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8th grade test preparation research
Writing Prompts - PARCC, AIR & Smarter Balanced Assessment {Bundle}
The ELA Common Core State Standards focus on students’ ability to read carefully and grasp information, arguments, ideas, and details based on evidence in the text. This resource can help your students practice text-based writing or prepare for standardized test success!
Included, are *FOUR* units of paired passages and prompts. Each unit contains a text stimuli designed for students to analyze ideas/evidence and synthesize the information in a written essay response.
Units contains multiple
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4th - 8th
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ESSAYS: How to Write Informational Essays ~ It Begins Here...
A HOW-TO for writing strong essays for students in grades 5–10.Students research using two paired, high-interest, leveled articles."The Life in Antarctica""The Marvelous Manta"This is your definitive guide for teaching how to research and write essays and paragraphs;using a step-by-step process; building strong, independent writers.Do your students need a little more work on stand-alone paragraphs? This guide also explains how to write strong paragraphs.This writing resource has:125 pages of pro
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5th - 11th, Adult Education
No-Prep | AP Spanish | ComparaciĂłn Cultural Comparison | Tu Tierra y la MĂa
Are you looking to provide your advanced Spanish L1 and L2 students an opportunity to prepare a cultural comparison? ¡Para AquĂ! Click HERE to see a preview video! THE PERSPECTIVE: AP Spanish Language and Culture students and their ally instructors can be overwhelmed by the verbal cultural comparison required in the exam. We found that breaking down this task into visuals and manipulatives informed our students, boosted their confidence and readied them for the verbal and timed requirement. T
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Note Taking Graphic Organizers | Study Skills Activities
Note Taking is an effective study skill and has a positive effect on learning. Research shows students tend to remember more when they record information. These note cards offer a practical, yet fresh approach to note taking. They are practical because they can be used as students would use index cards. However, these note cards come in a variety of formats, serve as organizers, and can even be stapled into booklets. In addition to the note cards, a 2-page teacher/student idea guide is incl
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3rd - 12th
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Also included in:Â Study Skills Activities Bundle
Test-Taking Techniques and Strategies Worksheets Word Search and Crosswords
Help your students excel in their exams with these engaging Taking Tests Successfully worksheets! This set includes both a word search and a crossword puzzle to reinforce important tips for test-taking success, such as reading instructions carefully, getting enough sleep, and staying organized with a study schedule. With visually appealing designs and fun clues, these worksheets are perfect for students of all ages and skill levels. Use them as a standalone activity or as part of a larger test p
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6th - 9th
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BILL OF RIGHTS QUIZ • MATCHING GAME • GRADES 5–8
Constitution Day is September 17th, but the Bill of Rights Quiz and Matching Game are great to use ANYTIME!
The Bill of Rights Quiz • Grades 5–8 is a set of 28 Task Cards filled with questions about the Bill of Rights, its creation, vocabulary correlated to the Bill of Rights, and lots more. The questions cover important facts about “the Law of the Land” that all students should know as
informed, young citizens.
In addition to the Bill of Rights Quiz Task Cards, this unit also includes
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5th - 12th
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Microbiology & Zoology Questions and Answers
Table of Contents:Microbiology & Zoology Questions and AnswersMicrobiology1.Bacteria2. Protists3.Fungi4.VirusesZoology1.Life Kingdoms2.Poriferans3.Cnidarians4.Platyhelminthes5.Nematodes6.Annelids7.Arthropods8.Molluscs9.Echinoderms10.Fishes11.Amphibians12.Reptiles13.Birds14.Mammals
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â BIOLOGY Final Exam Questions and Answers REVIEW
World War II Activities Bundle - Trading Cards, Game Show Review, & Headbands
If you teach about World War II and are looking for a few different activities to help your students better understand the main concepts and people involved these might be just what you are looking for. 32 WORLD WAR ii TRADING CARDS TO BE MADE:Here is a way your students can discover these historic figures that allows them to find out some basic facts, but also allows them to identify what they think is important about each person. Each trading card has the same format and allows students to g
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5th - 12th
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Which Resource? Reference Materials Task Cards - Not Your Mom's Librarian
Students can have a very difficult time looking for information when they have not mastered reference materials. This set of 16 task cards helps students with the following reference materials:
Atlas
Almanac
Dictionary
Encyclopedia
Guinness Book of World Records
Thesaurus
When using these task cards, teachers will need to have the above reference materials available for students so that as they complete the tasks, they can check their answers by actually locating the information. They will h
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2nd - 8th
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In-Text Citation Practice for Books
Do your students need help learning how to write citations? If so, here is the lesson for you. Teach basic citations or bibliographies of books with this standards based lesson in PowerPoint.Click HERE to save 30% with the bundle.Inside this easy to use PowerPoint you'll find:I can StatementStandardsExample of Citation•Practice Writing CitationsQuestions for UnderstandingMultiple Choice Questions about CitationsA Page Showing Citation for WebsitesExit Ticket or Final Questions**Please follow me
Grades:
6th - 8th
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Writing Test Prep- FSA, OAKS, AIR, STAR, & PARCC Paired Passages & Prompt
*High Interest Topic-Pokémon Go!*
This is a paired passage set and prompt designed to help students prepare for any CCSS writing assessment. There are three text sources on the same topic, a writing prompt (informational), a planning sheet, and blank lined writing pages that are similar to what students will see on the assessment.
You can used this set for instructional purposes or as a mock writing test. Hope you and your students find it helpful!
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4th - 8th
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50+ Ways to Banish Back-to-School Anxiety and Stress
Help students banish back-to-school stress and outsmart test anxiety BEFORE it takes a toll on academic performance! A growing body of research shows that fairly simple interventions targeting attitudes and “ways of thinking” can lower students’ anxiety AND boost achievement levels.
High-stakes testing and endless performance situations can pile on the stress in ways that hamper learning and compromise a student’s working-memory capacity. (Mattarella-Micke, Mateo, Kozak, Foster, & Beilo
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4th - 12th, Adult Education, Staff
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AICE Thinking Skills Exam Breakdown 2020-2022
This resource is two excel files that have categorized all of the questions on Papers 1 and 2 for the last three years (since the exam update). The Problem Solving Matrix has 9 different types of problems that have been used over the past 3 years as well as how many points they were on the exam. The Critical Thinking Matrix has the topics for the 11 past exams as well.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Grade 8 Internet Scavenger Hunt │ Ontario Science │ Grade 8 Cells Unit Review
My Grade 8 Science Internet Scavenger Hunt was specifically designed to cover the Cells unit of the Ontario science curriculum. This engaging and interactive resource helps students dive into the fascinating world of cells while meeting curriculum expectations, including:Investigating cell structures and their functionsExploring the organization of cells into specialized tissues, organs, and systemsUnderstanding the role of cellular processes, such as diffusion and osmosis, in maintaining homeos
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8th - 10th
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Group Activity Share Your Knowledge
Need experts to deliver content for your lesson plans? Look no further than your own students! Let students be "Experts of the Day" through the "Share Your Knowledge" presentation.
Complete with:
instructions
guidelines
scoring rubric
hand-out/sign-up sheets
Everything needed to let students become the experts in for your lesson plans!
Grades:
3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Essays: STUDENTS Research & Write Them ~ 8 ARTICLES on Volcanoes & Examples
THIS IS IT--your DEFINITIVE GUIDE for TEACHING how to RESEARCH and WRITE ESSAYS and PARAGRAPHS in a step-by-step way that BUILDS strong, independent WRITERS............................................STUDENTSRESEARCH a topic based on PROMPTS and INTEREST.explore OTHER multimedia online resources listed (optional) to add to their research.use high quality IMAGES and CHARTS to analyze, research, and answer a prompt to WRITE their ESSAY.SPEND their time READING articles and SELECTING strong evidenc
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
Social Studies STAAR Review - 8th Grade U.S. History
Ready to print and go! Social Studies STAAR review. Contains Readiness and Supporting TEKS.PowerPoint Presentations for the review FREE in my store. Prioritizes concepts from Lead4Ward's STAAR frequency distribution. FREE Review PPT #1 FREE Review PPT #2 FREE Review PPT #3
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5th - 11th
In-Text Citation Practice for PROMETHEAN Board
Do your students need help learning how to write citations? If so, here is the lesson for you. Teach basic citations or bibliographies of books with this standards based lesson for PROMETHEAN board use. Click HERE to save 30% with the bundle.Inside this easy to use flipchart you'll find:I can StatementStandardsExample of CitationPractice Writing CitationsQuestions for UnderstandingMultiple Choice Questions about CitationsPage About Citing WebsitesExit Ticket or Final Questions**Please follow me
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Reading Skills for PROMETHEAN Board
Etymology Project
This project is designed to get students thinking about word origins! Using a list of the 66 most common SAT words, they choose to research either the even or odd words. Instructions on how to complete the project are included and the project is fully explained. The list of words is also included.
Grades:
8th - 11th
Teach Me How to Study: Note Taking Beyond Cornell Notes for all subjects
Playlists, hyperdocs, flipped classrooms, and other self-directed learning isn't very effective if students don't know how to take notes and how to study independently. This resource has been revised based on hours of feedback from my students, and I see a difference in retention and frustration levels the more I use them.These notes have been a huge focus on my classroom this year, and they really help my students know what to study and how to study. If you haven’t checked out the Learning Scie
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6th - 10th
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California Google It! Reader ~ 330 Questions & Answers ~ History and Fun
Learn about California! Your Students will love this easy to read Question and Answer Book.Easy to Read PDF e-book .... E-Reader330 Questions & Answers in this 667 page digital reader ... yet it can still be printed for classroom flash card discussions.Load this book onto your classroom technology pieces (tablet, computer, etc....) and Enjoy! Each page with a question has a follow-up page with the answer.***We want to Thank You for stopping by and to request that if you are pleased with t
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3rd - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â 150 Products Year Round Uses Reading Writing Math Distance Learning ELA
Study Skills & Research Writing Worksheet +True False, Mutliple Choice Questions
Are you looking for a product to help your students better study and do research? Then this worksheet might be what you need! The first page presents the definitions of 13 Research and Study Tools, which are: appendix, bibliography (or works cited page), critique, footnotes, glossary, headings, index, notes, outline, paraphrasing, quotes, summary, and table of contents.
The second page is a quiz of 11 questions about the definitions provided on the first page. First, students answer 8 True/False
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5th - 9th
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Arachne Introduction for the Greek Myth as Retold by Oliva E. Coolidge
Introduction to the myth, Arachne, as retold by Olivia E. Coolidge. It contains background information on Arachne, her father, Athene, (Athena) and Poseidon. A great way to get students interested in the myth prior to reading it.Use in PowerPoint, or upload to Google Classroom as Google Slides.A+ Literature Guides are made by a language arts teacher with 30 years of experience teaching language arts, as well as 15 years of experience writing state and national assessments that align with commo
Grades:
6th - 8th
Distance Learning The Value of Educational Technology: A Source Based Argument
This product is a FULL writing prompt with various uses. It could be a timed writing in a Computer/Technology or English class; a springboard for a Socratic Seminar, a preliminary way to read scholarly articles with a particular purpose in mind, an assessment, or practice for the PARCC research simulation task (RST). It includes the prompt, seven sources excerpted with MLA citation as well as a exemplar student model.Related ResourcesAnimal Testing Source Based ArgumentMandatory Drug Testing So
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8th - 12th
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