Pretests are a great way for teachers to see what standards their students know and still need to work on. This knowledge allows teachers to differentiate using data. This pretest has the standards on it aligned to the new Florida standards.
This is a messy slime lab that lets students explore the different states of matter while also reviewing properties of matter. I like to use this lab as a discovery lesson on Halloween. The kids love it!
This bundle includes some great resources to get started on teaching place value in 3rd grade. Included is a presentation, pre-assessment, homework, worksheets, and a math center.
A pre-test broken down by place value standard to see what your students know before you start teaching. Can use to put your students into math groups or use to know where to start teaching.
This presentation is an automated Power Point that explains key vocabulary terms: place, value, place value. It also includes information on the ones house and thousands house, how to read numbers and the four different ways to represent numbers along with practice.
This lab packet contains 4 different lab choices with an alternate formatting for the conclusion depending on how much guided support your class needs. It also includes directions and the supply list for building 3 different weather measuring tools: barometer, thermometer, and anemometer.
This place value homework is common core aligned. It allows students to practice rounding to the tens and hundreds as well as comparing and ordering number in the thousands.
A simple but great investigation allowing students to explore levers. Students will conduct an investigation to explore how fulcrum placement effects the amount of effort needed. A teacher's guide, 3 levels of investigation booklets, and answer key is included.
Reading on Electricity. Information included: What electricity is, atoms, electrons, basic circuit information, and comprehension questions. Can be used to introduce the science topic, electricity, or the questions focus on text features and main idea. I actually created this for my adult education class.
Want to know what your students know without giving a pretest? Anticipation guides are a great way to start a new unit. This anticipation guide will help let you know what your students know about the sun by asking true and false questions, as well as 3 written response questions. Also included are two pages of science comprehension questions to make sure students are understanding what they are learning about the sun.
4 place value worksheets can be used for independent work, guided math, or homework. Topics - place and value, different number forms, comparing numbers, rounding.