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Middle school critical thinking ELA test prep professional documents
Discussion Starters for Math Problem Solving
BEST SELLER!! This product has 14 printable cards with question stems and prompts TEACHERS can ask during problem solving activities to promote critical thinking skills. By integrating these open-ended questions into your daily math instruction and routines, you can help students:• Make sense of mathematics• Learn and apply mathematical language and vocabulary• Develop a wide variety of flexible strategies for problem solving• Strengthen reasoning skills• Solve problems effectively and efficient
Grades:
K - 12th, Staff
Question Stems for Common Core Math Practices
This product features printable cards with discussion/reflection questions that teachers can ask to promote each of the CCSS math practices, plus prompts that tie all the math practices together! Looking for a version that students can use during their conversations? Check out my Partner Discussion Cards for Common Core Math Practices! You can place these cards in centers for students to help them ask (and answer) the math practice questions featured here in the question stems for teachers. By i
Grades:
2nd - 12th
Depth and Complexity Ebook BUNDLE | Question Stems and Quick Guide
Get both Depth and Complexity Ebooks in one bundle at a great price! You'll navigate the Depth & Complexity framework with ease with these two ebooks that put the power of Depth and Complexity at your fingertips.You'll get the Question Stems E-book with a comprehensive list of terrific questions you can use right away to raise thinking levels in your classroom AND you'll get the Depth & Complexity Quick Guide that makes applying the framework in your classroom a breeze.Would you like to
Grades:
3rd - 12th, Staff
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Depth and Complexity Quick Guide Ebook | Learn the Depth and Complexity Icons
Do you love Depth and Complexity and need a quick guide to how to use it in class? Have you seen the Depth & Complexity icons and wondered how to use them? This Depth and Complexity Quick Guide E-book will be a time saver (and maybe even a lifesaver!!). You'll get a two-page, attractive spread for all eleven thinking prompts and one-page guides to all of the Content Imperatives.Depth & Complexity doesn't have to be overwhelming.Do any of these sound familiar?You love Depth & Complexi
Grades:
2nd - 12th, Staff
Also included in:Â Depth and Complexity Ebook BUNDLE | Question Stems and Quick Guide
edTPA Elementary Literacy Lesson Plans- Task 1
Welcome to edTPA guidance!! Are you going through the edTPA process and stressing out about what a passing portfolio looks like? You will be so happy with this purchase and guidance through it all. My edTPA was submitted in November, 2018 and I received a passing score of 56 out of 75!! A 56 will allow you to teach in ANY state. I received the highest score EVER in my program and my University uses my portfolio as an example to guide the educators.If you're looking for examples of Task 1, Task 2
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Grades:
K - 6th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
6th Grade ELA TEKS I Can Statements Full Size Objective Posters Black and White
Turn those daily student objectives of TEKS into I Can statements and make your students aware of the goal for the day!Included are:77 Full Size I Can Statement posters for ALL Sixth Grade ELA TEKS These are created in black and white, full-size posters for optimal printing on colored card stock to match any classroom decor!✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠âœâ†’ Click here to visit my teaching blog, Smith Curriculum and Consulting→ Did you know that you can get CREDITS for future purchases by leaving feedback on
Grades:
6th
Grade 6 ELA Common Core Checklist | DIGITAL
Grade 6 ELA. Common Core Documentation Planning Checklist and Standards Quick Reference Guide. (Checklist - PDF, editable Microsoft Word, and editable Google Sheets versions included)Each checklist contains all five of the ELA standards (Reading Literature, Reading Informational Materials, Listening and Speaking, Language, and Writing) in an easy-to-read and record format, an area to jot down the dates you teach the standard, and a section to write notes about stories used, what worked, what nee
Grades:
5th - 7th
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Also included in:Â Kindergarten through Grade 12 ELA Common Core Checklist Bundle | DIGITAL
Grade 8 ELA Common Core Checklist | DIGITAL
Grade 8 ELA. Common Core Documentation Planning Checklist. (PDF, editable Microsoft Word, and editable Google Sheets versions included)Each checklist contains all five of the ELA standards (Reading Literature, Reading Informational Materials, Listening and Speaking, Language, and Writing) in an easy-to-read and record format, an area to jot down the dates you teach the standard, and a section to write notes about stories used, what worked, what needs to be revised, etc. I have included a Microso
Grades:
7th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Kindergarten through Grade 12 ELA Common Core Checklist Bundle | DIGITAL
7th Grade ELA TEKS I Can Statements - Objective Posters - Black and White
Posting your learning objective for the day helps guide students through the lesson and activities. Each learning objective for the 7th Grade TEKS has been turned into an I Can Statement so students put themselves first as they work to master each goal.Included are:77 Full Size I Can Statement posters for ALL Seventh Grade ELA TEKS These are created in black and white, full-size posters for optimal printing on colored card stock to match any classroom decor!✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠âœâ†’ Click here to vis
Grades:
7th
8th Grade ELA TEKS I Can Statements Full Size Objective Posters Black and White
Posting your learning objective for the day helps guide students through the lesson and activities. Each learning objective for the 8th Grade TEKS has been turned into an I Can Statement so students put themselves first as they work to master each goal.Included are:76 I Can Statement posters for ALL Eighth Grade ELA TEKS These are created in black and white, full-size posters for optimal printing on colored card stock to match any classroom decor!✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠âœâ†’ Click here to visit my teach
Grades:
8th
Editable Thematic Unit Planning Template
This is an editable template pdf that allows teachers to plan for thematic units. It includes options for teaching a chosen topic for either 10 days or 10 weeks. This planner features various prompts to support teacher planning including key concepts to be taught, vocabulary, student outcomes and activity planners. There is space to record lists of books/websites needed during the unit as well as an assessment rubric and student evaluation.
This 18 page pdf includes everything you will nee
Grades:
K - 8th
FREE - Bloom's Question Cards - Bloom's Taxonomy
These question card FREEBIES are based upon the original Bloom's Taxonomy. Use them to promote higher-level thinking during lessons and after read-alouds. Color code them by copying them on different colors so they are easily differentiated. Adorable covers for each question type are included.Looking for newer Bloom's Taxonomy and other tools to encourage higher level, critical and complex thinking? Check out Digging Deeper - Learning Practices✨Click the GREEN STAR by my store name to follow and
Grades:
K - 12th
EDITABLE! --- STAAR Achievement Awards --Mastery --Advanced -- Perfect Score -Tx
EDITABLE!Reward your students with a great achievement certificate acknowledging their success on the STAAR (State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness)! These certificates are not subject specific and allow the recognition paragraph to be customized. Included in this product:6 EDITABLE certificates [Meets/Masters/Perfect Score/Mastery/Advanced/Masters]: [pptx]------Customize your certificates to your school, terms, month, and year!6 ready-to-print certificates with no identified year for
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Grades:
5th - 10th
edTPA Task 1 - Elementary Literacy- Passing score of 56 out of 75!
Welcome to edTPA guidance!! Are you going through the edTPA process and stressing out about what a passing portfolio looks like? You will be so happy with this purchase and guidance through it all. My edTPA was submitted in November, 2018 and I received a passing score of 56 out of 75!! A 56 will allow you to teach in ANY state. I received the highest score EVER in my program and my University uses my portfolio as an example to guide the educators.This purchase includes the complete Task 1 for t
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Grades:
K - 6th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in:Â edTPA Elementary Literacy Portfolio - Task 1, 2, & 3- Passing score of 56!!
Core Competency Planning Chart
This Core Competency Planning Chart will help you plan out how to teach the specific skills of each of the Core Competencies in the BC Curriculum.This layout gives checkboxes to plan which term to work on each specific skill of the Communicating, Thinking and Personal Social Core Competencies (with the changes made January 2021).Each one is broken down into its subcategories and specific skills. Each skill has been worded in a way that can be used as a comment on a report card or on an e-portfol
Grades:
K - 12th
Common Core Question Stems 6th Grade ELA BUNDLE - Over 800 Stems!
THE must-have resource for everything you need for aligning lessons and assessments to the Common Core has arrived! Our SmartFlip Common Core Reference Guides are the smart way to keep the Common Core and much more, right at your fingertips. SAVE 30% buying this bundle!Meet the rigor and demands of the Common Core with ease with these standard-specific question stems ready to "pop" into lessons, activities, or assessments.No more guessing, no more time spent researching what the standards actual
Grades:
6th
6th Grade English, Language Arts, and Reading (ELAR) TEKS Quick Reference Guide
A quick reference guide to all of the 6th grade ELAR TEKS, color coded to show assessed, readiness, and supporting.
Includes Figure 19.
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Grades:
6th
NWEA MAP Growth Reading and Math 3-5 Digital & Print Data Tracker |BUNDLE|
Enhance your educational strategies with our comprehensive NWEA MAP Growth Reading and Math 3-5 Digital & Print Data Tracker Bundle, a valuable resource designed to support educators in tracking and analyzing student progress in both reading and math. Tailored for 3rd through 5th Grade, this bundle provides a comprehensive overview of each student's development in over 600+ essential skills identified in the NWEA MAP Growth assessments for both reading and math.What's Included:Google Sheets
Grades:
2nd - 6th
Gr. 6 ELA BUNDLE Florida BEST Learning Scales for FAST (Teacher & Student Cards)
- This is a 6th Grade Florida public and/or charter school resource for those who are accountable for the ELA BEST Standards & students taking the FAST Assessments.- These cards (ONE teacher set and ONE student set) break down EACH tested ELA benchmark by category and Achievement Level Descriptor so that a teacher will know exactly how to scaffold instruction for the student/s for all levels 1-5.Category 1 - Prose & Poetry has 4 Learning Scale Cards: R.1.1 Literary Elements, R.1.2 Theme,
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Grades:
6th
Marzano Data Forms (Editable)
Fully editable in .pdf format. No Powerpoint required! Easily track and group your students on Marzano's Learning Scale.
This editable product has 37 pages of forms for:
,Individual Data
- Formative Assessments
- Summative Assessments
- Exit Tickets
- Self Assessments
Class Data
- Formative Assessments
- Summative Assessments
- Exit Tickets
- Grouping
All forms have spaces to add your own notes, standards, and lesson titles!
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Grades:
K - 12th
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Emotional Regulation Tools {Emotional Regulation Visuals & Strategies}
Included is an extensive list of strategies and fidgets with a description of how to perform the strategy with pictures for reference. The goal of my extensive list is to give you an idea of different strategies to use to help students gain the skills to regulate their systems and give them more control over their emotions and behaviors.There are 15 self regulation strategy visuals and descriptions. It includes an in depth list of a variety of distraction techniques to use when you student is i
Grades:
PreK - 12th
Also included in:Â Emotional Regulation Activities Bundle {Posters, Worksheets, Strategies}
Philosophy for Kids - Open Ended Questions for Higher Order Thinking grades 4-6
There are 67 questions in the attached PDF. The questions have no true right and wrong answer so children enjoy writing their thoughts and sharing them with the group. I've used these questions in small groups and as a whole class activity. They are great to challenge your children to use critical thinking skills and active listening/critique skills when you have the children share their work.
On the first page of the document, you'll find a helpful short answer response format using the acrony
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Grades:
4th - 7th
Close and Critical Reading Strategies A Nationally Published Teacher Resource
My resource is nationally published located in the SBAC Teacher Resource Library, UCLA. A must have for all teachers when it comes to teaching reading strategies that deal with complex text. Excellent for all subject areas. My students thrive when working with various complex text after mastering these strategies. It also shows on their state test scores. I published this in 2013 and yes these strategies still work today! Support your students by giving them the tools that will help them break d
Grades:
K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Flexible Seating Infographic
Have you changed your classroom to be more flexible when it comes to seating options? You might have a few parents, colleagues, or administrators questioning the decision to change from the traditional classroom layout to a more open concept.
This infographic, which prints to 1/2-page portrait, is compiled from reputable sources and cites educational research behind the flexible seating movement in classrooms.
With this handy 1/2-page infographic, you now have an easy handout for Back-to-Schoo
Grades:
PreK - 12th
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