427 results
Middle school ELA test prep homeschool curriculum pdfs
INFORMATIONAL READING PASSAGES FOR OPINION WRITING: Video Games
This is a text-based opinion writing prompt. It includes 2 "articles" about the pros and cons of video games. The articles are at a 5-7 grade reading level, but younger students can understand the material with support. The articles are written to give students all the information they need to write an opinion essay. Links to additional articles and videos are provided. Also included is an opinion writing rubric aligned to the Common Core and the SBAC, a self-assessment rubric and a prompt
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 7th
SBAC PREP VOLCANOES: TEXT-BASED INFORMATIVE WRITING INTERMEDIATE
With Common Core and SBAC testing, I am now teaching text-based informative writing in my 4th grade classroom. It has been very hard to find appropriate materials to teach students how to write in a manner similar to the performance tasks. This packet is designed to allow students to practice doing text-based writing and a mini-research report. All the materials needed to do a research report, including 5 different types of texts, are included as well as a reference page of links to additiona
Grades:
4th - 8th
Complex Sentences - Identifying Independent and Dependent Clauses
This product focuses on complex sentences and identifying independent and dependent clauses. There is a variety of activities for your students to practice identifying the independent and dependent clauses of a complex sentence. Your students will be challenged and learning needs will be met. It’s a comprehensive look at complex sentences and how they are different than compound sentences as well. These are great activities for the classroom for in-class work, small group work, or homework. All
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 7th
Superhero Close Reading & Writing Theme Unit {Bundle}
Unleash your student's close reading powers with this superhero themed bundle. Inside you will find SIX passages for close reading, homework, assessments, and guided reading instruction. I have designed this unit to meet common core complexity ranges for grades 2-5.
It can also be used to encourage close reading and citing textual evidence in secondary grades.
Each passage has 5 activities (1 Graphic Organizers, 3 pages w/ dependent questions, snd an extended writing response).
Grades:
2nd - 8th
Helping and Linking Verbs - No Prep
Helping and linking verbs are an important part of learning grammar. Sometimes it can be hard to distinguish between the two for students. These activities will help you in your classroom. These would be great as an in-class activity or sent home for homework. All you have to do is print and go!These activities include labeling the verbs, filling in the blank, and writing sentences. These are comprehensive activities that will teach and challenge your students. If you like these activities,
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 6th
Also included in:Â The Ultimate Verb Bundle | Understanding all Verbs
Activities for Sequencing of Events - No Prep
These are activities for learning about sequencing of events and sequencing transition words is important. Students need to be able to understand which transition words go where and how to use them. Students will have a full comprehensive review of how to put events in sequential order. This will help and challenge your students. My students have used these activities and have helped them immensely. I know this will help your students as well. All you have to do is print and go!These activities
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 6th
Find Context Clues in Nonfiction 5 Types of Context Clues with Easel Pages
Do you need a resource that has a variety of ways students can practice identifying and finding context clues in by reading text, practice pages, task cards, and writing for your back to school materials? If you do, this one has a lot of variety. It's a great supplement to online district resources that might not have this kind of variety and a springboard for further research for science themes.Finding context clues in text is a challenge for many students including my ESL students. I designed
Grades:
4th - 6th
Types:
Pronouns and their Antecedents - No Prep
Understanding pronouns and their antecedents is another important area of learning in the classroom. These activities will give your students a variety of ways to learning this. It will challenge and teach your students. They will be great for in-class work or for homework. All you have to do is print and go!These activities include finding the pronoun and the antecedent and writing in their own pronoun to complete each sentence that agrees with the antecedent. If you like this resource, ple
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 8th
TEXT BASED OPINION WRITING (Grades 4-6) Common Core and SBAC Prep
This is an opinion writing unit. ALL MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED, INCLUDING MULTIPLE ARTICLES for text based opinion writing. JUST PRINT AND GO! The focus is on teaching skills that students will need to write strong opinion essays. The prompts and articles are designed to engage and interest students.
Included are mini-lessons on:
thesis statements,
writing claims,
supporting claims with anecdotes,
supporting claims with facts,
reading and using multiple texts
writing strong opinion essays.
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in:Â BUNDLE: Year-Long Common Core Writing Prompts (Grades 4-6)
Subject-Verb Agreement - No Prep
Subject-Verb Agreement, its an important part of learning grammar. These activities will help students to recognize subject-verb agreement and write it correctly. All you have to do is print and go!The first activity is choosing which verb best completes each sentence. Another activity is rewriting sentences. Students will fix the sentences and write them correctly. The next two activities is again choosing the correct form of the verb, writing their own sentences and identifying if the sub
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 6th
Also included in:Â The Ultimate Verb Bundle | Understanding all Verbs
1st Quarter | Middle School Vocabulary Words and Word Work | Nine Weeks
Download a FREE two-week sample here!Kick off the academic year with a robust vocabulary unit! 1st Quarter Middle School Vocabulary Words and Word Work is designed to help your middle school students expand their vocabulary in a strategic, engaging way.Every week, students will explore six new words and their associated synonyms, recognizing patterns and the nuances of language. This dynamic approach not only equips students with a wider vocabulary but also cultivates a keen understanding of con
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in:Â 1st Semester | Middle School Vocabulary Words & Word Work | Eighteen Weeks
Mood & Tone Poems
Mood and tone are literary/poetic devices that can be confusing concepts. That's why it's helpful to have lots of mentor poems to really show students, rather than simply tell them what mood and tone is all about. Mood is the overall feeling the poem creates for the reader. Tone is more a reflection of the writer of the poem and their attitude toward the audience.This collection of mentor poems is organized by subject. This allows you to show students that poems written about the same subject
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Sequencing: Understanding Sequence of Events - No Prep
Sequencing and understanding the sequencing of events is a common core standard. Do your students need to understand or practice putting sentences or stories into the correct sequence? Or learning about transitional words or phrases, these activities are for you! These activities are comprehensive and challenging for your students. It’s always important to challenge students so that they continue to learn and be better. All you have to do is print and go!These activities range from reading para
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 6th
Question Stems - 6th Grade Standards Based
Looking for an easy way to ensure you are asking questions that are aligned to your reading standards? This product will be perfect for you!Each card lists the standard code and the wording for the standard. There are a variety of questions for each standard, including questions of lower complexity and those of higher complexity. There are 5-11 questions for each standard. There is a LAFS (Florida) version and a Common Core version included.This is also a b/w version and a colored version of
Subjects:
Grades:
6th
Also included in:Â Question Stems 1st - 6th Grade BUNDLE
Sixth (6th) Grade Reading Diagnostic Assessment (CCSS / TEKS) Reading level test
This is a diagnostic reading assessment appropriate for use with sixth grade aged children. It is aligned to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and to the required reading skills identified by the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). The assessment includes reading and response tasks based on reading literature, reading informational texts, and reading argumentative or persuasive texts. Moving beyond skills taught in the lower grades, this assessment emphasizes more complex comprehen
Grades:
5th - 7th
Middle School Five-Paragraph Essay
About this UnitKnowing how to write a 5-paragraph essay is essential, especially when testing week rolls around. This unit is designed to help your students relearn the basic elements of the 5-paragraph essay while enhancing their writing skills. This unit follows the E.P.G.I. strategy! · Examples· Practice· Guidance· IndependenceThis step-by-step E.P.G.I. strategy WORKS in providing just enough scaffolding to get your students from baby steps to long-distance running in NO TIME.Why You’ll Love
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 8th
Using Commas in Sentences, Dates, and Addresses - No Prep
These activities focus on using commas correctly. Not only do commas need to be used correctly in sentences, but they belong in dates and addresses as well. These activities will help and challenge your students to correctly identify where the commas need to go and how to use commas. You can use them as homework, in-class work, or even working with small groups. All you have to do is print and go!These will focus on using commas after introductory clauses, items in a series, to separate ad
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 6th
7th Grade Reading Diagnostic Assessment (CCSS / TEKS) Reading level test
This is a diagnostic reading assessment appropriate for use with 7th grade aged children. It is aligned to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and to the required reading skills identified by the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). The assessment includes reading and response tasks based on reading literature, reading informational texts, and reading argumentative or persuasive texts. Moving beyond skills taught in the lower grades, this assessment emphasizes more complex comprehensi
Grades:
6th - 8th
NARRATIVE WRITING (Grades 4-6) Common Core and SBAC Prep
This is an narrative writing unit. ALL MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED. JUST PRINT AND GO! The focus is on teaching skills that students will need to write strong narrative stories. The prompts are designed to engage and interest students.
Included are mini-lessons on:
dialogue
similes
setting description
character description
starting sentences
run-on sentences
focusing on an interesting problem
Students are given two specific prompts for every mini-lesson designed to practice the skill taught. Th
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in:Â BUNDLE: Year-Long Common Core Writing Prompts (Grades 4-6)
TEXT-BASED INFORMATIVE WRITING (Grades 4-6) Common Core and SBAC Prep
This is an informational writing unit. ALL MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED, INCLUDING MULTIPLE ARTICLES for text based informational writing. JUST PRINT AND GO! The focus is on teaching skills that students will need to write strong informational essays. The prompts and articles are designed to engage and interest students. The prompts and articles in this unit focus on animals, so this is an excellent ELA/Science unit.
Included are mini-lessons on:
taking notes
writing topic sentences
using trans
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in:Â BUNDLE: Year-Long Common Core Writing Prompts (Grades 4-6)
Prepositional Phrases modifying Adjectives and Adverbs
Prepositional phrases are difficult to learn and understand. So I have created these activities to help my students and they can help you too!These activities include identifying prepositional phrases and how they are used to modify adjectives and adverbs. Then one of my favorites is writing sentences with prepositional phrases. These have helped my class and it will help yours!If you like these activities, please see my TpT page for more!Also, please leave a comment on my TpT page and you can
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 7th
Also included in:Â Prepositions, Adjective, Adverb, Comparative and Superlative Bundle
SBAC PREP ENERGY: TEXT-BASED INFORMATIVE WRITING INTERMEDIATE
With Common Core and SBAC testing, I am now teaching text-based informative writing in my 4th grade classroom. It has been very hard to find appropriate materials to teach students how to write in a manner similar to the performance tasks. This packet is designed to allow students to practice doing text-based writing and a mini-research report. All the materials needed to do a research report, including eleven different pages of research with a variety of different types of texts, are includ
Grades:
4th - 8th
No-Prep Common and Proper Nouns Writing Sentences and Identifying
Learning about common and proper nouns? These worksheets will be great for your classroom! These activities have students identifying common and proper nouns, then understanding how to use them correctly in a sentence, and how to write them correctly. All you have to do is print and go!The first activity is rewriting sentences and adding capitalization where needed and taking it out when it's not. The second activity will be to identify the noun listed and write if it's a common or proper, th
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in:Â Noun Bundle | Ultimate Noun Bundle
Showing 1-24 of 427 results
TPT is the largest marketplace for PreK-12 resources, powered by a community of educators.
IXL family of brands