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Middle school ELA test prep study guide pdfs
How to Study for a Test - Doodle Notes - Study Skills Sketchnotes
We tell our students to study for tests all the time, but often we forget to teach them HOW to actually study for exams! That’s where this Study Skills resource comes in. It’s designed to give students practical tips and tricks for studying for tests in ELA or any class! With this resource students will complete fun doodle notes (or sketch notes) and then rotate through fun learning stations.This Study Skills resource is designed to help students develop skills for studying for tests. First,
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5th - 8th
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STAAR Literary Terms Review Sheet
This is a review that I give to my students every year to help them review all the academic vocabulary that they will need to know before their STAAR Reading test. Knowing all these terms is a first step to doing well on the test.
This product includes academic words and literary terms that are frequently seen on the STAAR test. I have included terms associated with fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama and vocabulary.
I have used this review of literary terms for years in my classroom. I hand
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5th - 9th
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Also included in: STAAR Reading Resources - Middle School - Bundle
Idioms! Idioms! Idioms!
Idioms! An expression that has a meaning apart from the meaning of it's phrase. You could download these cards for your students and use them as flash cards, memory game, or center task cards. It comes with 39 different idiom phrases and its exact meaning. It also includes a worksheet where students can write and illustrate the idiom.
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education
SBAC CAASPP ELA Grades 6-8 and 11 Performance Task Cheat Sheet - CCSS Test Prep
Ease the SBAC or CAASPP Performance Task online layout stress for your Secondary ELA students with this game-changing resource! Tired of feeling lost in a sea of text? Say goodbye to overwhelm and hello to efficiency! This isn't just a cheat sheet; it's your students’ ticket to mastering the SBAC online layout and unlocking real strategies that work. Ready to transform stress into success? Here’s what you’ll get:✅ Teacher guide to kickstart your game plan✅ Performance Task Cheat Sheet loaded wit
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6th - 11th
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NWEA MAP Reading Test Prep Bundle Grades 3-8 (10-11 WEEKS)
These materials were designed to help students better prepare and reach their Get your students ready to excel on the NWEA Reading assessment with these comprehensive materials! Specifically designed in alignment with the DesCartes Vocabulary list for Reading, this resource empowers students to reach their academic goals. The color-coded resources cater to each student's unique RIT Range projection, ensuring targeted and personalized preparation.Why Choose Our MAP NWEA Test Preparation Materials
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3rd - 8th
Analyze the Parts of the Sentence Subjects and Predicates Grammar Activities
Help students learn to identify the subjects, predicates, direct and indirect objects, predicate nominatives, and predicate adjectives by using this flowchart and supporting material. Includes a review of prepositions and linking verbs.What teachers are saying about my grammar resources:"I love this resource with my middle school students. It forces us to analyze our sentences systematically. After leaning the basic parts of speech, I used this set of worksheets to train my kids how to determin
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4th - 9th, Adult Education
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SBAC CAASPP ELA Performance Task Escape Room Grades 6-8 & 11 Test Prep Activity
Get pumped up for the ultimate challenge with an Escape Room, ideal for conquering the SBAC Performance Task (or CAASPP in California) with style! This isn't just any old study session—it's an adventure!Embark on 7 thrilling tasks designed to supercharge your prep and review. This escape room doubles as a study guide before the test!⭐️ Learn about the SBAC ELA Performance Task⭐️ The structure of the performance task⭐️ Performance Task Vocabulary⭐️ Constructed Response to an Article⭐️ Identifying
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6th - 11th
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SBAC ELA Computer Adaptive Test - CAT - Big Topics Study Task Cards - Test Prep
Feeling the pressure of the SBAC (or CAASPP)? Don't sweat it! Give your Secondary ELA students the ultimate game plan to conquer the test with ease!Introducing the SBAC ELA Computer Adaptive Test Big Topics Study Cards: 24 powerhouse study cards designed to tackle the big topics head-on! Consider them your trusty sidekicks—mini anchor charts ready to guide you through every twist and turn of the exam!Here’s what’s included:✅ Teacher guide to kickstart your prep✅ Big Topics Study Cards covering 2
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6th - 11th
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LEAP Academic Vocabulary Review for 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade
ILEAP/LEAP Academic Vocabulary Review (3rd, 4th, 5th)
This vocabulary word list is a compilation of Vocabulary Workshop, Common Core State Standards Grade Academic Vocabulary List, and other research based iLEAP/LEAP practice Assessments.
This list was created out of a need for our third, fourth, and fifth graders to be more aware of the vocabulary words used on our state standardized tests!
My Problem:
Students are not answering the Read and Respond, Proofreading, Constructed Response,
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3rd - 12th
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Pro Test-Taking Strategies
(!) Teach your students the concrete test-taking strategies that will bring them success on standardized exams, as well as on in-class assignments and assessments.
(!) Motivate learners to develop a “bring-it-on” mindset that allows them to see assessments and standardized exams as challenges to be tackled, conquered, and thwarted.
I am proud to announce that last year, my class of sixth graders exceeded the goals we set for ourselves on the state standardized tests. Our phenomenal scores we
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5th - 12th
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STAAR Reading and Writing Practice Pack
STAAR testing is coming up, so I created this review packet for my students. I teach 11th grade, but this packet is good for any student preparing for the Reading and Writing sections of the STAAR.
This packet contains three reading selections (informational text), 2 short answer questions (over a paired passage), and 8 practice persuasive prompts. The prompts are attached to the persuasive essay lined writing boxes to simulate an actual test-taking environment for students.
The reading sele
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7th - 11th
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Grammar Handbook and Grammar Parts of Speech Notes
The grammar handbook with basic parts of speech notes and common grammar terms is a great resource to supplement your ELA curriculum. The easy-to-follow notes help students apply correct grammar in their writing. Students create a notecard every time a new grammar skill is introduced and add it to their flipbook. The handbook becomes a resource for all of the grammar concepts covered throughout the year. Students can refer to the handbook when completing grammar worksheets, homework, and tests.F
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Mega Grammar Practice Bundle with digital option
Annotating Text Checklist -Thinking Jobs by Genre
This is something that I created to help students annotate a text by relating to it’s genre. This is an excellent resource for close reading and preparing students to self-regulate while they read. It also serves as a valuable resource for test preparation in the upper grades.
What you will find in this resource is a PDF and an editable drive file of the checklist to provide flexibility to tailor to your specific needs. These strategies help students closely read the text, read with a purpose,
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3rd - 6th
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Pronoun Cheat Sheet
This sheet is an easy review of pronouns and the rules that apply to them. This cheat sheet can be used as a whole handout or easily cut up to give each lesson out separately. Great for interactive grammar notebooks! Includes personal, subject, object, reflexive, relative, interrogative, demonstrative, indefinite and possessive pronouns.
Before you buy this for $1, this sheet is included in my grammar bundle of all 8 parts of speech for $3 at: Grammar Bundle
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5th - 12th
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Figurative Language Bookmark (Study Guide)
Figurative Language Bookmark. Printable bookmark (4 per sheet). PDF
Includes definition and examples of simile, metaphor, idiom, personification, alliteration, and onomatopoeia.
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3rd - 8th
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Business Letter Writing Format with Easel Activity
Business Letter Writing. How to Write a Business Letter Handout. This technical writing handout is a handy guide on the six main parts of a business letter: heading, inside address, salutation, body, closing, signature. Includes a blank template, a reference sheet, two different formats, strategies handout, rubric and graphic organizer. You can print the reference sheet and the strategies handout front and back for student notebooks. Project or print out the format. Provide the rubric and gra
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6th - 9th
Greek and Latin Word Roots for ELA Test Prep with Easel Activity and Assessment
ELA TEST PREP. Common Root Words Activities. Includes lists of common Greek and Latin roots, word roots or stems, prefixes, suffixes, and math and science affixes and roots and a comprehensive printable handout with reasons why learning roots and affixes are important. Good review before standardized testing. Also includes 8 page study guide, quick check quiz, key, and an award for great performance. Digital and Print: Includes an Easel Activity of the quiz ready for learning with a digital tool
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5th - 8th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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One Hundred Essential Questions for Language Arts with Easel Activity
100 Essential Questions for Language Arts. Vitally important questions for students in critical areas of reading, writing, and grammar. This list of one hundred essential questions can be used to drive lesson plans in an English Language Arts classroom. Good for back to school or end of year review. Give out handout at the beginning of the year and focus students on what is essential to learn. A useful tool at the end of the year to review for state standardized testing, too. Focus on learning
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6th - 9th
ACE writing strategy bookmark
The Answer – Cite – Explain (ACE) writing strategy is designed to help students organize their writing and support their thinking to form constructed responses for informative/explanatory compositions.
This resource is designed to be a double sided bookmark for easy student reference. It includes:
-an explanation of each of the three parts
-sentence stems to prevent writer's block
-transitional phrases
-checklist to ensure all parts of the question have been answered correctly
-helpful tips
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6th - 12th
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Rubrics - Middle School Expository Writing Rubric
Middle School Expository Writing Rubric. Use with expository essays and help middle school students focus on what they need to achieve in order to meet state standards. The standards-based rubric has four categories: conventions of language, purpose and style, organization, and development and support of content. Standards-based grade (4-point scale): students will exceed, meet, approach, or fall below standard in each category. Students can self-evaluate their work. Two styles - one with and o
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Middle School Writing Rubrics BUNDLE
SAT ACT Vocabulary 1 | Vocabulary Activities Assessments
Looking for an easy, effective way to build your students' vocabulary and incorporate SAT and ACT prep in your classroom? This resource provides a challenging, fun, no-prep vocabulary program (100 SAT/ACT vocabulary words) with tons of activities designed for maximum retention and mastery of use in context.The premise behind the creation of this resource is that a broad, rich vocabulary is vital to students’ language skills. Yet a practical, working knowledge of vocabulary can’t be gained throug
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: SAT ACT Vocabulary | Vocabulary Activities Assessments | 200 Words
Greek and Latin Roots, Prefixes and Suffixes 30 Weeks with Easel Activities
Greek and Latin Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes. 30 WEEKS of Word Stems from Latin and Greek Roots. Basic Lists of Greek and Latin roots. prefixes, suffixes, and affixes, with tests, and answer keys included. Perfect for Back to School. Teacher directions, suggestions for homework activities, and differentiation included. Please see full preview. Note: answer keys are not shown in the preview to discourage academic dishonesty. Digital and Print: I have also made an Easel Activity ready to go for i
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7th - 10th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Editable ELA Test Prep Flip Chart Review for Grades 3-8
Need an easy, engaging way to review test taking strategies? This easy to use test prep flip chart is a great place for middle school and high school students to record all of their best standardized test taking strategies before the big day arrives. Use the flip chart as a final review, a place to record strategies as test day approaches, and as a study guide students can take home and review. All the best strategies in one place! The digital link is provided. This product is completely edita
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: 7th Grade ELA Yearlong Curriculum, Lesson Plans, and Pacing Guide
Desk Reminders for Effective Writing!
Get ready for testing season with these desk reminders! Your students will be able to use:-Text Evidence Sentence Starters-Elaboration Sentence Starters -RACE StrategySet includes 6 per page. Just cut out and tape to each student's desk or in writing notebook! Sit back and watch their writing improve!Check out more Writing Resources below:Writing an Essay Bundle Writing an Essay - ChecklistWriting Graphic OrganizersMake sure to follow me on TpT and Instagram for exclusive updates and discounts!
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3rd - 8th
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