Close Reading

Gain reading strategies, close reading lesson ideas, and learn how to teach reading with the steps of close reading. Differentiated learning and reading comprehension passages at your fingertips!
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Label Continents and Oceans Activities Blank World Map Printable 7 Continents
Continents and oceans activities for kids are simple and fun with this continents and oceans foldable booklet and activities. Perfect for 2nd grade through middle school, this printable packet also includes continents and oceans coloring page that will make lesson plans easy and take care of any continents and oceans ideas you've been looking for. These projects make learning about the land areas of the Earth simple for second grade.
Black History Reading Passages - Appletastic Learning
Teach your students about the amazing lives & contributions of African Americans during Black History Month. The courage, dedication & brilliance of these historical figures will inspire your students. Using a close reading approach, your 3rd, 4th & 5th grade students will learn to deepen their understanding of the text by focusing on different reading comprehension skills. A great way to connect social studies and language arts in the elementary classroom. #BlackHistoryMonth #ElementaryReading
New Year Writing Activities
New Year's Writing Activities are here for your 3rd grade, 4th grade, and 5th grade students! This fun and engaging New Year unit goes beyond traditional writing prompts. Poppin' Into a New Year includes New Year's Reading passage and activities, New Year's bulletin board, and a New Year's coloring page for kids! Teachers will love this no prep unit that helps children set New Year's resolutions in a fun and creative way.
Teaching Figurative Language
Teaching figurative language to students in 4th, 5th grade, and middle school is fun and easy with these figurative language activities! Includes worksheets, posters, projects, and foldables to make learning engaging and fun. Create a figurative language bulletin board and learn about similes and metaphors, alliteration, onomatopoeia, personification, and more! #4thgrade #5thgrade
25 Best Books for Tween Boys - Appletastic Learning
This book list of the 25 best books for tween boys is perfect for parents and teachers to help kids learn to love to read! These books for boys are great for ages 8-10, 10-12, and 12-14, and even reluctant readers! Includes adventure books, mystery books, funny books and ideas for chapter books for students in grades 3-5, 4-6, and 5-7. If you have boys who hate to read, these books for tweens boys and tweens middle school are perfect!
Fun Daily Writing Prompts That Work! - Appletastic Learning
Daily writing prompts are a fun way for kids to develop a love for writing! Writing prompts or story starters can be funny, sad, deep, interesting, or full of magic. Upper elementary students in 3rd, 4th, 5th grades and middle school teens love having a writing prompt to get them started with inspiration and ideas. Perfect for a daily journal writing activity. Includes a FREE month’s worth of daily writing prompts!
Black History Month Activities
Black History Month Reading Passages for 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and middle school students. Differentiated Black History Reading Comprehension Passages about Ruby Bridges, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr. Harriet Tubman, and Jesse Owens, along with Black History Month activities make this unit of study interesting and engaging for students. Black History Month Close Reading passages and worksheets are not only no prep, but are meaningful for teachers and students.
10 Simple Yet Engaging Spelling Practice Activities - Appletastic Learning
Get 10 fun and engaging ideas for spelling practice activities for your 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders! From fun games to creative worksheets to out of the box spelling activities, you will love this list to get your started with fun spelling practice. The perfect way to get your students ready for the big spelling bee or test from their weekly spelling list of words!
Valentine's Day Projects - A Cupcake Contest Activity - Appletastic Learning
Valentine’s Day activities for elementary kids are fun with this Valentine’s Day Project Based Learning unit. Better than just worksheets, these activities for Valentine’s Day Math and Writing include graphic organizers, writing prompts, printables, and math activities. Perfect for 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grades! Valentine’s Day parties with cupcakes can’t be beat!
Book Report Projects Ideas
Fun and creative book report projects and ideas for 3rd, 4th, 5th grade and middle school. These book report template for kids are a great alternative to the traditional written book report. Unique and cute projects include a cereal box book report, book report lapbook, character reports, and more fun ideas!
4th Grade Morning Work
4th grade morning work for students is fun and meaningful with this projectable morning work routine with daily math and daily grammar practice. Better than printable worksheets, this daily digital morning work is even perfect for ela centers, math centers, 4th grade prompts, and a morning work display. Teachers love the no prep factor and students enjoy the different fourth grade morning work ideas each day.
Cereal Box Book Reports - A Fun Alternative! - Appletastic Learning
Cereal Box Book Report projects are fun, unique, and easy for students in 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th grades and middle school! This creative book report idea has templates, rubrics, graphic organizers, writing activities, and awards! Students learn how to make a cool cereal box book report for fiction, nonfiction, and biographies with this DIY book report packet! Printable book report templates are great for elementary students.
10 Book Report Ideas That Kids Will Love - Appletastic Learning
10 fun, creative book report ideas for 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and for fifth grade. These book report ideas projects for kids are a cool alternative to the traditional written book report. Unique and cute projects include a cereal box book report, book report lap book, character reports, and more fun ideas! #5thgrade #4thgrade
5 Tips for Teaching Spelling - Appletastic Learning
Teaching spelling doesn't have to be hard or time consuming. These 5 tips for teaching spelling will give you easy ways that you can connect the learning process to your spelling lessons. Save time preparing your spelling lessons and help your students master those tricky spelling words. These spelling lessons and activities are perfect for 3rd, 4th and 5th grade classrooms. However the ideas can be used with all grade levels. #spellinginstruction #elementary #spelling #upperelementary
25 Fun March Madness Reading Ideas - Appletastic Learning
Ready for some March Madness Reading ideas? Get some fun, creative, and engaging ideas to celebrate March Madness in the classroom! These 25 ideas include basketball reading comprehension activities, games, bulletin board, crafts, reading bracket, challenges, and more for kids in 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grade! Perfect for a classroom transformation with a basketball theme, too!