Luvin2Read

This task asks students to read two sources then write a narrative. This slide deck provides organizers to guide students through the steps of brainstorming events, developing the setting, creating an opening and closing, and using transition words. Great practice for building ELA stamina in our students in preparation for the SBAC ELA Performance Task, as well as familiarizing students with the academic vocabulary they will encounter in the instructions of the writing task.

This performance task mimics the SBAC in that it asks students to read two sources, answer two short response questions, one multiple choice, and then write an informational article for a magazine. Great practice for building ELA stamina in our students in preparation for the SBAC ELA Performance Task.

This tool will help students when learning the elements of drama.

This five-part task asks students to reason which payment plan would be the best to save money, multiply whole number and decimals (money), and find patterns in numbers, all the while explaining their thinking. Great practice for SBAC and building math stamina!

This task asks students to make schedules, adjust schedules, determine the costs of both ticket prices and food items using operations involving adding/subtracting decimals (money), converting minutes to hours, and more.

This performance task mimics the SBAC in that it asks students to read two sources, answer two multiple choice and one short response questions, and then write an opinion paper. Great practice for building ELA stamina in our students in preparation for the SBAC ELA Performance Task.

This is a 4-part task that puts students into a real-life scenario of weeding and planting a garden. This tasks involves operations with fractions, whole numbers, and time conversions. Great practice for SBAC and building math stamina!

This performance task asks students to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in a real-world situation throughout 5 rigorous problems. Great practice/review for SBAC testing!

This performance task mimics the SBAC in that it asks students to read two sources, answer two short response questions, one multiple choice, and then write an informational magazine article. Great practice for building ELA stamina in our students in preparation for the SBAC ELA Performance Task.

This performance task mimics the SBAC in that it asks students to read two sources, answer two short response questions, one multiple choice, and then write an informational article for a journal. Great practice for building ELA stamina in our students in preparation for the SBAC ELA Performance Task.

This task asks students to solve some constructed response questions involving division of unit fractions and whole numbers. Students will also multiply decimals and be asked to write a letter than explains mathematically why one sugar substitute is a better deal than another. Standards: 5.NF.7; 5.NF.7a; 5.NF.7b; 5.NF.7c Claim 2: Problem Solving Mathematical Practice 2: Reason abstractly and quantitatively

This task asks students to use what they've learned about volume to help an architect design aquariums. Perfect for SBAC test prep!

Students will practice their opinion-writing skills with this activity of writing a restaurant review! Includes organizational maps for pre-writing, instructions on writing an opening and closing paragraph, and an editing checklist.

This task mimics the look of the Smarter Balanced Performance Task for 5th grade and asks students to answer DOK 1, 2, and 3 level questions. Great to prepare our students for the SBAC.

This item reviews math concepts for 5th grade using the Smarter Balanced question stems. Following each question is the answer as well as the scoring rubric, so teachers and students will better understand how each type of Claim 2 question will be scored.

This summarizing task guides students through the process of summarizing using a video clip of the famous "I Love Lucy" chocolate factory scene. My students had a blast with this activity and it was so much fun watching their faces as they were viewing the video clip!

This digital activity asks students to watch a video about how setting can affect characters in a story then apply what they've learned by creating a setting of their own in Google Slides to match the expression of a given character. My students had so much fun with this and loved sharing what they created with the class, even in a distance learning environment.

This item reviews math concepts for 5th grade using the Claim 4 Smarter Balanced question stems. Following each question is the answer, as well as the scoring rubric, so teachers and students will better understand how each type of Claim 4 question will be scored.

This digital activity focuses on adding/subtracting unlike fractions, along with an error analysis piece to gauge the level of student understanding.

In this performance task, students are asked to solve problems using strategies that include the modeling of multiplication using arrays and relating these models to mathematical equations, solve problems that involve multiplying whole numbers by multiples of 10, arguing/critiquing the reasoning of others, and providing an argument with evidence to solve a problem. Standards: 3.OA.1; 3.OA.3; 3.OA.7; 3.OA.8; 3.NBT.3 Claim 2: Problem Solving Mathematical Practice 2: reasoning abstractly and quanti