These 40 ready-to-use worksheets (with Google Slide option) are designed to help your students use affixes correctly and to understand new words by looking at affixes and word roots. It includes definitions and examples for independent learning.Google Slides added April 12, 2020. Please see the Prev

This bundle of activities focuses on identifying the main idea and supporting details of various reading passages. Several activities include test prep elements, because main idea questions tend to appear frequently on standardized tests. It is designed to teach upper elementary and middle school st

Engage your readers with high-interest reading comprehension passages and corresponding questions! This resource includes 32 half-page fiction text task cards with 4 comprehension questions and tasks on EACH card for a total of 128 fiction text questions! Engage your students in meaningful close rea

16 half-page informational text task cards with three prompts on each card to help your students practice summarizing, paraphrasing, and quoting nonfiction texts! Have you students complete all three prompts to learn and easily see the difference between the three concepts, or have them complete on

This resource contains four original short stories. Students are given the task of identifying the five plot elements for each story (introduction/exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and conclusion/resolution).This product has been prepared in both "task card" format or "worksheet" fo

This bundle of activities focuses on determining themes found in literary works. Some of the activities include test prep elements because theme questions tend to appear frequently on standardized tests. It is designed to teach upper elementary and middle school students how to analyze a reading pas

Figurative Language Fun and Interactive PowerPoint Lesson 55 slide PowerPoint and notes page on similes, metaphors, hyperboles, alliteration, idioms, onomatopoeia, and personification. Perfect for whiteboard practice. Here's what customer's say "Worth IT!" - Rochelle C. "This is probably one

This resource is a high engagement collaborative reader response activity for comprehension checks to be used with small groups in your classroom, while still holding each individual accountable. Each page contains a reading response question (that will work with a variety of texts), information ab

This author's purpose bundle is designed to teach upper elementary and middle school students about an author's purpose for writing a literary piece in a way that will keep them engaged. This bundled product takes the PIE approach to teaching author's purpose to the next level. Students are taught t

This is a set of 25 ready-to-use language arts printables and google slides. There are pages and slides that reinforce basic grammar concepts as well as figures of speech. This resource is meant to be used as supplemental practice material after you have taught the concepts. Answer keys also include

This bundle of figurative language resources features many engaging activities, including a PowerPoint, a flipbook, partner plays, games, worksheets, and more!The following literary devices are featured in this bundle: →Simile→Metaphor→Onomatopoeia→Personification→Alliteration→Hyperbole→IdiomThis bu

Use these 32 multiple choice task cards to reinforce common multiple meaning words (homographs). Each of the featured words appears on two cards. For example, the word "duck" appears on card #1 as the waterfowl and again on card #17 as the verb, to bend down. Not only will this help to solidify the

These 32 context clue task cards will help your students to better understand what they read and to improve their vocabularies. Great for test prep too! Students can use these cards individually at a center or they could also test each other in pairs. Another option is to use the cards with the whol

This is a set of 32 multiple choice figurative language task cards. Each card features a different figure of speech within the context of a paragraph. Seven types of figurative language are featured on these cards: simile, metaphor, idiom, hyperbole, personification, onomatopoeia, and alliteration.

Here is everything you need for a differentiated spelling program (except the words!) The bulk of this packet is made up of 42 ready-to-use spelling printables that can be used with any list. These pages can be chosen and assigned by you or you could allow students to choose which activities they wo

Text structure activities in a fun flipbook to review or practice! Covers the following nonfiction text structures with example passages: cause & effect, compare & contrast, sequence/chronological order, problem & solution, and description. This flipbook will help students understand inf

This bundle of activities focuses on identifying the point of view used by an author of a reading passage or literary piece. Several activities include test prep elements. It is designed to teach upper elementary and middle school students how to analyze a reading passage for its point of view in a

Paraphrasing is an essential skill for many types of writing, but a difficult one to master. Each of these 32 paraphrasing task cards features a different informational text (nonfiction) paragraph for students to paraphrase. These paragraphs are ideal for working on this skill because their shorter

This bundle is designed to help you introduce your students to how authors develop PLOT in a story. Start by introducing the 43-slide PowerPoint in which the elements of plot are presented in a step-by-step manner and includes multiple practice opportunities you can use to guide your students throug

Inference is such a tricky skill to master, but these 24 cards (and slides) can help! Use them orally in small groups, or individually as a writing assignment at a literacy center. Another option is to use one card at a time with the entire class. Students can answer on notebook paper and track the

A COMPLETELY DIGITAL VERSION OF THIS GAME HAS BEEN ADDED! PERFECT FOR DISTANCE LEARNING, OR LESS PREP AND WORK. The digital game is on Google Forms. Will your class escape in time? Try this escape room style game with your students today! This is a fun game that is perfect for reviewing main idea an

Nonfiction Text Structures PowerPoint: This editable PowerPoint is ideal if you want to introduce the 5 nonfiction text structures to your students. Plus, all of the example paragraphs are related to soccer!! It addresses the following five text structures:→ Sequence→ Compare and Contrast→ Cause and

Take ELA review days from dull to dazzling with this Jeopardy-style classroom game! This highly engaging Text Structure Game Show PowerPoint activity makes practicing text structure something that students are EXCITED to do!  My class CHEERS when they see this game in the plans. Students will be lis

This character traits bundle is designed to teach upper elementary and middle school students about character traits in a way that will keep them engaged. It includes a variety of unique activities, including partner plays, a craftivity, a PowerPoint, task cards, and games.It includes:32-slide Chara