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I have recently added several new products to my TpT store and this is one of them. Thanks for checking it out! Present Day Eastern Hemisphere Geography and Culture Unit Guide This document is a full unit plan for introducing Present Day Eastern Hemisphere Geography and Culture, and is designed to meet Common Core and NYS SS Framework guidelines, while incorporating CC ELA skills. Embedded in my unit plan is also an Inquiry Design Model that was inspired by C3 (College, Career, and Civic Li

I have recently added several new products to my TpT store and this is one of them. Thanks for checking it out! Page One = 5th Grade SS Syllabus, Based on NYS Standards Page Two = My own standards based grading rubric... I call it my "learning rubric" - because learning is more important than numbers. I also make a classroom bulletin board that goes along with this rubric. You'll see references to swimming in the rubric. The bulletin board simply illustrates the levels listed. East stude

US History Pacing Guide Week by week, the NYS Framework for 5th Grade Social Studies is chunked into a school-year long pacing guide! Not teaching in NYS? This pacing guide is great for anyone teaching US History to students ages 9 - 11. Key Ideas, Conceptual Understandings (Key Vocabulary), Content Specifications (What students should be able to do), and an outline for weekly instruction is all done for you in a neat chart. A blank monthly calendar follows each unit guide. I use the calend

I have recently added several new products to my TpT store and this is one of them. Thanks for checking it out! The Complex Societies and Civilizations Unit Guide This document is a full unit plan for introducing Complex Societies and Civilizations and is designed to meet Common Core and NYS SS Framework guidelines, while incorporating CC ELA skills. Embedded in my unit plan is also an Inquiry Design Model that was inspired by C3 (College, Career, and Civic Life) Teachers. NYS SS Framework

I have recently added several new products to my TpT store and this is one of them. Thanks for checking it out! The Early People of the Americas Unit Guide This document is a full unit plan for introducing the Early People of the Americas, and is designed to meet Common Core and NYS SS Framework guidelines, while incorporating CC ELA skills. Embedded in my unit plan is also an Inquiry Design Model that was inspired by C3 (College, Career, and Civic Life) Teachers. NYS SS Framework Key Idea

The Paleolithic and Neolithic Ages Unit Guide This document is a full unit plan for the Paleolithic and Neolithic Ages, designed to meet Common Core and NYS SS Framework guidelines, while incorporating CC ELA skills. Embedded in my unit plan is also the an Inquiry Design Model that was inspired by C3 (College, Career, and Civic Life) Teachers. NYS SS Framework Key Ideas, Standards, Themes and Practices for unit 6.2 are also cited within this unit plan. However, if you teach outside of New Yo

What exactly does a grade of an 85 mean? How about a 100? 42? Is it a percentage of what the child knows, based on the learning goal? Does a 100% mean that the child knows 100% of what you were hoping they would learn? Likewise, does a grade of 42 mean they were able to comprehend 42% of what you taught? Does the child understand the significance the numeric scores? And, of what they mastered, were they able to simply recall the facts or were they able to use the information in a unique

NEW PRODUCT - updated 9/2/16 Introduce the continents in and basic geography of... the EASTERN HEMISPHERE! Fun + Learning = Happy Classroom Page one = Simple materials needed and directions for teachers Page two = Silly Sea Creature Map of Eastern Hemisphere Page three = Directions for Students Page four = Terms of Use I created the image myself... If I can do it, so can they! We're not looking for a masterpiece here, just hoping the students get an idea of the basic shapes of the contine

UPDATED - August, 2016 This is my personal fail-proof method of helping students to remember the names and locations of each of the 13 English Colonies. Extension/ Enrichment Activity Idea - Differentiate your classroom by challenging your high achieving students to create their own silly story, using the same play-with-words format found in my original version. Pages should download and print as listed here: Page One = Cover page Page Two = Story Page Three = Map and Directions for Stu

USS Guide 1 Civil War This is a proven effective method of helping students to organize and learn essential vocabulary and content related to the United States Civil War. This is one of thirteen unit guides available in my United States Study Guide Set. Light A Fire

What exactly does a grade of an 85 mean? How about a 100? 42? Is it a percentage of what the child knows, based on the learning goal? Does a 100% mean that the child knows 100% of what you were hoping they would learn? Likewise, does a grade of 42 mean they were able to comprehend 42% of what you taught? Does the child understand the significance the numeric scores? And, of what they mastered, were they able to simply recall the facts or were they able to use the information in a unique

So the other day I was annoyed that I couldn't find a simple list of landforms and their descriptions. So, I put one together. Over 50 different landforms are included... I'm sure it's not a complete list, but it served our purpose. BTW, after a unit on basic geography, I gave my students this list and a bingo paper that I crafted out of construction paper and MS Word 4X4 chart and we played "Coastal Cupcake Bingo". The winners got my home-made cupcakes (see photo on sample page). Cup

This guide helps students to critically analyze reports in the media. What's news? What's factual? And what is something else?Using this guide, students will COMPARE two different news articles about the same event topic. They choose the event topic. Something they are personally interested in. It may be controversial - Climate change? Vaccinations? Flu season? Legalizing marijuana? Video game violence? The latest on exercise practices? Technology? Etc. Etc. Etc. Just let them ski

PowerPoint Notes for USS Guide Unit Six Imperialism This is a PowerPoint document of notes for USS Guide Unit Six, US Imperialism and Expansion. My complete set of USS Guides are for sale on TpT. My complete set of USS Guides includes 13 units for US history.

This is my syllabus for NYS Participation in Government & Civics class. As a half year course, over three marking periods, each marking period is one unit in my class: Unit One = The History of United States Government Unit Two = The Legal System (US & NY) Unit Three - Political Spectrum and the Election Process Each marking period, and thus each unit, consists of 100 points. The points are divided into six categorical assessments. Each assessment is explained on my syllabus. I have

Make your classroom Instagreat! with an Instagreat Bulletin Board! I've embraced our kiddos love for technology with a fun and adjustable board that highlights their classroom successes. This product describes how to make your own Instagreat bulletin board. I've also included some of my own Instagreat posts, with the option to modify my work to best fit your own classroom. You will also need: A bulletin board, staples and pushpins Bulletin board background paper = I used square scr

PowerPoint Notes for USS Guide Unit Three Industrial Explosion This is a PowerPoint document of notes for USS Guide Unit Three, the period of industrial explosion in the US. My complete set of USS Guides are for sale on TpT. My complete set of USS Guides includes 13 units for US history.

PowerPoint Notes for USS Guide Unit Four Immigration This is a PowerPoint document of notes for USS Guide Unit Four, immigration into the US. My complete set of USS Guides are for sale on TpT. My complete set of USS Guides includes 13 units for US history.

I have recently added several new products to my TpT store and this is one of them. Thanks for checking it out! Exam includes an age appropriate (ages 9 - 11) section of questions for each of the following Social Studies concepts: Geography Knowledge Geography Reasoning Comparison and Contextualization Gathering & Using Evidence Chronological Reasoning Economics and Economic Systems Civic Participation Each section is also labeled with NYS SS Framework Key Ideas and Conceptual Understandin

Hello Friends! Some ideas from my classroom to yours... Cheers, Amy