Five Preps

I use this with my Study Skills class to get practice close reading. I usually attach a copy of the story at the END of the packet so that the students can refer to it while answering the questions. I typically read it aloud to them first, then set them loose on the rest of the packet. Makes a great, all inclusive sub plan, and the extension activities can be used for homework. Appropriate for middle and highschool students, I use it as an introduction for my middle schoolers to learn about Hemm

This is a fun poster project I use to wrap up my unit on the Atmosphere. I then allow the students to take a formative assessment with their posters near their desks. So if they do a good job, basically they get a 'cheat sheet' on the test. It really motivates them to do good work and let's the more artistic students have a chance to gain a substantial number of points.

FULLY comprehensive of ALL TEKS for the 2018 STAAR!! It features fill in the blank and short answer questions that will ensure your students achieve mastery!! Thirty pages of material for students to work on in class or as homework. I personally send it home as homework for the last weeks before STAAR so that students can look up the definitions at home. Other teachers have used it as an in class activity where they display the correct answers on the board while students copy it down. I use inc

Fully editable study guide/work book for the 8th Grade STAAR!!! I use this in the weeks prior to STAAR to allow students to fill out and study on their own time. It contains short answer problems where students dissect the information in order to increase mastery! I send it home as a homework the week before STAAR and give a grade for returning it, but it would well as an in class activity too. One of the teachers in my department uses it as a foldable for her students to cut up and paste in the

Fun, 2 day to week long project on reading Hemmingway's "The Faithful Bull". It was a lot of fun for the students who were in our cultural classes to pair this with their section on bull fighting. I use it to introduce our study of 'Book of the Five Rings' where the students learn and make posters about different qualities that make up a moral code. Makes a good sub packet for a couple days absence because there are plenty of extension activities. I typically attach a photocopy of the story to t

This is the whole class respect agreement activities I use with ALL my classes. We do them typically over the first two days of school. It's a little more fun than the 'get to know you' games since it encourages critical thinking and allows you to get a feel for your class and how best to structure learning to fit their needs. I like it better for the higher grades though, it can be used with lower grades as well.

This is a fun poster project I use at the end of the year when the kids need a break and we are all sick of sitting in seats doing work. It makes a nice big poster that displays all their knowledge from the year, so great to show parents and for teachers to use to show professional growth. Also useful as a project on days other classes are testing and you have a couple hours to review for STAAR. Students work in groups of four, it's aligned to 8th grade TEKS but you can easily edit it for your o

This is my basic Syllabus for class rules and procedures. Fully editable so you can add your schools rules. Includes parent contact spaces so it is great for PT night too!

I use this with my homeroom class as an ice breaker game as well a great relaxing activity after STAAR. It aligns with ELA TEKs so gives them some review and lets the kids relax while playing some songs and discussing.

Fun Mapping game for all grades, can be used to introduce geography or more advanced mapping concepts!