Middle School Writing Independent Work Packet

Exceptional learners such as English language learners will benefit tremendously from previewing the text prior to starting a nonfiction text. By activating prior knowledge, zooming in to titles and subheadings, and analyzing pictures they will spend quality time building context before reading.

This product contains three pages:

• Previewing the text anchor chart reference sheet so students can refer back when needed
• Previewing the text graphic organizer
• Previewing the text sentence starters

To come

Did you know that even though Mount Everest is the highest mountain when measured from the sea, Mount Everest grows in size yearly? Learn more about Mount Everest, the Himalayan Mountain Range, and Nepal in this comprehensive reading comprehension Google lesson and book report template.

This product is so easy to use and has practically no prep:

1. Read the book
2. Print the 9-page template
3. Review the no-prep reading comprehension Google lesson with a built-in reward system (students LOVE this feature!)
4. Fill out the book report template based on the reading comprehension review as a group or independent work/homework

The template pages include (and are reviewed in the digital Google lesson):

• book title info
• rating & review
• vocabulary
• facts
• the land (animals & landmarks)
• key information (capital, population, languages, climate, agriculture, natural resources, politicians)
• what I learned
• questions I have
• historic events
• draw a map

Love,

Teacher Bethanie

Spring Writing!
This packet contains 75 daily writing prompts (25 for each of the 3 months), for March, April & May; along with 44 pages of theme-shaped, primary lined writing paper.

There are 75 different prompts, which include varied writing styles : Steps, Opinion, Persuasive, Creative, and Personal.

To go with the prompts, you receive 44 different theme-shaped journaling pages with primary lines. (Suggestions for which journal page to use are given under each prompt in small print.)

See the bottom of this page for the full list of journal page shapes.

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47 Pages include:

1. March Daily Prompts

2. April Daily Prompts

3. May Daily Prompts

4. Clover

5. Butterfly

6. Suitcase

7. Tea Cup

8. Pig

9. Earth

10. Dog

11. Bear

12. jar

13. hand

14. balloon

15. smile

16. star

17. donut

18. apple

19. step-by-step

20. call-out cloud

21. Rain Cloud

22. crayons

23. Tree

24. Monkey

25. Board Game scrabble

26. Rainbow—steps

27. Rat / Mouse

28. Taco

29. socks

30. book

31. water waves

32. yoga

33. penguin

34. cat

35. house

36. Space Shuttle

37. Turtle

38. Frog

39. Tomato

40. Bird

41. Radio

42. Money Bag

43. Rhino

44. Train

45. Strawberry

46. chalkboard

47. burger

Bring Thanksgiving fun to your classroom with these easy, step-by-step directed drawings! Students can follow along to draw seasonal favorites like an acorn, piece of pie, turkey, turkey leg, squash, and a festive place setting. Designed to inspire creativity and enhance writing time, this pack makes it easy for students to add their drawings to writing projects, keeping them excited and engaged.

What's Included:

• 6 Thanksgiving/Fall-Themed Directed Drawings (Acorn, Pie, Turkey, Turkey Leg, Squash, Place Setting)
• Choice of Line Styles: Standard, Primary, or Drawing
• Large Cards
• Journal Strips for Easy Use in Notebooks or on Rings

Engage your students this Thanksgiving season with easy, step-by-step directed drawing pages! This Thanksgiving pack includes guided drawing sheets for creating holiday images like an acorn, piece of pie, turkey, turkey leg, squash, and a place setting. Students can use these drawings to spark ideas for writing and storytelling, making it a perfect addition to writing centers or independent activities.

Perfect For:

• Writer's Workshop & Creative Writing
• Independent Work & Centers
• Early Finishers & Homework
• Journal or Ring-Bound Use
• Sub Plans

With primary and standard-lined pages as well as journal strips, this pack provides versatile options for every classroom setup. Use it to boost students' creativity while encouraging them to express themselves through both drawing and writing!

Keywords: Thanksgiving directed drawing, step-by-step Thanksgiving drawing, Thanksgiving drawing activities, primary lined drawing pages, Thanksgiving writing prompts, drawing and writing centers, Thanksgiving journal strips

Are you passionate about your students' social and emotional wellbeing? Kickstart a positive and nurturing learning environment with our Social and Emotional Learning Wellbeing Journal! Perfect for the back-to-school season, this social and emotional journal provides a thoughtful space for students to reflect on their goals, learning experiences, and emotional well-being.

Key Features:

• Back to School Activities: Begin the academic year with engaging activities designed to help you connect with your students and understand their unique personalities through the 'All about me' worksheet and goal setting activities.

• Weekly Social and Emotional Journal Reflections: Encourage a habit of self-reflection by using the journal once a week. Students can express their feelings, record highlights or struggles, and track their personal growth throughout the school year.

• Comprehensive Worksheets: This journal includes a variety of worksheets such as 'Letter to Future Self,' 'Vision Board,' 'Self Care Plan,' and 'Goal Setting' to foster holistic student development.

• Journaling Prompts: Spark creativity and self-expression with 30 carefully crafted journal prompts that cover a range of topics to inspire thoughtful reflections.

• Mindful Colouring Pages: Foster relaxation and mindfulness with a mindful colouring page at the end of each week, creating a calming conclusion to their reflections.

• Year End Reflection: Wrap up the school year with an insightful 'End of Year Reflection' worksheet, allowing students to look back on their personal and academic journey.

Versatile Use:

• Use it as a weekly social and emotional learning lesson.
• Incorporate it into your mindfulness activities after lunch.
• Print and bind personalised copies for each student in your classroom.

Why Choose This Wellbeing Journal?

• Promotes Student Social and Emotional Wellbeing: Foster a positive and supportive classroom environment that prioritizes students' emotional growth.
• Versatile Integration: Seamlessly integrate into your curriculum for structured social and emotional learning lessons or use as an independent mindfulness activity.
• Comprehensive Resource: Cover a range of self reflection aspects, from personal goals to emotional wellbeing, using one comprehensive resource.

Empower your students with the tools they need for self discovery and personal growth. Download this Social and Emotional Learning Wellbeing Journal today to create a classroom environment where students thrive emotionally, socially, and academically!

Enjoy!

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Perfect for learners who have IEP's requiring class notes, correctly completed examples, and graphic organizers.

I was tired of writing things on the board over and over again. I was tired of printing out pages that students threw away. I was also tired of answering questions that students could find for themselves. So I made a book to make sure I wouldn't have to anymore.

Over the course of 2 months, I thought of everything that I would have to teach, explain, write examples of, and print, and I put all my tips and tricks into ONE BOOK. I printed this out and spiral bound all the pages for each of my students. Every time my students ask me to repeat something, I point them to the book.

I also use this in my class for reference during specific lessons as well. It's a game changer! I save time and I save my sanity.

It's the MOST helpful for all the little pieces students need to know for all the stages of writing: brainstorming, pre-writing, paragraphs, citations, plagiarism, and much, much more.

Sections:

• Revising & Editing
• Fiction
• Non-fiction
• Writing
• Graphic Organizers & Notes
• Index
• Bundle Includes practice that leads students through each level of Bloom's!

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Discover a world of reading through our engaging book review platform! Students can dive into captivating stories, share their thoughts on what they've read, discuss their favorite parts, and rate the books they love. Unlock the magic of literature and connect with fellow bookworms, exchanging ideas and recommendations. Whether you're seeking thrilling adventures, heartwarming tales, or mind-bending mysteries, our platform is the perfect space to express your opinions and uncover hidden literary gems.

 Join the community of young readers and embark on a journey of knowledge and imagination!

Get your upper elementary and middle school students excited about writing with these Gingerbread Man Writing Prompts and Themed Writing Paper! This festive product includes 5 engaging writing prompts that encourage creativity and seasonal fun, along with 2 pages of gingerbread man-themed writing paper—perfect for any holiday-themed writing activity.

What’s Included:

• 5 gingerbread man writing prompts to spark students’ creativity and engage them in seasonal writing

• 2 pages of gingerbread man writing paper for a festive, polished final product

This product is great for writing centers, independent work, bulletin board displays, or homework assignments, giving students multiple ways to enjoy and share their work. Use it as a standalone activity or integrate it into your holiday curriculum for an added touch of seasonal fun!

Key Features:

• Fun, engaging prompts that motivate students to write
• Themed writing paper for a polished and festive look
• Ideal for upper elementary and middle school students
• Perfect for bulletin boards, homework, writing centers, or independent work

Download this resource to bring some holiday cheer into your writing activities!

Thank you for checking out my resource!

- Laila

Cet ensemble contient tout ce dont vous avez besoin pour enseigner confortablement l'écriture à vos élèves de 5e et 6e années. Ce bundle contient 23 documents et 700 pages (!!) et inclut:

• Toutes mes minis-leçons d'écriture

  • 14 mini-leçons scénarisées/scriptées;
  • 15 tableaux d'ancrage explicites;
  • 8 exemples modélisés;
  • 11 activités imprimables.

• Tous mes produits sur les stratégies de lecture et d'écriture

  • Affiches d'écriture.
  • Affiches de lecture
  • Incitations de lecture
  • Incitations d'écriture

• Tous mes produits sur les conventions (verbes et grammaire)

  • Affiches + Signets POMMES
  • Affiches: La phrase de base
  • Verbes en -er

• TOUS les genres d'écriture de ma boutique 

  • Le genre persuasif (Le texte d'opinion)
  • Le genre narratif (Les petits moments)
  • Le genre poétique (La poésie)
  • Le texte descriptif justificatif (La critique)
  • Le rapport de recherche (Le texte informatif)
  • La bande dessinée

• Des activités à l'oral

  • Dragon's Den
  • Le débat

• Un ensemble d'organisateurs graphiques

• Mon ensemble d'évaluation en littératie (cartable de littératie)

• Mon ensemble de compréhensions de lecture:

  • Biodiversité
  • Sports extrêmes
  • Espace et le système solaire

Ces documents ont un total combiné de presque 100 $. Vous économisez plus de 10 $ en l'achetant dans ce bundle. Suivez les liens ci-haut pour plus de détails et informations spécifiques - et plus d'images de chaque document :-)

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Get excited for Earth Day with this fun and NO PREP independent work packet! Perfect for center work, early finishers, morning work, supplemental lessons, and more! Your students will stay engaged while learning how we can protect our Earth while doing some fun challenges and learning through printable activities.

✨Earth Day Activity Packet & Drawing Challenge Bundle✨

10 Pages Included

• cover coloring page
• Ways to protect our earth
• word search
• this or that
• reading passage
• reflection questions
• finish the story
• finish the picture
• word work
• I spy
• create your own Earth Day poster

Earth Day

Would You Rather

Find Someone Who

Symmetry Drawings

Spring

Finish the Story

Would You Rather

Activity Packet

Find Someone Who

Stand Up

*Note this product may be used in virtual systems like Outschool without the need to purchase extra licenses.

Sponge activities!

Have advanced writers in your class that always finish early? Look no farther! Give those students a Creative Writing Sponge activity. This will help your students associate writing with fun and advance their handwriting and grammatical skills! I have also found that it helps indecisive students narrow down what they could write about by giving them limited options! This could be graded as extra credit or left as just an fun extra activity.

Includes:

• 10 writing templates
• A total of 20 creative writing options split between templates
• Multi-colored backgrounds
• All designs are included in the thumbnails for viewing

Your feedback is appreciated!

As students are learning the 52 primer sight words in this product, they will be provided with each word, an example of the word used in a sentence, and the opportunity to make up a sentence themselves using the word. I find that with my students who are Deaf/hard of hearing/ELL, when they make up sentences using the newly learned sight word, it helps them to remember how to spell the word, the meaning, and how it is used. My students love booklets of any kind that they can refer back to. Once they have come up with their sentences, they can include pictures that they print and cut out, draw pictures freehand, or find pictures in a magazine that they can add to each page of the pre-primer sight word booklet that matches each sentence they come up with. This gives students the opportunity to connect what they are learning about in the classroom with their own personal interests. This booklet is perfect for students that are on grade level as well as students who require instructional information to be adapted.

If you are interested in the product above, the sight word checklist may be of interest to you as well.

Pre-Primer – 4th Grade Sight Word List Checklist

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This product includes checklists for the following sight words:

pre-primer sight words - 40 words

primer sight words - 52 words

1st grade sight words - 41 words

2nd grade sight words - 46 words

3rd grade sight words - 41 words

4th grade sight words - 260 words

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This resource includes 10 St. Patrick's Day themed writing prompts that would be best suited toward upper elementary or earlier middle schoolers. Each writing prompt features an engaging writing prompt, St. Patrick's Day themed cute background and front/back page of lines to allow students that have more to say a significant amount of space to do so. These writing prompts would be great for morning work, centers, fast finishers, independent writing tasks, etc.

The writing prompt questions include:

• Do you think that four leaf clovers actually bring a person good luck? Why or why not?
• Leprechauns are known for being mischievous and playing tricks. If you were a leprechaun, what tricks would you play on people?
• Which holiday is better, St. Patrick’s Day or Easter? Why?
• Where do you think that leprechauns get all that gold from?
• Where is the best place for a leprechaun to hide a pold of gold? Why?
• If you were a leprechaun, where would you hide your pot of gold so that no one finds it?
• Who would be more fun to hang out with, leprechauns or Santa’s elves? Why?
• Design a trap to catch a leprechaun. Describe it in detail and draw a picture of it.
• Using the chart of abilities below, which three do you think are the most important for a leprechaun to be? Why?
• Using the name chart below, find your leprechaun name. Then, write a story about your life as a leprechaun.

Immerse your students in a world of creativity and imagination with the printable Summer Adventures Creative Writing Prompts pack. This engaging and fun resource is designed to inspire young writers to unleash their storytelling abilities and explore the magic of summer through captivating narratives. With 10 different writing prompts and ample space to write their stories, students will embark on thrilling journeys filled with adventure, mystery, and enchantment. This pack encourages students to think outside the box, envision new possibilities, and craft compelling narratives that transport readers to the captivating realm of summer. By encouraging creative and imaginative thinking, students will develop their writing skills while exploring the importance of storytelling and self-expression.

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Celebrate the historic January 1969 Moon Landing with this comprehensive space unit packed with engaging activities for your classroom! This Moon Landing pack is perfect for integrating reading comprehension, STEM, writing, grammar, vocabulary, and moon activities into one exciting lesson. Whether you’re looking for space-themed sub plans or a fun way to explore the moon and space, this pack has you covered.

What’s Inside:

• Informational Reading Passage: Dive into the Moon Landing with a student-friendly, informational passage about the Apollo 11 mission.
• Comprehension Questions: Test students’ understanding and spark discussion about this historic event.
• Persuasive Letter Writing: Students write a letter to NASA about the importance of space exploration.
• Design a Spacecraft Activity: Let students use their creativity to design their very own spacecraft!
• Vocabulary Practice Sheet: Reinforce key space-related vocabulary terms.
• Grammar Practice Sheet: Fun, space-themed grammar exercises to boost language skills.
• STEM Activity: A hands-on, engaging activity that brings space science to life.

Perfect for:

• January activities
• Space unit lessons
• Moon activities
• Sub plans
• STEM education
• Cross-curricular learning

Answer keys included where applicable for easy grading! This space-themed pack is the perfect addition to your Moon Landing unit and makes learning about the 1969 Apollo mission fun and interactive for students of all levels. Save time and keep your students excited about space exploration!

I hope you find this resource just as helpful for your students as it has been for mine!

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Spanish students make predictable writing mistakes, especially with the preterite and imperfect. Use this activity to differentiate practice for students. It can be used for distance learning or print it if students are in person. Help students prepare for an end-of-unit writing assessment and move to the next level of ACTFL proficiency!

Use this fully customizable Writing Workshop to target specific writing errors and differentiate for individual needs. The product contains activities to help students improve the following writing errors:

-not conjugating verbs

-not choosing the correct tense

-not choosing the correct ending

-not adding enough detail

-not adding enough sophistication to their sentences

There is also an example of a good writing piece followed by guided questions to help students understand the elements in the writing that make it good.

Which students can use this?

-students learning the preterite and the imperfect

How can this product be used?

-use in class or as a homework assignment

-use one or all of the activities

-have students work individually or collaboratively

-allow students to choose their activity or assign them one for the area in which you know they need to improve

-use these activities as a review before a writing assessment

What this product includes:

• teacher instructions
• 6 fully customizable writing activities focused on preterite and imperfect including:

-focus on remembering to conjugate the verbs

-focus on using the correct ending for the person/things doing the action

-focus on choosing the right tense (preterite or imperfect)

-focus on adding detail

-focus on adding sophistication (with sequencing words, key words and transition

words)

-focus on understanding the elements of a good piece of writing

• answer keys for teacher or student use

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I used this resource with one of my guided reading groups. They completed the packet as they read the story "What Were the Twin Towers?" by Jim O'Connor. If they finished they could choose from the extra activities. Answer key is included!

Lexile: 890L

Guided Reading Level: W

AR Level: 5.9

AR Quiz Number: 182535

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Hop on the TikTok trend and give your kindergarten kids these fun and trending vocabulary acquisition literacy tests (10) for summer, which also double as coloring pages. This is an exciting way for your PreK kids to learn to identify and write new words! The resource is handy and ready to use. These vocabulary sheets are fun for emerging readers or for classes or parents who are looking for a fun way to learn new words.

The vocabulary worksheets include different objects: animals, fruits, vegetables, and more! Some are a bit challenging to identify, making it fun and a great way to explore your child's creativity ;).

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This resource is great as an English test, homework, activity, full-class instruction, early finishers, homeschool and more!

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• Fractions for beginners.

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Novel Study for Any Novel (Independent or Small Group Novel Study)

For Grades 6 to 9

Aprox. 8 weeks teaching duration.

Google Slides, PDF, Editable MS Word

No Prep

Includes:

Reading comprehension questions

Several writing assignments

Analysis of character, mood, setting, literary devices

Graphic organizers

Student self assessment

Grading Rubric