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Reading Level: 2.0 - 4.5

Your students will love this engaging DIGITAL reading resource for use in your Google Classroom!™

Google Classroom™ Activities If you've been looking for a way to integrate technology into your classroom, this is your answer. And the best part is you don't have to print, cut, laminate, or replace when you lose pieces....it's all DIGITAL!

About this Product:

Part of the The Specific Skill Builders series, this section was created to give students targeted practice with Using the Context- a key comprehension skill. By focusing on one comprehension skill at a time, struggling readers will have an opportunity to master that skill and improve overall reading and comprehension skills.

This section includes 15 high-interest short stories featuring a variety of fiction and nonfiction topics. The word count of the stories ranges from 142 to 152 words. They are written at a 3.0-4.5 reading level, to make them suitable for a wide range of students.

Each story is numbered rather than given a title. The final activity on each slide asks the student to write a title for the story. Having the student write a title is often a very effective way to determine the student's level of understanding about the main idea of the story. The engaging illustrations were designed to bring the story to life and help capture the interest of reluctant readers. The questions specifically focus on helping students use the context to learn new words.

Introducing the Skill:

Having a strategy to understand new words is important for reading success. To become fluent readers, students must be able to understand the relationship between the words, phrases, and sentences in a story. To introduce this skill, explain to students that when they come across a word they do not now, clues to the meaning of that word can usually be found in the words and phrases around it.

For Example: Write a few simple close sentences on the board. Write several words in a word bank for students to pick from. Ask students to supply the missing words for each sentence by paying attention to the meaning of the surrounding words.

Sometimes words have more than one meaning. Students must use all the words in the sentence or paragraph to determine the correct meaning of a word.

Question Format:

Two types of questions are included on each slide. There are questions that require written answers and multiple-choice questions. Questions 1-3 are multiple-choice questions. Questions 4 asks students to use one of the featured words (shown in bold) from the story in a sentence of their own. Question 5 asks students to write a sentence from the story that includes one of the featured words.

Reading Level 3.0-4.5

Google Classroom™ Activities
If you've been looking for a way to integrate technology into your classroom, this is your answer. And the best part is you don't have to print, cut, laminate, or replace when you lose pieces....it's all DIGITAL!

The purchase of this Google Classroom™ Activity includes a PDF that gives you access via a web link to the digital resource.

You do not have to be a Google Classroom to use this.

This is not an app and does NOT have sound or a "click to see if the answer is right" option for students. You will need internet access to initially download.

Contents Include:

- PDF Download (with Link to Slides)

- 15 Google Slides

- Tips for Use