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Know a good geometry detective? Challenge your student to use the formula for calculating the area of a triangle.

Students practice comparing and contrasting two versions of the same piece of text—written and audio/visual—with this graphic organizer!

Don’t be a copycat! Learn how to cite sources and spot plagiarism with this middle-grade worksheet.

Learners sleuth out the area of three triangles in this simple geometry worksheet.

Learners sleuth out the area of three triangles in this helpful geometry worksheet.

There's been a periodic table of the elements robbery! Channel your chemistry detective skills with this fun worksheet.

Invite your learner to be a geometry detective as they find the missing base in a series of acute triangles! 

This graphic organizer provides an opportunity to keep track of key vocabulary words they encounter within an informational text.

Use this graphic organizer to give students an opportunity to practice identifying the central idea of a text using key details.

Give students a voice and choice in their learning with this fun after-reading response choice board!

Individualize middle-grade learning experiences with this fun reading response choice board!

Differentiate learning with this fun after-reading response choice board!

Applicable to most nonfiction texts, this worksheet has students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing and evaluating the structure of a nonfiction text.

Applicable to most nonfiction texts, this worksheet has students choose one of two writing prompts focused on determining and analyzing the author’s purpose in a nonfiction text.

Students read the primary-source text of the first 10 amendments and summarize each one using their own words.

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the form and structure of a literary text with this middle school writing worksheet.

This four-page worksheet gives students a chance to engage deeply with a rigorous nonfiction text about government funding for space exploration.

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on identifying and evaluating the argument and claims in a text in this middle grade worksheet.

This middle grades worksheet features two prompts aligned with Common Core standards for writing in response to literature, citing text evidence, and determining theme.

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on identifying and evaluating the central ideas of a nonfiction text in this middle grades writing worksheet.

Give middle school learners an opportunity to dig into the original text of this historical document with this two-page social studies worksheet.

Students will read an excerpt from the classic adventure story White Fang by Jack London before answering comprehension questions about the text.

In Reading Comprehension: The Adventure Begins, learners will read an engaging one-page story and answer a set of comprehension questions about the text. 

Introduce students to the primary-source text of the Gettysburg Address—and the context in which was delivered—with this three-page social studies worksheet.

This graphic organizer helps students work through a nonfiction text to help organize information about the author’s point, and the reasons and evidence used to support it.

In this seventh-grade ELA worksheet, students read a fascinating informational text about the history of kites and answer comprehension questions covering a variety of reading skills. 

Analyze different points of views and perspectives in a text with this excerpt from Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel Little Women.

What does it all mean? In this sixth-grade worksheet, students will practice using text evidence to identify the theme of a story they've read recently.

Use this simple organizer to help students track and record key ideas when reading and summarizing nonfiction texts.

Students read an excerpt adapted from L. Frank Baum’s short story “The Girl Who Owned a Bear” and answer reading comprehension questions about the text.