This download is for a compare and contrast worksheet on lions and tigers. Students will read the story, fill out the Venn diagram to compare and contrast, and as a bonus, highlight all the clue words to comparing and contrasting in the story. Answer key is included!
Teachers, vary your classroom review games using these low prep, fun and easy ideas with your grade 5, 6, 7 students.
Check out these test review ideas and activities to keep your students engaged during state testing season!
This week I have been visiting third grade classrooms to do lessons on strategies for success on the SOLs. Third grade students will be taking the SOLs for the first time starting May 13th. Some of them shared that they are feeling scared, nervous, worried, excited, etc. The goal of this lesson is to build their confidence and give them strategies to help them do their best. The lesson is titled "You're In Control". We started by watching this video: Next, we moved on to identifying strategies that can help students be successful on the tests. There are many things students can do before, and the day of the test to help them do their best. We talked about being in control of our success. We used the buttons on a remote control as examples for things we can do to stay in control. As a class we came up with lots of ideas and then students picked their top 10 for their remote control. Here is an example of what your student might be bringing home: Here is a list of some strategies the classes came up with: Prepare and study-use your resources Take your time, you have as long as you need Relax and take deep breaths Flag questions you want to go back and review Reread Get enough sleep Eat a good breakfast Take breaks: water, walking, bathroom Circle key words Wear comfortable clothes and dress for success Cross out wrong answers Use your tools remove distractions BE CONFIDENT! You're going to rock this test!
Competency assessment and exam prep for Board certified behavioral technician for applied behavioral analysis. TWO pdf downloadable printable packets for competency and the final exam. I myself am an RBT and have successfully passed my exam on 1st try! RBT packet for the final exam and everything you will need to know to pass with easy to understand verbiage and pictorials. RBT competency assessment answer guide and expected questions broken down in easy to answer/understand terms and examples. ABA registered behavioral therapists technician will have to complete a competency assessment given by a BCBA before being approved to go to the RBT exam final step in getting certified. Be prepared with this downloadable printable packet! I created this study guide for the rbt exam for myself. Adding visuals, and real examples in an easy to read format helped me pass the exam and competency the first time. This breaks down all you will need to know to review for the exam. Happy testing!
Ready to move beyond tired Jeopardy slides? Try a few rounds of the Flyswatter Game, a no-fail way to keep teens active and excited about test prep. Six Easy St
Print this free kindergarten assessment pack to use as end of the year testing for your kindergarten students. This is a great way to see where your students are at, and find any areas for development.
Stinky Feet is a test prep game with a funny name, but it provides a serious review that will leave your students begging for more. Check out this game's simple set up that can be used with any content for any subject area over and over again.
Test prep doesn't have to be boring and full. Amazing Race themed review is an engaging fun test prep that the students love.
Hey there bookworms! I’m so excited to be back with you for another round of bright ideas! Here we go! One of the things I loved about my position last year was being able to go into so many different classrooms and learn new tricks from the fantastic teachers in our building. One of my ... Read More about Beat the Bell {A September Bright Idea!}
Work the text! This reading test prep strategy helps students engage with and comprehend texts on state assessments. Read more and grab FREE printables.
100 reading, writing, language, listening questions you'll see on ELA standardized tests aligned to the College & Career Ready Standards.
This resource can be used on its own as a weekly assessment to guide instruction. However, is it particularly effective if used as a Friday assessment in conjunction with my 5-A-Day Math Review. My 5-A-Day Math Review contains 5 daily math tasks for (Monday-Thursday). This resource is now EDITABLE!!! Easily edit the student pages using PowerPoint
Are you looking for some new ideas or ways to use informal assessments in your classroom? This is a complete A to Z list of assessment ideas for you!
Play Jenga in the classroom for some engaging test prep review. Read this post for a practical way to play Jenga to review for any subject.
Hi there! I am SO excited to share my favorite resource with you! The STAR MKAS Test Prep task cards! Why was this resource created? I created these practice question cards in order to support my English Language Learners. What I found was that my kindergarten students were really struggling with the language of the STAR Early Literacy test questions. Often my students knew the content, but the language of the question was challenging to understand. I designed the cards to be closely similar to the actual test because often students had trouble navigating and knowing what the buttons were. How can I use this resource? Everyday, I would display a STAR practice question of the day. Students would use their fingers to show what they believe the answer is. It became a fun game in my classroom that they looked forward to everyday! Additionally, during small group I would end each group with 3-5 question cards to give students more practice with the language of the question. We would discuss key words in the question. What’s Included? 212 STAR Early Literacy practice question cards 64 STAR Early Numeracy practice question cards Answer Keys 2 Test Taking Door Signs 5 Testing "I Can" Statements 4 Growth on STAR Certificates IMPORTANT NOTE: * This is NOT a digital resource. The file format is PDF. IMPORTANT NOTE: * There is NO AUDIO in this resource. The listening rabbit is simply there to remind students to utilize the listening rabbit on the actual STAR test. When working in small groups, encourage students to “press” the listening rabbit if they need you to repeat the question. IMPORTANT NOTE: * These are formatted on the page like task cards. There are 4 task cards per page. I hope you enjoy this resource as much as I do and that your students continue to grow on STAR / MKAS! Erika How to get TpT credit to use on future purchases: Please go to your My Purchases page (you may need to login). Below each purchase, you will see a Provide Feedback button. Simply click it and you will be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a short comment for the product. Each time you give feedback, TpT gives you credits that you can use towards future purchases! ☺ STAR | STAR Test Prep | MKAS Test Prep | First Grade Readiness | Early Literacy | STAR Early Literacy | Test Prep | Test Practice | Assessment | Assessment Practice | Kindergarten | Intervention | Small Group
Struggle to keep your students engaged during test season? Shake things up with these fun and effective test prep games!
Assessing student learning is often boring, but this post describes creative and fun ways to assess student learning - especially for formative assessment!
This test prep activity is a spin-off on a graffiti activity. It has the students working with multiple partners to analyze questions and even compare and contrast each other’s work.
If you are searching for a Kindergarten Assessment or First Grade Assessment for the MAP Reading and Math, you have a found a great way for your students to review and practice. I included a color copy, as well as a black/white version for those who do not have access to a color printer. You can also use the black/white version to use in small groups, send as homework for extra practice, or for RTI and Early Intervention purposes. This NWEA MAP Practice Test is a perfect way for your students to get to know what will be included the test, as well to develop rigor. This test is a review for kindergarten and first grades. If you want a free sample of this product, click on the following link: NWEA MAP Reading and Math SAMPLE FREEBIE: Kinder and 1st distance learning (teacherspayteachers.com) What do you get? You get an NWEA MAP Practice Test for Kindergarten and First Grades in color and black/white. You also get 30 Practice WORKSHEETS in the Reading Test Prep Practice. The following sample questions are included: 1. Rhyming Words 2. Initial Sounds 3. Ending Sounds 4. Medial Sounds 5. Picture to word recognition 6. Alphabetical order 7. Words in a Sentence 8. CVC words 9. High Frequency Words 10. Capitalization 11. Letter Recognition 12. Word Recognition 13. Words with R-Blends 14. Words with L-Blends 15. Words with beginning digraphs 16. Words with ending digraphs 17. Sentence structure (fixing sentences) What do you get? You get an NWEA MAP Math Practice Test for Kindergarten and First Grades in color and black/white. And 15 extra practice worksheets. The following sample questions are included: 1. Part Part Whole 2. Shapes 3. Graphing 4. Place Value 5. Telling time to the hour, half our, and quarter hour 6. One to one correspondence 7. Cardinal Numbers 8. Addition 9. Subtraction 10. Greater than, less than 11. 1-10 Number Line Counting 12. 1-20 Number Line Counting 13. 1-30 Number Line Counting 14. Math Word Problems 15. More or Less 16. Using dice for adding 17. Money (coins)
No logins - no problem! If you are like me and are drowning in test prep ideas but need something low prep and FREE then look no further! I have been lagging in the test prep department. I have seen so many great ideas from other people but with spring break and Easter craziness have not got a chance to implement. If you are in the same situation I'm here to save the day! We normally have MAP practice books - how boring - but great to review skills. We have online testing in our state as I know most do in the US. I wanted students to have opportunities to practice online testing in a way that is fun but costs my school no money. We don't have MobyMax or IXL sadly and it's a little too late to get them now so I scrambled and found some amazing ways to practice that are FREE! Run don't walk to get these in your classroom NOW!! Now don't get me wrong, I'm all for task cards and spiral review but when it comes to crunch time even though I say it every year - I still feel like we need a comprehensive review. I need something fast (preferably self checking) that I can get immediate reteaching in if necessary -- these ideas incorporate all that!! 1. Mr. Nussbaum Reading Passages What a lifesaver! These reading passages look exactly like our state testing with the passage on one side and the questions on the other. Self checking or self paced - BONUS!!! They are listed by GRADE LEVEL - a great tie in to history or science!! 173 reading passages - all FREE -- listed by grade level -- can't go wrong. Some stories like the one below even offer multiple quiz choices. Here is a sample of the quizzes. They are timed (our state tests this year are not) but it has a great layout. The best part - ALL FREE!!! My plan to use these in my classroom is through our computer time. All these quizzes are iPad accessible (so the website says - I have not tested) I plan to do these a couple times this week and assign some on Seesaw to students that have internet access at home. I would just make this a "app" on my iPad in order for students to access easily. This would also make a great site to use whole group and practice testing strategies. I might try that once this week to show more examples of types of questions, narrowing down options, highlighting words, etc.. on Smartboard like students are able to do on the real test. Next year, I plan to incorporate these as a center in our room with a recording sheet. They must complete the quizzes with a designated percentage or redo with me. 2. Prepdog.org Another amazing FREE lifesaver! We used this site already today and I was able to modify our grammar review based on what I saw my students needed to review! No logins! I got this great website idea from Stephanie at Teaching in Room 6 Head to the website click on your grade level and Common Core. For us it was the blue pawprint. Next you see the list of tests available to take. Since I do not teach math, I made a short recording sheet for scores with just the 1-17 and 1-3. We started doing the language tests (10 questions each) and they recorded their scores. If I had dishonest students, I would record scores or a partner would. I was immediately able to see we needed to review who/whom and can/may/must again before testing. Each 10 questions focuses on a specific skill although not named it is easy to figure out. We do not study the names of all tenses so we skipped one but I feel it was extremely valuable for students. Below is what a sample test looked like. Easy to choose answers and it GRADED after you click "Check Your Work." Easy peasy! We did notice some slight spelling errors so it wasn't 100% perfect but overall an excellent easy way to practice with great immediate feedback. 3. Jeopardy Games I found some FREE review ELA games all geared toward 4th grade just by typing them in. It was extremely easy to follow and although I modified some questions to fit more to our class, they turned out great. I like these more than some other game shows. My version: I pair students up. They get a dry erase board and every single team answers every question. They keep their own scores after I acknowledge they got it right and then I choose 1 team to pick our next question. Everyone is involved the whole time. This could also be played in small groups for reteaching and you could certainly make your own templates but this worked much faster! Here are some other links to ELA grade 4 games that I plan to play as often as allowed for some fun review: (Just Google your grade level to find some you can use) *I did not make these* Language Arts ELA Review 1 Language Arts ELA Review 2 Language Arts ELA Review 3 Language Arts ELA Review 4 Language Arts ELA review 5 - Powerpoint Jeopardy game 4. Scholastic News I love these Scholastic News Reading Skills Practice Tests. They provide one for Fall and Spring of that year and you can download the 2 previous year versions as well. ‼️ CHECK IT OUT ‼️ if you get @scholasticinc News then you must check out these nonfiction reading skills assessments: 1️⃣ High Interest 2️⃣Current 3️⃣ Rigorous Beats my basal resources to help my students!! Go download these!! #scholasticforthewin #scholasticrocks #nonfiction #iteach345 #iteachtoo #reading A photo posted by Amber Nicole (@sssteaching) on Jan 18, 2016 at 2:57pm PST Although these are not FREE (without subscription) it is worth noting in case you know of a teacher that does have a subscription and could use this! They provide great articles, questions, and even language questions! I send these instead of my regular HW packets leading up to testing. The paired texts make for great comparing with how high interest they are. 5. Listening Centers Finding great listening center practice for upcoming testing can be tricky. All year we practice skill driven listening center tasks. Students read or listen to a story and then answer questions just based on that skill. You can check out my post about NO PREP listening centers here. This gives great feedback to me as an educator and students get experience with test like methods and quality of questions. 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Use RAFT prompts to increase creative writing and synthesis. These can be used in all subjects for formative and summative assessments.
Today's standardized tests are far more demanding than those we took as children. Prepare your students for success with meaningful and engaging work!
This Camping Classroom Transformation is for elementary students to practice math skills while feeling like they are actually camping.
Preparing students to take online tests does not have to be difficult or frustrating. This post shares multiple and authentic online testing strategies.
Join a fun group of teachers for a study of Serravallo’s, The Reading Strategies Book. We're focusing on few of our favorite reading strategies. Teaching Theme Free Printable and Activities for 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grade. FREEBIE printables Theme anchor chart idea, lessons, passages, a graphic organizer, and a poster to use with your upper elementary classroom or homeschool students. These printable theme worksheets make a great activity. Use these printables for review, test prep, assessment, and more. third, fourth, fifth, sixth graders, homeschool
This is a 20 page test packet for George's Marvelous Medicine, by Roald Dahl. This product will help you to assess your students on their vocabulary, comprehension, and analysis skills, as they study the novel. The assessments contain matching, multiple choice, and short answer questions. I have included answer keys, but the way that you score and weigh it is up to teacher discretion. This is a no-prep quiz packet, with all answer keys included. ♥Use the printable OR digital versions; all options are included with your purchase! ♥Excellent for school OR homeschool. No-prep and so easy for teachers, parents, and students to follow! ♥Two digital options included! Students can either type directly onto the tests in Google Slides OR use the self-grading Google Forms version! The Google Forms version gives you instant data. (However, you will need to manually grade the written response questions only.) ♥Perfect for digital learning. Students can access the digital versions from home or school. Teachers and students can easily send this back and forth using Google Drive or Google Classroom! (The minimum that's needed is a free Google account. However, you may also contact me for help using this product on many other digital learning platforms!) ♥Eye-catching digital versions contain full-color, interactive adaptations of all resources. This product is not associated with this book's author or publishing company. The book must be purchased separately in order to be used alongside this product. THIS RESOURCE INCLUDES: 1) Three Assessments •Comprehension & Vocabulary Test #1-Chapters 1 to 7 •Comprehension & Vocabulary Test #2-Chapters 8 to 15 •Final Vocabulary Test •Assessments provided in 3 versions: printables, Google Slides, OR Google Forms! 2) Vocabulary Focus •Complete Vocabulary List organized by chapter and page number •Three challenge words chosen for every 2-3 chapters •Students are tested on these words on the assessments •A total of 21 words chosen 3) Easy planning and Low Prep •Table of Contents for easy navigation •Test Packet Student Cover for easy packets •All Answer Keys 4) Instructions for digital Google Slides Version 5) Instructions for digital Google Forms Version **IMPORTANT NOTES** After downloading this resource, you will need to unzip a zip file, which contains PDFs. These PDFs will contain a PRINTABLE version along with links for the DIGITAL Google versions too! To use the digital versions, you will need Internet access and a free Google account, OR Google Classroom. They will work on computers or iPads. You will also receive explicit, easy-to-follow instructions that will get you started in minutes! Students will be highly engaged and freshly invigorated as they type, draw, and diagram directly into the files on their computers or tablets. These versions are easily shared digitally between you and your students, without the hassle of paper, pencil, and copies. Additionally, the Google Forms assessments allow for self-grading and instant data! If you have any questions or technical difficulties at all, please do not hesitate to contact me! © Nothing but Class Resources, LLC This item is a digital download from my Nothing but Class store. As such, it is for use in one classroom only. This item is also bound by copyright laws and redistributing, editing, selling, or posting this item (or any part thereof) on the Internet are all strictly prohibited without first gaining permission from the author. Violations are subject to the penalties of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Please contact me if you wish to be granted special permissions.
Need standardized testing for homeschooling or looking for home school standard test prep for your state? We have a comprehensive guide to homeschool testing, assessment, and evaluation for homeschoolers, including choosing standardized exams for your state. We've even covered valid homeschool test alternatives to measure learning and reporting requirements for home educators (that have nothing to do with timed testing!).
Play Jenga in the classroom for some engaging test prep review. Read this post for a practical way to play Jenga to review for any subject.
Does your school use the NWEA MAP testing to assess student growth? This bundle was created to help support all first graders as they prepare for the NWEA MAP test. The bundle includes over 2000 practice questions aligned with the learning continuum and RIT bands used by NWEA MAP. This also serves an incredible amount of rigorous practice for kindergarten and intervention skills for second grade. The questions in this bundle are designed to help students review and master the skills they need to know for the NWEA MAP test. INCLUDED IN THIS BUNDLE: Primary MATH Practice Question Cards Primary MATH Question and Answer Slides Test Prep Primary MATH Centers Guided MATH Practice Slides Primary READING Practice Questions Cards Primary READING Question and Answer Slides Test Prep Primary READING Centers Guided Reading Practice Slides Primary Reading Sight Word Printables and Slides Primary Reading Digital Task Cards (Boom Cards) Primary Reading for Seesaw Use these test prep resources in the following ways: Activating prior knowledge before a lesson Check for understanding during guided practice “Show what they know!" exit cards (students' favorite!) Print and divide the black and white Quick Question cards onto several book rings to make the learning portable! Print the packet once and created multiple learning sets organized by RIT band. These half-pages would also work with as morning work, in daily journals and/or early finishers! Display the full-page color Question and Answer Pages to your small or whole group for more practice! There is one question per page, followed by an answer page. All graphics are in color with clean formatting to resemble the NWEA assessment for Primary Reading and Math - they are NOT the same questions. Warm-Up with the Guided Practice Sets in the whole or small group setting. Display the PowerPoint slides as your students apply their test-taking skills. Play with the games and centers differentiated by RIT Band range. Add these small group activities for students to review and show what they know! I created these resources after observing a specific need with my own students: language! Many of my students weren’t able to fully demonstrate what they knew because they were confused by the language…this often led to incomplete or incorrect answers. These practice questions helped them gain confidence while developing language skills to fully understand the questions they would be asked on the assessment. Each set included in this bundle is also featured individually in my store. Please use the links above for a closer look! Answers and/or Answer Keys are provided for ALL 2000+ questions! This bundle offers over 40% savings from the individual product prices. The preview provides more information and a closer look at the learning materials. Copyright © Positively Learning. All rights reserved by author. This product is to be used by the original downloader only. Copying for more than one user is prohibited. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Clipart and elements found in this PDF are copyrighted and cannot be extracted and used outside of this file without permission or license. See product file for clip-art and font credits.
This lesson provides a meaningful way to use student led learning as students teach the teacher. Want a creative exit ticket activity, error analysis assessment or test prep practice? This ¨Grade the Teacher¨ Exit slip activity is a perfect way to build critical thinking skills and assess student mastery and understanding of ANY skill by having students grade work done by YOU, the teacher. It’s perfect for spiral review, standardized test review, or end of the year activities. As you fill in worksheets or tasks with answers, make errors your students will identify, correct, and grade. It provides valuable error analysis and reasoning opportunities. Students love being the teacher. A grading rubric, Grade the Teacher blank “write in” templates, a Coaching/Conferencing check list and a student ¨Teacher Certification¨ certificate are part of this file. PDF document file and Powerpoint versions are both included to fit your preferences. SEE MY OTHER DOLLAR DEAL HERE You may also like: Initial Island Map Project Be the first to know about discounts, freebies and new resources! *** Follow me on TPT ***Join my Facebook Group Purchases are for single classroom use and are in digital download format. The original purchaser is entitled to make copies for their personal classroom only. Sharing or redistributing this purchase online in any manner, or with an entire grade level, school or district is prohibited. For use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses.
This worksheet contains basic conceptual questions about Comparing Monocots and Dicots. This engaging worksheet is great for science class practice, a quick assessment tool, a quiz, a science station, a homework assignment, morning work, early finishers, bell ringers, or lesson plan supplements. What’s included in this resource? Printable and editable Student Worksheet (PDF and Word document) Paperless digital version for use in Google Drive (Prepared with Google Slides) Complete Answer Key For updates about sales and new products, please follow my store: Science Worksheets Your feedback is important to me and can help you earn credits on TpT! Please rate this product.
This is a 17 page test packet for Out of the Dust, by Karen Hesse. This product will help you to assess your students on their vocabulary, comprehension, and analysis skills, as they study the novel. The assessments contain matching, multiple choice, and short answer questions. I have included answer keys, but the way that you score and weigh it is up to teacher discretion. This is a no-prep quiz packet, with all answer keys included. ♥Use the printable OR digital versions; all options are included with your purchase! ♥Excellent for school OR homeschool. No-prep and so easy for teachers, parents, and students to follow! ♥Two digital options included! Students can either type directly onto the tests in Google Slides OR use the self-grading Google Forms version! The Google Forms version gives you instant data. (However, you will need to manually grade the written response questions only.) ♥Perfect for digital learning. Students can access the digital versions from home or school. Teachers and students can easily send this back and forth using Google Drive or Google Classroom! (The minimum that's needed is a free Google account. However, you may also contact me for help using this product on many other digital learning platforms!) ♥Eye-catching digital versions contain full-color, interactive adaptations of all resources. This product is not associated with this book's author or publishing company. The book must be purchased separately in order to be used alongside this product. THIS RESOURCE INCLUDES: 1) Two Comprehension & Vocabulary Assessments •Matching, Multiple choice, and Written Response questions •Assessments provided in 3 versions: printables, Google Slides, OR Google Forms! 2) Vocabulary Focus •Complete Vocabulary List organized by chapter and page number •Three challenge words chosen for every section •Students are tested on these words on the assessments •A total of 24 words chosen 3) Easy planning and Low Prep •Table of Contents for easy navigation •Test Packet Student Cover for easy packets •All Answer Keys 4) Instructions for digital Google Slides Version 5) Instructions for digital Google Forms Version *This product is contained within my complete Out of the Dust Novel Study, found at the following link: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1383856960/out-of-the-dust-novel-study-unit **IMPORTANT NOTES** After downloading this resource, you will need to unzip a zip file, which contains PDFs. These PDFs will contain a PRINTABLE version along with links for the DIGITAL Google versions too! To use the digital versions, you will need Internet access and a free Google account, OR Google Classroom. They will work on computers or iPads. You will also receive explicit, easy-to-follow instructions that will get you started in minutes! Students will be highly engaged and freshly invigorated as they type, draw, and diagram directly into the files on their computers or tablets. These versions are easily shared digitally between you and your students, without the hassle of paper, pencil, and copies. Additionally, the Google Forms assessments allow for self-grading and instant data! If you have any questions or technical difficulties at all, please do not hesitate to contact me! © Nothing but Class Resources, LLC This item is a digital download from my Nothing but Class store. As such, it is for use in one classroom only. This item is also bound by copyright laws and redistributing, editing, selling, or posting this item (or any part thereof) on the Internet are all strictly prohibited without first gaining permission from the author. Violations are subject to the penalties of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Please contact me if you wish to be granted special permissions.
ELPAC Reading Practice: Complete Test The activities contained in this packet will help students in grades 3-5 practice the various reading task types found on the ELPAC Summative Assessment: Literary Passage, Informational Passage, Short Informational Passage, Student Essay, and Read and Choose a Sentence. An answer key is included. The practice questions are aligned to California English Language Arts and English Language Development standards.