Test Tips and Tricks is the ultimate Test Prep PowerPoint (35 Slides) that will put you and your students at ease before taking any type of standardized test. PowerPoint includes guaranteed-to-succeed strategies, tips, and comprehensive test-taking terms review. Test Tips and Tricks uses humor and positive reinforcement to psych your students up for this all-important challenge. With Test Tips and Tricks and your professional expertise, your students will reach proficiency in no time!! For all subject areas!!!

Prepping your students for the big standardized test? Amp up the fun and proficiency level of your students with (40) engaging Standardized Test Task Cards that challenge and teach simultaneously. Task cards are an effective instructional tool for test prep and a great alternative to boring worksheets! Task cards address a variety of literary skills, including vocabulary, context clues, main idea, analogies, response to literature, author’s purpose, writing, and research. Answer key included. Bonus: Go green! Laminated task cards can be used year after year. My task cards are ready to use; no gluing required!

Students love learning about philias and philes! Now you can leverage their interest with the Philias and Philes PowerPoint Lesson (Common Core-aligned). Product includes 36-slide PowerPoint on the etymology of philes, common (and not-so-common) Greek/Latin philias and philes, a fun Check for Understanding quiz (answer key included), and an opportunity to create their own phile word. You and your students will love this lesson. Perfect for Valentine’s Day or an upcoming evaluation!

Teaching To Kill a Mockingbird? Kick off this groundbreaking classic with a comprehensive, student-friendly 50-slide PowerPoint that is guaranteed to pique students’ interest. Slides include informative facts on Harper Lee, themes, symbols, character descriptions, and discussion/essay questions. Presentation can last up to the entire unit as it includes engaging Common Core essays and writing activities.

Teaching The Twilight Zone play, “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street?” Introduce this gripping play of suspense and conformity with an engaging, student-friendly 36-slide PowerPoint. Presentation includes facts on The Twilight Zone, pre-reading vocabulary, teleplay terms, anticipation questions, themes, and Common Core aligned discussion/essay questions that will take you through the entire unit.

Teaching “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros? This 47-slide Common Core-aligned PowerPoint includes everything you need: short story text, facts on Sandra Cisneros, character descriptions, literary elements, and discussion questions that enhance analysis of this thematically rich text. Super sub friendly - Keep them learning even when you’re not there!

Combine word work into word fun with the Boggle PowerPoint! Students will be fully engaged with this interactive, fun instructional game that makes you “the cool teacher” while increasing critical thinking skills. Perfect for a bell ringer, brain break, or building community activity. 38-slide product includes rules/directions, easy to score point scale, and ELA/school themes for an extra culturally relevant challenge.

Combine word work into word fun with the ELA Word Game PowerPoint - that includes Boggle, Rebus Puzzles, and Scattergories! Students will be fully engaged with this interactive, fun product that makes you “the cool teacher” while increasing critical thinking and word proficiency. Perfect for a bell ringer, brain break, or building community activity. 65-slide product includes rules/directions for each game and easy to score point scale. Your students will love this!

Students love learning about fears and phobias! Now you can leverage their interest with the Fears and Phobias PowerPoint Lesson (Common Core-aligned). Product includes 36-slide PowerPoint on the etymology of phobias, common (and not-so-common) Greek/Latin phobias, a fun Check for Understanding quiz (answer key included), and an opportunity to create their own phobia word. You and your students will love this lesson. Perfect for Halloween or an upcoming evaluation!

Teaching textual evidence using the A.C.E. strategy? Kick off your this research-based, best practice strategy with the 34-slide PowerPoint lesson. Product includes an easy-to-understand breakdown of A.C.E. (Answer, Cite, Explain), why it is important to include textual evidence when writing, and useful passage examples with answers. Perfect for reinforcing this important tool in any subject!

Teaching how to write a summary? Ensure your students know the basics of this important literary skill with the 30-slide How to Write a Summary PowerPoint. Product includes what to include in an objective summary, what NOT to include, summary steps, sentence stems, summary verbs and transitions, summary examples, and several “Your Turn Summary Tasks,” for an easy check for understanding and guided practice.

Teaching theme? Amp up the fun and proficiency level of your students with Identifying Theme With Fables PowerPoint. This 32-slide product features characteristics of fables, theme, guided practice with ten of Aesop’s fables, and a “Your Turn” writing activity. Answers included for a formative/summative assessment and instructional progress monitoring.

Are you students struggling with fragments and run ons? Help them reach sentence proficiency in no time with the comprehensive, instructional 21-slide PowerPoint: “Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Fragments and Run Ons.” Presentation addresses fragments, run-ons, and how to correct each with examples and kid-friendly pictures. Assess your students with a formative/summative review that will let you know their comprehension level. Easy for you - engaging for them!

Teaching Lewis Carroll’s “Jabberwocky”? This 38-slide all-inclusive PowerPoint is all you need to guarantee a stimulating, thought provoking, Common Core-aligned lesson. Slides include background information on Lewis Carroll, anticipation questions, the text, rigorous discussion/essay questions, and engaging writing activities. Your students will love this nonsensical monster poem as they learn about language and the derivation of words. *This lesson is all-inclusive and sub-friendly. Keep them learning, even when you’re not there!

Author’s Purpose is a reading and writing skill often found on standardized tests. Make sure your students are P-I-E certified with (40) engaging Author’s Purpose task cards that address persuasive, informative, and entertaining texts. An effective instructional tool and alternative to boring worksheets! Bonus: Go green! Laminated task cards can be used year after year. My task cards are ready to use; no gluing required!

Fact and opinion is a concept often addressed on standardized tests. Make sure your students are prepared with these (40) engaging Fact and Opinion Task Cards that can be analyzed in pairs, groups, or whole class instruction. Answer key included. A fun, effective instructional tool and alternative to boring worksheets! Bonus: Go green! Laminated task cards can be used year after year. My task cards are ready to use; no gluing required!

Need a comprehensive English Language Arts Placement or Final Exam Test? Hold your students accountable with this 30-question Common Core-aligned assessment that addresses important ELA skills, such as grammar, vocabulary, reading fiction/nonfiction, and writing. In addition, students will write short essays and a five paragraph essay to assess writing aptitude. Product includes an easy-to-use grading scale and can be used for end-of-year common assessments throughout your team or department! About Assessments: Assessment is the engine that drives student learning! Frequent assessment and feedback are crucial for helping students learn. When assessment works best, it does the following: • Provides diagnostic feedback • Helps educators set standards • Evaluates progress • Relates to a student’s progress • Motivates performance • Helps teachers and students self-evaluate

Teaching author’s purpose? Make sure your students are P-I-E certified with this comprehensive, instructional 32-slide PowerPoint that addresses persuasive, informative, and entertaining texts. Product includes definition, purpose, signal words, and examples of each. Assess your students with a concluding formative/summative review that will let you know their comprehension level. Easy for you - engaging for them!

Teaching text features? Ensure your students know the basics of this important literary skill with the 32-slide Text Features PowerPoint. Product includes the purposes of text features, (16) text features with visual examples, the N.E.A.T. Strategy, and a Check For Understanding Quiz. You and your students will love this! Text Features Addressed in This Product: Table of Contents Index Headings/Subheadings Captions Bold Words/Italics Illustrations Photographs Glossary Labels Graphs/Table/Chart/Diagram Maps Sidebars Bullet Points Title Inset Footnote

Hygge is the Danish word meaning “Comfort or coziness that engenders well-being.” Teaching haikus? Now your students can beat the winter blues with fun and engaging Hygge Poetry Haikus! Ready-to-go 14-page packet includes clear directions, Hygge Haiku Word Bank, Imagery graphic organizer, Hygge Haiku writing page, and an easy-to-score grading rubric for you! You and your students will absolutely love this! Perfect for an evaluation lesson or sub plans! Keep them learning even when you’re not there!