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This PowerPoint presentation lesson culminates with students using their new knowledge to determine which Gospel unlabeled verses came from. In these 10 verse sections shown without their references, students will be looking carefully at the text for clues and evidence. You will be amazed at what they can do! This lesson takes the analytical thinking far deeper than typical Bible lessons on the Gospels. To preview this presentation, click on “Preview” below the picture icon, or watch me go thr

Go visual! Students can grasp the concept by placing the decimals on a 10x10 grid. Answer key included! This page prints black & white. This can be great for your reluctant students, or those who are extra motivated by colored pencils! (colored pencils are needed for the coloring part) Similar resources: All 4 operations! Save with the bundle: Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying, Dividing Decimals on a GridOr buy individually. Adding Decimals on a GridSubtracting Decimals on a GridMultiplying Dec

Let's face it: most Bible trivia quizzes are lame. Not this one. You'll find: Animated transitions, motions and drum rolls. 3 Rounds of questions, getting progressively harder. I have intentionally made this quiz more difficult than the standard Bible quizzes with too-easy answers all taken from the New Testament. This quiz shakes it up, pulls from all over the Bible, and allows students to use deduction to try to figure out parts they wouldn't know. They may even learn a few surprises as they

This easy grade worksheet has 10 sentences with 30 nouns for students identify nouns. Students simply circle each noun they find. I included nouns of all four categories: Person, Place, Thing and Idea. I also made sure to include nouns of the following categories: Abstract nouns (kindness)Proper nouns (New York City)Plural nouns (memories)A reminder chart is included at the top of the page. There are 30 nouns to circle overall, so calculating a grade remains easy (divide their total by 3 to g

Does your curriculum show every pentagon as a regular pentagon? And... is that pentagon always sitting flat? This confuses your students about what makes a shape a shape. They might think all pentagons are regular and must be sitting flat in order to be a pentagon! By introducing the term "regular", this presentation will teach your students that the orientation or tilt of a shape does not affect what kind of shape it is. Your students will be challenged to think their way through this notion b

This short and simple worksheet tests students on the main literary elements such as: PlotConflictSettingProtagonistas well as: elements of plot (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution)types of conflict (person vs. self, vs. person, vs. nature, & vs. society)Now you can easily capture a grade for the basic definitions of your unit! I use as pre- and post-test. I also have a digital version of this quiz for use online or in Google Classroom! Editable:Lastly, this is an edi

1 page practice of using Figurative Language in writing. Use as a formative or summative assessment to gauge students' ability to put figurative language into writing. Editable: This is a word document (not PDF!), so you can make whatever changes you would like! Beyond having students just think of these figurative language techniques, the assessment prompts students to think of what effect the techniques are having on the writing. I want them to find the beauty of this language beyond just se

Hangar Diagrams are a fun way to solve algebraic equations--visually! (If Khan Academy uses them, it has to be good, right?) It feels like a game. And with only 2 rules to explain, students will be up and running in moments. This challenge can be used as an introduction to single variable equations. Consider going through as a class or with a small group who would benefit from the visual, non-traditional format. This could also be a fun review method before a test. Answers pop up on each sli

This short, Mad Lib-esque paragraph gives a story about a person's favorite music. What is that music like? Each student will decide as they place adjectives into the story! Only adjectives can be used to fill in the blanks. Objective: Create a coherent story with only adjectives (but have as much fun along the way as you want!). As long as students choose a reasonable adjective for each blank, they chose correctly! Two paragraphs per page for easy copying. I find that this sort of assignment h

I use this as a grammar review to gauge the students' current understanding of the parts of speech. Students give a mix of examples and explanations of the roles of parts of speech. I even give it un-graded the first two times so they get used to it. Then, I give it to them for a scoring run once I see they have gotten it well. This is a Word Doc so you can edit it however you'd like! I have made a similar assignment for use in Google Classroom (a digital, auto-grading Google Form) that can be s

This one page story explains the background and identifying characteristics of the four Gospels through the metaphors of popular social media platforms. Students will access prior knowledge of social media in order to better understand the context of the writing of the Gospels. How is the Gospel of Mark like twitter posts? Why is John the one on Instagram (at his handle #WitnesstoLightandLife)? You will be amazed at how much your students will understand by attaching the knowledge to already e

This easy grade worksheet has 10 sentences for students to do one thing: identify adjectives. Students simply circle each adjective they find. I include adjectives of multiple categories, including oft-forgotten articles and limiting adjectives. Reminder chart are included at the top of the page. There are 30 adjectives to circle overall, so calculating a grade remains easy (divide their total by 3 to get a score out of 10). Use as a worksheet, quiz, pre-test, formative assessment, extra practi

The steps to round decimals are shown visually step by step. All you have to do is click through and comment! Tenths, hundredths and thousandths are shown. Rounding both up and down is included. Also, rounding up 9s (such as 4.98 rounding 5.0) is included. My favorite part of this lesson is how I used the visual clues to target student focus to each step as it happens. Students will quickly catch the hang of the process. -Mr. Assessment

Imagine your students telling you, "This is a plural, concrete, common noun because..." This graphic organizer shows the four main categories of nouns on a single flowchart so all are visible at once. It shows students that there are many ways of sorting nouns, and gives hints and examples so they can better determine the categories on their own. You can preview this page by clicking "Preview" below the image. Use ideas: Have printed copies for students. You say a noun out loud and students

This assessment guides students into connecting their reading to the world, other books, and their life. Once I have described the three types of connections (Text to world, text, and self) and given students examples, I give them this assessment. I have students read from a chapter book they have picked out; you can use whatever text you'd like, such as your Social Studies reading. This assessment goes beyond just finding a connection (This isn't just a time for story telling) to have students

This short, Mad Lib-esque paragraph gives a wacky story about a student moving to a new school, located _______ the ocean! Students use prepositions to fill in the blanks. Objective: Create a coherent story with only prepositions (but have as much fun along the way as you want!). As long as students choose a reasonable preposition for each blank, they chose correctly! The paragraph is put on each page twice for easy copying. I find that this sort of assignment helps students grasp the purpose of

Since Lines of Symmetry is not covered in my curriculum, I was looking for a quick and easy way to introduce the concept. I was amazed at how much my students learned just from doing this; I didn't even give a lesson first! They made great progress in understanding the concept. I use this as a Math Center or for challenge work for my high achievers. The Answer Key is included so you can grade their work or have them check on their own. -Mr. Assessment

Includes 20 minute and PowerPoint used in video. Use as a video lesson to launch discussion or as your own editable PowerPoint lesson. This video lesson with Power Point is appropriate for both public school (such as a Bible as Literature Class) and private school (such as a Bible class) use. You will be able to steer the ensuing discussions wherever you need it to go. Watch the preview video for a short explanation of this lesson, and you will get to see the first minutes of it as well. Most cr

This self-guided exercise can be handed to a student without explanation. Use as a worksheet, pretest, formative assessment, reteach, extra practice or quiz. Meant as a review of the basics, this page begins by going over the four types of nouns: person, place, thing and idea. Next, the middle section helps students identify the subject by asking guiding questions and revealing answers. Lastly, students now circle the subject they find based on their knowledge and the hints that are give

This is the presentation that will explain the basics in a short amount of time. *PowerPoint updated 11.11.20. To open an exact PPT plus watermarks, open the Preview and click "Read-Only". The Video Preview shows the Mid-March version.Distance Learning option: Consider adding a writing or reflection prompt at the end of this to gather student responses. Using visuals and a question-based method, this presentation gives the facts on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the following categories: What is