Middle School Reading Strategies Activities

Please like this page after downloading this Freebie! Nonfiction Close Reading, 3rd–6th grade FREEBIE worksheets, Reading Comprehension Skills, Reading Passage Nonfiction, Writing, and Vocabulary Low Prep Activities and worksheets will help you save time planning and preparing.

This ELA packet includes everything you need to reinforce reading strategies, annotation, and background knowledge that aligns perfectly with the standards.

Elevate your classroom experience with our  No Prep packet Reading Comprehension for 3rd–6th grade. Print and leave for the sub.

Engage your students in fun and meaningful activities to reinforce their ELA (Reading, Writing, and Vocabulary) skills and keep them engaged. Whether you use these activities as warm-ups, independent practice, or homework assignments, your students will benefit from reviewing and reinforcing essential reading concepts. 

Make the smart choice for your students—invest in this No Prep today and watch as the magic of current events enhances their academic journey.

Included in this NO Prep Packet:

• Test Your Knowledge and True & False Pre-Assessment 
• Close Reading Passage
• Comprehension Worksheet
• Vocabulary Activity 

Grab the full bundle and save 30% off. It is perfect to have all your sub-plans ready for the year. Each resource aligns with the Reading and writing standards, including Lesson Plans, Reading Passages, vocabulary cards, Activities, Writing Activities, Early Finishers, and Answer Keys.

Close Reading Bundle

Suggestions for Use:

• Sub plans
• Fun assessment
• Whole class or group activities
• Thematic connections
• Morning work

Don't delay—unlock the potential of your classroom with our No Prep Reading, Writing, and Vocabulary packet today!

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Literacy Tales

Where Stories Come Alive✎

A choice board for final projects. Perfect for ending a novel unit. Works well with any novel.

FREE! Decipher the context clues and symbols to figure out the words to famous Christmas movie titles, such as: Elf Night Before Christmas Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Santa Claus is Coming to Town Frosty the Snowman Nutcracker Home Alone White Christmas Little Drummer Boy Polar Express Plus, have fun writing your own inferencing and logic Christmas movie puzzle at the end. Fun activity for small/whole group with colorful illustrations and Answer Key (at end).

Are you searching for a FREE and engaging way to get your students reading about science current events? Look no further! Science literacy is easy with this basic, any time, low prep STEM current events student choice activity. Improve student engagement, critical analysis and reading skills through interest based science topics.

What's Included in this current event activity?

★ Clear and easy to follow digital or print student worksheet.

★ Fillable 5Ws table & online news access link to News ELA and ideas for other news sources.

★ Optional “What’s Next” creative extension activity.

★ Clear Instructor directions with links to News ELA.

How To Use This Resource

★ This simple activity can be used with multiple age groups and requires 30 minutes to 1 class periods to complete.

★ Use this activity as a weekly peek into the importance of science in the world, as a way to address current events in any science unit or as an early finisher/ time filling activity. It can also be used as part of a sub plan.

★ GO DEEPER with FUN Group Presentations, Video Blogging/Newscasts or Audio Podcasts!

Topics Addressed:

★ Science Literacy

★ Science Current Events

★ Guided Reading Practice

Nitty Gritty:

With this editable and printable worksheet, students practice reading and analyzing current events. This process helps students gain an appreciation and passion for science. This product is set up to be used with the free student news website- Newsela, but can be used with other sites as well. Newsela is a quality online resource with thousands of science articles. On Newsela, you can easily differentiate based on lexile reading levels. Use the text to voice capability for your struggling readers. 

This activity comes with a fillable 5Ws table (What, Who, What, When & Why). It can be used for distance learning or in person. It can be easily assigned digitally or on paper. 

This assignment is aligned with Common Core ELA standards as well as the Next Generation, MYP and other International Science Standards.

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This is a 1-page activity with answer key (which is 3 pages, for easier reading). Page count includes info and contact pages.

SOME NOTES

This is meant as a pre- or post-assessment. Sometimes English is tricky (okay, more than sometimes).

VERBS:

Words like "don't" appear in this story activity, and as a contraction and auxiliary verb, I am not counting it as a verb learners will easily identify. If someone does circle it as a verb, then kudos to them! Maybe they get extra credit!

Any other words that take similar forms or that may cause discrepancy may appear, but the answer key shows the words I meant to be correct.

Use discretion when assessing students, as some words may not be on most students' radar.

NOUNS:

At least twice, a proper noun appears. "Distance" and "there" are also included as nouns, albeit spatial and almost abstract ones. "Past" also is included as a noun, a time-based one that may not easily be spotted. I am not including pronouns (you, we, etc.) as nouns in this case.

ADJECTIVES:

"Folding" could trip some learners up since it in many cases is a verb, but in the story's example, it's acting as an adjective (folding chairs). If anyone circles it as a verb, I say it's up to you whether you count it as such, but keep consistent between students. Otherwise, it's fairly straightforward and there aren't many.

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FAKE NEWS! We hear this phrase almost every day. Teaching Digital Critical Literacy is more and more important. Use this freebie to open a discussion on techniques to determine whether a story students read or hear is real or fake.

This is part of my resource on FAKE NEWS, Developing Digital Critical Literacy with Kids(INA): Click here to learn more: https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/FAKE-NEWS-Developing-Digital-Critical-Literacy-with-Kids-INA-3074653

Check out my FREE April Fool's Day Pranks for additional examples of News/ FAKE News for your students to review. https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/APRIL-FOOLS-FREEBIEReally-2474186

Additionally, my resource on the history of April Fool's Day has LOTS of materials  which could also be used to develop digital literacy with your students. https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/April-Fools-Day-ReadingFun-Facts-and-Activities-632947

Use this Sequence of Events Interactive Reading Bookmark, correlating poster, and Google Slide to differentiate for student needs, practice close reading strategies to build reading comprehension, and hold students accountable for their reading time. Can also be used for test prep, homework, small group instruction, and independent reading practice. Use the Google slide to model the skill for the whole class. Use the 8.5 x 11 inch poster during small group instruction to reteach the skill.

Bookmarks are designed with 4 bookmarks to a page, which saves on copying and paper waste, and much of the text is in the Open Dyslexic font to support struggling readers. Bookmarks and the poster can be printed in either color or grayscale/B&W. 

Kids really enjoy this bookmark. It's less daunting than trying to fill out a full worksheet and kids find it fun.

This resources includes:

• 1 Bookmark (4 per page) 
• 1 Teacher Poster to model how to use the reading skill or bookmark
• 1 Google Slide for whole class instruction
• Teacher's Guide

Skills Included:

1. Sequence of Events

To prepare the bookmarks:

• Print & copy the bookmarks onto cardstock or copy paper
• Cut apart

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24 Interactive Reading Bookmarks

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I'd love to hear how you use this resource in your classroom! Feel free to email me at iteachiwrite@yahoo.com with any questions or suggestions you may have. And don't forget to rate this product in order to earn TeachShare Credits for future purchases!

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Elevate your Scythe novel study with thi Exit Tickets and answer key freebie for chapter 1! Designed for no prep assessment, the exit ticket features 6 thought-provoking questions aligned with key curriculum standards.

Empower your students' comprehension and critical thinking skills with this comprehensive resource, complete with a time-saving answer key for quick and efficient grading!

Scythe Exit Tickets for Chapters 1-5

Directions:

• Students will respond to the exit ticket following the reading of Chapter 1.

• Use the answer key to grade their responses.

What's Included:

• An exit ticket for Chapter 1 with six questions
• Answer key

FAKE NEWS! We hear this phrase almost every day. Teaching Digital Critical Literacy is more and more important. Use this freebie to open a discussion on techniques to determine whether a story students read or hear is real or fake.

This is part of my resource on FAKE NEWS, Developing Digital Critical Literacy with Kids(INA): Click here to learn more: https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/FAKE-NEWS-Developing-Digital-Critical-Literacy-with-Kids-INA-3074653

Check out my FREE April Fool's Day Pranks for additional examples of News/ FAKE News for your students to review. https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/APRIL-FOOLS-FREEBIEReally-2474186

Additionally, my resource on the history of April Fool's Day has LOTS of materials  which could also be used to develop digital literacy with your students. https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/April-Fools-Day-ReadingFun-Facts-and-Activities-632947