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Free middle school english language arts resources
Non-Fiction Text Features Posters
***Please be aware that it is against my terms of use for this product to be posted to school websites, cloud sharing websites or wiki spaces. It is also a violation of my terms of use to take screenshots of the materials and use them in sharable videos (ex. YouTube), advertisements and/or your own resources without permission and without credit. This applies to BOTH free and paid files. If you have any questions about the use of these materials please e-mail me at deana.kahlenberg@gmail.com. T
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K - 6th
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Main Idea and Details FREEBIE: 2 Passages in PDF and Digital Easel
This product contains two passages and a teaching poster that explains the ice cream cone analogy! For each passage, the students have to read the passage and then determine the main idea and three supporting details. They write their statements beside the ice cream cone (main idea) and scoops of ice cream (supporting details). ********This resource is available in two formats:1. Traditional Printables- Print the PDF and distribute paper copies to your students to complete.2. Easel Activity- I
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3rd - 6th
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Primary Lined Writing Paper Templates Elementary Handwriting
** UPDATED MARCH 1ST, 2022 ** --> Now includes 26 different templates!It's always great to have a variety of writing papers! In this resource, you'll find 26 different writing paper templates. This includes just picture box templates, picture box templates with a variety of number of lines/spacing and writing pages without picture boxes!Print what you need :)IMPORTANT NOTE:This is a PDF file. It is NON-EDITABLE. Please e-mail me if you have any questions or need a part of it editable. Thank y
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PreK - 8th
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My Future's So Bright FREEBIE | End of the Year Activities
Are you looking for a fun way to begin or end your school year? This art and writing activity is the perfect way to do just that! Students will get creative as they bring their futures to life through the lenses of their oversized sunglasses.This project is perfect for...✔️ ...an end-of-the-year activity to reflect on their summer plans.✔️ …beginning of the year activity to reflect on their upcoming school year or what they want to be when they grow up.✔️ …student time capsules! These would be a
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1st - 6th
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A List of Character Traits
This is a list of 174 different Character Traits. So often when I was teaching I wanted a list of traits so that my students could look at the list while describing characters. This also helps students get to know and understand different character traits.
Mrs. R.
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Reading Strategies Task Cards - FREE! Inference, Summarizing, + more & Audio!
Your students will love this reading strategy task cards, and you'll love that it's FREE!This set was created by combining cards from six other reading strategy task card sets so that you as a teacher can try them out!:Author's PurposeSummarizingMaking ConnectionsInferenceCause and EffectPredictingWHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:24 Task Cards (prints 4 to a page)Black-lineColorRecording SheetsAnswer KeysDIGITAL:Easel Activity - with AudioDIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:Digital or PrintChallenge Card to extend
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3rd - 6th
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Free Flip Flop Coloring Pages | Great Start of the Year or Summer Activity!
In this FREEBIE, I have given you a sample of one of my interactive “Pop Art” coloring sheets and I’ve given you a sample of one of my pattern-filled pop art coloring sheets—both of flip flops for summer! The full collection (featuring designs appropriate for the entire year--all holidays and seasons) of both of these types of products are available in my TPT store (interactive coloring book and pattern-filled coloring book).Enjoy this FREEBIE as we get ready for SUMMER!!! You might like some of
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K - 9th
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Figurative Language Stories for Close Reading ~ FREE Complete Week 1!
Figurative Language Stories for Close Reading ~ FREE Complete Week 1!This includes Week 1 of my Figurative Language Stories for Close Reading. Purchase the full product here.Full Product Description:6 original reading passages for teaching and reviewing figurative language: simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia, idiom, and allusion.Each of the 6 passages includes 4 activities. Please view the preview file for the first passage and tasks in their entirety.Task A
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3rd - 9th
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End of Year - Summer Vacation Word Search
This is a free word search containing 100 words associated with summer vacation. With the end of the school year approaching, we all look for free time activities for students to be engaged with for less stressful classroom management.
There are two duplicate pages attached. I posted this a while back, but I believe the second page was the answer sheet and all of the lines were removed when I converted it from MS Word to PDF. I didn't notice at the time, and no longer have my original file.
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3rd - 9th
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All About Me Worksheet FREE 6th 5th 4th Grade Back to School After Spring Break
All About Me Freebie **This resource also includes an additional Team Avatar/Selfie Activity! This download contains four Smartphone activities! The perfect resource for back to school or wrapping up the end of the year. All About My#Selfie - Students design a profile with a drawing, a description, and they list their favorite hashtags. My Life in Apps - Students draw and label 9 apps that represent their favorite things or activities they enjoy doing. ***NEW***Team Avatar - Student groups desi
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PreK - 6th
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It's Raining Idioms - A Figurative Language Activity
This free activity is designed for upper elementary students working on figurative language skills in either speech-language therapy or in the classroom. It may also be used for students working on articulation carryover skills.
To introduce the concept, included is a poster that explains the definition of an idiom and gives a concrete example. Then, you may use the 24 stimulus cards with idioms that students are asked to explain or define, utilizing the context clues of the example text. Al
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3rd - 7th
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Character Traits Graphic Organizer Worksheet
This Character Traits Graphic Organizer will help students identify character traits while supporting them with text evidence. Directions:After having your students read a book or passage, then fill out one of these worksheets. ~Write the title and name of character~Decorate the character to look like the character they chose~Write two traits that describe the character chosen~Use text evidence to support the character trait chosenIf you like this Character Trait Graphic Organizer resource, you
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1st - 6th
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Reading Comprehension Activities Digital Resources Mystery Game - Team Building
Try this free mystery game for your classroom! This mystery is a great way to get students collaborating and working together! Kids love to solve mysteries and this game is very exciting and fun! Read the story aloud to the students. Pass out the clues to each student and let them solve the case together. This is a great tool for critical thinking, finding inferences, and team building skills. Discussion questions at the end will help the students understand how the mystery was solved! NEW Mat
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3rd - 8th
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Reading Strategies Bookmarks: Personalized Freebie
My 5th grade kiddos asked for 'cool' bookmarks this week. Obliging, I whipped up some personalized bookmarks with reading strategies on the back. This is about as cool as it gets, friends. :)The fronts of these bookmarks are editable (on PowerPoint 2007), so you can add your students' names! Please download the fonts shown in the file and then, reopen the file. When you reopen the file, the names will be ready for you to edit! Catherine ReedThe Brown Bag Teacher
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3rd - 6th
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History of Chocolate Chip Cookies Reading Comprehension Passage & Worksheets
Your students will enjoy learning all about how chocolate chip cookies got their start with this FREE high-interest, informational Close Reading Unit! Perfect for a fun reading unit, this resource includes everything, including worksheets, that you need for a full week of reading activities about the history of the chocolate chip cookie. Now includes a digital version for Google Classroom. Engaging for students and NO PREP for teachers!This freebie is a part of the August Close Reading Bundle, w
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Leveled Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Bundle for the Year
{Free} Puzzle Piece Templates {Creative Clips Digital Clipart}
This freebie includes puzzle piece templates for a two-part puzzle and a four-part puzzle- perfect for matching activities! I have included an image of the entire puzzle, as well as the individual parts for each.
**I have updated the file to also include the 8 transparent versions of all the pieces. I think the transparent versions of the entire puzzles will be especially helpful if you want to layer it over an image and then cut it apart as for the kids to match up**
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PreK - 12th, Staff
Root Words, Prefixes, & Suffixes Unit 1 FREE
A complete unit of Greek and Latin roots, prefixes, and suffixes! This Common Core aligned unit includes a master list of word parts, blank student list, enlarged flashcards, a practice worksheet for each word part, formative assessment, and answer keys.**This resource is part of the Root Words, Prefixes, and Suffixes Unit Bundle. It includes 12 Greek and Latin Word Parts Units at a 40% discount price! Click here to see all the units and take advantage of the savings.UNIT 1 INCLUDES:Complete Li
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5th - 8th
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Back to School Student Survey - Free Survey for Middle and High School Students
Get to know your new students with this engaging, informative, and FUN student survey. Perfect for the first day of school or the first week of school, this student survey will help you get a better understanding of who your new students are.The survey asks about interests, hobbies, home life, goals, and more. Students will enjoy filling out this survey, and it is a great way to welcome students into your classroom. Once all of my students complete this survey, I keep them organized in a three-r
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6th - 12th
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Halloween Reading Comprehension Passage and Questions | Candy Corn Reading
This high-interest, FREE candy corn reading passage is the perfect Halloween reading activity! Your students will enjoy the sweet topic, and you will love this useful, no-prep freebie!This free resource is part of the larger, more comprehensive October Reading unit, which has other fun reading passages, worksheets, center games and activities, poetry, and writing activities. Click HERE to see the complete October Reading Unit.This free Halloween Reading resource includes:Candy Corn: A Unique Tre
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3rd - 6th
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Context Clues Practice & Assess: FREE No Prep Printables for Grades 4-5
Context CluesContext Clues Printables for 4th-5th gradesContext Clues Practice & Assess: FREE No Prep Printables for Grades 4-5This free download includes a 20-question practice and 20-question assessment on Context Clues, complete with answer keys. Your students will have to read a sentence, figure out a word's meaning with the clues from the sentence, and then classify the type of context clue used as a synonym, antonym, example, or explanation.This is Level A = 4th-5th grade difficulty le
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3rd - 6th
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RACE Strategy Writing Worksheet Activity Grades 4-6 FREE | with Easel Activity
The RACE strategy for writing is a structure to help students answer passage-based, short response questions in a formal style, with using clear reasons and evidence from the text, and to provide concluding statements. This free download contains a short passage and short-response question to practice using the RACE Strategy.This Download Contains: PRINT1 passage with short response question to practice using the RACE StrategySuggested answer and grading guideDIGITALReady to use Easel ActivityLi
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4th - 6th
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FREE Seven Continents & Oceans Word Search Puzzle Worksheet Activity
Help your kiddos learn the names of the continents and oceans with this fun (and FREE) puzzle worksheet. Puzzlers must find the twelve words in the word search grid and then place them correctly on the world map. Puzzles make fun no prep activities for early finishers, bell ringers, morning work, handouts, homework, unit or lesson plan supplements, sponge activities, introductions to new topics, classroom themes, and sub files.The 12 hidden vocabulary words are: Africa, Antarctica, Arctic, As
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3rd - 6th
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Free Readers' Theater Script ~ Fractured Fairy Tale Cinderella Readers' Theater
Free Cinderella Fractured Fairy Tale Readers' Theater Script: "Cinder...Really?: The TRUE Story of Cinderella"* * * * * * * * * * * * * *This fractured fairy tale readers' theater freebie is excerpted from my 35-page CINDER..REALLY? Literacy Toolkit, which includes the readers' theater script plus supplemental literacy activities.It's also available as part of the FAIRY TALES BONUS BUNDLE ~ SERIES 1, which includes 4 fractured fairy tales and LOADS of supplemental activities. The bundle makes a
End of the Year Activity - Free School Year Reflection
Looking for a hands-on and fun end-of-the-year activity? Well, look no further! This end of the year lesson will not only help students practice the critical skill of reflecting, they’ll also create an interactive accordion book to showcase their thoughts and ideas. As you know, reflection gives students an opportunity to examine and interpret their experiences. In addition, through reflection, students can gain new understanding. In this lesson students will reflect on their school year.
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4th - 7th
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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.
Discover printable and digital English language arts resources
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.
Frequently asked questions about teaching English language arts
What types of English language arts lessons are available on TPT?
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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Educators can save time preparing English language arts lessons with resources created by experienced teachers. Simply start a search for ELA 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 ELA lessons and activities sold by Sellers on TPT that are tailored to meet your students' skill levels.
How can I make my English language arts lessons fun and engaging?
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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