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8th grade balanced literacy Common Core RI.6.8 resources
Reading INFORMATIONAL TEXT Printables: Worksheets and Tests Grades 7-8
This collection of worksheets and quizzes pairs perfectly with my Interactive Notebooks for Informational Text. These worksheets are perfect for practicing informational text skills whether you use my interactive notebooks or not! Scroll down for a list of lessons and topics! **Grades 7-8 Version** Level CPurchase the differentiation bundle here.For each of the 14 lessons, there is a 20-item practice, followed by a 20-item assessment. The items on the assessment are similar in content and in fo
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Practice & Assess Reading Informational Text: Differentiation BUNDLE!
Middle School Interactive Reading Log {Common Core Aligned}
Give your 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students meaningful homework where they can read a fiction or non-fiction text of their choice and apply a wide-variety of reading prompts to the section of the text they read each night. Interactive reading logs provide a necessary bridge between students, teachers, and parents. They were created using the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th reading standards for literature and informational texts. Beyond the Common Core, the reading prompts will ensure that students a
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5th - 8th
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Middle School Literacy Stations
An entire year's worth of middle school literacy stations. There are eight stations total. I do two full rotations per grading period so there are a total of 64 different activities in this package. We meet once a week in stations and students complete two stations on that day. They spend about twenty minutes in each station before rotating to the next station. Station rotation orders are also included. Stations included are: word work, read aloud, read independently, learn independently, techn
Grades:
5th - 8th
Guided Reading: Within, Beyond, and About the Text Questions By Genre
Whether you are new to teaching guided reading or a seasoned pro, there is something in this product that will help you become a better teacher of reading. About this product:-This resource is separated by genre: Realistic Fiction/Historical Fiction, Science Fiction/Fantasy, and Nonfiction.-Each section includes:*Three pages of discussion questions (Within the Text, Beyond the Text, and About the Text). Within the Text questions cover Word Solving, Summarizing, and Fluency. Beyond the Text qu
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4th - 8th
Fiction & Nonfiction Reading Response (6-8)
What is the purpose of this resource?Thinking critically about reading and articulating thoughts through writing is something students should be doing frequently. Reading response for English Language Arts teachers is like double dipping because students are sharing their thinking about reading through written words. It is an authentic snapshot of where students are at in their comprehension of a fiction or nonfiction text. It also gives students a chance to write without the pressure of writing
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6th - 8th
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Literary Nonfiction- Lucy Calkins
This unit is based on Lucy Calkins unit. It includes slides to teach the lesson from, student activities for each session, and the anchor charts for the unit.I added to and omitted some of the material from Calkins's book. I have also included specific videos and sections of texts mentioned in the lessons. I included some of the thinking maps (as seen in the example) that Calkins refers to in her lessons.This is unit was designed to be taught in about an hour class period per day. This time al
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6th - 8th
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Persuasive Writing-Letter to the Editor
This cross-curricular unit was designed to give students tools to use for responsible decision making. It demonstrates how opinions are formed from real-life experiences. When students discuss and role play varying life situations, they come to understand, and value, the Constitutional right we have to differ in viewpoints.
The lessons will provide practice in communicating thoughts and opinions in an organized, understandable manner through writing.
First impressions make lastin
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4th - 8th
Gun Culture in America Lesson Plan
This lesson plan is crafted around the Junior Scholastic article on gun control in America. Links to the exact article and video are embedded within the lesson plan. There is an additional page that gives a space for lesson planning notes and instructional reflection.
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5th - 10th
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Middle School Reading Workshop/Conferring Record Sheets BUNDLE
Welcome to an easy way to keep notes during reading conferences! These simple note-taking sheets will keep you organized during reading workshop. Write or type in your comments when meeting with students. You have the option of using note sheets with standards listed for your convenience or simple note sheets that allow you to add your own target. Compatible with Google Drive and digital notebook apps such as GoodNotes! The documents are set up with a class page with links to each student's note
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6th - 8th
Understanding Euphemisms, Ambiguities, and Twisted Wording in Nonfiction
Spin-doctoring, the purposeful twisting of words to manipulate nonfiction readers, can create dangerous propaganda for minds unaccustomed to critical analysis of word choices. We must teach 6th- through 9th-grade students to read critically and be on the lookout for subtly injected points-of-view in nonfiction and misleading "facts."
This lesson, in the form of a ready-to-use handout, takes a humorous approach to verbal manipulation by first presenting a funny retelling of a criminal's history
Grades:
6th - 9th
America's First Ladies Series #2 Civil War-WWI
This is the second in a series of lessons and activities about America’s First Ladies. This unit begins with Mary Todd Lincoln (1861-1865) and finishes with Lou Henry Hoover (1929-1933). Materials span the eras of : Civil War, Reconstruction, the Gilded Age and the Great Depression.
In-depth lessons are aligned with Common Core Standards and
include: Picture/Information Cards, High Level Response Questions, Writing Product with Graphic organizers, Trivia Quiz, a three page List of Student
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4th - 8th
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