Looking to improve your child’s reading skills? Try implementing these reading comprehension strategies with some free resources. Comprehension Questions – Worksheets & Workbooks Answering questions after reading a text can help readers: There are a number of free sites where you can print out or access online short reading passages with comprehension questions for a …
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Snow. I want to wash my hands, my face and hair with snow… Yeah, no, not especially. I’m not a big fan of snow. Growing up in Brooklyn, NY, we certainly had our share of it. Of course, we had fun as kids doing all the things kids do — the sledding, the snowball fights, …
The following Journeys resources include a main text reading, with highlights on vocabulary words, and a focus on particular reading skills, like story structure or main idea. There are also writing activities, and spelling lists to go with each main text, with links to Spelling City. Corresponding leveled readers with teacher’s guides round out the …
Sentient candies who revolt against their Maker. The real reason the Titanic sank — (did somebody say zombies)? What do these have in common? Why, the makings of a great story, of course. If you’re studying literary elements and techniques with your kids, reading short stories can provide a clear view of the whole “narrative …
Let me tell you something…history can be an extremely boring subject. Especially if you use curriculum that consists of one big, fat, 500 page textbook that has to cover the history of the entire WORLD in one year. So basically all you’re getting is every single fact, figure, and historical date that can be squeezed …
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This post begins with descriptions of the free ebook resources available here. Scroll down for the actual links to each grade (K – 6). Clicking into the links will automatically launch the ebooks. The ebooks that are handbooks or workbooks have printable pages. To print, open a workbook and look at the buttons on the …
Click on the links below to download for free a variety of science books about animals for grades K – 6. The books are from 10 – 18 pages, with questions at the end. Grade 1 A Frog’s Life A Kitten Grows Animals Grow and Change Animals of the Forest Food Chains and Habitats How …
These free lesson resources can be used to build a tall tales unit study as part of a larger elementary literature curriculum. Since it includes reading, writing, and dramatic presentation activities, it could work well for one student or in a group setting. The Instructor information provides background on the origin of tall tales, and …
Long Long Time Ago Stories for Children: Fables, folktales, fairytales, myths; a section that tells the stories behind some well-known nursery rhymes, and a couple of tales from history: King Robert of Scotland, and Ashoka, great emperor of India. Myths and Legends: Has a wide variety of myths and legends from around the world. Also …
The following is a list of sites with libraries of ebooks, both fiction and non-fiction, K – 12. Follow the links to the sites and input the provided usernames and passwords. National Geographic Science Texts: Go to the link, click “for students.” Enter username: ies4ms password: Gobraves Click into My Books and you …
