Middle school resources that keep older students engaged: coordinate-plane geometry with self-checking mystery pictures, and ELA close reading with an original short story escape room.
Use them for review days, centers, sub plans and seasonal lessons in 6th, 7th and 8th grade.
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Created byActivity Express12 high-interest weird job reading passages for grades 6–12, with two comprehension levels, a career interest quiz, job ad and application activities.
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Created byActivity ExpressSix self-checking Halloween Solve & Doodle sets for adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing decimals in grades 5–6, with two levels and answer maps.
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Created byActivity ExpressPlant and animal cell reading passages for grades 4–8 in two levels, with labeling diagrams, a Venn diagram, Cell City organizer and a 5-lesson plan.
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Created byActivity ExpressHalloween dilations practice for 8th grade: 3 self-checking coordinate plane mystery pictures, 2 levels, guided notes, similar figures and exit tickets.
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Created byActivity ExpressA no-tech escape room for grades 6–8: an original dystopian story and four locks on comprehension, plot, characterization and theme.
A guide to teaching career exploration in grades 6–12 through high-interest nonfiction: interest inventories, skills, job ads, applications and projects.
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How to teach adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing decimals in grades 5–6, with error fixes, differentiation and a Halloween week plan.
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A practical guide to teaching cell structure, organelles and plant vs. animal cells in grades 4–8, with leveled reading, labeling and a 5-lesson plan.
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A practical guide to teaching dilations in 8th grade: the (kx, ky) rule, scale factors, similar figures, common errors and a three-lesson plan.
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A middle school ELA guide to teaching plot structure, characterization, theme and text evidence with one short story, plus a two-day escape room plan.
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