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A no-prep, 5-day Grade 8 end-of-school-year ELA packet (teacher guide, student worksheets, and answer key as separate files) combining literacy skill review with reflective/celebratory last-week-of-school activities.
Write stories, poems, or scenes in response to image/text prompts (e.g. a murmuration of starlings, an animal-face-in-the-mirror scenario, a misunderstanding between two people, friends caught in a storm on a lake); discuss/complete a 'must have vs. can have' elements-of-fiction chart; review dialogue punctuation…
25-slide slideshow lesson teaching middle/high school students how to write descriptive story settings using sensory imagery to establish mood.
Each day students read a short nonfiction passage about money, write definitions for 3 vocabulary words as used in the passage, answer 3 comprehension questions in complete sentences, and respond to a writing prompt extending the topic.
Complete 22 worksheet activities across 5 scripted 45-minute daily lessons: My Year in Review (reflective essay writing); Friendship Letters (argument with logical reasoning); Summer Reading Adventure (theme, structure & author's craft); Word Detectives (shades of meaning, irony, etymology); Dreams for Eighth Grade…
Read informational passages about pirates and answer reading-response questions; define new vocabulary words; write descriptive sentences using the five senses; write a short story or complete a story-starter using pirate slang; write a 6-line acrostic poem using P-I-R-A-T-E; complete two pirate-themed word searches; read a…
Read informational passages ('What is a Dinosaur?', 'Finding out about Dinosaurs', 'Let's go Digging for Dinosaurs', descriptions of ornithischian and saurischian dinosaurs) and complete matching reading-response tasks (circling, boxing, underlining key facts, short answers); write creative pieces (a story about…
Label and sequence the stages of the butterfly life cycle, color and complete a butterfly handbook/glossary, sort butterfly vs. moth facts and complete a Venn diagram, label butterfly body parts, solve a word problem, match vocabulary terms to definitions, alphabetize life-cycle vocabulary, cut and paste life-cycle…
Read an informational story about bats, fill in comprehension blanks, write a first-person creative narrative as a bat, alphabetize word sets, solve word problems about bats, form contractions from story words, and (for the teacher) lead extension discussions on bat types/echolocation/endangered species using provided…
Read a word box of 4 sight words, then respond in writing to a creative writing prompt (e.g. would-you-rather or open-ended questions), using the word box for spelling support
Type new vocabulary words into the appropriate alphabet-lettered column (A-Z) of a digital word wall; then, for a set of 5 sight words (see, I, you, me, to), say each word aloud, write each word 3 times, and write one original sentence using each word.
Each daily two-page set has students complete a phonics activity, sight-word read-cover-write-check practice, handwriting, a grammar skill, a sentence-writing task, a vocabulary/reading challenge, a writing prompt, place-value and addition/subtraction problems, a telling-time task, a shape task, a math challenge…
Complete 20+ worksheet activities across 5 scripted 45-minute daily lessons: My Year in Review (memory writing & sequencing); Friendship Letters (letter writing & friendly words); Summer Reading Adventure (reading comprehension); Words I Learned This Year (sight words & vocabulary); Dreams for Next Year (goal-setting…
Answer chapter comprehension questions for chapters 1, 2 and 4; write an original short story extension for chapter 3 (goblin story); complete favorite-part and 5-bear-rating reflections; identify author's purpose (inform/entertain/persuade); describe Little Bear's character traits; answer a 7-item true/false quiz.
Review a two-column comparison chart of fiction and nonfiction features, then sort book covers into fiction and nonfiction categories (by dragging digitally or cutting and pasting), and complete two writing prompts naming a favorite fiction book and a favorite nonfiction book.
Students read a short nonfiction passage about an animal (leopards, dolphins, elephants, ants, and others), then answer a prompt in writing using the A.C.E. strategy: answer the question, cite evidence from the text, and explain their answer.
Watch a linked YouTube video about Jane Goodall, then complete differentiated comprehension worksheets (open-response and multiple-choice questions) and true/false 'Do You Know?' trivia sheets, plus a word search, writing prompts, and a drawing/coloring sheet.
Students read a short nonfiction passage about a space topic (International Space Station, animals in space, a planned space hotel, Apollo 11, and others), then answer a prompt in writing using the A.C.E. strategy: answer the question, cite evidence from the text, and explain their answer.
Vikings - This " Viking Literacy and Math Activity Packet " is no prep required - so the packet is great as printable worksheets for a history unit or extra work or sub plans or to enhance a literacy or math unit. Many of these activities are differentiated so there are options for kids at all levels between Grades 2 and 5.…
A 50+ page no-prep space-themed literacy and math activity packet blending reading comprehension, writing, and math/counting activities for a science/space unit, aimed at Grades 1-3.
Students read a nonfiction passage (e.g., on peanuts) then complete an 'Understanding What You Read' comprehension worksheet, a 'Vocabulary Builder' antonym exercise, a 'Figure It Out!' math word-problem worksheet, a 'Tell Your Own Story' writing prompt, and a themed word-search puzzle tied to the passage topic.
Students read a short nonfiction biographical passage about a Black history figure (Harriet Tubman, Ruby Bridges, Martin Luther King Jr., and others), then answer a prompt in writing using the A.C.E. strategy: answer the question, cite evidence from the text, and explain their answer.
Read short nonfiction/narrative passages about baseball (a personal narrative, the history of baseball, a Babe Ruth biography, a female-pitcher feature) and answer close-reading questions; complete a main-idea/details graphic organizer; respond to persuasive/expository writing prompts and a web-quest research organizer on…
Students read a nonfiction passage (e.g., on service-animal training) then complete an 'Understanding What You Read' graphic-organizer worksheet, a 'Vocabulary Builder' (prefixes) worksheet, a 'Tell Your Own Story' writing prompt, and 'Branching Out' extension activities (e.g., designing a poster or storyboard); answers for the…