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Free middle school reading internet activities
Figurative Language Activity | Maze Puzzle | Distance Learning FREEBIE
This figurative language activity will allow your students to practice identifying similes in the most engaging way!This FREEBIE is a sample of one of my ELA Maze Activities. Click here to save up to 30% by investing in this growing bundle!freebytheseaHOW IT WORKS:Students find the path that leads to FINISH by ONLY following the boxes that contain similes.The letters along the correct maze path will spell out a mystery word, therefore they can self-check to see if they are correct!They can compl
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in:Â ELA Maze Activities Bundle | Print + Digital | ELA Centers
Text Structures Task Cards | PDF & Digital
These 5 text structures task cards are perfect for PSSA test prep or standardized test prep. They use Fiction excerpts from popular youth novels to help engage your students as they practice answering text structures questions. Digital with TpT's Easel. Each card contains a short excerpt, two multiple-choice questions, and one short answer question. They can be used in small groups, literacy centers, stations, partner work, intervention groups, and much more. You could also use one card at a tim
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5th - 9th
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Also included in:Â ELA Task Cards Bundle | Reading Comprehension | PDF & Digital
Reading Comprehension Task Cards | Test Prep | Print & Digital | Common Core
These 8 task cards that cover making inferences, main idea, theme, and summarizing a text are perfect for Ohio's AIR test prep or common core standardized test prep. They use excerpts from popular youth novels to help engage your students as they practice their reading comprehension skills. The cards contain a short excerpt and use multiple-choice, evidence-based selected response (A/B questions), multiselect, and short response questions. They can be used in small groups, literacy centers, stat
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5th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Reading Task Card Bundle | Ohio AIR Test | PDF & DIGITAL
Reader’s Theater Script Legend of the Sunflower Greek Mythology Folktale
Looking for an adaptation of a Greek myth? Low prep and ready to go! The Legend of the Sunflower is a dramatization of a Greek myth, a short story, with roles for 10 students and suitable for any one studying mythology in a Drama, Language Arts, Social Studies or reading classes. Students strengthen their reading (fluency), speaking (diction) and listening skills (restating) while learning to work cooperatively. This product was created specifically for the classroom. The story: The ancien
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5th - 7th
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Boom Cards | ESL Short Stories 1 + Questions | Reading + Listening Comprehension
This English Language Learner Boom Card deck is perfect for ESL / ELL / ESOL learners in all classrooms. This comprehensible input story features early, common English words: this is, animal, person, is called, there is, says, is not, and I am alongside many cognates. This story is accompanied by 6 task / question cards for reading comprehension practice. Task cards include: multiple choice, matching, cognate recognition, meaning association. As an added bonus, this deck includes listening comp
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1st - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â ESL / ELL Short Reading + Boom Cards Bundle | Level: Beginner Newcomer
FREE Editable Choice Boards for ELA, Reading, Math, Science, SS, and more!
Use these free editable choice boards to give your learners a voice and choice in their learning! This is a powerpoint file that is editable. You can change the background to any color or image you would like, as the actual board itself is a transparent image. Simply type your choices for students to complete in each box. Hyperlinks work great for digital learning!
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PreK - 6th
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A Wrinkle in Time Novel Study Free Sample
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle - This is a free sample of our complete novel study. It is printable, but it also includes Google Forms, Google Slides, and Self-Grading Google Forms!This sample includes - - 4 Task Cards-Printable Pages-Google Forms Link for an Online, Self-Grading Quiz for Chapter 1 in Google Classroom-Google Forms Link for Chapter 1 Questions-Google Slides Link for the Story Elements Interactive Notebook Sample-Questions from Chapter 1 (printable with answer key)-Quiz C
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3rd - 7th
A Christmas Carol Summary and Cloze Activity Stave 1 FREEBIE!
**This is a FREEBIE! To purchase the full product, click HERE!**BAH! Humbug! Happy holidays, fellow educators! Welcome to the Christmas Carol Summary/Cloze Activity! This cloze activity is ONE OF A KIND-you get the virtual copy as well as a Google Docs and PDF to support all learners (key included)! Students love this click-and-drag Christmas Carol themed activity that helps with summary and recall skills for the classic holiday tale by Charles Dickens! Check out the preview to see more, or samp
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7th - 10th
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Elements of Plot | Boom Cards | Digital Task Cards
These 25 digital task cards help your students practice identifying the elements of plot. These task cards cover the terms exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.These Boom Cards focus on assessing student understanding of the elements of plot. These cards are written using testing language to expose students to the rigorous testing questions they might see on their standardized tests. Questions include multiple choice and drag/drop questions. These cards are great for
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4th - 6th
Halloween Escape Room Online Inference FREE DEMO
Hook your class this Halloween with an interactive escape room based on INFERENCE! Students must read between the lines, gather context clues, and interpret images to decipher which character stole the candy!Please note this is a free demo. You can find the full version HERE. As they investigate, students will solve inference riddles, learn the difference between showing and telling (as it relates to indirect characterization) and make cause and effect connections between character actions and t
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5th - 10th
TEXT STRUCTURE Google Form Assessment
Assess students quickly and efficiently on identifying the text structure used in an informational passage with this self grading GOOGLE FORM! 20 short passages followed by multiple choice questions are included that test student knowledge on using key words to identify a text written in a compare/contrast, problem/solution, description, cause/effect and chronological order. You will be given the ability to make and customize your own copy of this form when accessing this directly from my own G
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in:Â Language Arts Standards Digital Assessment Bundle (Self Grading)
A CHRISTMAS CAROL Crossword Puzzle - FREE!
FREE crossword puzzle and KAHOOT! game link. Perfect for Christmas activities!Crossword contains 50+ items or clues for people, events, and other details from A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens. For those who prefer a more interactive form, content from the puzzle has also been adapted into a KAHOOT! game. Kahoot account required for this feature.TWO fun ways to review the story, prepare for a test, and enjoy the Christmas season!For more on A Christmas Carol, try:A CHRISTMAS CAROL WORKBOOK:
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7th - 10th
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FREE Latin Prefix Mis- Printable and Digital for Google Slides and TpT Easel
Do you teach Greek and Latin prefixes, suffixes, and roots? Google Slides and Printable for Prefix mis- is great digital practice for students to learn a targeted prefix. This is perfect for expanding vocabulary as a part of your focused word study. Great for remote / distance learning, centers, small groups, homeschooling, or homework. Best of all you have options- use a a printable, a TPT digital activity, or send as Google Slide. This FREE product includes:10 Google Slides for words that use
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3rd - 6th
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Book Review - FREE DIGITAL or PRINT ACTIVITY FOR ANY NOVEL
Looking for a quick and easy way for students to share book reviews after an independent novel study or lit circles? I use these one-page reviews as a way to promote books to the students in my class. They make a great classroom or library display and often result in students reading many of the books that others have read.Includes a print and digital version (shared in Google Slides), and examples!(C) Addie Williams
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7th - 10th
Also included in:Â Novel Activities Chapter Response Character Analysis Projects for Any Novel
FREE! Virtual Escape Room: Marine Biome Edition (Escape the Zoo Ep.1)
About Escape Rooms in general:These escape rooms are an engaging and interactive way for students to learn problem-solving skills, critical thinking, and teamwork. It will require them to work together to solve puzzles and clues, fostering a sense of camaraderie and cooperation. It will also encourage students to think creatively and to approach problems from different angles, which is a valuable skill in any academic or professional setting. Give your students the opportunity to experience the
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3rd - 12th
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NGSS:
3-LS4-1
, MS-LS4-3
, MS-LS4-1
, 5-LS2-1
, 3-LS4-3
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Also included in:Â Virtual Escape Room Growing Bundle: Escape the Zoo (20% off!)
Parts of Speech | FREE DEMO | Christmas Grammar Escape Room
Make grammar engaging with this FREE game-based digital escape room with a fun Christmas theme! This lesson is an interactive review of the four main parts of speech and is perfect for middle or high school students. 100% paperless and no prep required!In this digital escape game, your students must battle the clock and the dastardly Easter Bunny to save Christmas from ruin. Along the way, they will practice identifying different parts of speech in order to find the naughty-or-nice list for Sant
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6th - 10th
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Google Classroom Graphic Organizer Venn Diagram
Start using Google Slides in the classroom with this graphic organizer! Students can develop their technology skills as they use this Venn Diagram to compare and contrast two topics or characters. Perfect for literature or informational texts! This is a sample of my Google Slides Graphic Organizer Pack.
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Google Graphic Organizers
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1st - 12th
Percy Jackson THE LIGHTNING THIEF Crossword Puzzle - FREE!
FREE crossword puzzle and KAHOOT! game link. Crossword contains 60 items or clues for people, events, and other details from Rick Riordan's The Lightning Thief, book #1 in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series. For those who prefer a more interactive form, content from the puzzle has also been adapted into a KAHOOT! game. Kahoot account required for this feature.TWO fun ways to review the book or prepare for a comprehension assessment! These clues have also been adapted into an "I have...
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4th - 7th
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FREE - Lewis and Clark Expedition Activity
FREE - Lewis and Clark Expedition Activity. One free Lewis and Clark expedition worksheet using Wikipedia internet research, from the larger Westward Expansion (36 Worksheets for $3). Meriwether LewisWilliam ClarkThe JourneyDiscoveriesAccomplishmentsSacagawea Need a bundle? American History Bundle (200 worksheets for $5).----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------And from the larger ensemble...SOCIAL STUDIES13 Colonies (43 works
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4th - 7th
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Also included in:Â Running Records
Honey Bees Digital Escape Room - FREE Sample and Site Tester
Like this? Why not try the EARTH DAY Escape? Escape rooms are a fun and engaging way to introduce or review with students about different topics. This sample escape room is a good way to see how escape rooms will work in your classrooms. Students read an informational paragraph, watch a video, solve a puzzle to find the clue for the escape room, and play a 'just for fun' game for early finishers. Included in this downloadTeacher Guide of directions on how to use the resource with tips for how t
Taylor Swift or Famous Poet?
This fun activity can be used as an ice-breaker activity, Zoom call activity, or a bell-ringer writing prompt! In this *FREE* resource, you will have access to 25 google slides that have famous lines from poets OR Taylor Swift songs!Each of the slides is a screenshot, so you will not be able to edit it. Because this is a free resource, I just ask that you leave feedback based on how it worked with your class or tag me on Instagram (hiphophoorayforELA). Enjoy!
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7th - 12th
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FREE - Westward Expansion Fun Activity
FREE - Westward Expansion Fun Activity Worksheet. One free westward expansion fun activity for your American history lesson, from the larger Westward Expansion (36 Worksheets for $3).Preview same as Download. Create a Westward Expansion map. Need the bundle? American History Bundle (200 worksheets for $5).------------------------------------------------------------------------------------And from the larger ensemble...SOCIAL STUDIES13 Colonies (43 worksheets)American Histo
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4th - 7th
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Also included in:Â Math Bundle
Reading Comprehension Practice Passage and Questions
This reading comprehension passage is nonfiction and contains 10 questions. It is one of my 120 leveled Lexile passages. The questions were created to accurately resemble the types of questions asked on comprehension quizzes and state tests.All of my passages are original and leveled by the Lexile company.
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3rd - 6th
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Independent Novel Study for ANY Book!
This 5-week novel program features comprehensive activities to suit every learner. It is a perfect resource for distance learning and can be suitable for in-classroom learning as well. The slideshow includes:Pre-reading activity, including a prediction and plan for success.A choice of six activities for every week. I recommend doing these activities each Friday. There are some involving lots of writing, some with speaking, and some with art, but they all show comprehension and understanding.A
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7th - 10th
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Learn more about reading resources
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).
If you’re a teacher or parent looking for printable and digital reading resources to help your student learn a reading concept, look no further! TPT has an extensive collection of resources, created by other teachers, that are designed to help with any need across grade levels.
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.
Frequently asked questions about teaching reading
What types of reading resources are available on TPT?
There are many different types of reading resources sold by Sellers on TPT. Some popular reading lessons include: phonics, vocabulary, spelling, and balanced literacy.
How do I find reading lessons on TPT?
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.
How can I make my reading lessons fun and engaging?
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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