Nonfiction Reading Comprehension, Grades 7 - 8

Nonfiction Reading Comprehension, Grades 7 - 8
Author: Schyrlet Cameron
Publisher: Mark Twain Media
Total Pages: 67
Release: 2012-01-03
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1580376630

Motivate students in grades 7–8 to read using Nonfiction Reading Comprehension! This 64-page book provides students with practice reading nonfiction selections and testing for comprehension. The book covers five content areas: science, history, geography, economics, and informational text. Within each content area, there are four reading selections and one set of paired passages. Standardized testing formats assess reading comprehension to help students become familiar with the testing process. The book supports NCTE standards and aligns with state, national, and Canadian provincial standards.

Document-Based Questions for Reading Comprehension and Critical Thinking

Document-Based Questions for Reading Comprehension and Critical Thinking
Author: Debra Housel
Publisher: Teacher Created Resources
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2007-02-19
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1420683721

Give students practice in answering the types of questions used in standardized tests. High-interest stories, primary source documents, and comprehension questions encourage the use of higher order thinking skills.

The Nonfiction Now Lesson Bank, Grades 4-8

The Nonfiction Now Lesson Bank, Grades 4-8
Author: Nancy Akhavan
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2014-02-04
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1452286469

What exactly makes The Nonfiction NOW Lesson Bank such a stand-out? If you consider the amount of instructional support, that alone is substantial enough to transform your teaching. But Nancy Akhavan happens to be an educator who has performed many roles over her career so she divests in this book just about everything in her professional vault A whole new vision of teaching nonfiction 50 powerhouse lessons A bank of short informational texts Dozens of student practice activities Graphic organizers for taming textbooks Unlike so many books, this one will live its life in actual use: dog-eared, sticky-noted, and loved.

Text-Based Writing, Grade 4 Teacher Resource

Text-Based Writing, Grade 4 Teacher Resource
Author: Evan-Moor Corporation
Publisher: Text Based Writing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-03
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781613689974

Ideal for preparing your fourth-grade students for state writing assessments and meeting new standards, this series offers scaffolded text-based writing practice with essential nonfiction writing forms, such as: - Compare and contrast - Explanatory - Informative - Cause and effect - Opinion - Argument The 12 units provide activities that prepare students to complete text-dependent writing prompts. Each unit begins with a unit focus and lesson checklist to guide students through the learning path, which includes: - a dictionary page that introduces content words - close reading of a leveled nonfiction article - text-dependent comprehension questions to support understanding - a graphic organizer to help students organize information from the article and plan their writing - a text-dependent writing prompt - a writing evaluation that guides students in evaluating their essay Teachers will appreciate these additional resources and features - Downloadable home-school connection activities and projects help teachers encourage learning at home. - Common Core State Standards correlations are located on each unit for easy reference. - The reading level is provided to help identify appropriate texts. - The suggested learning path helps teachers pace the lesson, and makes scaffolding easy The fourth grade content-area topics fall under these categories: - Biographies - Science articles - Social studies articles

Nonfiction Writing, Grade 4

Nonfiction Writing, Grade 4
Author: Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
Publisher: Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: English language
ISBN: 9781609631710

Nonfiction Writing is full of activities to help your students learn and practice important skills needed to write essential nonfiction forms such as news articles, research reports, persuasive paragraphs, and personal narrativeFocused instruction on important nonfiction writing forms Provide your students with guided instruction and activities that will strengthen their nonfiction writing skills as they practice expository, persuasive, and narrative writing. Each unit centers on a basic element or specific form of nonfiction writing and includes guided lessons and accompanying student pages with activities. Each lesson targets a specific skill essential to that element or form. Because the writing forms covered are often found on standardized tests, the activities are a great tool for test prep. You'll love Nonfiction Writing because each title provides... direct instruction on the form-specific skills students need in order to master expository, persuasive, and narrative nonfiction writing. exposure to writing forms such as persuasive essay, biography, and research report, which helps prepare students for standardized testing. easy-to-follow lesson plans that present teachers with guided instruction and ideas for modeling each skill. engaging writing models, activities, and reviews that feature grade-appropriate topics to motivate students as they strengthen their writing. Each unit includes: teacher pages with guided instruction and modeling of the targeted skill, as well as reduced student pages with answers and sample responses at a glance. student activity pages that allow students to apply the writing skills they've learned. a review lesson that guides students through the process of critiquing and revising a flawed example of the writing form. Some units include an optional extension activity to further explore the skill or writing form. Help your students develop solid nonfiction writing skills with the engaging, skill-based practice in Nonfiction Writing

Hi-lo Nonfiction Passages for Struggling Readers

Hi-lo Nonfiction Passages for Struggling Readers
Author: Scholastic Teaching Resources
Publisher: Teaching Resources
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007-02
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780439694971

Reproducible passages, grouped by reading strategies, come with test-formatted questions

Fold and Read Nonfiction

Fold and Read Nonfiction
Author: Becky S. Andrews
Publisher: Mailbox Books
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2013-02-01
Genre: Reading comprehension
ISBN: 9781612762555

No-prep practice with nonfiction text passages! The 36 already-laminated booklets each include a nonfiction reading passage and questions that cover Common Core skills. Bonus activities and complete answer keys are also included. The booklets are perfect for centers, small groups, or early finishers! 80 pages.

Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Grade 4

Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Grade 4
Author: Debra HOUSEL
Publisher: Teacher Created Resources
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2003-06-20
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0743933842

After reading nonfiction passages about science, geography, or history topics, students answer multiple-choice and short-answer questions to build seven essential comprehension skills.

Differentiated Reading for Comprehension, Grade 4

Differentiated Reading for Comprehension, Grade 4
Author: Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Publisher: Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2014-02-03
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1483804895

Differentiated Reading for Comprehension is designed to provide high-interest, nonfiction reading success for all readers. This 64-page book focuses on fourth grade reading skills defined by the Common Core State Standards. Each of 15 stories is presented separately for the below-level, on-level, and advanced students, followed by a series of comprehension questions. Grade four covers such standards as drawing inferences, understanding the different text structures, and comparing and integrating two texts on the same topic. --This series allows teachers to present the same content to below-level, on-level, and advanced students with leveled nonfiction stories. It includes multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, and true/false questions; short-answer writing practice; and comprehension questions. Students stay interested, build confidence, and discover that reading can be fun! The reading passages are separated into sections with titles such as Extreme Places, Amazing People, Wild Animals, Strange and Unexplained, Fascinating Machines, and Amazing Kids.