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Middle school critical thinking ELA test prep resources for Microsoft OneDrive
Would You Rather Prompts - Digital and Printable Activities - Writing
It seems like every conversation I overhear my students having starts with, “Would you rather...”! I remember having the same conversations with my friends when I was in school!! So, why not use conversations that students are already having and apply them to critical thinking, opinion writing, and collaborative discussions!!This resource includes 16 Would You Rather prompts and comes in two formats: DIGITAL and PRINTABLE!! Editable versions of each are also included!These activities can be used
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2nd - 6th
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Write a Scary Story: Creative Writing Notebook Activities Print and Digital
Your students will love writing their own scary stories with this print and digital notebook. This resource guides them step-by-step through setting up the plot, characters, setting, and theme. The end result is a creative writing project your students will feel successful about.Students usually get bogged down by a creative writing assignment -- but this resource breaks all the elements of a good story down into manageable pieces. You're students will know exactly what they want to write -- b
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Writing Activities for the Whole Year Digital Bundle
Homophones PowerPoint Interactive Vocabulary Practice with Easel Activity
This Homophones vocabulary visual PowerPoint activity helps students identify homophones, homographs, and homonyms with pictures. Homophones are frequently confused words that sound the same but have different meanings and spelling, like there, their, and they're. They are easily and commonly confused words that are often found on state tests. Illustrated homophones will help students remember which ones are which! Slide presentation has homophones and animated pictures to help students remember
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4th - 7th
Also included in: Homophones Activity Bundle
Analyze Bias Evaluate Websites Fact Check Wikipedia Research Skills Bundle
Print & digital versions! You'll have everything you need to teach the essentials of digital literacy and research skills with this bundled product. Sharpen students' critical thinking skills by engaging them in interesting, real-life learning tasks. Here's what teachers are saying about my Digital Literacy resources:"I think this may be the most thorough and well done resource I have ever purchased on here. THANK YOU. You're attention to detail and thoroughness have made my day so much si
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5th - 10th
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How to Identify Bias Online Activities Digital Literacy
Just what you need to teach bias! This print and digital resource has everything you need to teach this valuable critical thinking skill in our online world. Ready to use -- includes websites, questions, student notes, practice, and more!Here's what teachers are saying about my digital literacy resources:"Big packet full of so many options. Really gets kids thinking. Thanks for creating exactly what I was looking for.""Great resource to teach students about possible bias when they are rese
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5th - 10th
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Test Taking Strategies PowerPoint for TEST PREP
Starting test prep? Teach these helpful test taking strategies! Effective student tips and tricks for taking and exceeding on state standards tests grades 4 to 7. Use this PowerPoint as a digital resource for all subjects preparing for standardized testing and state assessments. Includes different approaches that students can really use when they are taking a state test or an examination. Catchy phrases will help your students remember what to do when they may be feeling stressed. These are bas
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Grades:
4th - 7th
Also included in: Middle School ELA Test Prep Bundle Grades 6 - 8
Persuasive Writing Public Service Announcement Activities Write and Analyze
Your students will love analyzing, researching, and creating their own PSA with this ready-to-use resource. What an engaging way to introduce persuasive language and writing. Lots of practice means your students are confident as they create their own PSA.Digital and print -- guides your students step-by-step through the process – from analyzing what a PSA is and does to choosing their own topic, researching and creating it. This is what you'll get:print and digital versionstips and suggestions
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Writing Activities for the Whole Year Digital Bundle
Vocabulary Activities 30 Fun Creative Word Study Tasks
With 30 print & digital activities, this workbook makes teaching vocabulary fun, easy, and ready to go! Editable word lists, checklists, and lots of creative ways for your students to engage with learning new vocabulary! Choices galore!Use with your words or the editable vocabulary "menu" provided.Assign one, some, or all activities -- so flexible! Use for self-paced activities, book clubs, independent reading, or whole class word studies. This resource includes:"vocabulary collectors"vo
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4th - 8th
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Appositives PowerPoint with Appositive Phrases
Teach appositives and appositive phrases with this interactive Appositives PowerPoint. Animated graphics and practice slides in this digital resource help students Identify appositives and appositive phrases, how to punctuate sentences with appositives, and how to use appositive phrases to combine sentences. Sentence combining is a skill that helps student correct and revise short choppy sentences in their writing. Practice included. Includes a review and a quiz at the end. Editable for your cl
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Grades:
4th - 7th
Context Clues Bell Ringers Middle School ELA and Easel Assessment
Bell Ringers for middle school English Language Arts - Context Clues. Thirty vocabulary words in context warm-ups. Quick 5-7 minutes of practice with short context clues reading passages. These activities help students build vocabulary and determine meaning of unknown words in text. This digital resource includes strategies for using context clues that students can apply to their daily warm-ups. Each bellringer slide has a passage that students must read and then figure out the meaning of the un
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: Bell Ringers for Middle School ELA Bundle - Full Year of Daily Warm-Ups
Bell Ringers for Middle School ELA Bundle - Full Year of Daily Warm-Ups
Bell Ringers for Middle School ELA! Bundle for a Full Year supports Common Core! This set of ELA Daily Warm-Ups includes bell ringers on Sentence Editing, Figurative Language, Sentence Structure (simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences), Expository Writing Prompts, Context Clues, and Conventions. Engaging bellringer slides with colorful photographs keep students learning all year long! Each set of bellringers has several slides which review the skills in grammar, punctuation, r
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Grades:
6th - 8th
How to Evaluate Websites and Data Digital Literacy Activities Print and Digital
Print or Digital -- you have both! Get students ready for critical thinking and research by learning how to evaluate digital data by determining the value of a website. Have them practice this skill before they need to begin research for a project.Ready for your distance learning or in-person classroom setting.What teachers are saying about my digital literacy resources:"I think this may be the most thorough and well done resource I have ever purchased on here. THANK YOU. You're attention to de
Grades:
6th - 9th
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
Grades:
5th - 8th
Figurative Language Beat the Clock PowerPoint Game
Figurative Language PowerPoint game. Students love this fun interactive digital review! Practice identifying types of sound devices and figurative language used in poetry and writing. Review definitions - similes, metaphors, idioms, personification, hyperbole, alliteration, and onomatopoeia before game starts. Students have one minute to name types of figurative language or sound devices used in two sentences. 36 practice sentences with figurative language. Great game for review at the end of
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Grades:
4th - 7th
Also included in: Language Arts Beat the Clock PowerPoint Game BUNDLE
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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3D Printing Project Makerspace Activities How to 3D print Introduction to 3d
Looking for a fun 3D printing project?? Haven't used the printer in your room yet? This starter kit will get your students understanding the vocabulary related to 3D printing, along with creating a planter! Includes a digital slideshow & grading assessments. Google Forms is a simple and easy way to collect information from your students. Use the forms as a pre & post assessment. Includes vocabulary and questions related to the design process. A slideshow is also included to introduce 3D
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Simple, Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex Sentence Structure PowerPoint
Teach 4 kinds of sentence structures (Simple and Compound sentences, Complex and Compound-Complex sentences) with this PowerPoint lesson on sentence structure with practice. Explains independent and dependent clauses (subordinate clauses), sentence fragments and complete sentences. Defines simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences. Includes 5 practice slides, and a review or quiz with 8 questions for assessment. Students identify the sentence structure of the sentences. Show thi
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: Simple, Compound, Complex, Compound-complex Sentence Structure BUNDLE
Digital Book Report and Poster Reading Activities and Challenges
Go paperless with digital book reports -- they look like real notebooks! Use all year to keep your students reading. Your students will have fun creating book posters to accompany their digital book reports! This resource includes the digital book report and student directions for creating a digital book poster.Includes both editable PowerPoint and Google Slides.This editable digital book report includes pages for:⚬ basic book information and picture of the cover⚬ summary page⚬ character an
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Writing Activities for the Whole Year Digital Bundle
Prepositional Phrases PowerPoint
Prepositional Phrases PowerPoint. Don't Let Them Confuse You! Animated and interactive. Defines prepositions and prepositional phrases, gives examples of prepositional phrases with nouns, pronouns, gerunds, and noun clauses, discusses problems with subject-verb agreement and intervening prepositional phrases, has a short quiz or practice on identifying prepositional phrases in sentences and not confusing them with infinitives, and finally, presents five questions on common usage problems with ty
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: Parts of Speech BUNDLE
Reading Test Prep Strategies and Academic Terms PowerPoint - Easel Assessment
Reading Test Prep PowerPoint. Gives strategies for success on state tests. Explains standardized test taking strategies for reading comprehension with basic reading academic vocabulary. Test prep for reading on any state standardized reading test using 6 essential steps. Students are given six basic strategies, and the basic academic vocabulary terms (words that they should be familiar with in order to be successful on a reading test). The test-taking strategies include test-taking tips and how
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Middle School ELA Test Prep Bundle Grades 6 - 8
Idioms PowerPoint Interactive Quiz with Easel Assessment
This Idioms PowerPoint is a fun way to play with learning the meanings of common idioms. The interactive quiz helps students increase reading comprehension! Definition of an idiom, example of an idiom, and 20 idioms with four possible meanings. Students decide on the correct answer, then check. Have them write down the answer on paper or on a white board and show it before checking to make it a paperless activity. Includes a self-grading digital Easel Assessment. Use at a computer station or in
Grades:
4th - 7th
Also included in: Idioms Bundle - PowerPoints, Worksheets, Easel Activities and Boom Cards
Brain Teasers and Riddles PowerPoint
Brain Teasers and Riddles PowerPoint promotes critical thinking skills. Fun five- minute activities. If you have five minutes, you can still get those brains working and have fun, too! Brain teasers on animated slides that are sure to make everyone smile. Fun, humorous riddles that will crack you up! Enjoy these when class is not quite over, but the lesson is! You can also use as a fun filler at the end of the year! Or use before or after spring break, or after state testing for comic relief. Or
Grades:
4th - 7th
Also included in: End of the Year Activities for Middle Grades Language Arts BUNDLE
Parts of Speech Beat the Clock PowerPoint Game
Parts of Speech PowerPoint game. A fun interactive digital resource to practice identifying parts of speech. Students are given two sentences and have thirty seconds each (a total of 1 min) to identify the underlined word's part of speech. They can work with a partner and use wipe-off white boards or write the answers down on paper. After time is up, the answers will disappear. (Timer is built in) Click again to check answers. Advance slide with a click to start with a new set of sentences. Grad
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: Parts of Speech BUNDLE
Parts of Speech PowerPoint
8 Parts of Speech PowerPoint for instruction, review, and practice. I like to review these the first week of school in my Language Arts class. Great for the beginning of the year or back to school! 58 animated slides explain the eight parts of speech! Lots of animations and sounds to keep your students engaged and interested, in addition to helping them understand English grammar! The key to writing good sentences is to know how words are put together and how they function in a sentence. Descri
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: Parts of Speech BUNDLE
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