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This is one of the papers I have my students' parents fill out each year at the beginning of the school year.  This helps me know a little more about the student from the parent's perspective.

This is the rubric I use to grade each student's science experiment that they present to the class.

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Engage your students in a thoughtful exploration of friendship with this comprehensive worksheet. Designed to develop their writing skills and critical thinking, this resource guides students through expanding upon the initial paragraph of an opinion essay. By providing three additional paragraphs with personal examples, students will delve deeper into the concept of being a good friend.

This is a three-point rubric for informative writing. It includes grading criteria for the topic sentence, organization, details, conclusion, conventions, and word choice.

You can click on the link to access the Google Doc version so that you can modify the rubric as you see fit.

Engaging Worksheets for Young Writers"!

This product is designed to support upper elementary and lower intermediate school students in developing their reading comprehension and writing skills. With a focus on informational and opinion writing, this toolkit provides a range of resources to enhance students' abilities and foster their writing skills.

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Discover the Fascinating Tales of Skip the Squirrel: Three Engaging Perspectives

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.

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.