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Included are 12 writing prompt/starters for each grade level 3 to 8. There are also data collection editable Excel spreadsheets to monitor progress for your students for each semester. You will also find graphs for individual student progress monitoring. CWS (correct word sequences) and TWW (total words written) are standardized ways of tracking student growth in writing. Basically, you give students a writing starter statement with one minute to think, and 3 minutes to write. After writing

This unit is for use when teaching the novel, The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton. I have created this unit so that the questions and writings are similar to items students will encounter on state standardized tests. There are close reading questions for most chapters. The unit also contains 2 pages of notes to the buyer explaining the resources included for each chapter as well as information about how I teach and use the resources. Included in this purchase: 1. Teacher notes for most chapters

Included are a checklist and bulletin board cutouts for the 2014 Indiana College and Career Ready Standards for the grade level and subject indicated. I have broken each standard into measurable chunks, so each standard has become between one and five I Can statements. On the checklist, there is a place for students to mark “I think I can”, “I know I can”, or “I can’t do this yet” for each I Can statement. There is a place to record student mastery dates and evidence documentation of the mas

These 9 editable forms are examples of documents I have created to keep track of goal progress for my students. They are easy to give to teaching assistants and general education teachers in order for them to have a simple way to collect the data needed to report on goal progress. Included are forms for the most common goals I need help tracking: asking assistance, explaining homework, beginning work without a prompt, attempting work before asking for assistance, staying on task, asking clari

Save money when you purchase this product! You get everything you need to practice standards and differentiate for 3 ability levels for grades 6, 7, and 8. This product contains two of my paired texts products - each of which has original fiction and nonfiction related texts written on 3 grade levels. There are also multiple choise, constructed response, and extended response questions for each of three grade levels. You can see previews and full product descriptions by clicking below to see t

When you purchase this product, you get everything you need to practice standards and differentiate for 3 ability levels for grades 6, 7, and 8. This product includes two original texts (one fiction, one nonfiction) with a related topic - werewolf syndrome. Each text has been created at three readability grade levels to help with differentiation: 5.5, 6.5, 7.0. I have designed this product to be used with 6th grade, 7th grade, and 8th grade in general education as well as intervention class

Do you have students struggling to comprehend what they read? The comprehension strategies introduced in this product will be valuable tools for your students. This is a guided note organizer for common comprehension strategies that good readers use. The guided notes explain the strategies as well as give tips on how to best use the strategies. Included in this product are fill-in guided notes for each comprehension strategy listed: preview, connect, ask questions/clarify, make images, pred

Included are a checklist and bulletin board cutouts for the 2014 Indiana College and Career Ready Standards for the grade level indicated. I have broken each standard into measurable chunks, so each standard has become between one and five I Can statements. On the checklist, there is a place for students to mark “I think I can”, “I know I can”, or “I can’t do this yet” for each I Can statement. There is a place to record student mastery dates and evidence documentation of the mastery. Ideas

When you purchase this product, you get everything you need to practice standards and differentiate for 3 ability levels for grades 6, 7, and 8. This product includes two original texts (one fiction, one nonfiction) with a related topic - werewolf syndrome. Each text has been created at three readability grade levels to help with differentiation: 4.5, 6, 7. I have designed this product to be used with 6th grade, 7th grade, and 8th grade in general education as well as intervention classes.

This item is a great way to meet standards involving comparing and contrasting a novel to the film version of that novel. The worksheet asks students to note significant similarities and differences, as well as information about the actors/actresses and the characters they play. The notes will be used for the basis of a 5 paragraph writing assignment. I did not include a preview file, as you can see all of the pages from the thumbnail view. This item is a small portion of my Outsiders Nove

On Sale Through Wednesday, September 23rd. This product includes directions to make a guided note organizer, pages for the organizer with fill-in guided notes, and an answer key. There also tips for teaching with the guided notes, as well as examples of each concept taught. Concepts covered within this organizer are: Phrases Clauses (independent and dependent) Simple Sentences Compound Sentences Complex Sentences Compound-Complex Sentences The cover page shows a picture of a finished orga

This product is a set of reading comprehension questions to go with the short story, “All Summer in a Day”, by Ray Bradbury. All quotations from the story were taken from the following website where the story is available. http://www.language-arts-teaching-expert.com/short-stories-by-ray-bradbury.html Questions focus on author’s purpose, setting, theme, simile, vocabulary, and critical thinking. Earn TPT store credit by leaving feedback on this product after purchase. Feedback helps me im

This editable IEP Data Collection form doubles as a Study Hall Grade Sheet, and it will help you and your students keep track of how often they bring needed materials, have their assignment books completed, get started on their own, stay on task, and take care of materials at the end of class. It will also track locker and material organization. The sheet also has a system to give daily points toward a study hall grade based on work completed and worked on during class. Finally, there is a pl

This set of 4 worksheets can be used with ANY fiction novel. Each worksheet adds more skills that students should have mastered through the course of reading a novel. They can be used for a class novel, or for individual independent reading novels. Fiction Book Assignment 1: characters, setting, plot, conflict Fiction Book Assignment 2: adds explicit and implicit questions Fiction Book Assignment 3: adds main/central idea Fiction Book Assignment 4: adds summarizing If you purchase thi

This set of two double sided worksheets allows for students to use any nonfiction topic book or text of their choice. Each worksheet contains questions on text features, text structure, author's purpose, connection, previewing, central idea, questioning and/or summarizing. You can use one or both sides of a worksheet depending on the skills your students are ready for. I have used these successfully in general education 7th/8th grade and reading intervention classes for 7th/8th grade. The re

These editable vocabulary practice pages are great for helping students learn a procedure to help them learn any word they are unfamiliar with. After my students use this procedure a few times, when they ask me what a word means, I suggest they try it out independently to see if it helps - usually it does. Included are 3 student work pages that can be edited by the buyer. Also, there are two pages of instructions for the teacher explaining how to best use each section of the work pages. Ho

This editable file will give you a quick and easy way to track student reading behavior during independent reading time. Simply record your student's names on the form, and you are ready to go. Notes are provided to explain how I use this in my classroom. There are codes for several reading behaviors to help you quickly glance around the classroom and note student behaviors several times during independent reading time. You will record things like reading, looking around the room, moving, et

This product includes both my Nonfiction Any book worksheets for Independent Reading and Fiction Any book worksheets for Independent Reading worksheets products. Please follow the links below for more information on each of the included products. This product gives you a discount for purchasing as a bundle. Nonfiction Text/Book worksheets for ANY topic Fiction ANY book worksheets Thanks for visiting my store. Be sure to leave feedback if you make a purchase to earn TPT credit for yourself

This is a worksheet designed to be done digitally or printed. It asks students to determine if a group of words in a sentence are a phrase or a clause. They are also asked to explain why. Additionally, students are asked to determine if clauses are independent or dependent and explain why. For a note taking organizer, click here to see my Phrase, Clause, Sentence Types Fill In Note taking organizer.

This is a quick independent practice worksheet designed to be done digitally or in printed form. I share this worksheet with my students in Google Classroom, but it can easily be printed as well. Within sentences, students highlight phrases one color and clauses another color. They are also asked to explain why the chosen portion of the sentence is a phrase or a clause. Looking for an interactive way to teach phrases and clauses? Click here to see my "Phrases, Clauses, Sentence types Guide