Resources with Rees

This is a comprehensive checklist for the revision and editing process that I gave to my students. It follows the idea of the D-A-R-E style of prompting for revisions and then I added my own elements as well. There is a space for more descriptive comments at the bottom for additional elements. It was useful for peer reviews and also when I was reviewing their work during conferencing, and eventually acted like a rubric as well. I ensured that I did plenty of modelling with this tool prior to

A reflecting activity to use whole class or in small group regarding acts of relational aggression or bullying that is not as overt. This involves ranking, reflecting on acts of aggression that you have experienced or contributed to. Also involves a prompt for considering ways to improve in the future. I used this in a small girls groups for middle years and it got some very deep thinking going. Began with individual ranking followed by discussion, and then moved to individual journalling on t

Working on an early human/hominid social studies unit? This project has students doing the investigating themselves while developing a creative format for presenting their findings! In this projects students work in pairs and must select one of the early types of hominids (Habilis, Erectus, Cro Magnon, or Neanderthal) and investigate the Who, What, When, Where, How and Why of these early humans' existence and document their findings using the research organizer. Students are to then present

I use this for simple 5 paragraph persuasive essay planning for students. It is a clear and easy to follow graphic organizer and you'll see the third body paragraph is bolded and marked a place to plan for where students acknowledge an opposing argument to their main idea - a practice I have found very useful for supporting critical thinking and debate skills.

A mini inquiry task that has students do a structured inquiry into two technological innovations from Ancient Egypt, and then as a class jigsaw with one another to get information on the entire list Egyptian inventions. At the end is a problematized prompt for students to write a persuasive paragraph defending which of the tools they believe to be the most significant.

A powerpoint that gives a brief overview of one of the most critical art history movements in history: the Renaissance! This powerpoint reviews a small part of its origin and hallmarks of the art form using clearly labelled reference pieces. I pair this with my art movement art poster assignment for students to do a follow up assignment on.

Get your Science students inquiring into the different types of light in this inquiry style poster project! Here, students must investigate one of the five main types of light (bioluminescent, chemiluminescent, phosphorescent, fluorescent, and incandescent), create a visual poster and then to consolidate their learning of the 5 types, they must gallery walk their classmates' posters and takes notes to submit! Included is the marking rubric with both a quantitative and qualitative element for a n

This is a brief and simple writing rubric that is editable, friendly for fiction and non-fiction pieces and allows for both quantitative and qualitative feedback! I used it for the students' journals, but it could be adapted for other writing projects as well. It is intended to be cut and half and then attached to the students paper!

To start off our grade 8 social studies year, covering everything from worldview to early humans to all the way up to the industrial revolution, I have students do a quick draw about what comes to mind based on some key vocabulary terms. We then share and compare and have a good discussion about prior knowledge and how it influences us, and then how we might synthesize knowledge gained from this year into new quick draws by the end of the year. Bonus points if you can save the start of the ye

Project Outline and Rubric Combined for an Art History Movement Poster Assignment for Students!