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7th grade english language arts resources under $5
All About Me Selfie + Writing | w/ End of the School Year Reflection Activity!
All About Me "selfie" drawing and writing activity for classroom teachers and art teachers. This activity is a great way to start the year with an introduction and end the year with a reflection! This resource also includes Halloween and New Years selfie activities!This All About Me resource is a teacher favorite. It's a great first week of school / back-to-school activity that is also useful at other times of the year—Back to School, Halloween, New Years, and End of the Year. My student selfie
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2nd - 9th
Also included in: Back to School ART INTEGRATION ACTIVITIES Bundle for CLASSROOM TEACHERS
(4th 5th 6th 7th Grade) END OF THE YEAR SUMMER Word Search Worksheet Activity
With 75 vocabulary words to search for, this would be a great fun-when-done vacation worksheet to wind up the school year. Word search puzzles are great no prep activities for early finishers, bell ringers, morning work, handouts, homework, lesson plan supplements, and sub files.The 75 hidden vocabulary words are: Air Conditioner, August, Backpacking, Barbecue, Barefoot, Baseball, Beach, Berries, Boat, Camp, Canoe, Daisy, Dive, Fan, Find, Fins, Firefly, Fishing, Flip Flops, Flowers, Fourth of J
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: NO PREP JUNE Word Search Worksheet Activity Packet / Fun Morning Work
Text Message Analysis Making Inferences Activity ELA Worksheets Language Arts
In this engaging activity, students make inferences and draw conclusions by analyzing a variety of text message conversations. Students are required to cite evidence for each answer.Digital & Printable Options: This product now includes a Google Slides option as well as a printable PDF.2023 Update: In response to feedback, this resource now includes a guide for how to read the text messages, a variety of questions, and a larger format!Students love the text message layout! This is a great wa
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5th - 7th
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Also included in: Custom Bundle
End of the Year Activity | Emoji Coloring Pages + Writing by Art with Jenny K!
Emoji Expression Coloring Sheets—interactive and pattern-filled Pop Art coloring sheets including writing prompts—NO PREP for teachers (or parents), tons of FUN for kids! These coloring sheets are a great activity for the start of the year, the end of the school, a neat contribution to your morning work collection, and/or a fun, creative project for any time! These coloring sheets are also great for helping with any calming activities. Artistic activities such as sculpting, painting, drawing, or
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K - 7th
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First Day of School Investigate the Teacher Activity - Engaging - Print/Digital
Engage your students with this unique first day of school activity where students "investigate" the teacher and make inferences based on what they observe in the classroom. This kinesthetic activity is the perfect way to mix things up on Day 1 and set the tone for an engaging, student-centered year. If you want your students to get MOVING around the room, COLLABORATE with their peers, engage in INQUIRY-BASED learning, and practice INFERENCING + CRITICAL THINKING skills, then the "Investigate the
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4th - 12th
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Figurative Language Review Task Cards Print and Digital Simile Metaphor Idiom
Use these 27 Figurative Language Task Cards or Google Slides for ELA practice and enrichment with simile, metaphor, idiom, hyperbole, personification, onomatopoeia, and alliteration.WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:27 Task Cards (prints 4 to a page)Black-lineColorRecording SheetsDIGITAL:Google SlidesEasel ActivityDIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:Digital or PrintChallenge Card to extend the lessonMultiple versions of the recording sheet includedGreat for 4th, 5th, 6th, or 7th grade! CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW TO SEE A
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4th - 7th
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End of the Year Break Activities Digital Resources Mystery Game - Team Building
Are you ready to watch reading comprehension skills skyrocket before the end of the year break?! Students will work together to solve the mystery AND practice a variety of academic skills including; inferencing, critical thinking, problem solving, reading comprehension, and much more! The material is so fun and engaging, students won't even know they are actually learning! This activity can be used anytime of year and is a fantastic way to get students excited about learning.⏳ Gameplay: 90 min
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5th - 9th
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Teaching Figurative Language Techniques WORKSHEETS
Do you want to help your students understand a wide range of figurative language techniques? These worksheets will do just that. Each worksheet contains information and examples on each technique (which can be cut off and make for great notes in their books), as well as practice exercises. Answer keys are also provided. **************************************************************************LOOKING FOR A DIGITAL VERSION? These worksheets are designed to be printed and completed on paper. If yo
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Figurative Language Bundle
Would You Rather Sampler - Fun Questions for Discussion, Writing Prompts, & More
Dive into writing prompts, classroom discussion, and more with our exclusive sampler from Would You Rather Questions!!These 18 digital or print Would You Rather questions are great for discussion, class polls, writing prompts, language building, facilitating higher-level thinking, brain breaks, building community, and more! This sampler gives you a taste of our comprehensive Would You Rather resource that promises to make learning engaging and effective.Try before you buy!Purchase this sampler f
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2nd - 9th
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Sentence Structure Simple Compound and Complex Sentences Task Cards TWO SETS!
Practice sentence structure using these 64 task cards designed to help with student writing and sentence building!WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:64 Task Cards (Two Sets) (prints 4 to a page)Black-lineColorRecording SheetsAnswer KeysClassroom PostersDIGITAL:2 Google Slides VersionsEasel ActivityEasel Assessment - Self-CheckingDIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:Digital or PrintChallenge Cards to extend the lessonSelf-Checking or Short AnswerMultiple versions of the recording sheet includedGreat for 4th, 5th, 6th,
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4th - 7th
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Book Review - Doodle Book Report - Use with any book!
Take book reports and book projects to a whole new level with this super fun Doodle Book Review! First, students complete a step-by-step planning guide. They’ll reflect on the book’s characters, plot, setting, and theme. In addition, they’ll rate the book, identify an important quote, write a summary, describe the book in just three words, and even make up an award for the book. Next, they’ll use their insights from their planning pages to design a Doodle Book Review. Using a doodle templat
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4th - 7th
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End of the Year Activities - Reading Comprehension Activities - Digital Resource
Are you ready to watch reading comprehension skills skyrocket before the end of the year break?! This mystery game digital resource is great for team building. Students will work together to solve the mystery AND practice a variety of academic skills including; inferencing, critical thinking, problem solving, reading comprehension, and much more! The material is so fun and engaging, students won't even know they are actually learning! This activity can be used anytime of year and is a fantast
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7th - 12th
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Meet the Teacher Template Editable | Welcome to Our Class Back to School Letters
This editable meet the teacher template is a perfect way to provide your students and their families with some information about you and your classroom at the beginning of the school year. You can send it in the mail in the summer, email it home, provide a copy to each family at an open house, hand out to your students during the first week of school, or upload to google classroom. Click here to SAVE 30% by buying this as part of my Back to School Forms Bundle!What's Included:- Meet the Teacher
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PreK - 12th
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Also included in: Back to School Forms Bundle | Print + Digital
Following Directions Puzzles Beginning or End of Year Activity with Easel
Following directions puzzles are a fun way to teach critical thinking. Great for back to school at the beginning of the year or at the end of the year as standardized test preparation. Five challenging puzzles that gifted and talented students enjoy, too! In the first puzzle, cross words off a table according to the directions provided to reveal an inspirational quote about life. In the next puzzle, follow directions to travel the world to catch a thief. In the third puzzle, rearrange letters to
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6th - 8th
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Emergency Sub Plan - Missing Teacher Substitute Teacher Lesson and Activity
Emergency Sub Plan - Missing Teacher Substitute Teacher Lesson and Activity: This emergency sub plan is ready-to-use for any day off! This lesson and activity will keep your students totally engaged and on-task. The assignment is about your inexplicable absence and puts students in charge (by the principal) of investigating the reason you are not at school. Students will create a Missing Teacher poster and an investigative police case file that has them examine evidence and witness testimonies
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5th - 8th
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Word and Logic Puzzles Escape Room Activity With Digital Lock Option
In this engaging escape room activity, teams work together to solve the word puzzles and logic puzzles using critical thinking skills to discover codes to open the lock. Students love the fun of an escape room game, and you will love that this low-prep activity gets them thinking as they solve the puzzles and clues! ⭐️ How does the escape room work? (Click the PREVIEW link above and watch the VIDEO for a closer look at this activity!)In this escape room activity, students will solve 4 different
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6th - 9th, Adult Education
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Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Literature Circles Book Clubs
Add some depth and complexity to traditional Literature Circles with this complete and ready-to-use resource!You will be amazed by the level of discussion and critical thinking that will take place among your students. Each Literature Circle role (listed below) is directly connected to 11 elements of critical thinking: Big Ideas, Rules, Trends, Patterns, Language of the Discipline, Ethics, Relationships Over Time, Details, Unanswered Questions, Across Disciplines, and Multiple Perspectives). Ju
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4th - 9th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Mega Bundle
Nonfiction Text Features Scavenger Hunt Summarizing Informational Text Graphic
✨BEST-SELLER✨ This nonfiction graphic organizer works w/ any type of informational text or nonfiction passage: use it again & again. Students love the non-fiction text activities like the Nonfiction Text Features scavenger hunt & the fun dice Nonfiction Game | Nonfiction Reading response worksheet. Perfect for summarizing nonfiction text, teaching nonfiction reading skills, nonfiction centers, no-prep sub-plans, close reading, teaching nonfiction reading strategies, informational writing
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4th - 10th
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Lucky Charms | Spring Writing Craft | March Bulletin Board | St. Patrick's Day
St. Patricks Day My Lucky Charms Writing CraftThis is the perfect writing craft to get your students thinking about the people in their lives that they appreciate and feel lucky to have! You can use this in your. classroom for St. Patrick's Day, March, or Spring bulletin board for your students in grade one, grade two, grade three, grade four, grade five AND BEYOND!!!What's Included?How I used this in my class instructionsBrainstorm page8 lucky charms for students to design5 designs of spacing f
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1st - 8th
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Titanic! Nonfiction Text Features & Comparing Multiple Accounts 4-8 NO PREP
Spice up your lessons with this Titanic Pack! Students practice identifying and using nonfiction text features in natural context. They'll also compare multiple accounts of survivor stories. Just like all of my other activity packs, these lessons are FUN, extremely high-interest, organized, RIGOROUS, and ready to teach today!*NOTE* - This product is included in my Spring Bundle. Purchase the bundle to receive an exclusive Easter Mini-Pack!Your students will:Construct an 11 page "book" in their i
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4th - 9th
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Author's Purpose - It's All About PIE - Anchor Charts
****This kit is now available as part of a money-saving BUNDLE! Check it out here (Click on the title): Save With A Bundle: Author's Purpose - All About PIE and Reader's Tool Box Get ready for the first day and week of school!
Updated to include a fourth optional poster for Explain. See preview file!
A fun way to introduce Author's Purpose to any grade level! I used the P.I.E. acronym (Persuade, Inform, Entertain) but took it to the next level by actually using pie as the text examples. P
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K - 8th
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End of Year Skittles Writing Activity and Craft for Big Kids
Now available for grades 2-12! Celebrate the end of the school year with this fun writing activity! Students use rainbow-colored items or candies such as Skittles, buttons, or pom poms to help brainstorm things to share about themselves. This craft makes a great keepsake for any grade level.The brainstorming sheet will help them plan out which things to share in their final draft. The finished product also makes a neat bulletin board or classroom display for the beginning of the school year.Prin
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2nd - 12th
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Also included in: BUNDLE Skittles Writing Activities - St. Patrick's Day- End of Year
All About Me Crocs! Fun Back to School Activity - Beginning Of the Year Activity
All About Me Crocs! Back-to-School ActivitiesThis all about me craft is Crocs themed. So many of my kiddos are designing their Crocs to fit their personalities. It is the perfect activity for getting to know your kids on the first day or week back to school. They can truly let their personalities shine through with this one. Students draw, color, cut, and glue the charms onto their crocs. What's Included:8 Super Fun Coloring Pages3 Crocs (1 for the art about me piece, 2 for written out goals and
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K - 12th
Inference Task Cards Reading Comprehension Passages Making Inferences Activities
Are your students in need of repeat practice when it comes to making inferences? Finding short, manageable practice that does not overwhelm students can be challenging.These 20 inference task cards with text-dependent reading comprehension questions are the perfect solution to give your students the practice they need. The use of short well-known fiction stories will help engage your students as they practice answering multiple-choice and constructed response questions using inferencing. Great f
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5th - 9th
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Importance of learning English language arts
English language arts (ELA) concepts — reading, writing, listening, and speaking — empower students to become effective communicators, critical thinkers, and lifelong learners. They are the foundation for all other types of learning as students must rely on ELA skills to master content from other subject areas and communicate what they’ve learned.
Strong reading skills can help students make sense of written content, and gather information for further analysis. Writing skills can help students articulate their ideas, construct arguments, and synthesize information. And speaking and listening skills empower students to clearly present their ideas, participate in group discussions, and collaborate with their classmates. This is why teaching English language arts is critically important for student’s success in school and beyond.
Benefits of learning English language arts
Learning English language arts offers many benefits to students both in school and beyond. It helps students:
- Develop effective communication skills
- Build critical thinking and analytical skills
- Nurture their creativity and imagination
By ensuring that students have a solid foundation in English language arts, teachers can help set them up for future success.
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On TPT, English language arts resources come in various forms: from interactive notebooks and task cards to small-group activities and individual worksheets. They can be used to enhance learning, assess a student’s mastery of ELA concepts, or to reteach a tricky concept. By incorporating ELA resources from TPT into your teaching toolbox, you can create an engaging learning experience that strengthens students’ understanding of ELA concepts.
If you’re a teacher or parent looking for printable and digital English language arts worksheets, TPT has an extensive collection of resources across topics and grade levels. No matter what ELA topic your students are working on — whether you’re teaching the parts of speech to 1st graders or argumentative essay writing to 10th graders — TPT has instructional materials that are designed to help with any ELA learning need. With plenty of TPT resources at your fingertips, teaching and learning ELA will be so much easier.
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There are many different types of English language arts resources sold by Sellers on TPT. Some popular ELA lessons include reading, writing, phonics, vocabulary, spelling, and creative writing.
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Students learn best when they're engaged! Sprinkle a little fun into your English Language Arts lessons by using manipulatives, pairing unusual texts like poems and short films together, or doing an escape room activity.
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