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Free 8th grade informational text centers

Preview of RACE Strategy Writing Activity Worksheets FREE with Easel Activity

RACE Strategy Writing Activity Worksheets FREE with Easel Activity

Created by
Read Relevant
The RACE writing strategy helps 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. Like this product? Check out the full version here! Writing with the RACE StrategyR: Re-state the questionA: Answer all parts of the questionC: Cite the text to provide evidenceE: Explain your citationWhy use the RACE strategy? RACE is a mnemonic device that helps students write open-ended constructed
Preview of Growth Mindset Activity Free Reading Comprehension Passage and Questions

Growth Mindset Activity Free Reading Comprehension Passage and Questions

Created by
Read Relevant
This free growth mindset reading passage and activity is great for several reading comprehension skills: vocabulary, summarizing, text-to-self connections, and making inferences. This two-page, printable resource is no-prep and high-interest.The passage is written approximately on a 6th grade level, but it can be used with a range of students.This Download Contains:PRINTTwo page printable reading passage + questions answer keyDIGITALReady to use Easel activityTeachers are saying... ♥ "I have
Preview of Thanksgiving History: Passage - Distance Learning Compatible

Thanksgiving History: Passage - Distance Learning Compatible

Let's clear up a few Thanksgiving myths. The "first Thanksgiving" was not one big meal. The Pilgrims and Wampanoag Native Americans probably did not sit around a long table giving thanks together. And don't start picturing turkeys and pumpkin pie either. The real "first Thanksgiving" was quite different from how it is pictured in many places today.With this resource, students will learn more about the real "first Thanksgiving" and why many people today picture turkey and pumpkin pie around the
Preview of Emergency Science Sub Plan Reading Comprehension Passage Monster Fish

Emergency Science Sub Plan Reading Comprehension Passage Monster Fish

Created by
Acorn Science
Are you looking for a scary - but true - science story? Your students will love this one. This is a highly engaging reading comprehension passage that teachers and students love. Perfect for the days when you just can’t be there. Your sub and students will love this sub plan which is packed with highly engaging, relevant learning. This is a perfect no stress no prep resource that works for both sub plans and regular lesson plans. This sub plan includes2 page highly engaging non-fiction newslette
Preview of FREE Summarizing and Paraphrasing - Intro & Pre-Assessment with EASEL and Audio

FREE Summarizing and Paraphrasing - Intro & Pre-Assessment with EASEL and Audio

Created by
Rachel Lynette
Grab these Summarizing and Paraphrasing Posters and Reminder Cards for free!WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:2 Reference PostersSummaryParaphrasing2 Reference Cards (prints 4 to a page)SummaryParaphrasingGreat for 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th grade! NOTE: This resource uses American English and is not editable. Paraphrasing and summarizing are both difficult skills to learn. To make matters worse, students often get them mixed up. That is why I created the PARA and SUM acronyms. Not only do they help
Preview of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: Passages - Distance Learning Compatible

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: Passages - Distance Learning Compatible

With this resource, students will learn all about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day through reading engaging passages on differentiated reading levels. Students can respond to short-answer questions after reading. The questions are aligned to informational text reading standards. Teaching notes and lesson plans are included. This resource can be printed or shared digitally. What is included?+ Printable and interactive digital versions1 reading passage – (See topic below.)5 differentiated reading l
Preview of Holiday Gingerbread Tradition Passage - Distance Learning Compatible

Holiday Gingerbread Tradition Passage - Distance Learning Compatible

With this resource, students will learn all about the tradition of making gingerbread baked goods for the holidays through reading engaging passages on differentiated reading levels. Students can respond to short-answer questions after reading. The questions are aligned to informational text reading standards. Teaching notes and lesson plans are included. This resource can be printed or shared digitally. What is included?+ Printable and interactive digital versions1 reading passage – (See topic
Preview of World War II: Major Battles Passages

World War II: Major Battles Passages

World War II Major Battles Differentiated Reading PassagesWith this resource, students will learn about the key battles of World War II through reading engaging passages on differentiated reading levels. There are 9 original reading mini-passages included on 5 reading levels covering grades 3-8, totaling 40 mini-passages. Questions (as well as answer keys) aligned to Common Core State Standards are generally included for passage sets in my store but are not currently included in this freebie.NOT
Preview of Lab Safety Read and Apply Interactive Notebook

Lab Safety Read and Apply Interactive Notebook

CHECK OUT THIS PRODUCT IN A FREE DIGITAL VERSION!!This product contains: - 1 mini reading passage (in half page and full page versions)- 2 application activities: 1. Students answer WHY lab safety is important 2. Students sort out safe and unsafe lab practices- 1 writing prompt that goes along with the passage- Lab safety contract (half page)- Photo example/answer keyEach reading passage is simple & not overwhelmingly long like textbooks are. Students can listen to you read, re
Preview of Text Structures: Freebie Review and Write About DONUTS

Text Structures: Freebie Review and Write About DONUTS

Created by
Reading Rox
This FREE activity reviews the five common text structures that authors use and then gives students a chance to write their own 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 this activity as a teaching tool, review and reteach, or an assessment. The choice is yours.Key Words: description, cause & effect, sequence & order, compare & con
Preview of Thanksgiving History: Passage 2 - Distance Learning Compatible

Thanksgiving History: Passage 2 - Distance Learning Compatible

Thanksgiving is a national holiday that is celebrated every year in the United States to remember the feast that was shared hundreds of years ago between the Wampanoag Native Americans and the Pilgrims who sailed to North America on the Mayflower. While you were probably already familiar with that piece of the Thanksgiving story, there’s a lot about Thanksgiving you may not know because focusing only on the “friendly” meal that was shared leaves out the most important parts of the story.With thi
Preview of Earth Day: Passages - Distance Learning Compatible

Earth Day: Passages - Distance Learning Compatible

With this resource, students will learn all about Earth Day through reading engaging passages on differentiated reading levels. Students can respond to short-answer questions after reading. The questions are aligned to informational text reading standards. Teaching notes and lesson plans are included. This resource can be printed or shared digitally. What is included?+ Printable and interactive digital versions1 reading passage – (See topic below.)5 differentiated reading levels CCSS-aligned que
Preview of Luck of the Irish | Free St Patricks Day Activity | Reading Comprehension

Luck of the Irish | Free St Patricks Day Activity | Reading Comprehension

Saint Patrick's Day is such a fun time of year in the classroom. This pack is perfect for Upper Grades. Students will complete a reading, respond to the text reading comprehension, DOWNLOAD THE FREE EXTENSION ACTIVITY CROSSWORD for this specific reading at www.onlemonlane.comStudents will learn about seven of the most popular Irish lucky Charms, and traditions and the fascinating history behind them. There are some really FANTASTIC corresponding FREE activities that go along with this product.Re
Preview of Checklist/Rubric for RACE Writing Strategy

Checklist/Rubric for RACE Writing Strategy

Created by
Grade5Queen
Use this checklist for students when peer editing responses using the RACE writing strategy. For an added visual effect, students can color code the bullets and use crayons to color code a writing piece. Discuss with students the benefit of having a "colorful" essay. Download the "RACE Graphic Organizer" that accompanies this checklist.
Preview of Focus on Common Core: Point of View and Author's Purpose

Focus on Common Core: Point of View and Author's Purpose

Here's a simple short-answer comparison activity covering Craft & Structure (Literature item 6 and Informational text item 6). You can download it for free and use it with read aloud plays and any paired text to satisfy CCSs by having students “analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic.”
Preview of Nonfiction Reading Strategies

Nonfiction Reading Strategies

These Nonfiction Reading Strategies are the perfect supplement to my Reading Comprehension Interactive Notebook Activities! A great, ready to use resource to add to your daily curriculum! This product includes 10 nonfiction & informational text reading response resources that will help students analyze and comprehend difficult reading. Just chose which one works best for the reading you are teaching that day, print, and go! There is no additional prep needed! Could be incorporated in any su
Preview of Nonfiction Text Features {THIEVES}

Nonfiction Text Features {THIEVES}

THIEVES- STEAL INFORMATION FROM NON-FICTION Students take a picture walk through a picture book to get an idea about what they will be reading about. It helps them become better readers. However, when they get to a non-fiction book, or text-book, they often stop taking a picture walk. {THIEVES} helps students steal Information from Non-Fiction as they discover the important parts of the text (text features). THIEVES is an acronym for title, headings, introduction, every first sentence in a p
Preview of Freebie! Fast Fluency Practice Non-Fiction:  Fluency & Comprehension  Gr 5-12

Freebie! Fast Fluency Practice Non-Fiction: Fluency & Comprehension Gr 5-12

This resource is designed to help older students achieve reading fluency through low-level, grade appropriate, timed assessments – in as little as 10 minutes a day.I designed this program around the research of Hasbrouck, Glaser, Tindal and Hasbrouck that asserts that students are motived and gain reading fluency by reading and re-reading short passages – paired one-on-one with like-leveled peers. This resource addresses many levels of fluency and is naturally differentiated. I have also succes
Preview of CLOSE Read Placemat

CLOSE Read Placemat

Created by
Beryl Bailey
The CLOSE Read Strategy (11 X 17 placemat) is a metacognitive instructional procedure that uses the word close as an acronym and provides teachers and students with a brain friendly step by step guide to conducting a close read of complex text. The role of vocabulary and the strategies for determining the meanings of unknown words are foundational to the skill of conducting a close read and a priority in the Common Core State Standards for literacy. If students are expected to read at high lev
Preview of Thinking Like the Author: Author's Perspective

Thinking Like the Author: Author's Perspective

Created by
Keri Sankey
This set includes a 2-page graphic organizer as well as a teaching guide for how to really dig deep into thinking like the author, not just "PIE". The organizer is set up into three sections: 1.) Background knowledge: What do I know about the author/speaker/creator? What do I know about this time period in history? 2.) What is it that the Author is Doing?: What do they say? How do they say it? 3.) Why is the Author Doing It?: How does the author feel about this issue? Why does the author fee
Preview of Middle School Nonfiction Reading Comprehension - Why that Name? | Boxing Day

Middle School Nonfiction Reading Comprehension - Why that Name? | Boxing Day

Created by
On the DL
”Why That Name - Boxing Day” is part of a series of non-fiction articles and reading comprehension tasks meant to engage middle schoolers with unique information about companies and brands they are familiar with. The activity can be accommodated for junior and intermediate (5th grade, 6th grade, 7th grade and 8th grade) ELA classes. Teachers can assign this task independently, for group reading practice or for reading homework.The reading comprehension questions are based on the achievement char
Preview of Main Idea Task Cards | 16 Passages w/ Multiple Choice Questions

Main Idea Task Cards | 16 Passages w/ Multiple Choice Questions

Main Idea Task CardsThese task cards are great for grades 6-12, depending on the needs of your age group, as they practice selected response questions about main idea. This resource includes:Task Cards on PowerPointTask Cards as JPGsTerms of UseA blank card templateThe answer keyA recording pageIf you need to practice or remediate main idea in a tactile way, this is the item for you! You could use this as a review for your state standardized reading tests, you could make it a center combined wit
Preview of Intro to Genetics, Gregor Mendel - Engaging Science Reading

Intro to Genetics, Gregor Mendel - Engaging Science Reading

Created by
RocketLit
Great for elementary and middle school as an intro to new material. Often referred to as the "father of modern genetics," Gregor Mendel changed how we thought about traits being passed down. By studying pea plants, he was able to unravel some of the mysteries of heredity. This article focuses on his studies and the resulting punnett squares that we use to determine the traits of the next generation. Vocab words: Gregor Mendel, pea plants, punnett square, material Check out 300+ articles jus
Preview of FREEBIE TEXT STRUCTURE QR CODES MATCHING CENTER ACTIVITY HIGH INTEREST 5 6 7 8 9

FREEBIE TEXT STRUCTURE QR CODES MATCHING CENTER ACTIVITY HIGH INTEREST 5 6 7 8 9

This marvelous FREEBIE is fun and challenging, providing a unique technological way for students to analyze and apply their knowledge of TEXT STRUCTURES through the use of QR Codes. These codes are linked to kid-friendly HIGH INTEREST news articles online. Students match each article to one of the main text structures: description, sequence, chronological, cause/effect, problem/solution, compare/contrast, and persuasive. Use as a literacy station activity, partner work, practice worksheet
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