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Free 8th grade informational text resources for Google Apps
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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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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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: Limited Time Only Reading Comprehension Super Mega Bundle
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
"All About Eclipses" Informational Text Reading Passage & Infographic Visuals
High-interest 1-page informational text about eclipses explained concisely and straightforwardly in a passage that tells everything students want to know about what the total solar eclipse was like in 2017 and what the next one will be like on April 8, 2024. INCLUDES A GREAT VISUAL: A COLORFUL INFOGRAPHIC FROM NASA! AND READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS! Wow! All this for free?!Plus, the text explains how there are actually eclipses all over the world every one to two years, and how there are diff
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4th - 9th
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Nonfiction Text Features Matching Worksheet - PDF & Digital
Go beyond reciting definitions with a free text features matching activity! This straightforward assessment asks students to match words like caption, footnote, and diagram to screenshot examples from real passages. If your students have memorized the definition of a footnote but need practice identifying actual footnotes, this activity will quickly pinpoint their areas of weakness as well as providing a specific, visual example for teaching (or reteaching) each kind of text feature!This resourc
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6th - 8th
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Science of the Flu Shot / Vaccines: Science Article #51 - (Google Slides & PDFs)
This science article / sub plan comes in two versions (with answer key): 1) easily printable PDFs, as well as 2) Google Slides for distance learning. Students can type in their answers directly in the Google Slides. This resource spans two pages in total with 1 and 1/3 pages of article and 2/3 pages of questions. It is information rich and written to engage even reluctant readers. The two page format makes it economical for printing and provides a length that students willingly read and complete
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7th - 12th
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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
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3rd - 8th
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Problem and Solution Text Structure Passage - Digital & Print
Download this quick and easy text structure lesson! Your middle school students will read a high-interest article about weather science while practicing problem and solution text structure, and the activities are perfect to print or use in Google Classroom.(If you love this free sample, don't miss the rest my Weather Reading Passages for Nonfiction Text Structure and Weather Nonfiction Bundle - Text Structure and Text Features!) This resource includes a digital Google Slides version! (Link in PD
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6th - 8th
FREE Reading Comprehension Passages with Multiple Choice Questions Task Cards
Are your students in need of repeat practice when it comes to reading comprehension? Finding short, manageable practice that does not overwhelm students can be challenging.These 10 reading skills task cards with text-dependent reading comprehension questions are the perfect solution to give your students the practice they need.The use of short well-known Fiction stories and modern Non-Fiction articles will help engage your students as they practice answering multiple-choice and constructed respo
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5th - 9th
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Science Article #52 - Concussions in Sports - Sub Plan (Google Slides & PDFs)
This science article / sub plan comes in two versions (with answer key): 1) easily printable PDFs, as well as 2) Google Slides for distance learning. Students can type in their answers directly in the Google Slides. This resource spans two pages in total with 1 and 1/3 pages of article and 2/3 pages of questions. It is information rich and written to engage even reluctant readers. The two page format makes it economical for printing and provides a length that students willingly read and complete
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7th - 12th
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Reading Comprehension Task Cards | STAAR Test Prep | Print & Google | FREE
Finding quick, easy, and engaging ways to practice reading comprehension skills can be challenging. Task cards are the perfect solution. They are to the point, versatile, and challenge students. Use as bell-ringers, warm-ups, tutoring sessions, exit tickets, game cards, and more. Great for high school English I & II students or Pre-AP students. Some 8th-grade teachers have found this helpful. Click for middle school task cards.The 10 reading comprehension task cards are perfect to prepare f
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8th - 11th
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All About Pumpkins Literacy Activities: Reading, Writing, Vocabulary, Poetry
INTERESTING & FREE! Grab their attention with interesting informational texts about pumpkins, historical literacy passages, vocabulary connections, a poem, fascinating facts that are incorporated into critical thinking activities, writing explanatory text about how to make a jack-o-lantern, writing a short persuasive text about why and how people can eat more pumpkin in their diets, and more challenging yet fun ELA activities. Perfect for the fall season in ELA, including Halloween and Thank
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5th - 9th
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Nonfiction Passage with Text Features - The Sun - Digital & PDF
Looking for a reading passage with LOTS of nonfiction text features? Use this handy, free text features activity to teach eight kinds of text features as students learn about one of the most fascinating objects in our solar system - the sun!(If you love this freebie, check out the rest of my Solar System Nonfiction Reading Passages Bundle!)This free nonfiction reading passage includes a variety of common text features, including a title, headings, a footnote, a diagram, a caption, and more. It a
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Middle School Nonfiction Unit - Solar System Reading Passages
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
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3rd - 8th
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Informational Text Reading Passage | Test Prep | SBAC | CAASPP | PDF & Digital
Help your students prepare for standardized testing with this practice reading passage. Great for Common Core or the Smarter Balance test!This common core aligned test prep resource has 10 questions written to give your students examples of all the types of questions they will see on standardized testing.Question types: multiple-choice, multi-select, A/B questions (evidence-based selected response), and constructed response.Print Version Includes:- 1 NoniFiction Passage- 10 Text-Dependent Questi
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5th - 9th
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Ice Cream Science Informational Text Passage - Practice Science Literacy in ELA
High-interest NO PREP PRINTABLES OR INTERACTIVE GOOGLE SLIDES FOR DISTANCE LEARNING! High-interest topic students will love reading about and be fascinated by. Super interesting & informative informational text passage explains why & how ice cream is a complex substance (It is a foamy emulsion made possible by freezing-point depression!). Teachers have repeatedly told me how much students liked this activity because it is so engaging and relevant to real life!Comes with several ELA and L
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5th - 10th
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FREE Daily Reading Comprehension Passages Bell Ringers | BEST Standards
Are you looking for daily reading comprehension practice for your students? Daily reading passages are the perfect way to begin class! This 1 week of reading bell ringers provides short, manageable practice that will not overwhelm your 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students.Teach in Florida? Even better, this resource is for you! It is aligned with the new BEST standards. This FREE week is just one example of what can be found within the 24 week set! Print Version Includes:5 Days5 Passages (Informatio
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6th - 8th
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"Working Dogs" Informational Text Reading Passage & ELA Task (Central Ideas)
HIGH-INTEREST NO PREP PRINTABLES OR DIGITAL FOR EASY DISTANCE LEARNING! Thoroughly engaging 2-page informational text passage teaches fascinating information about all the amazing things working dogs have done throughout history. Written with bold vocabulary words followed by a vocabulary activity. Well organized paragraphs make central ideas stand out more clearly for students as they are asked to organize main ideas. Then they use critical thinking skills to classify further information they a
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4th - 9th
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Outer Planets Science Reading Comprehension Passages with worksheet
Looking for a way to increase science reading comprehension and science literacy in your classroom? Help your students learn all about the outer planets including Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus with this science reading comprehension passage with note-taking template that guide the students, comprehension worksheet that have leveled questions. Perfect for Common Core Literacy Science Standards.✎Print and digital versionsThis is a free preview of my Science Expository Reading on the Solar S
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6th - 9th
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Primary vs Secondary Sources - FREE - Drag & Drop - Digital Distance Learning
If your students need practice identifying the differences between primary and secondary sources, this is a quick and easy practice activity to use with them! Students simply read the example and decide if it's a primary or secondary source. Great for a pre-test, post-test, practice, reinforcement, or intervention. ___________________________________________________________________Benefits to Google Classroom Assignments:Drag and DropEasy to Grade (no messy paperwork)Opportunity to Redo Quickly
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4th - 9th
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Reading in Social Studies: Explore 5 Themes of Geography in Sled Dog Racing FREE
HIGH-INTEREST NO PREP PRINTABLES AND EASY DISTANCE LEARNING! Bring literacy in social studies into ELA by having students examine 5 themes of geography which are revealed in a fascinating Informational Text Passage full of historical information "Sled Dog Racing." Engaging activity that gets students motivated to use critical thinking skills & locate central ideas!Subject matter motivates reluctant readers! Kids love reading about dogs.NOW IN INTERACTIVE GOOGLE SLIDES FOR EASY DISTANCE LEARN
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4th - 9th
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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
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3rd - 8th
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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
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3rd - 8th
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