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Grapes of Wrath
To demonstrate their ability to comprehend complex text, individuals analyze the details, syntax, and diction John Steinbeck uses in a passage from The Grapes of Wrath to reveal the develop and evolution of Mae's character.
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Bud Not Buddy
A two-day assessment challenges scholars to read an excerpt from the story, Bud Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis then complete a series of exercises in preparation for a writing assignment. Day one includes an independent...
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We Are The Ship
An assessment sheds light on scholars' ability to read, gather evidence, and draft an original written composition. Learners read an informative text twice before taking notes and discussing their thoughts and textual evidence with a...
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Quest for Tree Kangaroo
A three-day assessment challenges scholars to read a passage from an informational text then complete two activities that lead to a writing assignment. Day one and two begin as readers independently read a passage and tag the most...
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Telescopes
An assessment challenges scholars to read an informative text then respond with an explanatory essay. The exam begins as participants read a text passage twice then take notes, making sure to jot down key details. Following the...
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Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
A 3-day exam assesses readers' comprehension. After hearing a passage from the story Kittens First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes, scholars work with a partner to discuss and sketch what they found memorable. Peers share their final products...
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My Five Senses by Aliki
An assessment designed to examine scholars' reading comprehension skills takes place over three days. Starting with a read-aloud of My Five Senses by Aliki, learners then take notes and discuss their most memorable moments with...
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Covers by Nikki Giovanni
Over three days, scholars listen to and read the poem, "Covers" by Nikki Giovanni. Learners complete a graphic organizer by sketching their visualizations from each stanza then discuss their pictures with a peer. Pupils answer...
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Follow the Water by Arthur Dorros
Assess scholars' reading and writing capabilities with an exam that challenges learners to respond to an informative text. Through note-taking and peer discussion, pupils analyze a passage from the story, Follow the Water from Brook to...
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Seeing Eye to Eye
A performance task challenges scholars to read an informational text then respond with an explanatory essay. The exam begins with an independent reading of Seeing Eye to Eye by Leslie Hall. A second reading follows with the...
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Frog and Toad Together by Arnold Lobel
A three-part assessment tests scholars' reading and writing capabilities. Young readers listen to and read an excerpt from Frog and Toad Together by Arnold Lobel. After drawing pictures of what is memorable, learners discuss...
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Yum Yum Cereal
Design an efficient cereal box. Scholars use set volume criteria to design a cereal box by applying their knowledge of surface area to determine the cost to create the box. They then determine whether their designs will fit on...
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Summer Olympics
Quickly get to the decimal point. The last assessment in a nine-part series requires scholars to work with decimals. Pupils compare the race times of several athletes and calculate how much they have improved over time. During the second...
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Lashelles Garden
Let knowledge grow bountifully like plants in a garden. Given a diagram of a rectangular garden split into plots, scholars determine the area of the entire garden and the areas of the individual plots. As a culminating activity, they...
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Uen: Using a Before Reading Organizer With Informational Text
This module provides strategies to use with informational text. Teachers will explicitly teach students about graphic organizers to use before reading informtational texts.
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Critical Reading: Three Ways to Read and Discuss Texts
Designed to help students think about their reading and writing skills, this page offers three different ways to interpret and discuss texts.
Read Works
Read Works: An Upset
[Free Registration/Login Required] This narrative passage tells the story of an "upset" in a sporting event. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
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Read Works: Welcome Home
[Free Registration/Login Required] This narrative shares the story of a family that is being reunited with the mother after being away during deployment for several months. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces...
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Read Works:it's Just Part of Who I Am: A Teen Learns to Live With Chronic Illness
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary learning. It can be used as both a read-aloud exercise...
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Daily Teaching Tools: Cooperative Learning: Great Grouping Strategies
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides a flexible grouping strategy. An explanation is provided that explains how to use tongue depressers to divide students into cooperative learning groups.
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Read Works: The Great Escape
[Free Registration/Login Required] This fiction story shares the story of a girl who is taking care of animals and makes a mistake. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies...
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Read Works: Freaky Frogs
[Free Registration/Login Required] The author describes the production of see-through frogs by scientists in Japan, and this transparent skin allows to see and learn about the frog's organs more easily. This passage is a stand-alone...
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Read Works: Alzheimer's Disease: The Mind Robber
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage explains the symptoms and prognosis for Alzheimer's Disease. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
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Read Works: Follow That Koala!
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage describes travels of the author with a team of scientists on St. Bees Island in Australia, where they track koalas to find outmore about the animals and theirenvironment. This...