No-Prep Language Arts Resources for 4th-8th Grade Classrooms

  • Be ready for the daily challenge with classroom-tested language arts material designed to engage, motivate, and activate student learning.
  • Find reading resources that address comprehension, thinking skills, creative writing, vocabulary development, and CCSS alignment.
  • Treat your students to entertaining, skills-based bell ringers and warm-ups, brain teasers, puzzles, and seasonal activities.
  • Spend more time interacting with students and less time preparing materials.

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About Our Time Savers and Student Motivators

  • Strictly Student Oriented: Our products are designed to appeal to the unique sensibilities of middle school students so that they are quickly engaged in learning.
  • A Bonanza of Reading Instruction Resources: Pick and choose from our detailed reading resources that address comprehension, vocabulary development, interpretive and creative writing skills, critical thinking, CCSS skills, and more. Activities range in academic difficulty from basic comprehension to challenges for gifted students.
  • Instant Access to Activities for Teaching Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Divergent Thinking, and More: Looking for a single lesson for teaching verb tenses or a pack of task cards featuring plural and possessive noun practice? We have it. Need material for extra practice? Try our seasonal Figurative Language series or our big books of bell ringers and warm-ups. And that’s just the beginning. We also have Word Trek, a full three-year advanced vocabulary/spelling program featuring Greek and Latin bases and etymologies.
  • Seasonal Items: This October 31st, treat your class to an informational text (with CCSS aligned questions) about Frankenstein’s famous monster. When Valentine’s Day rolls around, play a game of “I Have. Who Has?” with fictional couples as the topic. Celebrate fall, Halloween, winter, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine’s Day, spring, Easter with our skills-based, fun-loaded seasonal products.
  • Classroom Versatility: Our materials can easily be adapted for use as whole-class activities, homework, small group work, individual assignments, in reading centers, as interactive notebook entries—it’s teacher choice. Our pdf files can also be reformatted for use with modern technology.
I’ve been putting these puzzles and brainteasers on my smart board at the beginning of class, and students are having lots of fun solving them. They put a fun spin on reading, logic, thinking outside the box, phonics, and much more. . .
Jamie B
Brain Teasers for Young Scholars
This is excellent! I plan to make this our 1st reading assignment of the year. Thank you!! I love it! 🙂
Tara B:
Informational Text: Loud Talking Required!
Extremely satisfied! I don’t think I have ever seen such a thorough middle school language arts resource! This one is just unbelievable! It has everything I could possibly anticipate using and more. Kids really like it, and I am thrilled to have an intelligent study guide and test questions!
Gay C.
Schooled by Gordon Korman
Novel Study Guide
This resource is very comprehensive and has everything you need. There is so many options that you could use it 2 year without repeating the worksheets or assessments. Fantastic!
Sarah T.
Touching Spirit Bear Novel Study Guide
These figurative language sets are great! I have bought them for every month. My students do one every Friday.
Karen R
My students loved playing this at school. I also used it with my grandchildren.
Karen C