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Increase reading abilities with an activity that build skills in understanding the main idea of a story.

This worksheet includes several FutureFit Extension Activities that highlight 21st Century skills like problem-solving and adaptability. These FutureFit Extension Activities are designed to reinforce the concepts included in the worksheet activity while integrating real-world skills. They can be used as in-class independent practice or group activities, or assigned for take-home or independent work.

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Earth Day Activity Packet

Incorporate Earth Day into many of your classes, such as Reading, Math, Science, and Social Studies with this exclusive ...

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Animal Poems and Animal Shapes for Language Arts Class

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Animal Poems & Animal Shapes

Students write poems about animals – in the shape of their subjects! This printable activity will inspire creativity i...

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Spring Plants Choice Board for Elementary Grades

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Spring Plants Choice Board for Elementary Grades

These spring activities for elementary students, all about spring plants and flowers, will help your students review and...

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Summarizing: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

Objective This lesson is designed to expand primary students' summarizing skills.

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Main Idea: Chrysanthemum

Objective This lesson is designed to introduce primary students to finding the main idea as a reading-comprehension stra...

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Visualizing: Follow the Drinking Gourd

Objectives This lesson is designed to establish the skill of visualizing for primary students, using the story Follow th...

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Summarizing: Nate the Great

Objective This lesson is designed to establish primary students' skills in summarizing a story.

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Visualizing: Hill of Fire

Objectives This lesson is designed to expand the skill of visualizing for primary students, using the book Hill of Fire...

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Main Idea: Animals Born Alive and Well

Objective This lesson is designed to help primary students continue working to find the main idea as a reading-comprehen...

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