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Making Inferences Reading Mini Unit Free Sample

Story Elements Reading Mini Unit Free Sample

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The full mini unit includes resources to introduce or review story elements to your 3rd or 4th and 5th graders. The unit is aligned to the Common Core standards. However, it is rooted in providing a foundation for the elements of story that are so crucial to reading comprehension. Teaching and consistently revisiting the elements of story helps children hold on to the stories as their books get longer and texts get harder.

👉This unit is also part of the Reading Mini Units Bundle for 4th and 5th Grade.
👉Click here for the 3rd Grade Story Elements Reading Unit.

This unit includes reading comprehension passages, questions, exit slips, and activities. But it also includes recommended chapter and picture books that will support you in teaching story elements. Let's get into the specifics.

What is included?

Topics Covered: 5 Story Elements (characters, setting, plot, conflict, theme), character traits, character feelings, character motivations, character change, summarizing, problem/solution

1. Google Slides/PowerPoint: This is an interactive teaching presentation to use to teach the skills. The Google Slides and PowerPoints help you teach or review the skill. There are three versions included in both PowerPoint & Google Slides. The slide presentation is organized so that you can:

Model the Skill
Let's Try It! (Active Engagement)
Independent Practice (Exit Slip)

Version 1: (Teaching Slides) These slides include transitions so that you can discuss the answers before they appear. The answers are also in the notes section of the slideshow.

Version 2: (Student Slides) These slides can be used if you are teaching virtually or if you want to use this as a review and have students complete on their own.

Version 3: (Answer Key) This slide has all the answers.

2. Exit Slips: Each exit slip can be printed out 2 per page. The Exit Slips are also available in Google Forms. The exit slips are multiple choice or short response.

3. Reading Comprehension Passages: There's a total of 5 Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions. The questions are all based on story elements.

4. Graphic Organizers: There are __ versions of a story map and a character analysis chart. These can be used with any book or story.

5. Reading Posters: The following reading posters are included: plot, setting, characters, theme, conflict, solution, character traits, character feelings, character motivation

6. Character Motivation Match: This matching activity is perfect for a reading center or can even be used as a notebook activity. Prep: Print on colored paper (optional) and laminate (optional). Cut each puzzle piece into two parts. Store in a Ziploc bag and use as a reading center or as a group activity. There are a total of 12 pieces with the following character motivations: fear, pride, curiosity, freedom, desire, compassion, anger, guilt, greed, love, peer pressure, and jealousy.

7. Recommended Book List: chapter books & picture books

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Story Elements Reading Mini Unit Free Sample

Main Idea Reading Mini Unit Free Sample

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The full mini unit includes resources to introduce or review main idea to your 3rd or 4th and 5th graders. This unit includes a PowerPoint/Google Slides, graphic organizers, reading comprehension passages, questions, exit slips, and activities. It also includes recommended books that will support you in teaching students how to find the main idea. Let's get into the specifics.

✋🛑 The materials in this resource are the same ones included in The Literacy Loft Membership. If you are a monthly or annual member, please do not purchase! If you'd like to learn more about the membership, click here!

👉This unit is also part of the Reading Mini Units Bundle for 3rd Grade.
👉Click here for the 4th and 5th Grade Story Elements Reading Unit.

What is included?

Topics Covered: Main Idea (5 Strategies: First Sentence, Last Sentence, Text Features, Repeated Words, Ask: What is the text mostly about?)

Model the Skill
Let's Try It! (Active Engagement)
Independent Practice (Exit Slip)

Version 1: (Teaching Slides) These slides include transitions so that you can discuss the answers before they appear. The answers are also in the notes section of the slideshow.

Version 2: (Student Slides) These slides can be used if you are teaching virtually or if you want to use this as a review and have students complete on their own.

Version 3: (Answer Key) This slide has all the answers.

2. Exit Slips: Each exit slip can be printed out 2 per page. The Exit Slips are also available in Google Forms. The exit slips are multiple choice or short response.

3. Reading Comprehension Passages: There a total of 5 Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions. The questions are all based on main idea.

4. Graphic Organizers: These graphic organizers for main idea and supporting details can be used with any text.

5. Reading Posters: A reading poster for finding the main idea.

6. Main Idea Practice: Printable practice pages for students to practice finding the main idea in a short amount of text.

7. Main Idea Match: This matching activity is perfect for a reading center or can even be used as a notebook activity. Prep: Print on colored paper (optional) and laminate (optional). Cut each puzzle piece into two parts. Store in a Ziploc bag and use as a reading center or as a group activity. There are a total of 12 pieces with different main ideas. Each page is about the same topic, but each paragraph has a different main idea.

8. Recommended Book List: a list of books you can use to teach main idea

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ELA Morning Work 4th Grade (Bundle) | Printable | Google Apps

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GOOGLE SLIDES AND FORMS: All months (Aug-June) have been updated to include Google Slides and self-grading Google Forms.

This resource is a unique way to get your students warmed up in the morning that helps incorporate the 4th Grade Language Standards, Vocabulary Practice, and Reading Comprehension skills.

Each month contains 4-5 weeks of ELA morning work, which will have a theme around the season, national holidays, or events associated with that particular month. The morning work is focused on ELA 4th Grade Common Core Standards. Each day has a thematic structure to cover those Language Standards as well as enhance Vocabulary and Comprehension skills.

Meaningful Monday: Monday is focused on making meaning. Tasks will focus on synonyms, antonyms, vocabulary words, context clues, and making meaning in a short amount of text. Some tasks may require students to make meaning in the text (inference, message, adages, proverbs, etc) or build vocabulary skills.

Text Structure Tuesday: Tuesdays will have a paragraph that requires students to identify the text structure, signal words, and a question or two related to main idea, author's perspective, or vocabulary.

Wordy Wednesday: Wednesday is all about working with words. Tasks include working with shades of meaning, homophones, or a short writing task using pictures or a word bank.

Throwback Thursday: Thursday is all about grammar usage and conventions.

Figurative Friday: Figurative Friday tasks include working with various types of figurative language including similes, metaphors, idioms, and more!

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ELA Morning Work 4th Grade (Bundle) | Printable | Google Apps

ELA + Math Morning Work 4th Grade {The Bundle} Google Slides + Forms

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The ELA + Math Morning Work includes the months for August - June.

Both sets of morning work follow a predictable structure to keep students excited and engaged about learning, while also reviewing critical content in both ELA and Math. Both Google Slides & Google Forms are included.

ELA Morning Work

Meaningful Monday
Text Structure Tuesday
Wordy Wednesday
Throwback Thursday
Figurative Friday

Math Morning Work

Multiplication Monday
Base Ten Tuesday
Wordless Wednesday
Throwback Thursday
Fraction Fun Friday

This ELA + Math Morning Work is available for the following grade levels:

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5th Grade

ELA Bundles

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ELA + Math Morning Work 4th Grade {The Bundle} Google Slides + Forms

ELA Weekly Assessments 4th Grade | Printable | Google Forms

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You asked, I answered. This resource is a result of multiple requests from 4th Grade teachers that have been using the ELA Morning Work {4th Grade}. These teachers wanted a way to assess the skills practiced throughout the week.

These weekly assessments are a companion for the Good Morning, Sunshine! ELA Morning Work {4th Grade}. The morning work is available in an ELA bundle or the ELA + Math Morning Work {4th Grade}.

Click the links below to view these bundles. (Please note there are NOT assessments for the Math bundle.)

ELA Morning Work {4th Grade}
ELA + Math Morning Work {4th Grade}

The ELA Weekly Assessments are available for the following grade levels:

ELA Weekly Assessments (3rd Grade)
ELA Weekly Assessments (5th Grade)
ELA Weekly Assessments (6th Grade)

The ELA morning work covers critical language, grammar, and comprehension skills over the year. The suggested way to use this resource is by reviewing the skills throughout the week with the morning work, and then giving the assessment on Friday for a weekly quiz grade.

Not only will this hold your students accountable, but this also serves as a gauge for students' learning. Plus, it's a consistent weekly quiz grade with a streamlined answer key to be easy on your teacher eyes!

🛑 Are you a member of the TLL Membership? These materials are already included. If you are not a member, click here to learn more. The TLL Membership gives you an all-access pass to hundreds of ELA resources for teachers in Grades 3-5.

This ELA + Math Morning Work is available for the following grade levels:

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4th Grade
5th Grade

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4th Grade
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8th Grade

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5th Grade
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ELA Weekly Assessments 4th Grade | Printable | Google Forms

Prefixes and Suffixes Task Cards | Distance Learning | Google Slides and Forms

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*A DIGITAL OPTION HAS BEEN INCLUDED FOR GOOGLE SLIDES AND GOOGLE FORMS/GOOGLE CLASSROOM* Be sure to re-download! There are directions and links inside the pdf.

This resource is a part of ELA Task Cards Grades 3-5 Bottomless Bundle

These task cards are a great practice for students to practice using prefixes and suffixes within context to determine word meanings. Many of these words are drawn from Science or Social Studies topics to help integrate content areas into your ELA Block. I created these task cards for my 4th Graders, but they could be used in Grades 3-5. Check out the preview to see more information and a picture of how I used them in my classroom.

What's included?

*36 Task Cards to Practice Prefixes and Suffixes- These task cards are perfect for a literacy center, small group activities, or review. Each task card contains 2-3 sentences that uses the words in context. Though there are context clues for each word, the question requires students to understand the meaning of the prefix or suffix. I chose many of the words based on words that 3rd-5th graders may see in not only common literature, but also words from Science and some Social Studies topics.

Answer Sheet & Answer Key: The Answer Key provides the word that was used on the card as well as the answer. This will help you see not just an answer on the answer key, but which word was used. This can help you identify words that students might have struggled with or organizational purposes.

Prefixes and Suffixes Notebook Anchor Charts - Additionally, I have included 2 charts for students' notebooks for Prefixes and Suffixes. These charts come from my Grammar & Vocabulary Notebook Charts resource. Students can use the charts to help them identify the meaning of the prefix or suffix. You can find this resource by clicking HERE!

I hope you enjoy this resource as much as we did! As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please email me at help@theliteracyloft.com.

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Prefixes and Suffixes Task Cards | Distance Learning | Google Slides and Forms

ELA Morning Work 4th Grade {September} | Distance Learning | Google Slides

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*A DIGITAL OPTION HAS BEEN INCLUDED FOR GOOGLE SLIDES/GOOGLE CLASSROOM* Be sure to re-download! There are directions and links inside the pdf.

This resource is a unique way to get your students warmed up in the morning that helps incorporate the 4th Grade Language Standards, Vocabulary Practice, and Reading Comprehension skills.

Save money by purchasing the growing bundle and get all future months of morning work:

ELA Morning Work 4th Grade Growing Bundle

This set contains 5 weeks of Fall and September themed morning work for the month of September. The morning work is focused on the 4th Grade ELA Common Core Standards. Each day has a thematic structure to cover the Language Standards as well as enhance Vocabulary and Comprehension skills.

Meaningful Monday: Monday is focused on making meaning. Tasks will focus on synonyms, antonyms, vocabulary words, context clues, and making meaning in a short amount of text. Some tasks may require students to make meaning in the text (inference, message, adages, proverbs, etc) or build vocabulary skills.

Text Structure Tuesday: Tuesdays will have a paragraph that requires students to identify the text structure, signal words, and a question or two related to main idea, author's perspective, or vocabulary.

Wordy Wednesday: Wednesday is all about working with words. Tasks include working with shades of meaning, homophones, or a short writing task using pictures or a word bank.

Throwback Thursday: Thursday is all about grammar usage and conventions.

Figurative Friday: Figurative Friday tasks include working with various types of figurative language including similes, metaphors, idioms, and more!

I created this resource after seeing success with the Math version in my 4th grade classroom that you can find HERE!

🛑 Are you a member of the TLL Membership? These materials are already included. If you are not a member, click here to learn more. The TLL Membership gives you an all-access pass to hundreds of ELA resources for teachers in Grades 3-5.

This ELA + Math Morning Work is available for the following grade levels:

ELA + Math Bundles

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4th Grade
5th Grade

ELA Bundles

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3rd Grade
4th Grade
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6th Grade
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ELA Weekly Assessments

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Math Bundles

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I hope this resource works for you! Please be sure to FOLLOW US so you get the email when the rest of this series comes out! As we continue to work on the rest of this series, we would love to hear what works for you. You can contact us at help@theliteracyloft.com with any questions, comments, or feedback.

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ELA Morning Work 4th Grade {September} | Distance Learning | Google Slides

ELA Morning Work 4th Grade {January} I Distance Learning I Google Slides

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ELA Morning Work 4th Grade {January} I Distance Learning I Google Slides

Christmas Around the World Newspaper Bingo {Informational Text}

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This is an informational newspaper-style text fun to use around the week before Winter Break and can be used over the course of a few days. Bingo sheets are included, which have questions from the entire newspaper. Students read the informational text and then answer questions from the “newspaper” in the bingo grid. The bingo grid comes in 26 different versions. Having each student use a different version of the answer grid will allow you to reinforce the content of the informational text by playing a game of bingo. The questions range from vocabulary, finding key details, and digging for text evidence.

Content of the Newspaper
The content of the "newspaper" has a variety of holiday-themed information and includes the following. Please know that various celebrations around the world are briefly touched on as little snippets of each region or culture's celebration. This is not a comprehensive, detailed account of each culture/region's holiday. The goal of the content is to build some general historical knowledge of celebrations around the world. The following topics are included:

North Pole: Land of the Midnight Sun
The Legend of Santa Claus
Celebrations Around the World (Italy, Germany, Russia, Australia, England, Canada, Ireland, Brazil, Mexico, Netherlands, Sweden)
History of Hanukkah
What is Kwanzaa?

How to Play: The first page is an answer key, which can be used to play the game of bingo. Cut up each square, place in a Ziploc bag or container of your choice and call out questions. Students must answer the question correctly and have 5 in a row. Up, down, or diagonally. Students can use counters, peppermints, or other holiday treats to keep track of the questions called.

We hope you enjoy this festive activity as much as we did!!! :)

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Christmas Around the World Newspaper Bingo {Informational Text}

ELA Morning Work 4th Grade {October} | Distance Learning | Google Slides

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*A DIGITAL OPTION HAS BEEN INCLUDED FOR GOOGLE SLIDES/GOOGLE CLASSROOM* Be sure to re-download! There are directions and links inside the pdf.

Pumpkins, spiders, and bats, oh my! This resource will take the spook out of reading! This morning work is a unique way to get your students warmed up in the morning that helps incorporate the 4th Grade Language Standards, Vocabulary Practice, and Reading Comprehension skills.

Save money by purchasing the growing bundle and get all future months of morning work:

ELA Morning Work 4th Grade Growing Bundle
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purchase the ELA + MATH MORNING WORK BUNDLE

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ELA Weekly Assessments

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ELA Morning Work 4th Grade {October} | Distance Learning | Google Slides

No Prep Packet Bundle 4th Grade

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This bundle is ON SALE for $24 (usually $30) through Friday, November 10th.

Each monthly packet contains 60 pages (!!!) of activities that include ELA, Math, Science, & Social Studies. This is a 20 day (4 Weeks) Independent Learning Packet. This packet can be used in the following ways:

sub plans
supplement curriculum
homework
center practice
small group practice
school closings

Please see the table of contents inside the preview for the skills covered. The subjects include ELA (Reading, Grammar, and Writing), Math, Science, Social Studies, and Health.

Answer Keys are in a separate file.
Links and description for digital instructions.

⭐️Please note that there are some overlaps with Science, Social, Studies, Health content for Grades 4-5⭐️

Months that are already inside the bundle:
August - available NOW
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December - available NOW
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April - available NOW
May - available NOW
June - Summer Learning Packet
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October No Prep Packet 4th Grade

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This packet contains 60 pages (!!!) of activities that include ELA, Math, Science, & Social Studies. This is a 20 day (4 Weeks) Independent Learning Packet. This packet can be used in the following ways:

sub plans
supplement curriculum
homework
center practice
small group practice
school closings

Please see the table of contents inside the preview for the skills covered. The subjects include ELA (Reading, Grammar, and Writing), Math, Science, Social Studies, and Health.

Answer Keys are in a separate file.
Links and description for digital instructions.

What’s included in this packet:
ELA
Finding Main Idea: Spiders
Identify Relative Pronouns
Use Relative Pronouns
Use Relative Adverbs
Writing: Creepy Creatures
Nocturnal Animals
Using Transition Words
Progressive Verb Tenses
Similes & Metaphors
Writing: Candy Ban
Comparing and Contrasting Owls
Spidey Senses: Sensory Details
Modal Auxiliaries
Prefixes and Suffixes
Writing: Party Planner!
Context Clues
Modal Auxiliaries II
Character Traits & Feelings
Text Structure: Bat Benefits
Writing: Batty Point of View

Math
Renaming Numbers
Adding Whole Numbers
Multiplication Comparison
Comparison Problems
Multiplying Tens, Hundreds, & Thousands
Multiplication Mummies: 1d x 2d Numbers
Multiplication Mummies: 1d x 3d Numbers
Multiplication Mummies: 1d x 4d Numbers
Multiplication Mummies: 2d x 2d Numbers
Expressions and Products
What’s the Rule?
Multiples
Division
Magical Multiples
Dividing with Remainders
Dividing with Remainders II
Pumpkin Patch Division: 3d ÷ 1d Numbers
Pumpkin Patch Division II: 3d ÷ 1d Numbers
Distributive Property Division
Modeling Division

Social Studies/ Science/Health
Major Native American Tribes
The Navajo
Sacagawea
Mound Builders
The Cherokee
The Brave Warrior Tecumseh
The Inuit
Earth’s Rotation and Revolution
Moon Phases
Space and Technology
People on the Moon
Matter’s Physical Properties
States of Matter
Physical and Chemical Changes
Magnets
Self Compassion
Time Management
Active Listening
Viruses
Your Brain

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ELA Morning Work 4th Grade {December} I Distance Learning I Google Slides

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*A DIGITAL OPTION HAS BEEN INCLUDED FOR GOOGLE SLIDES/GOOGLE CLASSROOM* Be sure to re-download! There are directions and links inside the pdf.

This ELA + Math Morning Work is available for the following grade levels:

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4th Grade
5th Grade

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4th Grade
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ELA Weekly Assessments

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6th Grade

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ELA Morning Work 4th Grade {December} I Distance Learning I Google Slides

ELA Morning Work 4th Grade {November} | Distance Learning | Google Slides

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ELA Morning Work 4th Grade {November} | Distance Learning | Google Slides

Text Structure Task Cards {Scientific Concepts} | Distance Learning | Google Slides and Forms

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*A DIGITAL OPTION HAS BEEN INCLUDED FOR GOOGLE SLIDES AND GOOGLE FORMS/GOOGLE CLASSROOM* Be sure to re-download! There are directions and links inside the pdf.

This resource is a part of ELA Task Cards Grades 3-5 Bottomless Bundle

Why you and your students will LOVE this product...

Are you struggling to fit it all in? As an intermediate teacher, this is my constant struggle. At a time when standardized testing can seem to dominate the curriculum, I am always trying to find a way to integrate Science and Social Studies into my ELA Block. My 4th graders love learning about Science and we can't seem to get enough of it throughout the year with such a heavy push for the Reading, Writing, and Math. My students also LOVE task cards because they are not simply another worksheet or passage with comprehension questions. They are short and quick to help them practice a skill. This resource marries these two loves and creates a cross-curricular activity. As a busy teacher, you get more bang for your buck! Science and Reading? Win-win.

These task cards are perfect for a literacy center, small group activities, or review. Each task card contains 2-3 sentences that uses the words in context.

What does this resource include?

*36 Text Structure Task Cards with a short paragraph that explains a scientific concept. Students determine the text structure used in the paragraph

*Answer Sheet & Answer Key: The Answer Key provides the word that was used on the card as well as the answer.

*Text Structure Notebook Anchor Charts- Additionally, I have included 5 charts for students' notebooks for Text Structure. These charts come from my Reading Notebook Anchor Charts (Nonfiction) resource. Students can use the charts to help them identify the Text Structure.

🛑 Are you a member of the TLL Membership? These materials are already included. If you are not a member, click here to learn more. The TLL Membership gives you an all-access pass to hundreds of ELA resources for teachers in Grades 3-5.

If you have any questions, concerns, or comments please email us or leave your comments below :)

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Text Structure Task Cards {Scientific Concepts} | Distance Learning | Google Slides and Forms

December No Prep Packet 4th Grade

Regular price $5.00 Save $-5.00

sub plans
supplement curriculum
homework
center practice
small group practice
school closings

Please see the table of contents inside the preview for the skills covered. The subjects include ELA (Reading, Grammar, and Writing), Math, Science, Social Studies, and Health.

Answer Keys are in a separate file.
Links and description for digital instructions.

⭐️Please note that there are some overlaps with Science, Social, Studies, Health content for Grades 4-5⭐️

What’s included in this packet:
ELA
Point of View
Making an Inference
Text Features
Sentence or Fragment?
Main Idea
Hansel and Gretel
Compound Sentences
Run-On Sentences
Spelling Patterns: -or, -ar
Spelling Patterns:
Soft G and Hard G
Spelling Patterns: -al, -le
Sequence Events
Context Clues
Simile or Metaphor?
There, Their, or They’re?
Reasons and Evidence
Cause and Effect
Author’s Opinion
To, Too, or Two?
What Really Happens at Santa’s Workshop..

Math
Naming Fractions
Equivalent Fractions
Equivalent Fractions II
Fractions on a Number Line
Common Denominators
Benchmark Fractions
Benchmark Fractions II
Factors and Multiples
Candy Cane Arrays
Peppermint Punch
Gingerbread Division: Dividing Hundreds
Gingerbread Division II: Dividing Thousands
Reindeer Division: 3d ÷ 1d
Reindeer Division II: 4d ÷ 1d
North Pole Problems
North Pole Problems II
Holiday Treat Unknowns
Decompose Fractions
True or False?
Merry Multiplication: 2d x 2d

Social Studies/Science/Health
What is Energy?
Types of Energy
Light Energy
Chemical Energy
Electrical Energy
Hydroelectric Energy
Wind Energy
Renewable Energy
Types of Energy Sort
What is Economics?
Costs and Benefits
Opportunity Cost
Banks
Supply and Demand
Standing Up for a Friend
Drinking Enough Water
Protein
Christmas Around the World
Hanukkah
Kwanzaa

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Summer Learning Packet (4th Grade) Google Slides + Print

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This packet is a 20 day Summer Learning Packet for 4th Graders (soon-to-be 5th graders) to continue practicing reading, math, science, social studies skills over the summer.

This packet is filled with a variety of skills that your soon-to-be fifth graders can practice over the summer so that they are ready for the upcoming school year.

This packet includes 20 activities each for:

ELA

Nonfiction Reading Comprehension (Octopuses)
Compare & Contrast (Dolphins + Porpoises)
Literature Reading Comprehension: Ask and Answer Questions Literature (Pele)
Nonfiction Reading Comprehension (Stingrays)
Writing: Family Time
Nonfiction Reading Comprehension (Whale Sharks)
Nonfiction Reading Comprehension (Hammerhead Shark)
Nonfiction Reading Comprehension (Seahorses)
Nonfiction Reading Comprehension (Flamingos)
Writing: Best Vacation Ever
Reading a Poem (Windows by Lenore Hetrick)
Nonfiction Reading Comprehension (Biomes)
Nonfiction Reading Comprehension (Bioluminescence)
Nonfiction Reading Comprehension (Coral Reef)
Writing: To the Dentist
Nonfiction Reading Comprehension (Lionfish)
Nonfiction Reading Comprehension (Pirates)
Nonfiction Reading Comprehension (Blackbeard)
Writing: Camping Trip
Nonfiction Reading Comprehension (Wildfires)

Math

Place Value Through Millions
Decimals and Place Value
Round Decimals
Compare Decimals
Add Dollars and Cents
Subtract Dollars and Cents
Number Patterns
Compare Patterns
Multiplying 1d x 3d Numbers
Multiplying 1d x 4d Numbers
Multiplying 2d x 2d Numbers
Dividing 3d by 1d Numbers
Dividing 4d by 1d Numbers
Decomposing Multiples of 10, 100, and 1,000
Multiplying 3 Factors
Order of Operations
Multi Step Problems
Dividing by Multiples of Ten
Mixed Numbers
Fraction Word Problems

Science, Social Studies, Health

Marco Polo
Ferdinand Magellan
Digestive System
Muscles
Taiga Forest
The Human Brain
Heart and Blood
Water and The Body
Food Groups
Sugar
Mindfulness
Exercise
Safety Signs
The Bahamas
Vitamins
Gravity
Teeth
Great Barrier Reef
Living Near the Ocean
Games: Then and Now

Please see the grid in the preview for skills covered.

The files are organized by subject or by day.
Answer keys are separate.

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Summer Learning Packet (4th Grade) Google Slides + Print

ELA Morning Work 4th Grade {February} I Distance Learning I Google Slides

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This morning work is a unique way to get your students warmed up in the morning that helps incorporate the 4th Grade Language Standards, Vocabulary Practice, and Reading Comprehension skills.

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ELA Morning Work 4th Grade {February} I Distance Learning I Google Slides

March No Prep Packet 4th Grade

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sub plans
supplement curriculum
homework
center practice
small group practice
school closings

Please see the table of contents inside the preview for the skills covered. The subjects include ELA (Reading, Grammar, and Writing), Math, Science, Social Studies, and Health.

Answer Keys are in a separate file.
Links and description for digital instructions.

⭐️Please note that there are some overlaps with Science, Social, Studies, Health content for Grades 4-5⭐️

What’s included in this packet:
ELA
Types of Sentences
Spelling Patterns: /âr/ and /îr/
Theme
Proverbs and Adages
Coordination Conjunctions
Nouns
Spelling Patterns: /ûr/
Describing Events
Synonyms
Finding Evidence
Personal Pronouns
Silent Letters
Firsthand vs. Secondhand Account
Antonyms
Find the Opinion
Action Verbs
Plurals
Sequencing
Academic Vocabulary
Opinion Reasons

Math
2D Figures
Lines, Rays, and Angles
Types of Angles
Naming Angles
Classify Triangles I
Naming Triangles I
Naming Triangles II
Types of Lines
Line Plots
Classify Triangles II
Classify Triangles III
Classify Triangles IV
Factors
Finding Factors
Naming Quadrilaterals
Classify Quadrilaterals
Symmetry I
Symmetry II
Symmetry III
Symmetry IV

Social Studies/Science/Health
Industrial Revolution
Steam Engine
Katherine Johnson
Dolores Huerta
The Great Delano Grape Strike
Rachel Carson
Seed Drill
Self-Control
Strategies for Self-Control
Self-Control Scenarios
Building Self-Esteem
Meditation
Mindfulness
Instinctive Behaviors
Learned Behaviors
Plant Behaviors
How do Rainbows Form?
Frog Life Cycle
Bird Beaks
Animal Adaptations

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ELA Morning Work 4th Grade {March} | Distance Learning | Google Slides

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*A DIGITAL OPTION HAS BEEN INCLUDED FOR GOOGLE SLIDES/GOOGLE CLASSROOM* Be sure to re-download! There are directions and links inside the pdf.

This morning work is a unique way to get your students warmed up in the morning that helps incorporate the 4th Grade Language Standards, Vocabulary Practice, and Reading Comprehension skills.

Save money by purchasing the growing bundle and get all future months of morning work:

ELA Morning Work 4th Grade Growing Bundle
OR
purchase the ELA + MATH MORNING WORK BUNDLE

About the Resource
This resource is a unique way to get your students warmed up in the morning that helps incorporate the 4th Grade Language Standards, Vocabulary Practice, and Reading Comprehension skills.

Each month contains 4-5 weeks of ELA morning work, which will have a theme around the season, national holidays, or events associated with that particular month. The morning work is focused on ELA 4th Grade Common Core Standards. Each day has a thematic structure to cover those Language Standards as well as enhance Vocabulary and Comprehension skills.

Meaningful Monday: Monday is focused on making meaning. Tasks will focus on synonyms, antonyms, vocabulary words, context clues, and making meaning in a short amount of text. Some tasks may require students to make meaning in the text (inference, message, adages, proverbs, etc) or build vocabulary skills.

Text Structure Tuesday: Tuesdays will have a paragraph that requires students to identify the text structure, signal words, and a question or two related to main idea, author's perspective, or vocabulary.

Wordy Wednesday: Wednesday is all about working with words. Tasks include working with shades of meaning, homophones, or a short writing task using pictures or a word bank.

Throwback Thursday: Thursday is all about grammar usage and conventions.

Figurative Friday: Figurative Friday tasks include working with various types of figurative language including similes, metaphors, idioms, and more!

I created this resource after seeing success with the Math version in my 4th grade classroom that you can find HERE!

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ELA Morning Work 4th Grade {March} | Distance Learning | Google Slides

Current Event Newspaper Assignment-What's the SCOOP? | Google Slides + Print

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About this Product:

Current Events are a nice way to integrate Social Studies, Reading, and Writing. Additionally, they are a wonderful way to keep your students connected to the community and world around them.

🛑 Are you a member of the TLL Membership? These materials are already included. If you are not a member, click here to learn more. The TLL Membership gives you an all-access pass to hundreds of ELA resources for teachers in Grades 3-5.

This resource addresses the following Common Core State Standards:

Common Core Reading Anchor Standard 1: Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
Common Core Reading Anchor Standard 2: Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.

Common Core Reading Anchor Standard 3: Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.

Common Core Reading Anchor Standard 4: Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
Common Core Reading Anchor Standard 6: Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of the text.

This product includes:

What’s the Scoop? Directions, Rubric, and Checklist?
This page gives the student directions for their assignment and then offers a checklist/rubric. In this way, students know exactly what is expected of them and how they will get their grade. This is also helpful for the teacher when grading the assignment.

What’s the Scoop?
This part of the assignment requires students to find a newspaper article and then answer Who, What, When, Were, and Why questions based on the article.

The Author’s Craft
This portion of the assignment requires students to think about the author’s perspective, angle, and word choice in the text/about the topic. Students will identify the author’s tone (positive, negative, neutral) and then give examples of the author’s word choice. Students will also identify two new words, give the sentence from the article that used the word, meaning of the word, and create a new sentence using the word.

Sum it Up!
Students will use the article as well as the answers to the previous questions to write a summary of their article.

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Current Event Newspaper Assignment-What's the SCOOP? | Google Slides + Print

Making Inferences (Reading Mini Unit) 4th and 5th Grade

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Making inferences is simultaneously one of the toughest things to teach and one of the most natural things we do as a reader. Making inferences is a critical part of reading comprehension. It is also one of the most commonly skipped reading strategies when it comes to teaching reading. But I’m guessing that’s not you because here you are!

This mini-unit includes resources to introduce or review making inferences to your 4th and 5th graders. It includes teaching slides, book recommendations, graphic organizers, reading comprehension passages & questions, exit slips, and activities. All activities are available in a print and digital format.

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👉 This unit is also part of the Reading Mini Units Bundle for 4th and 5th Grade.
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Topics Covered: Making Inferences (with illustrations, photographs, setting, real life situations, character traits, character feelings, plot)

Here's what you'll get inside this unit!

Teaching Slides (Google Slides/PowerPoint): Three versions—teaching slides, student review slides, and an answer key—guide students from modeling the skill to independent practice with exit slips.
6 Graphic Organizers: Flexible charts for any story or book, perfect for visualizing inferences.
Reading Posters & Thinking Stems: Visual reminders and prompts to encourage deeper thinking.
5 Reading Comprehension Passages + Questions: Inference-based questions to support reading comprehension
Exit Slips: Each exit slip can be printed out 2 per page. The Exit Slips are also available in Google Forms. The exit slips are multiple choice or short response.
6 Reading Activities: 5 practice pages for students to practice making inferences.
Recommended Book List: Handpicked picture books and wordless stories that naturally encourage students to make inferences.

All activities are available in Google Slides or Forms for the flexibility you need!

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Making Inferences (Reading Mini Unit) 4th and 5th Grade

September No Prep Packet 4th Grade

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sub plans
supplement curriculum
homework
center practice
small group practice
school closings

Please see the table of contents inside the preview for the skills covered. The subjects include ELA (Reading, Grammar, and Writing), Math, Science, Social Studies, and Health.

Answer Keys are in a separate file.
Links and description for digital instructions.

⭐️Please note that there are some overlaps with Science, Social, Studies, Health content for Grades 4-5⭐️

What’s included in this packet:

ELA

Strong Verbs
Ordering Sentences
Relative Pronouns
Character Feelings
Word Sort: Long i
Spelling Patterns /ch & /tch
Spelling Patterns th, sh, ph, wh
Spelling Patterns spr, scr, str, shr
Story Elements
Bobbing for Homophones
Making Inference
Context Clues
Describing Characters
Parts of a Sentence
Capitalization Rules
Using Commas
4 Types of Sentences
Dictionary Skills
Main Idea
Reading a Poem

Math
Football Place Value
Writing Numbers
Football Rounding
Reading Numbers
Number Match
Renaming Numbers
Rounding Numbers
Expanded Form
Sum Apples
SUMmore Apples
Multi-Digit Subtraction
Astounding Rounding
Astounding Rounding II
Expanded Form
Comparing Numbers
Ordering Numbers
Rounding Numbers
Value of a Number
Apple Problems
Football Problems

Social Studies/Science/Health
Science Tools
The right tool for the Job
Science Skills
Opinion, Inference or Evidence
Making Observations
Collecting Data
Conducting an Experiment
Labor Day
September Patriot Day
U.S. Territories
Midwest
Northeast
Southeast
Southwest
West
Eating Breakfast
Food Allergies
Healthy Lunches
5-Second Rule
Drinking Water

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February No Prep Packet 4th Grade

Regular price $5.00 Save $-5.00

sub plans
supplement curriculum
homework
center practice
small group practice
school closings

Please see the table of contents inside the preview for the skills covered. The subjects include ELA (Reading, Grammar, and Writing), Math, Science, Social Studies, and Health.

Answer Keys are in a separate file.
Links and description for digital instructions.

⭐️Please note that there are some overlaps with Science, Social, Studies, Health content for Grades 4-5⭐️

What’s included in this packet:
ELA
Reasons and Evidence
Spelling Patterns: Long O
Similes & Metaphors
Organizing Writing
Punctuation for Effect
Spelling Patterns: /ch/ & /tch/
Found!
Understanding Personification
Unnecessary Sentences
Comparing Stories
Formal Language vs. Informal Language
Consonant Clusters
Describing Characters
Alliteration
Topic Sentences
Concluding Sentences
Adjectives: What kind? or How many?
Complex Consonant Clusters
Idioms
Scientific Texts

Math
Multiplying Fractions
Fractions & Decimals Tenths
Fractions & Decimals Tenths II
Fractions & Decimals Hundredths
Fractions & Decimals Hundredths II
Model Decimals: Tenths
Decimals in Word Form: Tenths
Decimals in Word Form: Hundredths
Equivalent Decimals
Compare Decimals: Tenths
Compare Decimals: Tenths & Hundredths
Writing Decimals
Equivalent Fractions
Adding Fractions
Missing Digits
Comparing Decimals
Divisibility Rules
Party Time
Area
Area II

Social Studies/Science/Health
Dehydration
Food Poisoning
Common Cold
Immune System
Peer Pressure
Making New Friends
How Does Heat Move?
Conductors and Insulators
Describing Position
Speed & Velocity
Motion
Friction
George Washington
Harriet Tubman
Barack Obama
Abraham Lincoln
Jackie Robinson
Wilma Rudolph
Bessie Coleman
Mae Jemison

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ELA Morning Work 4th Grade {April} | Distance Learning | Google Slides

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*A DIGITAL OPTION HAS BEEN INCLUDED FOR GOOGLE SLIDES AND FORMS/GOOGLE CLASSROOM* Be sure to re-download! There are directions and links inside the pdf.

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Reading Mini Unit Bundle 4th and 5th Grade

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Each mini unit in this bundle will include resources to introduce or review the skills to your 4th and 5th graders. The units are aligned to the Common Core standards. However, they are also rooted in providing a foundation for the skills that are crucial to reading comprehension. The units include stand-alone resources such as reading comprehension passages, questions, exit slips, and activities. But each unit also includes recommended chapter and picture books that will support you in teaching each skill.

⭐️The price of this bundle will continue to increase as new units are added.⭐️

What is included in each unit?

Model the Skill
Let's Try It! (Active Engagement)
Independent Practice (Exit Slip)

Version 1: (Teaching Slides) These slides include transitions so that you can discuss the answers before they appear. The answers are also in the notes section of the slideshow.

Version 2: (Student Slides) These slides can be used if you are teaching virtually or if you want to use this as a review and have students complete on their own.

Version 3: (Answer Key) This slide has all the answers.

2. Exit Slips: Each exit slip can be printed out 2 per page. The Exit Slips are also available in Google Forms. The exit slips are multiple choice or short response.

3. Reading Comprehension Passages: Each unit will include a total of 5 Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions to practice the skill.

4. Graphic Organizers

5. Reading Posters

6. Reading Activities: The activities included will be a variety including sorts, matches, and more that will be dependent on the skill/standard.

7. Recommended Book List: a list of picture books & chapter books

Digital and Print Format

Each unit will be offered in both a printable pdf and a digital format (Google Slides and Google Forms).

This is a Growing Bundle!

What is a growing bundle?

This bundle gives you access to all CURRENT and FUTURE Reading Mini Units for 4th & 5th Grade. Because this is a growing bundle, all future units added to this bundle will cost you ZERO additional dollars. You'll simply be able to download any new additions from your account. This bundle will grow over time and be filled with Reading Mini Units in both a print + digital option (Google Slides + Google Forms). When you buy into the bundle, you are paying the low introductory price. The price will increase as units are added to the bundle, but you only pay once! There are no release dates for the remaining units to be added. Please see a list of planned sets that are forthcoming below.

What units are already included?

Literature
Story Elements
Making Inferences
Summarizing
Theme
Point of View

Informational
Main Idea
Text Structure + Comparing Text Structures
Text Features

⭐️Bonus⭐️
Parts of Speech

Upcoming Units
The following mini units will be added to the 4th and 5th Grade bundle.

Literature
Context Clues
Poetry, Drama, & Prose
Comparing Presentations of a Text
Comparing Topics, Themes, & Patterns
Figurative Language

Informational
Summarizing
Making Inferences
Context Clues
Comparing Multiple Accounts of the Same Topic
Reasons & Evidence
Integrating Multiple Texts

If you have any questions or requests, please send me an email at help@theliteracyloft.com

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