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This is a fun lesson that uses a candy bar to teach plate tectonics and the types of plate boundaries. This activity leads the students through a simulation of the movement of plates while using a milky way. The activity includes background information, a diagram, fill in the blank questions and short answer questions. The sample shows two of the 6 pages of the activity. My students love this activity and always remember the plate boundaries!

This is a set of chapter questions for Danger on Midnight River by Gary Paulsen. All chapter questions are formatted like those in the preview. Reading skills include: story elements, figurative language, making connections, drawing conclusion, inferring, and much more. I also have included brief constructed response questions, as well as vocabulary sheets in my shop that correspond with this book as well.

This is a set of chapter questions for A Lion to Guard Us by Clyde Robert BullaCam All chapter questions are formatted like those in the preview. Reading skills include: story elements, figurative language, making connections, drawing conclusion, inferring, and much more. I also have included brief constructed response questions, as well as vocabulary sheets in my shop that correspond with this book.

This is a set of chaThe Unwilling Umpire (A to Z Mysteries) by Ron Roy and John Steven Gurney All chapter questions are formatted like those in the preview. Reading skills include: story elements, figurative language, making connections, drawing conclusion, inferring, and much more. I also have included brief constructed response questions, as well as vocabulary sheets in my shop that correspond with this book as well.

This is a rubric I use to assess my students on the science process skills: predicting inferring observing measuring classifying communicating This can be used as an informal assessment to track what skills students are having difficulty with during science labs and experiments. It corresponds with my science process skill posters (http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Science-Skills-Posters), as well as my science process skills tracker.

These are chapter questions for the Magic Tree House Book: Vacation Under the Volcano by Mary Pope Osborne. All chapter questions are formatted like those in the preview. Reading skills include: story elements, visualizing, making connections, drawing conclusion, inferring, and much more. I also have included brief constructed response questions, as well as vocabulary sheets in my shop that correspond with this book as well.

This worksheet focuses on the five these of geography: location movement place human/environment interaction regions Use with my five themes of geography vocabulary sheet. This is state specific to Maryland, but is editable if you want to change it to your city/state.

This is a set of chapter questions for Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Babe Ruth Baseball by David Adler. All chapter questions are formatted like those in the preview. Reading skills include: story elements, figurative language, making connections, drawing conclusion, inferring, and much more. I also have included brief constructed response questions, as well as vocabulary sheets in my shop that correspond with this book as well.

These are 2 basic probability games that you can prepare for your students using dice and bags with colored chips. After students identify the probability they are asked the fairness of the game, as well as to create a line plot of their data.

These questions are extended response questions for Danger on Midnight River by Gary Paulsen. Students are asked to answer the question and support their answers. Question topics include: - setting - tone/mood - character traits -summarizing -problem/solution - drawing conclusions and more Use this with my vocabulary sheets and chapter comprehension questions for this novel.

This is a set of comprehension questions for The Unwilling Umpire (A to Z Mysteries) by Ron Roy and John Steven Gurney All chapter questions are formatted like those in the preview. Reading skills include: story elements, figurative language, making connections, drawing conclusion, inferring, and much more. I also have included brief constructed response questions, as well as vocabulary sheets in my shop that correspond with this book as well.

These questions are extended response questions for each chapter of Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Babe Ruth Baseball. Students are asked to answer the question and support their answers. Question topics include: - setting - genre - character traits - drawing conclusions -summarizing -tone/mood -main idea Use this with my vocabulary sheets and chapter comprehension questions for this novel.

These are posters of the science process skills: observing inferring measuring classifying predicting communicating

These questions are extended response questions for A Lion to Guard Us by Clyde Robert Bulla. Students are asked to answer the question and support their answers. Question topics include: - setting - cause/effect - character traits -summarizing -problem/solution and more Use this with my vocabulary sheets and chapter comprehension questions for this novel.

These are chapter questions for the Magic Tree House Book: Adventure on the Amazon by Mary Pope Osborne. All chapter questions are formatted like those in the preview. Reading skills include: story elements, visualizing, making connections, drawing conclusion, inferring, and much more. I also have included brief constructed response questions, as well as vocabulary sheets in my shop that correspond with this book as well.

This activity allows students to test the resistance of 3 different types of rocks to Physical Weathering. The activity includes student lab sheets that go through the scientific process. Students fill in the blanks and complete short answer questions as they complete the activity. The activity also includes a data table for observations. Teacher's directions and an answer key are included. The sample shows 2 pages of the activity and 1 page of the answer key.

These questions are extended response questions for Adventure on the Amazon. Students are asked to answer the question and support their answers. Question topics include: - cause/effect -setting/plot - sequence -dialogue -problem/solution -summarizing Use this with my comprehension questions and vocabulary sheets.

These questions are extended response questions for Vacation Under the Volcano. Students are asked to answer the question and support their answers. Question topics include: - cause/effect -setting/plot - sequence -dialogue -problem/solution -summarizing Use this with my comprehension questions and vocabulary sheets.

Use this graphic organizer to identify how and why characters change throughout a story.

A 9 slide Power Point Introduction to review the strands of Social Studies. A great back to school activity to start the year.