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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: The Captain's Job [Pdf]

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards

"The Captain's Job" is a one page, nonfiction, reading passage about a captain safely landing his plane in the Hudson River after birds had flown into the engines causing them to stop. It is followed by questions which require students...

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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: The First Flyers [Pdf]

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards

"The First Flyers" is a one page, nonfiction, reading passage about the Wright brothers and their obsession with flying. It is followed by questions which require students to provide evidence from the story; it includes: determining main...

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Scholastic

Scholastic: Informational Text: Reading Response: Main Ideas & Details [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards

This graphic organizer can be used with students when they read informational text. Students will write the main idea in a central oval and then write four details that support the main idea of this reproducible graphic organizer.

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Read Works

Read Works: Grade 2: Two Lesson Unit: Explicit Information

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards

[Free Registration/Login Required] Designed to teach students to identify explicit information in nonfiction and fiction texts. Lessons are based on the books Deserts (A True Book-Ecosystems) by Darlene R. Stille and The Stories Huey...

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Curated OER

Glenco Online: Teaching Today: Reading Comprehension and Considerate Text

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards

Learn the features of "considerate text" and ways to teach students to use these features to increase their comprehension as they read. These features generally apply to non-fiction, especially textbooks.

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Center for Media Literacy: What Is "Critical" Viewing?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards

Understand the term "critical viewing" as it relates to visual literacy. Learn how to assess the media around you in order to become more knowledgeable and not easily manipulated by what you see.

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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Some Animals Don't Do That!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards

In this lesson plan, Dogs Don't Wear Sneakers by Laura Numeroff, is used as a mentor text for to highlight the trait of idea development. The content focus of the lesson is to highlight what topics cannot do. Students generate a list of...

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Scholastic

Scholastic Teaching Resources: Informational Reading Response [Pdf]

For Teachers 1st - 9th Standards

This graphic organizer can be used with students when they read informational text. Students will write three facts they learned, two questions they still have after reading, and one interesting fact that they want to share.

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Scholastic

Scholastic: Informational Text: Reading Response: Compare Contrast [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards

This graphic organizer can be use with students when they read an informational text. Using a Venn diagram to organize content, students will write important similarities and differences after reading an informational text and analyzing...

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Scholastic

Scholastic Teaching Resources: Nonfiction Notepads [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards

From Just-Right Reading Response Activity Sheets for Young Learners, this graphic organizer can be used when students read informational texts. As responses to nonfiction, students will write the following on each notepad response:...

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Learning Farm

Learning Farm: Ccs: Time, Sequence, and Cause/effect

For Students 1st - 4th Standards

An automated lesson will engage student's learning how to describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text. An introduction to the concept precedes a...

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Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Activities for Struggling Readers

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards

How can you help the struggling readers in your classroom? This site offers some insight into activities to help develop your students reading skills.

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Read Works

Read Works: Hispanic Population Soars

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards

[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses the soaring Hispanic population in the United States. This passage is intended for guided practice and is designed to reinforce essential reading comprehension skills.

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Read Works: Where Does Food Go?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards

[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage explains the process of food digestion. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding...

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Read Works

Read Works: Celebrate National Nutrition Month!

For Teachers 2nd Standards

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text listing some simple things people can do to help them stay healthy. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

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Read Works: Is It Time for a New Toothbrush?

For Teachers 2nd Standards

[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary learning. It contains questions and teacher guides and...

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Read Works

Read Works: Trouble in the Amazon

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the causes and effects of the decreasing rain forest. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

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Read Works: Explore Our Solar System

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards

[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares facts about planets in the solar system. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...

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Nclr: The Essentials of Teaching Reading

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards

Find out what the essentials are for teaching reading. This site provides vital information for teachers in developing the most successful reading program for their students.

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BBC

Bbc: Skillswise: Types of Text

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards

How can you tell if a text is descriptive, informative, instructional or persuasive? This BBC Skillswise tutorial teaches you how with a factsheet, worksheet, quiz, and game.

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CPALMS

Cpalms: Lafs.1.ri.4.10

For Teachers K - 1st Standards

This website offers various resources to meet the common core standard of reading informational texts appropriately complex for grade 1. Resources include center activities, lesson plans, and a professional development article.

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