Check to see if your students can spell words based on the phonics spelling pattern, 'ai' and 'ay.' This spelling test has 20 words. Students fold over the words to the back, the teacher administers the test, and the students can then unfold the words and self-correct. For every word they miss, they need to spell it 3 times correctly.
Students will dive into the world of balancing using levers and fulcrums. Through a virtual simulation called "Phet Balancing Act," students will explore the concepts of balancing masses and manipulating distances from the fulcrum.
Students will answer 20 questions based on bar graphs or pictographs. The last three questions have the students create a pictograph based on a bar graph.
This worksheet has 9 questions relating to the area. Students will draw the area. They will find the total area of two rectangular shapes. They will find the area of a complex shape. They will use an array to help find the area.
This worksheet contains two passages on how plants grow and tips for growing your own plants. It contains the writing prompt, "How do plants grow? Use information from the two essays to explain the basic needs of plants and provide tips for growing your own plants at home." Finally, this document contains a 5 paragraph essay based on the two passages.
This worksheet contains the writing prompt, "Do you think schools should have a dress code policy that requires students to wear uniforms? Why or why not?" It contains two passages. The first passage gives the benefits of wearing school uniforms. The second passage gives the disadvantages of school uniforms. This worksheet can also be used as a reading resource for compare and contrast. It also contains a sample 5 paragraph essay taking the opinion that schools should have a uniform policy.
This document contains two passages comparing the advantages and disadvantages of young students owning a cell phone. The second page contains a 5 paragraph sample essay on why students should own cell phones.
This worksheet reviews the concept of area and perimeter. Types of questions include the area of irregular shape, adding the total area of two rectangles, area, and perimeter word problems, creating rectangles with the same area but different perimeters, finding the unknown sides, and length times width.