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Reading Comprehension
In this comprehension worksheet, 2nd graders read a passage, ask questions for the answers given, fill in the blanks with some, any, a, or an, and more. Students complete 3 activities.
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Early Childhood Summer Reading List and Activities
Dive into summer with classic children’s picture books sure to entertain and inspire!
Scholastic
Citing Text Evidence
Could you go without your cell phone for 48 hours? Pose this question to your class and then read the article provided here. Pupils mark the text and and complete a graphic organizer that requires the use of textual evidence.
Illinois Elementary School Association
Improv Exercises
Here's an eight-page packet that describes 70 different improv activities to use as warm ups for drama classes.
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Newberry Award Reading Project
Fifth graders complete a project for a Newberry Award winning book. This ambitious lesson outlines the expectations for students regarding their project. Included is a list of possible books and a variety of writing, art, music and...
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Basic Writing Skills
Learners listen to story A Mason-Dixon Memory, by Clifton Davis, and complete worksheets about the story. The worksheets are embedded in the plan. This activity provides good reading comprehension practice for young readers.
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Henry VIII
In this Henry VIII instructional activity, students read through an article associated with Henry VIII and answer twelve comprehension questions regarding the article.
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Reading Comprehension: 1984
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students answer questions based on chapters 1-12 of '1984'. Question type varies from matching, true / false, fill in the blank and multiple choice.
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Gift of the Magi Project
High schoolers read "The Gift of the Magi" and review the elements and theme in the story. In groups, students sketch another high schoolers' outline on butcher paper. They use the body parts to relate the characteristics of Della and...
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The Six Wives of Henry VIII
In this Henry VIII worksheet, students learn about the wives of Henry VIII. Students read short passages about the 6 wives of Henry VIII.
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Fun Bookmarks
In this Fun Bookmarks instructional activity, students cut out 4 different bookmarks. Two of the bookmarks say, "I love to read!" and the other two, "Reading is cool!"
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Justin Beiber Biography
In this Justin Beiber worksheet, students read a biography on Justin Beiber and answer multiple choice questions about him. Students complete 5 questions.
National External Diploma Program Council
Capitalization Review
Using correct grammar is a capital idea! Elementary readers review the rules of capitalization, including proper nouns, abbreviations of organizations, and holidays, before correcting the errors in two sets of sentences.
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Sandra Day O'Connor
No unit on important women in history would be complete without a lesson on Sandra Day O'Connor. After reading background information about the first female Supreme Court justice, middle schoolers engage in several activities addressing...
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Jacob the Great
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a 1 page passage titled Jacob the Great and complete comprehension, inferential, and story element questions about it. Students complete 22 multiple choice questions.
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Famous Person: Yushiko Uchida
Third, fourth, and fifth graders read the book The Bracelet by Yushiko Uchida and examine the events of Uchida's life. They participate in a guided discussion of Japanese culture, perform a reader's...
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Relationship Role Plays from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Connect a scene from a class play to events in your middle and high schoolers' own lives. First, they act out a scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream in pairs. They work to role play a scene as an extension of the one they have read,...
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Unleash Your Inner Editor
NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month, is a writing project for which participants write an entire novel in a single month. If you have decided to this in your class, this resource will be useful for you. This is an editing...
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Planning to Parent, Day 1: Infant Health
What do infants need? What are parental responsibilities? Why breastfeed? What are the pros and cons? When do infants sit-up, roll over, crawl, talk, get teeth, eat solid foods, and sleep through the night? So many questions, and this is...
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Review: Future Perfect Progressive Tense
Now that your English language learners are becoming comfortable with their new language, have them review one of the tougher tenses: the future perfect progressive tense. As they read the passage provided, they must conjugate seven...
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BE MY VALENTINE!
In this Valentine's activity, students read and analyze a short article about Valentine's Day and then answer five questions over the content of what they've read.
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Patricia's Garden
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a three paragraph story and answer three comprehension questions provided at the end of the story. The directions ask for complete sentences.
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Help Wanted
In this factual text worksheet, 6th graders read through several want ads and then answer the detailed questions that follow to check their reading comprehension skills.
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Modal Verbs
For this word use worksheet, students study the three uses of past participles with: would, should, ought to, or might. Students read 14 sentences and write the number that tells what type of phrase it contains. Students then use one of...