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Free 8th grade informational text resources
Nonfiction Graphic Organizer
Nonfiction Graphic Organizer for ANY Article or Nonfiction PassageThis graphic organizer will help your students to think critically about any nonfiction article or passage you've read.Students will find facts, opinions, express their own opinion, main idea and supporting details, author's purpose, and text structure.December 2023 UPDATE: A one page article is included, so you can PRINT & GO!
Grades:
4th - 8th
Assistance Dogs | Reading Comprehension Passage & ELA Tasks
Engaging, FREE 1-page informational text passage hooks readers & tasks get them to hone in on central ideas by filling out a web & following steps to WRITE AN AWESOME SUMMARY! Vocabulary activities too! NO PREP PRINTABLES AND INTERACTIVE DIGITAL VERSION FOR EASY IN-PERSON OR DISTANCE LEARNING! PUTS RELUCTANT READERS AT EASE with its lighthearted (yet highly informative) subject matter of how assistance dogs help people everywhere.Perfect for middle school and older elementary students. A
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4th - 9th
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FREE Greek and Latin Roots Sketch Notes
WHY GREEK AND LATIN ROOTS?Almost 70% of the English language is derived from Latin and Greek languages. When we teach students these “building blocks,” they can recognize and decode unfamiliar words that are related to a known root. It is also increasingly important to explicitly teach students the meanings of Greek and Latin roots as they encounter the very technical vocabulary found in science and other content areas.WHY SKETCH NOTESSketch notes present your students with a meaningful and enga
Grades:
4th - 8th
Non-Fiction Text Graphic Organizer for Main Idea Key Details and Summarizing
Pair this graphic organizer with any non-fiction text to help your students identify main idea and key details, as well as summarize what they have read. A description of each of these elements is included. Enjoy!Check out this BUNDLE of VISUAL SUPPORTS for speech therapy!••• Blog ••• Instagram ••• Pinterest ••• Facebook •••
Grades:
4th - 9th
Daily Reading Comprehension Passages Context Clues Week 1
Start class with these engaging reading comprehension passages. These daily reading passages include two daily opportunities to use context clues to determine the meaning of challenging words. The passages also include opportunities to make inferences, determine the central idea, and more.Students will love reading about the mystery of the Lost Colony!Digital & Printable Options: This download includes a printable PDF as well as links to individual Google Forms for each passage.This resource
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6th - 8th
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RACE Strategy Writing Activity Worksheets FREE with Easel Activity
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
Grades:
6th - 8th
Greek & Latin Roots Worksheets - Prefixes & Suffixes Early Finisher Sub Plans +
Free ELA worksheets! Expand students' vocabulary and improve reading, writing, and spelling with free worksheets and digital resources for Greek and Latin roots, prefixes, and suffixes. Printable and digital resources for Google Classroom are included. The resource covers dozens of words formed from Greek & Latin Roots on 10 worksheets. Activities include word sorts, cloze sentences, forming inflections, and matching words to definitions, synonyms, images, and opposites.WHAT'S INCLUDEDRoots,
Grades:
5th - 8th
September 11th {9/11} Interactive Timeline Activity ~ Reading for Grades 4-8
September 11th {9/11} Interactive Timeline Activity ~ Reading for Grades 4-8This activity is meant to be an independent activity for students in grades 4-8. Lower level students may need some scaffolding.UPDATED September 2017. Items 6 and 14 have been changed due to changes in the timeline itself. Please re-download this activity to use again. ;) I'm using it in my 6th grade classroom. First, I will use the timeline to go through and discuss with my students the events of September 11th. Then,
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4th - 9th
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Growth Mindset Activity Free Reading Comprehension Passage and Questions
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
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5th - 8th
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General Timeline Template
This general timeline template can be used for biography studies, to track important historical events (such as civil rights movement) or something simple as classroom birthdays. The squares can be used to paste/draw pictures or for a written description (whichever is needed to differentiate for your diverse learners and levels). For the higher grades, the timeline template can be used to compliment a reading response or essay.
Grades:
2nd - 12th
The Scientific Method Overview Reading Comprehension Worksheet Science
This passage briefly describes the scientific method (800-900 Lexile). 14 questions (matching and multiple choice) assess students' understanding. I've included a color and BW version, as well as a key. This is a great activity for a quick overview/review of this topic at the beginning of the school year. INCLUDES:Passage (800-900 Lexile)14 questions (matching and multiple choice) Color and BW Versions Key You may also like:Famous Scientists BundleSpace Exploration BundleUnexplained BundleBod
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4th - 8th
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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
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: High-Interest History Differentiated Passages for the Year Bundle
Text Structure Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Printable & Digital
Three reading comprehension passages to help students answer questions that focus on text structure. The product includes a brief overview of text structure and three passages that include multiple choice questions. Great for test prep!Distance Learning Update: This product now comes with a Google Forms option. Each passage has been converted into a separate Google Form.This product is part of a money saving bundle! ⭐ Informational Text Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions for Test Prep
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7th - 8th
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Also included in: Standards-Based Informational Text Reading Comprehension Passages
Emergency Science Sub Plan Reading Comprehension Passage Monster Fish
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
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5th - 8th
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Daily Reading Comprehension Central Ideas and Inferences Week 1
These daily reading comprehension passages are perfect as a bell ringer for middle school! Each informational text reading passage includes practice for determining the central idea and making inferences. Students will read a passage about a different informational text topic each day and then answer two multiple choice questions that focus on identifying the central idea and making inferences. Students also have to provide a quote from the text that supports the inference they made.Digital &
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6th - 8th
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The Monkey's Paw WW Jacobs COMPLETE Short Story Unit Middle School
The Monkey’s Paw Short Story Unit for Middle and High SchoolThis is the Short Story of the Month Club, Grade 8: August Selection – Click here to read more about the Short Story of the Month Club!Skills Focus:Elements of Plot ReviewCiting Text EvidenceContext Clues & Situational CluesTypes of ForeshadowingMood (and Mood Shifts)Analyzing DialogueEssential QuestionSee the list of activities below for a COMPLETE list of all of the skills covered. The ones above are simply the FOCUS of this unit
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7th - 10th
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Main Idea and Supporting Details FREEBIE Assignment: Print and Digital
This FREEBIE contains a Main Idea Assignment that instruct students to analyze an informational text to determine the main idea and identify supporting details. The text is written for middle school grades (6th grade, 7th grade, 8th grade) and contains an answer key and a Central Idea standards based grading rubric. Based on the rubric, students will be assessed on three different learning objectives ... Determining Main IdeaIdentifying Supporting DetailsExplaining how the supporting details p
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Main Idea and Supporting Details Unit Bundle: Print and Digital
Free KWL Chart Graphic Organizer Handout!
K-W-L charts are an easy to use instructional reading strategy that is used to guide students through a text. Students begin by brainstorming everything they Know about a topic. This information is recorded in the K column of a K-W-L chart. Students then generate a list of questions about what they Want to Know about the topic. These questions are listed in the W column of the chart. During or after reading, students answer the questions that are in the W column. This new information that they h
Grades:
3rd - 10th
Biography Research Graphic Organizer
Biography Research Graphic OrganizerGraphic Organizer looks for person's birth & death date, facts about their early life, family life, and adult life. Students must also list character traits, what the person is famous for, words to describe the person's life, and 3 interesting facts about them. Also included is a template to begin writing the 5 paragraph biography.
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3rd - 8th
Holocaust Victims' Identity Cards for ELA, History - Print & Digital (FREE)
These identity cards are designed to help students make personal connections with the victims of the Holocaust, and could be used before a novel study or a history lesson.Images and information within this resource are used with permission from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. You can find the originals as well as more information here.The ID cards can be printed, used digitally, or a combination of the two. This resource includes a print ready PDF as well as Google Drive versions (D
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Holocaust Resource Bundle for ELA, History - Print & Digital
Interactive Notebook Covers ~ FREEBIE! ~ ELA, Reading, English, Spelling
I made these interactive notebook covers for my students to help them identify which notebook is which and hopefully prevent the wrong page from going into the wrong notebook.After the students colored/decorated them, I laminated them and then used packing tape to tape them onto the notebooks.Notebook covers include: Reading, English, ELA, ELA & Reading, ELAR, Spelling, Vocabulary, Literature, WritingGet all the Interactive Notebook FAQs and read more about how I set up my notebooks here!
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1st - 9th
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Main Idea and Supporting Details Graphic Organizer
This is a great main idea graphic organizer that can be used for any grade level!
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Grades:
1st - 8th
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Martin Luther King Jr. Civil Rights Reading Comprehension Black History January
This passage gives an overview of Martin Luther King Jr's role in the African American Civil Rights Movement. 26 questions (identify, multiple choice, short answer) assess students' understanding. I've included color and BW version, as well as a key. INCLUDES:Article 26 questions- identify, multiple choice, short answer Color and BW Versions Key IncludedPart of my January Reading Comprehension BundlePart of my Civil Rights Movement BundleAlso Part of my MLK BundleYOU MAY ALSO LIKE:Civil Right
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Civil Rights Leaders Biography Reading Comprehension Worksheet Bundle
Sled Dog Racing | Reading Comprehension Passage & ELA Tasks
FREE! HIGH-INTEREST NO PREP PRINTABLES AND EASY DISTANCE LEARNING! Thorough, high-interest 2-page passage about sled dog racing for any time of year. Student will preview & practice relevant vocabulary, read the text closely to answer comprehension questions, practice supporting inferences by citing textual evidence, interpret a visual diagram, and compare viewpoints on the race. WOW!!!Fascinating subject matter that puts readers at ease! Kids love reading and writing about dogs and will not
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4th - 9th
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