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8th grade reading independent work packets for Google Apps
Middle School Reading Comprehension Bundle - PDF & Digital
Get ALL the middle school reading comprehension review activities you need in one bundle! Practice inference, cause and effect, roots and affixes, context clues, story elements, figurative language, connotation, text structure, text features, compare and contrast, and fact and opinion with this complete reading skills test prep pack! This bundle includes 11 resources covering the following skills:InferenceStory ElementsCause and EffectRoots and AffixesContext CluesFigurative LanguageConnotationT
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6th - 8th
Mother to Son Langston Hughes Poetry Analysis - Printable & Digital
Make metaphors come alive with these "Mother to Son" poem activities! This poetry analysis resource includes a graphic organizer to walk students through the rich figurative language in Hughes' highly relatable poem and help them analyze extended metaphor, character, and theme. It also includes a one-page biography of Langston Hughes and comprehension questions about the poem, the informational text, and connections between the poem and the poet's life.(If you teach poetry in middle school, don'
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Langston Hughes Poetry Unit for Middle School - PDF & Digital
8th Grade Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Text Evidence Activities
8th Grade Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions with Text Evidence Activities - 15 informational and literature reading passages with 100+ text evidence questions. Two games are also included to reinforce RI and RL skills.Students use a variety of text evidence activities including color-coding with highlighters. This can be done on paper, or using the highlighting feature in Google Classroom. Other questions involve deeper thought such as making inferences.The independent work packets
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7th - 9th
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Bundle- Distance Learning Options
UPDATED 4/16/20 This resource now includes TWO versions on the novel study. The first version includes many basic comprehension questions and graphic organizers. The second version is more streamlined and would be appropriate for on level and above level students. The second version is also available in a DIGITAL version for distance learning via Google Slides! I've also made the character graphic organizers available in Google Slides via a separate link from the Version 2 novel study. Updated 2
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5th - 8th
Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions. 5th & 6th grade Social Studies
* This resource has (13) FILLABLE SOCIAL STUDIES reading comprehension passages for 5th and 6th grade students (39 worksheets in total, spread throughout 182 pages with full answer keys). The passages will stimulate your students’ interests and pique their curiosity through lessons related to SOCIAL STUDIES. These lessons are COMPLETELY FILLABLE and VERY SUITABLE FOR GOOGLE CLASSROOM. >>> Click here for a cost-effective (PDF) version of this BUNDLE <<<This bundle includes the f
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5th - 8th
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Novel Study - Science Literacy
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind novel study is based on the young reader’s edition. This exciting memoir shows how, even in a desperate situation, one boy's brilliant idea can light up the world. When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba's tiny village in Malawi, his family lost all of the season's crops, leaving them with nothing to eat and nothing to sell. William began to explore science books in his village library, looking for a solution. There, he came up with the idea that would ch
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5th - 9th
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5th-6th Grade Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions. Science - Set 5/5
* This resource has (3) FILLABLE science reading comprehension passages for 5th & 6th graders (9 worksheets in total, spread throughout 42 pages with full answer keys). The passages will stimulate your students’ interests and pique their curiosity through science-related lessons. These lessons are COMPLETELY FILLABLE and VERY SUITABLE FOR GOOGLE CLASSROOM. *** Click here for a cost-effective (PDF) Version of this set **** The lessons are:1. The Dark Chamber2. Contact Lenses3. Bioluminescence
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5th - 8th
Also included in: Science Reading Comprehension Passages (FILLABLE Bundle) 5th - 6th Grade
Nonfiction Text Features Worksheets - Printable & Digital
Looking for an easy, no-prep way to review or assess nonfiction text features? These text features worksheets and reading passages make it easy to teach identifying text features and analyzing their purpose. Three interesting nonfiction passages about mountains, pyramids, and the Great Wall of China will hold students' attention as they review the purpose of each text feature.(Don't miss the rest of my bestselling Middle School Reading Bundle!)This resource includes the following digital version
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Middle School Reading Comprehension Bundle - PDF & Digital
Podcast Worksheets, Listening Guides for Analysis, Digital and Printable
Have you discovered the power of podcasts? It’s easier than ever to find, subscribe and listen to literally thousands of podcasts on every topic from news, arts, business, comedy, education, politics, sports, technology, music, health, spirituality, hobbies, and more. Now with no prep for you, you and your students can join the movement quickly, easily, and purposefully with these podcast worksheets for analysis in printable and digital format. Add a paired podcast to your current unit of stud
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8th - 11th, Higher Education
Nonfiction Passages with Text Features - Ocean Animals - PDF & Digital
Teach nonfiction text features and learn about ocean animals and habitats with these ocean animal reading passages and comprehension questions! Each nonfiction activity will engage your students with fascinating facts about sea life including blue whales, flying fish, sea anemones, and more as they practice identifying and analyzing text features, main idea, author's purpose, and other nonfiction reading skills.This resource includes the following digital versions:Google Slides (link in PDF)Ease
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Middle School Nonfiction Reading Unit - Ocean Animals Reading Passages
Text Structure Worksheets - Printable & Digital
When it comes to teaching nonfiction text structure, you need LOTS of examples to help students really get it! These text structure worksheets are here to help, supplementing your nonfiction lesson with clear, concise examples of the five main nonfiction text structures: chronological order/sequence, cause and effect, problem and solution, description, and compare and contrast.(Virginia teachers, there is now a separate SOL version included for you with text structure and description replaced by
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Middle School Reading Comprehension Bundle - PDF & Digital
No Prep Novel Study: Summer of the Mariposas by G. McCall (Print + DIGITAL)
This is a 100+ page, Common Core aligned, complete novel study for Summer of the Mariposas by Guadalupe Garcia McCall. This NO PREP book study teaching unit has everything that you will need to teach and assess the novel, including an extension activity to compare and contrast the novel with Homer's Odyssey. The table of contents makes finding information quick and easy. ALL ANSWER KEYS ARE INCLUDED. The novel study is divided into 3 sections (just like the book). Each section includes vocabular
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6th - 8th
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Making Inferences Reading Passages & Questions RACE Strategy Writing Prompts
Making Inferences Reading Passages and Questions for the RACE Writing Strategy BUNDLE will help your students practice the skill of reading a short passage and making inferences. Using clear reasons and evidence from the text, students will write a short response answer using the RACE Strategy writing checklist.This resource is located on Google slides and is perfect for distance learning. A printable PDF is also included.Do you have a wide range of readers? This money-saving bundle combines tw
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3rd - 8th
Reading Comprehension Passages (Social Studies) 5th & 6th Grade. Set 1/4
* This resource has (3) no-prep and FILLABLE SOCIAL STUDIES reading comprehension passages for 5th & 6th grade students (9 worksheets in total, spread throughout 42 pages with full answer keys). The passages will stimulate your students’ interests and pique their curiosity through lessons related to Social Studies. These lessons are COMPLETELY FILLABLE and VERY SUITABLE FOR GOOGLE CLASSROOM. *** Click here for a cost-effective (PDF) Version of this set **** The lessons are:1. Language Evolut
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5th - 8th
DIGITAL/GOOGLE I Am Malala- Young Readers Edition Reading Journal/ Novel Unit
NOW DIGITAL! This unit includes a link to a Google Slides and Google Docs student work packet. This product is a literature circle novel unit for the book, "I Am Malala." It breaks the book into sections and provides space for:SummaryComprehension QuestionsStudent Question/AnswerVocabulary EnrichmentGraphic Organizer or Tech ConnectionThis is a great unit that I use in my own classroom. It is ready to go right out of the printer and provides the teacher with helpful ideas and links. It is aligne
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5th - 12th
Phineas Gage Nonfiction Book Study Guide -- Includes DIGITAL file options!
This is a 120+ page Common Core aligned complete book study for the nonfiction text, Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science by John Fleischman. This NO PREP book study teaching unit has everything that you will need to teach and assess the novel. The Table of Contents makes finding information quick and easy. ALL ANSWER KEYS ARE INCLUDED. GO DIGITAL! Choose printed or paperless resources! The student packet, quizzes, and final exam are available as Google Drive™ files. A voc
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Nonfiction Text Structure Passages - Weather - PDF & Digital
Teaching nonfiction text structure is easy with these interesting text structure reading passages and activities for kids excited about science and weather! Five articles about weather science will keep students engaged while they practice reading and analyzing the five main nonfiction text structures, using a variety of text structure graphic organizers. (A bonus adapted vocabulary page makes it easy to teach this lesson as organizational pattern!)This resource includes the following digital ve
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Middle School Nonfiction Reading Unit - Weather Reading Passages
Digital Literature Circles - Book Club Forms, Assignments, & Reading Activities
Digital Literature Circles - Book Club Forms, Assignments, & Reading Activities: This ready-to-use resource will allow you to easily implement digital literature circles or book clubs in your classroom. In digital literature circles, students will gather together to discuss a common piece of literature in depth, with each student responsible for a different element of the meeting. Digital literature circles are an excellent way to give students more independence in their reading. With a deta
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7th - 10th
The Radium Girls Novel Study - Science Literacy
The Radium Girls: Young Readers Edition tells the unbelievable true story of these incredible women, whose determination to fight back saved countless lives.Amid the excitement of the early twentieth century, hundreds of young women spend their days hard at work painting watch dials with glow-in-the-dark radium paint. The painters consider themselves lucky—until they start suffering from a mysterious illness. As the corporations try to cover up a shocking secret, these shining girls suddenly fin
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6th - 9th
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Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions. 5th - 6th Grade nonfiction (3/3)
* This resource has (3) FILLABLE Nonfiction reading comprehension passages for 5th & 6th graders (9 worksheets in total, spread throughout 42 pages with full answer keys). The passages will stimulate your students’ interests and pique their curiosity through lessons related to ART, SPORTS, and MUSIC. These lessons are COMPLETELY FILLABLE and VERY SUITABLE FOR GOOGLE CLASSROOM. *** Click here for a cost-effective (PDF) Version of this set **** The lessons are:1. Unsolved Art Heist2. Baseball
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5th - 8th
Cause and Effect Worksheets & Reading Passages - Printable & Digital
Your students probably know what cause and effect are, but it can be much trickier to identify them in a nonfiction reading passage! These cause and effect activities with informational reading passages are perfect for reading test review! There are 16 short reading passages with comprehension questions asking middle school students to identify and analyze causes and effects, including signal words, as they learn fun facts about a variety of animals.(Don't miss the rest of my bestselling Middle
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Also included in: Middle School Reading Comprehension Bundle - PDF & Digital
Hidden Figures Novel Study
This novel study aligns with the Hidden Figures young reader's edition, which shares the powerful story of four African-American female mathematicians at NASA who helped achieve some of the greatest moments in our space program. Before John Glenn orbited the earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as “human computers” used pencils, slide rules, and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space.
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The Monkey’s Paw Short Story Activities & Worksheets - Digital & Printable!
Interacting with W.W. Jacob’s short horror story “The Monkey’s Paw” is easy and engaging with these post-reading activities & worksheets! A wide variety of no-prep activities are included, making it easy for you to differentiate your instruction, extend the learning for your early finishers, or provide student choice. Printable? Digital? It’s all included to save YOU time.⬆️ Check out the PREVIEW for more information! ⬆️Both teachers and students love these unique and challenging critical th
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6th - 8th
The Disappearing Spoon Novel Study
The Disappearing Spoon, young readers edition tells the extraordinary stories behind one of the greatest scientific tools in existence: the periodic table.Why did Gandhi hate iodine (I, 53)? How did radium (Ra, 88) nearly ruin Marie Curie's reputation? And why did tellurium (Te, 52) lead to the most bizarre gold rush in history?The periodic table is a crowning scientific achievement, but it's also a treasure trove of adventure, greed, betrayal, and obsession. The fascinating tales in The Disappe
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Comparative Analysis
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