6th grade reading

Looking for inspiration for teaching middle school reading skills? Read on to see how I teach the essential elements in a 6th-grade classroom.

Yes, reading aloud to middle school students in 7th and 8th grade benefits them just as much as in elementary school. Immeasurably.

In upper grade classrooms, students spend a great deal of time responding to the texts they read. Over the years I have found that no matter what grade level I teach, students have a difficult time writing thorough and meaningful reading responses. At the start of every year my students need quite a bit of guidance when writing their responses. One of the best ways that I have found to teach students to write meaningful responses is by providing them with sentence frames. I like to encourage…

Learn six ways to help reluctant readers gain confidence and improve their reading skills in upper elementary and middle school classrooms.

Looking for effective reading test prep for your middle school students? Read more about how to use my standards based reading passages for test prep with your 6th, 7th graders, and 8th graders. These high-interest reading passages are the best way to get your students motivated and ready for state reading tests. My reading test prep worksheets will really get your students in grade 6, grade 7, & grade 8 ready! They make great 6th grade ELA, 7th grade ELA, & 8th grade ELA test prep…

Discover what a powerful tool a reading log can be in 4th grade, 5th grade, 6th grade, middle school, and for homeschool students. Teachers can easily differentiate reading logs and tailor them to meet all students' needs. Find out how reading logs can be used even in social studies and science. Make reading logs work for you! Learn five easy ways to change up your reading logs so that they do much more than track minutes and page numbers. #readinglogs #5thgrade

Never planned to homeschool, now wouldn't trade it for the world

Okay teacher friend. It’s finally here. And I’m so excited! I’ve had this resource collecting dust on my computer for years now. I’ve been using this strategy in my classroom for the last few years, but haven’t had the energy or time (teacher life + mom life is exhausting, am I right?) to put it all together so that it’s ready to go for busy teachers like you! Well, it’s finally finished and I finally get to unveil it to you! Did you know I have a FREE downloadable reading response menu…

This Reading Comprehension Worksheet - Your Amazing Brain is for teaching reading comprehension. Use this reading comprehension story to teach reading comprehension.

Here's a step-by-step guide for teaching students to identify text evidence and support answers to questions with evidence from passages.