Tara T.

Writing rubrics are a great way to quickly grade writing and give a clear explanation of strengths/weaknesses! Included is a F.I.R.E. up your writing checklist (which can easily be adapted for a variety of assignments), a Bat Report Rubric (again, easy to adapt to whatever animal/area of research in your class), an O.R.E.O checklist for persuasive writing (O- did you give your opinion? R- do you have reasons? E- examples? O- restate your opinion) and a Dental Health Report variation of the F.I.R

Great way to review third grade math skills! Questions are designed and based on FCAT format/content!

The Biography Writing Project is a great way to start the year and encourage students to get to know one another! This project includes a planning sheet of questions for a student to use when interviewing another student, a rubric for quick and effortless grading and stationary to complete final drafts. My class completed this at the end of the year and it was a huge success! A great way to learn interesting details about each other, while organizing/categorizing information and completing a 5-p

A Teaching Survival Guide to make your new school year start off right (and easier)! Tips, tricks and templates to encourage a smooth sail! (Nautical/Pirate Theme with a parent letter, first week activities and a behavior plan!)

Ready to go writing rubrics for 5 areas! Letter writing, expository hiking essay, spring story, persuasive ad, and a basic template that you could edit and adapt to fit your needs. These rubrics offer an easy and efficient way for students and parents to understand key components and see areas of strength and weakness. Values can easily be changed if you want to weight certain areas higher than others based on your specific classroom instruction. (Plus- two rubrics per page- less copying!!)

St. Patrick's Day fun! Included is a Limerick Poem outline, Leprechaun Math Practice (including FCAT type math questions) and a Parent Note about bringing to school a Leprechaun Trap! Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Expository writing on Ireland! Perfect for St. Patrick's Day. Included is an outline-planning sheet (helping students write in the 5-pargraph format), as well as a grading rubric and publishing paper for the final copy.

Make your November and December a little simpler with my Holiday Rubrics and Assessments! A persuasive Thanksgiving themed assessment with the corresponding rubric is a great tool to monitor your student’s progress. A holiday tradition report with rubric and homework note allows everything to be done for you! Send home in December and then have the students share and present the last week before the holiday break. Also included is a holiday “editing” assessment. (Please change your margins to th