April's Apples

You’ve taught content all year to prepare your students, but are they test literate? Not only are we, as teachers, responsible for teaching content, but we also must teach our students “how” to take these tests in order for them to demonstrate their knowledge. In this set, you will find a set of task cards for students to use to practice the 6th-8th Grade SBAC ELA CAT. I've also included an answer sheet designed to match the cards for students to write on so that the cards may be laminated for

This essay is a great way to get to know your students, personally and as writers. I use this at the beginning of the year in my middle school language arts courses to have students write an essay about a subject they know well - themselves. The students have a guide from start to finish. They know what each paragraph should be about, the editing expectations, and then it is published and we set them out for open house. There are art activities that I usually have them do to go along with it, li