Amber Carpenter

Bridge to Terabithia Novel Study Looking for a book that your 5th, 6th or 7th grade students will love, but is still rigorous and deep enough for good classroom discussions? Bridge to Terabithia is a great place to start. In this novel study you will find chapter quizzes for each of the 13 chapters in the novel. Each chapter (1-13) has a quiz with a combination of multiple choice and open-ended questions. Multiple choice questions are tightly aligned with ELA Common Core State standards and r

Want your kids to love poetry? Shel Silverstein's wacky, funny, adventurous poems make it possible! This poetry study, based on six of Shel Silverstein's poems, includes multiple choice questions aligned with 5th grade ELA Common Core State Standards. (**Poems are NOT included to prevent copyright infringement). The name of the poem is listed at the top of each page, and then following the title are the multiple choice questions about each poem. The poetry study includes the following six Sh

Fraction Line plots designed to teach or assess CCSS 5.MD.2. Use these three fraction line plots with a total of 14 questions to teach your students how to analyze and solve questions using a fraction line plot or as extra practice, assessment or homework after teaching. These line plots were created to align with CCSS 5.MD.2: Make a line plot to display a data set of measurements in fractions of a unit (1/2, 1/4, 1/8). Use operations on fractions for this grade to solve problems involving

Need help teaching poetry? Need a place to start? This poetry study is a great way to dive head first into poetry with your students! This study is focused around fifth and sixth grade level poetry. It includes the 5 poems listed below: 1) Don't Give Up 2) The Village Blacksmith 3) My Mother 4) Habits 5) A Little Brother Follows Me After each poem, I have included at least 4 rigorous multiple choice questions aligned with the following 5th grade Common Core State Standards: RL.5.1 Quote acc

Perfect review, practice, quiz or test. This worksheet contains 9 multi-step, rigorous, real-world word problems that require students to add, subtract, or multiply fractions. All questions have four answer choices. ***Important note: These same questions were used in the "Adding, Subtracting, and Multiplying Fractions Word Problem" game set. So you may not want to purchase both - the difference is this is a worksheet format that could be used as practice, review or test since it contains answ

I have combined three resources I use with my students to help assess their mastery of the Human Body Systems: quiz, review sorting activity cards, and test; All three resources are aligned with NC Science Essential Standard 5.L.1.2: Compare the major systems of the human body (digestive, respiratory, circulatory, muscular, skeletal, and cardiovascular) in terms of their functions necessary for life.

Perfect review, practice, quiz or test. This worksheet contains 10 multi-step, rigorous, real-world word problems that require students to add, subtract, or multiply fractions. All questions have four answer choices. *See also, "Adding, Subtracting, and Multiplying Fractions Word Problems - Worksheet #1" at http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Adding-Subtracting-and-Multiplying-Fractions-Word-Problems-Worksheet-1 Possible Use: -Worksheet 1 was designed for students to complete in sma

Water cycle sorting cards to assess your students' mastery of each phase of the water cycle. Our grade level uses these cards as review after teaching the water cycle and again at the end of the year prior to standardized testing. Students work in groups to sort each description and place it under the correct phase of the water cycle. The cards are aligned with NC Essential Science Standard 5.P.2.1: Explain how the sun’s energy impacts the processes of the water cycle (including, evaporation

Looking for poems that will make your students laugh or teach important life lessons about kindness and manners? This poetry is one of three poetry studies I created to help my students dive into poetry. This study is focused around fifth and sixth grade level poetry. It includes the 6 poems listed below: 1) Drop a Pebble in the Water 2) The First Snow 3) Grandpapa's Spectacles 4) Manners 5) The Pup 6) The Trial of Derek Drew After each poem, I have included at least 5 rigorous multiple cho

This resource includes 18 heat transfer cards that students sort into three categories: conduction, convection, and radiation. These cards are aligned to science essential standard, 5.P.3.1;

Laminate this chart and use any classroom manipulatives or beans to allow students to play a game very similar to Connect 4. I pair this game with math word problems in my "game center" to help keep students engaged! Each time they answer a question or word problem correctly, they can add a bean to the board!