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:
Learn about the planets with differentiated compare and contrast passages, activities, and writing opportunities.
Enhance your students' comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills with this nonfiction Earth Day passage and accompanying activities.
A comprehension task to use when learning about Malala Yousafzai.
A set of 7 posters profiling inspirational women from around the world.
A comprehension task to use when learning about Jessica Watson.
Review our profile on Nigerian social pioneer Obiageli Ezekwesili and answer questions to reinforce understanding.
Review our profile on the first Black woman astronaut and answer questions to reinforce understanding.
A comprehension task to use when learning about Greta Thunberg.
An article and comprehension task that celebrates women during World War 1.
Review our profile on 6-year-old civil rights figure Ruby Bridges, and answer questions to reinforce understanding.
Meet famous Black History Month figures with this informational text and comprehension questions activity.
Review our profile on Congresswoman and first Black presidential candidate Shirley Chisholm, and answer questions to reinforce understanding.
Review our profile on the first African American President of the United States, and answer questions to reinforce understanding.
Review our profile on Vice President Kamala Harris and answer questions to reinforce understanding.
Review our profile on history-maker Thomas Mundy Peterson and answer questions to reinforce understanding.
Review our profile on Illinois Senator Carol Moseley Braun and answer questions to reinforce understanding.
Review our profile on civil rights activist Amelia Boynton and answer questions to reinforce understanding.
Explore five global Valentine’s Day traditions with this informational text and comprehension questions activity.
Apply a range of reading comprehension strategies to learn about Martin Luther King, Jr.
Build dictionary and vocabulary skills by identifying the meanings of words related to Martin Luther King, Jr. and civil rights.
Practice inferring how a character would ring in the new year with this 7-activity booklet.
Learn about the origins of New Year’s celebrations with our informational text and comprehension questions worksheet.
Summarize fictional text through this whole-class station activity.
A 66-slide PowerPoint presentation containing a variety of quick warm-up activities.
A 67-slide PowerPoint presentation containing a variety of quick warm-up activities.
A chart to practice using the SWBST strategy to write a summary for a fictional piece of text.
An article and comprehension task about pollinators.
A recording sheet for making text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to world connections when reading a piece of text.
A graphic organizer to use with students when making connections with a piece of text.
An article and comprehension task celebrating women and Women's History Month.