Marieke Hopp

This directions page with rubric has the students pretend they are a water droplet, telling the story describing what they go through in the water cycle. They may start anywhere in the water cycle, such as in a puddle, or in a cloud. I had my students write the story on paper in the shape of a water droplet, mounted on blue construction paper.

This document includes a letter to students and parents with all directions and expectations, as well as a rubric, and note taking sheets for the students. A total of 4 pages. The product will be a haunted house 3-D project or poster, where all story elements will be hidden behind doors and windows. Students love this project!

Fun science experiments for students to investigate the skeletal and muscle systems. The activities include removing minerals from bones, investigating the usefulness of thumbs, and overworking muscles. The lab pages have materials listed and questions to guide students through the activities.

Fun science experiences for students to investigate the respiratory system. The activities include measuring how much air you breathe in a single breath and the number of breaths a minute. The lab pages have materials listed and questions to guide students through the activities.

After reading "The Greedy Triangle" by Marilyn Burns in math, students create their own geometry story. The file includes a page with the directions and 4-point rubric, as well as two pages of geometry vocabulary words with definitions.

Unit of study ready to go! Included: lesson plans, note taking pages with internet links for research, Exit ticket, and Triorama project with success criteria/rubric.

Fun science experiences for students to investigate the nervous system. The activities include protective eye blinking, reaction time, practice to improve learning, matching objects by touch, and testing skin sensitivity. The lab pages have materials listed and questions to guide students through the activities.

Fun persuasive writing task, with rubric! The students' objective is: Write a persuasive essay from a turkey’s point of view that tries to convince people that they should eat something other than turkey for Thanksgiving dinner. What kind of reasons could the turkey give? Also think about what people might like to eat instead and describe the meals. Use plenty of details and creative adjectives to help make your argument convincing.

Fun writing piece for Halloween! The directions are listed and a rubric is included: You are a scarecrow who is in charge of protecting all of the pumpkins in Farmer Fred’s pumpkin patch. I am shopping for a pumpkin to carve and put on my porch for Halloween. Objective: Write a persuasive essay from the scarecrow’s point of view and convince me why your pumpkins are not good for me to choose. Use plenty of details and creative adjectives to help convince me not to carve your pumpkins.

This document includes a letter to students and parents, a page with all directions and expectations, as well as a rubric, and note taking sheets for the students. A total of 6 pages. The product will be a newspaper with a cover story, advertisement with the theme and other story elements, an interview with the main character, and a comic strip. The students are excited to discover the various elements of this genre, such as exaggeration, symbolism, and things appearing in threes or sevens!

This document has multiple choice as well as open response questions for the novel Frindle.

Nine pages of vocabulary words as well as matching definitions. The pages are set up as small cards so students can cut out the words and definitions and use them for matching activities and other games.

This general rubric can be used when having students create a model of one of the body systems. It can be used with any system that you have studied.

The Say It in Six activity allows students to focus on the key story elements when summarizing a story. While students are reading, I have them make a list of important words. Then, after reading, students are to select the six words that best summarize the entire story. Each word is written in one of the boxes and they use it to retell the story to the class, and/or write a summary. I have also had the students work in groups, and as a group they need to come up with six words they all agree on

Two pages, ready to be used! Just fill in the tasks for each rotation and your students' names and project during guided math time to make your centers run smoothly! Make multiple copies of the anecdotal notes organizer and put them in a binder to easily organize your notes.

This document includes a note taking page with directions for the student, a page for the final copy, a simple rubric, and a letter that can be used for parents.

This document includes a page with directions as well as a rubric. Students select an animal they are interested in and research topics such as physical characteristics, habitats, life cycle, diet, etc.

This booklet is for students to make daily observations of butterflies while they go through their life cycles.

This document is a quick paper for students to fill out and communicate with parents that a homework assignment is missing. It lets students take responsibility for their work.

Assign the Google Slidedeck to your students and it can be used with any non-fiction book!