This simple and direct 5-question assessment covers basic knowledge of the Earth and the processes that it undergoes such as seasons, rotating, revolving, and more. It is presented in multiple choice format, and will provide you with a clear snapshot of what students understand as it relates to this topic. An answer key has been included for your convenience. Be sure to also check out my Introduction to Planets Assessments.

Facilitate your students in creating their science fair or stem fair boards with the graphic organizer and reference guide. With a clearly labelled diagram and elaborate explanations as to the specific components that should be included, this info sheet will be sure to hold your students to high expectations and increase the work output they use to display their learning. Be sure to check out our Science Fair resources!

Check out this awesome educational reference guide for how to annotate a text step by step. This can facilitate the teacher and their method of annotating and can just as easily support students learning how to annotate a text on their own. At the bottom of the step by step guide that walks students on what to do and how to do it, a checklist is included that can be checked as each step is completed.

For those of us that still include teacher provided feedback on report cards, this is a great tool to take your writing to the next level. Presenting yourself professionally matters and with this extensive list you will find ample adjectives that can be used to describe any student that may cross your path. This can also be used for students as they develop their writing and speaking skills to use higher level vocabulary and switch up the same old words that they repeat often. Happy writing!

Check out this simple and color-coded guide to constructing really great questions that promote critical thinking. Organized into six sections with a multitude of stems to get your questions rolling, this reference sheet will take your questioning to the next level. But promoting deeper thinking questions, you will be able to scaffold more easily, differentiate smoothly and meet the needs of your students while holding them all accountable. This reference guide is provided for you in both color and gray-scale.

Support your students breaking down word problems and testing jargon with this simple and color coded poster. Presented ina variety of formats to best meet your needs and your students' needs, this poster termplates lists most of the words that are associated with each of the four operations found in math word problems including multiplication, division, addition and subtraction. This can be used for differentiation purposes, a bulletin board, anchor chart, flipbooks and so much more!

This 13-question assessment can offer valuable insight into students' understanding of rocks including the properties of metamorphic, sedimentary, and igneous. Questions posed include their origins, how they are formed, what they look like and more. There is a word bank to facilitate spelling but it is just of the three types of rocks. At the bottom there are bonus questions prompting for specific examples of each. This can easily be differentiated as a classwork assignmet, independent work, a quiz or a test. An answer key has been included for your convenience!

Students who read or are read to for at least 20-30 minutes every day, perform better on tests throughout the year and show linkage to increase success in the classroom. This letter home is a great way to promote a positive literacy culture at home and create buy-in with parents reading to and having students read to them at home. Presented in a very friendly way, this letter clearly articulates the role that parents can play at home when it comes to supporting reading at home.

Check out this 19 questions worksheet that covers the vocabulary related to energy. Some of this vocabulary includes potential and kinetic as well as heat, light, sound, thermal, wind and much more. It is broken into three parts, each of which have a separate word bank. These can easily be blanked out for differentiation purposes. It can be adapted as a quiz, test, homework, independent work, or group work. An answer key has been included for your convenience!

Check out this fun and engaging project that allows student to develop their understanding of adaptations. This project requires a tool for research such as a computer. Embedded with directions, this project allows students to work individually or collaboratively as they identify a plant or animal to research and understand. Looking specifically at adaptations, students will seek to understand how their adaptation helps them. Included is a reference sheet students will create based on their identified animal or plant as well as a tracking form for students to fill out based on their peers research.

Being transparent with students on the standard of assessment and grades is a great way to implement high expectations as well as set them up to be successful. This rubric includes four major components of oral fluency in any regard, whether it be an oral presentation, reading, group work or any other context. These components include expression and volume, phrasing, smoothness, and pace. Each component includes a possibility of four points totaling 16 points total. That number can then be multiplied by 6.25 to place it out of 100. This is a great way to hold your students accountable and document assessment to allow for reflection and improvement and a skill that is highly necessary and often neglected.

Check out this differentiated graphic organizer that allows for a different formatting of note taking or brainstorming. It is used to explore the many aspects or effects of a complex topic, helping the student to organize their thoughts in a simple, visual way. It comes in three different formats to meet students where they are at and what is best suited for them. Be sure to check out some of my other graphic organizers as well!

This fun and engaging project, clearly lays out the expectations for a simple interactive creation project in which students make a model of the basic human skeleton. Students are expected to include the major seven bones that outline our bodies, as well as include clear labels and answer a few simple questions. There is a rubric at the bottom, with pre-made scoring outlines to simplify assigning a fair and appropriate grade. The students will have a blast with this project, and they will deepen their understandings of the human skeleton!

Add another level of accountability to your exit ticket progress monitoring with the simple and well-organized template to track student scores. This teacher-friendly format makes it so easy to see how students are doing over an extended period of time. This is great for student conferencing as well as transparent grades with parents and families. Simplified into a check format, 1/2 credit format, and X for struggling. Adapt as needed :)

Check out this fun and engaging packet of four different logic puzzles that students can apply critical thinking skills with to solve. Each question comes with a prompt, a table, and clues to figure out who did what. This is a great way to promote engagement, challenge students, develop critical thinking, and push gifted students. It is also ideal for early finishers! An answer key has been included for your convenience!

Check out this three part assessment that covers topics of states of matter. One part has students drawing a model of the atom proximity for each state, another sections has a matching portion with different vocabulary words and the third part has comparing various states with one another. This can easily be used as a quiz, test, homework, guided notes, independent work and so much more. You can also check out my multiple choice option in my store as well. An answer key has been included for your convenience!

Check out this fun and simple writing template that comes in the shape of a star. This is a great template that can be applied in a variety of ways such as topics related to space, Hollywood figures and so much more. This can take your bulletin board to the next level. Students will love the new a fresh look of it, while they get to apply their writing skills in a fun and new format. The package includes a variety of spacing for differentiation purposes to meet each student where they are at, as well as for different grade level implementaiton! Be sure to check out my other writing templates as well!

Check out this awesome task card activity that allows students to develop their understanding of static electricity. This activity works best with newspaper or any other thing paper. You will also need scissors for cutting of the ghosts and a dowel or pencil to rub the ghost transferring the electrons to it. Included is a clear set of instructions for the teacher and students on how to experiment with various surfaces around the room for the optimal static attraction. Included is a worksheet to track the optimal surfaces with a reflection section. Be sure to check out our other science task cards as well!

Save your time and money on buying items and experiences for your students as motivators when there are so many free opportunities out there! We have compiled a list of 50 ways to reward your kids without spending a dime. The first page you will find them all listed out while you will find them placed on tickets on the following two pages. The tickets can be cut and either picked out of a hat or chosen by students as their award. Whether it be individual rewards, group rewards or whole class incentives, this can be used year after year to motivate your students - hopefully transitioning them to an intrinsic motivation! have fun!

FREEBIE ALERT! Check out this awesome variety pack of printable sticky note templates. Simply choose the size template that is applicable to your sticky notes, print that page, attach your sticky notes to the page, and then re-print with your added text (don’t forget to change the border so the lines don’t print onto your post-it notes. Included you will find 3"x3", 3"x4", 4"x4", 4"x6", 3"x5", 1.5"x2", and 2"x2".