Reading Comprehension Passages {Finding Evidence and Making Inferences} - Common Core Aligned - 2nd Grade. Make reading comprehension ENJOYABLE for your students or child. These reading comprehension passages are perfect for helping students build fluency, use context clues, and improve reading comprehension. These Reading Comprehension Passages {Finding Evidence and Making Inferences} include: #1 - textual evidence sentence starters bookmarks #2 - predicting poster #3 - 51 original passages and comprehension questions (answer keys included). Finding Evidence & Making Inferences Reading Comprehension Passages - 2nd Grade - Skills: #1 - Analyze Character #2 - Analyze Story Elements #3 - Analyze Text Structure and Organization #4 - Compare and Contrast #5 - Distinguish Fact from Opinion #6 - Distinguish Real from Make-Believe #7 - Draw Conclusions #8 - Evaluate Author's Purpose and Point of View #9 - Identify Cause and Effect #10 - Identify Main Idea and Supporting Details #11 - Identify Sequence or Steps in a Process #12 - Make Inferences #13 - Make Predictions #14 - Summarize or Paraphrase Information #15 - Use Graphic Features to Interpret Information #16 - Use Text Features to Locate Information Word Meaning Skills: #17 - Identify Synonyms, Antonyms, and Homonyms #18 - Use Context Clues to Determine Word Meaning #19 - Use Knowledge of Word Structures to Determine Word Meaning ***Please see the thumbnails and preview for this resource before purchasing this product.*** @Little Tots Learning This is intended for use by one teacher in one classroom. It is not to be redistributed to an entire school or district. It may not be redistributed or sold online. Enjoy! Thanks for taking the time to stop by my store! Ms. Blajic Little Tots Learning

First Grade Reading Comprehension Passages. Make reading comprehension engaging and fun for your students/child with these 28 reading comprehension passages. These First Grade Reading Comprehension passages and questions are centered around topics of interest to children in the 6-7 age group. This First Grade Reading Comprehension Passages include: ***Comprehension Bookmark - Story Retelling*** ***Comprehension Bookmark - Before Reading, During Reading, After Reading Questions Fiction Text*** ***Comprehension Bookmark - Before Reading, During Reading, After Reading Questions Non - Fiction Text*** ***Comprehension Bookmark Make Connections to the Text*** ***28 First Grade Reading Comprehension Passages*** Phonic Blends, digraphs, double letters, silent letters, rhyming words and more... #1 - sh, sl #2 - i-e #3 - gr, a-e names #4 - tr, st #5 - sm st #6 - est #7 - silent letter #8 - sw, sp #9 - double t #10 - contractions I'm, don't #11 - ing #12 - double letters #13 - oo #14 - s sounds like z #15 - silent letter #16 - same sound (ee) #17 - the ay sound #18 - contraction isn't #19 - 'fairy' e #20 - contraction can't #21 - compound words #22 - homophones #23 - ou #24 - ea #25 - or #26 - ck #27 - contraction haven't #28 - rhyming words ***Please see the thumbnails and preview for this resource before purchasing this product.*** @Little Tots Learning This is intended for use by one teacher in one classroom. It is not to be redistributed to an entire school or district. It may not be redistributed or sold online. You might also be interested in the following: First Grade Reading Fluency and Comprehension Passages {Word Families} Enjoy! Thanks for taking the time to stop by my store! Ms. Blajic Follow Little Tots Learning

Bullying Activities and Poster Set. Bullying can happen in a number of different places. Young children have been observed to pick on peers, exclude them from a peer group, hit or bite their peers in order to get what they want. This resource helps define bullying as well as how to handle it in different situations. This Bullying Activities and Poster Set includes: #1 - Six bullying posters #2 - Who is a target for bullying? #3 - Reading passage and comprehension questions (answer key included) #4 - The bystanders #5 - Bullying Activity #6 - Feeling and expressing activity #7 - Bullying hurts people activity #8 - Defining bully, victim, follower, onlooker, defender activity #9 - Is it bullying? activities (seven scenarios) #10 - A recipe for friendship #11 - Pledge #12 - Teamwork games #13 - Be a star certificate #14 - Drawing feeling faces - practicing cartooning (five pages) #16 - Quiz (answer key included) #17 - Student self-assessment #18 - Fiction picture book suggestions - elementary (six pages) #19 - Bullying skit/play ***Please see the thumbnails and preview for this Special Education Binder before purchasing this product.*** @Little Tots Learning This is intended for use by one teacher in one classroom. It is not to be redistributed to an entire school or district. It may not be redistributed or sold online. Enjoy! Thanks for taking the time to stop by my store! Ms. Blajic Follow Little Tots Learning

2nd Grade Reading Fluency and Comprehension Passages {Prefix and Suffixes}. Each of the 16 fiction and nonfiction passages focus on different prefix and suffixes. This 2nd Grade Reading Fluency and Comprehension passages include: Prefixes: #1 - prefix bi- #2 - prefix mis- #3 - prefix -over #4 - prefix pre- #5 - prefix re- #6 - prefixes en-, em- #7 - prefixes in-, im-, il-, and ir- #8 - prefixes -un, -did Suffixes: #9 - suffix -ed #10 - suffix -ing #11 - suffix -ly #12 - suffix -y #13 - suffixes -er, -est #14 - suffixes -er, -or #15 - suffixes -ion, -tion, and -ness #16 - suffixes -s, -es -retell a story template -prefix and suffixes passage This is GREAT practice for testing while also providing a lot of fluency practice! ***Please see the thumbnails and preview for this resource before purchasing this product.*** @Little Tots Learning This is intended for use by one teacher in one classroom. It is not to be redistributed to an entire school or district. It may not be redistributed or sold online. Enjoy! Thanks for taking the time to stop by my store! Ms. Blajic Little Tots Learning

Third Grade Reading Fluency and Comprehension Passages. Make reading comprehension and fluency engaging and fun for your students/child with these 79 reading comprehension and fluency passages. ***Includes 33 original fluency passages*** ***Includes 17 original reading passages and comprehension questions*** ******Includes 15 Reading Posters*** - character and setting, sequence, realism and fantasy, summarize and vocabulary, character, main idea and details, drawing conclusions, author's purpose, cause and effect, compare and contrast, generalize, fact and opinion, plot, and theme. ***Includes four level charts for teachers, parents, or students, so that they can keep track of their progress.*** ***Includes a roster - words correct per minute for each student/child for fall/winter/spring*** ***Fluency homework practice - 29 fluency passages with comprehension questions The fluency passages, reading passages, and comprehension questions in this packet are designed to help you meet both your specific English/Language Arts standards and learning expectations as well as those recommended by the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). The activities in this packet align with the following CCSS standards for grade three. Skills addressed in this resource: #1 - Reading Standards for Literature #2 - Reading Standards for Informational Text #3 - Reading Standards: Foundational Skills #4 - Language Standards This is GREAT practice for testing while also providing a lot of fluency practice! ***Please see the thumbnails and preview for this resource before purchasing this product.*** @Little Tots Learning This is intended for use by one teacher in one classroom. It is not to be redistributed to an entire school or district. It may not be redistributed or sold online. Enjoy! Thanks for taking the time to stop by my store! Ms. Blajic Follow Little Tots Learning

Phonics Poems. Let the POWER of phonics poetry help you teach the 26 letters of the alphabet and phonemes! This poetry includes 36 different phoneme poems, and 26 letters of the alphabet poems. This gives you a total of 62 phonics poems. Each letter of the alphabet and phoneme has an original poem written by Little Tots Learning. This Phonics Poems for K-1 includes: #1 - 26 letters of the alphabet poems #2 - Phonemes Phonemes included: -consonant digraph ch as in chin -consonant sh as in ship -consonant digraph th as in this -consonant digraph why as in why -final blend ft as in left -final blend mp as in lamp -final blend nd as in and -3 - letter blend scr as in scream -3 - letter blend shr as in shrub -3 - letter blend spl as in splash -3 - letter blend squ as in squash -3 - letter blend str as in string -3 - letter blend thr as in three -diphthongs au/aw as in haul/ claw -diphthongs oi/oy as in oil/ boy -diphthongs ou/ow as in out/ cow -word endings ed as in hoped/waited -word endings er as in darker -word endings est as in softest -word ending ing as in going -word endings le as in table -vowel sounds a as in ball/ought/ claw -vowel sounds u as in full -vowel sounds oo as in book -vowel sounds schwa a as in mama -consonant y as e as in very -consonant y as i as in sky -r-controlled vowel ar as in park -r-controlled vowel or as in sort -r-controlled vowel digraph air as in pair -suffix - less as in careless -suffix -ness as in kindness -suffix -ly as in lonely -contractions I’m, you’ll, you’re -silent letters gh/k as in sigh/knight -silent letters gh/ w/ k/ b/ c as in sigh, write, knit, doubt, sick ***Please see the preview for this resource before purchasing this product.*** @Little Tots Learning This is intended for use by one teacher in one classroom. It is not to be redistributed to an entire school or district. It may not be redistributed or sold online. Enjoy! Thanks for taking the time to stop by my store! Ms. Blajic Follow Little Tots Learning

1st Grade Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions. Make reading comprehension ENGAGING and FUN for your students/child with these 1st Grade Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions. These 1st Grade Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions include: #1 - five reading strategies templates for students/child -predict, clarify, visualize, ask questions, and make connections #2 - 28 reading passages #3 - 28 comprehension tests #4 - 29 decoding tests The decoding tests include: -short a -short I -short o -suffixes _s and _ing -short e -short u words, ending blends-sh, th -a_e/safe, c=/s/, g=/j/ -I_e/pine, ch/chick.tch/match, wh/wheel -o_e, flute, u_e/these, suffix _ed -ee/feet, syllable study -y/my, y/candy -ng/ring, nk/wink, compound words -or/for, ore/more, _es ending -ai/rain, at/play -oa/ow/scr/spr/str -igh, ie, kn, wr -ow/cow, silent e syllables -ou/ouch, VCV words -oo/book -oi/oil, oy/boy, _er, _or -ea/head, au/Paul/ aw/saw -old/gold, ost/post, ind/find, ild/wild -at/start, double consonant with _ed, _ing -er/her/ir/bird, ur/purse -er/her, ir/bird, ur/purse and suffixes _er, est -ea/eat These 1st Grade Reading Comprehension Passages are arranged in order of easiest to more challenging, so that their complexity grows as your students’ reading levels rise. ***Please see the thumbnails and preview for this resource before purchasing this product.*** @Little Tots Learning This is intended for use by one teacher in one classroom. It is not to be redistributed to an entire school or district. It may not be redistributed or sold online. Enjoy! Thanks for taking the time to stop by my store! Ms. Blajic Follow Little Tots Learning

4th Grade Reading Fluency and Comprehension Passages. Make reading comprehension and fluency ENGAGING and FUN for your students/child with these 32 reading comprehension and fluency passages. ***Includes 10 Reading Posters*** - Author's Purpose, Sequence, Main Idea & Details, Vocabulary, Fact and Opinion, Cause and Effect, Summarize, Draw Conclusions, Generalize, and Plot ***Includes 10 original fluency passages*** - Each passage is between the levels of 470L and 700L. ***Includes 22 original reading passages and comprehension questions*** - there are two to three mini passages and comprehension questions per page (to save on ink) ***Includes four level charts for teachers, parents, or students, so that they can keep track of their progress.*** ***Includes a roster - words correct per minute for each student/child for fall/winter/spring*** Note: You can use this 4th Grade Reading Passages and Comprehension Questions as exit tickets or an interactive notebook for your students/child. The fluency passages, reading passages, and comprehension questions in this packet are designed to help you meet both your specific English/Language Arts standards and learning expectations as well as those recommended by the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). The activities in this packet align with the following CCSS standards for grade four. Skills addressed in this resource: -author's purpose, main idea, supporting detail - using context clues, synonyms and antonyms - Summary, text organization, text purpose - Theme, main idea, author's purpose - genre, figurative language, inference - inference, sequence - main idea, text organization, sequence - theme, type of writing, antonyms - supporting details, main idea, context clues - inference, author's purpose, antonyms - plot, inference, figurative language, summary - inference, plot, setting - headings, author's purpose - figurative language, plot, summary - author's purpose, figurative language, inference - author's purpose, text organization, context clues - inference - inference, main idea - figurative language, style, inference - figurative language, style, inference - figurative language - fact/opinion, synonyms This is GREAT practice for testing while also providing a lot of fluency practice! ***Please see the thumbnails and preview for this resource before purchasing this product.*** @Little Tots Learning This is intended for use by one teacher in one classroom. It is not to be redistributed to an entire school or district. It may not be redistributed or sold online. Thanks for taking the time to stop by my store! Ms. Blajic Little Tots Learning

5th Grade Reading Fluency and Comprehension Passages. Make reading comprehension and fluency ENGAGING and FUN for your students/child with these 32 reading comprehension and fluency passages. ***Includes 13 Reading Posters*** - character, setting, plot, main idea and details, summarize, cause and effect, sequence, theme, compare and contrast, author's purpose, fact and opinion, generalize, and draw conclusions. ***Includes 12 original fluency passages*** - Each passage is between the levels of 500L and 850L. ***Includes 20 original reading passages and comprehension questions*** - there are two to three mini passages and comprehension questions per page (to save on ink) ***Includes four level charts for teachers, parents, or students, so that they can keep track of their progress.*** ***Includes a roster - words correct per minute for each student/child for fall/winter/spring*** The fluency passages, reading passages, and comprehension questions in this packet are designed to help you meet both your specific English/Language Arts standards and learning expectations as well as those recommended by the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). The activities in this packet align with the following CCSS standards for grade five. Skills addressed in this resource: Reading Passage #1 - supporting details, setting, figurative language Reading Passage #2 - context clues, types of writing, main idea Reading Passage #3 - context clues, antonyms, genre Reading Passage #4 - main idea, character, genre Reading Passage #5 - theme, main idea, author's purpose Reading Passage #6 - inference, mood, antonyms Reading Passage #7 - inference, fact, supporting details, context clues Reading Passage #8 - supporting details, text organization, author's purpose Reading Passage #9 - main idea, inference, text organization Reading Passage #10 - genre, supporting details, inference Reading Passage #11 - types of texts, author's purpose, fact/opinion Reading Passage #12 - style, context clues, inference Reading Passage #13 - style, main idea, supporting details Reading Passage #14 - genre, main idea, supporting details Reading Passage #15 - prediction/inference, supporting details, headings Reading Passage #16 - genre, main idea, supporting details Reading Passage #17 - fact/opinion, summary, antonyms Reading Passage #18 - fact/opinion, author's purpose, inference Reading Passage #19 - facts, details, suffixes Reading Passage #20 - fact/opinion, context clues This is intended for use by one teacher in one classroom. It is not to be redistributed to an entire school or district. It may not be redistributed or sold online. Ms. Blajic Little Tots Learning

Main Idea Task Cards. Your students or child will ENJOY practicing main idea with these 54 engaging main idea task cards! Identifying the main idea is a tricky skill to learn. These Main Idea Task Cards will provide your students or child plenty of practice! This Main Idea Task Cards resource includes: #1 - 54 main idea task cards (two task cards per page) #2 - bubble recording sheet These main idea task cards can be used in literacy centers, for review, homework, and more... ***Please see the thumbnails and preview for this resource before purchasing this product.*** @Little Tots Learning This is intended for use by one teacher in one classroom. It is not to be redistributed to an entire school or district. It may not be redistributed or sold online. Enjoy! Thanks for taking the time to stop by my store! Ms. Blajic Follow Little Tots Learning

Reading Response Journals. These Reading Response Journals can be used in many ways in your classroom or home. They can be used in a reading file folder or can be directly glued into your reading interactive notebooks. This is TRULY an ‘interactive’ notebook with templates for your students/child to interact with. These Reading Response Journals include: #1 - cover page for students/child #2 - sentence prompts #3 - journals and letters #4 - sticky notes #5 - class charts #6 - think sheets and thought organizers #7 - character traits #8 thinking about character quotes #9 - character web #10 - character responses to events #11 - character grid #12 - character traits based on evidence from the text #13 - character reflections #14 - character development story map #15 - how is a character feeling? #16 - facts #17 - KWL nonfiction chart #18 - reactions to the story #19 - retell map #20 - responding to reading with questions #21 - at-home reading response log #22 - tracking my thinking through the chapters #23 - comparing folktales #24 - story map #25 - story notes #26 - book comparison chart #27 - tracking important ideas/details #28 - nonfiction information web #29 - retell in sequence #30 - cause and effect #31 - cause and effect chart #32- one, two, three nonfiction analysis #33 - making inferences about the text #34 - supporting my thinking with evidence #35 - tracking changes in my thinking #36 - storyboard sketching #37 - navigating a nonfiction text #38 - thinking about words #39 - literary elements #40 - what I remember about the story #41 - what I learned from my reading #42 - my book recommendations #42 - take a picture walk before reading #43 - connections #44 - book marks #45 - literature circle reflections and MORE… Please see the thumbnails and preview for this resource before purchasing this product. @Little Tots Learning This is intended for use by one teacher in one classroom. It is not to be redistributed to an entire school or district. It may not be redistributed or sold online. Enjoy! Thanks for taking the time to stop by my store! Ms. Blajic Follow Little Tots Learning

1st Grade Summer Packet. This is a summer packet for students entering grade 2. Practice during the summer is an important way to reinforce ideas and concepts learned during the past school year. This 1st Grade Summer Packet includes: #1 - student cover sheet #2 - 30 math problems #3 - reading words #4 - antonyms #5 - synonyms #6 - rhyming words #7 - vocabulary #8 - completing sentences #9 - sequencing #10 - reading passages and comprehension questions ***Please see the thumbnails and preview for this resource before purchasing this product.*** @Little Tots Learning This is intended for use by one teacher in one classroom. It is not to be redistributed to an entire school or district. It may not be redistributed or sold online. Enjoy! Thanks for taking the time to stop by my store! Ms. Blajic Follow Little Tots Learning

2nd Grade Summer Packet. This is a summer packet for students entering Grade 3. Practice during the summer is an important way to reinforce ideas and concepts learned during the past school year. This 2nd Grade Summer Packet includes: #1 - student cover sheet #2 - reading passages and comprehension questions #3 - summer word puzzle #4 - summer word search #5 - post card - activity for summer reading #6 - collage book report - activity for summer reading #7 - July math calendar activities #8 - August math calendar activities ***Please see the thumbnails and preview for this resource before purchasing this product.*** @Little Tots Learning This is intended for use by one teacher in one classroom. It is not to be redistributed to an entire school or district. It may not be redistributed or sold online. Enjoy! Thanks for taking the time to stop by my store! Ms. Blajic Follow Little Tots Learning

Word Family Workbook. This Word Family Workbook includes a variety of worksheets to help your students or child learn reading and writing through the use of common word families. This Word Family Workbook is a GREAT year-long tool to be use in the classroom or at home. This Word Family Workbook includes: #1 - cover sheet for workbook #2 - 53 word families included in this resource #3 - 20 mini word family workbooks #4 - word-building letter cube #5 - word-building letter cube template (blank) ***Please see the thumbnails and preview for this resource before purchasing this product.*** @Little Tots Learning This is intended for use by one teacher in one classroom. It is not to be redistributed to an entire school or district. It may not be redistributed or sold online. Enjoy! Thanks for taking the time to stop by my store! Ms. Blajic Follow Little Tots Learning

2nd Grade Fluency Passages | 2nd Grade Fluency Homework. Increase your students’ rate, ease, and accuracy with these 2nd grade fluency passages that promotes fluency. This 2nd grade fluency passages resource is GREAT for homework, small group, whole group or an independent fluency activity. This 2nd Grade Fluency Passages includes (58 Fluency Passages, student cover sheet, and self-assessment rubric): #1 - What Did We Do Today? - long e, syllables vcv #2 - Sam’s Stroll - long o, syllables vcv #3 - A Day Off From School - long o, syllables vcv #4 - Bill’s Happy Day - compound words #5 - Parks and Picnics - compound words #6 - Rose Flies Home - long I, syllables vcv #7 - About Kay - long I, syllables vcv #8 - A Day In The City - comparative endings #9 - Jake’s Shopping Trip - comparative endings #10 - Lunchtime - syllables: consonant + -le (ple, dle, gle, ckle) and much more… Please see the thumbnails and preview for this resource before purchasing this product. @Little Tots Learning This is intended for use by one teacher in one classroom. It is not to be redistributed to an entire school or district. It may not be redistributed or sold online. Enjoy! Thanks for taking the time to stop by my store! Ms. Blajic Follow Little Tots Learning

3rd Grade Reading Comprehension Passages | 3rd Grade Reading Homework. This 3rd Grade Reading Comprehension Passages packet - 35 reading comprehension passages - printable worksheets can be used either in the classroom or at home. These 3rd Grade Reading Comprehension Passages will help students/child practice their comprehension skills. Skills Addressed in the 3rd Grade Reading Comprehension Passages include: #1 - finding the main idea #2 - identifying story elements #3 - developing vocabulary #4 - sequencing #5 - following directions #6 - drawing conclusions #7 - visualizing #8 - using context clues #9 - making inferences #10 - classifying #11 - identifying fact or opinion #12 - making predictions #13 - comparing and contrasting #14 - identifying cause and effect #15 - appreciating literature ***Please see the thumbnails and preview for this resource before purchasing this product.*** @Little Tots Learning This is intended for use by one teacher in one classroom. It is not to be redistributed to an entire school or district. It may not be redistributed or sold online. Enjoy! Thanks for taking the time to stop by my store! Ms. Blajic Follow Little Tots Learning

Parts of Speech Printables Posters. Grammar never looked so good! Help your students or child learn the parts of speech. These parts of speech printables and poster is a great student reference, and brightens up your classroom, while creating an engaging learning environment. These Parts of Speech Printables Posters include: #1 - noun 1 #2 - noun 2 #3 - pronoun #4 - preposition #5 - adjective, #6 - verb 1 #7 - verb 2 #8 - adverb #9 - conjunction #10 - derterminer #11 - student reference sheets Please see the thumbnails and preview for this resource before purchasing this product. @Little Tots Learning This is intended for use by one teacher in one classroom. It is not to be redistributed to an entire school or district. It may not be redistributed or sold online. Enjoy! Thanks for taking the time to stop by my store! Ms. Blajic Follow Little Tots Learning

StoryBoard Templates. CHALLENGE your class or child to plan their next story or movie masterpiece with these handy storyboard templates. Writing a story or movie can be a difficult task, especially when your students have many ideas in their heads, and their not sure how they connect to make a story. These StoryBoard Templates include: -eight different COLORFUL storyboard templates These storyboard templates can be used for other subjects (ex: social studies, science, and more). ***Please see the thumbnails and preview for this resource before purchasing this product.*** @Little Tots Learning This is intended for use by one teacher in one classroom. It is not to be redistributed to an entire school or district. It may not be redistributed or sold online. Enjoy! Thanks for taking the time to stop by my store! Ms. Blajic Follow Little Tots Learning

5th Grade Reading Anchor Charts. The point of Reading Anchor Charts is to anchor the teaching and learning that is happening in your classroom, so they should be reflective of the work that you and your students are doing.  Display these easy to read "Reading Anchor Charts" for all your fifth grade reading classrooms. These 5th Grade Reading Anchor Charts include: #1 - Figurative Language simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, imagery, onomatopoeia, idioms, puns, palindromes #2 - Organizational Structures chronological order, logical order, and cause and effect #3 - Vocabulary Acquisition root word, prefix, suffix, antonym, synonym, homophone, conventions and more... ***Please see the thumbnails and preview for this resource before purchasing this product.*** @Little Tots Learning This is intended for use by one teacher in one classroom. It is not to be redistributed to an entire school or district. It may not be redistributed or sold online. Enjoy! Thanks for taking the time to stop by my store! Ms. Blajic Follow Little Tots Learning

5th Grade Close Reading - Literature (20 Passages). These 5th Grade Close Reading Passages are filled with text-dependent questions to help students/child practice the skill of close reading throughout the school year! These 5th Grade Close Reading - Literature includes: #1 - 10 reading posters or for student reference #2 - 20 close reading passages with comprehension questions -character -points of view -setting/mood -key events and details -sequence of events -conflict and resolution -context clues -compare and contrast -make inferences -summarize ***Please see the thumbnails and preview for this resource before purchasing this product.*** @Little Tots Learning This is intended for use by one teacher in one classroom. It is not to be redistributed to an entire school or district. It may not be redistributed or sold online. Enjoy! Thanks for taking the time to stop by my store! Ms. Blajic Follow Little Tots Learning