Semicolons link two related independent clauses together; learn to use them correctly with this middle-grade worksheet!

Assess your students’ informational writing skills with this standards-based rubric for sixth grade!

In this vocabulary-building worksheet, students will read several short paragraphs and identify and match familiar words with their lesser known synonyms.

Learn about common patterns in storytelling with this middle-grade worksheet!

Assess your students’ narrative writing skills with this standards-based Narrative Writing Rubric for 6th grade.

Practice determining the meaning of unknown words in context with Read and Find Root Words #2!

This rubric for sixth-grade argument writing covers all of the major Common Core standards in the argument writing strand, including introduction, support, transitions, style, and conclusion.

Support students’ inference skills with this targeted two-page reading worksheet. 

Encourage critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions from parts 2 and 3 of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

Explore the meaning of Latin roots with this matching activity! Build essential vocabulary skills with this sixth-grade worksheet.

After completing this middle-grade worksheet, you’ll be a pro at using subordinating conjunctions!

Help students reflect on chapters 5–8 of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time with this two-page discussion guide!

After reading the next few chapters of Pam Muñoz Ryan’s Esperanza Rising, engage students in discussion with this two-page guide!

Practice analyzing point of view and perspective with this relatable excerpt from Sharon Creech’s Walk Two Moons.

Use this sixth-grade grammar worksheet to give students extra practice using the correct subject or object pronoun in complex sentences.

Explore cause and effect in a short excerpt from Sharon Creech’s Walk Two Moons with this targeted reading comprehension worksheet!

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.

After dinner, do you eat desert or dessert? Learn to differentiate between commonly confused words in this middle-grade worksheet!

Use this two-page graphic organizer to help students compare and contrast informational narratives from two different genres.