Inspire middle-grade learners with this biography of Ellen Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman in space!

Discover the science experiment that tested whether humans could survive in an isolated ecosystem in this fascinating passage!

Learn about how the satellites that orbit the Earth impact people’s lives in this informational passage!

Learners will learn about a winter holiday, then complete the graphic organizer with their notes, using this festive research template.

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 analyzing the interaction of different story elements in this literary response worksheet for middle school!

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing characters in a story in this literary response worksheet for middle grades.

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

Invite learners to research Ramadan and record their findings using this festive research template!

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the author’s use of language and literary devices in this literary response worksheet.

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing characters’ points of view in a story in this literary response worksheet for middle grades.

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the form and structure of a poem or drama in this worksheet for middle school learners.

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.

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.

Get students looking ahead and setting goals for themselves in the new year with this resolutions writing worksheet.

Choose your literary nonfiction response prompt! Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the impact of an author’s word choice.

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

Empower students to get creative with their vocabulary learning in this visual vocabulary worksheet template!

Uncover the antonyms in this fun crossword puzzle worksheet!

Engage your creative side with this musical companion activity to a unit on Louis Sachar’s Holes!

Visit the crashing waters of the mighty Iguazú Falls in this middle school passage!

Read all about the origins of Oregon’s fascinating Wizard Island in this engaging passage!

Explore a remarkable example of Maya engineering with this sixth through eighth grade nonfiction reading worksheet.

Invite students to inventory their vocabulary knowledge with this adaptable graphic organizer!

Guide student research about women’s suffrage around the world with this two-page research graphic organizer!

Turn up the volume on opinion writing as middle schoolers decide who wins the battle of best music!