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This UNWRAP and CUBES printable bookmark(s) is geared to prepare students to apply the reading and math strategies while taking digital assessments. For instance, the "U" traditionally stands for "Underline the title". This poster states "Understand the title and genre" so that test takers can practice and apply with online testing platforms that may not allow for underlining. The goal is to have students prepare for online/digital reading and math tests with strategies that aren't limited to

This CUBES mini printable poster is geared to prepare students to apply the CUBES math strategy while taking digital mathematics assessments. For instance, the "C" traditionally stands for "Circle the Numbers". This poster states "Check for Numbers and Units" since circling numbers isn't always possible with online testing platforms. The goal is to have students prepare for online/digital math tests with a strategy that isn't limited to paper-pencil assessment formats. Thanks for checking it

This UNWRAP mini printable poster is geared to prepare students to apply the UNWRAP reading strategy while taking digital reading assessments. For instance, the "U" traditionally stands for "Underline the title". This poster states "Understand the title and genre". The goal is to have students prepare for online/digital reading tests with a strategy that isn't limited to paper-pencil assessment formats. Thanks for checking it out!

Get your students ready to type their essays with this practice/template designed for upper elementary students and based on the Florida B.E.S.T. standards and FAST testing. This Google Doc can be shared with students to type their responses directly onto, printed, or modified to be used with other sources and/or prompts. The default document includes public domain space theme sources and prompts. The top two pages are expository, and the bottom page is argumentative.

Teammates, Are your students ready to go old-school? Do you have a stack of Ranger Rick magazines that are begging for some new use? This is a self-paced, self-guided partner animal research mini-project where students choose a Ranger Rick magazine, examine for key features (similar to a scavenger hunt), and analyze an animal article. The focus is on main idea, central idea, key details, creative thinking, fluency, text features, writing, and word choice. Step 1: Have your Ranger Rick c

This weekly reading log offers practice with the Florida B.E.S.T. 4th grade ELA reading comprehension and vocabulary standards in conjunction with students' weekly independent reading practice.  Each weekly log focuses on one standard, with written practice in the form of question stems, charts, and/or checklists.  This can be used as homework, a center activity, or following independent reading time.  Columns include days of the week (Monday - Thursday), title and type of text, standards prac

This 4th grade writing elaboration practice focuses on improving sentences with word choice, thinking more deeply about the topic, and analyzing students' own writing for areas to improve. Students can work independently, collaboratively, or in a small group/center to create more elaborate and detailed sentences, share ideas, or challenge each other to write the "spiciest sentence of all time". Thanks for checking it out and best of learning! Florida B.E.S.T. Standards: ELA.4.V.1.1  I can use