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ELAR 5.7(A)
describe personal connections to a variety of sources, including self-selected texts;
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Inspirational Woman Profile: Malala Yousafzai – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension task to use when learning about Malala Yousafzai.
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Inspirational Women Profiles Poster Pack
A set of 7 posters profiling inspirational women from around the world.
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Inspirational Woman Profile: Jessica Watson – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension task to use when learning about Jessica Watson.
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Making Connections Worksheet
A worksheet for students to practice making connections with a piece of text.
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Making Text Connections Recording Sheet
A recording sheet for making text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to world connections when reading a piece of text.
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Making Text Connections Graphic Organizer (Grades 3-6)
A graphic organizer to use with students when making connections with a piece of text.
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Inspirational Woman Profile: Brooke Boney – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension task to use when learning about Brooke Boney.
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Inspirational Woman Profile: Yuna Kim – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension task to use when learning about Yuna Kim.
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Holidays, Celebrations, and Resolutions – Upper Grades Workbook
Learn about celebrations from around the world with this 15-page activity booklet.
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Read and Roll - Comprehension Dice Game
A fun reading comprehension game to play after reading a fictional text.
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Reading Response Templates - Complete Journal
A reading response journal for students to use to engage with text in meaningful and purposeful ways.
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Reading Response Template – Inferring and Predicting
A reading response template for students to make inferences and predictions with a piece of text.
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Reading Response Template – Making Connections
A reading response template for students to make connections with a piece of text.
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Reading Response Template - Personal Review
A reading response template for students to write a personal review of a piece of text.
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Before, During, and After Reading Fiction - Question Prompts
Question prompts and a worksheet to use when asking questions before, during, and after reading.
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Before, During, and After Reading Nonfiction – Question Prompts
Question prompts and a worksheet to use when asking questions before, during, and after reading.
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Making Connections Graphic Organizer
A graphic organizer for students to record text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections.
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The Firefighter Story – International Women's Day
A story and worksheet that explores issues regarding female gender stereotypes.
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International Women's Day Gender Ground Rules – Task Cards
A set of task cards to be paired with the International Women's Day comic 'Gender Ground Rules'.
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Booklovers' Buffet
A fun reading activity to help students discover books they enjoy.
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Literary Element Task Cards - Upper Elementary
A set of 14 task cards for upper elementary students to use after reading a fiction text.
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Comprehension Strategies – Interactive PowerPoint
An engaging 44 slide interactive PowerPoint to use in the classroom when introducing comprehension strategies.
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Comprehension Keys Board Game
A fun comprehension strategy board game for students to play during literacy rotations.
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Comprehension Paper Fortune Teller
A fun reading comprehension strategy activity for students to use after reading a text.
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September Homeschool Resource Pack - Grade 5
A collection of age-appropriate, Grade 5 teaching resources and activities for homeschool parents to use with their children during the month of September.
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Applying Reading Comprehension Strategies Unit Plan
This reading unit is designed to explicitly teach the reading comprehension strategies of activating prior knowledge, making connections, questioning, monitoring, predicting, inferring, visualizing, and summarizing to elementary students, with a focus on literary texts.
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Making Connections
A 60-minute lesson in which students will learn and apply the reading comprehension strategy of making connections.