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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.

Life without Freedom is the Powerpoint Presentation that goes with the Life without Freedom Guided Notes page for students. The Life without Freedom Guided Notes Lesson allows to still practice note-taking strategies will also being able to spark conversations and discussions about the material .

The product is the pre-notes for the Factory Simulation. The North: Factory Workers is a Guided Note activity that allows students to both listen to the lesson, spark discussion, and still allow the students practice note-taking. This is the SmartBoard that accompanies the Student Guided Notes.

Kindness Boomerang is a character education mini-lesson for academic lab, homeroom, or classroom time. This lesson gives students the opportunity to work with others to discover many opportunities to show kindness. The mini-lesson includes extension activities, a short video, and cooperative learning scenarios.

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

Shays Rebellion Argumentative Writing Assignment is a formative assessment for Social Studies teachers both on the concept of argumentative writing and of Shays Rebellion. The assignment asked students to use many resources to complete a paragraph that includes text based evidence to prove their claim. The assignment also asks student to make a connection to the media frenzy during Shays Rebellion and a modern day event.

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

This poster shows the calming strategies from Ruby Payne's Emotional Poverty. This poster is good for teachers to hang in their classrooms as a reference for both students and for adults to guide students.

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 Life in the North: Factory Workers Guided Notes is the student copy that accompanies the Life in the North PPT. These notes also are the pre-activity to the Factory Simulation Project. Guided Notes allow students to be able to listen, spark discussion, and still participate in a note-taking strategy.

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.