Read Write Empower

I use this t-chart and cards for my students to complete a cut-and-sort. Some of the cards are the causes of the Revolutionary War and some are effects. I have students put this in their social studies ISNs to study, but you could also take it for a grade. The events include: - The French and Indian War - The Stamp Act - The Townshend Act - The Boston Massacre - The Boston Tea Party/The Intolerable Acts -The First and Second Continental Congress - The Declaration of Independence - The Articl

This is a graphic organizer that shows our current elected government leaders for each of the three branches of government. It includes the position name, a blank (to fill in the name of the person - see names below), and a picture to help students put a face to the names that they may hear about in the news. We put this chart in our social studies ISNs (Interactive Notebooks) for students to refer to when we learn about our government and the Constitution. This also explains how Representati

I use this fluency intervention lesson plan template to use daily with my fluency intervention groups. These groups are formed of the students struggling most with reading fluency. Each day, we focus on a different part of reading fluency or a specific drill. Mondays and Wednesdays, we do high frequency word and phrase drills. Tuesdays and Thursdays are for speed and accuracy, which can be more focused on individual areas of struggle. On Friday, we focus on prosody, intonation, and pacin

This graphic organizer works great for intermediate elementary grades when analyzing an author's craft during an author study unit. The graphic organizer includes prompts with descriptions to get students thinking about: - Word Choice - Themes - Character Development - Sentence Structure - Purpose for Writing/Common Genres - Figurative Language - Tone -Other Things We Notice/Plot Lines I used this graphic organizer as a pre-writing organizational tool to help my students write a style stateme

There are two behavior goal charts included in this product. You will set behavior goals for the student (the number is up to you) and record points that this student earns. There are two forms: 1. Daily form with box for each day 2. Daily form with time slots broken down (this helps identify if a behavior is increased during a certain class/time of day) If you are departmentalized, you can put the sheet in a folder to pass between teachers to record points. You can use these forms to guide

This activity was used to test my student's knowledge of main idea and details. After reading a story, the students wrote the main idea on the pizza crust and the details on the toppings. You can differentiate the activity by having students complete different numbers of toppings. This also includes a notebook anchor chart for students to refer back to when using main idea and details.

This test assesses students' knowledge about the early colonial period of the United States. Questions include information about the following: - Different countries and why they came to America to colonize - First European settlement (St. Augustine) - Roanoke and Jamestown colonies - Why English colonies were established - Colonial regions - Colonial historical figures (William Bradford, Anne Hutchinson, William Penn, John Smith, John Wise, Roger Williams) - Democracy vs. Monarchy The test ha

This quiz can be used to assess student understanding of the early English settlements in America, including Jamestown, Roanoke, and Plymouth. The file is editable to ensure you can align the quiz to your instruction and learning standards.

This PowerPoint was used to introduce the vocabulary for the weekly story "Meet the Super Croc" from the Texas Treasures Basal Reader. Each slide includes a definition, visual, and synonyms/antonyms.

This activity helps students practice long division with remainders while helping them stay interested by incorporating Mad Libs. Students begin by filling out random names and numbers, then fill them into a word problem. Students work to solve the problems using long division and can also draw a picture to show their thinking.

You can use this log when conferring with students to help them track their goals. I talk about what we can set as a measurable goal as readers during a conference, then provide the student with anchor charts or tools to refer to when working toward the goal. Students have space to record progress toward their goal by writing text evidence of the work they are doing as readers. I also make a photocopy of the organizer when the students complete it to keep on hand for RtI meetings, parent-te

I created these journal prompts to copy and glue into spiral notebooks for my second grade students to practice their writing over the summer. One prompt will be glued to the top of each page so students can flip through and write what they choose to for that day. There are enough prompts for them to write 1-2 per day. I also left some blank pages in the end of their spiral notebooks.

This quiz can be used to assess student understanding of the roles and responsibilities of each of the three branches of national government. The file is editable to ensure that the assessment is aligned to your instruction.

This quiz can be used to review parts of speech. Students sort various words into their parts of speech and then identify nouns, verbs, and adjectives in sentences.

This 10 question quiz can be used to go with America: A Weaving by Bobbi Katz, a poem in the Texas National Geographic Reach Textbook for ESL and Bilingual Students. The quiz has a variety of multiple-choice and open-ended questions across different reading skills.