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Steve Irwin - Reading Comprehension Worksheet & Lesson Plan teaching resource preview
Reading & writing

Steve Irwin - Reading Comprehension Worksheet & Lesson Plan

A reading-comprehension and vocabulary lesson built around a biographical text about Steve Irwin ('the Crocodile Hunter'), including pre-reading discussion, comprehension questions, a synonym-matching exercise, and a summary-writing task, with an accompanying lesson plan.

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7–12
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Language FUNdamentals Book 1 teaching resource preview
Art, movement & wellbeing

Language FUNdamentals Book 1

Provide a broad set of humorous, game-like language-arts exercises (per the book's in-file table of contents: sequencing, following directions, punctuation, homonyms, antonyms, similes, suffixes, nouns/proper nouns, palindromes, word play, riddles/puns, spoonerisms, sentence structure, vocabulary building, categories, adverbs,…

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5–9
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Mollusks Activity teaching resource preview
Art, movement & wellbeing

Mollusks Activity

A simple cut-and-paste sorting activity classifying mollusks by shell type (one shell, two shells, or no shell).

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3–8
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Analyzing Arguments Digital Game teaching resource preview
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Analyzing Arguments Digital Game

Digital self-checking Google Slides game teaching students to cite evidence and analyze arguments by applying a 4-step process to an embedded text, then build a paragraph.

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6–8
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"The Giver" Reading Comprehension Games teaching resource preview
Reading & writing

"The Giver" Reading Comprehension Games

A Jeopardy-style review game (PowerPoint and Google Slides versions) plus printable task cards covering setting, characters, plot, and theme of the novel The Giver, playable in whole group, small group, or distance-learning settings.

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Multiple File Types
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6–8
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Idea Development Digital Game teaching resource preview
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Idea Development Digital Game

A self-checking digital game that has students review the four steps of citing evidence and apply them to build a paragraph, focused on idea development.

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6–8
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Determining Theme Digital Game teaching resource preview
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Determining Theme Digital Game

A self-checking Google Slides digital game that teaches middle school students the 4 steps to finding the central idea/theme and supporting details, culminating in building a paragraph using theme.

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6–8
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Citing Evidence Digital Game teaching resource preview
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Citing Evidence Digital Game

A teacher's guide for a digital, self-checking Google Slides game that has students review the 4 steps of citing evidence and apply them to an embedded text.

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PDF
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6–8
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Word Problems to Algebraic Expressions Pixel Art teaching resource preview
Math & reasoning

Word Problems to Algebraic Expressions Pixel Art

Give middle school students self-checking practice translating real-world word problems into algebraic expressions, using a digital pixel-art reveal to make the practice self-checking and engaging.

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PDF
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6–8
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VR Game Design Activity teaching resource preview
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VR Game Design Activity

One-page STEM design activity prompting students to design their own interactive VR (virtual reality) game.

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PDF
Level
3–9
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Character Development Digital Game teaching resource preview
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Character Development Digital Game

A self-checking digital (Google Slides) game where students cite evidence, answer questions, and build a paragraph about literary character development.

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PDF
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6–8
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Text Structure Digital Game teaching resource preview
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Text Structure Digital Game

A digital (Google Slides-based) self-checking game where students apply text-structure/evidence-citing skills to an embedded text and build a paragraph.

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PDF
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6–8
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Light - Team Quest Light - Interactive Quiz for Middle School teaching resource preview
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Light - Team Quest Light - Interactive Quiz for Middle School

Light - Team Quest Light - Interactive Quiz for Middle School Overview The light quiz is a digital educational resource targeted for middle school learners, particularly Grade 5 through 9. The tool covers a broad range of topics critical to understanding the science of light such as reflection and refraction, lenses use, structure and…

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5–9
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Essay Writing Skills Game Show teaching resource preview
Reading & writing

Essay Writing Skills Game Show

A Jeopardy-style digital review game (Google Slides/PowerPoint) for reviewing essay-writing skills and vocabulary, usable in whole group, small group, in-person, or distance learning.

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Multiple File Types
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6–8
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Hatchet Reading Comprehension Games teaching resource preview
Reading & writing

Hatchet Reading Comprehension Games

Provide multiple game-based review formats (task cards, Jeopardy-style PowerPoint, Google Slides version) to build reading comprehension and higher-order-thinking vocabulary around the novel Hatchet by Gary Paulsen.

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Multiple File Types
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5–8
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Point of View (Fiction) Digital Game teaching resource preview
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Point of View (Fiction) Digital Game

A self-checking digital (Google Slides) game that has students review a 4-step process for citing evidence, then apply it to an embedded text to answer point-of-view questions and build an analytical paragraph.

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PDF
Level
6–8
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Two Kinds: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organizers teaching resource preview
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Two Kinds: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organizers

Two Kinds: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organizers This is a comprehensive resource crafted for the text "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan. It includes well-structured lesson plans, answer keys, worksheets, and graphic organizers in easily printable PDF and Word formats. This step-by-step guide covers all major literary elements found…

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7–10
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Reading Skills Game Show teaching resource preview
Reading & writing

Reading Skills Game Show

A Jeopardy-style review game (digital PowerPoint/Google Slides board plus a companion nonfiction reading passage) for reviewing reading skills: theme/central idea, development, point of view, text structure, and vocabulary.

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Multiple File Types
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6–8
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American Revolution Time-Line Game teaching resource preview
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American Revolution Time-Line Game

A 37-page printable card game teaching American Revolution chronology (1760-1780s) by having players build a personal 8-card timeline in correct order from event cards.

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PDF
Level
7–10
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Point of View (Nonfiction) Digital Game teaching resource preview
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Point of View (Nonfiction) Digital Game

A self-checking digital (Google Slides) game that has students review a 4-step process for citing evidence, then apply it to an embedded nonfiction text to answer point-of-view questions and build an analytical paragraph.

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PDF
Level
6–8
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Wafflesaurus Activity teaching resource preview
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Wafflesaurus Activity

One-page creative activity that uses named dinosaur species as inspiration for a food-art drawing (a fruit 'waffle-saurus').

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PDF
Level
1–8
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