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K-12 Core Lesson Plans - lesson plans tied to the Utah State Core.

Need a way to introduce and model the RACE strategy (or RACES) to your students? This printable and digital practice is perfect for introducing this constructed response reading strategy to 3rd-4th graders (and lower 5th graders). Other versions for RACES, ACE, and RADDS also included.

Text structure is a big component of reading comprehension and students must learn cause and effect, compare and contrast, order and sequence, problem and solution and description. Tackling all five types of text structure is super important but sometimes can feel overwhelming. Today, I want to make life easier for you so I am sharing a 5 FREE text structure passages you can use right now. They are great for morning work, early finishers, or your language arts block.

10 Free Reading Graphic Organizers! 4 fiction graphic organizers, 3 nonfiction graphic organizers, and 3 reading strategies graphic organizers for reading response with any book or reading comprehension passage! Printable and digital Google Slides versions provide flexibility for teaching upper elementary students!

Bring these free graphic organizers into your classroom to offer your students consistent support while they read independently during language arts, social studies, and science lessons. These classroom freebies are perfect for small group instruction in your upper elementary classroom and meet the common core standards, too! Promote critical thinking and inferring with these graphic organizers. Click to grab this free set of reading graphic organizers.

Are you in need of an engaging way to teach claims and evidence? This Claims and Evidence Escape Room is exactly what you need! The activities that belong to this Escape Room are perfectly aligned to Common Core Standards RI.4.8, RI.5.8, and RI.6.8 (Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support certain points) Check out the preview for product details! WITH THIS PRODUCT YOU’LL GET: ✓ Four tasks (claims vs. evidence, identifying types of evidence, close read, and final puzzle)...

Teaching students to cite text evidence is easy with this step-by-step guide for busy teachers. Teach your class to refer to the reading as they answer reading comprehension questions. Great for 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, and 5th grade students. Special education students are successful with explicit instruction. #textevidence #citetextevidence

Are you looking to teach your students to cite evidence from the text? This Power Point and practice booklet is perfect for walking your students through the process of reading a passage and answering open-ended questions in TWO ways with evidence supporting each answer. This is perfect for students in fourth and fifth grade reading classes.

Are you looking for a fun game that your students can play as they practice identifying a paragraph's text structure? This is a hands-on game that your students will love! They can play with a partner or in a small group. They will read a paragraph and then determine whether its text structure can be categorized as: → Sequence → Compare and Contrast → Cause and Effect → Problem and Solution → Description Directions and answers are included. This game is designed to be played by four people...