Tip Sheet #20 - February 21, 2023


Looking Ahead: 

Women's History Month


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Women's History Month activities!






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Shared 8th Grade SS STAAR 2.0 Practice from 

Lone Star Social Studies:



These 3 STAAR practice tests have been updated to the STAAR 2.0 format and are brought to you by Lone Star Social Studies.  They include ALL of the technology-enhanced item types your students will encounter this spring. (And If you're a KY Grade 8 SS Teacher, these will work just fine for your kids, too!)


Shared Elementary TeacherMades:



ELA: Fiction - Paired Passages: Do What You Can/ How Six Sons Rescued Anansi


  • Description: These fiction reading passages are practice activities for the newly redesigned STAAR test of Reading and Language Arts that incorporates new question types. Students will read the passages and answer questions that compare the contrast the text.
  • Recommended Grade Range: Intended for grade 4, but can be used with grades 3-6.
  • Question Types: Multiple Choice, Multiselect, Dropdown, Multiselect 
  • Click Here: Do What You Can/How Six Sons Rescued Anansi



Science: Parts of the Face


  • Description: In this activity, students will label the parts of the face on the diagram. Students will get one point for each correct answer. 
  • Recommended Grade Range: Intended for Elementary School grade range.
  • Question Types: Drag and Drop
  • Click Here: Parts of the Face 



Shared Middle School TeacherMades:


ELA: Poetry - The Desk  


  • Description: This is a poetry practice activity for the newly redesigned STAAR test of Reading and Language Arts (RLA) that incorporates new question types. 
  • Recommended Grade Range: Intended for grade 6, but can be used with grades 5-8. 
  • Question Types: Multiple Choice, Dropdown, Multiselect
  • Click Here: The Desk



Math: Using Order of Operations with Exponents Level 1a 6eea2c


  • Description: This activity is a formative assessment designed to measure the Common Core Math standard 6.EE.A.2.C - Using Order of Operations with Exponents. The difficulty is Level 1 (introducing the skill). This activity features 12 multiple choice items in which students must select the correct answers to the expressions that may include exponents and require following the order of operations to solve. 
  • Recommended Grade Range: Intended for grade 6, but can be used with grades 5-8.
  • Question Types: Multiple Choice
  • Click Here: Using Order of Operations with Exponents




Shared High School TeacherMades:


ELA: English II - Revising - The History of Skateboarding


  • Description: This is a practice activity for the newly redesigned STAAR test for English II that incorporates new question types. Students will read the passage then choose the correct answer to revise the text.
  • Recommended Grade Range: Intended for high school course English II, but can be used with any high school reading level.
  • Question Types: Multiple Choice, Dropdown, Multiselect
  • Click Here: The History of Skateboarding



Science: The Chromosome


  • Description: Students will label the parts of a chromosome.
  • Recommended Grade Range: It has been designed for the Middle School or High School grade range. It could be used in Life Science or Biology. Students will get one point for each correct answer.
  • Question Types: Drag and drop
  • Click Here: The Chromosome



Women's History Month

March 1st - 31st




ELA/Social Studies: Women's History Month 

  • Description: Students will learn all Women's History Month, by reading and/or listening to this informational text. Along the way they will have reading checks to assess their reading/listening skills.

  • Grade: Upper Elementary, Middle, High School

  • Item Types: Multiselect, Multiple Choice, Open Answer 

  • Linkhttps://app.teachermade.com/s/3fN9wjn-QQyGHLRIE9sbnQ/


ELA/Social Studies: Women of the American Revolution

  • Description: In this activity, students will read about women in the American Revolution. They will learn about three women in particular: Deborah Sampson, Lydia Darragh, and Mary "Molly Pitcher" Hayes. Throughout the activity they will answer text release questions based on the text.

  • Grade: Upper Elementary through Middle

  • Item Types: Open Answer, Multiselect, Multiple Choice

  • Link: https://app.teachermade.com/s/vYQ-egPdQtyNVo0HObTcrg/


ELA/Social Studies: Women's Voting Rights

  • Description: Women weren't always allowed to vote. They were not granted voting rights until 1920. In this passage, students will learn about the Suffragettes and their determination to secure the right to vote for all women. Afterwards, they will answer a variety of questions based on the reading.  

  • Grade: Middle & High School

  • Item Types: Matching, Multiple Choice, Multiselect, Open Answer

  • Link: https://app.teachermade.com/s/CJ0Yfx9HTvuaW3xV7xy7Ug/

ELA/History: Suffrage Songs 

  • Description: There was no such thing as cellphones or social media when the Suffragettes were rallying support for their cause. So how did they get their message out? Through parades..and songs! Students will read about their predicament, listen to some musical selections and answer 10 questions.

  • Grade: Upper Middle & High School

  • Item Types: Multiple Choice, Dropdown, Multiselect, Short Answer 

  • Linkhttps://app.teachermade.com/s/ifcWsW6OSkiROexbPg3AYg/


ELA/ History: Poet Adrienne Rich

  • Description: In this reading passage set, students will learn about the Feminist Movement, from the Suffragettes to Adrienne Rich. They'll analyze a short poem by Rich written before she becomes one of the great Feminist thinkers of the Twentieth Century. 

  • Grade: High School (Honors 8th and 9th graders will also enjoy this activity)

  • Item Types: True/False, Multiple Choice, Multiselect, Short Answer

  • Link: https://app.teachermade.com/s/7hHj3BM9QDeeeMWE8ohqzw/


 


Black History Month

February




ELA/Social Studies: Mini Biographies 

  • Description: Students will choose a leader to research for Black History Month. After they will write a paragraph about the person they researched, and add a picture. This is a great activity for students to share with the class! 

  • Grade: Upper Elementary, Middle to High School

  • Item Types: Open Answer

  • Link:  https://app.teachermade.com/s/s8LFdFGPTnS2uo0GxXDjAA/




ELA: Mae Jemison

  • Description: This nonfiction article will teach students all about Mae Jemison, the first female African American to go into space. Students will have reading checks to assess their reading comprehension. 

  • Grade: Upper Elementary, Middle 

  • Item Types: Multiple Choice, Multiselect, Open Answer

  • Link: https://app.teachermade.com/s/eDzn7a-ZSQKGdVY1SlEgGw/

ELA: Can Kids Change the World? 

  • Description: Students will watch the Storyworks video, "Can Kids Change the World?" then answer comprehension questions to assess their understanding of the video, and their listening skills.

  • Grade: Upper Elementary, Middle 

  • Item Types: Multiple Choice, Short Answer, Open Answer

  • Link: https://app.teachermade.com/s/QCpgvC5MQ3CDLIGQRXgjVg/



 

ELA: Who Was William Wells Brown? 

  • Description: This first African-American novelist, playwright, and author who escapes the chains of slavery, Brown was an abolitionist with a literary talent. A self-taught reader and writer, he was a best-selling author in the 1840s and 1850s and made history for his literary achievements many times. 

  • Grade: Middle and High School 

  • Item Types: Dropdown, Matching,  Multiple Choice,  Short Answer

  • Link: https://app.teachermade.com/s/A_QUb6CJQS2NAUtfM-3MdA/






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