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8th grade english language arts dbqs for Microsoft Word and for staff and administrators
Read Across America Spirit Week Flyer
LOOK AT DESCRIPTION CAREFULLY! I AM WILLING TO HELP YOU MAKE THE VERSION YOU RECEIVE THE SAME AS THE PHOTOGRAPHS.This flyer can be used for spirit week dress up days!In the preview you can see the clipart images I used. These images came from the site below. These images are free for personal use. Please email me if you need help adding in these images. https://www.cleanpng.com/free/dr-seuss.htmlPlease email me (mforte@nwsd.org) if you would like a pdf version and I will send it your way.The fon
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PreK - 12th
Nelson Mandela's "Long Walk To Freedom" Excerpt and Common Core Questions
This is an excerpt from Nelson Mandela's biography, "Long Walk to Freedom" that comes equipped with Common Core type critical thinking questions, as well as a vocabulary chart. This works great with a unit on South Africa or Common Core language arts.
Grades:
6th - 12th
SMARTboard Grant Proposal
This is a completed grant in which you can edit, copy, or paste information in order for you to get a SMARTboard in your classroom! The grant highlights the many positive aspects of this great technology, and explains why it should be implemented in your classroom!
(Please note, the attached budget may NOT be accurate to current costs, and you should update that section to fit your needs)
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Sentence Starters: Introducing Evidence / Elaboration Techniques - Printable
Are you tired of reading the same generic responses from your students? This useful charts helps students improve on their argumentative writing skills by adding variation to their sentences/transitions. It displays different sentence starters (and verbs) to help students introduce and elaborate on evidence when writing their essays (great way to add syntactic variety to formulaic written responses!). â–º These charts may be printed out and laminated for students to use in the classroom/at home (T
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5th - 12th
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Maps before and after WWI
Before and after WWI comparison of maps of Europe and Middle East (Southwest Asia). Questions require close reading and analysis of maps. Answer key included.
Grades:
7th - 10th
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The Treasure of Lemon Brown Test EBT, Common Core Aligned, Online Test
Multiple Choice, Evidence-Based Test with Part A and Part B questions. There are 20 multiple choice/select questions in Part I and 3 essay questions in Part II. I created this test to go with the Christmas Carol unit of the Louisiana Guidebook 2.0.Microsoft Form duplication link included at the end of the document for virtual/online testing.
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6th - 9th
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Spelling Bee Three Year Starter Kit - Customizable
Coordinate three years' worth of annual school-wide Spelling Bees with ease using this starter kit of fully customizable material. This product has been designed for middle school students, but can certainly be adapted to suit both elementary and high school levels.
Word List
-The kit features a list of 1,678 words that have been organized by difficulty level. Definitions have also been included for each word. The list begins with easy words, transitions to medium level words, and ends wit
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5th - 8th
Middle School Read 180 Pacing Guide (Year 1)
Teaching the Read 180 program can often leave teachers feeling overwhelmed. This pacing guide organizes the program for you. I created it for use throughout a school district, and teachers loved it. It is a comprehensive guide, listing daily class procedures for the entire year and correlating activities with standards and the Common Core Comprehensive Curriculum.
This guide includes a quick reference contents page, daily activities with rbook page numbers for reference, reminders for when
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6th - 8th
Blitzkrieg DBQ
This DBQ (document based question) packet includes 6 primary source documents: 2 eye witness accounts, one overview, and 3 photographs. Each document has questions students must answer after analyzing the primary source document. The 6 documents work together to help students provide evidence for the big question at the end, "how was the Blitzkrieg both a physical and psychological attack?" I have used this with my 6th graders and they enjoy analyzing the documents and expressing their opinions.
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6th - 12th
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Sign-Out Sheet for Dismissal (English & Spanish)
Need to keep track of who is picking up your students at dismissal? Here is a quick daily student sign-out sheet for parents to initial before they pick up their child from your classroom. This allows you to have documented who picked up the students from your classroom. Great for Pre-School-1st grade, especially.
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PreK - 8th, Staff
Danielson Coherent Instruction Lesson Plan (Editable) Template
Need to design coherent lessons using differentiated tasks? Here's a streamline way to adapt scripted curriculum lessons to teach various ability student groups. This lesson plan template is aligned to Charlotte Danielson's Domain 1E: Designing Coherent Instruction. It allows you to plan for learning activities that are aligned to instructional outcomes, list higher-level thinking questions, and design differentiated tasks for below, on and above level groups. The template follows the worksho
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PreK - 12th
Aimsweb Norm Lookup & IEP Goal Tool
Having trouble determining what would be an appropriate IEP goal for a student to achieve by next year? It gets complicated! This tool will make it much easier. Simply select the probe type, Grade, type of the year, and the student's score. The %ile and Rate of improvement are found and calculated for you.With the rate of improvement, you can determine if you are making adequate weekly progress, or if a more intensive intervention may be necessary.You can also experiment with raw score goals for
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Grades:
3rd - 12th
Achieve 3000 Data Analysis Tracking Sheet
Use the Achieve 3000 Data Analysis Tracking Sheet to monitor student Lexile growth throughout the year. This form is perfect for data tracking, whether students have a folder, portfolio, add it to their binder, or interactive notebook. This is a great resource to teach students the art of goal-setting and reflection. Eliminate the questions, "what is a good Lexile range again?" "How do I improve my Lexile score," and other questions for good.This product comes in four different colors:-Color wit
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1st - 12th
DBQ Essay Writing: Graphic Organizer, Template, & Rubric (1:1 Compatible)
I really struggled to get my kids to write in the humanities subjects with a claim, evidence, & reasoning. However, once I was able to break this down into a graphic organizer and scale it back up into an essay, I saw immense results! These have been incredibly valuable to my learners, as it gives them the scaffolds they need while still holding them accountable for the content. After several months of practice, my student have really started to understand how to write within the humanities
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8th - 12th
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Creating a Climate Change Model
This assignment asks students to read, highlight and annotate passages about the greenhouse effect, the albedo effect, and human impact on the climate. As they read, students add information to their model. Once their draft model is completed, they will transfer it to a poster board. NGSS HS-LS2-7.Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for reducing the impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity.HS-ESS3-5. Analyze geoscience data and the results from global climate models
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8th - 12th
Battle of Stalingrad (DBQ)
In this resource students will analyze twelve documents in order learn about the Battle of Stalingrad and the urban warfare that takes place during The Great Patriotic War (WWII) in the Soviet Union. Students will answer 14 questions that go along with the documents provided and then answer an overarching essay question about urban warfare and its impact on both soldiers and civilians.
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8th - 12th
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State Testing Hype Plans
You and your students have worked hard all year and now it's time to make the final push for state testing. Uniting a school through joy and competition is a great way to support everyone in the school community during a stressful time of the year. Bring laughter, team spirit, and joy through Test-opoly. This plan includes a calendar of events and activities for about a 6 week test prep and testing window. Also include communication plans for families.
Grades:
3rd - 8th, Staff
DBQ Rubric
This is a solid rubric to follow when assessing your students' DBQ assignments. I hope you find this useful!
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6th - 8th
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Data Analysis Template (editable and fillable resource)
The first part divides the students into the following groups:High Achievement/High GrowthHigh Achievement/Low GrowthLow Achievement/High GrowthLow Achievement/Low GrowthPart 2: Individual Student Shout OutsPart 3: Creating A Plan for Remediation and Review
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1st - 12th
DBQ Organizing Outline
DBQ's, (document-based questions) using primary documents to answer a historical question, are increasingly being used at all secondary grade levels. I created this outline to help students organize their document groups as well as evidence from the documents in preparing them to write a DBQ essay in the future. The intention of this outline is it scaffolds the DBQ essay process to show them how to group and use evidence, as well as write a thesis paragraph. I originally created this for my 8th
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7th - 12th
The English Bill of Rights vs. US Bill of Rights
The student will demonstrate knowledge of the political philosophies that shaped the development of United States constitutional government.
a. Analyze key ideas of limited government and the rule of law as seen in the Magna Carta, the Petition of Rights, and the English Bill of Rights.
Instructions: Complete the table and the questions that follow.
The English Bill of Rights, US Bill of Rights, and What Does This Mean?
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Weekly Behavior Chart for a Clipboard
Use this chart to consistently reinforce classroom rules while keeping accurate behavior records. Write your students' names in the left column. Your rules or report card behavior indicators are in the right column. For any given day of the week, if a student breaks a rule, write the corresponding number of the rule and circle the consequence given (V=verbal warning, TI= time out in class, TO= time out outside of class). Carry this chart on a clip board and there is no need to embarrass stud
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K - 12th
Understanding by Design Lesson Plan template
According to UbD proponents, traditionally start curriculum planning with activities and textbooks instead of identifying classroom learning goals and planning towards that goal. In backward design, the teacher starts with classroom outcomes and then plans the curriculum, choosing activities and materials that help determine student ability and foster student learning.
The Backward design approach is developed in three stages. Stage 1 starts with educators identifying the desired results of the
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Grades:
PreK - 12th
Free Note Home to Parent/Guardian for Student Performance & Behavior
Note Home for both Positive & Negative Behavior & Performance
Download this free document containing four different short notes home to inform parents/guardians of student performance and behavior. Includes both positive notes and notes of concern. It's provided as a quick checklist format that can be easily edited to suit your needs.
This (and additional forms/notes) are included in my Editable Teacher Binder Jumbo Pack: Gradebook, Forms, Sub Plans, Lesson Plans, Calendar, and More.
Grades:
5th - 12th, Staff
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Importance of learning English language arts
English language arts (ELA) concepts — reading, writing, listening, and speaking — empower students to become effective communicators, critical thinkers, and lifelong learners. They are the foundation for all other types of learning as students must rely on ELA skills to master content from other subject areas and communicate what they’ve learned.
Strong reading skills can help students make sense of written content, and gather information for further analysis. Writing skills can help students articulate their ideas, construct arguments, and synthesize information. And speaking and listening skills empower students to clearly present their ideas, participate in group discussions, and collaborate with their classmates. This is why teaching English language arts is critically important for student’s success in school and beyond.
Benefits of learning English language arts
Learning English language arts offers many benefits to students both in school and beyond. It helps students:
- Develop effective communication skills
- Build critical thinking and analytical skills
- Nurture their creativity and imagination
By ensuring that students have a solid foundation in English language arts, teachers can help set them up for future success.
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On TPT, English language arts resources come in various forms: from interactive notebooks and task cards to small-group activities and individual worksheets. They can be used to enhance learning, assess a student’s mastery of ELA concepts, or to reteach a tricky concept. By incorporating ELA resources from TPT into your teaching toolbox, you can create an engaging learning experience that strengthens students’ understanding of ELA concepts.
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