CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.6 Compare and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic; describe the differences in focus…
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Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Quoting Texts
We are SO close to being done with our nonfiction unit, and I’m looking forward to jumping back in to…
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Nonfiction Text Structures & Features Cumulative Assignment
Last week, we finished our final project for our nonfiction text features and structures study. Now, we are working on…
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Nonfiction Summaries
I’m popping in to share an activity I did to get kids thinking about summarizing nonfiction texts. I got this…
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Informational Text Structures
I have spent the past week working on Informational Text Structures with my 5th graders. I was shocked to discover…
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Non-Fiction Newspaper or Magazine “Book” Report
Before break, my students turned in their latest independent book report. This was a different kind of book report, though….
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Nonfiction Main Idea
Are you looking for a new an exciting way to have your students work on identifying main idea in nonfiction…
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