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Informational text types
Checking for reading level - Scholastic
Outlines for book reports
Book Review form
Frostbite article
Informational text types
Checking for reading level - Scholastic
Outlines for book reports
Book Review form
Frostbite article
Reading from A-Z examples of books
Reading Comprehension:
Level R Level S Level T Level U Level V Level W
Unit 1: Reading with Power
Reading Comprehension:
Level R Level S Level T Level U Level V Level W
Unit 1: Reading with Power
How do readers take charge of their own personal reading lives?
What strategies help students read with deep comprehension?
How can readers respond with depth to their reading?
What strategies help students read with deep comprehension?
How can readers respond with depth to their reading?
Teacher Resources:
Unit 1
Reading Comprehension Worksheets
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Unit 1
Reading Comprehension Worksheets
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AESOP fable theme (McGraw Hill - 4 min)
Making inferences - video with example
Making inferences - video
How to find a theme - video
Theme - drawing video (4 min)
Finding a theme - video (3 min)
Inferences - worksheets 1 who 2 when 3 where
fill in
Inference story - Jaisa Katie
Unit 2: Insight into Characters
In what ways can readers study characters in stories and build theories about them?
What can readers learn from comparing characters within and across texts?
In what ways can readers reflect on stories and their own reading lives?
Teacher Resources:
Unit 2
Figurative language video
Figurative language
Hyperbole examples
Metaphors
Personification
Simile
Idiom test
Idiom review 3 review 7 review 6 review 5 review 4 review 2 review 1
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Unit 3: Book Clubs - Historical Fiction
How do readers read historical fiction texts with deep comprehension?
In what ways can readers have powerful conversations in book clubs?
How can readers interpret texts and become more complex thinkers?
Teacher Resources:
Unit 3
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Unit 4: Reading Nonfiction with Power
How do readers learn the skills and habits essential for informational reading?
How do readers respond and share the topics they are studying?
How do readers pursue collaborative inquiries critically and analytically?
Teacher Resources:
Unit 4
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Making inferences - video with example
Making inferences - video
How to find a theme - video
Theme - drawing video (4 min)
Finding a theme - video (3 min)
Inferences - worksheets 1 who 2 when 3 where
fill in
Inference story - Jaisa Katie
Unit 2: Insight into Characters
In what ways can readers study characters in stories and build theories about them?
What can readers learn from comparing characters within and across texts?
In what ways can readers reflect on stories and their own reading lives?
Teacher Resources:
Unit 2
Figurative language video
Figurative language
Hyperbole examples
Metaphors
Personification
Simile
Idiom test
Idiom review 3 review 7 review 6 review 5 review 4 review 2 review 1
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Unit 3: Book Clubs - Historical Fiction
How do readers read historical fiction texts with deep comprehension?
In what ways can readers have powerful conversations in book clubs?
How can readers interpret texts and become more complex thinkers?
Teacher Resources:
Unit 3
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Unit 4: Reading Nonfiction with Power
How do readers learn the skills and habits essential for informational reading?
How do readers respond and share the topics they are studying?
How do readers pursue collaborative inquiries critically and analytically?
Teacher Resources:
Unit 4
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