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Have your students practice identifying genres. Three worksheets are included. Students will read ten book titles and descriptions and then infer the book's genre. This is part of a genre craftivity, but many teachers tell me that they only use the three worksheets! This is perfect for students in second and third grade.

Have your students practice identifying genres. Three worksheets are included. Students will read ten book titles and descriptions and then infer the book's genre. This is part of a genre craftivity, but many teachers tell me that they only use the three worksheets! This is perfect for students in second and third grade.

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

This author's purpose assessment features five types of author's purpose: persuade, inform, entertain, explain, and describe. The first section features matching items, while the second section requires a short-answer response. In the final section, students read a short passage and answer the multiple-choice question that follows. This assessment, made for fourth and fifth grade students, is rigorous and engaging! If you want, you can also use them as worksheets.

This author's purpose assessment features five types of author's purpose: persuade, inform, entertain, explain, and describe. The first section features matching items, while the second section requires a short-answer response. In the final section, students read a short passage and answer the multiple-choice question that follows. This assessment, made for fourth and fifth grade students, is rigorous and engaging! If you want, you can also use them as worksheets.

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Teaching students to use the "Somebody Wanted But So Then" strategy to write a summary requires many practice opportunities! This packet of worksheets features SIX fiction passages. After reading each story, students write a short summary. These passages are perfect for teachers who want to do a scaffolded approach like "I Do, We Do, You Do".

Teaching students to use the "Somebody Wanted But So Then" strategy to write a summary requires many practice opportunities! This packet of worksheets features SIX fiction passages. After reading each story, students write a short summary. These passages are perfect for teachers who want to do a scaffolded approach like "I Do, We Do, You Do".

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Teach your students to determine the author's purpose for writing a passage with this set of worksheets. Identifying the author's purpose can be a challenging skill for students to master. Students need lots of practice to become proficient in this area. These no-prep worksheets are ready to go! The packet includes ten engaging sports passages! Students are asked to write in complete sentences and to fully explain the author's purpose. Includes persuade, entertain, inform, explain, and describe.

Teach your students to determine the author's purpose for writing a passage with this set of worksheets. Identifying the author's purpose can be a challenging skill for students to master. Students need lots of practice to become proficient in this area. These no-prep worksheets are ready to go! The packet includes ten engaging sports passages! Students are asked to write in complete sentences and to fully explain the author's purpose. Includes persuade, entertain, inform, explain, and describe.

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Use this PowerPoint to introduce students how to identify the author's point of view and differing perpectives. It includes a companion handout that is available as a printable or digital activity. Students begin by identifying differing perspectives between characters. Then, they advance to reading a passage and inferring an author's point of view. This PowerPoint activity contains 9 practice passages and is ideal for test prep. Guided Reading, Language Art Activities, Language Arts, Authors Point Of View

Language Art Activities

Authors Point Of View

Use this PowerPoint to introduce students how to identify the author's point of view and differing perpectives. It includes a companion handout that is available as a printable or digital activity. Students begin by identifying differing perspectives between characters. Then, they advance to reading a passage and inferring an author's point of view. This PowerPoint activity contains 9 practice passages and is ideal for test prep.

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Introduce your students to plot elements with this student-friendly PowerPoint. It begins by introducing students to each part of a plot diagram: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. It concludes with practice slides and three original fiction passages. After reading each story, students use a plot diagram to identify the five plot elements. Teaching 5th Grade, 4th Grade Reading, Teaching Writing, Teaching Plot, Writing Kids Books, Book Writing Tips, Novel Writing

Teaching 5th Grade

4th Grade Reading

Teaching Writing

Writing Kids Books

Book Writing Tips

Introduce your students to plot elements with this student-friendly PowerPoint. It begins by introducing students to each part of a plot diagram: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. It concludes with practice slides and three original fiction passages. After reading each story, students use a plot diagram to identify the five plot elements.

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Teach your students to make inferences with this student-friendly PowerPoint. It begins by teaching students how text clues and their personal schema are used to make inferences while reading. It includes practice slides, four fiction reading passages, and two nonfiction reading passages. This inferencing PowerPoint includes test prep elements. After reading each passage, students infer and answer the multiple-choice inference question that follows. Teaching Reading, Writing Skills, Reading Writing, Learning, Decoding Strategies, Reading Comprehension Strategies, Comprehension Worksheets

Teaching Reading

Reading Writing

Decoding Strategies

Reading Comprehension Strategies

Comprehension Worksheets

Teach your students to make inferences with this student-friendly PowerPoint. It begins by teaching students how text clues and their personal schema are used to make inferences while reading. It includes practice slides, four fiction reading passages, and two nonfiction reading passages. This inferencing PowerPoint includes test prep elements. After reading each passage, students infer and answer the multiple-choice inference question that follows.

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Teach students to identify the main idea and supporting details within a reading passage. Identifying the main idea is a difficult skill for students to master, so it is helpful to practice identifying the main idea regularly. Each worksheet focuses on a particular month or season. This resource provides you with a main idea activity when each new month arrives. Spiral back to main idea 11 times during the school year! With multiple-choice questions, these worksheets are ideal for test prep!

Teach students to identify the main idea and supporting details within a reading passage. Identifying the main idea is a difficult skill for students to master, so it is helpful to practice identifying the main idea regularly. Each worksheet focuses on a particular month or season. This resource provides you with a main idea activity when each new month arrives. Spiral back to main idea 11 times during the school year! With multiple-choice questions, these worksheets are ideal for test prep!

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Teach your students how to identify the author's purpose for writing with this PowerPoint. This includes the more advanced version of teaching author's purpose... the PIE'ED version with test prep! (persuade, inform, entertain, explain, and describe) The students are taught to go beyond one-word answers. This engaging PowerPoint includes 10 passages and 5 test prep passages with multiple choice questions. Authors Purpose

Authors Purpose

Teach your students how to identify the author's purpose for writing with this PowerPoint. This includes the more advanced version of teaching author's purpose... the PIE'ED version with test prep! (persuade, inform, entertain, explain, and describe) The students are taught to go beyond one-word answers. This engaging PowerPoint includes 10 passages and 5 test prep passages with multiple choice questions.

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Assess your students' understanding of the various genres by using this genre assessment. It contains fill-in-the blank, multiple-choice, and long-response questions. Although originally designed to be an assessment, these 4 pages can also be used as worksheets. This no-prep activity is ready to go for you. Just print and proceed! A Google Slides link is included for teachers who want to use the colorful digital version of this activity.

Assess your students' understanding of the various genres by using this genre assessment. It contains fill-in-the blank, multiple-choice, and long-response questions. Although originally designed to be an assessment, these 4 pages can also be used as worksheets. This no-prep activity is ready to go for you. Just print and proceed! A Google Slides link is included for teachers who want to use the colorful digital version of this activity.

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Teach elementary students to write strong topic sentences and matching conclusion sentences with this expository writing PowerPoint bundle. It features a topic sentences PowerPoint, a conclusion sentences PowerPoint, a worksheet packet for independent practice, and four days of lesson plans. Expository Writing, Writing Topics, Writing Lessons, Essay Writing, Writing Prompts, Writing Ideas, Writing Bundle, Writing Help

Expository Writing

Writing Lessons

Writing Prompts

Teach elementary students to write strong topic sentences and matching conclusion sentences with this expository writing PowerPoint bundle. It features a topic sentences PowerPoint, a conclusion sentences PowerPoint, a worksheet packet for independent practice, and four days of lesson plans.

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Utilizing text features is a critical skill for readers who are reading and comprehending nonfiction text. Use this text features PowerPoint to introduce students to 21 common nonfiction text features, and to teach students how each text feature can assist a reader with locating information and overall comprehension. Finally, have students apply what they have learned with 24 multiple-choice practice slides. Text Features Powerpoint, Text Features Posters, Nonfiction Text Structure, Comprehension Activities, Reading Ideas, Nonfiction Texts

Text Features Powerpoint

Text Features Posters

Nonfiction Text Structure

Comprehension Activities

Nonfiction Texts

Utilizing text features is a critical skill for readers who are reading and comprehending nonfiction text. Use this text features PowerPoint to introduce students to 21 common nonfiction text features, and to teach students how each text feature can assist a reader with locating information and overall comprehension. Finally, have students apply what they have learned with 24 multiple-choice practice slides.

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Being able to identify and use text features is essential to reading and comprehending informational texts. Have your students show what they know with this nonfiction text feature assessment. It consists of four pages, and it can also be used as a worksheet packet. This nonfiction text feature resource contains 22 multiple-choice questions. Some questions require students to identify the text feature, while others require that students use the text feature. Just print and go!

Being able to identify and use text features is essential to reading and comprehending informational texts. Have your students show what they know with this nonfiction text feature assessment. It consists of four pages, and it can also be used as a worksheet packet. This nonfiction text feature resource contains 22 multiple-choice questions. Some questions require students to identify the text feature, while others require that students use the text feature. Just print and go!

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Teach your students to find text evidence with this color-coding activity! Students read two passages and then answer the five comprehension questions that follow. They color the dot dude beside each question, and then they return to the passage and use the same color to underline the text that supports their answer. This text evidence practice packet includes one fiction passage and one nonfiction passage. This engaging activity makes finding text evidence fun!

Teach your students to find text evidence with this color-coding activity! Students read two passages and then answer the five comprehension questions that follow. They color the dot dude beside each question, and then they return to the passage and use the same color to underline the text that supports their answer. This text evidence practice packet includes one fiction passage and one nonfiction passage. This engaging activity makes finding text evidence fun!

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

This nonfiction text structures resource includes graphic organizers to help your students recognize text structures. This PowerPoint features five informational passages about soccer to introduce the five text structures. It ends with five passages about bubble gum followed by multiple-choice questions. Reading Fluency, Informational Texts, 5th Grade Reading, Middle School Reading

Reading Fluency

Informational Texts

5th Grade Reading

Middle School Reading

This nonfiction text structures resource includes graphic organizers to help your students recognize text structures. This PowerPoint features five informational passages about soccer to introduce the five text structures. It ends with five passages about bubble gum followed by multiple-choice questions.

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Have your students practice identifying text structures with this set of four worksheets. Students will read 20 short nonfiction passages and identify the text structure. This is part of a nonfiction text structures craftivity, but many teachers tell me that they only use the worksheets! Each worksheet features a unique topic. Text Structure Worksheets, Text Structures, Passage Writing, Reading Passages

Text Structure Worksheets

Text Structures

Passage Writing

Reading Passages

Have your students practice identifying text structures with this set of four worksheets. Students will read 20 short nonfiction passages and identify the text structure. This is part of a nonfiction text structures craftivity, but many teachers tell me that they only use the worksheets! Each worksheet features a unique topic.

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Practice making inferences! This comprehension resource contains SIX reading passages that require students to infer in order to answer the questions that follow. Most of the questions are written using a multiple-choice format, but some of the questions require short written answers. Two passages are longer while four passages are shorter. These no-prep inferencing worksheets are perfect for students in third, fourth, or fifth grade.

Practice making inferences! This comprehension resource contains SIX reading passages that require students to infer in order to answer the questions that follow. Most of the questions are written using a multiple-choice format, but some of the questions require short written answers. Two passages are longer while four passages are shorter. These no-prep inferencing worksheets are perfect for students in third, fourth, or fifth grade.

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Teaching students to use context clues to determine the meaning of an unknown word is a critical reading skill. Use this context clues PowerPoint to introduce students to the five types of context clues. Finally, have students apply what they have learned with 24 practice slides. The types of context clues featured include synonyms, antonyms, definition, inference, and examples. Reading Buddies, Reading Nook, Critical Reading, Critical Thinking, Literacy Activities

Reading Buddies

Critical Reading

Critical Thinking

Literacy Activities

Teaching students to use context clues to determine the meaning of an unknown word is a critical reading skill. Use this context clues PowerPoint to introduce students to the five types of context clues. Finally, have students apply what they have learned with 24 practice slides. The types of context clues featured include synonyms, antonyms, definition, inference, and examples.

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Teach your students about informational text structures with this PowerPoint. Five nonfiction text structures are covered in this lesson: description, sequence, compare and contrast, cause and effect, and problem and solution. This PowerPoint features signal words and graphic organizers for each text structure. It includes many practice paragraphs and a companion handout, as well! Third Grade Language Arts Activities

Third Grade Language Arts Activities

Teach your students about informational text structures with this PowerPoint. Five nonfiction text structures are covered in this lesson: description, sequence, compare and contrast, cause and effect, and problem and solution. This PowerPoint features signal words and graphic organizers for each text structure. It includes many practice paragraphs and a companion handout, as well!

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

The ability to read passages and cite text evidence to justify an answer is an important skill. These worksheets provide an opportunity to practice this skill. It contains three fiction and two nonfiction passages. Each reading passage is followed by 4 to 6 comprehension questions. Students select an answer and write a sentence to justify it, citing text evidence. This resource is ideal for test prep. It contains a poster with 10 text evidence sentence starters. Text Evidence Sentence Starters, Citing Text Evidence, Word Study, Comprehension Questions, Test Prep, Sentences

Text Evidence Sentence Starters

Citing Text Evidence

Comprehension Questions

The ability to read passages and cite text evidence to justify an answer is an important skill. These worksheets provide an opportunity to practice this skill. It contains three fiction and two nonfiction passages. Each reading passage is followed by 4 to 6 comprehension questions. Students select an answer and write a sentence to justify it, citing text evidence. This resource is ideal for test prep. It contains a poster with 10 text evidence sentence starters.

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

This figurative language assessment features similes, metaphors, alliteration, personification, hyperboles, idioms, and onomatopoeias. Students match terms and definitions in the first section. Next, students identify figurative language elements within sentences. In the final section, students read a short passage and identify the literary devices within the passage. This assessment is rigorous, yet engaging!

This figurative language assessment features similes, metaphors, alliteration, personification, hyperboles, idioms, and onomatopoeias. Students match terms and definitions in the first section. Next, students identify figurative language elements within sentences. In the final section, students read a short passage and identify the literary devices within the passage. This assessment is rigorous, yet engaging!

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Cause-and-effect relationships can be tricky for students. This packet consists of four worksheets, a craftivity, and a teaching poster! On two worksheets, students identify causes and effects within sentences. On two other worksheets, students read short passages and identify a cause-and-effect relationship within each passage. This is part of a cause and effect craftivity, but many teachers tell me that they only use the worksheets!

Cause-and-effect relationships can be tricky for students. This packet consists of four worksheets, a craftivity, and a teaching poster! On two worksheets, students identify causes and effects within sentences. On two other worksheets, students read short passages and identify a cause-and-effect relationship within each passage. This is part of a cause and effect craftivity, but many teachers tell me that they only use the worksheets!

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Writing a summary can be challenging for upper elementary students. Use the "somebody wanted but so then" summarizing strategy to teach this important reading and writing skill. This step-by-step summarizing fiction PowerPoint includes six practice opportunities and lots of summarizing tips. Summarizing Strategies, Summarizing Fiction

Summarizing Strategies

Summarizing Fiction

Writing a summary can be challenging for upper elementary students. Use the "somebody wanted but so then" summarizing strategy to teach this important reading and writing skill. This step-by-step summarizing fiction PowerPoint includes six practice opportunities and lots of summarizing tips.

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections