Non-Fiction Ready Readers - High Interest Low Level AND On Level

Ready Reader Informational Text Packets/Units. These are non-fiction/ informational Text, print-and-go Ready Readers at two levels for turnkey differentiation.

Each reader has approximately FIVE reading passages and 25 pages of activities that include close reading, fluency, comprehension, word work, conventions, informational text skills, writing and more.

The readers are standards-based, engaging and may be used for classroom, take-home packets, online, or a hybrid of any and all combinations. They perfect for whole class, early finishers, centers and more. The "Below Level Readers" may be used for intervention, ESL or coupled with the "At Level Reader" - for all students in your class to access important standards-based activities at their level.Ready Readers are written at two levels – grade level and below grade level. Each reading passage, article, or story in Ready Readers is leveled - so you know exactly which reader to assign to each student. Be sure to check out the preview.

EXAMPLE: In the Kamala Harris Edition, you will find:

25-page Form Fillable PDFs of the Kamala Harris Reader Reader at two levels

• 25-page PDF of the Kamala Harris Reader Reader at two levels for packets

• 2 - 25-page PowerPoints of the Kamala Harris Reader Reader at two levels

• Instructions and Information

• Standards Alignment Chart

• Passage 1: Fluency – page 2 – 1010L - 1200L

• Passage 2: Pages 5-6 – Lexile Level 610L – 800L

• Passage 3: page 9-11 – Lexile Level 1010L-1200L

• Passage 4: page 16 – Lexile Level 1010L-1200L

• Passage 5: page 22 - Lexile Level 810L- 1000L

• Passage 1: Fluency – page 2 – 410L - 600L

• Passage 2: Pages 5 and 6 – Lexile Level 410L to 600L

• Passage 3: page 9 – Lexile Level 410L-600L

• Passage 4: page 14 – Lexile Level 410L-600L

• Passage 5: page 20 – Lexile Level 410L-600L

Tik Tok Famous Ready Reader LevelsReadings:

• Passage 1: page 2 – Lexile 410L-600L

• Passage 2: page 5 - Lexile Level 410L-600L

• Passage 3: page 7 – Lexile Level 610L-800L

• Passage 4: page 9 – Lexile Level 410L-600L

• Passage 5: page 14 – Lexile Level 410L-600L

• Passage 6: page 15 – Lexile Level 410L-600L

Readers - Non-Fiction Units Under $3.00 - GRADES 4-12

Also Available:

FREE: Chadwick Boseman At Level Ready Reader Hybrid, Distance and Packet

FREE: Chadwick Boseman At Level Ready Reader GOOGLE SLIDE VERSION

Kamala Harris High-Low Reader Reader & Kamala Harris

Kamala Harris High Low Ready Reader & Kamala Harris GOOGLE SLIDE VERSION

Tulsa Race Riots - At Level and High - Low Ready Readers

Tulsa Race Riots - At Level & High Low Ready Readers GOOGLE SLIDE VERSION

Frederick Douglas - At Level & High-Low Ready Reader

Frederick Douglas - At Level & High-Low Ready Reader GOOGLE SLIDE VERSION

Marvel Universe High Low Ready Reader - Informational Text for Grades 5-12 - GOOGLE SLIDE

Marvel High Low Ready Reader Informational Text for Grades 5-12

Tuskegee Airmen - Low Level

Maya Angelou High Low Ready Reader

GOOGLE Maya Angelou High Low Ready Reader

And the list keeps growing.

This list will continue to grow as I vet units - and freebies!
On Level Ready Reader:
Below Level Ready Reader:

Free January Lessons and Classroom Activities

Winter break is over and the dog days of January have arrived - these engaging January themed lessons are perfect for grabbing student attention while reinforcing standards and

introducing new ideas.

Waiting for Winter: Snowflake Science Unit

Designed for first through third grade students, this thematic unit contains science, math and literacy across the curriculum activities – as students classify, analyze, inquire about and research snowflakes: including what snow is, snowflake categories, read along research, paragraph writing, 32-math and science task cards and more. 

Waiting For Winter Unit
Waiting For Winter Math Task Cards

Also included is a PowerPoint presentation to help teach 1st and 2nd graders the process of paragraph writing.

Martin Luther King, Jr - Differentiated Unit

Martin Luther King Jr. Cross Curricular, Differentiated Unit. The activities in this unit are engaging and perfect for grades 4-8.

Pages 3-4: Who is Martin Luther King Jr: Literacy Activity
Pages 5-8: Readers’ Theater Script “I Have a Dream.”
Page 9: “I Have a Dream Readers’ Theater Summary” Template Worksheet
Page 10: Writing Across the Curriculum: Organization Game Directions
Page 11: Organization Game Cut-able Worksheet: Words and MKL
Page 12: Vocabulary Building
Page 13: Writing Across the Curriculum: Social Students: Sentence Sorting to Building a Paragraph Instructions
Page 14: Sentence Sorting Activity and Template: MLK and the Quest for Civil Rights Pre-Writing Activity
Page 15: From Sentence Sorting to Paragraph Writing: Teacher Template – A completed template for teachers to use to teach the following…
Page 16: From Sentence Sorting to Paragraph Writing Student Template 
Page 17: I Have a Dream: “A think and write about me” activity.
Page 18: I have a Dream Activity

20 Slide PowerPoint – MLK Jr. and the Road to Civil Rights
8 Slide PowerPoint to help instruct student about Readers’ Theater Guidelines and Participation

Winter Word Search "Boggle-type" Game

Winter themed Boogle Word Search. Goes great with my Waiting for Winter -- Snowflake Science lesson! 41 cards in all.

Students love this fast-paced game for work student and spelling and reading reinforcement.  Word Seek -- Boggle is great for whole class or partner play, early finishers, literacy centers, bell ringers and warm-ups. Boggle can even be given as homework.

The rules are easy:

• Players have three minutes to find as many words as they can on a 3 x 3 grid. 
• Players have four minutes to find as many words as they can on 3 x 4 and 4 x 4 grids. Players have five minutes to find as many words on a 5 x 5 grid

Word letters must be adjoining in a chain. (Letters in the chain may be adjacent horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. Words must contain at least three letters.

Scoring: The first two letters of each word do not count for score. Each player gets 1 point for each letter after the second. 

For example:

• won = 1 point
• come = 2 points
• change = 3 points

Word Seek is great for partner play, early finishers, literacy centers, bell ringers and warm-ups.

Cinderella Penguin No Prep Book Unit

This No Prep Book Unit is a companion to “Cinderella Penguin or The Little Glass Flipper” by Janet Perlman and contains pages and pages of interactive, cross-curricular and engaging activities -- all Common Core Standards-Aligned. This print-and-go unit contains interactive notebook pages, a review of Cinderella Elements PowerPoint – with compare and contrast , essays, social studies assignments, assessments and a whole lot more. Differentiated for use with the whole class.

This Math and Literacy Unit is aligned with the Common Core State Standards and guidelines for 21st Century Learning for 3rd, 4th and 5th grades and is easily adapted to all proficiency levels. Differentiated by design, this thematic unit is engaging includes the following plus a PowerPoint on the Elements of Fairy Tales Cinderella vs. Cinderella Penguin.

Cinderella Penguin No-Prep Book Unit

Cinderella Around the World 




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FREEBIE! Be a Classroom Chemist: The Art of Perfume Making Just in Time for Valentines Day

FREE STEM: Be a Famous Perfume Maker (aka Chemist)

Teacher Supplies:

• Jars for students who don't bring in their own
• Paper and glue for labels
• Paper for advertising
• Rubbing Alcohol
• Supplies such as rose pedals, lavender, spices, fruits, for students who don't bring in their own

Things you need to know:

Alcohol (the rubbing kind) makes a great solvent for dissolving fragrant oils found in flowers, herbs, fruit and the like.

1. Get a clear glass or plastic container with a lid - the prettier the better - or one of those small mason jars that are oh so popular. You'll need one per student.
2. Have students go on a gathering field trip at home. Tell them they are going to make perfume and they get to pick the scent.
3. Brainstorm ideas:
1. cloves
2. lemon peel (explain zest)
3. orange peel
4. flowers
5. herbs
6. cinnamon
7. roses
8. Any flower pedels
9. ANYTHING  - who knows - they may create the next Obsession.
4. Have students put their ingredients into their containers and cover with about 4 tablespoons of rubbing alcohol.
5. Shake twice a day for one week.
6. At the end of the week it is ready - dab a little on and see what they think.

EXTENSION: 

1. Have students create a label for their perfume and a brand
2. Have students make commercials or print ads
3. Have a contest to decide who likes which scent.

Then tell them: It takes about 8,000 to 10,000 crushes roses to make one dab (barely an oz) of rose oil for perfume, but that chemists have found a way to capture the flowers

fragrance. They analyze the rose molecules and make the scent by artificially reproducing the natural oils.

Next Generation Science Standards

• PK – grade 3 students
  • K-LS1, 1-LS1, 2-LS1, 3-LS1, 2-PS1
• Grade 4 – 6 students
  • 4-LS1, 5-PSI, 5-LS1
  • MS-PS1, MS-LS1
• Middle school students
  • MS-PS1, MS-LS1
• High school students
  • HS-PS1, HS-LS1

PS1- Structure and properties of matter: LS1-Structure and Function;

FULL LESSON AVAILABLE AT PERFUME SCIENTIST

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