Anna Dawson

Writing Checklist and Rubric with matching criteria!! Provides the assessment tool for you and self-assessment tool for you students to improve writing conventions! Give editing checklist to students so they can self-assess their work during the writing process. After students complete final drafts use the rubric to give a fair evaluation of their work! Assess: -Correct use of capital letters -Correct punctuation -Neat handwriting -Complete sentences -Does the writing make sense?

This is a generic rubric created to assess student research projects of all kinds! Rubric provides opportunity to assess neatness/organization, topic, research process, student focus and teamwork. ***Updated 3/20/17: Updated look and now includes a half page rubric, quarter page rubric AND student research checklist!!

This is a generic rubric and student self reflection created to assess group discussion of all kinds! Use for book clubs/literature circles, research groups, etc. This is an excellent and simple way to provide feedback for a discussion based learning environment to students and parents! Rubric provides opportunity to assess following directions, contributing ideas, listening to others, staying on task, and working in a group! Tip: Conference with students individually to compare your assessme

A hands on activity to reinforce many geometry concepts! Allows students to build, analyze and make connections between different shapes. Students will use toothpicks (edges) and marshmallows (vertices) to build shapes. Recording sheets are provided for both two-dimensional and three-dimensional figures. Students will use recording sheets to draw a sketch and record information about the model they made. After completing the chart, students will be given the opportunity to reflect and notice pat

This 10 page ready-to-use printable pack provides fraction cards labeled A-Z! 1. First, students will sort the cards into equal parts and not equal parts. They will record the letter from each card on the provided recording sheet. 2. Next, students will take only the equal parts cards and sort them into halves, fourths and eighths. Then they will record the letters from cards on the same recording sheet. This fraction sort reinforces equal parts vs. not equal parts as well as halves, fourth

Rubric designed to assess students during guided reading small groups! Two versions included, one to write a specific date and the other to select which six weeks you are in. I like to complete a rubric on every student each six weeks, this is a simple way to document progress! Rubric provides opportunity to assess word solving, fluency, comprehension, participation and behavior.

Kick off your school year science with this easy to use printable pack that focuses on science safety and tools!! Five printables included that require students to label, sort, match and write! Anchor chart included as well!

Organize your guided reading block with these handy posters and labels! Posters are available in three sizes (full page, half page and quarter page) to meet your needs. Posters for: -Teacher Table -Word Work -Listen to Reading -Read with Someone -Read to Self -Work on Writing -Use Technology Labels to match each poster are provided to use on a rotation board!

Find out what your students know before, during and after a study about animals! Avoid having to create assessment tools for your next animal unit! Included: -Pre Test -Animal Classification Quiz -Post Test (combination of questions from the pre test and the quiz) Topics included in assessments: -animal needs -habitat -food chains -animal coverings -migration -adaptations -hibernation -classifications (bird, reptile, mammal, fish, amphibian)

Students can record notes about each text structure during instruction, and then apply their knowledge with a valentine themed text structure sort! Two versions are available to best support the needs of your students!

Make turning in papers and distributing materials easy as pie! Attach to basket/caddy located at each table or use to label the table itself! Labels available in both colors and numbers: Colors: Orange, Green, Red, Blue, Yellow, Purple, Pink Numbers: Table One, Table Two, Table Three, Table Four Rectangular and circular labels included!!

Ready to use math station for students to practice three-digit addition and subtraction! Spinners and recording sheets provided for both addition and subtraction practice. Laminate spinners to use over and over! Included in this pack: -Three Digit Subtraction Spinner -Three Digit Subtraction Recording Sheet -Three Digit Addition Spinner -Three Digit Addition Recording Sheet

Introduce your primary friends to the wonderful world of matter all around us...even us!! This science pack includes: printables of all kinds, anchor chart example, lesson plans, science writing prompts, lab recording sheets/prep instructions and assessment! Engaging, effective AND standards based! Your K-2 kiddos will be able to identify and classify matter and its properties in no time!

Who doesn't love talking about their favorite things?! This highly engaging, interactive activity allows students to graph and analyze data about their favorite things! What's Included: -15 "Graph Our Favorite" Pages (Bonus graph for fellow Texans!) -Pocket Chart Labels for graphing favorite colors -Create Your Own Graphing Activity

Make monthly calendars a breeze with this EDITABLE resource! Customize a calendar each month to send home with all of the special dates and events coming up! Parents will be thankful to see what is on the horizon and it will save you many emails answering questions...time is gold teacher friends! This pack currently contains calendars through June 2018, BUT I will be updating this resource each year for FREE so check back and re-download to get the new set! The resource that keeps on giving!

Have students sort animals in a variety of ways using QR codes to learn even more! Perfect pocket chart activity or resource for student research! This pack includes: -36 animal sorting cards (available in color and black/white) -36 QR codes (each animal card contains a QR code that leads to the National Geographic Kids profile of that animal) -Various categories to sort animals into (habitats, classifications and diet) -Pocket chart labels for each category -Student recording sheet for each

Create a Transportation Station in a pocket chart using these labels and your individualized students' names! Relieve stress during your end of the day routine by always having an updated chart of how everyone will get home!

Musical Fact Families is a fun and engaging way to ensure students' understanding of building fact family number sentences! This product contains two different work mats and 45 triangle cards, each with a different fact family. Using the house-shaped work mat allows students to visualize the three numbers as a family and then build four number sentences to fill up the rooms of the house. Use this product as a game for the whole class OR at a math center/station. Instructions for both are include

Independent reading conferences are a powerful tool for developing every student as a reader and differentiating instruction to meet their needs! This pack includes everything you need to track the progress of your readers and plan for future instruction! Not to mention easy to reference data for ARD's, parent conferences, etc. What's Inside: -Cover page -Student checklist to keep track of who you have met with and when -Reading interest inventory to get to know your readers and their readi

Musical Place Value is a fun and engaging way to ensure familiarity of different number forms! This product contains three different work mats and 144 standard form number cards. Using the work mat allows students to visualize the different forms of a number: base ten models, expanded form, word form and a place value mat. Use this product as a game for the whole class OR at a math center/station. Instructions for both are included!