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This 10-page study guide includes a fill-in-the-blanks review of each refugee's story, a fill-in chart of the similarities and differences of each story, questions for discussion, and an answer key for everything. The study guide can be filled in by students as they read the novel; it can be filled in as a class, especially for slower students; it can be used as homework assignments; and it can be used as a test

By K. Powers, M.S. Ed. Included: 41 terms with three clues each; an empty BINGO card; an example of a filled-in BINGO card; and a cover page showing examples of the terms. Use this review as a BINGO game, “spelling-like” bee, end-of-class filler, study guide or test. Each term has three different questions. They will print so that each term and its three questions fit on the front of an index card which you can use year after year. The 14 characters and 27 literary devices can be combine

Using a table of latitude and longitude points, students can track Hurricane Sandy from its tropical depression debut on October 22 to its landfall on October 29, 2012. The table and a template map is included. Also students can graph Sandy's lowest daily pressure (graph template provided) and Sandy's highest wind speeds (graph template provided). Five pages of data / templates and one page of suggested teacher uses are included in this six-page document. This activity would complement a ge

By K. Powers, MS. Ed. Your beginning readers will delight in a new kind of spelling test—CVC words shown in pictures. The pictures can be printed six to a page; they can be pasted to index cards; or they can be turned into transparencies for an overhead projector. No need for you to dictate! Children can spell moving along at their own rates while they laugh at the funny pictures. Meanwhile you can circulate to notice what problems individual students are having. Picture groups for all fiv

By K. Powers, M.S. Ed. Use this review as a BINGO game, “spelling” bee, end-of-class filler or study guide. Each term has three different questions. They will print so that each term and its three questions fit on the front of an index card which you can use year after year. 28 terms include: The Big Bang, Prehistory, Pangaea, Africa, Paleolithic Age, Neolithic Age, Ice Ages, Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Methods of Dating, Chronological Order, Relative Dating, Absolute Dating, B.C. o

Hurricane Harvey: What is included: • A table showing Hurricane Harvey data for many days: date, time, latitude, longitude, wind speed, air pressure, and storm designation. • An Atlantic Basin hurricane map on which students can track the latitude and longitude of the storm through the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. • A bar graph to fill in for wind speeds • A bar graph to fill in for air pressure • The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. • A comparison of Hurricane Katrina with Hurricane

By K. Powers, M.S. Ed. Included: 27 terms with three clues each; an empty BINGO card; an example of a filled-in BINGO card; and a cover page showing examples of the terms. Use this review as a BINGO game, “spelling-like” bee, end-of-class filler, study guide or test. Each term has three different questions. They will print so that each term and its three questions fit on the front of an index card which you can use year after year. If you use this activity as a BINGO game, photocopy one e

By K. Powers, M.S. Ed. Use this review as a BINGO game, “spelling” bee, end-of-class filler, or study guide. Each term has three different questions. They will print so that each term and its three questions fit on the front of an index card which you can use year after year, especially if you laminate them. 28 Terms used: Bill of Rights, 1st Amendment, 2nd Amendment, 3rd Amendment, 4th Amendment, 5th Amendment, 6th Amendment, 7th Amendment, 8th Amendment, 9th Amendment, 10th Amendment,

Hurricane Irma: Storm tracking, graphing and analyzing Hurricane Irma: What is included: • A table showing Hurricane Irma data for many days: date, time, latitude, longitude, wind speed, air pressure, and storm designation • An Atlantic Basin hurricane map on which students can track the latitude and longitude of the storm through the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico • A bar graph to fill in for wind speeds • A bar graph to fill in for air pressure • The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale

· Teacher information about this unit including discussion questions. · A list of 33 terms associated with hurricanes, each with three questions to identify the term · A map of the Atlantic Basin, showing latitude and longitude, to track the path of Ian; discussion questions · Two ready-to-fill-in bar graphs to show Ian’s wind speeds and barometric pressures; discussion questions · A Saffir-Simpson scale; discussion questions · A table showing years with least and greatest number of hu

The House on Mango Street BINGO By K. Powers, M.S. Ed. Included: 26 terms with three clues each; an empty BINGO card; and a cover page showing examples of the terms. Use this review as a BINGO game, “spelling-like” bee, end-of-class filler or study guide. Each term has three different questions. They will print so that each term and its three questions fit on the front of an index card which you can use year after year. 26 terms used: 4006 Mango Street, Alicia, Aunt Lupe, Cathy, Earl of Tenn

Data about tornadoes in the form of bar graphs, maps, and tables allow students to use science, math and geography to learn facts about tornadoes, to analyze them, and to draw inferences. Each page of data is followed by a set of questions helping students to make sense of the numbers. Answer keys provide additional information. The data includes a bar graph of US Annual Tornado Count, a map of Tornado Alley, a table breaking down tornadoes by their severity, a table identifying EF Scale wind

By K. Powers, M.S.Ed. Hurricane Matthew: Interpreting raw data: Students will use a provided map and data to plot latitude, longitude and storm category. Students will use provided data to create a bar graph (template provided) of highest daily wind speed. Students will use provided data to create a bar graph (template provided) of lowest daily air pressure. Students will interpret data on casualties (provided). Questions and answers are provided for the teacher to help students interpre

Furia--Quick Study Guide is a nine-page text with detailed information on the setting; 17 characters; 10 themes; 8 places, teams, and motifs; and 15 direct quotes from the text. Teachers who have read the novel can months later come up to speed in five minutes by reading the study guide. Any of the quotes could generate class discussion or an essay. The detailed character descriptions identify relationships among the significant characters: how Andres foreshadows what Pablo might become, ho

By K. Powers, M.S. Ed. Several activities help students understand the science involved in the April 25, 2015, Nepal Earthquake. Those activities include: • Using a map to show the movement of India over millions of years to understand plate tectonics. Q & A provided. • Using a map to show the earthquake’s epicenter in order to locate the aftershocks and to understand what parts of Nepal suffered most. Q & A provided. • Using data on the first 30 hours of aftershocks to create a bar graph o

By K. Powers, M.S. Ed. Included: 27 terms with three clues each; an empty BINGO card; and a cover page showing examples of the terms. Use this review as a BINGO game, “spelling-like” bee, end-of-class filler, study guide or test. Each term has three different questions. They will print so that each term and its three questions fit on the front of an index card which you can use year after year. If you use this activity as a BINGO game, photocopy one empty BINGO card for each student. Let

By K. Powers, M.S. Ed. Use this review as a BINGO game, “spelling” bee, end-of-class filler, or study guide. Each term has three different questions. They will print so that each term and its three questions fit on the front of an index card which you can use year after year, especially if you laminate them. Terms include: English Civil War, Glorious Revolution, Magna Carta, Act of Settlement, Habeas Corpus Act, Petition of Right, Act of Toleration, Bill of Rights, Parliament, John Locke

Battles and Generals of the Civil War By K. Powers, M.S. Ed. Use this review as a BINGO game, “spelling” bee, end-of-class filler or study guide. Each term has three different questions. They will print so that each term and its three questions fit on the front of an index card which you can use year after year. 31 terms used: Battle of Fort Sumter; First Battle of bull Run or First Manassas; Battle of Wilson’s Creek; Battle of Fort Donelson; Battle of Pea Ridge; Battle of Glorieta Pass

Track and Graph Hurricane Laura includes a map of the Atlantic Hurricane Basin with latitude and longitude plot lines shown (geography); latitude and longitude points to plot on the map (geography and math); a discussion of GMT and how it relates to CST; directions on how to create two graphs, one on Laura’s wind speeds and one on Laura’s barometric pressure (math, science); discussion of facts about Laura (science, math, higher level thinking); and a table of the most severe hurricanes to hit t

Age of Exploration BINGO By K. Powers, M.S. Ed. Use these 24 terms as a BINGO review game, “spelling” bee, end-of-class filler, or study guide. Each term has three different questions. Items will print so that each term and its three questions fit on the front of an index card which you can use year after year. I supply my students with blank BINGO sheets and they write all the terms plus “Free” in the middle, mixing up the terms so that everyone’s card is different. As we play (with a