Bats Reading Comprehension Article
Informational science reading article about bats (biology/life science) paired with comprehension and extension questions, for literacy and content-area reading practice.
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Informational science reading article about bats (biology/life science) paired with comprehension and extension questions, for literacy and content-area reading practice.
A follow-up professional-development ebook of additional, more advanced tips for middle school teachers, continuing the author's Middle School 101 series.
Micro-learning deck teaching the figurative-language idiom 'hit a nerve' through a narrated dialogue passage, vocabulary fill-in, a true/false comprehension check, and a guided summary/quick-write.
PowerPoint lesson teaching the three classes of lever systems as they apply to the human body, for GCSE PE movement analysis.
This self graded, digital math practice activity on evaluating expressions is perfect for your digital middle school math classroom. This activity is set to not let students progress to the next problem until they get the problem they're on correct. If they get a problem wrong, they're given a hint to prompt them and then they must try…
Math notes-and-practice packet teaching how to identify characteristics of linear equations from graphs, addressing CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.EE.B.6 and 8.F.B.5.
A creative writing activity where students rewrite the U.S. national anthem lyrics in their own modern-day words to build understanding of its meaning.
Practice decimal number concepts - place value, mm/cm conversion, decimals-to-fractions conversion, ordering decimals, and adding/subtracting/multiplying decimals - built around a 'Daring Donna Decimal' character.
Bundle of four California CAASPP-format practice tests (Math, Reading, Science, English Proficiency per seller title) for Grade 8; the extracted evidence covers the ELA Reading answer key.
A single math-journal prompt for exploring experimental vs. theoretical probability of two independent events (rolling a die and flipping a coin).
A social skills resource teaching students appropriate behavior, etiquette, and technology vocabulary for participating in Zoom video-conference lessons, delivered as an animated slide story plus a matching print skill-builder packet.
A 20-day set of daily bell-ringer/warm-up/exit-ticket questions, quotes, and videos tied to a Cells unit, used to review each day's lesson at the start or end of class.
Teaches middle school students to distinguish between financial wants and financial needs as part of basic budgeting literacy.
Bundle of three California CAASPP/ELPAC-format practice tests (Math, Reading, English Proficiency per seller title) for Grade 6; the extracted evidence covers only the ELPAC (English Language Proficiency Assessment for California) educator answer key and scoring guide.
A set of bell-ringer/warm-up/exit-ticket questions on the physics of flight, meant to be given daily so students review and apply the previous lesson's content in a short routine at the start or end of class.
Guided notes and practice problems teaching 8th-grade students to identify proportional relationships (in graphs, tables, and equations), interpret unit rate as slope, and compare proportional relationships shown in different formats.
Scaffolded research-essay guide walking students through researching and writing a 5-paragraph MLA-style essay on a significant British prime minister, with rubric and peer-review support.
A PowerPoint lesson teaching 8th-grade students to identify and compare properties of linear functions (rate of change and vertical/y-intercept) as represented in equations, graphs, tables, and verbal descriptions, aligned to standard 8.F.A.2.
A speaking/movement review activity (flash cards with questions and answers) that lets students quiz each other in pairs on a molecular genetics unit.
Novel study teacher's guide/workbook for the book 'Cold Midnight in Vieux Québec,' published by Rainbow Horizons Publishing, intended to accompany classroom reading of the novel with activities and an answer key.
Teach a full introductory business/economics unit on supply and demand, covering demand, supply, equilibrium, and the effect of the business cycle, via slides, guided notes, and graphing practice.
A set of hands-on team-building engineering challenges focused on building contraptions that span a distance (bridges, ropes, and devices to move objects across a gap).
A reproducible Milliken Publishing workbook of themed creative-writing activities guiding grade 6-8 students through journal writing, poetry forms, characterization, and narrative/problem-solving writing.
A set of two-digit-divisor long-division practice activities: an even/odd quotient sorting cut-and-glue activity, a 'who has a remainder' sorting activity, a color-by-quotient coloring page, and a 'scavenger hunt' style room activity where students solve a problem then search for the answer to find the next problem.