Lighting a Learning Fire

Four point rubric to use for grading middle school independent book trailer projects. Includes grade for: text, images, soundtrack, theme, story elements, conventions, and use of class time. Created as an editable word document for customization.

Interactive Notebook grading rubric to be used for any subject and any grade level. Assesses Input and Output sides as well as organization, effort, evidence of learning, and creativity. Based upon 4 -1 Standards Based Grading, instructors checks box of proficiency for each assessed area. Download in doc. format for easy customization.

IB Exhibition Journal takes students step by step through a PYP Exhibition, including choosing a topic, writing a central idea and key concept based lines of inquiry, learner profile checklist, research, and group presentation. Also includes planning calendar, student rubrics and teacher rubrics. General enough to work with an IB unit of inquiry, but delivered as a word document for editing and revising.

Simple quiz to assess middle school students understanding of literature genres (realistic fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, science fiction, poetry, mystery, traditional literature). Quiz includes matching section as well as short answer.

Editable Generic Rotation Charts created in PowerPoint. Great for literacy, math, or science rotations! Comes in two different formats for you to customize to meet your classroom needs. Just add your rotations and student names, project from your computer and you're class is ready to go!

Weekly independent reading packet that guides students to think within and beyond the text as they read. Packet has students creating vocabulary word webs, making connections, asking questions and summarizing stories. Editable Word Document.

Teaching tool and activity for students to learn governmental suffixes (archy and cracy) and how adding root words changes and describes the specific form of government.

These materials can be used for historical fiction literature circles, current events, or other event oriented jigsaw activity. Materials include Notes graphic organizer for students to use during Jigsaw Groups as well as a rubric to assess students Expert Group gathering of information and participation, Jigsaw group sharing of information and participation, as well as note-taking skills.

Great for end of unit or semester review and test prep. Includes printable Bingo Cards, 42 literary terms and definitions, student word bank, and definition slips for bingo calling. Downloaded in a doc. format for easy modifying. (Fonts used: Jokerman and Cooper black, though may not display that way in thumb nail preview.)

Fun whole class math game for practicing reading whole number place value. Students listen for their number as classmates read their card. Example: I have 43,219... who has 12,006. Comes with 32 printable cards.

Animated and interactive Powerpoint Presentation to teach transformation of figures. Includes explanation and examples of translation, rotation, reflection.

Get your new school year off on the right foot with this Classroom Procedures and Routines Chart. Chart is editable and works for elementary and secondary classrooms. Chart can be filled in electronically or printed.

This product can be used with any word bank, vocabulary list, or book. After learning parts of speech, students can demonstrate their understanding by categorizing their word lists by parts of speech. Can be used as a practice worksheet or assessment.

Help students set score and time goals for their MAP test with this handy printout. Word document can be edited to change testing season or subject. Two handouts per page.

Students create a fictitious story's book jacket to display their understanding of genre and summarizing. This is a basic rubric to accompany the project.