Middle school English resources that double as short stories
Welcome to Classroom Cereal, a library of engaging and effective English language resources for every middle school classroom and home learning environment. The magic of Classroom Cereal? The resources are also serialized short stories. So while students are practicing grammar or acting out a script or sharpening their reading comprehension, they're also engaging in an ongoing story, one little piece at a time.
Explore the full Classroom Cereal library below.
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Grammar
The original program. A series of short stories that double as editing exercises. Each story has five parts, and each part has five grammatical mistakes for students to find and edit as they read.
Reading
Comprehension
A series of 10 short stories that double as cloze paragraph reading comprehension puzzles. As they read, students fill in the blanks with the missing word.
Readers
Theater
A series of 10 readers theater scripts. Each script has four scenes, with about five to nine parts per scene. Perfect for speaking, listening, acting, and laughing.
Standalone
Stories
A library of solo, original middle grade short stories written by different, human authors. Every story comes with an activity crafted specifically for it.
Activity Sheets
Nine mini ELA puzzles and activities on a single PDF sheet. Students practice skills and concepts like parts of speech, spelling, vocab, and more. Perfect for early finishers, short periods, mini lessons, and more.
Podcast
The first 10 stories from the CC grammar program in audio format. Narrated error-free by their author, Chris Slavin. Perfect as a supplement to the grammar program or as a standalone audio series.
Engaging.
Effective.
Ready-to-go.
Classroom Cereal hooks students in a few ways. First, through hands-on activities that are just the right level of challenging. Second, through rich, original, cliffhanger-filled stories. Stories, worksheets, and assessments are ready to go as PDFs, Google Slides, and auto-grading Google Forms.
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Answer Keys
PDF sheets showing where the errors are and how to fix them.
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Quizzes
A 10-question quiz for all 30 stories. Five multiple choice comprehension questions, four grammar questions, and one short answer. Available as a PDF, Google Slide, and auto-grading Google Form.
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Teacher Guides
For every story, a one-page sheet with everything you need in order to teach it: plot summary, themes, explanation of that story's grammatical concepts, and quiz answers.
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Grammar Maps
For all seasons, a one-pager outlining every grammatical concept addressed in that season and the stories that feature them.
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Grammar Growth Assessment
A 48-question, multiple choice grammar assessment, allowing teachers to track grammar progress throughout the year. Available as a PDF, Google Slide, and auto-grading Google Form.
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Google Slides Stories
All 30 stories on their own interactive Google Slide.
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Grammar Mini Lessons
Short, fun, consistent mini lessons on key grammatical concepts. Available as PDFs, Google Slides, and auto-grading Google Forms.
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Stories
The entire 10-story series. Each story as a PDF and Google Slide.
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Auto-grading Google Form Stories
Every story on an auto-grading Google Form. Students type in the answers, and the story grades itself!
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Quizzes
A 10-question reading comprehension quiz for every story. 9 multiple choice questions, 1 short answer.
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Student Data Tracker
A chart for students to keep track of their scores on every story, available as a PDF, Google Doc, Google Slide, and Google Sheet.
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Answer Keys
The correct answers for all 50 blanks for every story.
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Scripts
All 10 readers theater-style stories. Available as a PDF and Google Slide.
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Quizzes
A 10-question comprehension quiz for each script. Available as a PDF, Google Slide, and auto-grading Google Form.
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Full story transcripts
The full transcript of every audio story. Available as a PDF and Google Slide.
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Listening comprehension questions
10 listening comprehension questions for every audio story. Available as a PDF, Google Slide, and Google Form.
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Activity sheets
Every issue of Cereal Box Activity Sheet, 9 mini language games/puzzles on a single, printable sheet.
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Answer keys
The completed version of every sheet, showing its answers and exemplars.
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Short stories
A library of original middle grade short stories written by independent, human authors.
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An activity for each
For each story, an activity addressing a specific concept or skill fitting for that particular story.