Check out these test review ideas and activities to keep your students engaged during state testing season!

Need some fun, End of the Year activities to keep your early finishers engaged and on task after testing when the only thing they can think about is summer break? This End of Year Gen Z Reflection Cube activity keeps upper elementary, middle school, and even high school students on task and motivated, while reflecting on their year! Students will love the Gen Z lingo as they answer questions reflecting on their "glow up" and what their " biggest W" was this year. There are 6 fun prompts in all, and students can color then fold and glue the flaps together to make a 3D cube that can be hung on a string and displayed in class! Stay strong teachers...you need a resource like this to make it to the finish line :) This resource requires NO PREP - simply print! Perfect for: early finishers morning work independent classwork small groups sub work class games You might be interested in the Money-Saving BUNDLE, which combines TWO SETS of Gen Z-approved activities into a 20-page packet: End of the Year Activity Packet SET 1 End of the Year Activity Packet SET 2 The Bundle comes with 3 gorgeous color and 1 B&W cover option to make it easy to turn it into an independent work packet! Simply print, staple, and go! I typically make one for each student so I can focus on ALL the things I need to do during the last weeks of school! ★★I would love to have you as my newest follower!★★ Click here to follow.

This original poem is a great way to help motivate and ease the minds of your test-takers! Included are strategies, and motivating phrases to help your students prepare for an upcoming test or assessment! Print a copy for each of your students before state tests, end of the unit assessments, or send home. Print once and use year-after-year! Included in this set: - 1 Poem (full page) - 1 Poem (half-page, 2 on one page) Please let me know if you have any questions regarding this product. Thanks!

We don't test for another 3 weeks. Therefore, three weeks of heavy preparation awaits us on Monday morning when we return from Spring Break! Why do we prepare? Am I teaching to the test? I have gone back and forth on this one for years. I've come to the conclusion that if I don't do some type of testing preparation, I'm leading them down a slippery slope without anything to grab hold of to keep from falling/{ie. failing}. With that in mind, I spent some of my "down time" during my break creating foldables that can be used to give my students just a few reminders of what to do on the test. I set it up like the Poetry and Figurative Language Lapbook that I made a few weeks ago. This time, however, I'm not sure if I will have them make a lapbook, or simply put the foldables into their reading and math notebooks. There are five foldables all together and a "graffiti board" where classmates can write encouraging messages to each other. Here is a preview of the bundle. You can pick up your own copy at my TpT store and my TN store for only $3. However, just like with my other lapbook, I will give away 5 copies using the random number generator on Wednesday night at 8:00 eastern standard time. Comment below that you'd like a copy, or leave me a note about what other strategy you would like for me to include. And just as a thank you for everyone who follows my blog, here's a testing strategy poster that you can use to help remind your students to RELAX when taking the test and do their very best by following 5 simple rules: I love how this turned out. The frame graphic is from 3AM Teacher and the letters are KPM Doodles. If you'd prefer having it as a PDF file, you may download it from my TpT or TN stores. Good luck with testing and good luck winning this bundle! Happy Easter everyone! Off to have lunch with my family. Enjoy your day!

Getting students ready for the end of year tests can be so time consuming. About two years ago I ended up making my own pre-algebra overview of the year for my tutoring students. This allowed us to practice multiple choice test taking skills and problem solving strategies. There are 39 problems. All of them are multiple choice and include topics like fractions, ratios, proportions, mean, median, mode...you get the drift. Come on over to The Tutor House to get your today. Get Your Copy Here http://www.the-tutor-house.com/

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For most of you, the school year is finally wrapping up and all you can think about is a million things you have to do before you walk out the door for summer. If you're like me, you just want to stuff it all in a big closet and head to the nearest airport for a much-needed getaway to anywhere but here. Believe me, it's a terrible idea! I've tried leaving it all behind only to come back at the end of the summer to a huge mess that I'd rather throw into a big burn pile than clean up. Let's be honest, May is exhausting! From testing to paperwork to cleaning to saying those bittersweet goodbyes -it's draining - physically and emotionally. Motivation tends to dwindle away during this time of the year. Making a to-do list and crossing items off tend to give me a slight rush that keeps my motivation going. Surely I'm not alone here! I use an end of year checklist very similar to the one below, and I've adapted it to hopefully be more beneficial for a wider range of teachers. I know your to-do list is rapidly growing just as fast as mine is, and most teachers I know are list-makers. This list keeps me moving during those last weeks and days. I hope it helps to motivate you, as well as keep you organized as you wind down another school year. Download it now for free! Did I leave anything off the list? If so, add your thoughts in the comments below. I'll add them to the checklist! Don't forget to enter our giveaway below! It ends on May 31st! a Rafflecopter giveaway

Student created games are a great for getting students invested in math review. Using a trashketball template makes creating these games a breeze.

The end of the year is the perfect time to incorporate hands-on projects and cooperative activities. The following are my top 5 favorite projects to keep students motivated and engaged in learning up until the last day of school.

Directional vocabulary is an important, but often forgotten, part of preparing students for their high stakes test.

As teachers, we used data all of the time. We use data to plan our lessons, to form our groups and to evaluate our students. This is the first year, I've given my students the responsibility of making choices in our math workshop based on their data. I found this picture on Pinterest and decided to do the same thing. Link to My Teacher Friend's Blog Post about Math Benchmark Data {Taking a very deep breath.} Here is our data from after the first benchmark math test, given some time in December. No judging. The chart isn't about judging. The chart is about staying focused on our goals and working together to achieve them. I'm sure some of you have immediate reactions to this information being so SO public. I was a bit worried about that also. I was worried that some of my students would feel horrible seeing their names under "I need help do to this." But that wasn't the case. When I showed them the chart, (whose name is stolen from The Book Whisperer), I explained what each part meant and how they should use it. Instead of being depressed or paralyzed, I found the students to be VERY motivated to more out of the "help" category and toward the "expert" category. Looking back at My Teacher Friend's post, I am using the same percentages as she is, but rather than writing 0-59% I wrote "I need help to do this." For 60-84%, the students are under "I can do this most of the time." And for 85% and above, the students are "experts." Along the left side, I used I can statements written from the Common Core Standards. For this benchmark, the students were expected to add and subtract decimals to the hundredths, multiply whole numbers using the traditional algorithm and divide whole numbers using the traditional algorithm. One quick glance at this chart can tell you exactly what I wanted to review first. And the students were able to use this data also when I made these: I love binders for center activities. In our school, we use the EnVisions Math Program. I decided to abandon their games and instead have the kids chose their own task cards based on their data. They can also use the task cards in our small group tutoring program or if they finish work early. Each one of the "I Can" statements has a set of task cards for the kids. The sets are fairly small, just 6 cards with the answer cards in the baggie, so the students can self check their work. They look at the data chart, find their name in one of the categories and they self select the task cards. They can also use the chart during our workshop to locate an expert to help them if I'm busy with a small group. Once they finish the task cards (for one standard) and check their work, they can request an assessment. Oh yes. They REQUEST assessments. I bought Miss Nannini's Standards Based Common Core Assessments for Fifth Grade to use after the students complete their task cards. They complete the assessments and I mark them right away. If they score into the next level on the chart, they get to move their sticky notes. They love it. Here you can see how many sticky notes have moved from the "I need help" category to the "I can do this" and even all the way to expert! I have several students who have really put a tremendous effort into moving all of their sticky notes into "expert." Those little pink stickies really stand out when they make it to expert! THIS is what the data chart is about. It's about celebrating student achievement, no matter where our students begin. I don't want to pretend I have this all figured out, because I don't. I've found one way to help my kids focus their efforts in math workshop. One in which we ALL share the data and the responsibility. Tell me, is your data public?

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EDITABLE FREEBIE!!! ACADEMIC VOCABULARY For Texas, we take the STAAR. This resource is editable at the top of page 1 and page 2 so you can put your state's test name (or whatever name you chose). END-OF-THE-YEAR TESTS are right around the corner. This is necessary vocabulary AND EXAMPLES. There are 15 vocabulary words: first-person point of view, third-person point of view, conflict, resolution, figurative language, idioms, mostly about, similarities, rephrase, genre, convey, prefix, suffix, root word/base word, & determine. Please in student binders/notebooks for a quick resource. If you download this, please leave me much-appreciated feedback. Thank you! Did you know? If you leave feedback, you’ll receive TpT credits to be used on future TpT purchases. What a deal! Connect at: My Facebook Page Twitter Instagram Thank you to the following for their incredible font and graphics. I appreciate you! Lovin Lit Colleen Alaniz Creative Clips Customer Tips: How to get TPT credit to use on future purchases: • Please go to your My Purchases page. Beside each purchase, you'll 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. I truly value your feedback. Be the first to know about my new discounts, free resources, and NEW products: • Look for the star near the top of any page within my store, and click it to become a follower. You will then receive customized email updates about my new products. Click HERE To Become A Seller On TpT {Referral By Positively Passionate About Teaching} Blessings and happy teaching! Angie @ Positively Passionate About Teaching

Provides activities to challenge the more able child and develop analytical, creative and evaluative skills. Activities range from quick warm-ups to maths focussed problems.\nIf you are the teacher (or even the parent) of a gifted and talented child, you'll understand the challenges involved in providing the mental stimulation they require. Brilliant Activities for Stretching Gifted and Talented Children by Ashley McCabe Mowat will help you to meet these challenges. Brilliant Activities for Stretching Gifted and Talented Children provides activities to challenge the more able Key Stage 2 (KS2) child and develop their analytical, creative and evaluative skills. Activities range from quick warm-ups, brainteasers and whole class activities to maths focussed problems and open-ended challenges for pupils to work on independently. Brilliant Activities for Stretching Gifted and Talented Children by Ashley McCabe Mowat provides open-ended mental activities to stimulate gifted and talented primary school children. All the worksheets are photocopiable and require minimal preparation, so that you can easily select the best activity to suit your particular needs. With over 100 activities, Brilliant Activities for Stretching Gifted and Talented Children will be able to keep stretching your pupils for many years to come. While written mainly for more able pupils, all children will love these fun activities, which are based on Bloom's Taxonomy, the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking and other research. Challenge pupils and help them to develop their imaginations and creative thinking skills with activities such as writing a cookbook for alligators or thinking about how life would be different if we had six fingers on each hand.

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Halfway through the year really tests our teaching endurance. We have the holidays, finishing up a semester, and the planning and stressing begins for the end of year testing. It is so easy to get …

I've been blogging recently about how I prepare my students for the end of year reading test during small groups (you can read more about this here and here), so I thought that today I'd flip the script. Let's talk about the top 5 things I do during my whole group time to prep my

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I have loved using this project at the end of the year, after testing is complete, and I really want to give students the opportunity to take a topic of choice and run with it. I also think this project would work in the back-to-school transition time, to really help me get to know the students interests and motivations. I could even see using this project with a specific unit of study. I've really just had so much fun with it. This activity, because it allows the students complete freedom of choice, engages them, and by that I mean that they get consumed by it, want to work endlessly on it, and are sincerely interested in their own and others’ work. In this activity, students are given free choice to choose to study any science topic. It does not have to be related to our course topics from the current year, but you can change that. Many of them are interested in science-related careers, and this is a perfect opportunity for them to explore those interests. The students have to get their topics approved by me, and I discourage duplication. Otherwise, the topic range is wide open. This six-page product includes a choice menu for the students’ products as well as a generic rubric for the product, all in Rich Text Format, which is compatible with any word processing program and can be edited by you as needed. This activity I designed for my sixth-grade students, but it can work for any grade level because the complexity can be scaled appropriately, which the rubrics allow as is. The best part is that it has plenty of room for the students to propose modifications, and for you to allow that differentiation as you like. Can they work in pairs or trios? It’s up to you. Can they propose a product choice that’s not listed on the menu? That’s up to you, which is why I’ve included a “Free Choice” space that you can remove. Do they have to just submit one product? Again, it’s up to you, depending on your timeline. I’ve had them complete only one product, and I’ve had them complete more than one, either on the same topic or on different topics. It’s as flexible as you are. The end results? In the past, I’ve gotten a detailed paper model of an oil rig, an edible model of goosebumps, an artifact collection demonstrating Fibonacci in nature, a short story written from the perspective of a human organ, a PowerPoint summarizing research about why people choose junk food over healthy food, a home video of a student demonstrating a veterinary checkup on a dog, and an original sculpture accompanied by an explanation of how physical forces and Newton’s laws keep the sculpture in balance… all from this same assignment! I love it! This product easily lends itself to alignment with state science standards and also to the Common Core Standards for technical subjects. Aligned Common Core Standards: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.WHST.6-8.7; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.WHST.6-8.2; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.WHST.6-8.4; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.SL.4; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.SL.6

This best seller, is an editable final study guide, of the textbook Realidades 1 from Para Empezar chapter to chapter 5A. It can also be used as the final exam as well. My final test is actually VERY similar to this. This complete study guide is 13 pages long and it comes with an answer key, for a ...

Standardized tests combine many different genres. Knowing the characteristics of each genre will enable the student to adjust their thinking and approach to each new passage. So, at the start of this unit, I teach my students how to do this - deciding between fiction and non-fiction, in order to make a plan for reading. See the chart below. I teach my kiddos how to SKIM and SCAN, as I use the passage, Two Goats on a Mountain to show “clues” that reveal the genre of this passage. In the beginning I just want students to think of the two general genres, fiction and non-fiction – for the purpose of keeping things simple. I show my kiddos how quickly I can look for quotation marks, indicating dialogue, as a major clue that the text is fictional. I do point out how quotation marks are used in non-fiction, to show words or word phrases that are meant to gain more attention - not as commonly used however in text appropriate for 3rd graders. Nevertheless, I do tell them to determine if the quotes are for dialogue; if yes, the passage is most likely fiction. Certain genres of fiction passages begin with some similar words or phrases: once, once upon a time, long ago, in land far away, once there lived, many years ago, in a far off place... Lastly, I have my students consider the character. If it is an animal, I ask them to decide if what is happening in the text would really happen in real life, at their home or at a zoo. My students would say that animals do think and try to find solutions to problems (i.e. trying to find food to solve a hunger pain) - of course this is more instinct that thinking. However, I point out that animals do not have conversational thoughts. Here is a photo of my copy of Two Goats on a Mountain. Notice the writing on the left margin. I do this with my students on the smart board and tell them it's call Text Coding. This has a double purpose. First, if the key info. is listed in the margin, it won't take as long to identify what part of the text to find answers to questions pertaining to those elements. Second, it keeps kids thinking about their reading since they are actively engaged making judgments and writing. I will add more to this blog topic as I continue teaching this unit. I hope some of this will be beneficial to you as well. Share your test-taking preparation ideas in the comment section below.

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This product is notes of encouragement that you can have parents fill out for their child before the end of the year testing. I like to send these home in an envelope a couple weeks before testing. The parents should return the notes filled out and sealed in the envelope so their child won’t see it! These notes are a great way to brighten a student’s day right before they take the big test. Included: Notes for Math, Science, Reading, and Writing Tests Blank Notes Parent Letter Check out our blog post here for even more testing ideas!

How do you stay motivated through the last few weeks of school? For me, this was the toughest time of the school year. Testing is over, summer is almost here and kids have a hard time staying focused. To be honest, teachers have a hard time staying focused, too! So what can you do to stay motivated and keep your students engaged in valuable learning experiences until the very end? Mix It Up! One thing that works for me is to rearrange my daily schedule. I might add something new to the morning routine or move a subject I normally teach in the morning to the afternoon. A really easy change could be the morning sponge activity. Instead of the daily language, math or reading review have them start with a drawing/writing activity. Write a prompt on the board and tell the kids they have fifteen minutes to draw and then set the timer for a 5-minute quick write. At the end of the quick write, we take a couple of minutes to share and then the paper is put in our writing folders. Students might want to expand the writing at a later time. Brag About It! Add a new element to your behavior system. Kids love brag tags so why not add a weekly brag tag. On Monday I display the brag tag that kids have the chance to earn through the week. We talk about the behaviors or qualities they need to display through the week in order to earn the new tag. I also give them each a brag tag nomination slip. They can fill out the slip to nominate someone else in the class who they think has earned the weekly brag tag. Nomination slips are placed in a box. I go through the slips after school and give out a few tags the next morning. On Thursday I have every student fill out a slip in which they nominate themselves! They are asked to explain what they’ve done to earn the weekly brag tag. This makes it possible for every student to earn the brag tag by the end of the week. Click on this image to download this free sample so you can get started with brag tags. Expert for the Day. I start this project about 30 days before the end of the year. Each student chooses a nonfiction book with the purpose of learning something new. They read the book and do some online research to become an expert on the topic. Then they are scheduled to present what they’ve learned as the Expert for the Day. Depending on the time you have, you can schedule 2 - 4 students to present each day. Or, one year we invited parents in for our Expert day. The kids set up around the room and parents wondered through listening to the short demonstrations. Their presentation includes a demonstration along with visuals to display their new knowledge. Everyone loves seeing the creative way our classmates share their expertise. Put on a production. Kids love to ham it up so putting on a little play or reader’s theater is the perfect way to keep kids engaged during the last few weeks of school. Reader’s Theater scripts are my favorite. There are so many free scripts available is a wide range of topics. You can even have students take a well-known story and turn it into a script themselves! Here are a few online sources I’ve found: Dr. Chase Young --http://www.thebestclass.org/rtscripts.html Teaching Heart-- http://www.teachingheart.net/readerstheater.htm Aaron Shepard-- http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/RTE.html Timeless Teacher Stuff-- http://www.timelessteacherstuff.com/ Start a project. Now that your state testing is over you have time for a fun project. Research projects or book projects are perfect because they can incorporate reading, writing, science, social studies, art, and music. One of my favorites is a wild animal park project. The kids are divided into groups. Each group will research the animals and plants for a specific habitat. Then the group creates the part of the wild animal park for their habitat. The parts are put together to create the class park. You can do sooooo much with this type of project; research, math problem solving, studying animal and plant adaptations, write songs or poems, etc. This project is available in my TpT store. Click on any of the images to check it out. No matter how you spend the last few weeks of school I hope you remember to take care of yourself. If you don’t, you won’t be able to enjoy your kids. The year has been long and probably very challenging at time. Remember to take the time to reflect on the growth and accomplishments of your students. And never forget the positive impact you’ve made on their lives.

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Motivate your 4th, 5th, and 6th grade ELA students to review grammar skills with these fun end of the school year grammar color by number worksheets. This Grammar Color-by-Number Worksheets Pack includes 6 grammar activities for reviewing parts of speech, synonyms, antonyms, homophones, prefixes, suffixes, root words, and contractions. These grammar coloring activities are perfect for ELA centers, classwork, test prep review, sub plans, homework, and more! Each color by number activity focuses on a different grammar skill for practice and review. The excitement of coloring the picture will keep even your most reluctant learners engaged in completing these worksheets. Included with this Grammar Practice Color by Number Activities Pack: Instructions for setup and how to use 6 color by number worksheets with grammar review: Parts of Speech Synonyms Homophones Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root Words Contractions Antonyms Answer keys The level of grammar skills addressed in this set is ideal for 4th, 5th, and 6th grades, but they could also be used to challenge advanced 3rd grade students. ✅ Check out the preview to see a sample of this resource! Teachers like you love these grammar worksheets! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “These color-by-number worksheets are AMAZING! A lot of time was went into creating these and I appreciate that so much! Definitely worth the purchase, folks!” - Learning the WRITE Way ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “What a fun way to rope kids in to do some revision and edit work! After we finished the activity, we created a bulletin board of all of the drawings and it was interesting to hear the conversations that students had when they realized the grammar mistakes they were making. Great resource for station work. Thanks!” - Beatriz B. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “I am always looking for enriching work for early finishers.  It is so easy to find math, but not ELA.  This was great and the kids loved it!!! I hope that you create more.” - Kristin C. Your students may also enjoy: Synonyms Bump Games Homophones Bump Games Contractions Bump Games Types of Sentences Games Subject and Predicate Games Customer Tips: We love to hear what you think! Please leave your feedback on this resource to earn credits and save money on future TpT purchases! Click on the green ★ above to follow my store to get notifications of new resources, sales, and freebies! © Games 4 Gains, LLC. This purchase is for single-classroom use only. Sharing this resource with multiple teachers, an entire school, or an entire school system is strictly forbidden. Multiple licenses are available at a discount.

Give your students a chance to put their foreign language knowledge to the test with this simulation! Students (under your guidance) will create different locations and take turns working at their location and acting as a tourist at other locations. This is perfect for first year students (but can be used even in the advanced classes...advanced students will be able to do a lot more). This is a great way to get students using the target language in an authentic and meaningful way. Included is everything you need to get your students started: Teacher instructions--walk you through the entire process of preparing, executing, and debriefing the simulation. Introduction powerpoint--with animations and fun photos, this presentation will explain everything and get students motivated! Student sample of a location worksheet--what it should look like. Location worksheet--a blank copy for students to fill out. Cheat sheet--a place for students to write down vocabulary they will need to do the simulation. Reflection--assessing the simulation. Pesos--Students will need to pay for things while they are in the simulation! ***All worksheets and reflections are in PDF and Microsoft Word format (so you can make your own edits if necessary). Although originally meant to be used in Spanish classes, this simulation can be used for other languages (the instructions and all the worksheets are in English). You would just want to change the name of the fake country you create!

Your Fantastic Elastic Brain by JoAnn Deak is a perfect introduction to growth mindset concepts! These elastic brain activities are so fun!

How do you stay motivated through the last few weeks of school? For me, this was the toughest time of the school year. Testing is over, summer is almost here and kids have a hard time staying focused. To be honest, teachers have a hard time staying focused, too! So what can you do to stay motivated and keep your students engaged in valuable learning experiences until the very end? Mix It Up! One thing that works for me is to rearrange my daily schedule. I might add something new to the morning routine or move a subject I normally teach in the morning to the afternoon. A really easy change could be the morning sponge activity. Instead of the daily language, math or reading review have them start with a drawing/writing activity. Write a prompt on the board and tell the kids they have fifteen minutes to draw and then set the timer for a 5-minute quick write. At the end of the quick write, we take a couple of minutes to share and then the paper is put in our writing folders. Students might want to expand the writing at a later time. Brag About It! Add a new element to your behavior system. Kids love brag tags so why not add a weekly brag tag. On Monday I display the brag tag that kids have the chance to earn through the week. We talk about the behaviors or qualities they need to display through the week in order to earn the new tag. I also give them each a brag tag nomination slip. They can fill out the slip to nominate someone else in the class who they think has earned the weekly brag tag. Nomination slips are placed in a box. I go through the slips after school and give out a few tags the next morning. On Thursday I have every student fill out a slip in which they nominate themselves! They are asked to explain what they’ve done to earn the weekly brag tag. This makes it possible for every student to earn the brag tag by the end of the week. Click on this image to download this free sample so you can get started with brag tags. Expert for the Day. I start this project about 30 days before the end of the year. Each student chooses a nonfiction book with the purpose of learning something new. They read the book and do some online research to become an expert on the topic. Then they are scheduled to present what they’ve learned as the Expert for the Day. Depending on the time you have, you can schedule 2 - 4 students to present each day. Or, one year we invited parents in for our Expert day. The kids set up around the room and parents wondered through listening to the short demonstrations. Their presentation includes a demonstration along with visuals to display their new knowledge. Everyone loves seeing the creative way our classmates share their expertise. Put on a production. Kids love to ham it up so putting on a little play or reader’s theater is the perfect way to keep kids engaged during the last few weeks of school. Reader’s Theater scripts are my favorite. There are so many free scripts available is a wide range of topics. You can even have students take a well-known story and turn it into a script themselves! Here are a few online sources I’ve found: Dr. Chase Young --http://www.thebestclass.org/rtscripts.html Teaching Heart-- http://www.teachingheart.net/readerstheater.htm Aaron Shepard-- http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/RTE.html Timeless Teacher Stuff-- http://www.timelessteacherstuff.com/ Start a project. Now that your state testing is over you have time for a fun project. Research projects or book projects are perfect because they can incorporate reading, writing, science, social studies, art, and music. One of my favorites is a wild animal park project. The kids are divided into groups. Each group will research the animals and plants for a specific habitat. Then the group creates the part of the wild animal park for their habitat. The parts are put together to create the class park. You can do sooooo much with this type of project; research, math problem solving, studying animal and plant adaptations, write songs or poems, etc. This project is available in my TpT store. Click on any of the images to check it out. No matter how you spend the last few weeks of school I hope you remember to take care of yourself. If you don’t, you won’t be able to enjoy your kids. The year has been long and probably very challenging at time. Remember to take the time to reflect on the growth and accomplishments of your students. And never forget the positive impact you’ve made on their lives.

Don’t wait for the end of the year test in May – start preparing your students now with the Eras of US History Review Activities. This activity bundle is designed to help your students review for an end of the year assessment in US History. As students are taking the test, they are required to place many questions into historical context. These activities are designed to prepare your students for that task with a variety of different review strategies. This purchase includes images representing the American History Eras. In addition to these images, you will receive 12 different teaching strategies and templates for ideas on how to implement all year long and in your review for the end of the year assessment. With this purchase you will receive: Over 60 different images that represent the following eras: the Development of the West, Gilded Age, the Progressive Era, American Expansion, World War I, Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression, World War II, the Cold War, Civil Rights Movement, 1970s-1990s, and the New Millennium. Free Form Mapping: Create a Free Form Map to represent the eras Timelines: Challenge your students to take the images and place them in chronological order – templates included! Human Spectrum: Debate the most to least important event – templates included! Category Card Sort: Identify the eras by the images Act-It-Out: Bring the images to life with a mini-play Chalk Talk: Identify gaps through a Chalk Talk Activity What if: This writing activity challenges students to evaluate cause and effect Frame It: a summarization strategy for each image – templates included! Create your own Multiple Choice Questions: A higher thinking level activity for your students – starter questions included! History Frame: Create a story map for each event Review Ring: Allows your students to study at home Customer Tips: How to get TPT credit to use on future purchases: • Please go to your My Purchases page (you may need to login). Beside each purchase you'll 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 feedback credits that you use to lower the cost of your future purchases. I value your feedback greatly as it helps me determine which products are most valuable for your classroom so I can create more for you. ☺ Be the first to know about my new discounts, freebies and product launches: • Look for the green star next to my store logo and click it to become a follower. You will now receive email updates about this store. ☺ © Social Studies Success, LLC. This purchase is for you and your classroom. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, or for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden. Please have other teachers purchase their own copy. If you are a school or district interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide quote. Please review all product descriptions and previews. If you have a question, contact me before you purchase at [email protected]. As this is a digital product, all sales are final.