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:
Practice using the RACES writing strategy for text evidence with a Lewis and Clark Passage, graphic organizer, and worksheet.
Integrate reading, writing, and American history with a worksheet about the Boston Tea Party using the RACES writing strategy for text evidence.
Differentiate reading instruction with leveled nonfiction, compare and contrast passages, and worksheets.
A comprehension task to use when learning about Malala Yousafzai.
Review our profile on Congresswoman and first Black presidential candidate Shirley Chisholm, and answer questions to reinforce understanding.
Practice reading comprehension skills and learn about microplastic pollution in our oceans with a reading comprehension activity.
A worksheet that encourages students to create a book cover including a blurb on the back.
A 14-slide editable PowerPoint template explaining the reading comprehension strategy of summarizing.
A graphic organizer for students to use when taking notes.
Practice analyzing poetry with this poem and set of comprehension questions.
Enhance your students' comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills with this nonfiction Earth Day passage and accompanying activities.
An article and comprehension task that celebrates women during World War 1.
A graphic organizer for students to record text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections.
Learn about the planets with differentiated compare and contrast passages, activities, and writing opportunities.
An article and comprehension task celebrating women and Women's History Month.
A reading response template for students to use to summarize a piece of text.
A reading response template for students to write a personal review of a piece of text.
A reading response template for students to analyze a character in a piece of text.
Enhance your students' comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills using a high-interest reading passage about Tornadoes.
A comprehension worksheet paired with an informational text about the naked mole rat.
A comprehension task that encourages students to reflect on specific quotes from the Declaration of Independence.
A comprehension worksheet paired with a persuasive text about social media.
A graphic organizer to help students summarize a fiction text.
A set of five literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with issue 1 of Teach Starter's Grade 4 "What's Buzzing?" magazine.
A comprehension worksheet paired with a comic about being safe when sharing photos on digital platforms.
A fun comprehension strategy board game for students to play during literacy rotations.
A comprehension task to use when learning about Greta Thunberg.
A 66-slide PowerPoint presentation containing a variety of quick warm-up activities.
Question prompts and a worksheet to use when asking questions before, during, and after reading.
A reading response template for students to make inferences and predictions with a piece of text.
A 67-slide PowerPoint presentation containing a variety of quick warm-up activities.
A reading response journal for students to use to engage with text in meaningful and purposeful ways.