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These tests are great to give students practice for statewide assessments, like STAAR and CCSS, as well as providing valuable data for teachers in writing. Writing tests are difficult to find, especially those that reflect the standards of what is expected on statewide assessments. These tests will help you get started in the right direction. More packs are coming soon!

Zipgrade makes grading papers a cinch. Simply cut out the answer sheets and scan them with your phone using the Zipgrade app and voila! Grades done. This is especially helpful to instantly grade and cover topics students didn't grasp and even individualize interventions based on the information provided by Zipgrade. You can find the app in your favorite App Store. NOTE: Be sure nothing covers the black squares, including staples.

These are small charts for students in the classroom who have a difficult time remembering math facts. They are great accommodations for students with disabilities and can be used as supplemental aids for tests and classroom work. They easily affix to the inside of notebooks or planners for easy access or can be applied directly to the surface of a desk or table.

These tests are great to give students practice for statewide assessments, like STAAR and CCSS, as well as providing valuable data for teachers in writing. Writing tests are difficult to find, especially those that reflect the standards of what is expected on statewide assessments. These tests will help you get started in the right direction. More packs are coming soon!

This is a companion to the powerpoint and planning form for the "Steps of the Writing Process." It is a student booklet that has all of the steps and procedures for writing, including grammar rules, commonly misspelled word lists and other helpful hints and guides for fourth grade writers.

Have students who are struggling to remember math facts? Special Education students who need support in the General Education classroom. Here's a nifty set of tools that may help bridge the gap! Complete with a multiplication chart, hundreds chart, rounding tool, and many other helpful visual supports for students who are struggling learners. This has been helpful for all students who struggle, including our ESL population who sometimes need small reminders to help boost their confidence in the

Students who struggle in math usually do so because they have a difficult time with visualizing math type problems. Not only this resource provide some nifty visuals, it also provides a framework for problem solving that's easy and guaranteed to improve problem solving skills.

Tired of looking in a million different places for writing strategies? This booklet provides a powerful tool for students to use while learning to develop and improve their writing skills. Everything a student needs for good writing is right here!

This game is a great way to teach younger students the importance of using descriptions and details in a way to enhance their writing. This activity will introduce them to the concept of "Showing, Not Telling," a practice many seasoned writers often struggle with. This activity is guaranteed to improve students' understanding of using simple phrases to add depth and emotion to their narrative stories.

This is a great tool for Language Impaired students, students who struggle with language, ESL students, and students with special needs who need a reminder about the use of words on standardized tests. These wall signs are perfect for a school or classroom for students to see these terms used in context each and every day!

This is the easiest method for helping your 4th Graders to really get it. This powerpoint goes along with the 3 Fives Graphic Organizer (available for free). This outlines the writing process and helps them to understand the 3 Fives and how simple it is to plan a story. Using this power point and the Writing Process Lesson Plans (available soon), you'll see amazing growth in your students' writing. Best of all this is good for any student who needs some help becoming a better writer, even if t

Here's an easy reference for kids that are struggling with Multiplication facts. This sheet will teach them the basics of the rules that are always true and help them to become more proficient with their facts as well as help those that struggle with remembering them.

This game is a great way to teach younger students the importance of using descriptions and details in a way to enhance their writing. This activity will introduce them to the concept of "Showing, Not Telling," a practice many seasoned writers often struggle with. This activity is guaranteed to improve students' understanding of using simple phrases to add depth and emotion to their narrative stories.

This is the perfect tool for scoring written assignments. Breaking the areas of writing down into 6 identifiable components lets you easily see where your students are struggling the most. Most rubrics are not designed for this level of critique and make grading written work subjective and unreliable. This tool will give you an unbiased method for scoring writing that will allow you to see growth in your students in the six fundamental areas of writing so that you can readily monitor interventio

Hopefully by now everyone is aware that the old way of teaching multiplication is outdated and confusing. But there's one problem! Most parents only know the way they were taught and become confused by the Alternative Multiplication Method. This is a great handout that you can give parents and students to remember how to multiply in a way that will reinforce place-value concepts while giving them the edge in two by two digit multiplication!

Finally! A rubric that allows you to fairly score open-response, higher-level projects in your classroom! This rubric not only gives you the tools to assess the critical areas of an open-response project, it also allows you the flexibility to monitor the progress of your high-achievers and gifted students. The rubric is based on a 200 point scale so that your average performers can still earn a gradebook grade while your above level performers aren't stuck getting 100s on every assignment with n

These anchor charts are perfect for reminding students the purpose for proper grammar in clear and effective writing. Students can, at-a-glance, see not only the grammar rule, but how it applies toward creating an outstanding composition.

This is a great way to get your students to understand problem solving. Far too often, students don't understand the thinking process needed for solving real-world word problems. This model helps them to think through problems in an organized way to ensure success!!

This is a great tool for Language Impaired students, students who struggle with language, ESL students, and students with special needs who need a reminder about the use of words on standardized tests. This PowerPoint is perfect for a classroom with students who need to see these terms used in context each and every day!

Have students who rush through word problems giving little thought to the details within the problem? This process writing has been extremely effective in student understanding of problem solving. Using this process gives student an easy to use familiar format to write out their thinking for each step in the process. Not only will it improve understanding of math problem solving, it reinforces that knowledge through process writing hitting "two birds with one stone". We used this during our prob