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Middle school critical thinking writing-essays assessments
Exhausted by Essays? 5-Minute Essay Grading System - Reclaim Your Weekends!
You want your students to receive meaningful feedback on their papers and grow as writers. You also, though, need to have time to recharge on weekends and holidays without the burden of endless essay stacks hanging over your head.With my five-minute-per-essay grading system, you’ll zip through your stacks of papers, saving HOURS of time. Before I created this system, it took me 15-to-20 minutes to grade an essay. Now, with the use of a detailed coding system and a content rubric that’s laser-foc
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8th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Argumentative Essay Middle School - Argument Writing (Standards-Aligned)
Argumentative Essay Writing will be a breeze with this step-by-step resource designed to lead your students with models and supports through the entire process. Easy-to-follow writing templates guide students in drafting all five paragraphs! Includes a sample essay to motivate student writers and model strong writing. Standards-aligned.Note: Amended pages are included for teachers who do not wish to include the counterclaim.From teachers who have used this resource:-- "PERFECT! Using with 6th
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6th - 9th
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Describing & Inferring Details with Picture of the Day: Reading Photos "Closely"
***************************************Picture of the Day now available in Volume 2.Picture of the Day now available in Volume 3 (Google Slides compatible) posted 8/24/2020.***************************************This Picture of the Day product is a great way for students to practice three very important reading skills - observing details by being able to describe them and making inferences about what you notice and observe based on what you see and what you already know. Observing, describing an
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K - 6th
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Classroom Debate Outline: How to organize a friendly class debate on ANY topic!
This classroom debate outline is designed to help teachers organize effective inquiry-based classroom debates. The documents within this file gives students a step-by-step outline of what they need to include in their debate, what they need to say, and when they need to say it! Debate is an important life skill, and students will learn the foundation to an educated debate. If you're looking for a new and interactive way to teach your students about everything that goes into the debate process (b
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7th - 12th, Staff
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Argumentative Text - Reading Analysis & Writing - Digital + Print
Need a facelift for your argumentative text curriculum? This resource includes multiple activities (printable through PowerPoint and digital version in Google Slides) for analyzing and writing argumentative text! It will have your students thinking critically about valid claims, intended audiences, credible sources, supporting evidence, and opposing claims. Most of the activities are available to print or assign digitally via Google Slides.⭐PERFECT FOR LEARNING IN A DIGITAL CLASSROOM!⭐Included
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4th - 6th
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Informational Writing: 5 Informative Essays w/Guided Writing Templates 6-8
Writing informational essays will be exciting with this complete resource that breaks the process down into manageable steps! Easy-to-follow writing templates guide students in drafting their introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion.Five original mentor texts are included for modeling, along with topic suggestions, pre-writing organizers, and rubrics. And with five different types of essays, you’ll have everything you need to teach informative writing with differentiation. Perfect for writi
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6th - 8th
Describing & Inferring with Picture of the Day - Vol. 3 #hellopotd
This is Picture of the Day, Volume 3. Compatible with Google Slides.Picture of the Day, Volume 1 is my #1 Bestseller due to the high level of interest, engagement, language and higher order thinking. Volume 2 is sold here on TpT as well. See Picture of the Day Volume 1 to read over 1,700 comments left by buyers. When Picture of the Day is done daily, by the last day of school, your students will have taken an entire trip around the world! In 2018, Picture of the Day won an international award i
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K - 8th
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Argumentative Writing Unit Bundle for Middle and High School
Need an all-encompassing argumentative writing unit that's scaffolded and meets the needs of a wide range of learners in middle school and high school? This argumentative writing unit is complete with activities that you can use to meet students wherever they are in their writing journey. It's created for the 8-10th grade range, but it would work well for advanced 7th graders or for 11th and 12th grade students who need more scaffolding. This argumentative writing unit for middle and high school
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8th - 11th
Opinion Writing Graphic Organizers and Paragraph Organizer with Checklist
I created these scaffolded organizers to use with my students who were struggling with organizing opinion writing for the 5th grade ReadyGen program tasks, however they can be used with any students who need help planning and organizing opinion writing using text evidence as support. The organizers are PDFs and then I have also included an editable opinion writing checklist in Microsoft Excel** Update 1/20/16 as per request I have included editable power point slides of the PDF however, if you d
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3rd - 6th
Math Thinking Posters
These math thinking posters are an easy teaching tool for teachers and students!ELEVEN choices of math posters to choose from in color and black & white.The posters make it easy to assess learning, monitor math strategies, and track progress very quickly. Pull sticky notes of students you’re concerned about to meet with individually or in small groups. Pull sticky notes of students you need to challenge or enrich and meet individually or in small groups.The number system makes it easy for yo
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2nd - 8th
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Also included in: Sticky Note Poster Bundle | Exit Slips | Assess Student Learning
Depth of Knowledge (DOK) 105 Question Stem Cards MATH EDITION
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With the new assessments coming into play, students will be expected to answer more complex questions. Are your students answering higher-order questions properly and regularly? If not, use these questioning stems to get kids thinking more deeply about their learning.
This set of DOK Level 1-4 cards, makes it easy to scroll through and select various levels of questions before, during, and after instruction. They are
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PreK - 12th
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Describing & Inferring with Picture of the Day - Vol. 2 #hellopotd
This is Picture of the Day, Volume 2. Picture of the Day, Volume 1 is my #1 Bestseller due to the high level of interest, engagement, language and higher order thinking. See Picture of the Day Volume 1 to read over 1,700 comments left by buyers. In my opinion, this set of 190 pictures is even better than the first set with people (young and old), places, scenes and objects with all 7 continents represented. When Picture of the Day is done daily, by the last day of school, your students will hav
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K - 8th
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STAAR ECR Practice Prompt Extended Constructed Response Writing ECR Checklist
Are you searching for a simple yet effective way to help your students achieve a high STAAR score on their ECR? Look no further! Our comprehensive set of ECR Writing Prompts and Planning Pages has got you covered.Whether you're an experienced teacher or just starting out, our teacher-tested resources will boost your students' writing confidence and familiarity with the STAAR Extended Constructed Response expectations.➡️ Looking for Elementary or High School? Expose your 6th, 7th, and 8th grade s
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6th - 8th
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Essay Writing Mega Bundle: ALL of my Current and Future Essay Lessons!
My students spend a lot of time mastering the foundations of essay writing so they are well-prepared for upper grade levels, standardized tests, and college. Download ALL of my best essay-writing lessons and save yourself TONS of time with classroom-tested resources!
This bundle includes ALL of my current and FUTURE essay-specific lessons/units. It will be updated each time I publish a new resource, and you get FREE updates for life! (Please note that this bundle's price may increase over time
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7th - 10th
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Study Unit to be used with The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Everything you need (and more) to teach this amazing novel is right here. Included in this packet, you will find: a suggested reading calendar, a vocabulary list, study guides, quizzes, in-class activities, enrichment activities (for advanced students), multiple writing assignments, an in-depth project, and a cumulative assessment. The test contains 10 multiple choice questions, 10 true/false, 10 short answer, 10 matching questions, and 2 essay prompts. ALL answer keys and rubrics are provided.
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: End of the Year Grade Nine Bundle
WRITING SKILLS Practice & Assess: Grade 6 No Prep Printables
**Grade 6 Version** Level BThe topics/skills included in this huge worksheet packet are the same as in my Interactive Writing Notebook. Scroll down for a list of lessons and topics.Purchase the differentiation bundle here.For each of the 26 lessons, there is a 20-item practice followed by a 20-item assessment. The items on the assessment are similar in content and in format to the items on the practice so that your students are prepared for each assessment. Please note that some lessons are not
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6th
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Also included in: Practice & Assess WRITING SKILLS: Differentiation BUNDLE!
Short Story Unit: 3+ Weeks of Literary Devices & Classic Stories (with Google)
Need an engaging, student-driven way to teach short stories and/or literary terms? Use this unit as a high-accountability way to scaffold students into tougher literature!In this unit, small groups of students are assigned to one short story (so you can differentiate to students by difficulty level); then, each small group takes a turn PRESENTING the short story to the rest of the class before everyone takes a reading comprehension quiz on that short story. (The process is repeated for all 8 sto
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8th - 11th
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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
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K - 12th, Staff
WRITING SKILLS Practice & Assess: Grades 7-8 No Prep Printables
**Grades 7-8 Version** Level CThe topics/skills included in this huge worksheet packet are the same as in my Interactive Writing Notebook. Scroll down for a list of lessons and topics.Purchase the differentiation bundle here.For each of the 26 lessons, there is a 20-item practice followed by a 20-item assessment. The items on the assessment are similar in content and in format to the items on the practice so that your students are prepared for each assessment. Please note that some lessons are n
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Practice & Assess WRITING SKILLS: Differentiation BUNDLE!
Costa's House of Questions Thinking Stems (AVID) - EDITABLE
These Costa's House of Questions Critical Thinking Stems are the perfect way to get your students to think more critically. This works great with AVID strategies and works in all content and subject areas. The house is a great and simple visual for students.Have you heard of Costa's House of Questions? It is a different way to organize the Bloom's 6 levels of questions. Instead of 6 levels, there are only 3 levels which make it much easier for students to understand and implement. ● ● ● ● ● ●
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3rd - 12th
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STEM Activities STEM Challenges Year Curriculum End of the Year Spring Summer
STEM / STEAM All Year Long Curriculum Bundle! A total of 31 Challenges! Each STEM Challenge has detailed directions, photo examples, a list of materials needed, a prediction section, a brainstorming section, trials 1, 2, & 3, a final results section with drawings, and a reflection section. This bundled product contains the following 11 StudentSavvy STEM Resources (including BONUS Editable STEM Classroom Décor Resource!)Gamers / Beginning of the Year STEM ResourceOctober / Halloween STEM Reso
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3rd - 7th
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Essay Writing Rubrics - Summary, Narrative, Persuasive, Response to Literature
Writing can be so difficult to teach . . . and to grade! So many papers! This is why an essay writing rubric is the teacher's best friend. You're still able to provide feedback to your learners, but you save all the precious time of having to write out the comments. Last year using rubrics, my students wrote 9 essays and I didn't take a single paper home to grade. And by the end of the year, they were light years better at writing. TARGET GRADE LEVEL: Grades 7th-12thRUBRICS INCLUDED:* Summary* P
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7th - 12th
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10 Argumentative Text Essay Samples w Argument Writing and Rubric Checklist
EVALUATION STATIONS! Supercharge your students' understanding of argumentative writing with this collection of real, thesis statement centered, student essays and rubrics designed for your students to evaluate and edit! After all, the best way to learn to write an essay is to GRADE them! GREAT FOR STATIONS!Students will evaluate: hook, background information, thesis statement, topic sentences, evidence, elaboration, transitions, and conclusion. This resource includes 2 WORKSHOPS:WORKSHOP 1- E
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6th - 10th
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Student Self Evaluation for Parent Teacher Conferences
This EDITABLE student self-evaluation is an ideal tool for allowing students to reflect on their organization, social skills, work habits, and responsibility in the classroom. This student evaluation is a great tool for guiding parent-teacher conferences, marking goal progress throughout the year, and receiving feedback from students.It covers the following areas: OrganizationSocialWork HabitsResponsibilityDue to the nature of copyright requirements with fonts, the categories are not editable.
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2nd - 6th
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