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Reading Common Core RI.8.5 centers
Nonfiction Independent Reading Journal - Middle School English
Nonfiction Independent Reading
This reading response resource is interactive and perfect for assessing nonfiction independent reading. Better yet, it covers ALL of the informational text standards! It is easy to use, simple to grade, and can be assigned over and over again for books or articles.
We all know how important independent reading is, but it’s not always easy to hold students accountable without issues such as...#1. Driving yourself crazy with all of the grading involved; #2. Knowing
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6th - 8th
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Text Structure and Organization Activity Cards
15 colorful and interesting cards with a theme about tornados and hurricanes help your students practice their knowledge of text structure and organizational patterns and the keywords that can help them identify each organizational pattern. Also contains an exit slip to check student understanding of how texts are organized.
Just to be clear, this is a matching activity- there are 5 cards with passages, 5 cards with keywords, and 5 cards with the type of text. Students enjoy reading the passage
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Text Structure and Organizational Patterns Teaching Bundle
Long Way Down Novel Study
The Long Way Down Novel Study is a comprehensive novel study for teaching Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds. This novel study provides unique opportunities to implement an engaging exploration of this popular book. The Long Way Down Novel Study will provide you with the resources you need to teach a successful and thoughtful unit. With over 60+ Common Core aligned materials, students will develop their literacy skills while deeply engaging with the novel through this unit. The literary analysis r
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8th - 9th
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Reading Logs and Reading Comprehension Prompts Bundle
Have you been looking for reading logs for your upper elementary & middle school students that are versatile & perfect for increasing reading comprehension and responding to literature or nonfiction text? Here they are! Teach your students to write responses to independent reading and class reading with the Reading Logs With Reading Comprehension Prompts that include a full year of reading response activities for independent reading novels, class novels, short story work, and nonfiction
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4th - 8th
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340 Middle School Reading-ELA Test Prep Common Core Questions for State Exams
Are you looking for a test prep resource that will help your students be prepared for the types of questions that they will see on your reading and language arts state exams? The following resource includes 340 rigorous questions patterned after released state exams as well as the question banks from print and electronic resources from some of the top test prep vendors. You will not find a question stem bank this large and diverse anywhere! This tool is the ideal test prep tool for grades 6-8
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6th - 8th
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European Exploration DIFFERENTIATED Reading (SS8H1, SS8H1b) *8th Grade* CCSS
Your students will love learning about reasons for European exploration of North America with this engaging, no prep reading activity! This is perfect for adding literacy to your social studies curriculum because it’s academically-aligned for ELA and for social studies. Plus, it’s so easy to use that you can even leave it for sub plans or homework packets!Resource Includes: Differentiated Passages (Level A is higher than Level B)Graphic Organizer Matching VocabularyMultiple Choice Activity Short
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8th
Also included in: European Explorers & Native Americans SS8H1 Bundle SS8H1a SS8H1b SS8H1c
Charter of 1732 Georgia DIFFERENTIATED Reading (SS8H2, SS8H2a) *8th Grade* CCSS
Your students will love learning about the importance of Charter 1732 and settling Georgia with this engaging, no prep reading activity! This is perfect for adding literacy to your social studies curriculum because it’s academically-aligned for ELA and for social studies. Plus, it’s so easy to use that you can even leave it for sub plans or homework packets!Resource Includes: Differentiated Passages (Level A is higher than Level B)Graphic Organizer Matching VocabularyMultiple Choice Activity Sho
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8th
The Giver Novel Study
The Giver Novel Study is a comprehensive novel study for teaching The Giver by Lois Lowry. This novel study provides unique opportunities to implement an engaging exploration of this classic book. Whether you have taught The Giver for years or it is your first time, The Giver Novel Study will provide you with the resources you need to teach a successful and thoughtful unit. With over 100+ Common Core aligned materials, students will develop their literacy skills while deeply engaging with the no
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7th - 8th
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MLK "I’ve Been to the Mountaintop" Common Core Rhetorical Analysis w/Annotations
This resource includes the annotated text of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous " I’ve Been to the Mountaintop" speech given to an audience of sanitation workers in Memphis, TN before he was assassinated. Using the comment feature in Microsoft Word, this resource includes critical commentary and analysis of the figurative and connotative meanings, rhetorical devices (logos, ethos, pathos), parallelism, repetition, allusions, themes aligned with the RI2, RI3, RI4, RI5, and RI6 standards from th
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Middle School Reading Comprehension Escape Room GROWING Bundle 6th 7th 8th
⭐ Are your students sick of boring resources? This 6th, 7th, & 8th grade printable & digital reading comprehension escape room bundle is a fun way to help your students practice standard based reading comprehension skills all year long. The no-prep reading escape rooms in this bundle cover a variety of middle school based reading standards, as well as fun thematic topics! Your students will have so much fun navigating their way through various adventures, they won't even notice they are
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6th - 8th
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Spanish Exploration DIFFERENTIATED Reading (SS8H1, SS8H1c) *8th Grade* CCSS
Your students will love learning about the impact of Spanish contact on American Indians with this engaging, no prep reading activity! This is perfect for adding literacy to your social studies curriculum because it’s academically-aligned for ELA and for social studies. Plus, it’s so easy to use that you can even leave it for sub plans or homework packets!Resource Includes: Differentiated Passages (Level A is higher than Level B)Graphic Organizer Matching VocabularyMultiple Choice Activity Short
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8th
Also included in: European Explorers & Native Americans SS8H1 Bundle SS8H1a SS8H1b SS8H1c
Text Structures Writing Activity: Halloween Bundle
Looking for new ways to teach or review text structures? This activity reviews the five common text structures that authors use (description, cause/effect, sequence/order, compare/contrast, problem/solution) and then gives students a chance to write their own creative paragraphs demonstrating their knowledge. This bundle provides opportunities for students to write about skeletons, witches, bats, pumpkins and ghosts...using each of the five text structures.These activities are perfect for review
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5th - 8th
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20 - High Interest Reading Comprehension Passages - Hauntings: Grades 5-9
Interesting Reading Comprehension for Older Students. 20 SPOOKY True Stories of Hauntings and things that go bump in the night. High interest informational text readings plus comprehension written for grades 5-12 at READING LEVEL GRADE 5. In this Resource: 1. A PDF - for printing2. Google slide link to resource3. Easel versioon The passages are designed for students to read on their own and complete quick comprehension assessments. The assessments contain four to five multiple-choice question
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
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Establishing Savannah DIFFERENTIATED Reading (SS8H2, SS8H2b) *8th Grade* CCSS
Your students will love learning about the relationship between James Oglethorpe, Tomochichi, and Mary Musgrove in establishing the city of Savannah with this engaging, no prep reading activity! This is perfect for adding literacy to your social studies curriculum because it’s academically-aligned for ELA and for social studies. Plus, it’s so easy to use that you can even leave it for sub plans or homework packets!Resource Includes: Differentiated Passages (Level A is higher than Level B)Graphic
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8th
STAAR Reading - Nonfiction - Expository Task Cards - Volume 3
There are a total of 24 nonfiction - expository task cards. Each card has a short excerpt from an informational text. The cards include topics like sharks, Nintendo, spontaneous human combustion, video games, Iditarod, Cher Ami, Snapchat, Patrick Mahomes, competitive eating and many more. Each of the cards has a STAAR-like question. The questions are designed to look like questions students may see on the STAAR test. The questions that are asked have been created using STAAR stems and modeled fr
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: STAAR Reading Resources - HUGE Growing Bundle
Text Structures Writing Activity: Ice Cream
This activity reviews the five common text structures that authors use and then gives students a chance to write their own brief paragraphs demonstrating their knowledge.Scaffolded with a sample paragraph and signal words, this higher ordered thinking activity can be used independently, in small groups or with partners. Use the finished paragraphs as a wall display, the possibilities are endless.Key Words: description, cause & effect, sequence & order, compare & contrast, problem &am
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5th - 9th
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Also included in: Text Structures Writing Activity Food Bundle
"Diary of Anne Frank" (Drama) Discussion Questions Stations
I've taken some discussion questions and grouped them based on the Acts and Scenes. You can use these as you read, or discuss them at the end of each section. There are multiple ways you can use these discussion questions:1. Have a class discussion using these as your guide2. Assign the stations on Google Classroom (links provided)3. Print off the stations and do rotational stations OR hang up the stations around the room and use them for a gallery walkAnswer keys are provided and broken up into
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8th
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Text Structures Halloween Writing Activity: Pumpkins
HALLOWEEN WRITINGTEXT STRUCTURESDESCRIPTIONCAUSE AND EFFECTSEQUENCE AND ORDERPROBLEM AND SOLUTIONCOMPARE AND CONTRASTREVIEW OR RETEACHCREATIVE WRITINGLooking for new ways to teach or review text structures?This activity reviews the five common text structures that authors use (description, cause/effect, sequence/order, compare/contrast, problem/solution) and then gives students a chance to write their own creative paragraphs demonstrating their knowledge.This activity is perfect for review, rete
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Text Structures Writing Activity: Halloween Bundle
Library Book Tasting Lesson Plan
Facilitate students in exploring non-fiction books aligned with their interests through this engaging book tasting lesson. By sampling a diverse array of books, students will have the opportunity to discern and select their next compelling read.
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Book Tasting Lesson Plan and Menu
HMH Automation Arguments Comparison Stations
These stations are made to help students discuss key components of "Heads Up Humans". These stations can be printed off or assigned on Google Classroom.Stations cover topics like parts of an argument andeffective evidence while encouraging the use of text evidence to support analysis.Questions are based on HMH Into Literature, but can be used for the story regardless of where it's found.
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8th
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HMH "Automation Paradox" Post-Reading Stations
These stations are made to help students discuss key components of "Automation Paradox". These stations can be printed off or assigned on Google Classroom.Stations cover topics like parts of an argument, effective evidence, and theuse of graphs/charts while encouraging the use of text evidence to support analysis.Questions are based on HMH Into Literature, but can be used for the story regardless of where it's found.
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8th
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Text Structures Halloween Writing Activity: Skeletons
HALLOWEEN WRITINGTEXT STRUCTURESDESCRIPTIONCAUSE AND EFFECTSEQUENCE AND ORDERPROBLEM AND SOLUTIONCOMPARE AND CONTRASTREVIEW OR RETEACHCREATIVE WRITINGLooking for new ways to teach or review text structures?This activity reviews the five common text structures that authors use (description, cause/effect, sequence/order, compare/contrast, problem/solution) and then gives students a chance to write their own creative paragraphs demonstrating their knowledge.This activity is perfect for review, rete
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Text Structures Writing Activity: Halloween Bundle
Text Structures Thanksgiving Writing Activity Bundle
Thanksgiving Writing!This activity reviews the five common text structures that authors use (description, cause/effect, sequence/order, compare/contrast, problem/solution) and then gives students a chance to write their own creative paragraphs demonstrating their knowledge.This activity is perfect for review, reteach, centers, sub days, partners, and more. Easy enough to modify for ESE, ELL, SLD, ESOL kiddos as well as kicking it up a notch for those needing a challenge.Scaffolded with signal wo
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4th - 7th
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2 Bronze (2 Br) Reading Level Power Goal Notebook
ARC 2 Bronze Reading Level - Power Goal NotebookThis power goal notebook includes all skills with points in the 2 Bronze ARC Reading Level.Use this notebook to personalize students learning. Students will take ownership of their learning by knowing exactly what skills they need to learn and what they need to learn to move to the next reading level. Power goal notebooks can be used as a communication between interventionists, parents and classroom teachers.This document is ready to be printed and
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8th
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Also included in: 1-3 Yellow through Gold Reading Level Power Goal Notebooks BUNDLE
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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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