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3rd Grade Reading Comprehension Passages with Questions Making Inferences

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⭐️ Equip your 3rd grade students for reading nonfiction text like pros! Reading can be fun with these comprehension passages with questions for making inferences.

Includes: digital slides, fun reading activities, interactive worksheets, graphic organizers, posters, cards, reading passages with questions, and exit tickets. It also includes recommended chapter and picture books that make it easier to teach students how to make inferences using context clues and evidence. All activities are available in a print and digital format.

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What's included?

✅ 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.

✅ Reading Posters

✅ Graphic Organizers

✅ Reading Comprehension Passages: There's a total of 5 Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions. The questions are all based on making inferences nonfiction.

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

✅ Recommended Book List: chapter books & picture books

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3rd Grade Reading Comprehension Passages with Questions Making Inferences

4th & 5th Grade Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Making Inferences

$9.00

⭐️ Equip your 4th and 5th grade students for reading nonfiction text like pros! Make reading fun with these comprehension passages and questions for making inferences.

Includes: digital slides, fun reading activities, interactive worksheets, graphic organizers, posters, cards, reading passages with questions, and exit tickets. It also includes recommended chapter and picture books that make it easier to teach students how to make inferences using context clues and evidence. All activities are available in a print and digital format.

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What's included?

✅ 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.

✅ Reading Posters

✅ Graphic Organizers

✅ Reading Comprehension Passages: There's a total of 5 Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions. The questions are all based on making inferences nonfiction.

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

✅ Recommended Book List: chapter books & picture books

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4th & 5th Grade Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Making Inferences

3rd Grade Point of View Worksheets Reading Comprehension Passages Fun Mini Unit

$9.00

⭐️ Build your students' confidence in understanding different perspectives in literature with this 3rd grade reading comprehension mini unit. Including digital slides, fun reading activities, interactive worksheets, graphic organizers, posters, cards, anchor charts, reading passages, questions, and exit tickets. It also includes recommended chapter and picture books that make it easier to teach students how to identify and determine how different perspectives influence a text.

This mini unit includes resources to introduce or review point of view to your 3rd graders. The unit is aligned to the Common Core standards. This aims to help young readers navigate and understand various texts more effectively. Engaging activities and interactive lessons make learning fun, ensuring that students not only grasp the concepts but also apply them in real-world reading scenarios. All activities are available in a print and digital format.

What is included?

✅ Google Slides/PowerPoint: This is an interactive teaching presentation to use to teach context clues. 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.

✅ Reading Comprehension Passages: You’ll get 11 engaging reading activities that help your students dive deep into understanding Point of View.

✅ Reading Comprehension Passages: There's a total of 5 Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions. The questions are all based on context clues.

✅ Graphic Organizers: The following POV graphic organizers are included: thinking about POV, retelling POV, comparing POV, and POV.

✅ Reading Posters: The following POV posters are included: POV, character POV, pigs' POV, narrator, what is my point of view, reader vs, character POV, changing POV, types of POV, 1st person POV, 2nd person POV, 3rd person POV, and POV vs perspective.

✅ 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.

✅ Recommended Book List: Chapter books & picture books

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3rd Grade Point of View Worksheets Reading Comprehension Passages Fun Mini Unit

3rd Grade Summarizing Nonfiction Text Fun Reading Comprehension Passages Unit

$9.00

⭐️ Build your students' confidence in summarizing informational text with this 3rd grade reading comprehension mini unit. Including digital slides, fun reading activities, interactive worksheets, graphic organizers, posters, cards, anchor charts, reading passages, questions, and exit tickets. It also includes recommended chapter and picture books that make it easier to teach students how to identify and summarize key ideas from a text.

This mini unit includes resources to introduce or review summarizing nonfiction to your 3rd graders. The unit is aligned to the Common Core standards. This aims to help young readers navigate and understand various texts more effectively. Engaging activities and interactive lessons make learning fun, ensuring that students not only grasp the concepts but also apply them in real-world reading scenarios. All activities are available in a print and digital format.

What is included?

✅ 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.

✅ Reading Comprehension Passages: There's a total of 5 Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions. The questions are all based on summarizing nonfiction.

✅ Graphic Organizers: The following graphic organizers are included:

The following informative summary posters are included: Summarizing Nonfiction, Summarizing: 5W & H, Summarizing, Summarizing SWBST, Informative Summary Checklist, Nonfiction Summary Checklist

✅ Summarizing Nonfiction Anchor Charts

✅ Reading Posters: The following informative summary posters are included: summary definition, summary illustration, building a summary, main idea & key detail, sentence starters, summary checklist, and "important or interesting?'

✅ 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.

✅ Recommended Book List: Chapter books & picture books

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3rd Grade Summarizing Nonfiction Text Fun Reading Comprehension Passages Unit

4th 5th Grade Summarizing Nonfiction Text Reading Comprehension Passages Unit

$9.00

⭐️ Build your students' confidence in summarizing nonfiction with this 4th and 5th grade active reading comprehension mini unit. Including digital slides, interactive worksheets, graphic organizers, posters, cards, anchor charts, passages, questions, exit slips, and activities. It also includes recommended chapter and picture books that make it easier to teach students how to dig into a text using context clues.

This mini unit includes resources to introduce or review summarizing nonfiction to your 4th and 5th graders. The unit is aligned to the Common Core standards. It aims to help young readers navigate and understand various texts more effectively. Engaging activities and interactive lessons make learning fun, ensuring that students not only grasp the concepts but also apply them in real-world reading scenarios. All activities are available in a print and digital format.

What is included?

✅ Google Slides/PowerPoint: This is an interactive teaching presentation to use to teach context clues. 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.

✅ Reading Comprehension Passages: There's a total of 5 Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions. The questions are all based on summarizing nonfiction.

✅ Graphic Organizers: The following context clues graphic organizers are included: summarizing “getting the gist,”summary checklist, main idea and details

✅ Reading Posters: The following informative summary posters are included: summary definition, summary illustration, building a summary, main idea & key detail, sentence starters, summary checklist, and “important or interesting?”.

✅ Summarizing Nonfiction Anchor Chart

✅ 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.

✅ Recommended Book List: Chapter books & picture books

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4th 5th Grade Summarizing Nonfiction Text Reading Comprehension Passages Unit

3rd Grade Context Clues Reading Comprehension Unit Vocabulary Worksheets Graphic Organizers Posters

$9.00

Build your students' confidence in identifying context clues with this 3rd grade active reading comprehension mini unit. Including digital slides, interactive worksheets, graphic organizers, posters, cards, anchor charts, passages, questions, exit slips, and activities. It also includes recommended chapter and picture books that make it easier to teach students how to dig into a text using context clues.

This mini unit includes resources to introduce or review context clues to your 3rd graders. The unit is aligned to the Common Core standards. It aims to help young readers navigate and understand various texts more effectively. Engaging activities and interactive lessons make learning fun, ensuring that students not only grasp the concepts but also apply them in real-world reading scenarios. All activities are available in a print and digital format.

What is included?

✅ Google Slides/PowerPoint: This is an interactive teaching presentation to use to teach context clues. 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.

✅ Reading Comprehension Passages: There's a total of 5 Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions. The questions are all based on context clues.

✅ Graphic Organizers: The following context clues graphic organizers are included: context clues scavenger hunt, examples from text + how does it help the reader, context clues word detective, and word squares.

✅ Types of Context Clues Anchor Charts

✅ Reading Posters: The following context clues posters are included: definition, context clues examples, synonym, antonym, and word parts.

✅ 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.

✅ Recommended Book List: Chapter books & picture books

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3rd Grade Context Clues Reading Comprehension Unit Vocabulary Worksheets Graphic Organizers Posters

4th 5th Grade Context Clues Reading Comprehension Unit Vocabulary Worksheets Graphic Organizers Posters

$9.00

Build your students' confidence in identifying context clues with this 4th and 5th grade active reading comprehension mini unit. Including digital slides, interactive worksheets, graphic organizers, posters, cards, anchor charts, passages, questions, exit slips, and activities. It also includes recommended chapter and picture books that make it easier to teach students how to dig into a text using context clues.

This mini unit includes resources to introduce or review context clues to your 4th and 5th graders. The unit is aligned to the Common Core standards. It aims to help young readers navigate and understand various texts more effectively. Engaging activities and interactive lessons make learning fun, ensuring that students not only grasp the concepts but also apply them in real-world reading scenarios. All activities are available in a print and digital format.

What is included?

✅ Google Slides/PowerPoint: This is an interactive teaching presentation to use to teach context clues. 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.

✅ Reading Comprehension Passages: There's a total of 5 Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions. The questions are all based on context clues.

✅ Graphic Organizers: The following context clues graphic organizers are included: context clues scavenger hunt, examples from text + how does it help the reader, context clues word detective, and word squares.

✅ Types of Context Clues Anchor Charts

✅ Reading Posters: The following context clues posters are included: definition, context clues examples, synonym, antonym, and word parts.

✅ 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.

✅ Recommended Book List: Chapter books & picture books

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Click here for the 3rd Grade version

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4th 5th Grade Context Clues Reading Comprehension Unit Vocabulary Worksheets Graphic Organizers Posters

Text Features 4th-5th Grade Worksheets Anchor Charts Scavenger Hunt Posters

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Boost Comprehension with Essential Text Features Skills! Equip your students to navigate nonfiction like pros with this comprehensive Text Features Mini Unit for 4th-5th Graders. Featuring anchor charts, worksheets, posters, and interactive scavenger hunts, it’s the ultimate resource to make text features engaging and easy to understand.

This unit is also part of the Reading Mini Units Bundle for 4th and 5th Grade

What's Included? Topics Covered: Headings, subheadings, captions, labels, diagrams, charts, maps, indexes, glossaries, and more essential text features found in nonfiction texts.

Teaching Slides (Google Slides/PowerPoint): Three versions—teaching slides, student review slides, and an answer key—lead students from modeling text feature identification to independent practice with exit slips.
Text Features Scavenger Hunt (two versions): These organizers guide students through a nonfiction text to identify various text features, such as the title page, captions, maps, labels, and more. Students are prompted to note down the page number and provide evidence.
Text Features Analysis Chart: This organizer allows students to list specific text features they find in a nonfiction text, cite examples from the text, and explain how each feature aids the reader. It encourages deeper comprehension by connecting text features to their purposes.
Text Features Anchor Chart: Perfect for student handouts, reading center, or teacher reference, this chart features clear definitions and visual examples of key text features.
23 Text Features Posters: Each poster highlights a different text feature—such as bold print, bullet points, captions, charts, close-ups, diagrams, footnotes, and more—with a clear definition and visual example. Perfect for reading centers, student handouts, or classroom displays, these posters help students recognize and understand how text features contribute to their comprehension of informational texts.
5 Reading Passages + Questions: Each passage includes questions designed to guide students in applying text features to aid comprehension.
- The Making of a Hurricane
- Rocks are Everywhere
- The Amazing Axolotls
- Our Oceans
- The Industrial Revolution
6 Practice Activities: Five pages dedicated to identifying and using text features in real-world contexts.
- Labeling Text Features
- Name that Text Feature
- Meet the Pangolin Passage and Color Code Q&A
- Reptiles and Amphibians + Comprehension Questions
5 Exit Slips: Quick assessment tools designed to check students' understanding of nonfiction text features. Each exit slip presents a short reading passage with related questions that prompt students to identify and analyze text features, such as diagrams, captions, and maps. These slips provide an effective way for teachers to gauge students' comprehension and reinforce their ability to navigate and interpret informational texts. Perfect for end-of-lesson reviews or quick assessments.
Recommended Book List: tips and a curated list of books and series to support educators in teaching text features effectively.

Text Features Covered:

Appendix
Bold print
Bullet points
Caption
Chart or graph
Close-up
Cross-section or cutaway
Diagram
Footnote
Glossary
Guide words
Heading
Illustration
Index
Italics
Labels
Map
Photograph
Sidebar/textbox
Subheading
Subtitle
Table
Table of contents
Timeline
Title page
Title

Need More Support for Key Reading Skills? This Text Features Mini Unit is part of the full Reading Mini Units Bundle for 4th and 5th Grade. Each unit targets essential reading skills with high-quality materials that equip students for reading success.

✏️ Get the Complete Bundle!

Unlock the full bundle to access even more essential reading skills like Theme, Main Idea, Text Structure, Inferences, and Story Elements. These units make teaching, reviewing, and reinforcing reading strategies simple and effective for your classroom.

Let’s connect!

Click here for the 4th-5th Grade version

Email: help@theliteracyloft.com

Text Features 4th-5th Grade Worksheets Anchor Charts Scavenger Hunt Posters

Text Features 3rd Grade Reading Worksheets Anchor Charts Scavenger Hunt Posters

$9.00

Boost Comprehension with Essential Text Features Skills! Equip your students to navigate nonfiction like pros with this comprehensive Text Features Mini Unit for 3rd Graders. Featuring anchor charts, worksheets, posters, and interactive scavenger hunts, it’s the ultimate resource to make text features engaging and easy to understand.

This unit is also part of the Reading Mini Units Bundle for 3rd Grade

What's Included? Topics Covered: Headings, subheadings, captions, labels, diagrams, charts, maps, indexes, glossaries, and more essential text features found in nonfiction texts.

Teaching Slides (Google Slides/PowerPoint): Three versions—teaching slides, student review slides, and an answer key—lead students from modeling text feature identification to independent practice with exit slips.
Text Features Scavenger Hunt (two versions): These organizers guide students through a nonfiction text to identify various text features, such as the title page, captions, maps, labels, and more. Students are prompted to note down the page number and provide evidence.
Text Features Analysis Chart: This organizer allows students to list specific text features they find in a nonfiction text, cite examples from the text, and explain how each feature aids the reader. It encourages deeper comprehension by connecting text features to their purposes.
Text Features Anchor Chart: Perfect for student handouts, reading center, or teacher reference, this chart features clear definitions and visual examples of key text features.
23 Text Features Posters: Each poster highlights a different text feature—such as bold print, bullet points, captions, charts, close-ups, diagrams, footnotes, and more—with a clear definition and visual example. Perfect for reading centers, student handouts, or classroom displays, these posters help students recognize and understand how text features contribute to their comprehension of informational texts.
5 Reading Passages + Questions: Each passage includes questions designed to guide students in applying text features to aid comprehension.
- All About Clouds
- The History of Money
- Porcupines
- Presidential Elections
- Wilma Rudolph
6 Practice Activities: Five pages dedicated to identifying and using text features in real-world contexts.

- Labeling Text Features
- Name that Text Feature
- Meet the Fennec Fox Passage Color Code Q&A
- The Moon + Comprehension Questions
5 Exit Slips: Quick assessment tools designed to check students' understanding of nonfiction text features. Each exit slip presents a short reading passage with related questions that prompt students to identify and analyze text features, such as diagrams, captions, and maps. These slips provide an effective way for teachers to gauge students' comprehension and reinforce their ability to navigate and interpret informational texts. Perfect for end-of-lesson reviews or quick assessments.
Recommended Book List: tips and a curated list of books and series to support educators in teaching text features effectively.

Text Features Covered:

Appendix
Bold print
Bullet points
Caption
Chart or graph
Close-up
Cross-section or cutaway
Diagram
Footnote
Glossary
Guide words
Heading
Illustration
Index
Italics
Labels
Map
Photograph
Sidebar/textbox
Subheading
Subtitle
Table
Table of contents
Timeline
Title page
Title

Need More Support for Key Reading Skills? This Text Features Mini Unit is part of the full Reading Mini Units Bundle for 3rd Grade. Each unit targets essential reading skills with high-quality materials that equip students for reading success.

✏️ Get the Complete Bundle!

Unlock the full bundle to access even more essential reading skills like Theme, Main Idea, Text Structure, Inferences, and Story Elements. These units make teaching, reviewing, and reinforcing reading strategies simple and effective for your classroom.

Let’s connect!

📚 Click here to shop all reading mini units!

Email: help@theliteracyloft.com

Text Features 3rd Grade Reading Worksheets Anchor Charts Scavenger Hunt Posters

Summarizing Stories (Reading Mini Unit) 4th & 5th Grade

$9.00

This mini unit includes resources to introduce or review summarizing to your 4th and 5th graders. The unit is aligned to the Common Core standards. However, it is rooted in providing a foundation for being able to summarize a story and support reading comprehension. Teaching and consistently revisiting how to summarize helps children hold on to the stories as their books get longer and texts get harder. 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 students how to summarize. Let's get into the specifics.

What is included?

In this unit, we use 4 different strategies to summarize. You don’t have to use all four strategies. You can teach one strategy that you feel comfortable with and just continue reteaching. This will give students repeated opportunities to practice. My personal favorite is the SWBST strategy. It just helps create that flow. The strategies we use are: BME, SWBST (somebody, wanted, but, so, then), Story Map, and 5 W’s + H.

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: There are 6 different exit slips. Most 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 summarizing.

4. Graphic Organizers: Summary Checklist, BME, SWBST, 5 Ws + H, Story Map. These can be used with any book or story.

5. Reading Posters: What is a summary? Writing a Summary, Summarize Stories, A Summary Is/Is Not,

6. Reading Activities: 4 shorter stories, One sentence Summary, Sort a Summary, Writing a Summary, What’s wrong with the summary? Sort

7. Recommended Book List: chapter books & picture books

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Summarizing Stories (Reading Mini Unit) 4th & 5th Grade

Text Structure (Mini Reading Unit) 3rd Grade

$9.00

This mini unit includes resources to introduce or review text structure to your 3rd 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 text structure. Let's get into the specifics.

What is included?

Topics Covered: Text Structure (5 Types: Cause & Effect, Compare & Contrast, Problem & Solution, Sequence/Chronological Order, Description)

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 text structure.

4. Graphic Organizers: These graphic organizers for text structure can be used with any text.

5. Reading Posters: Text Structure Reading Posters

6. Text Structure Practice: Printable practice pages for students to practice determining the text structure in a short amount of text.

7. Text Structure 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 text structures.

8. Recommended Book List: short nonfiction books great for teaching each type of text structure.

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