Tips and Tricks for passing the reading comprehension portion of the RLA GED test. Broken into five sections with each section containing thorough explanations, quizzes, and quiz answers. Perfect for anyone studying for the GED, but also great review for other standardized tests that rely on reading comprehension. GED comprehension subtopics included in this packet: Main Idea Title and Headings First and Last Sentences Repetition Summary Sentences 2. Supporting Details Relevance Specificity Variety Clarity Sufficiency 3. Inferences Reading between the lines Using background knowledge Observing patterns Asking questions Drawing conclusions 4. Vocabulary in context Context clues Synonyms and antonyms Examples and explanations Overall passage Structure clues 5. Text Structures Chronological Cause and Effect Compare and Contrast Problem and Solution Descriptive No prep needed. Just print and assign. Total Pages 17 pages Answer Key Included

Just the bare bones of what is needed to be successful on the grammar portion of the GED RLA (Reasoning through Language Arts) test. Broken down into four subtopics needed for the GED RLA test: parts of speech, sentence structure, punctuation, and subject-verb agreement. Contains explanations for each subtopic including a quiz for each section. Bonus section: A longer passage to read and answer questions to give GED students mixed practice. Topics taught: Parts of Speech nouns pronouns verbs adjectives adverbs prepositions conjunctions interjections Sentence Structure: subject predicate object complement modifiers Punctuation periods commas question marks exclamation points colons semi-colons apostrophes quotation marks Subject-verb agreement Singular/plural subjects and verbs Compound subjects There is/there are Excellent GED prep for your GED RLA students! No Prep needed! Just print and assign! Total Pages 17 pages Answer Key Included

This packet of silly sentences is modeled after the classic Mad Libs game. Made specifically for GED students, there are 10 GED-related stories. Learners begin by giving various parts of speech. Then, their teacher or partner uses their words to fill in the blanks. The result is sure to bring lots of laughs. Sample word lists are also included to get the creative juices flowing. Parts of speech included are adverbs, adjectives, nouns, verbs, and prepositions. This is a no-prep activity. Great to bring some instructional variety to the classroom and a wonderful microlearning exercise. Use as a class starter or as an activity for early finishers.

This color-by-number worksheet has students practice their understanding of the difference between there, they’re, and their. It can be used as supplemental material, homework, morning warm up, or just for fun! Answer Key included. Total Pages 5 pages

Great worksheet for introducing finding the volume of a rectangular prism. Solve the problems to answer the question (a joke). A free geometry activity. Total Pages 4 pages

This fall resource allows students to practice finding mean, mode, median, and range while answering jokes with their answers. Created for my GED students but great for all types of math review, including some elementary classrooms, and most middle school and high school groups. Four worksheets included: one for each mean, median, mode, and range. Students of all ages get excited over the approach of autumn, so they will delight in the colorful graphics and the chance to find the answer to the joke on each page. Great GED Prep since statistic questions can be found on 3 out of the 4 GED tests. Also great for HiSet preparation, special education classrooms, and gifted and talented students. Some suggested usages: Homework, independent work, end of the day activity, morning math, Bell Ringers, test prep, review, intro to a lesson. No prep needed. Just print and assign. Total Pages 10 pages

A Halloween-themed vocabulary color-by-code activity. Students learn several roots, affixes, and suffixes while completing two colorful fall worksheets. Affixes included in packet include: ego - self femin - woman foli - leaf fug - escape fum - smoke giga - billion cosm - world culp - blame dec - ten dem - people dent - tooth derm - sleep No prep. Just print and hand out. Created for my GED students but also great for K-12 and HiSet/SAT review.

This worksheet has student’s solve 3-step equations, then color the coded worksheet. Great for classwork, Bell Ringers, morning math, independent practice, remediation, and homework.

This fun worksheet packet is good for students having trouble understanding that subtracting a negative number is the same as adding that number. This bundle is great for end-of-the year review of all things Algebra. It helps students with algebraic reasoning by giving practice with positive and negative operations. It can be fun for test prep, homework, drills, morning work, warm ups, Bell ringers, math stations, or even family math night activities. By practicing these puzzles, students improve their math literacy, a great supplement to the standard math curriculum. Also a must for math intervention and fluency. Three worksheets and answer keys included.

This activity is great for end-of-the year review of all things Algebra. Students solve eight two-step equations and follow the directions to color the picture using their answers. It helps students with algebraic reasoning by giving practice with finding unknown numbers in two step expressions. It can be fun for test prep, homework, drills, morning work, warm ups, Bell ringers, math stations, or even family math night activities. By practicing these activities, students improve their math literacy, a great supplement to the standard math curriculum. Also a must for math intervention and fluency.

In this activity, students are asked to find the probability that people at a cookout get the type of burger they want, then they are asked to find their answer on a color by number sheet. The colored picture is a flag – great for Memorial Day and for math review in general. Product can be given for homework, independent practice or enrichment. Great for GED learners, Special Education students, and those needing an end-of-the-year review of probability. Fun exercise! No prep exercise. Answer Keys included.

This worksheet reviews the concept of symbiosis by having students categorize commensalism, mutualism, and parasitism, then use their answer choices to complete a color by number activity. Great for review, test prep, homework, independent work, or group work. Adds a hands on component to a standard Science subject, making it fun and working more parts of the learners’ brains. Sure to excite lovers of Science along with those who need remediation. Works well in Special Education classrooms or even advanced classes. Also handy for Adult Education teachers preparing learners for the GED. Total Pages 6 pages

In this lesson, students review the following word parts in order to increase their vocabulary knowledge: semi, aqua, crypt, therm, hyper, hypo, ject, and mar. This packet begins with a general lesson on breaking apart words. Next, students are asked to try to define some words that have the word roots as they are introduced. Then, they are asked to draw pictures of the definitions to help them remember them. After that, they are given a long list of words that use their new vocabulary and challenged to see how many words they can use to write a paragraph. The last mnemonic in the packet is a word search template and students are asked to create a word search for a classmate, followed by a quiz to check retention. Supports Common Core and Reading Foundational Standards. No instructional lesson plan needed. Simply print and teach! This is a great activity for introducing or reviewing base words, prefixes and suffixes and a excellent resource for writing practice since it asks learners to apply their knowledge by writing sentences with new words. Ideal for guided practice, group work, morning work, homework, intervention, Special Education, Adult Education, and enrichment. Also great as a summer review resource. Answer keys included. Note: This resource was created with my GED students in mind since studying word parts helps them become better test takers and reduces test anxiety. Scaffolding makes this lesson easily adaptable to many levels of learners. Finally, the best part is that this packet is fun! It has enough variety to keep students engaged, and by using such variation, it is a whole brain activity! Be on the look out for more lessons to come! Total Pages 13 pages

In this lesson, students review the following word parts in order to increase their vocabulary knowledge: aud, corp, gen, port, tele, cardio, derm, and omni. This packet begins with a general lesson on breaking apart words. Next, students are asked to try to define some words that have the word roots as they are introduced. Then, they are asked to draw pictures of the definitions to help them remember them. After that, they are given a long list of words that use their new vocabulary and challenged to see how many words they can use to write a paragraph. The last mnemonic in the packet is 2 color by code/definition pictures followed by a quiz to check retention. Supports Common Core and Reading Foundational Standards. No instructional lesson plan needed. Simply print and teach! This is a great activity for introducing or reviewing base words, prefixes and suffixes and a excellent resource for writing practice since it asks learners to apply their knowledge by writing sentences with new words. Ideal for guided practice, independent practice, morning work, homework, intervention, Special Education, Adult Education, and enrichment. Also great as a summer review resource. Answer keys included for everything except the color by code exercises which should be easily graded at a glance. Note: This resource was created with my GED students in mind since studying word parts helps them become better test takers and reduces test anxiety. Scaffolding makes this lesson easily adaptable to many levels of learners. Finally, the best part is that this packet is fun! It has enough variety to keep students engaged, and by using such variation, it is a whole brain activity! Be on the look out for more lessons to come! Total Pages 13 pages

In this activity, students are asked to help a friend with some Back-to-School shopping. They need to find the best deals on several needed items in order to stay within their budgets. A simple but engaging activity that gives students real-life practice using decimals and percents. This activity can be used collaboratively, for homework, independent practice, review, test prep, and more. The concepts here are realistic ones students might need in day-to-day life. Answer Keys are included. Total Pages 17 pages

This is a memory game designed to practice affixes (prefixes, base words, and suffixes) in order to improve student vocabulary. In order to make matches, students must correctly match a word part with its definition. There are three different sets of words included in the packet so that games can be played with one set at a time (24 cards), or sets can be combined for larger games (48 or 72 cards). Cutting out the cards is the only prep needed. Word parts included in this batch: Non - not Mid - middle co - together ambi - both contra - against dict - say mort - death multi - many spect - look struct - build vis -see dyna - power hetero - different hydr - water phil - love anti - against re - again acu - sharp homo - same nym - name pseudo - false pre - before super - beyond agri - farming anthro - human cap - head biblio - book bel - war cerebr - brain cide -kill arbor - tree arthr - joint avi - bird bi - two cert - sure cog - know I designed this game for my GED class, and they loved it. It’s a fun way to memorize word parts to increase vocabulary for the GED test. Total Pages 15 pages

Students are placed on a mission to help the teachers of Peace University average their semester grades. They are given five teacher gradebooks and asked to find the mean for each student. Guaranteed to make learning fun and engaging! Students feel a sense of adventure as they complete this simple lesson in the form of a quest. They show their understanding of this statistic concept while they fulfill their assignment. Answer Keys included. Total Pages 13 pages

This packet includes 8 worksheets that explain the rules of operation of negative numbers and has students practice these rules, one rule at a time. The slow pace in which the rules are presented and practiced help increase student understanding. Great worksheets for review, morning math, Bell Ringers, independent practice, test prep, or homework. 68 questions in all. Making math fun for all! Answer Sheets included Total Pages 18 pages

Complete set of cards (72 in total) to use to learn vocabulary affixes (prefixes, base words, and suffixes). Contains a set of word parts different from Vocabulary Go Fish Card Game Set #1. Students try to make sets of pairs by matching a vocabulary word with its meaning. In order to do so, they have to reinforce their knowledge by requesting that match from another player. Game meant for 3 - 6 players, so it works well in small groups. A word list is included so that students will have a reference if needed.

Complete set of cards (72 in total) to use to learn vocabulary affixes (prefixes, base words, and suffixes). Students try to make sets of pairs by matching a vocabulary word with its meaning. In order to do so, they have to reinforce their knowledge by requesting that match from another player. Game meant for 3 - 6 players, so it works well in small groups. A word list is included so that students will have a reference if needed.