letters on the page in order to decipher unknown words. With this need in mind, the decode and draw series was born! These simple, short printable books help students concentrate on the words first. After they practice reading the text, they can illustrate each page within the book. The final page of each book contains word work practice. The result is an interactive decodable book that boosts word recognition, comprehension, fluency, and word mapping skills. I hope you and your students enjoy these books just as much as mine have! "Tell me more about these decodable books. What makes them different than typical decodable books?" Each of the six decodable books contains five pages of controlled text. One book for each of the following phonics skills has been written: three books that focus on floss words (ff, ll, ss, zz), one /all/ book, one suffix -s book (with the /s/ and /z/ sound), and one suffix -es book. A complete list of the titles, phonics focus, and the high-frequency words that are found within each book are also included in the preview file and in the overview file of the purchased download. The text in these books are controlled. The only patterns or sounds you will find in the books are words with the current phonics focus, or words previously introduced in my previously released Decode & Draw Series: CVC WORDS and DIGRAPHS. The final page (which is on the back of each book) contains a word work component. Students will say each picture and touch the sound boxes to tap out the sounds in the words. Students will then spell and write the words on the lines. The word mapping page follows the targeted phonics skill that the book featured. The word work page helps students make the connection between reading the words and writing the words with the targeted phonics skill. "Who are these books for?" Use these decodables with any student who is ready to begin blending and reading closed, short vowel floss words, /all/ words, and short vowel words with suffix -s and suffix -es. "When and how can I best use these decodable books in my classroom?" The preview page will give you a big list of ideas, but the possibilities are endless! These books can be used at the small group table, as a whole-group phonics activity while reading each page together, or as independent work. Personally, it is the independent practice that I struggle with this year in my classroom. Finding independent work that is meaningful can be challenging. These books are PERFECT for this! After your students have started practicing digraphs with you explicitly, they can apply their reading skills by reading and illustrating one page at a time. Being able to check their picture on each page provides you with comprehension accountability and the perfect way to jump into a discussion with students. "Are the books difficult to assemble? One of my biggest hurdles as a teacher is TIME!" (Raises hand) Fellow reading teacher, here! I get it. One of the reasons I don't use the printable decodable books on some other commercial websites is because I cannot figure them out ha! I've made these books super simple to put together, and they are all printer-friendly. They don't even use a lot of ink because your students are the ones who will become the illustrators of these books! Talk about ownership and meaningful reading! I hope you love this new reading resource as much as I do! Miss DeCarbo Copyright 2022 All Rights Reserved

Build student confidence and reading endurance with these resources. Teaching short stories has never been more exciting or engaging! (blog post)

**This worksheet is included in my complete Making Predictions Reading Worksheet Pack** Making Predictions Reading Strategy Worksheet Help reinforce predicting as a reading strategy. This worksheet includes two short reading passages followed by questions asking students to predict and explain the clues they used to make their predictions. This resource includes a digital (Google Slides) version. See the end page of the resource for the details and the link to access the digital version. Please note: Answers are not included due to the subjective nature of predicting. ________________________________________ Check out my similar reading comprehension packs: Summarizing (Summarising) - Reading Worksheet Pack Visualizing (Visualising) - Reading Worksheet Pack Making Connections - Reading Worksheet Pack Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions - Reading Worksheet Pack 30 Page Reading Strategy Comprehension Pack 10 Page Reading Comprehension Worksheet Pack ________________________________________ For more reading and comprehension resources, click the links below: Making Connections Reading Worksheet Pack, Google Slides - Distance Learning Persuasive Writing Comprehension - Fun, Fantastic, Fabulous Fitness Reading Strategy PowerPoint - Inferring Visualizing (Visualising) - Reading Worksheet Pack Reading Strategy PowerPoint- Summarizing Reading Strategies Worksheets - Use With Any Book Similes Shared Reading PowerPoint Predicting Worksheets - 12 Reading Passages Implied vs Literal Questions - Worksheets with Answers Making Connections - Reading Worksheet Pack ________________________________________ Follow Me Click the green star at the top of my page to be the first to receive updates about new products and discounts. ________________________________________ Feedback Please help me to improve my products by leaving valuable feedback. Simply click the 'Provide Feedback' button on your purchases page and leave a rating and a comment. You will also gain credits to use for further purchases. ________________________________________ Copyright Information This product is not for commercial use, individual use only. If you plan to share this product with others, please purchase extra licenses at the 50% discounted rate. The fonts used in my resources are from: Babbling Abby and Kimberly Geswein Fonts The clip art used in my resources is from: Krista Wallden Creative Clips and Whimsy Clips ________________________________________ text | story | comprehension | shared reading | questioning | classroom | reading | predict | predicting | guided reading | making predictions | no prep | printable | strategies | homework | reading groups | learning tool | elementary school | primary school | homeschooling | homeschool

If you are looking for some high-interest activities, try using animated shorts to teach inference. Free handouts focus on student learning.

Study and review 20 reading genres using a genres poster and short reading passages with text and 4-5 multiple-choice comprehension questions on one page. Each mini-passage is an example of a genre. Options include print, Easel Activities, and Google Forms. The questions are modeled after the types of questions on standardized reading tests. The last question on each page is about the genre. These passages work well for reading and writing lessons and are also perfect for morning work or bell work activities, reading centers, quick assessments, small group instruction, interventions, test prep, or homework! Readability is in the 4th-5th grade range. Please check the preview to view all passages. The first four pages are the texts with the lowest and highest readability scores to help you determine whether or not they would be suitable for your students. 3rd graders can do these with teacher support. You can purchase with confidence, as I have 32 years of experience preparing upper elementary students for standardized reading testing! The following items are included: • Adventure short passage & questions (1 page) • Autobiography short passage & questions (1 page) • Ballad short passage & questions (1 page) • Biography short passage & questions (1 page) • Drama short passage & questions (1 page) • Fable short passage & questions (1 page) • Fairy Tale short passage & questions (1 page) • Fantasy short passage & questions (1 page) • Folklore short passage & questions (1 page) • Historical Fiction short passage & questions (1 page) • Horror short passage & questions (1 page) • Humor short passage & questions (1 page) • Informational short passage & questions (1 page) • Legend short passage & questions (1 page) • Mystery short passage & questions (1 page) • Myth short passage & questions (1 page) • Poetry short passage & questions (1 page) • Realistic Fiction short passage & questions (1 page) • Science Fiction short passage & questions (1 page) • Tall Tale short passage & questions (1 page) • Answer key (1 page) • Reading Genres poster, in color (1 page) • Reading Genres poster, in BW (1 page) • Reading Genres mini-posters, 2-per-page (1 page) • TOU & Credits (1 page) • Easel Activities versions • Google Forms self-grading passages (PDFs with 20 links included) Please NOTE that several of these reading passages do appear in other resources of mine, although the questions are not exactly the same. I’d appreciate your purchase, your rating, and your feedback. Thank you from The Brighter Rewriter! ► CLICK HERE to follow me for new product notifications, special discounts & other fun stuff! Related Products ❤️ Genres Bingo Game ❤️ Text Structures Reading Passages Bundle

Punctuation worksheets for grade 5 and grade 6. These punctuation worksheets have students working on editing texts whilst learning interesting information or reading engaging short stories! Identifying mistakes is an important skill. If they can recognise errors and apply their understanding of grammar and punctuation conventions, their writing skills are going to improve. However, editing texts and rewriting sentences can be a mundane task! These worksheets are filled with interesting facts and short stories to keep your students engaged. Use this resource to strengthen your students' grammar and punctuation skills, whilst having them learn! Grammar and punctuation concepts: - Capital letters - Spelling - Homophones - Apostrophes of contraction & possession - Proper nouns - Plural nouns - Adjectives - Adverbs If you find this resource helpful, check out Punctuation Worksheets | Grade 4-7 | Editing Texts | NAPLAN | Distance Learning which has 40 editing texts!

I made this Spanish reading for spring to celebrate the season and practice basic vocabulary. The picture has action and emotion as well as spring words. I also made a question activity with the picture to practice Spanish question words. Check out our Spanish reading for kids resource page

Reading Comprehension Worksheets Related to Wild Animals. Pupils will read the passages and answer the questions. They will know more information related to wild Animals. This will help them imp

A short reading about a lady who falls out with her neighbour, then makes up again. There are some T/F sentences, some comprehension questions and a match-up of the cookery verbs which appear in the text. Full key included. - ESL worksheets

Aligned to the Common Core, this assessment includes 4 questions that prompt the student to read a short passage, an example connection, and then circle what time of connection it is (text to text, text to self, text to world). The next section is a short story about a little girl's first day of sc...

Children will practice sequencing a simple story in this hands-on writing process worksheet. Download to complete online or as a printable!

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Looking for new, free texts for teaching figurative language? This post has short stories, and other short texts your students will love!

Using Pictures to Teach Figurative Language allows you to teach and review figurative language using pictures AND teach students how to apply their skills to short reading passages! With these 15 printable and digital pages, students will have the opportunity to: Observe a picture and make inferences, ask questions, make predictions, etc. Apply their knowledge of figurative language by choosing a sentence that correctly uses figurative language to describe the picture. Write their own examples of figurative language describing the picture Find examples of figurative language in a short passage. The following types of figurative language are included: Similes Metaphors Personification Hyperbole Idioms There are THREE printable pages for each skill (a total of 15 pages of figurative language practice). There are four components to EACH page of this resource: Observe It: This section includes the picture with plenty of white space around it. The white space is for students to make literal AND inferential observations. Take as many notes as you can, encourage students to stretch their thinking, and watch their inference skills grow with EVERY picture you observe! Examples of observations are included. Choose It: In this section, students are required to choose a sentence that using figurative language to describe the picture. BE CAREFUL! These have been designed to include many different types of figurative language AND figurative language that does not make sense in the context of the picture. Write It: Students get to put their figurative language skills to the test and write their own examples for topics depicted in the picture! Apply It: This section has a short story that loosely relates to the same topic shown in the picture and requires students to pick out figurative language. Why use pictures to teach reading skills? I have thoughtfully designed these resources to align with best practices in reading comprehension instruction. This resource allows you to teach and review reading skills using pictures in an approachable, engaging, and easy-to-understand format. Applying reading skills to pictures requires students to think critically about the skill at hand. After using the picture to teach the skill, the resource transitions students to short tasks and reading passages where they apply the same skill in a different way. It prepares students for the cognitively demanding task of applying skills to authentic texts, such as picture books and novels. There is documented value in observing a picture and making inferences based on observations (and learning the difference between the two!), asking questions, making predictions, etc., and this resource does just that! The Finer Details: Printing: The images print well in color OR black and white. I do encourage you to project or show a color image for students so that they can make even more observations and inferences. Answer Keys: I have included an answer key for each resource, but PLEASE NOTE: students should be encouraged to come up with their own original answers. Since many of the tasks are open-ended, there are many justifiable answers. These tasks are meant to encourage kids to think outside the box! You will be amazed at what they come up with. Grouping Use: These printables are perfect for whole group or small group instruction, morning work, literacy centers, and more! I strongly suggest working through several of these pages as a whole group before allowing students to work independently on them-- particularly the "OBSERVE" section. Grade Levels: Ideal for Grades 3+ and Enrichment or Whole-Class 2nd grade. I have personally used these with 2nd grade through 5th grade. The options are endless! Digital and Projectable Access: In addition to the original printable version, there are TWO options for digital access for EACH of the four sets above. The original version that is identical to the printable pages is still included, but this resource also includes an interactive, easy-to-read and navigate Google Slides version! This digital version is also perfect for projecting as you teach a whole class lesson or small group. This resource also includes a cover page to make this into a practice booklet, additional resource links to my SEVEN+ blog posts about using pictures to teach reading skills, and observation samples to help you teach the initial lessons. I LOVE to incorporate pictures into my reading skill instruction! Visit my website www.teachingwithamountainview.com to see a plethora of blog posts and sample Using Pictures to Teach Reading Skills Anchor Charts! I also use PICTURES to teach READING SKILLS! I LOVE to incorporate pictures into my reading skill instruction! See MORE Picture Task Cards HERE! Inference Text & Picture Task Cards Main Idea Picture & Text Task Cards Literal vs. Inferential Picture Task Cards

Get your early readers responding to reading with this reading response booklet. It is the perfect resource to use during guided reading lessons to allow students to develop and demonstrate their comprehension skills. It goes with ANY fiction text which means it can be reused all year round. The pages include opportunities for students to draw pictures and write short text to complete the activities. The booklet is 20 pages and options are included for both handwritten and normal lines. The pages include: ♥ A Cute Cover ♥ Making Predictions ♥ Story Retell ♥ Main Character ♥ The Plot ♥ The Best Part ♥ The Characters ♥ My Favorite Character ♥ The Setting ♥ The Beginning ♥ The Problem ♥ The Solution ♥ I Would Have ♥ Interesting Words ♥ My Book Review ♥ My Opinion ♥ Making Connections ♥ The Lesson ♥ Invent a Character ♥ About the Book Both an AUS/UK and USA Version are included. You may also like: Guided Reading Tracking and Assessment Tools Kindergarten Reading Booklet ♥♥♥ Follow me to be the first to hear about FREEBIES and updates ♥♥♥ ♥♥♥ Earn TPT Credits when you leave feedback ♥♥♥ I welcome and appreciate any feedback, comments or suggestions. You may also contact me on [email protected]

Need a fun activity for the short story "A Tell-Tale Heart"? Your students will have fun answering the 10 reading comprehension questions and turning the answers into a fun art project. This product includes: * 10 Text Dependent Questions * Art Project * Art Project Sample * Answer Key * Story is included Thank you for supporting your fellow teachers!

Are you teaching your students to read and understand descriptive passages? If so, this activity would make the perfect supplement to your lesson. This download contains two activities pertaining to the descriptive text. On page one, students will read a short passage about penguins. With a partner or small group, the students will turn and talk about the passage using guiding questions. Page two can be used for independent practice, in which students will read a short passage about sharks and answer a few multiple choice questions. Example questions from pages one and two: Page 1, Turn and Talk: 1. Circle some descriptive words or phrases that help you visualize the information in your mind. 2. Looking closely at the first paragraph, what do the author’s words help the reader understand? Discuss. 3. Why do you think the author used the words “biting” and “whipping” in the first paragraph? Discuss. Page 2, Independent Practice: 1. What makes this passage descriptive? 2. Which of the following would be a descriptive detail from the passage? 3. How does the photograph contribute to the text? In other words, how does the photograph help the reader understand the passage? If you like this activity, check out similar ones I have for: Reading and Understanding a Persuasive Passage Reading and Understanding an Explanatory Passage Author's Purpose Bundle: Reading and Understanding Texts I hope you and your students find this resource useful and helpful! Thank you! The Handout Factory