This 6-question assessment is ideal for an exit ticket. It provides quick snapshot for teachers to understand where students are in terms of their understanding of state governments. Five of the questions are completed with one of two words that students choose from. The last question is a fill in the blank with two words that are rleated to the services that a state government provides. This can be adapted for a quiz or the start to some independent work. An answer key has been included for your convenience.

Check out this very simple but clear exit ticket that is meant to provide a snapshot of what students understand about the order and categories of the planets. The questions cover topics of the gas giants and terrestrial planets as well as a few order questions about which planet is where in the sequence from the sun. There are 5 questions in all to offer a quick representation of content knowledge. An answer key has been included for your convenience!

Check out this quick and simple 5-question exit ticket that offers a brief snapshot of content attainment as it relates to pitch and volume. Topics covered include pitch, volume, low pitch, and high pitch. It includes both multiple choice options and short answer open ended questions. This is a great way to close a lesson and see what your students know! It also supplements some of my other products on sound found in guided notes form and a full assessment. An answer key has been included for your convenience.

Check out this fun and engaging worksheet for students to develop their sense of measuring length in inches and feet. Presented in a variety of formats including fill in the bank, estimating, and more, this worksheet allows students to develop their understanding of things that are either feet or inches and approximately how large they are. Students will look at various parts of their world and decide which is most appropriate. The second page is a neatly organized table graphic organizer where students will estimate the feet and inches of various things in their classroom. This can either be done in partners, independently or as a a whole class.

Check out this mini lesson on measuring inches and centimeters. Presented in a highly interactive manner using a PowerPoint, students will learn how to use a digital ruler to find the length of various things. Also, they will compare inches to centimeters. This presentation is a great introductory lesson to measuring and will be sure to engage students while promoting critical thinking and skill development. Be sure to check out some of our other inches and centimeters worksheets, activities, and assessments!

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.

Check out this fun and engaging activity to help students understand the order based on size of various labels in astronomy. Students will cut out the four shapes on the bottom and then tape/glue them into the four boxes up top. This visual graphic organizer than serves as a great support tool for understanding how these components are related to one another. Included is Earth, our Solar System, The Milky Way, and the Universe. An answer key is included for your convenience.

Check out this awesome experiment that helps students understand the dissolving and diffusion process. Students will apply change over time observations. The directions and template included describe the experiment and offer a template to record, collect, and analyze data. Students will need three cups set up, one cold, one hot, and one room temperature. They will drop food coloring in each and record what they see in minute increments. Through this experiment, they will understand how temperature impacts the diffusion and dissolving rate of a liquid into another liquid (through a very visual way).

As we all know, independent reading at home has a huge impact on students' success in the classroom. Building stamina in our children while they read independently is extremely important. This simple bar graph template provides a great tracking system for the minutes of independnet reading per night. There are 15 columns for potential bars to track anywhere from one to thirty five minutes of reading. Students and parents are therefore able to track and take ownership over this growth and development. It also serves as a great resouces of documentation. The page is student friendly, includes a sample bar, and directions up top!

Check out this fun and engaging way for students to apply their learned concepts of measuring. In this activity, students have two sections they need to complete. The first one gives them specific lengths in inches that they need to go around the room to find. The second one has various objects that they will have to find the length in centimeters instead. Of course, a ruler will be necessary in order for students to be successful. With clear directions, this worksheet can easily be applied to the classroom, or can be used as a fun homework assignment. Students will be able to develop their measuring skills and will have fun doing so! Be sure to check out our alternative using centimeters as well!

This 26 question worksheet will take you proverbs to the next level as students complete the starters. The idea is that they don't complete the idiom or proverb as it's supposed to be, but rather have fun with it and create their own based off of the first few words. The kids will have a blast and you will have even more fun reading them :) This serves as great partner work, independent work, homework or early-finisher differentiation!

Take your students' critical thinking to a whole new level with this streamlined template that pushes students to think deeper about their reading. In order to increase comprehension and the key details of a reading, this graphic organizer has students identify these topics, locate the page and section it was identified from, and elaborate on the textual evidence they are using to support their claim. This is a great way to hold them accountable as well as allow for interventions based on a simple assessment of students' thinking.

Check out this awesome differentiated anchor chart that comes in a very of formats for varied implementation. This clearly organized and student-friendly graphic organizer clearly defines the number of sides, name of the polygon, he representation and the description of shapes with anywhere from 3 sides up to 6 sides. This color-coded template comes in six different formats that omit different amounts of columns for use as worksheets, assessments, differentiation, posters, anchor charts, reference sheets and more!

Check out this incredible powerful template that you can use weekly, monthly, or on specific occasions to build knowledge of students. By using this "I wish my teacher knew..." prompt, students are able to share the things they don't often feel comfortable talking about. This is a great way to build relationships and rapport with students and ultimately raise the bar for the culture in your classroom! This product comes with a variety of templates to best meet the needs of your students, including bullet points, lined pages, open pages, and half page versions. Have fun!

Engage students with this fun and interactive game. This can be used for review, a hook, whole group practice, or science centers. If you have never played before, the student who has the card that reads: I have the first card... will start. They then read the Who Has...? section in which another student will have the answer to that question on their card. The game continues from card to card to card. Each card is supplemented with a photo to help ELL students, language acquisition, and content based vocabulary understanding. There are a total of 16 cards including the cover card that over a variety of science tools including safety goggles, beakers, magnets and more! These can also be printed and sent home with students as a study guide! Have fun :)

Promoting self-reflection and a positive self image is so important and all ages. This template is a great way to infuse poetry and repetition in a student friendly way. Presented in 18 lines, students will complete the prompts that include things such as I wonder..., I pretend..., I am..., I hope..., I try... and much more. This is easily differentiated as it meets students where they are at. It serves as a great wall decoration or a personal motivation when needed most. Have fun!

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.

This simple and well-organized reference sheet is broken into 10 color-coded chartst that count by ones in increments of 10. Each chart is a different color for easy reference. This can either be printed and distributed to students and/or used as a poster. It can also be laminated and used again and again. This serves as a great tool for struggling students, for differentiation, and for so much more. Try using it to support addition, subtraction, multiplication and addition! Be sure to also check out our rounding reference chart!

Check out this 11 questions worksheet that can be used as a quiz, test, study guide, homework, or in class assignment. It is presented in both multiple choice, fill in the blank and short answer questions that cover the topics of good and bad insulators and the same for conductors. Examples of each are needed to be known to be successful. This is a great way to gain insight into students understanding. An answer key has been included for your convenience!

Check out this simeply five question short answer study guide. This can easily be used as the assessment itself, independent work, small group work, or an ideal study guide to cover basic science principles of gravity, force, magnets, and motion. This will offer great insight for the teacher and will prepare students to be successful on such topics. It offers a simple option for students to incorporate their lesson vocabulary in a meaningful way. An answer key is also included for your convenience!