Mac Daniel

This file provides a text structure graphic organizer for each type of text structure: description, cause and effect, problem and solution, chronological/sequence, and compare and contrast. There are also two full-sized copies in both landscape format and portrait format. A smaller version is included with two-per sheet. In addition, I've included full-size copies of each type. A new addition is 8x11 posters of each type that you can post in your classroom to help remind students of the five t

This 50-question test covers each of the following concepts: -open/closed shapes -plane shapes (point, line segment, line, ray) -angles in plane shapes -polygons (triangle, quadrilateral, pentagon, hexagon, octagon, decagon) -sides of polygons (intersecting, parallel, perpendicular) -quadrilaterals (square, rectangle, rhombus, trapezoid) -triangles (classifying by types of angles and/or length of sides) -sorting plane shapes using Venn diagrams It can be used as a cumulative assessment, as an as

This file contains 9 pages, and each page contains four cut-apart cards for a total of 28 passages. Each card features a short paragraph on topics in American history between 1900-1950. The events on the cards are roughly in order by date but not perfectly so. Because of the content, the cards could be used for reading, social studies, or a decade project. Topics included are: -The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake -The First License Plates -The Assassination of President McKinley -The 1918 Flu P

This non-fiction book report choice board provides nine formats for students to choose from including: -a traditional written book report -a museum display -a book jacket -a TV interview -an original poem about the book -a graphic novel -a short documentary -a map -a picture book with captions This choice board also gives the students the option to propose their own book report ideas to you for your approval. Included with this choice board are a rating sheet (2 per page), a graphic novel te

This Tic-Tac-Toe Choice Board allows students to choose which activities they would like to complete while or after reading THE WISH GIVER novel. Activities include reading, writing, math, art, and history choices. The activities are designed to both foster students' creativity and create interest. In addition, there is a bonus activity where students can choose to research the Salem Witch Trials. Students choose either three or six activities to complete per the teacher's discretion, but y

This file contains the following: -Top bun (name of book, author, your name) -Tomato (description of the setting of your book) -Lettuce (name of main character and description) -Hamburger patty (summary of your book; you can add a second hamburger patty if you need more space) -Cheese (at least one theme of your book with evidence to support it) -Bottom bun (your rating and explanation; color the appropriate number of hamburgers out of 5) There is a rubric included at the end for grading p

This quiz tests students' knowledge of the differences among prose, poetry, and drama. The prose selection is taken from the Natalie Babbitt novel, TUCK EVERLASTING, and the drama and poetry selections are adaptations of the same text. Since I've used this without permission, it's a free resource. The quiz addresses fourth-grade Common Core concepts such as context, stage directions, point of view, setting, narration, cast of characters, dialogue, figurative language, mood, verse, and rhythm.

This free quiz requires students to compare accounts of the same topic and determine whether the source is firsthand or secondhand. Selections included cover The Oregon Trail, the sinking of the Titanic, the first moon landing, Helen Keller, and Amelia Earhart. If you like this quiz, please check out my other resources and consider becoming a follower. -created by Mac Daniel

This quiz requires students to read a non-fiction passage and then choose the best summary for the passage. The quiz contains twelve passages on the following topics: -oranges -pigs -dates (the fruit) -quartz -sunlight -rainfall around the world -types of earthquake faults -tea and how it's made -The Black Death -the mineral, beryl -state nicknames -the three regions of North Carolina Many of the passages support the fourth-grade science curriculum and the fourth-grade NC social studies curricu

This quiz contains eleven non-fiction passages. Students read each passage then choose the best main-idea for each. Students have a separate answer sheet where they bubble the answers, which makes for quick and easy grading. The passages cover the following topics: -how exercise benefits our health -cat vision vs. human vision -calculating a dog's age -emeralds -different types of grass -Blackbeard -Sir Walter Raleigh -Charlotte -how football scoring works -sweet potatoes -wild vs. domestic

This file contains 11 quizzes/practice sheets that cover Common Core multiplication and division concepts for fourth grade. In addition there is also a practice unit test with 14 questions, and a unit test with 27 questions. The quizzes, practice sheets, and tests cover the following multiplication and division concepts: -multiplicative comparisons -multiplication using the area model -multiplication using partial products -multiplication using the distributive property -multiplication using e

This file contains 19 pages, and each page contains four cut-apart cards. There are a total of 68 questions, covering every fourth grade Common Core math concept. Cards are numbered and the Common Core standard is listed on each. There is also a student answer sheet included if you choose to use it. (I would recommend printing the cards on card stock and laminating them so you can reuse the activity from year to year.) Some standards have only one question, but there are multiple questions

This 20-question test measures proficiency on linear measurement (to the inch, half inch, and quarter inch) and reading and interpreting line plot data. It's suitable as a unit test, review, test prep, or remediation. -Created by Mac Daniel

Using models, students can see the relationship between mixed numbers and improper fractions. I generally provide either the mixed number or improper fraction, and then have the student shade the models and provide the corresponding mixed number or improper fraction. This file also contains a set of concentration cards. Students make matches by pairing the improper fraction with its mixed number. 18 cards are included. I've also included a cut-and-paste activity where students place eleven im

This file contains TWO quizzes, each with fourteen passages, and a twelve-passage text-structure sort activity. Students read the passages and then determine which text structure the author used: description, compare and contrast, problem and solution, cause and effect, and chronological/sequence. Teachers can introduce text structure with the sort activity and then use one of the quizzes to assess student progress. The second quiz could be used for reteaching, reassessing, or even as pre-/p

This book report choice board provides nine formats for students to choose from including: -a traditional written book report -a diorama -a book jacket -a TV commercial -an original poem about the book -a comic strip -a short movie -a map -a photo album This choice board also gives the students the option to propose their own book report ideas to you for your approval. Included with this choice board are a rating sheet (2 per page), a comic strip template (4 panels per page), a summary page,

This 28-question, multiple-choice test covers third grade Common Core multiplication and division concepts, including: -interpreting products of whole numbers -interpreting whole-number quotients -solving multiplication and division word problems -finding unknowns in multiplication and division equations -understanding division as an unknown factor -using strategies to multiply and divide -Created by Mac Daniel

This file contains one 28-question scavenger hunt. Set up is quick and easy, and students stay engaged! Directions: Mix up and place all the cards around the classroom. Students start at any passage, read, choose the main idea, and write its number on their sheet. Then they hunt for the card that has the number for the previous main idea in the top left hand corner to continue. If students find all of the correct main ideas, they should arrive back at their starting place at the end. Students

This 45-question test contains short answer, multiple choice, and matching. This test covers all the third-grade Common Core objectives, including: -equal parts -partitioning -finding fractional parts -equal shares -using fractional parts to find the whole -labeling fractions on a number line -finding equivalent fractions -comparing fractions -fraction terms (whole, partition, numerator, denominator, etc.) This test is more complete than my other one. This one contains more questions and a sec

This file contains an assessment for each of the fourth grade Common Core fractions standards. Included are: -an 18-question Equivalent Fractions and Simplest Form Quiz -a 21-question Common Denominators and Equivalent Fractions Quiz -a 13-question Common Denominators and Equivalent Fractions Practice Quiz -a 30-question Renaming, Adding, Subtracting, and Multiplying Fractions Test -a 30-question Renaming, Adding, Subtracting, and Multiplying Fractions Practice Test -a 25-question Adding, Subtr