Lisa Graham

This is a reading response sheet that uses the GATE icons of depth and complexity. It can be used by GATE and nonGATE students. It makes responding to non fiction books more meaningful and challenging than typical non fiction response sheets. It can be used for homework or as a guide for literature circles.

This checklist guides students in revising and editing their narratives. It is specific to narrative writing for upper elementary. It is designed to help students think about story elements, effective word choice, and the use of figurative language to make their writing more descriptive and interesting. It also allows for peer revising.

This is a revising and editing checklist for opinion writing. After students revise and edit their own papers, they hand the checklist to a peer who provides feedback on what the author has done well and what the author could improve upon.

Reading response log using GATE icons of depth and complexity. For use when students are finished reading a chapter book. Can be used with all students, not just GATE students. This response log makes responding to literature a more meaningful and challenging activity.

These QAR cards can be used by students while they're reading. Place several cards in a pile face down and students can draw cards to see what type of question they need to ask about the reading passage. The cards can also be used to identify the types of questions other students have asked/written. Students can write question words or stems on the back sides of each card.

This lesson plan template is largely based on Lakenna Chitman-Booker's book, The 5 E's of Inquiry Based Science. It can be used at any grade level. This lesson model inherently incorporates differentiation and gets students DOING science instead of being lectured about science.Most importantly, it's FUN for both the teacher and the students!

This book review guide uses the icons of depth and complexity to help students develop a review that is enticing to all who read it. It is designed to capture the imaginations of students and make them want to read the book. It can be used alone as a worksheet, or as a guide to a written book review. The student rates the book from one to five stars, coloring in the stars at the top of the page. The unanswered questions icon is for the reviewer to ask questions that will make the reader want to

This is a graphic organizer for students to use while reading a passage. It lists the common strategies that readers use when they need to clarify something in the passage. There are two columns: one to write down what they got stuck on, and one to write down the strategies they used to clarify.

This is a menu of projects on the water unit for fifth grade. It is differentiated for learning styles. It allows for student choice and gets students engaged in the learning process. Students can express their creativity and master the standards!

These worksheets/graphic organizers can be used for small group independent reading, such as literature circles or book clubs. Reciprocal teaching roles are assigned to each student in the group. These worksheets are great for accountability and will ensure that each group member is doing their part.

Students will use this form to evaluate their progress towards the scholarly pursuits. GATE and non-GATE students can assess their own behavior and use these assessments to set goals for themselves. It is a great tool for use at the end of each trimester and for student led conferences.

Great review game for addition and place value. Questions are worded in many different ways to provide a wide exposure to terms. There are 75 questions, 30 bingo cards, and one record sheet to keep track of numbers called. This game if perfect for end of the year first graders and second graders.

This is a rubric to score engineering design projects.

This is a memory book for the end of the year. It includes pages such as: Favorites Letter to the Future ME Special Moments What others think about me (each student places this page on their desk. They the rotate around the room, writing one positive compliment about each student in the class. By the time students get back to their own seat, they have a page full of positive statements about themselves. Autographs Accomplishments/Goals for next year and more

Literary Response and Analysis standards for fifth grade are listed with brief descriptions and an illustration for each standard. It also lists questions and sentence frames for use with each standard. It can be used as a handout for students and blown up on a poster machine to place on your classroom wall. It is a handy reference to have for any and all reading passages.

This is a scoring guide for science fair projects that follow the scientific method.

This log allows students to analyze all aspects of a word. Word analysis includes identifying blends, digraphs, vowel patterns, syllables, prefixes/suffixes/roots for the chosen word. Students choose a word from their reading that they need to clarify. They write the context that the word was found in and identify synonyms and antonyms for the word. Great for practicing dictionary and thesaurus skills.

This menu gives students a choice of response activities for the Houghton Mifflin story James Forten.

This project guide allows students to work through each step of the engineering design process.

This is a behavior management tool to help students that are struggling with behavior issues both in and out of the classroom. It focuses on behavior goals, not punishment. The student earns points for achieving goals during specific time periods throughout the day. It is a positive reward system as well. The sheet is sent home each day and is an effective home-school communication tool.