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Middle school reading activities for Google Apps
Making Inferences Task Cards - Digital and Print Passages Inferencing Activities
Making Inferences is an important reading skill, and these inferencing task cards and digital activities can help!Each card/slide features a short passage with a text-dependent question plus a follow-up question asking students to explain their reasoning. Students will need to use clues within the text to infer their answers. WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:24 Task Cards (prints 4 to a page)Black-lineColorRecording SheetsAnswer KeysDirections & SuggestionsDIGITAL:Google Slides (Regular & Self-
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4th - 6th
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Holes Novel Study | Print and Digital
This resource includes everything you need to teach and assess the book Holes by Louis Sachar. Engage your students with these fun and challenging activities - and simplify your lesson planning with this no prep resource that includes both print and digital activities for your students.These pages were created to guide your students through the novel, hold them accountable for their reading, and assess their comprehension through a number of fun and challenging activities. This 80-page resource
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Novel Study MEGA Bundle: 6 no-prep novel studies | print and digital
Nonfiction Text Structures Unit: Passages, Worksheets, Anchor Chart, Task Cards
Stop spending time searching for the perfect informational texts to teach Text Structures! This Nonfiction Text Structure Resource Bundle is a complete pack of HIGH-INTEREST resources to help you fully teach, practice, and assess the five main text structures; Cause and Effect, Compare and Contrast, Problem and Solution, Chronological/Sequence, AND Description. Includes a PRINTABLE and DIGITAL version! Use with Google Classroom or ANY online learning platform.**Assessment and Review Activities
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Reading and Writing Resource BUNDLE
Summer Escape to the Beach ELA Escape Room | Test Prep or End of Year Review
Looking for a way to increase student engagement during the the time leading up to summer break? This summer escape room challenge is the way to do it! Throughout the activity, students work collaboratively with partners or in groups to solve language arts related challenges and find clues in order to escape to the beach!This escape room is also included in my seasonal ELA escape rooms bundle. Click HERE to invest in the seasonal bundle to save up to 30%!This escape room is perfect for in-person
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4th - 6th
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Summer Reading Mystery: Making Inferences, Reading Comprehension Passages
Summer Reading Mystery - easy prep and fun to solve! Check out this fun Private Eye CSI - Literacy Mystery: Case of The Stolen Surfboard.Easy prep! Just Print & Solve! Or go paperless with the new Google Slides option provided within your download.⭐Video Hook now included! A fun way to set the stage to engage!⭐TARGETS- Reading- Comprehension- Main Idea- Vocabulary (Definitions, Synonyms)- Drawing Conclusions- Analyzing Text for Clues- Making Inferences- Critical ThinkingIn this packet, you
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4th - 6th
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Nonfiction Text Structures Bundle: Worksheets, Task Cards, Posters, Activities
This nonfiction text structure bundle has everything you need to keep your upper elementary and middle school students engaged as they learn about the FIVE informational text structures. It includes 92 nonfiction passages. The activities in this bundle make learning text structures fun and easy! Students love the activities while teachers love the convenience of these no-prep resources that can be used year after year! These nonfiction text structure activities can be used for test prep, review,
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4th - 6th
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Summarizing Nonfiction & Informational Text - Teaching How to Write Summaries
This no prep resource contains nonfiction reading passages and activities to help students build a better understanding of what makes a good summary when summarizing informational text. The activities build on each other to help you scaffold and differentiate as necessary. Many summary examples are provided - examples of both good summaries and bad summaries. This helps make teaching summarizing to upper elementary students easier. A digital version for use with Google Slides / Google Clas
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3rd - 6th
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Thanksgiving Escape Room | ELA Escape Room Activity Print + Digital
Get your students excited about learning with this Thanksgiving Escape Room Challenge! Throughout the activity, students work collaboratively with partners or in groups to solve ELA related challenges and find clues in order to help a turkey escape before Thanksgiving!This escape room is perfect for in-person, hybrid, or virtual learning as it includes both a printable PDF AND digital version.This escape room is also included in my ELA Holiday Escape Room Bundle. Click here to check out the mone
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4th - 6th
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Author's Purpose Bundle of Activities: Worksheets, Task Cards, Game, Craft
This author's purpose bundle is designed to teach upper elementary and middle school students about an author's purpose for writing a literary piece in a way that will keep them engaged. This bundle has everything you need to teach your students about the FIVE categories of author's purpose. This bundled product takes the PIE approach to teaching author's purpose to the next level. Students are taught to determine whether an author's purpose is to persuade, inform, entertain, describe, or explai
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4th - 6th
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Reading Intervention Program - Set 1 Level L-P - Digital & Print
This set includes 20 days of everything needed for a reading intervention program with students whose reading abilities fall in the Fountas and Pinnell reading range of levels L-P.DIGITAL UPDATE!This set of The Reading Intervention Program is now available in a DIGITAL VERSION included in this download!Text boxes, coloring boxes, and multiple choice circles are all included.Digital versions are available for format 1 (student pages of all the components) and format 5 (fluency practice)FONT UPDAT
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2nd - 6th
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Also included in: Reading Intervention Program - Bundle Level L-P - Digital & Print
The Lemonade War Novel Study Unit - Comprehension | Activities | Tests
This novel study for The Lemonade War, by Jacqueline Davies, contains 134 pages of resources, including comprehension and vocabulary by chapter, reading response activities, assessments, and more.Focus standards include figurative language, theme, character analysis, plot, and point of view.No-prep, predictable, and extremely user-friendly, this literature guide is perfect for whole class, small group, or independent study. ♥You're free to use the printable OR digital version; BOTH are included
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: The Lemonade War and The Lemonade Crime Novel Study Bundle
Spring Escape Room Save the Garden | ELA Skills Test Prep or End of Year Review
Looking for a way to increase student engagement during the spring months? This mixed ELA skills Save the Garden spring escape room challenge is perfect any time during the spring! It makes an excellent language arts review or test prep review as well! Throughout the activity, students work collaboratively with partners or in groups to solve language arts related challenges and find clues in order to save the garden while there's still time!This escape room is perfect for in-person, hybrid, or v
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4th - 6th
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Making Inferences Winter Escape Room | Escape the Blizzard | ELA Escape Room
Looking for a way to increase student engagement during the winter months? This winter escape room challenge is the way to do it! Throughout the activity, students work collaboratively with partners or in groups to solve language arts related inferring challenges and find clues in order to escape the blizzard! This escape room is part of the ELA Seasonal Escape Room Challenge Bundle. Click HERE to purchase as part of the bundle to save!This escape room is perfect for in-person, hybrid, or virt
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4th - 6th
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Reading Intervention Program - Set 1 Level Q-T - Digital & Print
This set includes 20 days of everything needed for a reading intervention program with students whose reading abilities fall in the Fountas and Pinnell reading range of levels Q-T.DIGITAL UPDATE!This set of The Reading Intervention Program is now available in a DIGITAL VERSION included in this download!Text boxes, coloring boxes, and multiple choice circles are all included.Digital versions are available for format 1 (student pages of all the components) and format 5 (fluency practice)FONT UPDAT
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3rd - 7th
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Also included in: Reading Intervention Program - Bundle Level Q-T - Digital & Print
Poetry Analysis Unit Poem of the Week Poetry Reading Comprehension Passages
Are you looking for engaging ways to teach poetry in your classroom? Look no further, this Poetry Analysis Unit: Poem of the Week is a complete way to get you set up to begin this study in your classroom. This format is a consistent way to teach your students traditional poetry. My students have gained exposure to a variety of authors and become more fluent readers through these. POEM OF THE WEEK PACKET INCLUDES:Print and digital format available (see page 3 for link)Teacher notes and tipsClicka
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4th - 6th
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Leap Year 2024 Reading Passages Leap Year Day Activities Worksheets
Leap Year activities for upper elementary made simple this 2024! Are you getting ready to learn about Leap Year in your classroom? Your students will read, learn, and think critically about why there is the concept of leap years while practicing close reading strategies with these informational passages. Completely updated for 2024 with new revisions, activities, and answer keys included! This set also includes two versions of each text: One with the scientific and historical information about t
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Holiday Reading Comprehension Passages Activities Worksheets
Article of the Week prompts for the entire school year in Secondary ELA
Make article of the week meaningful and relevant to your students with this print and go activity for secondary ELA. Here's how it works: use the provided lesson and article to teach students about building schemas for reading. Students learn that they can build schemas, or files, in their brain by reading as well and as much as they can. Next, begin reading articles and completing the activities on the provided worksheets. After reading, students reflect on their learning in their personal Buil
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6th - 12th
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Reading Intervention Program - Set 1 Level A-D - Digital & Print
This set includes 20 days of everything needed for a reading intervention program with students whose reading abilities fall in the Fountas and Pinnell reading range of levels A-D. DIGITAL UPDATE!This set of The Reading Intervention Program is now available in a DIGITAL VERSION included in this download! Text boxes, coloring boxes, and multiple choice circles are all included.Digital versions are available for format 1 (student pages of all the components) and format 5 (fluency practice)FONT UP
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K - 8th
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Also included in: Reading Intervention Program - Bundle Level A-D - Digital & Print
Figurative Language | Similes, Metaphors, Hyperboles, Personification
Are you ready for your students to master figurative language once and for all? Look no further! This interactive and thought-provoking flip book is filled with activities that will help your students create and identify each type of figurative language. It is a great way to teach, reinforce, and/or spiral review figurative language in your classroom in a fun and interactive way! This resource can be used as a teaching aid, reinforcement of concepts they have already learned, homework, center w
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3rd - 6th
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Literacy Mystery CSI: Reading Comprehension Passages, Making Inferences, Game
This Private Eye CSI Literacy Mystery will require your students to read the text carefully, make inferences, collect evidence, and unlock clues to solve the Case of the Masked Menace. NO PREP required, print and go! Everything that you need for this activity is in the download; all you need is paper to print and pencils to write!⭐Video Hook now included! It's a fun way to set the stage to engage!⭐Easy prep! Just Print & Solve! Or go paperless with the new Google Slides option provided withi
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4th - 6th
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Character Traits Bundle of Activities: Worksheets, Task Cards, PowerPoint, Craft
This character traits bundle has everything you need to keep your upper elementary and middle school students engaged as they learn about character traits. These resources are designed to expand your students' character trait vocabulary. The activities in this bundle make learning character traits fun and easy! Students love the activities while teachers love the convenience of these no-prep resources that can be used year after year! These activities can be used for test prep, review, or introd
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3rd - 6th
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Literary Devices Interactive Notebook | Exploring Figurative Language + Digital
Use this Literacy Devices Interactive Dictionary: Exploring Figurative Language to strengthen students' knowledge of figurative language and literary elements.This product provides an interactive way for teachers to engage their students in the learning of new concepts, figurative language, and literary devices. The lessons within this interactive notebook provide students with an opportunity to master content in a unique and fun way. The activities included are designed to help students learn
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4th - 8th
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ELA REVIEW & TEST PREP DIGITAL ESCAPE ROOM - Reading Comprehension
Standards-driven content on Reading Comprehension, Figurative Language, Point of View, Text Structure, Main Idea, & Critical Thinking! This interactive and engaging digital escape room is a great way to review throughout the year as well as to prepare students for state testing! It's also ZERO PREP and self-checking for students!All you have to do is share the link, and students are on their way! Take a look at the video preview for a quick glimpse of how this escape room works.**Click HERE
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Test Prep Reading Comprehension - Review Escape Room Bundle
Last Days of School End of School Year Reading Activities Summer Coloring Pages
Looking for fun end of the year activities and coloring pages that your students will love? Keep your students engaged right before the end of the school year with this fun and engaging bundle! This easy to use bundle is full of activities that your students will enjoy working on! This end of the year reading comprehension bundle includes two summer reading comprehension passages and questions, context clues coloring activities, and a fun making inferences activity! These activities don't requir
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6th - 7th
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Not only is reading a core concept in the study of English language arts, but it’s also a cornerstone skill for proficiency in many other subjects (for instance, without strong reading skills, students won’t be able to solve math word problems or read through primary sources for social studies class).
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Elementary students just learning to read can practice the basics with some simple, fun phonics practice activities or small-group reading centers focused around sight words. Students in middle and high school can read novels and complete hands-on, interactive assignments that build their comprehension and critical thinking skills. With plenty of TPT resources at your fingertips, you can sharpen your student's reading skills in no time.
Fun and engaging reading activities to try
Engaging reading activities can energize your students and foster a love of reading. Here are a few ideas for reading activities from our teacher-created resources that you can find on TPT and try in your classroom:
Interactive Phonics Activities
Use hands-on activities such as sorting, matching, or building words with manipulatives to help students recognize phonics patterns and learn word families.
Word Hunts
Encourage students to find specific words either in a text or around the classroom to help reinforce sight word recognition.
Reader's Theater
Bring short stories, books, poems, or plays you’re reading in class to life by assigning roles to students and having them act out scenes. This can help enhance fluency and comprehension.
Interactive Read-Alouds
Engage the class by pausing during read-alouds to discuss the story’s theme, reflect on a character’s motivations or actions, or to ask students questions.
Comparative Analysis
Explore different adaptations of the same story (book versus movie, classic version versus a modern retelling) to encourage analysis of interpretation and presentation. You can also pair texts that are similar in theme, like poems and songs.
By incorporating these (and other!) reading activities into your lesson plans, you can nurture a love for reading while enhancing comprehension, critical thinking, and communication skills.
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There are many different types of reading resources sold by Sellers on TPT. Some popular reading lessons include: phonics, vocabulary, spelling, and balanced literacy.
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Educators can save time preparing reading lessons with resources created by experienced teachers. Simply start a search for reading resources on the TPT marketplace, and filter by grade level, price, and/or resource type to find materials that've been proven to work in classrooms like yours. No matter what you’re teaching, there are plenty of reading lessons and activities sold by Sellers on TPT that are tailored to meet your students' skill levels.
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Students learn best when they're engaged! Sprinkle a little fun into your reading lessons by using manipulatives, pairing unusual texts like poems and short films together, or doing an escape room activity.
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