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7th grade reading independent work packet pdfs
Mother to Son Langston Hughes Poetry Analysis - Printable & Digital
Make metaphors come alive with these "Mother to Son" poem activities! This poetry analysis resource includes a graphic organizer to walk students through the rich figurative language in Hughes' highly relatable poem and help them analyze extended metaphor, character, and theme. It also includes a one-page biography of Langston Hughes and comprehension questions about the poem, the informational text, and connections between the poem and the poet's life.(If you teach poetry in middle school, don'
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6th - 8th
Also included in:Ā Langston Hughes Poetry Unit for Middle School - PDF & Digital
Nonfiction Text Features Worksheets - Printable & Digital
Looking for an easy, no-prep way to review or assess nonfiction text features? These text features worksheets and reading passages make it easy to teach identifying text features and analyzing their purpose. Three interesting nonfiction passages about mountains, pyramids, and the Great Wall of China will hold students' attention as they review the purpose of each text feature.(Don't miss the rest of my bestselling Middle School Reading Bundle!)This resource includes the following digital version
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6th - 8th
Also included in:Ā Middle School Reading Comprehension Bundle - PDF & Digital
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:Ā Idioms Bundle - PowerPoints, Worksheets, Easel Activities and Boom Cards
Reading activity: SUPER BOWL in 2024, Chiefs WIN, Taylor Swift celebrates!
This reading comprehension activity is aimed at 8-13 year-olds, and focuses on the Super Bowl in February 2024. This was the 58th Super Bowl, and was contested by the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers. It was the Chiefs who came out as victors, cheered on by Taylor Swift! Your students can find this information in the text, and learn much more besides about this wonderful sporting event.They will develop reading comprehension skills through a range of retrieval and inference questio
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4th - 8th
Idiom Worksheets - Finding Idioms in the Story with Easel Digital and Print
Search and find the idioms in short stories filled with many of them. Students answer questions about idioms and figurative language and use a highlighter or colored pencils to hunt for the idioms embedded in the story. Two stories for identifying idioms in context. Excellent back to school or end of the year activity. Includes a glossary of 50 common idioms and two quizzes. Students rewrite the third story without the idiomatic phrases to practice avoiding their overuse in writing. Answer keys
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4th - 7th
Also included in:Ā Idioms Bundle - PowerPoints, Worksheets, Easel Activities and Boom Cards
Tone and Mood Task Cards Set 1 and Digital with TpT Easel
These 16 high-interest task cards in set 1 provide an opportunity for middle school students to practice identifying the tone and mood of reading passages based on key phrases and figurative language.Digital for TpT Easel Activity:This product includes student directions, 3 pages of tone and mood word lists, and self-grading task cards for time-saving grading. Digital for TpT Easel Assessment:This product also includes a self-grading assessment version of the task cards. Includes:16 half-page c
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5th - 8th
Also included in:Ā Reading Task Cards Bundle Set 1 for STAAR Reading Review
Comprehensions for Star Wars Day, "May the 4th be with you"
These Star Wars-themed guided reading activities, aimed at children aged 8-13 years old, tests childrenās retrieval, word meaning, summary and deduction skills. There are two activities - one focused on the Star Wars films across the years and the second focused on the most recent installment in 2019 - The Rise of Skywalker.Questions and answers are provided, with an indication of how many marks are on offer at the end of each question. This is particularly helpful for children preparing for rea
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4th - 9th
Genetics & Heredity Middle School Science Sub Plan Independent Work No Prep
Make Sub Days Stress-Free Days! with this Genetics and Heredity independent work/sub-plan lesson with a word search, crossword puzzle, highly engaging reading passages, and other activities. Great for an introduction or review of Genetics and Heredity in an engaging way without all the stress. With highly engaging reading passages and activities, this lesson plan provides easy, breezy, sub-eezy implementation that you or a substitute can use. It's not only ideal for substitutes but works great f
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7th - 10th
Novel Study Choice Board for any Novel, Book Club Independent Reading Activities
Do you want to be the best teacher? Get ready to unlock a treasure trove of novel study choice board for any novel magic that's as versatile as a chameleon in a library! With a collection of reading activities for any book, you're about to embark on a journey that turns reading into a kaleidoscope of learning. With the flexibility of a novel study choice board, you're not just following a set path; you're creating a personalized roadmap where each student's reading journey is unique. It's like
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6th - 8th
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Digital Escape Room Desert Island Pick Your Own Adventure - Pick a Path
Are you looking for an educational virtual novel to assign your grade 3-11 students that offers a thrilling challenge while still being extremely enjoyable and engaging? The objective of this digital resource, web quest Desert Island, no prep digital escape room, is to practice literacy skills (comprehension, reading, vocabulary) but masked in a fun way where students can choose their path and solve problems/find clues along the way.This is a brand new āPick a Path Adventure Game" Stranded on a
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3rd - 11th
Nonfiction Passages with Text Features - Ocean Animals - PDF & Digital
Teach nonfiction text features and learn about ocean animals and habitats with these ocean animal reading passages and comprehension questions! Each nonfiction activity will engage your students with fascinating facts about sea life including blue whales, flying fish, sea anemones, and more as they practice identifying and analyzing text features, main idea, author's purpose, and other nonfiction reading skills.This resource includes the following digital versions:Google Slides (link in PDF)Ease
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6th - 8th
Also included in:Ā Middle School Nonfiction Reading Unit - Ocean Animals Reading Passages
Any Book Novel Study | Google Slides & Literature Circle Worksheets Bundle
Imagine the excitement in your classroom as your students engage with standards-based practice that feels like fun! This is a 100+ page standards based novel study that can be used with ANY chapter book, fictional book, or novel! This book study seamlessly combines digital and printable components which makes it NO PREP! Designed to work seamlessly with any fiction book, this dynamic novel study will empower your students to dive into their favorite books while engaging with standards-based acti
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3rd - 7th
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Text Structure Worksheets - Printable & Digital
When it comes to teaching nonfiction text structure, you need LOTS of examples to help students really get it! These text structure worksheets are here to help, supplementing your nonfiction lesson with clear, concise examples of the five main nonfiction text structures: chronological order/sequence, cause and effect, problem and solution, description, and compare and contrast.(Virginia teachers, there is now a separate SOL version included for you with text structure and description replaced by
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6th - 8th
Also included in:Ā Middle School Reading Comprehension Bundle - PDF & Digital
Force & Motion Activities Middle School Science Sub Plans or Independent Work
Make Sub Days Stress-Free Days! with this Force and Motion independent work/sub-plan lesson with a word search, crossword puzzle, highly engaging reading passages, and other activities. Great for an introduction or review of Force and Motion in an engaging way without all the stress. With highly engaging reading passages and activities, this lesson plan provides easy, breezy, sub-eezy implementation that you or a substitute can use. It's not only ideal for substitutes but works great for pre-hol
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6th - 8th
English "NO PREP" 80 Emergency Sub Resources & Independent Activities
You'll be ready for anything with this self-directed English learning resource bundle, offering all the support you will need for creating sub plans and a sub binder and with many independent assignments for your English/Language Arts students that will last the whole school year! Are you tired of searching and scrambling to find meaningful and appealing work or everyday creative and engaging resources for your Middle School English and Language Arts class? Eliminate that stress once and for all
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5th - 9th
Spring and Easter - Easy Reading Comprehension for Special Education
This is an add-on to my Spring and Easter symbol supported stories for those of you who are wanting the same stories only without symbols for your students who don't need that support. These ten reading passages are all about springtime and easter including: springtime, flying a kite, garden, spring break vacation, baseball game, Easter eggs, Easter egg hunt, jelly beans, Easter Bunny, and Easter Sunday!Each story includes:Short and simple 4-5 sentence storyCut and paste cloze (fill in the blank
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K - 12th
Also included in:Ā The Mega Easter Bundle for Special Education
Theme Graphic Organizers and Worksheets with Easel Activity
Are you teaching theme? Do your students struggle with identifying the message in a story? Use these graphic organizers to help students with finding theme. The worksheets will help them understand how to identify theme in a novel or a short story by looking at dialogue, conflict, and endings. Includes examples of each from literature and uses a mnemonic device to remember what theme is. (THEME = THE MEssage) Additional pages to support finding theme included for taking notes, along with a word
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6th - 9th
Christmas Activities Puzzles Middle and High School Sub Plans Independent Work
Calm the Holiday Chaos with this PRINT AND GO Lesson Plan! These Christmas activities and puzzles teach the history of Christmas in an engaging way without all the holiday chaos. With highly engaging reading passages and activities, this lesson plan provides easy, breezy, sub-eezy implementation that can be used by you or a substitute. It's not only ideal for substitutes but works great for pre-holiday, district testing days, fun Fridays, or a teacher catch-up day.These Christmas worksheets are
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7th - 10th
Also included in:Ā Sub Plans or Independent Work Middle High School December Activities Bundle
No Prep Novel Study: Summer of the Mariposas by G. McCall (Print + DIGITAL)
This is a 100+ page, Common Core aligned, complete novel study for Summer of the Mariposas by Guadalupe Garcia McCall. This NO PREP book study teaching unit has everything that you will need to teach and assess the novel, including an extension activity to compare and contrast the novel with Homer's Odyssey. The table of contents makes finding information quick and easy. ALL ANSWER KEYS ARE INCLUDED. The novel study is divided into 3 sections (just like the book). Each section includes vocabular
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6th - 8th
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Making Inferences Reading Passages & Questions RACE Strategy Writing Prompts
Making Inferences Reading Passages and Questions for the RACE Writing Strategy BUNDLE will help your students practice the skill of reading a short passage and making inferences. Using clear reasons and evidence from the text, students will write a short response answer using the RACE Strategy writing checklist.This resource is located on Google slides and is perfect for distance learning. A printable PDF is also included.Do you have a wide range of readers? This money-saving bundle combines tw
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3rd - 8th
DIGITAL/GOOGLE I Am Malala- Young Readers Edition Reading Journal/ Novel Unit
NOW DIGITAL! This unit includes a link to a Google Slides and Google Docs student work packet. This product is a literature circle novel unit for the book, "I Am Malala." It breaks the book into sections and provides space for:SummaryComprehension QuestionsStudent Question/AnswerVocabulary EnrichmentGraphic Organizer or Tech ConnectionThis is a great unit that I use in my own classroom. It is ready to go right out of the printer and provides the teacher with helpful ideas and links. It is aligne
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5th - 12th
Phineas Gage Nonfiction Book Study Guide -- Includes DIGITAL file options!
This is a 120+ page Common Core aligned complete book study for the nonfiction text, Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science by John Fleischman. This NO PREP book study teaching unit has everything that you will need to teach and assess the novel. The Table of Contents makes finding information quick and easy. ALL ANSWER KEYS ARE INCLUDED. GO DIGITAL! Choose printed or paperless resources! The student packet, quizzes, and final exam are available as Google Driveā¢ files. A voc
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6th - 8th
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Fun End of the Year Activities Middle High School Sub Plans Independent Work
Calm the Holiday Chaos with this PRINT AND GO Lesson Plan! These End of the Year Summer Break activities and puzzles teach the history of our current school schedule and why it might need to be changed in an engaging way without all the holiday chaos. Students will also get tips about landing that summer job. With highly engaging reading passages and activities, this lesson plan provides easy, breezy, sub-eezy implementation that can be used by you or a substitute. It's not only ideal for substi
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7th - 10th
Also included in:Ā End of the Year Bundle Middle High School Sub Plans or Independent Work
Reading Comprehensions -Stories of Survival.
Stories of SurvivalHow did 33 miners survive for almost three months underground? How did NASA manage to get a malfunctioning spacecraft safely back to Earth? What did the survivors of a plane crash in the Andes eat to stay alive? What would you look like if you had spent 16 months at sea?Answer these questions and more in this exciting Guided Reading resource looking at some fantastic stories of human survival against the odds.This collection of four guided reading activities, aimed at children
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4th - 8th
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Not only is reading a core concept in the study of English language arts, but itās also a cornerstone skill for proficiency in many other subjects (for instance, without strong reading skills, students wonāt be able to solve math word problems or read through primary sources for social studies class).
If youāre 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 youāre 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 storyās theme, reflect on a characterās 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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Educators can save time preparing reading lessons with resources created by experienced teachers. Simply start a search for reading resources on the TPT marketplace, and filter by grade level, price, and/or resource type to find materials that've been proven to work in classrooms like yours. No matter what youāre teaching, there are plenty of reading lessons and activities sold by Sellers on TPT that are tailored to meet your students' skill levels.
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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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