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8th grade Back to School reading resources for Microsoft OneDrive
REFUGEE by Alan Gratz - Novel Study Unit - Print & DIGITAL
REFUGEE - This Refugee Novel Unit will instantly engage your students with thought-provoking, standards-based learning activities. Now includes both a print and digital version! Students will enjoy analyzing the text, discussing important ideas, and acquiring new vocabulary as they read Alan Gratz’s gripping novel!The DIGITAL version offers colorful, beautifully-designed slides that allow students to type their responses into text boxes. Test and all quizzes are accessed with links to Google Fo
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6th - 9th
Editable Monthly & Weekly Newsletters Template Full Year | Back To School
This resource makes school-to-home communication simple and stress-free.Create a seamless and simple home-school connection with easy to use editable newsletters and calendars. School-to-home communication is so important, but it can become stressful and you may feel disorganized if you’re not giving it constant work and attention. These editable templates will solve that problem for you.This editable resource includes several options to help meet your exact needs.What's Included?4 choices of ed
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PreK - 9th
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Introduction to Biology Bundle
This complete unit on "Introduction to Biology" includes everything you need to teach the first unit of the year to your biology students. Topics covered include Lab Safety, Scientific Method, Graphing, Microscopes, Characteristics of Life, and more! See complete list of topics below. Resources are available in printable and digital formats. Resources include a Powerpoint presentation packed with colorful and interesting photographs, a complete lab safety unit, teacher notes, student notes, 4 l
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8th - 12th
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MS-LS1-1
Editable Student Information Sheet - Get to Know Your Student Survey Questions
Promote equity, growth mindset, and class community while you get to know your students! This editable student information sheet includes student survey questions to obtain important student information. Suitable for distance learning with digital forms for Google Classroom®.Included with this Student Information Survey:✏️ Editable Student Information Sheet for Microsoft PowerPoint®✏️ Sample Student Survey Question Prompts✏️ Ready-to-Print Student Information Sheet with 25+ Student Survey Q
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6th - 12th
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Letters to Books: A meaningful way to reflect on themes for ANY book
This end-of-reading activity gives students a chance to reflect on how a book or story affected their lives in a meaningful way. Students choose from 10 different letter templates to help form positive reflections on themes, morals, and messages of books. You can project these templates and have students hand write their letters, you can print zen doodle stationery for them to write on, or you can have students type their letters in colorful stationery using Google or Microsoft classrooms. The w
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5th - 12th
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Back To School Digital Activity - Soundtrack or Playlist of My Life
Digital Back to School Activity - This is such a busy time of the year so why not get your students started by writing about the music that best represents them and their unique lives! Using Google Slides™, MS OneDrive™ and other digital platforms, this activity can either be used as "Soundtrack of My Life" or "Soundtrack of The Summer" - the full online activity includes options for both. Easily adaptable to different ages and abilities! A fun activity for the beginning of the year and a fun
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6th - 10th
Also included in: Back to School / First Week of School Activities - Digital Bundle
Literary Elements of a Short Story PowerPoint
Literary Elements PowerPoint on literary terms and the main short story parts including characters, plot, conflict, setting, theme, resolution, denouement. This digital resource explains the critical elements of a short story and specific knowledge (like plot diagram, types of conflict) that students need to be able to identify when they read, as well as incorporate into their own writing. Short quiz on story elements at the end for assessment. Project on your whiteboard or print out the print f
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5th - 8th
Also included in: Literary Terms - Story Elements BUNDLE
Back to School - Open House - Meet the Teacher DIGITAL Middle & High School
These editable templates are perfect for Back to School or Meet the Teacher presentations, or even your class syllabus. They will all look classy and appropriate because these slides include sophisticated graphics befitting middle and high school.
Digital slides can be used in Google slides or Microsoft OneDrive. They include editable text boxes, so all you’ll have to do is decide which slides you want to use, click on the text box, and add your information! You can change the font style an
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4th - 12th
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A Long Way From Chicago - Novel Study - Print & DIGITAL
A Long Way From Chicago Novel Study will engage your students with thought-provoking, standards-aligned learning activities. Now includes a digital version! Get students thinking deeply, close reading, writing, and acquiring new vocabulary. In chapter-by-chapter sequence, students examine setting, characters, events, significant quotations, and other important plot details and respond in a variety of attractively-designed formats. The DIGITAL version offers colorful slides that allow students to
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6th - 8th
Novel Study - Reading Response & Analysis for ANY Novel - Digital Activity
Reading Response for ANY Novel - Independent Novel Study or Whole Class Novel - Looking for an alternative to chapter questions? These Reading Response pages can be used alone or in different combinations with ANY novel. The organizers touch on many important facets of a novel study, including plot, characters, theme, conflict, setting, and more! Easy to differentiate for different novels, grade levels, and abilities! Easy to share with students on any digital platform.Includes 12 slides for st
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6th - 9th
Also included in: DIGITAL Novel Study Bundle - Use with ANY NOVEL
Leadership PowerPoint - Ten Qualities of a Good Leader Presentation and Activity
Character Education: Leadership PowerPoint - Ten Qualities of a Good Leader Presentation. Helpful at the beginning of the year or as first week of school activity. Includes ten qualities that make a good leader, partner activity, writing assignment, and review questions. Some of the characteristics of a good leader include self-confidence, a sense of justice, and self-control. Good BTS character education activity or use when you are discussing classroom rules and behavior expectations. We tell
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5th - 8th
Introduction to Drama PowerPoint
This Drama PowerPoint is an excellent introduction to theater and drama lesson you project on your whiteboard to start teaching and hook your students. Presentation has animations, sounds, and graphics that engage students when starting a drama unit. Defines drama terms like playwright, stage directions, set, props, script, etc. Includes staging, dramatization, how plays are produced, the role of the audience and theater etiquette. Also includes information on Greek theater, Shakespearean theate
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6th - 9th, Adult Education
Also included in: Drama Unit Resource BUNDLE Print and Digital Easel Activities
Analogies PowerPoint and Easel Assessment
Analogies Interactive PowerPoint. What is an analogy and how do you solve one? This presentation defines what an analogy is, how they are written, and what relationships to look for when solving analogous pairs. There are 10 practice analogies for students, with answers and explanations. The guided practice helps students develop critical thinking skills and prepares them for standardized tests. Use on a whiteboard or on Chromebooks. Great to use at the end of the year before summer break or for
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5th - 8th
Reader's Journal for Independent Reading - DIGITAL Reading Response
Here’s a digital reading response journal that students will find both motivating and enjoyable! You keep students accountable for independent reading while they respond on colorful slides to discuss key events and their reactions. Perfect for distance learning when students read independent novels at home.The Reader’s Journal assignment requires a reader to divide the novel into 5 approximately equal segments using sticky notes. Then the reader stops at each interval to recall key events and pr
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6th - 9th
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Rikki Tikki Tavi PowerPoint Preview, Vocabulary, Comprehension, and Response
Rikki Tikki Tavi PowerPoint. Preview and respond to the short story Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling with this presentation. Introduces vocabulary with definitions, plot diagram, literary elements, anticipation guide, author biography and background information, strategies for reading short stories, comprehension check, and writing responses. Cobra and mongoose facts and photos, a link to the story and a National Geographic video clip of a mongoose encounter with a cobra. This is an engaging
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5th - 8th
Also included in: Rikki Tikki Tavi Bundle with Easel Activities
Theme and Central Idea with Video | Printable & Digital | CCSS.R.2
Teach students theme and summary of central ideas using short film clips (Printable & Digital) - Includes lesson plan, student handouts, answer key, PowerPoint slides and Google Drive (Google slides) link for a no prep Google Classroom, distance learning activities or traditional classroom lesson!2 products for the price of 1: Grade 6-8 version & Grade 9-12 version!Product Includes (zip):Lesson plan (editable .docx)Printable student handouts (editable .docx)PowerPoint slides (editable .p
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6th - 12th
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Back to School / First Week Back Digital Activities for Tweens & Teens
DIGITAL Back to School Activities / Beginning of the Year "Get To Know You" Activities for Middle / High School - Engaging and educational DIGITAL literacy activities for Back to School with your new students. Get to know your students' personalities and get a sense of their writing skills at the same time. A great way to start off a new school year! Print or share with your students digitally! It allows for easy differentiation! Saves paper! **These activities are all on Google Slides™ (48 pa
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6th - 9th
Daily Digital Exit Ticket Template
I have been using a digital bellringer notebook every morning for the past four years in my 1:1 classroom, so I figured it was about time I went digital with my exit tickets too.This resource contains one original template for students to record responses to exit ticket prompts/tasks*, date, and topic. The template can be used with any prompt and duplicated to be used over and over again. You simply need to add your own prompts to the template or project/display your prompt for the students to r
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7th - 12th
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Back to School / First Week of School Get to Know You Digital Activity
Learn more about your Middle School students in this All About Me digital interactive resource designed for the tween in mind! This activity asks students to complete several activities starting with 10 Things About Me, 9 Adjectives to Describe Myself, 8 Summer Memories... all the way down to 1!Includes 10 pages on Google Slides™ that can be used in any 1:1 classroom, Google Classroom™ or MS OneDrive™! Share this document easily with students and have them work directly in the file! It's a fun
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5th - 8th
DIVERGENT Novel Study Unit Plan Activities DIGITAL Pre-reading Quizzes Projects
Your learners will enjoy the rigor and creativity of our engaging Divergent activities built from best teaching practices. We want to make your lesson planning journey easy, so you can focus on your expertise. This novel study includes a curriculum map pacing guide that offers our day-by-day suggestion for how to plan out your weeks of lessons. Our pedagogy section explains the instructive idea behind the activity, gives ideas for implementation, and aligns it to the standards. We've filmed some
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7th - 9th
Schoology Header and Banner Designs
This resource includes a total of 12 designs that you can add to your Schoology in order to organize it and make it more kid friendly for your students. I also include a video (linked in a pdf inside) with step by step instructions on how to add them, link the icons, and organize your page. These headers are also available in SPANISH here. Part 2 can be found here, with another 10 designs. Each design includes:*Header - Write your name and section*5 icons- You can use as linkable buttons for w
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PreK - 12th
Also included in: Schoology Header and Banner Design Bundle
UNWIND Novel Study Unit Plan Activities DIGITAL Pre-reading Project Shusterman
Your learners will enjoy the rigor and creativity of our engaging Unwind activities built from best teaching practices. We want to make your lesson planning journey easy, so you can focus on your expertise. This novel study includes a curriculum map pacing guide that offers our day-by-day suggestion for how to plan out your weeks of lessons. Our pedagogy section explains the instructive idea behind the activity, gives ideas for implementation, and aligns it to the standards. We've filmed some tr
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7th - 9th
The Outsiders Final Projects (Digital Version)
The Outsiders - Digital Final Projects- Students choose one of four final projects to finish up a unit on The Outsiders. All four projects include a writing component. Three of the projects also involve a poster or artwork of some sort. All activities can be completed digitally using Google™, OneDrive or other online platforms! Students love being able to type directly onto the pages. Easy to save, download, print, and share!I've included a quick two-page handout that explains each of the pro
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6th - 9th
Also included in: The Outsiders Novel Study Bundle - DIGITAL VERSION
Back to School Newsletter Bundle
This resource makes school-to-home communication simple and stress-free.Get ready for back to school and create a seamless and simple home-school connection with easy to use editable newsletters and calendars. School-to-home communication is so important, but it can become stressful and you may feel disorganized if you’re not giving it constant work and attention. These editable templates will solve that problem for you.This editable resource includes several options to help meet your exact need
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PreK - 8th
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Not only is reading a core concept in the study of English language arts, but it’s also a cornerstone skill for proficiency in many other subjects (for instance, without strong reading skills, students won’t be able to solve math word problems or read through primary sources for social studies class).
If you’re a teacher or parent looking for printable and digital reading resources to help your student learn a reading concept, look no further! TPT has an extensive collection of resources, created by other teachers, that are designed to help with any need across grade levels.
Elementary students just learning to read can practice the basics with some simple, fun phonics practice activities or small-group reading centers focused around sight words. Students in middle and high school can read novels and complete hands-on, interactive assignments that build their comprehension and critical thinking skills. With plenty of TPT resources at your fingertips, you can sharpen your student's reading skills in no time.
Fun and engaging reading activities to try
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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There are many different types of reading resources sold by Sellers on TPT. Some popular reading lessons include: phonics, vocabulary, spelling, and balanced literacy.
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How can I make my reading lessons fun and engaging?
Students learn best when they're engaged! Sprinkle a little fun into your reading lessons by using manipulatives, pairing unusual texts like poems and short films together, or doing an escape room activity.
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