Amanda DyJack

Are you looking for a project that will assess your students' knowledge on the scientific method? This project can do just that. Students will create a comic strip that includes a frame for each of the steps of the scientific method. They will create an illustration and caption that helps to explain each step. I have also included the rubric that can be used for assessment. It can easily be adapted for any science class, and it is a great tool to differentiate instruction.

This is a project that is great for the intermediate grades! Students select a book to enter into a class March Madness: Battle of the Books Tournament. They will create a persuasive poster and write a persuasive essay encouraging their classmates to vote for their book. The books are put into brackets and voted on during multiple weeks. It starts with the "Sweet 16," "Elite 8," "Final 4," and then a winner is determined. This is a fun and seasonal way to review test prep skills such as

Are you looking for activities to improve your students' summarization skills? Are you trying to prepare you students for standardized tests? These resources help students develop important reading strategies such as summarizing, writing new chapter titles, and answering open ended questions. At the end of each chapter students write a new chapter title. They then take that new title to write a summary of the chapter using the Somebody Wanted But Then So format. At the end of the novel stud

This is a solution to spelling packets and worksheets! There are nine tic tac toe boards that students can complete to make a tic tac toe! This activity allows for teacher flexibility. There is a spot for 21 spelling words, but teachers can add or delelte spaces as necessary. Additionally, there are directions about homework being due on Friday and worth nine points. Since this activity is a Microsoft Word document, it can be changed to meet the needs of all teachers! My students have a lo