I’m back with my next Close Reading resource for you! If you and your students enjoyed my five other seasonal and holiday Close Reading resources, you will love my Halloween Close Reading Passages, Text-Dependent Questions & More! The information below is just a sample of what’s included! Click HERE to check out the preview to see more! I created...
I’m back with my next Close Reading resource for you! If you and your students enjoyed my five other seasonal and holiday Close Reading resources, you will love my Halloween Close Reading Passages, Text-Dependent Questions & More! The information below is just a sample of what’s included! Click HERE to check out the preview to see more! I created...
I’m back with the second post about WHAT is close reading. If you want to start reading this blog series from the beginning, click HERE to go back to the first post: Understanding Close Reading: Part 1 – What is Close Reading? In the first post, I broke down the definition of close reading: If...
I’m back with my next Close Reading resource for you! If you and your students enjoyed my five other seasonal and holiday Close Reading resources, you will love my Halloween Close Reading Passages, Te
I’m back with my next Close Reading resource for you! If you and your students enjoyed my five other seasonal and holiday Close Reading resources, you will love my Halloween Close Reading Passages, Text-Dependent Questions & More! The information below is just a sample of what’s included! Click HERE to check out the preview to see more! I created...
I’m back with my next Close Reading resource for you! If you and your students enjoyed my five other seasonal and holiday Close Reading resources, you will love my Halloween Close Reading Passages, Text-Dependent Questions & More! The information below is just a sample of what’s included! Click HERE to check out the preview to see more! I created...
I’m back with my next Close Reading resource for you! If you and your students enjoyed my five other seasonal and holiday Close Reading resources, you will love my Halloween Close Reading Passages, Text-Dependent Questions & More! The information below is just a sample of what’s included! Click HERE to check out the preview to see more! I created...
I am so excited to finally share what I have been working on! I have spent the last three months researching everything I can on close reading. I’ve read books, articles, blog posts, websites, and more. My goal is to provide you with resources, an informational blog series, and freebies so you can successfully implement...
The lesson I am sharing with you all today is one small lesson in a GIANT Reading and Summarizing Nonfiction unit. You can click HERE to read about our fiction summaries. First and foremost, my students struggle with summarizing nonfiction. The problem is that nonfiction passages are usually JAM-PACKED with information (some of which is...
I’m back with my next Close Reading resource for you! If you and your students enjoyed my five other seasonal and holiday Close Reading resources, you will love my Halloween Close Reading Passages, Text-Dependent Questions & More! The information below is just a sample of what’s included! Click HERE to check out the preview to see more! I created...
I am so excited to finally share what I have been working on! I have spent the last three months researching everything I can on close reading. I’ve read books, articles, blog posts, websites, and more. My goal is to provide you with resources, an informational blog series, and freebies so you can successfully implement...
I’m back with my next Close Reading resource for you! If you and your students enjoyed my five other seasonal and holiday Close Reading resources, you will love my Halloween Close Reading Passages, Text-Dependent Questions & More! The information below is just a sample of what’s included! Click HERE to check out the preview to see more! I created...
I am so excited to finally share what I have been working on! I have spent the last three months researching everything I can on close reading. I’ve read books, articles, blog posts, websites, and more. My goal is to provide you with resources, an informational blog series, and freebies so you can successfully implement...
I’m back with my next Close Reading resource for you! If you and your students enjoyed my five other seasonal and holiday Close Reading resources, you will love my Halloween Close Reading Passages, Text-Dependent Questions & More! The information below is just a sample of what’s included! Click HERE to check out the preview to see more! I created...
**** Novel Nutritious Creations is MERGING with PittWillow Designs! We are so excited! Please visit and follow our new store! PittWillow Designs ~We are in the process of gradually moving all products to the new store. Please go here: October 3rd Grade Packet to purchase this packet! Thank you and we apologize for any inconvenience! October Packet - 3rd Grade Volume 1 Save money buy the 3rd Grade Fall MEGA Bundle. Includes ALL passages from SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, and DECEMBER MEGA Fall Bundle HERE! **Lexile levels and Common Core standards now included with every passage on the Answer Key!** This is the packet of reading comprehension questions modeled after the Common Core standards for 3rd grade, however; this packet is also PERFECT for those states who have opted out of the Common Core curriculum. The concepts delivered in this packet are for all students to master. All of the following excerpts, charts, passages and diagrams are associated with either a variety of multiple choice reading comprehension questions, open-response questions, student inquiry, both short and long answer questions or a combination of strategies. Use for; weekly assessments, pre-assessment, post-assessment, progress monitoring, or whatever else you need! Questions involve; using context clues, inferencing, poetry elements, plot, characterization, analytical reading, comprehension, reading for meaning, vocabulary and so much more! There are 10 exercises in this packet. All have close read exercises and many have "PLUS" activities! Contents: 1. Nonfiction – The Travelling Honeybee -Key elements: Map comprehension and interpretation 2. Nonfiction – Everything You Want To Know About Apples -Key elements: Close read, understanding a flyer, Venn diagram compare/contrast 3. Nonfiction – Johnny Appleseed -Key elements: Close read, deciphering meaning, synonyms, compare/contrast, legends, 4. Nonfiction – History of Halloween and Day of the Dead -Key elements: Close read, understanding text, deciphering meaning, compare/contrast, main idea and supporting details 5. Poetry – Here They Come -Key elements: Close read of a poem, poetic elements, understanding meaning 6. Recipe - Let's Bake Sugar Cookies Key elements: Close read, understanding a recipe, following directions, author's purpose PLUS activities - Homework Fun! - A fun activity for your student to do at home "Your Favorite Cookie" 7.Fiction - The Creepy Closet Key elements: Close read, deciphering meaning, synonyms, character analysis and relationship PLUS 3 extra activities - Character Analysis, Parts of the Story, and Point of View 8. Nonfictions - A Pair of Pandas Key elements: Close read, understanding text, true/false, author's purpose, main idea PLUS activity - Nonfiction concepts 9. Fiction - A Real and Magical Place Key elements: Close read, deciphering meaning, synonyms, definitions, character relationships PLUS 2 Activities - Character Relationships and Nonfiction Concepts 10. Nonfiction - Let's Talk Pumpkins! Key elements: Close read, deciphering meaning, author's purpose, main idea PLUS activity - Pumpkin Life Cycle YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE: September 3rd Grade Packet Don't like the selections in these packets? Want to create your own? Check out 3rd Grade A-La-Carte HERE! Literature/Bibliography; Answer Key Included *I truly value your feedback* *Be sure to check out all 3rd grade packets!* Any questions or concerns ... [email protected] Have a great year! Novel Nutritious Creations © 2015 Novel Nutritious Creations. Permission is granted to buyer for single classroom use. No part of this work, including clip art, may be copied and/or reused in another product or format. (c) 2020 PittWillow Designs
I’m back for my next installment on close reading! I am so excited to FINALLY share what I have been working so hard on. A few weeks back, I asked my Facebook followers to rate their understanding and knowledge of close reading. I was shocked to learn that so many teachers didn’t really know much...
I’m back for my next installment on close reading! I am so excited to FINALLY share what I have been working so hard on. A few weeks back, I asked my Facebook followers to rate their understanding and knowledge of close reading. I was shocked to learn that so many teachers didn’t really know much...
I am so excited to finally share what I have been working on! I have spent the last three months researching everything I can on close reading. I’ve read books, articles, blog posts, websites, and more. My goal is to provide you with resources, an informational blog series, and freebies so you can successfully implement...