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8th grade reading games for parents
Book Tasting: Introduce Your Students to New Books and Genres
Do you want to introduce your students to new genres or new choices of books? Hold a BOOK TASTING in your classroom! This event will get your students motivated and excited about reading! Hold this event 2-3 times a year in your classroom and/or make it an evening event for parents to "sample" new books with their children. Resource includes: book tasting menuplace matsreflection napkinsbookmarkspreviewing a book signgenre signs with definitionsgenre bookmarks with definitionsevent signs, table
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3rd - 8th
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Figurative Language Escape Room Activity - Literary Devices Breakout Review
Figurative Language Escape Room Activity - Literary Devices Breakout Review: Help your students understand figurative language with this highly engaging interactive escape room breakout activity! Students will circulate the classroom, visiting stations and completing puzzles and challenges related to the following figurative language and literary devices: metaphor, simile, alliteration, personification, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, oxymoron, pun, idiom, and allusion.How The Figurative Language Escap
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7th - 9th
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A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, Digital Escape Room, Fun for the Holidays!
Escape The Unopened Letter! A Christmas Carol Digital Escape Room is an innovative breakout game that allows teachers and students to engage in escape room fun, enjoy the 360° view, and have the VR option. Your students will feel like they are actually in Ebenezer Scrooge's house and in his dreams on Christmas Eve! You'll never see this Dickens classic like this anywhere else. You should definitely watch the preview video for this breathtaking cutting-edge classroom experience! The timely and re
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5th - 12th
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Socratic Seminar Lesson Plan: Fun Worksheets, Question Examples, Discussion Tips
Get students talking with this Socratic Seminar Talking Toolkit! When done right, Socratic Seminars can be the best low prep, high impact activity you will ever do. They can cut down on your grading without sacrificing rigor. They can build classroom community without being cheesy. They can lead to exceptional classroom experiences without students (or admin) knowing you put it together a few minutes before class. Nevertheless, without a few tips and tricks, Socratic Seminars can also easily go
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7th - 12th
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"Examination Day" Short Story Escape Room Activity: Practice Plot & Theme
Practice comprehension, plot structure, textual evidence, theme, and more with this engaging escape room for the short story "Examination Day" by Henry Slesar. If you've never read or heard of this dystopian/sci-fi story, check it out - it's the PERFECT accessible, high-interest, twist-ending story for middle schoolers. This activity can be facilitated traditionally, digitally (aka NO prep), or with a blended hybrid approach. During this escape room, students will answer questions, identify elem
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6th - 9th
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STAAR Reading Review Jeopardy PowerPoint Game ELA Test Prep - 6th 7th 8th Grade
Are you looking to make end-of-year test prep fun for your middle school students? Engage students with these fun Reading Comprehension Jeopardy PowerPoint games!There are three games included in this bundle. Each game has 20 TEKS-based STAAR-like questions based on a passage or paired passages. Includes: Fiction, Paired Informational Text, and Paired Poetry.As testing gets closer students get burned out and need a little change of pace. Help your 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students prepare and hav
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6th - 8th
The Giver Ceremony of Twelve Activity - Novel Simulation of the Ceremony of 12
The Giver Ceremony of Twelve Activity is an interactive classroom activity that your students will never forget! In The Giver by Lois Lowry, children are assigned their careers during The Ceremony of 12. Bring this into your classroom and allow your students to empathize with Jonas and the rest of the community by taking on the role of Chief Elder and assigning roles to each of your students! The resource includes absolutely everything you need to successfully facilitate a mock Ceremony of Twelv
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7th - 10th
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ELA Escape Room - Escape the School Reading Comprehension Activities
Are you looking for an activity that is so much fun students won't even notice they're learning? Here you go! Use this escape room as an end-of-year team-building activity or ANY time you want to strengthen students' reading comprehension skills, provide figurative language practice, and hone their critical thinking and problem solving skills.This engaging breakout is immersive and fun! Your students are trapped in school by a giant who thinks they are way too clever. They will be there forever.
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Escape Room: School, Forest, and Planet
"Is There a Traitor Among Us?" Digital Escape Room, Among Us, Game
Can your class solve this engaging digital escape room? This "Is there a traitor among us?" Escape Room is designed around the theme of the highly acclaimed, popular video game all the kids are playing right now! Can your class solve this engaging digital escape room? Kids are really engaged in relevant information, and this cannot get any more relevant! Your students will be reviewing figurative language, main idea, words in context, grammar, and other important ELA skills.This escape room cove
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6th - 8th
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The Outsiders Escape Room Activity - Breakout Review for S.E. Hinton's Novel
The Outsiders Escape Room is a fun and engaging way to have your students review the most important elements of The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. Students will visit stations and complete puzzles and challenges related to the plot diagram, characterization, poetry, and vocabulary in the novel. This highly-engaging, interactive escape room for The Outsiders will not only be the perfect ending activity for the novel, but it will also review and check their understanding of the text. How The Outsiders
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7th - 10th
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The Giver Escape Room Novel Activity - Breakout Review for Lois Lowry's Novel
The Giver Escape Room Novel Activity is a fun and engaging way to have your students review the most important elements of The Giver by Lois Lowry. Students will visit stations and complete puzzles and challenges related to the plot diagram, characterization, story elements, and vocabulary in the novel. This highly-engaging, interactive escape room for The Giver will not only be the perfect ending activity for the novel, but it will also review and check their understanding of the text. How The
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7th - 10th
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The Outsiders, Do It for Johnny! Digital Escape Room
Do It For Johnny! The Outsiders Digital Escape Room is a cutting edge breakout game that focuses on reading comprehension, characters, and details. It allows teachers and students to engage in escape room fun, enjoy the captivating 360° view, and have the VR option. Your students will feel like they are actually in the young adult literature classic, by S.E. Hinton! You definitely should watch the preview video for this breathtaking and memorable classroom experience! Your students will go throu
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7th - 12th
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Who Killed Mrs. Bass? ELA Murder Mystery for Middle School
It is Homecoming! All week the seniors at Waynesville High School have been hard at work on their float, and their English teacher, Mrs. Bass, has been helping them. They finish the float on Thursday evening around 7:30 and head out to the Homecoming bonfire in preparation for Friday’s parade and football game. On Friday morning when a group of students go out to the sheds where the floats are being held, they are met with a gruesome surprise. Perched on top of the float with a silver knife in h
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6th - 8th
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Literary Jenga Reading Comprehension Activities Game for ANY Novel
Your students will LOVE practicing their comprehension skills while playing Jenga. The interactive component will help students retain the knowledge, too! Whether you're playing as a whole class or in small groups, this resource will leave a lasting impression on students.Looking for a unique and creative activity for your students’ reading comprehension practice? Look no further! This (editable) Literary Jenga game is the perfect way to strengthen students’ skills in a fun and engaging way.All
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6th - 12th
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Greek Mythology Escape Room ... Escape from the Underworld
Escape the mundane by having your class work together to solve this Low-Prep, Greek Mythology Escape Room!! This activity includes 4 puzzles about Ancient Greece and Greek Mythology that students must complete in order to ESCAPE FROM THE UNDERWORLD. Your students will solve the puzzles to receive the codes. They will then use those codes to unlock "locked" questions on a Google Form. Everything is included to help you run a successful escape room! My students have loved these resources and hav
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5th - 8th
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Dystopian Escape Room, Sci-Fi Escape: Middle/High School ELA Digital Escape Room
⭐Secondary ELA students are invited to take up the cause and fight for their freedom and independence. To do so they will need to solve all five locks to break free of the oppression that threatens to overtake them! ⭐ This fully immersive 360° Escape from Dystopia Digital Escape engages students with 5 clues that take them through Dystopian/Utiopian Literature elements. ⭐ Teen students are invited to compete using clues that teach the characteristics/ideas/protagonists of dystopian and utopian l
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: *ELA Middle School/High School 360° ELA Digital Escape Room Bundle
Escape Room Context Clues and Inferences for Middle School English
This creative escape room adventure is a well-organized context clue breakout with a fun sci-fi twist! Your students are visiting relatives on the planet Nonsensica, but their only map home to Earth has been torn to shreds. They'll have to stay forever...unless they can work in teams to solve a series of FUN context clue and inference challenges!*This unit was updated on 2/26/20. We made it even faster and easier to set up! We also added photo props and an early finisher coloring page.What have
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Escape Room: School, Forest, and Planet
Snow Day, Figurative Language, Digital Escape Room, Stranded At School
STRANDED OVERNIGHT AT SCHOOL! No way! This Snow Day Digital Escape Room is an innovative breakout game that focuses on literary terms and figurative language. It allows teachers and students to engage in escape room fun, enjoy the 360° view, and have the VR option. Your students will feel like they are actually outside of the school! You definitely should watch the preview video for this breathtaking cutting-edge classroom experience! Everyone loves a snow day! But, can you imagine being strande
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5th - 12th
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Poetry Bundle - Engaging Poetry Activities for Any Unit - Stations, Escape Room
Elevate your next poetry unit with this pack of engaging poetry resources! When you purchase this resource bundle, you will receive the following:How To Read A Poem BrochurePoetic Devices Question TrailPoetry Learning Stations For ANY PoemPoetry Escape RoomClick on the individual product listings for more information. :)
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Giver Activity - Seeing Beyond Optical Illusion Activity for the Novel
The Giver Seeing Beyond Activity is a creative classroom activity that will spark discussion about Jonas' ability to see beyond in The Giver by Lois Lowry. In the novel, Jonas can see color when his friends and family cannot. Use this fun and interactive class activity to help your students empathize with Jonas' experience and consider how he and the community members feel. How The Giver Seeing Beyond Activity Works: Students will be welcomed to the Seeing Beyond activity with an eye-catching po
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7th - 10th
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Hatchet Escape Room Novel Activity - Breakout Review for Gary Paulsen's Novel
Hatchet Escape Room Novel Activity is a fun and engaging way to have your students review the most important elements of Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. Students will visit stations and complete puzzles and challenges related to the plot diagram, characterization, story elements, and vocabulary in the novel. This highly-engaging, interactive escape room for Hatchet will not only be the perfect ending activity for the novel, but it will also review and check their understanding of the text. How The Hat
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6th - 9th
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First Day of School Procedures Game for Middle School
Rather than read a long list of classroom rules and procedures, I play this fun game with my students on the first day of school. It completely changes the tone of our first week of school! First I pass out cards to my students and tell them that their card either has the correct way to address a situation or the incorrect way. Then I call out the situation, and the two students who have the cards raise their hands. Both students act out their cards, and the class determines which student had
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: ELA Games for Middle School Language Arts Review
Christmas Activities Video Bundle: Holiday Mystery, Escape Room, & Toy Making
Christmas Activities Video Bundle: Holiday Mystery, Escape Room, & Toy Making: Use these three engaging Christmas activities to keep your students totally focused in December while also covering important ELA skills, incorporating creative thinking, and improving problem-solving skills. These Christmas activities are sure to engage even your most reluctant students! The best part is that each activity comes with a hand-drawn, custom video, created by the talented John Spencer, that introduc
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6th - 9th
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Digital Escape Room Desert Island Pick Your Own Adventure - Pick a Path
Are you looking for an educational virtual novel to assign your grade 3-11 students that offers a thrilling challenge while still being extremely enjoyable and engaging? The objective of this digital resource, web quest Desert Island, no prep digital escape room, is to practice literacy skills (comprehension, reading, vocabulary) but masked in a fun way where students can choose their path and solve problems/find clues along the way.This is a brand new “Pick a Path Adventure Game" Stranded on a
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3rd - 11th
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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.
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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.
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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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