Echart's Einsteins

This powerpoint is a great companion piece to use along with your study of a dramatic presentation. It covers the different parts of a play, the academic vocabulary that goes along with drama. This powerpoint also provides a step-by-step set of directions to help our students become playwrights and create their own plays!

This powerpoint reviews many of the terminology that will be used in the question stems on the STAAR test. This powerpoint is a bright and colorful alternative to just seeing the words in context on the practice passages. This is very useful for you visual learners! I have also created a crossword puzzle to practice words and meanings and an assessment test. You may visit my story to purchase the activities.

This powepoint can be used as a companion piece alongside any social studies or history textbook. It gives brief tidbits over cattle branding, cattle drive trails, founders of the trails. This powerpoints also includes graphic features such as, maps, diagrams and photographs

This powerpoint teaches your gifted and talented students the step by step process of working on their own research projects that will lead to an ultimate product and presentation.

This powerpoint reviews many of the terminology that will be used in the question stems on the STAAR test. This powerpoint is a bright and colorful alternative to just seeing the words in context on the practice passages. This is very useful for you visual learners! I have also created a crossword puzzle to practice words and meanings and an assessment test (these are formatted in word document)

10 STAAR aligned formatted practice passages and questions

this powerpoint provides practice for identifying and developing main ideas and details

This powerpoint can be used to introduce the different types or may be used as a review. This powerpoint is aligned with TEKS covered in 3rd and 4th grade, but can be used with any grade level.

This powerpoint works with great with the Texas Treasures 4th Grade Basal Reader. But, the powerpoint could be adapted to the complete book version. Teacher and students discuss review everything from author's purpose, main idea, plot to summary.

This powerpoint slideshow could be used to teach or review different themes/morals. I have used it with my 3rd and 4th graders. I printed the fables and hung them around the classroom as stations. The kids rotated around to each fable and discussed possible themes or lessons each was teaching.

This powerpoint reviews the different rules for possessive nouns (nouns showing ownership). After going over the rules, the students apply these rules to the context and practice choosing the correct possessive form.

Includes STAAR formatted practice questions

This powerpoint could be used for teaching instruction. The slides include definitions, diagrams, and photographs. The following topics are covered in this powerpoint: erosion, water movement, wind erosion, sand dunes, abrasions, gravity, creep, slump, rock slide, landslide, glacial erosion, icebergs, weathering, mechanical weathering, plants, animal/biological weathering, ice wedging, chemical weathering, oxidation and natural acids.

This powerpoint guides elementary school students through the writing process of an informational/expository composition.

This powerpoint could be used as a review or as a companion resource as you and your students study the highlights of the Texas Revolution.

This interactive powerpoint gives the students a set of clues. The students must infer the answer and provide text evidence

Great way to review how to combine independent and dependent clauses. Includes student practice slides.

Great review of entertain, persuade, inform/explain. Also includes short passages where students have to figure out the author's purpose

A fun way for younger students to practice the types of lab tools and their jobs and descriptions.

This is a powerpoint that gives an overview and hits the high points of Texas History, from the state symbols to the major events of the Texas fight for Independence