Art, health, music and more for 8th grade (page 2)
Everything else a school day holds.
- Say It So Exactly That a Machine Gets It: an unplugged coding lessonPrintable
How do you describe a program so well that nobody has to guess? A free unplugged lesson for 6th to 8th, about 45 minutes, with a printable.
Checked 2026-11-06
- Test Plans, and Where AI Gets It Wrong: an unplugged coding lessonPrintable
How do you know a program is right, and why must you check what an AI gives you? A free unplugged lesson for 6th to 8th, about 45 minutes, with a printable.
Checked 2026-11-06
- Community and safety sign cardsPrintable
Printable cards of the signs and words children meet in town, such as stop, exit, restroom and caution, with a matching game and a sheet to circle the sign.
Checked 2026-11-08
- What is a building substitute, a permanent sub or a floating sub?Page
A building substitute reports to the same school every day and covers whatever absences it has.
Checked 2026-10-31
- The Last Pitch: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A fiction passage about sports and friendship for 8th grade, 343 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Spot the bad distractorPage
Ten questions with their wrong answers. Spot the one that gives the game away. Each why shows the real rule Peabody's practice bank uses to pick wrong boxes.
Checked 2026-10-30
- Sub Ready lesson 5: Safety, and when to ask the officePage
Keep every student supervised, know the drill route, send health questions to the nurse, and call the office whenever you aren't sure. Lesson 5 of Sub Ready, Peabody's free course for substitute teachers, about 12 minute
- Art project rubricPrintable
A free elementary art rubric in three grade bands (K–2, 3–5, 6–8): effort and craftsmanship, the art element taught, creativity, reflection. It never grades talent.
Checked 2026-10-30
- Coding project rubricPrintable
A free coding project rubric in three grade bands (K–2, 3–5, 6–8) for block or text code: it works, planning, debugging, readable code and explaining it.
Checked 2026-10-30
- Music performance rubricPrintable
A free music performance rubric in three grade bands (K–2, 3–5, 6–8) for singing or playing: beat, notes and rhythm, expression, ensemble and practice effort.
Checked 2026-10-30
- Reading a Nutrition Label: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about food and health for 8th grade, 267 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Sleep and the Teenage Brain: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about sleep and health for 8th grade, 261 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- 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.
- 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.
- Board game project rubricPrintable
A free board game project rubric in three grade bands (K–2, 3–5, 6–8): the topic in play, clear rules, neat board and pieces, a game that works when classmates play.
Checked 2026-10-30
- STEM challenge rubricPrintable
A free STEM challenge rubric in three grade bands (K–2, 3–5, 6–8) scoring the process (plan, teamwork, test and improve, reflect), not only whether it worked.
Checked 2026-10-30
- Drawing rubricPrintable
A free drawing rubric in three grade bands (K–2, 3–5, 6–8) for art class: line and shape, observation, shading, composition, and effort and growth across drafts.
Checked 2026-10-30
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- A Piano Tuner Listens for the Wobble: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about piano tuning for 8th grade, 270 words, with seven comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Why a Type Designer Draws the O Too Tall: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about type design for 8th grade, 276 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Rescuing a Painting Without Making It New: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about art conservation for 8th grade, 261 words, with seven comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.