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This product is a gallery walk of significant events related to the 8th Grade Social Studies STAAR Test. Included is a worksheet with 52 questions and 52 Event Cards. This activity can be a traditional gallery walk with placards spread around the room or can be done on the computer with programs such as Nearpod and Google Classroom. An answer key is included.

This product pairs great with the 8th Grade Social Studies STAAR Quick Facts Study Sheet.

8th Grade Social Studies STAAR Quick Facts Study Sheet

Are you looking for new and fun ways to review for STAAR? Have you considered introducing STAAR/Standardized test prep with music? This 10 question assessment uses Encanto's song "Family Madrigal" as the text, and exposes students to question stems they will see on STAAR in May. The question stems are STAAR/CCSS aligned from previous years' assessments and focus on a variety of skills such as inferencing, summarizing, context clues, figurative language, plot, determining the meaning of words, synthesizing information, and theme in three formats. The zip file includes:

1. Set of 10 task cards and answer key
2. Self-grading Google Form with feedback to stamp the concept; easily integrates with Google Classroom!
3. Google Doc classic assessment and answer key

Other Lessons you might enjoy 

• STAAR Comprehension | PDF Google Forms & Task Cards | New TEKS Encanto Set 1 (TeachShare.com)
• STAAR Comprehension | PDF Google Forms & Task Cards | New TEKS Encanto Set 2 (TeachShare.com)
• STAAR Comprehension | PDF Google Forms & Task Cards | New TEKS Encanto Set 3 (TeachShare.com)
• STAAR Comprehension | PDF Google Forms & Task Cards | New TEKS Encanto Set 4 (TeachShare.com)
• Google Slides and Figurative Language Worksheet Disney's Encanto (TeachShare.com)

Ready to get your students moving and learning with an engaging, exciting, and all-around fun vocabulary review game that is sure to become a class favorite? Then, The Fly Swatter Game is right for you! Students compete to swat the fly with the word that matches the definition they are given. Multiple formats (project-to-board/screen or print options) and multiple game modes keep this game fresh and exciting. It's engaging, it's intense, but most of all, it's loads of fun that will have your students wanting to play again and again!

Use this game to review key terms relating to any subject area!

What’s Included:

• PowerPoint version of game board and instructions to be projected to a board, wall, or screen
• Larger flies that can be printed and cut out to use around your entire classroom
• Teacher instructions
• Student Study List for terms and definitions
• Teacher Vocabulary Call List to be used during gameplay

Fly swatters not included (I found cheap ones at the local dollar store!), but you can always have students use their hands or create their own fly swatters from paper!

Struggling Students? Power Up Their Learning with Interactive Study Secrets!

Tired of students saying "I studied but I still failed?" Unlock the secrets to effective studying with our interactive Google Slides presentation, Study Secrets Unlocked!

Students will learn:

• Powerful techniques to master information, not memorize!
• Interactive activities make learning engaging and fun!
• Formative assessments reveal strengths and weaknesses for personalized learning.

Teachers will gain valuable insights:

• Identify students' study skills to target areas for improvement.
• Easy-to-use format saves you time for lesson planning. ⏰
• Interactive elements boost student participation.

Empower students to succeed! Get Study Secrets Unlocked today!

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Visual learners delight with these character analysis graphic organizers! Help students uncover and focus on important character traits for writing and visualizing fiction and non-fiction characters. Includes critical thinking, problem solving, research skills, and test prep concepts. Includes: 3 Character Analysis sheets with traits boxes graphic organizers Background Profile graphic organizer Personal Profile graphic organizer Historical Info graphic organizer Character Road Map with directions 3 Road Map Symbols handouts Easy and fun to use with individuals and small/whole groups for analysis, close reading, building characters, and test prep in English, literature, and history classes for at-risk, GT, Pre-AP, AP, homeschool, etc...

Teach the process of timed writing with these timed writing/on demand writing posters These 12 posters are designed to help students prepare for the SAT/ACT, AP tests, college entrance exams, and more!

What's Included in the 12 Posters:

• What makes it difficult poster
• Process writing steps poster
• Timed writing steps poster (to compare the differences between process writing and timed writing)
• Prewriting posters
• Writing poster
• Revising & editing poster
• How to use your time posters including examples for 60 minutes and 30 minutes

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This is a one page letter addressed to students to give them reassurance/motivation during the state test or any other high stakes testing. This letter explains to the students how proud you are of them regardless of the results. It goes on to explain to them how the testing only measures how much or what they learned during the school year but emphasizes the positive character traits of them that cannot be measured by a test.

This resource would be great to leave on the students desks the morning off the assessments to start the day off on a positive note or to send it home a day or two prior to the test to help take the pressure off them that may have been building up.

AVID Vocabulary Game for SAT and ACT | Fishbowl Rounds: Help your students prepare for the SAT or ACT while building their vocabulary skills. During Fishbowl Rounds students have 60 seconds to spend in each of the 3 rounds where they have to use the vocabulary words in different ways!

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What's Included

• Directions poster
• Vocabulary list with 90 SAT vocabulary words
• Vocabulary log for students to record definitions and sentence examples for the vocabulary words
• 90 word cards to cut and place in a "fishbowl" for students to draw out of
• Editable template to add your own words

Directions

• Students have 60 seconds per round!

1 Clues

• Whoever is drawing cards may only use word clues to help their team guess the word. You may not use physical or actions and you cannot use the word in your clues.

2 dictionary

• Whoever is drawing cards must draw a picture to get the team to guess the word. You may not write words or use sounds or noises; it must be silent.

3 three words

• Whoever is drawing cards must use only THREE words to get the team to guess. These words can be repeated, can be said in different volumes or rates but must be only three words.

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This game will keep your students engaged and begging to review! Scores and teams change constantly so nobody knows who will win until the last card is chosen. It is very low prep and comes with 39 pages of cards. That is a total of 156 cards! It even has 4 blank pages so you can write your own cards if you choose. Your students will be asking to review with this exciting game!

Enhance Reading Comprehension with our Informational Text Marking Handout!

Empower your students to excel in reading comprehension with our engaging and effective Informational Text Marking Handout! This must-have AVID resource is designed to boost student understanding through strategic text annotation right at their desks. Your students will love this!

This handout is a game changer for educators seeking to improve literacy skills. By providing a structured approach to text annotation, students learn to identify key details, make connections, and deepen their comprehension effortlessly.

Key Features:

✨ Clear and Concise Design: This handout is hands-on-practice visually appealing and easy to use, making it accessible for all students.

✨ Promotes Active Learning: Encourages students to interact with texts actively, leading to improved retention and analysis.

✨ Supports Differentiation: Suitable for various grade levels and subject areas, promoting inclusivity and adaptability.

✨ Fosters Critical Thinking: Students develop critical thinking skills by engaging in purposeful text annotation.

✨Black and white & color versions

✨ English and Spanish versions included

Why Choose This Handout?

☑ Reading Comprehension Tools: Enhance students’ comprehension skills with a proven method that supports academic success.

☑ Teacher-Tested: Developed by experienced educators, ensuring practicality and effectiveness in the classroom.

☑ Engaging Resource: Captivate students’ interest in reading and analyzing texts with our interactive handout.

☑ Ideal for implementing AVID strategies daily in your classroom and setting up testing strategies and routines in your classroom.

Transform your classroom into a hub of active learning and literacy development! Download the Informational Text Marking Handout today and witness the positive impact on your students’ reading comprehension skills. Let’s empower students to become confident, strategic readers—one annotation at a time!

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Are you reviewing for the Algebra 1 Midterm and need a midyear review?! I've got you covered! This activity pack is engaging for students and include 14 different Algebra 1 topics and 14 different activities for your students to review the first half of the year! They will have a blast coloring, unscrambling words, completing matching activities and escape room codes! Instead of giving out that traditional review pack, give them this activity pack and see how their engagement level changes!

You will also get the actual powerpoint to project in your classroom to be able to go over any questions you want!

Answer Key included for all activities! You can even print these color coded answer keys and hang them around the room so as students work they can easily check their answers when they are done if you don't want to!

What is included:

1)Evaluating Expressions Matching Activity

2)Solving Inequalities True or False

3)Solving Linear Equations Maze

4)Identifying Functions Word Scramble

5)Evaluating Functions Escape Room

6)Consecutive Integer Word Scramble

7)Simplifying Expressions Coloring Activity

8)Irrational Numbers Coloring Activity

9)Converting to Slope-Intercept Form Individual Task Cards

10)Finding Slope & Y-Intercept Coloring Activity

11)Point on the Line Maze

12)Irrational Numbers Coloring Activity

13)Graphing Inequalities What Doesn’t Belong Activity

14)Domain and Range Matching Activity

15)Solving Linear Inequalities Coloring Activity

16)Answer Keys for all activities

17)The powerpoint for you to project and write on

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These testing in progress signs are so cute to use while testing, each day your students will pick from 10 versions the testing sign you are going to use in the Door sign for testing sessions. Save time with these ready-to-use, no-prep printables—perfect for classroom management, so you can print and go instead of handwriting. These signs help students, colleagues, administrators, and visitors easily understand that testing is in progress.

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Engage your students this winter with 20 winter-themed word problems that make solving equations fun and relevant! This printable and no-prep worksheet set is perfect for practicing both one-step and multi-step equations, designed to build critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Each problem is crafted with a winter theme, incorporating real-world scenarios such as sledding, snowball fights, hot cocoa, and more to keep students motivated and engaged. This versatile resource is great for classwork, homework, math centers, or test prep, catering to grades 6-8.

What’s Included:

• 10 One-Step Equations Word Problems

Perfect for practicing foundational equation-solving skills in engaging, real-life contexts.

• 10 Multi-Step Equations Word Problems

Challenge your students with multi-step scenarios that involve combining like terms, distributive property, and operations with integers.

Key Skills Covered:

• Solving one-step equations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division)

• Solving multi-step equations with real-world applications

• Practicing critical thinking and applying math in relatable scenarios

• Reinforcing integer operations, order of operations, and algebraic problem-solving

Why You’ll Love This Resource:

• No Prep: Simply print and go—perfect for busy teachers!

• Engaging Winter Theme: Seasonal problems students will love, with fun and relatable contexts.

• Aligned to Standards: Supports algebraic reasoning and equations, aligning with Common Core and other state standards.

• Versatile Use: Great for warm-ups, independent practice, assessments, or even extra credit.

Perfect For:

• Grades 6-8

• Pre-Algebra and Algebra Classes

• Math centers, sub plans, homework, and review activities

Keep your students engaged and learning this winter with this fun and effective equations worksheet. Download today to make algebra practice a breeze!

Turn classroom review into an interactive throwdown!

Throwdown Cards are a dynamic and fun way to assess student understanding and promote active participation in your small group sessions. This set of playing cards replaces traditional answer sheets with an engaging twist!

Here's How It Works:

1. Review Previously Taught Skills
2. Pose a Multiple Choice Question
3. Throwdown Time! Students Throw Down Their Card
4. Defend Your Choice
5. Question Review

Benefits of Throwdown Cards:

• Multiple Formats: Choose to use Throwdown Cards in Small Group at Teacher Table, in Workshop Stations, or make a class set for whole-class review!
• Engaging and Interactive: Move away from passive note-taking and transform review into a game-like activity.
• Immediate Feedback: See student understanding at a glance with the "throw down" motion.
• Promotes Discussion: Encourage healthy debate and peer-to-peer learning as students defend their answers.
• Boosts Confidence: Students are more likely to participate when answers are hidden initially.
• Versatile Use: Adaptable to various subjects, grade levels, and question formats (multiple choice, true/false, etc.).

Make learning an active adventure! Add Throwdown Cards to your classroom toolkit today!

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This product is a Scavenger Hunt related to the 8th Grade Social Studies STAAR Test. Included are 2 separate Scavenger Hunts with Placards for each one. They cover the ERAS of Exploration and Colonization, American Revolution, and the U.S. Constitution. This activity can be a traditional Scavenger Hunt with placards spread around the room or can be done on the computer with programs such as Nearpod and Google Classroom. An answer key is included.

This product pairs great with the 8th Grade Social Studies STAAR Quick Facts Study Sheet.

8th Grade Social Studies STAAR Quick Facts Study Sheet

Are you looking for new and fun ways to review for STAAR? Have you considered introducing STAAR/Standardized test prep with music? This 10 question assessment uses Encanto's song "What Else Can I do?" as the text, and exposes students to question stems they will see on STAAR in May. The question stems are STAAR/CCSS aligned from previous years' assessments and focus on a variety of skills such as inferencing, summarizing, context clues, figurative language, plot, determining the meaning of words, synthesizing information, and theme in three formats. The zip file includes:

1. Set of 10 task cards and answer key
2. Self-grading Google Form with feedback to stamp the concept; easily integrates with Google Classroom!
3. Google Doc classic assessment and answer key

Other Lessons you might enjoy 

• STAAR Comprehension | PDF Google Forms & Task Cards | New TEKS Encanto Set 1 (TeachShare.com)
• STAAR Comprehension | PDF Google Forms & Task Cards | New TEKS Encanto Set 2 (TeachShare.com)
• STAAR Comprehension | PDF Google Forms & Task Cards | New TEKS Encanto Set 3 (TeachShare.com)
• STAAR Comprehension | PDF Google Forms & Task Cards | New TEKS Encanto Set 4 (TeachShare.com)
• Google Slides and Figurative Language Worksheet Disney's Encanto (TeachShare.com)

Are you looking for a fun and engaging way to introduce yourself to your new students? Our editable Meet the Teacher Trivia Game is the perfect solution! This interactive activity is designed to help students learn about their teacher while fostering a positive and welcoming classroom atmosphere.

Key Features:

• Customizable Questions: Tailor the trivia questions to your personal interests and experiences, making the game more relevant and engaging for your students.
• Flexible Formats: Choose between a whole class 4 Corners format or individual Google Classroom assignments to accommodate different learning styles and classroom settings.
• Easy to Use: Our user-friendly template allows you to quickly customize the questions and answers, making it simple to prepare for your class.
• Educational Value: This activity helps students learn about their teacher while practicing critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

How to Play:

1. Choose a Format: Select either the whole class 4 Corners format or the individual Google Classroom assignment.
2. Customize Questions: Replace the placeholder questions with your own, ensuring they are age-appropriate and interesting.
3. Play the Game: Follow the instructions for your chosen format to conduct the trivia game.
4. Review Answers: After the game, review the correct answers and discuss any interesting facts or stories that came up.

Benefits:

• Builds Classroom Community: This activity helps students get to know their teacher and each other, creating a more positive and inclusive classroom environment.
• Enhances Engagement: The interactive nature of the game keeps students engaged and motivated to learn.
• Promotes Critical Thinking: Students must analyze and evaluate information to answer the trivia questions, developing important critical thinking skills.
• Personalizes Learning: By customizing the questions, you can make the learning experience more relevant and meaningful for your students.

Download our Editable Meet the Teacher Trivia Game today and start creating a fun and engaging learning environment!

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Move your mastery meter from "empty" to "full" as you use the chart to find expert peer tutors in your class. By the end of the semester, students' skills will improve through the use of peer tutoring. Easy to follow directions with lined chart.

Vocabulary Printable Game | Roll a Word Activity | Freebie: Student can use this roll a vocabulary word game in centers, for test prep, homework, small groups, tutoring, homeschool and so much more! AVID teachers can use the SAT/ACT vocabulary words found in our AVID Vocabulary bundle to practice their vocabulary skills!

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• 1 Roll a Word Vocabulary PDF Game Board

Directions

• Students roll the dice and then choose a word from their vocabulary list.
• Then follow the directions to practice the word.

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Is your classroom ready for a cosmic adventure? Eclipse! Chasing the Shadow of the Sun is an informational passage that you can differentiate to meet your needs AND pull in the excitement of the upcoming solar eclipse on April 8, 2024!

Product Description:

This downloadable resource provides a comprehensive and engaging reading passage about total solar eclipses, specifically designed to target high-frequency informational English/Language Arts skills.

What's Included:

• Total Eclipse Informational Article | An engaging informational passage that explores the history and science behind total solar eclipses.

• Multiple Choice Mayhem! | Assess your students' comprehension with a variety of question formats (Questions are the same, regardless of format):

  • Traditional multiple choice questions
  • Interactive task cards (perfect for individual practice or centers!)
  • A self-grading Google Form for easy assessment and instant feedback

• Skills Assessed:

  • Mastering context clues
  • Identifying the author's purpose
  • Drawing conclusions and making inferences
  • Finding evidence within the text
  • Grasping key details and summarizing information
  • Evaluating and interpreting graphics

Bonus! A handy answer key is included for effortless grading.

Benefits:

• Cross-Curricular: Bring in real-world experiences while you reinforce and practice English/Language Arts skills.
• Differentiation Fun: Cater to various learning styles with the multiple question formats.
• Engaging Assessment: Move beyond traditional worksheets - make learning interactive and exciting!
• Time-Saving Efficiency: The self-grading Google Form provides instant feedback, freeing you up for more individualized instruction.

This resource is perfect for:

• ELAR classrooms (Ideal for grades 7-9)
• Independent reading activities
• Collaborative station activities
• Independent practice
• Test prep/skills review
• Homeschool enrichment

Spark a love of learning and ignite curiosity about the cosmos! Download today!