Reading for 8th grade (page 3)
Reading for 8th grade: 169 free pages to print, play or teach from. No sign-in.
- Perspective Comes to the Canvas: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about art and drawing for 8th grade, 262 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Ships Climb Hills of Water: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about the Panama Canal for 8th grade, 272 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- The Bridge Test: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A fiction passage about teamwork for 8th grade, 319 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- The Borrowed Violin: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A fiction passage about kindness and courage for 8th grade, 302 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Grandma's Smudged Card: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A fiction passage about problem solving and family for 8th grade, 291 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Readers theater rubricPrintable
A free readers theater rubric in three grade bands: fluency, expression, cues, volume and clarity, and teamwork.
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- Oral report rubricPrintable
A free oral report rubric in three grade bands: accurate content, organization, voice, eye contact, visual aid, time and questions.
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- Retelling rubricPrintable
A free story retelling rubric in three grade bands: characters, setting, events in order, problem and solution, and story words.
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- Comic strip rubricPrintable
A free comic strip rubric in three grade bands: story, panel order, speech bubbles and captions, characters, drawings and content accuracy.
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- How do I make a fill-in-the-blank worksheet from my own text?Page
Turn any text into a cloze worksheet: blank every Nth word, only the longer words, or the words you choose, with a word bank and an answer key.
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- The Secret Garden: read-aloud with discussion questionsReading
Read The Secret Garden aloud on the projector: 15 pages of big type with each word lit as it is said, 1798 words (about 13 minutes), level 13, grade 8, and 5 questions to talk about.
- Knowing Where Your Hand Is in the Dark: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about the body's position sense for 8th grade, 270 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Why Teen Sleep Clocks Run Late: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about teenagers and sleep timing for 8th grade, 268 words, with seven comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- When a Sugar Pill Soothes Pain: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about the placebo effect for 8th grade, 285 words, with seven comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- What Really Tells You to Breathe: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about how the body controls breathing for 8th grade, 258 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Banking Bone Before Age Thirty: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about building strong bones in youth for 8th grade, 265 words, with seven comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Why You Stop Smelling Your Own House: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about sensory adaptation and smell for 8th grade, 269 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- The Fist-Sized Filters Beside Your Spine: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about how the kidneys clean blood for 8th grade, 255 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- How Soap Pulls Germs Apart: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about why soap cleans hands for 8th grade, 262 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- How a Body Learns to Handle Summer Heat: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about adjusting to hot weather for 8th grade, 257 words, with seven comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Burning Food to Count Its Calories: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about how food energy is measured for 8th grade, 267 words, with seven comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- The Path Across Your Yard: How Easements Work: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about land easements and shared use for 8th grade, 259 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Why Nobody Sells Streetlights Door to Door: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about public goods and taxes for 8th grade, 262 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- The Compromise That Gave Congress Two Chambers: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about the Connecticut Compromise for 8th grade, 253 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.