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Compare and Contrast Reading Passages

By Miss DeCarbo

These Compare and Contrast Reading Comprehension Passages will increase fluency and comprehension! - Let's take "text evidence" to a new level! This pack is concentrated specifically on one comprehension strategy – Comparing and Contrasting!

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, Homeschool

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Problem and Solution Reading Passages

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Problem and Solution - Let's take "text evidence" to a new level! I created this pack because I was in need of a set of comprehension passages that were concentrated specifically on one comprehension strategy. This pack contains 20 manageable

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

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Activities, Assessment, Printables

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Inference Reading Passages

By Miss DeCarbo

10 reading passages with a focus on making inferences are included. These passages come in THREE three tiers (levels) of complexity. The varied levels of reading passages make differentiating small group instruction and intervention effortless. Your

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

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1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

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Determining Importance

By Miss DeCarbo

Determining Importance Comprehension -Let’s have FUN with hands-on learning! This engaging comprehension pack contains everything you need to teach students how to determine importance when reading text. A unique, concrete mini-lesson is included to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

$7.00

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Schema and Metacognition Concrete Comprehension for Primary Learners

By Miss DeCarbo

Schema and Metacognition for Primary Learners – Bring Comprehension to Life! Concrete Comprehension is an instructional resource series that uses concrete objects and hands-on experiences to help enhance comprehension skills for primary readers.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Reading Strategies

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

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Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.K.10, RL.1.10, RL.2.10, RI.K.10, RI.1.10, RI.2.10, SL.K.5, SL.1.5, SL.2.5

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December Read and Infer: The Christmas Mix Up

By Miss DeCarbo

Can you help?! The Lunch Bunch Club painted Christmas ornaments to give as Christmas gifts to the people they care about. Each member wrote a Christmas card, too. There is one BIG problem, though – the ornaments that they left in Mr. Ron’s art room

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

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312

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Concrete Comprehension: Questioning for Primary Learners

By Miss DeCarbo

Bring comprehension to life and activate questioning skills with meaningful, engaging, and concrete experiences in this Questioning for Primary Learners Unit! Concrete Comprehension is an instructional resource series that uses concrete objects

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Reading Strategies

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Lesson

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508

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November Read and Infer: The Thanksgiving Mix Up

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Help! The Lunch Bunch Club is getting ready to have a Thanksgiving lunch together. Each member wrote about who they are thankful for, and drew a picture to match. There is one problem, though – the pictures of who they are thankful for are all mixed

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Thanksgiving

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

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335

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February Read and Infer: The Valentine's Day Mix Up

By Miss DeCarbo

The Lunch Bunch Club is back, just in time for Valentine’s Day! This month, the Lunch Bunch Club is getting ready for their Valentine’s Day party at Kind Elementary School. Each member brought goodie bags to pass out to their friends. They each

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Valentine's Day

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1

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287

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January Read and Infer: The Snow Globe Mix-Up

By Miss DeCarbo

Can you help?! The Lunch Bunch Club created winter snow globe projects to hang in the hallway of Kind Elementary School. Inside of the snow globe, the students drew a picture of a place they would like to visit one day! Each member wrote a report to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Winter

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

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397

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Main Idea Movie Day: Reading Transformation Pack

By Miss DeCarbo

Teach main idea and details while having fun! EASILY transform your classroom into a movie theater theme that focuses on the skill of identifying the main idea and details of videos, books, and passages! Your students will take their seats in your

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.1.1, RL.1.2, RL.2.1, RI.1.1, RI.1.2, RI.2.1, RI.2.2, CCRA.R.2

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100

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March Read and Infer: The Spring Break Mix-Up

By Miss DeCarbo

The Lunch Bunch Club just got back from spring break and it's time for show and tell! During spring break, each student sent a postcard to Mrs. Hill about a trip he or she took. They also brought home souvenirs to share with the class. Mrs. Hill

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Spring

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1

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129

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April Read and Infer: The Earth Day Mix-Up

By Miss DeCarbo

It's time for SPRING and Earth Day fun at Kind Elementary School! Several months ago, each member of the Lunch Bunch Club signed up to join an Earth Day club at school. During Earth Week at school, the students will complete special projects to take

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Earth Day

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

$5.00

171

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Main Idea Sliders Reading Passages Digital Distance Learning

By Miss DeCarbo

Teaching main idea has never been so fun! Students will love this hands-on, highly visual comprehension tool as they learn about main idea and details! This main idea resource comes with THREE hands-on and original Main Idea Sliders to help students

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Printables, Google Apps

CCSS:

RL.1.2, RL.1.3, RL.2.1, RI.1.2, RI.2.1

$7.00

266

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Fluency Spinners Vowel Teams and Diphthongs

By Miss DeCarbo

It's time to put a fun SPIN on fluency and word work! Your students will love these engaging and interactive reading passages! This reading pack contains over 35 passages for vowel teams, diphthongs, and other long vowel patterns. This pack is

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

$5.50

281

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Summary Sliders Reading Passages Digital Distance Learning

By Miss DeCarbo

This hands-on summarizing reading tool is perfect for little readers! This summarizing resource comes with a visual Summary Slider template that coordinates perfectly with my original Retelling Sliders . Use this visual aide to help your students

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Printables, Google Apps

CCSS:

RL.1.2, RL.1.3, RL.2.1

$7.00

189

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May Read and Infer: The End of Year Mix-Up

By Miss DeCarbo

It's the end of the year at Kind Elementary School, and the Lunch Bunch Club is getting ready for their end of year award ceremony! Each student will receive an award, but there is a BIG problem! Mrs. Hill, their teacher, forgot to write the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, End of Year

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

$5.00

113

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September Read and Infer Back to School Mix Up

By Miss DeCarbo

It's time for back to school at Kind Elementary School, but there's been a big MIX-UP! None of the lunch boxes are labeled with the students' names! Uh oh! Mrs. Hill has to figure out which lunch box belongs to each student. Help Mrs. Hill by

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Back to School

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

$5.00

125

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October Read and Infer: The Fall Festival Mix Up!

By Miss DeCarbo

The Fall Festival at Kind Elementary School is such an exciting event, but there's been a big MIX-UP! The members of the Lunch Bunch Club are volunteering at the Fall Festival by helping out at the various fall-themed stations. The principal

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Autumn

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

$5.00

106

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Christina DeCarbo-Wagers is an elementary teacher from Northeast Ohio. Christina has experience in instructional consulting, literacy coaching, and professional development services.

MY TEACHING STYLE

Christina is passionate about helping students reach their greatest potential as readers and writers. Her engaging resources are based on developmentally-appropriate research and are founded in the importance of critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving skills for young learners.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Over the course of her career, she has presented literacy workshops and professional development sessions for Staff Development of Educators, ASCD, and state and local educational conferences. Christina has also provided extensive services and trainings for school districts and educational service centers across the state of Ohio.

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Miss DeCarbo holds a Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education, a Master’s degree in Elementary Literacy, and a specialized K-12 reading endorsement.

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PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool, Staff, Not Grade Specific

SUBJECTS

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Basic Operations, Geometry, Numbers, Science, Basic Principles, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Physics, Social Studies, U.S. History, Arts & Music, Visual Arts, Graphic Arts, Special Education, ESL-EFL-ELL, Other (Specialty), ELA Test Prep, Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Literature, Classroom Management, Character Education, Word Problems, General Science, Physical Science, Problem Solving, Short Stories, Writing, Oral Communication, Reading Strategies, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Autumn, Mental Math, Halloween, Speech Therapy, Winter, Valentine's Day, Presidents' Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Spring, Tools for Common Core, Earth Day, For All Subjects, Summer, Informational Text, Handwriting, Test Preparation, Early Intervention, End of Year, Engineering, Phonics, Classroom Community