Check out this awesome electrical energy mini investigation! Included you will find clear directions for students and teacher. An objective is embedded as well as supplemental worksheets to track the students learning. You will need some basic components such as wiring, battery, light bulb, and then a variety of materials to be tested for conductibility such as nails, rubber, plastic, aluminum foil, combs, staples, paperclips, etc. This activity engages students in understanding which materials are conductors and which ones are insulators. They will develop their understanding of the material that allow for the flow of electrons and will love doing it! Be sure to check out our other Science Task Cards as well such as our Light The Bulb Task Card Activity.

Check out this awesome alternative graphic organizer. The circle has the prompt of something that is still going on around your head. The triangle has something pointed that is still standing out, and the square has the prompt of something that you agreed with. This is a great way to present HOT questions based on a reading in a new and innovative way. Students can draw a representation in the shape as well. Take your reading skills and strategies to the next level! Also, be sure to check out our other graphic organizers as well!

This 41 question worksheet can easily be adapted for an assessment, independent work, small group work, or whole class instruction. The questions are highly varied and include short answer, multiple choice, answer by answer analysis, and multiple response type questions. The results from this can provide the teachers with clear direction for intervention and understanding of student knowledge. An answer key is included for your convenience!

This 12 question assessment covers students understanding of setting and characters. There are three separate parts to this assessment that can easily be used for a quiz, test, homework, study guide, independent work or small group work. It starts off with asking for the simple definitions of each key word. It then transitions to written scenarios where students identify the implied or directly stated character(s) and setting and finishes off with two pictures that student analyze for the setting and character. This simple assessment will offer the teacher valuable insight into students' understanding of what a setting is and what the characters are.

Check out this fun and engaging brainstorm activity that forces students to reflect on the characteristics of leaders and famous people. This is a great activity for various holidays like MLK Day, Leadership Day, Presidents Day and so much more. This is also a great activity to align to the Leader In Me Program. Students will use the clear graphic organizer at the top to simply brainstorm attributes of the leaders they know about such as bold, brave, adventurous, courageous, smart, and anything else they come up with. The bottom simple prompt challenges students to think through what they can do to exhibit this traits. Let us know how it goes!!

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 centimeter lengths 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 inches as well!

Check out this awesome student-friendly assessment that includes 12 questions on measuring using centimeters and inches. Students will need access to a ruler with both forms of measurement in order to be successful on this assessment. This is a great way to test their skills of measuring using tools, since that is now a requirement on state testing. Embedded in this assessment is a conceptual understanding and application of learned materials and therefore offers great insight into students understanding of measuring. With a variety of question formats such as fill in the blank, short answer, and multiple choice this can be used as a study guide, quiz, test, homework, worksheet in the classroom and so much more. An answer key has been included for your conveneince!

Check out this awesome interactive project, in which students can cut out pieces of paper from the bottom and glue/tape them into two categoires. Under the cause category, students will line up the prompt with the correlating effect. This is a great way for students to simply make these connections in a fun and engaging way. This can traverse into reading skills, comprehension and so much more! An answer key is included for your convenience.

Check out this fun and engaging addition to your centers! This fun and simple task card prompts students to expand their vocabulary. With clear directions, this 4 step activity prompts students to read, identify vocabulary words, define the words based on resources available to them (dictionaries, context clues, technology, etc.), and then share their identified words with other group mates. This very important skill will teach students to learn the words the struggle with rather than skimming past them and not understanding.

With this simple and direct assesment, teachers will gain fast insight into their students' understanding of the differences between the three branches of government. Presented in six question, this assessmen include both multiple choice responses as well as a written component.It covers topics of the executive branch, legislative branch, judicial branch and some of the sub-categories within. This can easily be used as a test, quiz, exit ticket or other form of independent. An answer key has been included for your convenience.

Check out this simple three step graphic organizer. Starting with a brainstorm web in which students jot down ideas related to a topic, students will then transition to narrowing their focus down to three main ideas followed by the final step of identifying the main idea writing prompt requiring supporting details to rationalize that choice. This is a great way to push students to identify the main idea of a reading, jot down their ideas, and narrow their focus for writing. It can easily be adapted for a variety of purposes. Be sure to check out my other graphic organizer templates as well!

Check out this fun and simple graphic organizer that students can use to brainstorm a number of things. This clear and focused form allows students to develop their skills in narrowing the focus, being creative, organizing their thoughts, and so much more. This comes in a variety of formats to be applied with different grade levels, different students, and whatever else differentiation purposes you need. Be sure to check out our other graphic organizers as well!

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.

Check out this simple and organized template that has a labelled and specific sections for a line graph. This outline is ideal for supporting students' understanding of graphing, for use with differentiation, or for modification for struggling students. Also, when used in science or social studies, when the lesson isn't on graphing, this can cut out a lot of wasted time. Presented in a simple and student-friendly way, the possibilities for implementation are endless!

Check out this simple and organized template that has a labelled and specific sections for a bar graph. This outline is ideal for supporting students' understanding of graphing, for use with differentiation, or for modification for struggling students. Also, when used in science or social studies, when the lesson isn't on graphing, this can cut out a lot of wasted time. Presented in a simple and student-friendly way, the possibilities for implementation are endless!

Aligned with Leader In Me's idea go beginning with the end in mind, this interactive and student-centered research projects, pushes students to think through some of the details of their next steps. Pushing students being just saying they want to be an NFL player or a police officer, this week long project pushes students through a variety of areas of research focusing on what they want to be when the grow up, where they want to go to college, the various expenses affiliated with living on your own in college, the expenses of living in a certain area, and then the necessary grades and other components that colleges look for. Using websites like glassdoor.com and various college websites will massively support students with this project. Hopefully their findings ground them in what their next steps look like and push them to apply math skills, research skills, reading skills, and ultimately help plan for their future!

Check out this simple graphic organizer of subatomic particles that can be used as an exit ticket, guided notes, worksheet and so much more. It's simple format includes space for the charge, location, and size of protons, neturons, and electrons. The second part of the worksheet includes students drawing their own atom with the subatomic particles labelled. Portions of this can easily be filled in for students that require differentiaiton of some sort. An answer key has been included for your convenience!

Presented in a diverse forms of questions including multiple choice, matching, and drawing a labelling, this worksheet includes 21 questions that assesses students' understanding of an atom, its components as well as how these atoms therefore affect the physical properties of matter. There are two sets of word banks for the matching to support students being successful. This can easily be adapted for a quiz, a test, an exit ticket (if cut into pieces based ont he day), a study guide, homework or a supplemental in the class for small group, or independant work. An answer key has been included for your convenience :)

Check out this student-friendly form for students and their families to fill out as students read at home. This simple form adds another level of accountability as well as incentive for students to stick to their at home reading promise to you. Included in the columns, is the date, title, time spent, student signature and parent signature. This can easily be implemented weekly, monthly, quarterly, etc!

Check out this awesome project package that includes multiple parts. Overall, students will learn about animals and their adaptations. They idea is they develop their understanding of why and how animals interact with their environment and how their adaptations help them survive. Broken into five parts, students will learn various vocabulary, understand the food chain in which their animal interacts with, the various adaptations it has and an option poster or diorama. Each component has a correlating worksheet and template to set students up for success. Students can either choose their animals or have them assigned, but they will love learning about the animals in their world.