Check out this simple and student-friendly rubric which is meant to be used to evaluate student math journals. The rubric is broken into four categories, of which students can score between a 1 and a 4. Each score for each section includes explicit description of what you need to obtain that score. A guide on the bottom shows how to calculate up to a percentage grade. This is meant to be provided to the students, so they know what is expected of them with the journals, and then used to grade at the end of the quarter, or semester, or year. Sections included cover topics of Organization, accuracy, elements, and illustrations. Best wishes!

Transfer the learning and ownership over curriculum to your students, with this highly engaging and exciting group project. Emebedded in the student expectations page is a timeline for production, directions, assigned group, and a clear rubric including components of quality, accuracy, presentation, collaboration, and organization. In this self-directed research group project, students will use the resources availabel to them in your classroom such as magazines, articles, textbooks, computers, etc. to develop a presentation in a format of their choosing such as a powerpoint, brochure, rap, play, poster, etc. The topics included are Cajuns, Creoles, Aative Americans, and the French. The expectation is that they cover food, music, norms, way of life, etc. Three exemplars are included for distribution to students if necessary of a different community so students can relate. This ties nicely to my Louisiana Cultures Exit Ticket Assessment as well as my Louisiana Cultures Guided Notes.

To facilitate the math questions that often stump students with simple semantics and trick components, this step by step tutorial can support students breaking down what exactly the question is asking. Going through a variety of prompts pushing students to break down word problems or simple operation questions, this reference sheet offers a great support for differentiation and scaffolding. It can either be blown up for a poster, modeled regularly, or printed for each student. Best of luck! :)

Increase student engagement with this Tic Tac Toe choice activity on Measurement. You can set it up as you like for students to have to include the middle box or a right side, etc. The idea is that students pick three assignments in a row to complete. They are all project based. This can either be implemented as a homework, where students do one a night, or as an in-class assignment in which students complete one a day. At the end of the week, presentations can be completed. This is a great way to increase participating and engagement in learning and homework. Topics include creating collages, writing a story, creating a technology-based presentation, making word problems and more on converting measurement, labelling the size hierarchy of measuring, and multi-step problems.

To support students understand how they play into the larger system around them, this hierarchy map allows students to identify descriptions of themselves, their city, their state, and ultimately their country. This can be used in a variety of ways to support students micro and macro understandings. Applications include citizenship and responsibilities, geography, laws, people, and ultimately the world that we live in. Have fun!

Check out this awesome and interactive worksheet that is used to teach or assess basic measuring skills. A ruler will be necessary for students to find the length in centimeters for each of the 10 questions presented. This can be used for a homework, quiz, independent work and so much more. Adding the interactivity and skill development of this worksheet, takes the growth of the student to the next level. An answer key has been included for your convenience! Be sure to check out my Measuring Inches Activity Worksheet Assessment as well!

Check out this awesome and interactive worksheet that is used to teach or assess basic measuring skills. A ruler will be necessary for students to find the length in inches for each of the 10 questions presented. This can be used for a homework, quiz, independent work and so much more. Adding the interactivity and skill development of this worksheet, takes the growth of the student to the next level. An answer key has been included for your convenience! Be sure to check out my Measuring Centimeters Activity Worksheet Assessment as well!

Check out this massive lesson packet that covers the measurement of length and mass. This packet can serve as your entire lesson for a week. It includes guided notes, independent work, exit tickets and more. It's interactive with reference guides, definitions, pictures, and questions presented in a variety of formats!

Check out this 10 question (with a bonus question) assessment that covers mass and volume. Questions are presented in multiple choice fashion. This clear and simple assessment offers insight into students' basic understanding of estimation of sizes for various mass and volume units. The data from this will offer valuable insight into what students' understand as it relates to these two components. This can easily be used as an exit ticket, quiz, test, independent work, or homework.

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 :)

Check out this simple but informative study guide for various geometry topics. This includes helpful hints for triangles, polygons, angles volume formulas, 3-D shapes and important vocabulary. A section for students' own notes is included as well. This is a great tool for studying, reviewing, differentiating, anchor charts and more! Be sure to also check out our Geometry Tic Tac Toe Choice Activity!

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!

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!

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 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 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 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 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.

This very simple 5-question exit ticket provides a quick snapshot of students' understanding of States of Matter. Pre-populated to be in half sheets, this quick assessment covers topics of mixtures and solutions, and physical change and chemical change at the very basic level. An answer key is included for your convenience.

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.