The Researcher

INTRODUCTIONHello fellow educators!  I’m Kristen Gineman and I teach 4th Grade.  I pride myself on my organizational skills and enjoy creating usable documents from troves of data.  I hope you enjoy using this product as much as I have! PurposeI enjoy using my MAP data to inform my instruction, especially at a differentiated level.  The Learning Continuum report is wonderful in offering up the information that I need to make sound groups and it guides my small group instruction for next level le

This Google Slide resource can be used to teach and practice finding the GCF and dividing the fractions to come to Simplest Form. There are 20 slides for the students to work with plus an example slide at the beginning.

This is a story mountain plot map that can be used as a drag and drop summative activity after reading the book Because of Winn Dixie. This can be used in the classroom or be assigned to students remotely. I am using it during remote learning, as a teacher led activity. I will have my students in a google meet with split screen so they can watch me teach while they manipulate their own copy of the document.

This is a worksheet for students to list the first 10 multiple of several different numbers. Students can then circle shared multiples.

NOW EDITABLEFor use with Reading: Literary, Informational, and Vocabulary MAP Data, Including DesCartes Vocabulary List Math is a different product that is also available. Here is the link: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/NWEA-MATH-MAP-Report-Learning-Continuum-Doc-Grouping-and-Instruction-Editable-7589531 I have created a resource for teachers who use MAP and would like to use the MAP reports for differentiating and teaching next steps. On the NWEA site, I find it troublesome that

For use with Reading: Vocabulary MAP Data including the Descartes Vocabulary List. Reading Literary and Informational Available Separately. Math Coming Soon. I have created a resource for teachers who use MAP and would like to use the MAP reports for differentiating and teaching next steps. On the NWEA site, I find it troublesome that there is such a wonderful trove of data in such an unusable format! The online "Learning Continuum" is fantastic, however, there is too much data to look at in o

For use with Reading: Informational MAP Data. Reading Literary Available Separately. Reading Vocabulary and Math Coming Soon. I have created a resource for teachers who use MAP and would like to use the MAP reports for differentiating and teaching next steps. On the NWEA site, I find it troublesome that there is such a wonderful trove of data in such an unusable format! The online "Learning Continuum" is fantastic, however, there is too much data to look at in one place. I have created a strea

For use with Reading: Literary MAP Data. Reading Informational, Reading Vocabulary, and Math Coming Soon. I have created a resource for teachers who use MAP and would like to use the MAP reports for differentiating and teaching next steps. On the NWEA site, I find it troublesome that there is such a wonderful trove of data in such an unusable format! The online "Learning Continuum" is fantastic, however, there is too much data to look at in one place. I have created a streamlined document f

This is a packet to create a rough and final draft for any benchmark writing prompt on the subject of compare and contrast. Student will compare and contrast using themselves and a friend. Activities included are: ~Definition and Prompt along with an Example using a cat and dog. ~An Interview Sheet for the student and the friend they have chosen to work with. ~A Draw You and Your Friend activity for Visual Learners. ~A Follow Up to the Interview where students list things about themselves on on

Here are some soccer goals to have your students write in the school goals during the first week. I handed them back in December so they could see if they could check any off yet and refresh their memories on what they wanted to accomplish.