230 results
Free middle school informational text resources for Easel Activities and for special education
Reading Strategies Task Cards - FREE! Inference, Summarizing, + more & Audio!
Your students will love this reading strategy task cards, and you'll love that it's FREE!This set was created by combining cards from six other reading strategy task card sets so that you as a teacher can try them out!:Author's PurposeSummarizingMaking ConnectionsInferenceCause and EffectPredictingWHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:24 Task Cards (prints 4 to a page)Black-lineColorRecording SheetsAnswer KeysDIGITAL:Easel Activity - with AudioDIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:Digital or PrintChallenge Card to extend
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Types:
FREE Informational Text Structure Worksheet Activity One Pager Nonfiction
Need free nonfiction text structure worksheets? This no-prep, printable activity is a great way to review informational text structure, including: compare/contrast, cause and effect, problem/solution, description, chronological order, and sequence.This activity can be used as a review station, test prep, homework, or substitute lesson plan.Answer key is included. No prep—just print and use! Included: 6 short non-fiction passagesDigital self-grading Easel Activity→ Prefer a digital version for Go
Grades:
4th - 7th
Types:
Main Idea and Details FREEBIE: 2 Passages in PDF and Digital Easel
This product contains two passages and a teaching poster that explains the ice cream cone analogy! For each passage, the students have to read the passage and then determine the main idea and three supporting details. They write their statements beside the ice cream cone (main idea) and scoops of ice cream (supporting details). ********This resource is available in two formats:1. Traditional Printables- Print the PDF and distribute paper copies to your students to complete.2. Easel Activity- I
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Types:
RACE Strategy Writing Worksheet Activity Grades 4-6 FREE | with Easel Activity
The RACE strategy for writing is a structure to help 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. This free download contains a short passage and short-response question to practice using the RACE Strategy.This Download Contains: PRINT1 passage with short response question to practice using the RACE StrategySuggested answer and grading guideDIGITALReady to use Easel ActivityLi
Grades:
4th - 6th
Types:
Emotions and Feelings Check-In Worksheets for Social Emotional Learning
Use these free printable worksheets for daily emotions check-ins with your students. A daily feelings check-in is an important way to integrate social-emotional learning into the day, while helping students build self-awareness and self-management skills.Three versions are included with emojis, an emotions word bank, and clear space to add your own emotions words. Both color and black/white versions are also included.The prompts include:Right now, I'm feeling...I feel this way because...Somethin
Grades:
1st - 8th
Types:
FREE Long Division Graph Paper Math Strategies Test Prep
DIGITAL PDF AND PRINTABLES: You will receive printable long division graph paper and a worksheet that models this 4th or 5th grade math problem solving strategy. This method also works well for special education students. You may also like this anchor chart poster:Long Division Printable PosterYou may also like these activities:Divisibility Rules Activity PacketLong Division Task Cards 2-6 Digits by 1 Digit with RemaindersLong Division Task Cards 2-3 Digits by 1 Digit without RemaindersLong Div
Grades:
4th - 7th
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
Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences Interactive Notes Activity
Sentences Interactive Notebook and Practice Sheet
This freebie includes interactive notes and a practice sheet that can be used to teach students simple, compound, and complex sentences. I always start the year with this lesson because it sets the foundation for writing!
Additional Sentence Resources:
⭐ Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentence SORT ⭐ Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentence Color By Number Mystery⭐ Go Digital: Sentences Task Cards ⭐ Narrative Writing Interactive Notebook ⭐
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 6th
Idioms Context Figurative Language Worksheets BOOM CARDS Activity Speech Therapy
4 pages of NO PREP worksheets to practice identifying the MEANING OF IDIOMS. Students are entertained by the fun illustrations, while they also learn how to use CONTEXT CLUES to work on figurative language skills. Print and digital versions make this activity extremely versatile!There's no possible way to teach all idioms, so helping students learn to use context clues is the best strategy for long-term success! This resource is FULL of functional opportunities to determine the meaning of figura
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 7th
Types:
Following Directions, Listening, and Executive Functioning Free
These following directions activities help students to master linguistic cues and tricky vocabulary. It even lets students practice their flexibilty switching been positively and negatively worded questions. This is an important skill that is exercised daily when following written and oral directions or taking multiple choice tests. These activities can also be used as a form of cognitive therapy that will develop sequencing and spatial abilities, memory, attention, and visual processing ski
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 7th
Types:
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
Grades:
5th - 8th
Types:
Entry Level Jobs Posters & Worksheets FREEBIE
FREE Career posters with simplified descriptions highlighting job sites, what they do, and skills needed along with visuals. Simplified reading comprehension questions highlighting job sites, what they do, skills needed, preferences and job interest. These are great for special education students looking to explore career interest options. The pictures depict individuals of different genders, ethnicities, and with disabilities!Want the full version of these activities? Check out:ENTRY-LEVEL JOB
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Entry Level Job Posters & Worksheets BUNDLE Distance Learning
FREE Get to Know You / Back to School Questions for Special Ed
Looking for a back to school activity for the first week of school? These questions provide the prefect get to know you activity for all of your students. Visuals are provided so it is appropriate for all levels of students!
There is no right answer for any of these questions, so students are able to answer errorlessly. Each question includes answering visuals so both readers and non-readers can answer.
Three different levels of journals are also included (drawing, sentence starters, or sente
Subjects:
Grades:
PreK - 12th
Types:
Also included in: Visual Daily Questions BUNDLE! Over 700 questions for special education
Sight Word Activities for Special Education Sight Word Spelling Practice Freebie
You know your special education students need sight word practice. But, you also know that most of the students are too old for 'cutesy' sight word activities that have baby-ish clipart and activities. Your older students need sight word spelling activities that are age appropriate and won't cause embarrassment. Sight word homework doesn't have to be filled with 'baby work'. You can help your older students learn to spell sight words with these no-prep sight word homework assignments! ・゛゛・。
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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
Grades:
7th - 8th
Types:
Also included in: Limited Time Only Reading Comprehension Super Mega Bundle
#KindnessRules : FREE Friendship Differentiated Journals (Special Education)
This friendship journal is great for social lessons on kindness and friendship. #bsechallengeHow can you be kind to someone? By being a good friend!With three different levels included, this journal about friendship is perfect for ALL of your special education students, including non-writers, emerging writers, and writers! Teaching our students to be a good friend and be kind to one another is often something that gets lost in the fast paced world of education. We often tell our students to "be
Subjects:
Grades:
PreK - 12th
Types:
Outbreak of World War 2 Close Reading Comprehension Activity | 5th & 6th Grade
A close reading passage with comprehension and grammar questions, an extension task, a crossword puzzle and a wordsearch about the events surrounding the outbreak of the Second World War. The NO PREP informational text worksheets are perfect for students in fifth grade or sixth grade. Students will learn about the war whilst developing their comprehension skills.Included in this PDF printable resource:An informational textA comprehension activity with ten questionsTwo grammar questions about the
Grades:
5th - 6th
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
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
How to Write a Resume & Cover Letter: A Simple Worksheet Packet
Resume...that's a button on the remote, right, Ms. Whimsy? Sheesh. Really."Resume" is actually a magical piece of paper that's kind of like a remote crossed with a good cup of coffee: it gives you control over what channels of your life potential employers see first, and motivates you to make your high-school-self as well rounded as you can be. Win-win!This download includes worksheets to guide students through the steps of creating a resume and cover letter. These can be used as a stand-alone w
Grades:
6th - 12th
STAAR Daily Reading Comprehension | 1 Week Review | Warm Up | FREE
Are your students in need of repeat practice when it comes to STAAR reading test prep? Finding short, manageable practice that does not overwhelm students can be challenging.This 1 Week of daily reading practice has short, engaging texts with text-dependent reading comprehension questions. It's the perfect solution to give your students the practice they need.The use of a variety of text genres, topics, and styles of questions will help you better prepare your students by covering more all in 1
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Types:
Outbreak of World War I Close Reading Comprehension Activity | 5th & 6th Grade
A First World War close reading passage with comprehension and grammar questions, an extension task, a crossword puzzle and a wordsearch that revolves around the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the alliance and treaties around Europe, and the eventual outbreak of war. The NO PREP informational text worksheets are perfect for students in fifth grade or sixth grade. Students will learn key facts about World War I whilst working on their comprehension skills.Included in this PDF printabl
Grades:
5th - 6th
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
Subjects:
Grades:
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
Grades:
5th - 9th
Types:
Reading Comprehension Task Cards | Differentiated | PDF & Digital | FREE
Are your students in need of repeat practice when it comes to reading comprehension? Finding short, manageable practice that does not overwhelm your 4th and 5th grade students can be challenging.These 8 task cards with text-dependent reading comprehension questions are the perfect solution to give your 4th grade and 5th grade students the practice they need.The use of short well-known fiction stories and modern informational text articles will help engage your students as they practice answering
Grades:
4th - 6th
Types:
Showing 1-24 of 230 results
TPT is the largest marketplace for PreK-12 resources, powered by a community of educators.
IXL family of brands