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Free 8th grade reading strategies resources
Root Words, Prefixes, & Suffixes Unit 1 FREE
A complete unit of Greek and Latin roots, prefixes, and suffixes! This Common Core aligned unit includes a master list of word parts, blank student list, enlarged flashcards, a practice worksheet for each word part, formative assessment, and answer keys.**This resource is part of the Root Words, Prefixes, and Suffixes Unit Bundle. It includes 12 Greek and Latin Word Parts Units at a 40% discount price! Click here to see all the units and take advantage of the savings.UNIT 1 INCLUDES:Complete Li
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5th - 8th
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Theme Freebie! Graphic Organizer, Anchor Chart, & Worksheet - No Prep Activities
Theme is such a challenging skill to master! Here is a freebie that you can use with any story to help your students do just that. WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:Theme Worksheet: This printable requires students to answer questions about how the character thinks and acts to find clues about the theme.Theme Graphic Organizer: This requires students to find evidence from the text to support the theme they select.Theme Poster: Anchor chart to give students or for classroom decoration!Black-lineColorGreat
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3rd - 8th
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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
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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Music as Poetry Analysis Activity for Any Song - Digital and Print
Teaching students to analyze poetry can be challenging. This free resource uses pop culture music (almost any song of your choosing will work) to engage students in discussion about lyric poems. Song analysis activities make teaching poetry fun!ContentsThis song analysis activity is included in different versions:1. A condensed two-page graphic organizer 2. A 14 page resource with one question on each page so you can use them individually, with learning stations, or with gallery walksFormatsThi
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Poetry Analysis Bundle: Engaging Games, Activities, and Writing Prompts
Character Selfies: Character Analysis, Summary, Point of View, and Visualization
Do your students have a cell phone? If they do, chances are they take "selfies" (photos of themselves) all the time. Turn this favorite pastime into an activity that will strengthen their comprehension skills! Not to mention, you will be one cool teacher for these 21st century kids!
Examples of when to take character selfies:
Guided reading
Literature circles
Independent reading response
Response to a class read aloud
In this activity, students draw from the point of view of the character.
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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
Rapunzel | Readers Theater Script | Grimm Brothers Fairy Tale
Rapunzel Readers Theater Script adapted from the original Grimm Brothers Fairy Tale. Thank you for downloading this free resource!!! Please provide feedback in the Comments & Ratings. Even if it's only a few words. This will help me in creating new and better products. Your help is much appreciated! Help students practice fluency, reading with expressing, and performing in front of others without the stress of having to memorize their lines. Contains original text. ATOS Book Level 6.0
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4th - 9th
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FREE Reading Fluency Folder- Reading Intervention, Words Per Minute, Charts
Daily or weekly fluency reads are great for Progress Monitoring!Use this resource to create folders for each student (cover page, pocket labels, & charts).Product Includes:-5 Cover Options that can be colored and personalized -8 Fluency Tracker charts to record student's words read per minute with space to document the passage you're utilizing, the reading level, and date for each read. Repeated Reading is an extremely valuable process for students and having the opportunity to give them a r
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PreK - 8th
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FREE - Bloom's Question Cards - Bloom's Taxonomy
These question card FREEBIES are based upon the original Bloom's Taxonomy. Use them to promote higher-level thinking during lessons and after read-alouds. Color code them by copying them on different colors so they are easily differentiated. Adorable covers for each question type are included.Looking for newer Bloom's Taxonomy and other tools to encourage higher level, critical and complex thinking? Check out Digging Deeper - Learning Practices✨Click the GREEN STAR by my store name to follow and
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K - 12th
Greek and Latin Root Words, Prefixes, & Suffixes List— 300 Vocabulary Word Parts
Enhance your students' vocabulary with this comprehensive list of 300 of the Most Commonly Used Greek & Latin Root Words, Prefixes, & Suffixes!Included in this FREE download, is a list for teachers to reference the most commonly used Greek and Latin roots, prefixes, and suffixes. Use this list to help guide your lessons or to provide students with a reference tool. Each page is broken down by word part, meaning, and example words. You May Also Like!Greek & Latin Root Words, Prefixes,
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4th - 12th
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Interactive Reading Notebooks ~ FREE Bonus Lesson! Context Clues
This freebie includes a complete interactive reading notebook lesson on finding context clues. It is a bonus lesson that is not included in my other notebook products, so be sure to download this if you own those as well.This lesson includes 3 activities and is aligned to CCSS standards for grades 4-8.You will find that this lesson contains the right amount of rigor to challenge your upper elementary and middle students. Instead of simply figuring out word meanings, your students will have to de
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3rd - 8th
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How to Annotate Text, Annotations, FREE Sticky Note Method Handout with Bookmark
Encourage your students to improve their close reading skills by teaching them to annotate text with this simple sticky-note procedure. This single-sheet handout gives examples of rich and weak annotated comments along with helpful suggestions to guide students who aren’t sure what they should be writing about when they’re asked to annotate a book.The sheet was designed for students to keep intact in their binders or to slice up and use as a bookmark during reading time. Want more handouts and r
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8th - 11th
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FREE CONVO BINGO : A Socratic Seminar Bingo game with accountable talk prompts
Students love games. !The CONVO BINGO strategy provides accountable talk, choice, and accountability all in one easy-to-play game. This Socratic Seminar Bingo board is editable to fit your classroom discussion needs. Use it to gamify your next classroom discussion and help keep track of participants!YOU MAY ALSO LIKE:❤️ Socratic Seminar Talking Toolkit for ANY text : Socratic Seminar worksheets❤️ Accountable Talk Stems, Posters, Task Cards, and Games : Emotion Theme✌ If you and your students enj
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6th - 12th
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Character Traits Graphic Organizers
This set of graphic organizes is perfect for students of all grade levels! They are absolutely perfect for small groups and can also be used as a comprehension tool for your whole class as well. These graphic organizers will help students:*Identify character traits based on their thoughts, words, and actions*Provide text evidence for their answers*Examine how a character changes throughout a storyEnjoy this resource?Get ALL of my graphic organizers here:https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Produc
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1st - 8th
Literature Circle Printables
Updated May 2022: Literature Circle PrintablesThis Literature Circles Packet includes my version of Literature Circle jobs, activities, and instructions. There are five jobs included in this packet:Discussion DirectorWord WizardAdventuring ArtistStellar SummarizerLiterary LuminaryUse these separately, as mini-lessons, or in Literature Circles. I have also included some information on how I conduct Literature Circles in my classroom. Follow me on Instagram, Facebook, or subscribe!Your feedback is
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2nd - 12th
Figurative Language Worksheet {FREE}
Are you trying to find an effective figurative language worksheet for your middle school students to help them review and practice identify figurative devices? This free Figurative Language Worksheet is perfect for them. Your students will identify similes, metaphors, personification, alliteration, and other figurative devices.This worksheet is perfect for...Morning WorkReview MaterialsCenters or StationsEarly FinishersHomework1. You are receiving the PDF & Digital Version of this worksheet
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5th - 8th
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SEQUENCE ACTIVITY
Sequence Activity
These are great activities to reinforce sequence using clue and transition words. Kids have to identify the clue words in the sentences, then draw one line under the event that happened first, and two lines under the event that happened second.
PLEASE NOTE: This packet of sequence activities has been modified and pages have been added. Please upload the new activities that include more activities and teaching suggestions.
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Sequence Packet
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3rd - 9th
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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
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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1st - 8th
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SSR – Tired of Book Reports? Try this FREE idea instead – Easy grading for you!
This FREE handout explains a fresh approach to Sustained Silent Reading (S.S.R.) procedures to your students. As you’ll see, I use “book talks” with my students instead of traditional book reports, posters, or speech presentations. The SSR book talk is just an informal conversation with the student to determine whether the student actually read the book. Tips for this are included in the PDF download, along with a student handout and tally sheet to help keep your records organized.It’s fantastic
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8th - 11th
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FREE Inference Activity: Making Inferences using Short Films
Free Inference Activity where students will watch a short film and then answer inference questions about the film. Students will also be asked to cite evidence from the short film that proves their inferences. Product includes Print and Digital Versions, the YouTube link, and an answer key. If you like this FREEBIE, please check out my Making Inferences using Short Films Product.This Product is Available in TWO different Bundles:Story Elements in Film BUNDLEInference Unit BUNDLEProduct include
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4th - 8th
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Close Reading Mystery Inference Text Evidence Activity - Who Stole the Gnome?
Close Reading Mystery Inference Text Evidence Activity - Who Stole the Gnome?: Engage your students with a captivating close reading inference activity that challenges them to explore and find text evidence, make inferences, and read more closely. This resource provides all the necessary materials to facilitate this fun and creative reading activity in your classroom. Students will have the opportunity to work collaboratively, enhancing their problem-solving and critical-thinking skills as they
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: READING MYSTERIES FULL-YEAR ELA PROGRAM | PRINT
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