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Depaul University: Center for Urban Education: Guide/assess Nonfiction Reading
This site contains 47 one-page guided writing and reading guides and assessments.The reproducibles are copyrighted materials but may be copied and used for educational purposes.
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Corwin Press: Chapter 7: Informational Text Lessons in First Grade
This chapter provides guided informational text lessons for first graders. Differentiation and management tips are provided, along with steps to use while implementing these lessons.
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Common Lit: "A Cobra in the Garden" by Mahani Zubaidy Gunnell
A learning module that begins with "A Cobra in the Garden" by Mahani Zubaidy Gunnell, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through...
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Common Lit: "Marian's Revolution" by Sudipta Bardhan Quallen
A learning module that begins with the "Marian's Revolution" by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through...
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Common Lit: Cobra Kite
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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Read Works: Aztecs, Incas, and Mayans the Aztec Empire
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage provides information about the ancient Aztec Empire, including the significance of Montezuma and Tenochtitlan. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills....
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Common Lit: "Three Types of Friendship" Excerpt From the Nicomachean Ethics
A learning module that begins with "Three Types of Friendship"--Excerpt from the Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF...
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Common Lit: Getting to the Supreme Court
A learning module that begins with "Getting to the Supreme Court" by USHistory.org, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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Common Lit: Nearly 1 Million South Sudanese Refugees in Uganda
A learning module that begins with "Nearly 1 Million South Sudanese Refugees in Uganda" by NPR, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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Common Lit: Soccer Speaks Many Languages
A learning module that begins with "Soccer Speaks Many Languages" by Dianna Greers, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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Common Lit: Life in a Totalitarian Country
A learning module that begins with "Life in a Totalitarian Country" by Leigh Dekle, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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Common Lit: Introduction to World War Ii
A learning module that begins with the poem "Introduction to World War II" by USHistory.org, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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Common Lit: Clash of Cultures: Indigenous America and the Conquistadores
A learning module that begins with "Clash of Cultures: Indigenous America and the Conquistadores" by USHistory.org, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF...
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Common Lit: Last Diary Entry of John Wilkes Booth
A learning module that begins with "Last Diary Entry of John Wilkes Booth" by John Wilkes Booth, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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Common Lit: The Destinies of Two Men Who Share One Name
A learning module that begins with "The Destinies of Two Men Who Share One Name" by Melissa Block and Michele Norris, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a...
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Common Lit: Young Innovators: Detecting Land Mines
A learning module that begins with "Young Innovators: Detecting Land Mines" by Robert Siegel, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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Common Lit: Two Finalists Vie to Be "Master Chef Junior"
A learning module that begins with "Two Finalists Vie to Be 'Master Chef Junior'" by David Greene, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
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Common Lit: The House Falls Apart
A learning module that begins with "The House Falls Apart," accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and student...
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Common Lit: How Haiti Saved the United States
A learning module that begins with "How Haiti Saved the United States" by David White accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through...
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Common Lit: Heartbeat of Mother Earth
A learning module that begins with the poem "Heartbeat of Mother Earth" by CR Willing McManis, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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Common Lit: Soaring "On the Wings of Wind"
A learning module that begins with the poem "Soaring "On the Wings of Wind"" by Lois Miner Huey, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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Common Lit: Seeing Through Dorothea's Eyes
A learning module that begins with the "Seeing Through Dorothea's Eyes" by Sudipta Bardhan, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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Common Lit: "Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott" by Us history.org
A learning module that begins with "Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott," accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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Common Lit: General Eisenhower's Order of the Day
A learning module that begins with "General Eisenhower's Order of the Day" by General Dwight D. Eisenhower accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or...