Use this vocabulary-building worksheet to help middle school students expand their knowledge of academic words in an authentic and multi-faceted way.

Use these discussion questions to engage your readers and support their comprehension of chapters 18–23 of Lois Lowry’s The Giver.

Use this discussion guide to engage learners in meaningful dialogue after they've read chapters 14–18 of Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games. 

Students explore the first four dynasties in Chinese history and learn some of the key accomplishments of each dynasty.

Discover what four friends did over spring break in this middle-grade logic puzzle!

Assess your students’ argument writing skills with a standards-based rubric for eighth grade.

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

This standards-based Narrative Writing Rubric for 8th grade is the perfect tool to assess your students’ narrative writing skills!

Give learners a chance to think deeply and hone their writing skills with this relatable and inspirational writing prompt, featuring a quote by Thich Nhat Hanh.

Introduce learners to three inspiring indigenous women with this four-page reading comprehension worksheet!

Learn all about the fascinating field of food science in this four-page informational reading comprehension worksheet!

Learners will use five clues to piece together four ghost stories in this fun logic challenge.

Learn about the identifying characteristics of the four main types of air masses in this informative science worksheet!

Explore and analyze four main types of ancient Greek governments with this two-page world history worksheet!

Students read and analyze an excerpt from E. Nesbit’s 1906 novel, The Railway Children, in this four-page reading comprehension worksheet.

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

Give your students a chance to voice their opinion and practice their writing skills with this fun “would you rather” writing prompt.

Give students another chance to flex their descriptive writing muscles with this inspiring picture prompt!

Use this discussion guide to encourage thoughtful discussions about chapters 1–4 of Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games. 

Learners will find and record key information on the dates, locations, key leaders, causes, and outcomes of four key battles of the American Civil War.

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

Students are asked to think critically and hone their reflective writing skills with this thoughtful writing prompt based on a Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. quote.

Practice identifying and relating common prefixes, suffixes, and root words in vocabulary words with this helpful grammar worksheet!

Use this discussion guide to support students’ comprehension and analysis of chapters 1–4 of S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders.

Give students another chance to flex their descriptive writing muscles with this inspiring picture prompt!

Use this two-page social studies worksheet to introduce middle school students to the four types of economic systems: traditional, market, command, and mixed.

Boost your chemistry skills by filling in the missing information about the elements, using the included periodic table.

Give students another chance to think deeply and hone their writing skills with this relatable writing prompt based on a Maya Angelou quote.

This colorful worksheet builds an early chemistry foundation, giving middle school students practice with the periodic table of elements.

Students practice using sentence-level context clues and word relationships to determine the meaning of above-level vocabulary words.