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Prepare your 8th and 9th grade students for success with this PSAT 8/9 Practice Test. It is thoughtfully designed to build foundational skills and familiarize learners with the test format. This practice test includes 40 questions spread across the four major PSAT 8/9 sections/modules, with 10 questions in each section. The reading section covers comprehension and analysis. The writing & language section covers grammar, usage, and editing skills appropriate for the 8/9 age group. The math (no

I use this activity with my eighth grade students as we are about to begin our research unit. My students know the basics about what websites are trustworthy (I.e.--we don't use Wikipedia as a source, we look at dates for relevance, we verify the content we read, etc.). That being said, in an internet-heavy age, it can still be tough to sort through reliable and unreliable websites! This activity asks students to visit 4 websites, 3 of which are filled with phony information! Students need to jo

I have my students complete this before the 8/9 PSAT in the spring each year. I actually make a bit of a game out of it! I have students work in pairs and come show me their answers when they're done, and I'll tell them how many questions they have answered correctly, but not WHICH questions. I have them keep trying and re-thinking until they reach 100%. That being said, you could also use this as a grammar assessment instead! Either way, I highly suggest editing the names of the teachers in t

This "Wanted"-style Classroom jobs slideshow contains 6 job descriptions (Chromebook Captain, Materials Manager, Time Titan, Board Boss, Grown-Up Greeter, and Attendance Aide). I have also included a job "application" with the listing (linked on the last slide). The slideshow and doc application are editable/customizable, so if you'd prefer to add or edit job titles, you're free to do so! I use these in my middle school classroom, but I can easily see them working out in an upper elementary clas

I use this assignment with my students as we read The Outsiders. We read most chapters together, either as a read-aloud or in a readers-theater type of style. A few chapters, however, I ask students to read independently or with a partner. On those days, I like to give them an assignment to ensure they are, in fact, completing the reading, but to also ensure they are comprehending what they're reading.

I use this assignment with my eighth graders while we read "Flowers for Algernon." I pass out the maze and simply ask them to complete it by getting the mouse to the cheese in the center (there are a few different ways to do so). There is, however, a catch! The other side of the document reveals that whenever students cross a colored dot, they must complete the corresponding task. We review grammar concepts as we read, so the tasks are related to parts of speech, homophones, comma usage, etc. Th

I use this activity with my seventh and eighth grade students to review ethos, pathos, and logos in advertising. They enjoy this activity--both the content and the format of a tech drag-and-drop. The background is a template, which is helpful, as students are only able to drag the actual drag-and-drop elements--not any objects in the background that could make this technologically difficult or messy. This activity is three slides, accompanied by a three-slide answer key. (6 pages total) You can

I use this as a persuasive writing project with my eighth graders! It can last 1-2 days, depending on if you have other routines you complete in class each day or what your school schedule may look like. This is also a GREAT activity for a sub day or a day when you yourself need to get some work/grading done at your desk! Students will have a slideshow that includes directions, an example assignment, and a template for their own work. Their job is to convince you (their teacher) that they deser

This color-by-number activity asks students to color in an image based on whether the numbers are irrational, rational, integer, whole, or natural numbers. A helpful circle diagram is provided, as is an answer key. *Because some numbers overlap (for example, the number 1 could be an integer, a whole number, and a natural number), students are asked to choose the most specific type of number--meaning that in this case the number 1 would be classified as a natural number.

My seventh and eighth graders genuinely enjoy this assignment! I often remind them that they are capable of figuring out a word's meaning with context clues, even if they have absolutely NO clue what the word means. To prove my point, I created this assignment. Most of the words they need to make meaning of are real words...but five of them aren't! Kids use context clues to determine the definitions of different words--yes, even if not all of those words are real! They love to guess which words

I like to give fun activities like this to students who finish tests or quizzes early! They had a lot of fun with this one, mapping out their dream houses and floorplans. I could see how this could be converted into an assignment for certain classes as well (ex: "Move the walls of the house to increase the number of available rooms," or "If each room housed a character from our novel, how might each space be decorated?"

This packet is 3 pages (6 total including the answer key) of exercises to help students practice growing comfortable with latitude and longitude. The first page has students plotting coordinates and answering questions, the second has students filling in blanks through a matching exercise, and the third has students tracing a mouse's path to obtain a hunk of cheese. Depending on your group of students, I could see this utilized in a 5th, 6th, or 7th grade classroom. This file is an editable Goo

Students color in the drawing based on whether numbers are even and prime, even and composite, odd and prime, odd and composite, or neither prime nor composite (like numbers 0 and 1). An answer key is also provided.

Prepare your students for the SAT with this comprehensive 40-question practice test designed to mirror the format and rigor of the official exam, just simplified enough to give in one or two class periods. Perfect for classroom use, homework, or test prep sessions, this resource covers all four SAT modules (Reading Comprehension--10 questions, Writing and Language --10 questions, Math – No Calculator--10 questions, and Math – Calculator Allowed 10 questions). Each section features clear, high-qu

I use this assignment each year prior to reading The Outsiders with my 8th graders in order to build background knowledge. Students get into pairs and are each assigned one of the 60s topics from the slides (fashion, slang, teen life, music, cars, famous faces, and world or national events). Students then have time (I typically give them two class periods) to find images and write descriptions to fill out their virtual museum slides. Then, partnerships present to the class. This product include

This assessment is given to eighth-graders as a part of our "Flowers for Algernon" unit. We spend a few days reading the short story in class, and we discuss themes, textual evidence, inference, and more. Due to the nature of the story and how it's written, we also include some grammar-related questions on the assessment. You could also use this as a review for your own test/assessment or as a review activity (for students to complete individually or with partners) UPON finishing the short story

In this fun activity, students will drag-and-drop sentences from popular young adult and middle grade books to the appropriate column, based on what figurative language is exemplified in said sentence. Students will sort sentences by looking for similes, metaphors, personification, onomatopoeia, alliteration, and hyperbole. The last slide asks students to find their own examples--book examples can be found be students looking in books within your classroom, or they may search on line if you have

I use this with my eighth-grade students, but they find a number of the questions challenging! This is also customizable/able to be edited, so you could easily raise or lower the difficulty level by subbing in some of your own questions. I chose some frequently mixed-up homophones, spelling errors, etc. and made them into a game. I give students a designated amount of time to complete the worksheet by answering which word correctly fits in the blank space for each question. The catch? They are a

In this activity, students are placed in the shoes of someone who wrote "Goldilocks and the Three Bears." That being said, their editor has several notes for them on the story! Students should take the editorial notes into account to rewrite each section of the story. (The editor's notes consist of constantly switching up the point of view between 1st, 2nd, and 3rd--as well as asking for some more creative changes like switching "porridge" to various Starbucks drinks!) I use this with 7th and 8t

This three-page packet comes with a three-page answer document. The first page gives students 6 sets of quotes and asks them to label which quotes in each set is a fact and which is an opinion. The second page asks students to label 15 statements as facts or opinions (a bit harder than the first page). The third page is the most challenging and asks students to read three different, brief paragraphs. Students are asked to underline the facts and highlight the opinions. This would be a great reso