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Data Collection is the key component of identifying and progress monitoring lagging skills and IEP goals. The templates provided in the Data Collection in the Special Education Setting – Resource package will provide those tools for monitoring skill sets.

The Titanic Mini-Research Project is an assessment of a culmination of skillsets. The skillsets addressed by the titanic Mini-Research Project include research on a guided topic, pre-writing concepts, written composition and editing. Students will be following a written composition structure that has been pre-taught. This project is to be used an assessment of the combined skillsets. Students will be following multi-step directions to complete the assignment.

This product is a great opening to the school year activity for teachers and students. While this version of the product is adapted to an Ancient World Civilization or World History Early Civilizations and U.S. History: Beginning to 1877, it is easily adaptable to any textbook. This product gets the students aware of their new textbook, allows them to learn the vocabulary of their textbook, and offers the teacher insight to student abilities at the beginning of the school year. The Getting to Yo

The group of Ending Punctuation and Capitalization Data Sheets include activities, prompt cards, sentences strips, and the data sheets for the concepts.The data sheets will improve not only the data collection on the topics, but will promote mastery on both ending punctuation and capitalization.

The FANBOYS Teacher and Student Documents contains the teaching script, the student reference sheet, and the student indpendent practice sheet. This lesson is designed for both an introduction to the FANBOYS as well as a review of the concepts. The lesson allows teachers to introduce the what, when, who, and how of the FANBOYS and include both guided and independent practice. This lesson is partnered with the FANBOYS SmartBoard Mini-Lesson. This Lesson is also designed to reach multiple learning

The FANBOYS SmartBoard Mini- Lesson contains the SmartBoard file for the FANBOYS Mini-Lesson. This lesson is designed for both an introduction to the FANBOYS as well as a review of the concepts. The lesson allows teachers to introduce the what, when, who, and how of the FANBOYS and include both guided and independent practice. This information is partnered with the FANBOYS Student Documents as well as the FANBOYS Teacher Documents.

This data sheet contains space for three goals and interventions. The sheet works well for writing breakdowns - capitalization, punctuation, and even spelling. The sheet can also be adapted to additional data points.

The Motivation Mini-Lesson is one for teachers to use while winding up or down the school, and even in the middle when motivation and effort seem to hard to find in our students. This lesson can be adapted for certain areas of character education or by content area. Content areas can modify the lesson by having students find motivational information about people in that particular field. This is a short and simple Character Education lesson and allows students work to be posted in the room/hallw

The Constitutions Summative Study Guide encompasses many aspects of the Constitution from start to finish. The Study guide also includes information about the Bill of Rights. The study guide begins with federalism and includes many key vocabulary terms. This study guide is not specific to the parts of the constitution, but its process of development. The Branches of Government Review Quiz is a short review that gives students the key information about the Branches of Government. The Answer Key

The ReADER Format Cue Cards allow students to check back and make sure that all parts of the ReADER format have been included in their writing. This structure sets up a format for students to follow when learning how to create a solid constructed response. The cue cards can be used in all content areas to support well written constructed response answers.

The Branches of Government Review Quiz is a short review that gives students the key information about the Branches of Government. The Answer Key is included in the product as well. Teachers may use the quiz as a guide to introduce key concepts to their students. This may be used as an introductory quiz for secondary students or a final quiz for the elementary students. Please take a look at additional products in the Essential Edification TpT store and follow our blog at essentialedification.b

The FANBOYS Student Documents contains the students documents FANBOYS Mini-Lesson. This lesson is designed for both an introduction to the FANBOYS as well as a review of the concepts. The lesson allows teachers to introduce the what, when, who, and how of the FANBOYS and include both guided and independent practice. This information is partnered with the FANBOYS SmartBoard Mini-Lesson as well as the FANBOYS Teacher Documents.

The Sentence Formula Review 2 is an additional worksheet to check for understanding in writing simple sentence. The worksheet requires students to label simple and compound sentences as well as create their own simple and compound sentences. This product is designed to allow teachers to quickly assess students using KU strategies in sentence composure. Enjoy this quick check worksheet and please check out my TPT Store! @esmilligan

The Sentence Formula Review - Simple and Compound Sentences includes a review opportunity for both Simple and Compound Sentences. This product compliments the FANBOYS Student Document, FANBOYS Teacher Products, and the FANBOYS SmartBoard Lesson as a review.

This 7 slide lesson gives students the tools they need to understand and implement the pieces of writing an objective. It is very important for students to be able to write the objectives for their learning in order to determine the level of comprehension the student's attain during the lesson. This is not a concept student recite, but their depth of knowledge on the content is increased.

The five Themes of Geography a Smart Notebook product that will provide teachers an interactive and cooperative learning activity to introduce the themes. Each page has the theme at the top, and then an area for students to show the their answers and space for them to be written on slide. Then the teacher is able to slide down the screen to see how similarly the students got to the themes definition. RECOMMENDATION: If are using an Interactive Notebook or a Note-Taking strategy, discuss with stu

This is the follow up lesson to Amanda O’Briens Reforms Stations Product. Check it out! The Reforms Propaganda Poster Project gives the students the opportunity to express their understanding of a reform from the 1800s. The students will also be practicing effort in order to make their propaganda poster one that will teach others. RUBRIC INCLUDED!!

Mexican - American Picture Exploration is an anticipatory activity for the Mexican American War, Texans, the annexation of Texas, and the Mexican culture. The student page at the end should be provided to each student. The picture can either be projected or printed and placed into stations. This activity should take one class period or 45 minutes with class discussion.

The Colonization: Vocabulary & Colonies mini-bundle is pre-made colonies map quiz and vocabulary quiz, both with keys. These formative assessments are a check measure to ensure that your students are able to comprehend the material they are learning in the classroom. TIP: Student can tape index cards, cut in half, into their notebooks as a way to study and have access the vocabulary words.

This rubric is specifically made for students to evaluate their own effort on a project or assignment. This is a an opportunity for student's to take a look at their ability to perservere through a challenge or their ability to navigate through 'The Learning Pit'. At the end of the rubric, the students will take a moment to write a reflective statement about their effort. This is also an opportunity for the teacher to conference with the student about the students activity/challenge results and