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Effective Formative Assessment is one of the hallmarks of excellent teaching. The most skilled teachers do it constantly, making it look effortless. But consistent and effective formative assessment does not happen on its own. Stick this resource in your planning binder and use it guide to jump start your thinking about strategies for understanding your students' skills and abilities. This concise resource also serves as a vibrant, cost effective resource to distribute during relevant PD s

This worksheet guides students through a simple activity to practice using litmus indicator to identify liquids as acidic or basic (alkaline). It begins with an introduction to pH (including a pH scale) and indicators, and then guides students to test common household liquids using red and blue litmus paper. If desired, the activity can be modified to test other indicators. Through completion of the activity, students will demonstrate their ability to identify liquids as acid or alkali usi

Ecosystems Word Wall provides bold key words and colorful images to help students keep track of vocabulary for this important foundation concept. Words listed include... sun community population species ecosystem food web food chain producer consumer trophic levels energy pyramid decomposer predator prey Just print, cut and post! Oh... and don't forget to leave feedback please. Enjoy!