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**REVISED** After a couple years of using this quiz in my own classroom, I decided it needed some changes. There are now two multiple choice options instead of four and two written response questions instead of three. I have also enlarged the font. I created this quiz to assess my second graders' understanding of the economics concepts of producers, consumers, supply, and demand. Although it was made for second graders, it could also be used with any grade level studying introductory economics

I created this quiz to assess my students on their understanding of irregular verbs in the past tense form. However, it can also be used as classwork or review. The quiz is divided into three sections. The first section provides a list of irregular verbs in the present tense. Then, it asks students to choose the correct verb for each sentence and to write it in the past tense. The second section provides another list of irregular verbs in the present tense and asks students to change two of the

I created this document as a quiz to assess my students' understanding of common and proper nouns and capitalization rules for names, holidays, products, and geographic locations. However, it can also be used as classwork or homework. The document is divided into three sections. The first section asks students to decide whether the noun is common or proper. The second section asks students to determine if given nouns are capitalized correctly. If they are not, students must write the noun correc

I created this worksheet to assess my students' understanding of pronouns. For first graders, it offers a cumulative assessment of commonly used pronouns and offers a challenge with an introduction to reflexive pronouns. For second-graders, it works well as a review of previously learned pronouns and of reflexive pronouns. It is divided into three parts with five questions in each part. The first part asks students to circle the pronouns in each sentence. The second section asks them to replace

This product can be used as skill practice or an assessment for the Common Core standard RI 2.6. It includes an excerpt from a nonfiction article followed by one multiple choice and two written response questions. I used it as an assessment at the end of a skill review session of Author's Purpose, but it could also be used as a whole group or cooperative learning activity.

I created this product as a quiz for my 2nd grade class on plural nouns. However, it can also be used as classwork for 1st or 2nd graders and as review for 3rd graders. The quiz (or worksheet) has 20 questions and consists of 3 parts. -The first part asks students to circle the correct plural form of the noun. -The second section asks students to change the noun from singular to plural. -The last part asks students to write singular or plural next to the noun. An answer key is included.

Please take a moment to rate this product. Thank you! This quiz was created to accompany the Science A-Z version of "Sound." It includes five vocabulary words from the book (eardrum, vibrate, echo, energy, and volume). The first part of the quiz asks students to use a word list to fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word choice. The second part requires students to draw a picture of one of the vocabulary words. This way, the teachers can quickly determine if students are just memorizi

This product consists of a study guide and test on communities and government. Topics covered include: -What is a community? -What is a citizen? -What is a government? -What is a mayor? -What is a law? -Government services -What is a symbol? -Patriotism/Pledge of Allegiance -Patriotic symbols The test has three parts: 10 multiple choice with three options 4 fill-in-the-blank (They are given a list of several patriotic symbols. They have to fill in the name of the symbol next to the correct

I used this to assess my 2nd graders' understanding of possessive nouns. However, it could also be used as a pre-assessment or a worksheet in a 1st or 2nd grade classroom. The first question is a multiple choice that asks students to define a possessive noun. The second part asks students to rewrite the underlined noun as a possessive. The third sections asks children to circle the possessive noun in the sentence. The final two questions ask students to write a sentence about the picture. Th

I made this test to assess my second-graders' knowledge at the culmination of our unit on matter. I also made a study guide that they completed in class using their notebooks. Then, we went over it as a group. Topics and terms included in the study guide & test are: -What is matter? -The three states of matter and their properties -Mass, weight, and volume -condensation & evaporation On the test, the students are asked to explain what matter is. They are also given a word bank and they have

This packet includes five homework sheets, one for each day of the week. They could also be used as classwork or even quizzes. Each sheet includes a section on skip-counting, writing numbers in standard and expanded form, and representing numbers as Base Ten blocks. These homework sheets meet the following Common Core State Standards for second grade math: 2.NBT.A.2 Count within 1000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s 2.NBT.A.3 Read and write numbers to 1000 using base-ten numerals, number name

This lesson plan follows my Introduction to Ecosystems plan (also available in my store) and was written to introduce fourth graders to different types of ecosystems. It corresponds to McGraw-Hill Science but with a few minor alterations it could probably be used with any elementary science textbook. Allow 45 minutes to an hour for the lesson. During the lesson, students will: *Review previous material (a vocabulary quiz is included, if you wish to use it. The quiz is based on the terms that

I created this document as a quiz to assess my 6th and 7th graders' understanding of plot elements, types of characters, and conflict. It could also be used as a review activity at the end of a unit on fiction. The quiz asks students to explain the difference between an antagonist and a protagonist, to list the elements of plot, and to name the four types of conflict. It also requires them to explain what internal and external conflict is and to provide an example of each. In addition, there are

I created this scavenger hunt to provide a fun engaging activity to help my second graders in their study of one of our most intriguing presidents. The scavenger hunt is designed to accompany Monticello's "Exploring Monticello: A Guide for Young People." It is available online at www.monticello.org. From the home page, click on "Families & Teachers." I reserved one of the school's computer labs so that each student could complete the scavenger hunt independently, although kids could also work

This product is a detailed lesson plan designed to introduce 4th grade students to a study of ecosystems. It was written to correspond with the McGraw-Hill Science textbook, but with a couple tweaks it could probably work with another similar textbook. The lesson focuses primarily on teaching children vocabulary terms related to an ecosystem and how to identify various ecosystems. A vocabulary hand-out is included with the lesson plan. The handout asks students to use their textbook to define ec

This lesson plan was written to follow the first two lesson plans in my Ecosystems unit (please see my store, Classroom Corner, for these two additional lesson plans). However, it could stand alone or follow another lesson plan you already have. It also corresponds to McGraw-Hill Science but with a few minor alterations it could probably be used with any elementary science textbook. Allow 45 minutes to an hour for the lesson. During the lesson, students will: *Review previously learned materi

I created this series of worksheets for my second-graders as a review of telling time to the nearest hour, half hour, and quarter hour before we began telling time to the nearest five minutes. However, the worksheets could also be used as a challenge for advanced first-graders. There is a week's worth of worksheets (front and back), one for each day. They could be used as a pre or post-assessment, morning work, classwork, or in a homework packet. They're also great for an end of the year or be

I created this document to assess my second graders' understanding of adjectives before we began discussing adverbs. However, it can also be used in a 1st or 2nd grade classroom during any lesson on adjectives. The worksheet consists of two parts. The first part is comprised of six sentences in which students are asked to circle the adjective and underline the noun it describes. The second part gives students several adjective choices for each of four sentences. Students select the best two choi

This center was created to accompany Scholastic News Nonfiction Readers-Weather Series (I used Windy Weather Days, Rainy Weather Days, and Wild Weather Days). In the center, students pretend to be storm trackers. They have three missions to complete. In each mission, they have clues to solve before they can move on to the next mission. To solve the clues, they must refer back to the book. This center was created as a science center, but it can also be used to meet Common Core Standards RI 1.1, R

I created this quiz to assess my students' understanding of Gary Soto's Big Bushy Mustache (Houghton Mifflin). It consists of 6 written response questions. The quiz meets Common Core Standards RL 2.1 (Ask and answer questions) and RL 2.3 (Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges).