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Middle school ELA test prep thematic unit plans for staff and administrators
State Testing Motivational Notes / Candy Encouragement Notes for Test Motivation
Candy Sayings for STATE TEST MOTIVATION TREATS! - Your students have worked hard preparing for the state standardized test. Why not reward and encourage them by using these motivational desk treats with candy pun messages? Students can be quite nervous and stressed on testing day and these candy motivational messages not only encourage them but the writing prompt also helps to put students in the right frame of mind. Your students will know you believe in them by reading the positive affirmati
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Types of Characters and Characterization Powerpoint
This is a fun, engaging lesson for teaching CHARACTERS AND CHARACTERIZATION that your students will be sure to enjoy!
Activity contains:
* EDITABLE 20-slide powerpoint
* 9 entertaining video examples (**PLEASE NOTE: Many of these videos come from youtube, please ensure that you district has access prior to purchasing. If you notice that a link no longer works, please let me know and I will update it with a new link.)
* 11 Illustrated definitions that can be printed for adorable word wall po
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Grades:
5th - 12th, Higher Education
5-Paragraph Essay Resources Bundle | Middle & High School | Printable & Digital
Are your students writing their first 5-paragraph essay? Or maybe your class is full of struggling writers? Guide your students through their essays with this highly scaffolded 5-Paragraph Essay Resources Bundle!This 5-Paragraph Essay Resources Bundle includes everything you need to teach students how to write a 5-paragraph essay--from essay structure to writing theses to creating a Works Cited page. With lots of built-in review, short lessons, and step-by-step outlines included, your secondary
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Grades:
8th - 11th
Brief Writes - 6: Texts - 6 MISSING Paragraphs - BUNDLES I & II
SIX BRIEF WRITES give your students multiple practice opportunities. GOOGLE SLIDES - FORMS - PPT - PDFSBAC PREP6 Nonfiction ESSAYSEach MISSING an INTRODUCTION, a BODY PARAGRAPH, or a CONCLUDING PARAGRAPHPRINT or SHARE ElectronicallyOr use it with another APP like KAMI or EASELBRIEF WRITE TEXTSMissing the INTRODUCTION PARAGRAPH: "USING ADAPTATIONS TO HUNT" is a factual article about a deep-sea dragonfish. Missing an INTRODUCTION PARAGRAPH: "ABOUT SEALS" is a factual article about how seals survi
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Scary Story Collection for Middle School: Escape Room, Task Cards, Printables
This spooky collection of fiction reading comprehension passages combines several standards so that students have an opportunity to practice their skills without isolating each standard. Each fictional story has descriptive characters and settings, drawing your students into the mystery. This unit will reinforce skills that you have taught. Students will use their skills to solve the mysteries (demonstrating comprehension of the text). What your students will discover: Was Dracula real or just a
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Grades:
6th - 8th
PARCC Test Prep Literary Analysis Task Mermaids
This is a simulation of the Literary Analysis Section of the PARCC Test. Included are two passages, with a total of 7 (14 total) A/B type questions requiring evidence to support your answer.
2 Writing Prompts similar to practice test published by PARCC is included along with Rubrics for grades 4-6, published and available online from PARCC.
Writing Prompt 1- Address a common theme
Writing Prompt 2- Address/retell from different point of view
This is designed to be used to show students th
Grades:
3rd - 7th
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Blow That Test Away Before and After Testing Motivators
Your students can blow that test away! Pass these out before or after the test and watch their confidence soar.
Included are 4 types of motivator tags (6 per page):
Blow That Test Away (bubble wand and bubbles)
Blow That Test Away (gumball machine)
You Blew It Away! (bubble wand and bubbles)
You Blew It Away! (gumball machine)
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
Also included in:Â Back to School Bundle
Robert Frost Poems
Thanks for checking out my Robert Frost Author Study and Poem Analysis Packet. So many students (and teachers) shy away from poetry, because they don’t know what to do with it. Well, this packet is designed to help teachers teach and students understand. You will find a short bio on Robert Frost. Knowing the story behind the poet’s life will help students understand the purpose and tone. Also included are 6 poems written by Robert Frost. These poems are intended for 5th – 8th graders – the
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Also included in:Â Famous Poets Analysis Bundle: Frost, Dickinson, Sandburg, & Stevenson
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
State Testing Encouraging Desk Treat Tags | Print and Go
STATE TESTING IS AMOUNG US. As we all know, a little encouragement can go a long way during these times. Ease the stress of testing with these 10 encouraging and motivational desk notes for students! Easily print and leave on each student’s desk, along with a small treat, on testing days!I have included a page that lists the treat ideas to include with each desk note. I’ve also included color and black white versions of the desk notes. Save printer ink by printing the black and white desk notes
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Also included in:Â State Testing encouragement BUNDLE | Digital & PDF | Bilingual
Theme and Central Message in Literature (Mentor Texts)
This resource meets the Common Core Literacy Standards for Theme and Central Message.Grade 1 RL 1.2 Retell stories and tell about their central messageGrade 2 RL 2.2 Recount stories and determine their central messageGrade 3-RL 3.9 Compare and contrast themes of storiesGrade 4-RL 4.2 Determine the theme of a storyGrade 5-RL 5.2 Determine a theme of a story using details from the textGrade 6-RL 6.2 Determine a theme in the text and how it is conveyed through particular detailsPicture books (mento
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Grades:
1st - 6th
Literary Elements Cumulative Test for Google Driveâ„¢ Middle or High School
This 46-question multiple choice literary elements test for Google Driveâ„¢ is a comprehensive assessment that you can use for ease of grading at the beginning or end of a unit on reading literature! It works well as a diagnostic test before starting a major unit in which you will teach these elements. You could give it again at the end to see how much students improved!This test will work with a range of grade levels, mostly 7-12, depending on the elements you teach. The following sections appear
Grades:
7th - 9th
Brief Writes - 4: Texts - 4 MISSING Paragraphs - BUNDLE
4 BRIEF WRITES give your students multiple practice opportunities. GOOGLE SLIDES - FORMS - PPT - PDFSBAC PREP4 Nonfiction ESSAYSEach MISSING an INTRODUCTION, a BODY PARAGRAPH, or a CONCLUDING PARAGRAPHPRINT or SHARE ElectronicallyOr use it with another APP like KAMI or EASELBRIEF WRITE TEXTSNARRATIVE NONFICTION: Missing the INTRODUCTION Paragraph - "SNOW DONUTS" is a true story about a man who found snow in the shape of donuts (it's a real phenomenon). OPINION: Missing the INTRODUCTION Paragraph
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
Gr. 3-11/12RR ELA Florida's FAST Achievement Level Descriptors BUNDLED ppt
These POWERPOINTS are Florida's 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th 9th, 10th, and 11th/12th Reading Retakers ELA Achievement Level Descriptors (ALD's) for what is tested on the F.A.S.T. Assessments PM1, PM2, and PM3. These ALD'S have been rearranged and put in order by benchmark for ease in understanding from levels 1 through level 5 for EACH benchmark tested in EACH category for the Reading Assessment (not the writing). In addition, the change in the wording from level to level has been underlined to
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Grades:
3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
Motivational Testing Notes - Student Encouragement - Postcards & Labels
Motivating and encouraging your students during the week of state testing is important. These test motivation tools are just what you need to provide words of affirmation and a positive pat on the back. Students and parents LOVE to hear from you and a postcard in the mail is a quick and easy way to make that connection. Matching snack labels and water bottle labels bring it all together. Perfect for state testing or end of the year.✅ Please click VIEW PREVIEW above for a closer look at the produ
Grades:
3rd - 7th
Types of Characters (and Characterization) Powerpoint
This is a fun, engaging lesson for teaching CHARACTERS AND CHARACTERIZATION that your students will be sure to enjoy!
Activity contains:
* EDITABLE 20-slide powerpoint
* 9 entertaining video examples
* 11 Illustrated definitions that can be printed for adorable word wall posters
* Variety of colorful backgrounds, images, and fonts
Tems included:
Antagonist
Archetype
Central Character
Characterization
Direct Characterization
Dynamic Character
Indirect Characterization
Minor Characters
Motive
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
Common Core Unit Readers Response Journal for Mush! Dogs of the Iditarod
Are you looking to jump in to the Common Core ELA standards? Look no further! This is a common core reader's response journal that is a companion to the book, Mush! Dogs of the Iditarod by Joe Funk. This unit is packed full of all the ELA Informational Text indicators. Simply order the book through Scholastic and print the first 26 pages front to back. The second 26 pages are identical except they have all the answers in red. Also, the second page of the answer key pages (technically pg.
Grades:
4th - 6th
Gr. 6-11/12 RR ELA Florida's F.A.S.T. Achievement Level Descriptor BUNDLED ppt
These POWERPOINTS are Florida's 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th/12th Reading Retakers ELA Achievement Level Descriptors (ALD's) BUNDLE for what is tested on the F.A.S.T. Assessments PM1, PM2, and PM3. These ALD'S have been rearranged and put in order by benchmark for ease in understanding from levels 1 through level 5 for EACH benchmark tested in EACH category for the Reading Assessment (not the writing). In addition, the change in the wording from level to level has been underlined to make it cl
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Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
Motivational Testing Posters & Coloring Pages
Thank you for your interest in our resources! The Motivational Testing Posters & Coloring Pages are great visuals for when your walls are bare due to the "testing season". If you have a testing buddy class, these are great to print, 2 to a page, and have your students color and present to their buddies. These are also great for parents who are wanting to do a little something *extra* for their child during their testing days. More designs will be uploaded to TPT, so be sure to follow and d
Grades:
PreK - 12th
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
King Arthur: Finding Evidence in Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Passages
Learning to read informational text and find supporting evidence can be difficult. These nonfiction passages help students learn how to read nonfiction and find evidence that supports specific statements. Students are guided through a process to use vocabulary, main idea, and comprehension questions to find the evidence needed to support or justify answers. Questions vary from multiple choice to short answer. The varying nonfiction structures (descriptive, compare/contrast, chronological) of th
Grades:
5th - 7th
PARCC Test Prep Ferret Mega Bundle
This bundle contains 3 products for PARCC Test Prep, all ferret themed (SEE PREVIEW)
Products included are:
1. PARCC Test Prep LOTS OF PRACTICE Black Footed Ferret
This product contains 3 Non-Fiction passages related to the Endangered Black Footed Ferret with a total of 25 A/B questions.
2. PARCC Test Prep End Of Year Weekly Practice Set
This product is designed for daily practice, contains a fiction story about a lost ferret, with a total of 12 A/B questions and two CCSS aligned activities re
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Grades:
4th - 8th
8th Grade English ELA Lessons in PowerPoint Slides for FULL YEAR (42 Weeks)
This resource contains a FULL YEAR (42 weeks) of detailed 8th Grade ELA lessons in PowerPoint addressing the following core texts: Homecoming, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, A Single Shard, and The Princess Bride. These lessons for an entire year in PowerPoint are designed to be paired with my resource "8th Grade English ELA Lesson Plan Bundle (Entire Year - 42 Weeks)." These lessons likewise address all of the Grade 8 ELA Common Core standards in ways that promote critical thinking, text-to-world
Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in:Â 8th Grade English ELA Lesson Plans, Slides, & Materials BUNDLE for FULL YEAR
Genre Study Book Reports and ELA Support Materials CCSS Grades 3-6 Print. Teach.
Open the preview to explore this comprehensive reading item. These "Genre Study Book Reports and ELA Support Materials" were featured in both the TPT newsletter and on their Facebook page. This ELA package is perfectly aligned with Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and is ideal for preparing students for state reading assessments, offering a differentiated approach to literature exploration.Benefits of Genre Book Reports:Analytical Skills Development: Helps students analyze their reading and se
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in:Â Beginning the Year Bundle CCSS Grades 3-6 Print and Teach
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