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6th grade reading activities for Easel Assessments
Nonfiction Text Structures: Task Cards with 32 Informational Passages
This set of 32 task cards will give your upper elementary and middle school students an opportunity to practice reading nonfiction passages and determining which of the five types of text structures was used by the author. Just print and go! Identifying the structure of a nonfiction text is a critical reading skill that students often struggle with. These nonfiction text structure task cards have been designed to help your students gain proficiency and confidence in their ability to read an info
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4th - 6th
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Author's Tone Task Cards in Print and Digital: 24 Practice Passages
Author's Tone Task Cards: This set of 24 task cards will give your upper elementary and middle school students an opportunity to practice reading a passage and identifying the author's tone. Each task card consists of an engaging passage and four multiple-choice options. The answer choices consist of words often associated with mood and tone, giving your students an authentic opportunity to interact with these terms and expand their vocabulary. Students will complete the following steps as they
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4th - 6th
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Point of View Task Cards: 24 Practice Reading Passages for 4th, 5th, 6th Grade
Point of View Task Cards: This set of 24 task cards will give your upper elementary students an opportunity to practice reading a passage and identifying the point of view used by the author. Students will differentiate between four common points of view: first person, second person, third person limited, and third person omniscient. Each task card consists of an engaging fiction passage and four multiple-choice options.✅ First Person✅ Second Person✅ Third Person Limited✅ Third Person Omniscient
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4th - 6th
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Figurative Language Worksheets - Similes, Metaphors, Idioms and Easel
This figurative language pack includes a types of figurative language handout that defines different figures of speech like similes, metaphors, idioms, personification, and hyperbole and gives an example of each. On the first worksheet students have to identify ten sentences that use metaphors or similes. There are nine additional practice worksheets with practice with similes, idioms, metaphors, personification and hyperbole. No prep. Print and go. Keys included. Ten worksheets in all. Great ac
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4th - 7th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Idioms Bundle - PowerPoints, Worksheets, Easel Activities and Boom Cards
Mood Task Cards: Practice Inferring the Mood with 24 Short Stories
Mood Task Cards: This set of 24 task cards will give your upper elementary and middle school students an opportunity to practice reading a passage and identifying the mood of the passage. Each task card consists of an engaging passage and four multiple-choice options. The answer choices consist of words often associated with mood and tone, giving your students an authentic opportunity to interact with these terms and expand their vocabulary.Students will complete the following steps as they work
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4th - 6th
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The Cay PowerPoint Introduction
The Cay Introduction PowerPoint is an engaging and interactive preview of The Cay by Theodore Taylor. If you are reading The Cay, this digital resource introduces students to the setting, characters, plot, theme and vocabulary, and builds background knowledge needed to comprehend the book. Great book for hurricane season. Students can discuss with partners how they would survive on a desert island in severe weather. They can also write about this and share with each other. Then discuss how dif
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4th - 7th
Also included in: The Cay by Theodore Taylor Bundle - Novel Unit
Inside Out and Back Again Novel Activities, Tests
This teaching unit is designed to accompany Thanhha Lai's novel Inside Out & Back Again. This powerful novel is divided into four parts. This teaching unit includes a vocabulary list for each of the four parts, an activity for each part, and a test for each part. Post reading activities are also included! With this packet, no prep is needed! All of the work is planned out for you! Use these activities and tests to teach the novel as a whole-class read, for homework, for group work in l
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: 8th Grade ELA Mega Bundle ~ Everything Needed to Teach 8th Grade ELA
Johnny Tremain Literature Guide - Story of the American Revolution with Easel
Johnny Tremain Literature Guide - Novel Study. A great story based on the American Revolution. This packet has vocabulary and word mapping activities for the novel, discussion comprehension questions for each chapter, a novel word search puzzle, a reader's response journal assignment, a web research assignment, and a final test on the book, with key. Your students will enjoy this historical fiction story. Includes answer keys. Please see preview. Printable and Digital Resource: Includes an Easel
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5th - 7th
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Also included in: Johnny Tremain Novel Study and Vocabulary Bundle
Self-Grading Poetry and Drama Task Cards (Practice & Guided Tutorials)
(Digital and Printable Versions) A digital, self-grading version has also been included. Some of the digital cards contain guided tutorials to help students understand elements of drama and poetry. The remaining cards provide practice and score student progress. Just click to assign the digital cards. The digital version works through Easel at no additional cost to you. It grades student work and shows student progress. Plus a printable version has been included. These task cards teach and r
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3rd - 8th
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Literary Terms TEST - Story Elements of Fiction Easel Activity and Assessment
Literary Terms for Fiction TEST. Elements of Literature multiple choice test on 40 critical literature terms or story elements of literature that are important to student understanding of fiction texts, such as plot, theme, conflict, setting, etc. It is based on my literary terms for fiction handout which is also available to use as a study guide. Digital and Print: Includes an Easel Activity ready for learning with digital tools. Assign it for students to complete on the TPT platform in Google
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Literary Terms - Story Elements BUNDLE
Heat Energy Readers Theater Conduction Convection Radiation Play Plus Assessment
Heat Energy Readers Theater Conduction Convection Radiation Play Plus AssessmentThis fun reader’s theater teaches students about heat energy in a fun way. It can be used to introduce a unit, or reinforce concepts about heat energy. The story reinforces the concepts of conduction, convection, and radiation. This reader's theater also introduces conductors and insulators of heat energy. The engaging format of this play allows many students to participate, and it reinforces reading and spea
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3rd - 6th
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Plot Diagram PowerPoint - Understanding Story Elements with Easel Assessment
Introduce short story elements with this Plot Diagram PowerPoint and learn the history behind it. Includes a self-grading Easel Assessment. Aristotle's model, Freytag's Pyramid, and today's visual line graph. Explains what a plot diagram is and how it depicts story elements of exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution. Many visual graphics and includes two examples of plot map diagrams from popular stories that most students have read. Uses the stories of the Grinch and L
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4th - 7th
Seventh Grade by Gary Soto Test Easel Activity and Assessment Print and Digital
Seventh Grade by Gary Soto Multiple Choice Test. Quick quiz or final assessment. Ten multiple choice questions on the short story to check comprehension, making inferences, and some story elements. Short and simple to grade. Includes constructed response (short answer or essay) questions if you wish to have your students write using evidence from the text to support their answer. Answer key included. Excellent story about going back to school in 7th grade. Print and Digital Resource: Includes an
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Seventh Grade by Gary Soto Bundle
Synonyms and Antonyms Task Cards: 32 Vocabulary Test Prep for 4th & 5th Grades
This set of 32 task cards will give your fourth- and fifth-grade students an opportunity to practice identifying a synonym or antonym for an underlined word in a sentence. Some of the task cards have a short-answer format where students generate their own synonym or antonym. Most of the task cards consist of a sentence and four multiple-choice options. Working with synonyms and antonyms helps to expand a student's vocabulary. These task cards are a fun way practice the skill. Plus, these task ca
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Synonyms and Antonyms Bundle of Activities for 4th and 5th grade
All Summer in a Day Short Story Activities and Close Reading
Your students won't stop talking about the themes of this story! "All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury addresses so many themes that resonate with kids! Your students will want to analyze characters, motive, plot, and the concept of living on another planet. This unsettling story is great for middle school and high school students -- sure to bring up great discussion on bullying, compassion for others, and accepting newcomers. Perfect to teach at the end of the year.This resource includes:p
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: End of the Year Activities Bundle Grade 6 7 8 Reading and Writing
Independent Reading Activity: One-Pagers, Annotation Guides, + Bulletin Boards
Motivate your middle school students to read books for enjoyment with these flexible and easy to assess activities! Students practice identifying the literary elements and reading with a purpose! Students will identify themes and summarize the plot and conflict.Book Bistro is a research-based independent reading program that fosters a love of reading.It's essentially a high-interest, middle school book report that taps into the social nature of middle school students. The assignment puts the fun
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6th - 9th
Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Middle School Test Prep - Mysteries
Do you want to be the best teacher? Would you like to offer quality practice ELA bell ringers and reading comprehension test prep activities? Is one of your goals to improve your students' reading comprehension skills with multiple choice questions? Would you be interested in helping students be more familiar with close reading, context clues and making inferences with meaningful reading comprehension passages?If you found something that gave you all these benefits, would you want to get started
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6th - 8th
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Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Middle School Prep - Curiosities
Do you want to be the best teacher? Would you like to offer quality practice ELA bell ringers and reading comprehension test prep activities? Is one of your goals to improve your students' reading comprehension skills with multiple choice questions? Would you be interested in helping students be more familiar with close reading, context clues and making inferences with meaningful reading comprehension passages?If you found something that gave you all these benefits, would you want to get started
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6th - 8th
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Digital Self-Grading Simile and Metaphor Games + Printable Centers
Two digital, self-grading games have been included! Plus, there is a printable version with this resource. It's a pasta and pizza party! This is a fun way to teach and review similes and metaphors. These fun games are aligned to Common Core Standards RL.4 and RI.4. Two levels of review are included.Two Levels of Self-Grading Games Are Included -Pasta Party Similes and Metaphors Game (Beginning Level)Match the pasta with each correct plate by determining which phrases are similes or metaphors
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1st - 8th
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A Wolf Called Wander Novel Study By Rosanne Parry
This novel study of A Wolf Called Wander by Rosanne Parry is divided into 5 sections. Each section covers 25 -35 pages. This allows students to improve comprehension and writing skills while developing a love for reading. The units are designed to help reach a variety of learning styles. You can have students complete all activities or assign specific skills to individual students or groups.Easel Activity!Easel activity is divided into 5 sections. Each section includes the following:10 Comprehen
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3rd - 6th
ELA TEST PREP Language Arts and Reading Middle Grades Test Practice with Easel
ELA Test Prep for Middle Grades multiple choice practice test for review and preparation for state standardized testing. Test prep on Language Arts and Reading skills includes transition words, paragraph sequencing, point of view, figurative language, text graphics, author's purpose, theme, main idea, and relevant details and support. Several reading selections. Questions are standards based.Digital and Print: I have also made an Easel Activity ready to go for in-person, hybrid, distance learnin
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Middle School ELA Test Prep Bundle Grades 6 - 8
Chinese New Year 2024 PowerPoint Year of the Dragon with Easel Assessment
Chinese New Year 2024 Year of the Dragon PowerPoint. This year, the Chinese New Year falls on February 10, 2024, and it is the year of the Dragon. It ends with the Lantern Festival on February 24th. Includes informational text on the traditions and customs of the Chinese New Year, 5 fun interactive test your knowledge questions, and ideas and directions for activities and crafts to celebrate. Includes music and sound effects. I will update every year for the new year of the Chinese Zodiac, so yo
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3rd - 6th
Thanksgiving Quiz: Test Your Knowledge with Digital Easel Activity - Assessment
Thanksgiving Quiz - Test Your Knowledge. A fun trivia 20-question quiz about the first Thanksgiving facts. How many can you answer? Some will surprise you! A fun engaging activity! Use as a party game, as a student anticipation guide for a Thanksgiving unit, as a research - webquest sheet, or as an assessment after a Thanksgiving unit of study. Key included. The questions are challenging, but they are supposed to be tricky. The fun is in the surprising answers. No prep. Print or go digital. Prin
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Thanksgiving Activities Bundle Grades 3 - 6
Types of Poetry Test with Easel Activity and Assessment
This Types of Poetry test has eight different poems, and students need to match them to their type or form. This short and quick assessment includes the following types of poetry: Diamante Haiku Limerick Sonnet Ballad Concrete Lyric Free VerseYou can have students write the type of the poem next to the poem on the test (a line is provided). I like to make a class set to save paper. I have the students number 1 - 8 on their own piece of paper and match the poems to the
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Poetry Bundle of Teaching Resources Grades 5 - 8
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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).
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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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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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