"Community Progress" is a one page, realistic fiction passage about how students created a mural for their school, which generated lots of attention from the press, parents, and other schools. It is followed by constructed-response...

"Columbus and the Egg" is a one page, historical fictional passage about Christopher Columbus's return to Spain after discovering America. Some people said anyone could sail the seas. Columbus used an egg to make a point. It is followed...

"A Proud Flight" is a one page, Greek myth about Icarus and Daedelus. The father and son were imprisoned, and in order to escape, Daedelus made wings using bird feathers covered with wax. He warned Icarus not to get too near the sun or...

This PDF is a graphic organizer designed two help students respond to a writing prompt.

When incorporated into classroom practice, the formative assessment process provides information needed to adjust teaching and learning while they are still happening. The process serves as practice for the student and a check for...

The purpose of this task is for students to represent and interpret categorical data. As a class, students will answer a question with three possible answers and construct a bar graph with the responses. Multiple discussion questions and...

This website answers most questions reguarding landfills. Learn what landfills are and how they are constructed. In addition to providing responses to several simple uestions, this website includes links to several related resources.

This site is a question/response page which focuses on stem-and-leaf representation and how to construct scatter plots. Dr. Math works through an example and gives commentary notes. Site also contains links for more help.

This page, which seems to be connected to the online "Guide to Grammar and Writing," provides a log of questions to the author of the online "Guide." The fourth question explains and provides an example of how other parts of speech...