Less than $5 6th Grade Resources (by date, oldest first)

Example of a remixable resource!

Whether it's in person or online, your students will LOVE this coffee-themed summarizing activity and printables set. Using the SWBST visual prompt strategy, students will learn and practice summarizing a story (ANY story!) by stating the main character, what the character wanted, the problem, the solution, and the resolution. Ideas for differentiation are included to easily meet the needs of all of your students.

Encourage true understanding of area and perimeter with these no-prep digital and printable task cards.

Add an alphabet line to your upper grade classroom with this cursive alphabet line filled with academic vocabulary pertaining to upper level ELA standards. Each letter has an academic word and definition right on the card. Print as black and white or print on colorful cardstock. You can even add them as images in your Virtual or Bitmoji Classroom!

Upload this Google Slide Presentation to go over with your students participating in the classroom and via distance learning. Includes 7 slides to use for instruction and one slide to use for independent practice at the end.

NO PREP REQUIRED!! This activity is ready to download and give to your students.

Get your students excited to work on math skills by showing them how they apply in the real world! Each student will plan a Thanksgiving menu for six with a $100 budget. They'll have to compare prices to find the best unit rates to stick to their budgets. Then, they'll make their shopping lists and figure out their totals.

Your "big kids" will LOVE revealing the hidden pictures by plotting the ordered pairs on the coordinate plane. All images are age-appropriate and age-respectful with images your older students will WANT to make in varying levels of difficulty to differentiate and accommodate your students of all ability levels:

TikTok logo (simple)

Roblox logo (simple)

Among Us Crewmate (medium)

YouTube logo (medium)

Hydroflask (challenge)

Game Controller (challenge)

Includes printable graph paper, ordered pairs sheet, ordered pairs answer sheet, and sample completed image. Use the ordered pairs to have the students find the hidden image OR give students the sample completed image and have them list the ordered pairs needed to make each shape.

Fragments, Run-ons, Comma Splices & Complete sentences is practice that includes detailed teaching notes perfect for self-guided learners and 5 practice activities that will give students an opportunity to practice before state or district assessments.

INCLUDED:

• 3 Self-grading Google Forms
• Word Doc
• PDF
• 5 activities
• Detailed Teaching pages
• Answer key

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• All Things English For Middle & High School Students (best seller)
• Once Upon A Crime
• Revising & Editing Workbook
• Revising & Editing for Group Lessons
• Bell Ringers for the Semester
• Everything Writing

Editing Sentences involves looking at sentences that need small changes and evaluating whether a comma, colon, or semicolon has been used correctly . Students will get practice recognizing fragments, run-on sentences, sentence structure and comma splices through 4 pages of guided "teach" pages for strategy, one question for group practice and 10 multiple choice questions for independent practice.

INCLUDED:

• 1 Self-grading Google Quiz Form
• 10 Multiple Choice Questions
• Teaching pages
• Answer Key
• Pre-made pages that can be used for manipulatives, journals, flashcards and more!

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• All Things English For Middle & High School Students (best seller)
• Once Upon A Crime
• Revising & Editing Workbook
• Revising & Editing for Group Lessons
• Bell Ringers for the Semester
• Everything Writing

Sentence stems and frames are invaluable tools for English Language Learners (ELLs), providing the support they need to structure their thoughts and express ideas more confidently. T_his resource is designed with ELLs in mind_, offering content in both Spanish and English to enhance comprehension and language development. It's differentiated to meet the needs of learners at different proficiency levels—beginner, intermediate, and advanced—helping them express themselves effectively.

Included are 35 editable pages, organized into 23 specific ELAR areas:

• Compare & Contrast
• Opinion
• Cause & Effect
• Discussing Thoughts
• Comprehension
• Retelling
• Using Text Evidence
• Making Connections
• Discussing a Character
• Elements of Literature
• Discussing What I Know
• Inferencing
• Asking Questions
• Theme
• Point of View
• Text Structure
• Summarizing
• Author’s Purpose
• Figurative Language
• Drawing Conclusions
• Character Development
• Vocabulary in Context
• Synthesizing Information

Show your students exactly how it should be done with this handy guide. Clear instructions, examples, and a page for their own notes!

This free resource goes perfect with the All Things English for Middle and High School Students book!

And check out these other resources!

• Defending Disney Villains
• Revising & Editing Workbook
• Revising & Editing for Group Lessons
• Bell Ringers for the Semester
• Everything Writing

Boost your students' grammar and writing skills with this comprehensive set of editable paragraphs! Specifically designed for grades 6-12, this resource targets essential grammar topics, including capitalization, apostrophes, commas, semicolons, colons, subject-verb agreement, and commonly confused words. Each paragraph provides a focused practice for isolated skills, helping students identify and correct mistakes while improving their understanding of sentence structure. Perfect for bell ringers, homework, or test prep, these editable paragraphs are a must-have for any English classroom looking to reinforce key writing conventions. Easy to use and aligned with common core standards, this resource supports differentiated learning with varied difficulty levels for emerging and advanced students alike.

Graphic Features of Text fits in perfectly with informational units. While teaching summarizing, author's purpose, and analyzation, teachers can present charts, and other elements of text structure to further increase student's learning.

What's Included:

• 27 slide lesson that covers the features of texts
• (2) Student Practice Activities with short informational texts attached to graphs for student practice during and after the lesson.
• Instructions for an engaging student project writing their own informational texts and making a chart to support their writing.
• Examples galore to help students understand graphic features of text, and how to complete the independent project.

All files come in Word, or Powerpoint with a PDF for easy printing. Questions presented focus on high level learning and challenging student thinking.

Sample Questions from Student Practice:

• What purpose does the graph serve to support the ideas presented in the text?
• What does the included graph help the reader understand about renewable energy?
• How might the time young people spend online relate to their mental health? Use the data in the charts or text evidence to support your answer.
• Choose one of the graphs for this question: how does the inclusion of this graph help to strengthen the author’s claim? Include the claim, graph title and text evidence in your response.

Elevate your students' punctuation prowess with this comprehensive Apostrophe Practice Pack! Perfect for middle and high school classrooms gearing up for state or district assessments, this resource offers a treasure trove of engaging activities designed to sharpen apostrophe skills.

Inside, you'll find but five dynamic practice activities meticulously crafted to reinforce apostrophe rules and application. Whether it's mastering possessives or nailing contractions, these activities provide ample opportunities for students to hone their punctuation prowess.

In addition to the plethora of printable practice exercises, three convenient Google Form Quizzes have been included. With these digital assessments, students can test their understanding of apostrophe usage anytime, anywhere, making it easier than ever to track progress and identify areas for improvement.

And for teachers seeking a self-guided learning approach, there is a comprehensive teach page offering invaluable guidance on navigating through the material. Whether utilized in-class or for independent study, this resource empowers students to take charge of their punctuation proficiency.

Highlights of this Apostrophe Practice Pack include:

• A detailed PDF covering all forms of apostrophes in words and sentences, providing a solid foundation for understanding.
• Three interactive Google Form Quizzes, seamlessly integrating technology for modern learning.
• Five full practice activities offering diverse opportunities for skill reinforcement, including 2 editing paragraphs.
• A comprehensive teach page for self-guided learning, ensuring students can progress at their own pace.

Prepare your students for punctuation success with this Apostrophe Practice Pack—it's the ultimate tool for mastering apostrophes and acing those assessments!

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Check out these other resources!

• All Things English For Middle & High School Students (best seller)
• Once Upon A Crime
• Revising & Editing Workbook
• Revising & Editing for Group Lessons
• Bell Ringers for the Semester
• Everything Writing

• If your students struggle writing compound or complex sentences...
• If you want them to level up on revising & editing sections on state or district tests (commas, ya'll... tested SO OFTEN)...
• If you want them to fully and completely understand how to use a comma in all situations...
• AND you don't want to force them to do it...

DO IT WITH SENTENCE BURGERS!

By taking something they already understand and combining it with a manipulative made for ELA, you've got Sentence Burgers.

I've included many variations on this for:

• Independent work
• Group work
• Paired learning
• Whole class interaction

Through fun templates, opportunities for increased complex thinking as well as ways for teachers to measure learning through leveled/scaffolded practice and assessments.

Make Sentence Burgers the BEST and LAST way you teach compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences through FUN LEARNING

included:

- PDF (53 pages includes 20+ pages of templates + student reference pages)

-PowerPoint Lesson (11 slides)

-Google Quizzes (4 links)

- Practice Pages (4 areas in PDF)

- Quizzes (4 areas - replicated on Google Quizzes)

- Pics of completed templates (in folder)

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Combining Sentences practice that includes detailed teaching notes and 5 practice activities that will give students an opportunity to practice before state or district assessments.

INCLUDED:

• PDF
• Editable Word Doc
• 3 Self-Graded Google Forms
• 20 total pages
• 7 Student Practice Pages
• A teaching page for self-guided learning

Check out these other resources!

• All Things English For Middle & High School Students (best seller)
• Once Upon A Crime
• Revising & Editing Workbook
• Revising & Editing for Group Lessons
• Bell Ringers for the Semester
• Everything Writing

Get ready for argumentative units with this engaging activity centered around persuasive techniques in rhetorical devices, and logical fallacies.

Teacher students what makes a good and bad argument with a short lesson and 5 practice paragraphs to evaluate for effectiveness. Afterwards, students can practice rhetorical devices in advertisements and analyze why the device was chosen (author's purpose).

ALSO INCLUDED IS AN EXTENSION ACTIVITY where students can get creative and make their own ads.

- Teacher directions

- Grading Rubric

- Student instructions

- Research and Brainstorm document

(no templates for creation are included)

PROVIDED IN WORD/POWERPOINT & PDF

Colons, Semicolons and Commas - by the time your students are done, they will be begging you to please make it stop (but they will know how to use these three important punctuation marks!)

Included:

• Short review page for self-guided learning
• 50 sentences that need semicolons & commas
• 40 sentences that need colons & commas
• 2 quizzes with 10 questions each for the skills they've practiced
• 2 Self-grading Google Form Quizzes
• Word Doc
• PDF

BUNDLE & SAVE: ELA Test Prep, Study Guide & Activities Bundle (new)

Check out these other resources!

• All Things English For Middle & High School Students (best seller)
• Once Upon A Crime
• Revising & Editing Workbook
• Revising & Editing for Group Lessons
• Bell Ringers for the Semester
• Everything Writing

Use as an anchor chart in your classroom or for quick reference in a binder! TPCASTT is the perfect addition for any classroom reading poetry.

And check out these other resources!

• All Things English For Middle & High School Students
• Defending Disney Villains
• Revising & Editing Workbook
• Revising & Editing for Group Lessons
• Bell Ringers for the Semester
• Everything Writing

The S.T.E.A.L. anchor chart is a great visualization for students when making inferences in fiction. Print in color or black and white!