Page 52 – Elementary Assessments

Galaxies & The Universe: Gravity Gr. 5-8

Students read a leveled reading-comprehension passage on gravity, answer critical-thinking questions (list facts, define vocabulary, explain causation, classify, infer, draw conclusions), complete hands-on activities, a crossword, a word search, and a comprehension quiz, with an included answer key.

Includes: Reading comprehension passage: Gravity (starts page 7) with critical-thinking questions · Hands-on Activities (page 12, incl. bonus activities like 'Count the Stars', 'Lost in Space', 'Writing a Play')

Grade 3 Beginning of Year Social Studies Assessment Diagnostic

Complete a 40-item diagnostic assessment (using maps, a timeline, a table, and a graph) recorded on a separate answer sheet, then complete targeted follow-up practice worksheets and/or extension activities based on results.

Includes: BOY Diagnostic (13 pages, 40-item skills assessment across geography, history, civics, economics, and data skills) · Student Answer Sheet (3 pages, bubble sheet plus written-response box)

M.C. Higgins, the Great - Literature Kit Gr. 3-4

Answer chapter-by-chapter comprehension and critical-thinking questions spanning Bloom's Taxonomy levels (remembering through creating) for all 14 chapters, complete writing tasks, graphic organizers, a word search, and a comprehension quiz.

Includes: Bloom's Taxonomy critical-thinking skills matrix (by chapter) · teacher guide (assessment rubric, kit organization, teaching strategies, story summary, vocabulary list)

Wings of Fire: Talons of Power Week 1 Freebie

Following a 5-day pacing guide, students read the Prologue and Chapters 1-4, learn Week 1 vocabulary and complete a vocabulary quiz, answer Prologue comprehension questions, and complete response worksheets: rewriting the prologue from a different point of view/plot/ending, visualizing an event (drawing), a reading response on whether…

Includes: 5-day (Week 1) pacing guide · Week 1 vocabulary list and vocabulary quiz with answer key · changing prologue (rewrite) worksheet

Senses, Nervous & Respiratory Systems: The Sense of Sight Gr. 5-8

Read a nonfiction passage on the sense of sight, complete a hands-on activity, a crossword, a word search, and a comprehension quiz.

Includes: reading comprehension passage: The Sense of Sight · hands-on activities

Grade 5 Beginning of Year Social Studies Assessment Diagnostic

Take a 46-item diagnostic (44 multiple-choice items worth 1 point each plus 2 written-response items worth 2 points each, 48 points total) on a bubble answer sheet, then complete teacher-assigned follow-up practice pages or extension activities based on identified skill gaps, and later retake a reassessment on the same skills.

Conservation: Fresh Water Resources: Where Is Fresh Water? Gr. 5-8

Read the "Where Is Fresh Water?" nonfiction passage, answer accompanying comprehension questions, complete a graphic organizer, do a hands-on activity, solve a crossword and word search on the topic's vocabulary, and take a comprehension quiz; a teacher self-checks with the included answer key.

Includes: Assessment Rubric · Bloom's Taxonomy skills chart for reading comprehension

Conservation: How The Changes In Fresh Water Could Change Our Lives Gr. 5-8

Read the "How The Changes In Fresh Water Could Change Our Lives" nonfiction passage, answer accompanying comprehension questions, complete a graphic organizer, do a hands-on activity, solve a crossword and word search on the topic's vocabulary, and take a comprehension quiz; a teacher self-checks with the included answer key.

Includes: Assessment Rubric · Bloom's Taxonomy skills chart for reading comprehension

Learning about Washington: Inside Government Activity Book

Take a practice U.S. citizenship test and review answers; complete and discuss an 'Active Citizen' worksheet by interviewing peers/adults; role-play good vs. bad citizen scenarios using prompt cards; create a poster explaining the branches of government; take a true/false quiz on silly real U.S. laws; role-play as a…

Includes: practice U.S. citizenship test with leader answer sheet · Active Citizen interview worksheet

Senses, Nervous & Respiratory Systems: The Sense of Touch Gr. 5-8

Read a nonfiction passage on the sense of touch, complete a hands-on activity, a crossword, a word search, and a comprehension quiz.

Includes: hands-on activities

Study of Muscles & Movement (Gr. 5-8)

Students complete reading-comprehension handouts across 8 sections (cells, cell structures, cells/tissues/organs/systems, organs and organ systems, skeletal bones, skeletal joints/cartilage, muscular system muscles, muscular system movement), hands-on activities, a crossword, a word search, and a comprehension quiz; bonus activities…

Includes: 8 Reading Comprehension student handouts (cells through muscular system/movement) · Hands-on Activities section

Conservation: Fresh Water Resources: What Is Fresh Water? Gr. 5-8

Read the "What Is Fresh Water?" nonfiction passage, answer accompanying comprehension questions, complete a graphic organizer, do a hands-on activity, solve a crossword and word search on the topic's vocabulary, and take a comprehension quiz; a teacher self-checks with the included answer key.

Includes: Assessment Rubric · Bloom's Taxonomy skills chart for reading comprehension

Conservation: How The Purity Of Fresh Water Could Change Gr. 5-8

Read the "How The Purity Of Fresh Water Could Change" nonfiction passage, answer accompanying comprehension questions, complete a graphic organizer, do a hands-on activity, solve a crossword and word search on the topic's vocabulary, and take a comprehension quiz; a teacher self-checks with the included answer key.

Includes: Assessment Rubric · Bloom's Taxonomy skills chart for reading comprehension

Twister on Tuesday (Magic Tree House #23 Lesson Plan, Videos, Activities)

Over 5 days, students watch suggested videos (e.g., prairie schooners, sod houses, one-room schools, how tornadoes form, pioneer daily life), read 2 chapters per day independently or aloud, complete a pre-reading prediction activity and a KWL chart (Know/Want to Know before reading, Learned after), answer a short-answer quiz for each of…

Includes: cover/branding page for 'Love of Learning Live' homeschool co-op classes (promotional, not instructional content) · instructions for flexible use of the unit · materials list (requires the book Twister on Tuesday; optional nonfiction companion and Epic book collection)

Senses, Nervous & Respiratory Systems: The Respiratory System Gr. 5-8

Read a nonfiction passage on the respiratory system, complete a hands-on activity, a crossword, a word search, and a comprehension quiz.

Includes: reading comprehension passage: The Respiratory System · hands-on activities

Reading assignment: First contact between Indigenous Peoples and Europeans

Make predictions and activate prior knowledge before reading, read an informative text at one of two difficulty levels, identify reading strategies used, answer creative/critical questions, make text-to-self connections, identify a favorite passage and critique the text's quality, create a comic based on the text, imagine a scenario,…

Includes: level #1: predictions, prior knowledge, informative text (trading, shared knowledge, fur trade, Metis), reading strategies checklist, creative/critical… · level #2: title assignment, predictions, prior knowledge, text to illustrate, text with illustrations, reading strategies, questions, answer key,…

Grade 5 Math Volume 7

Students review key vocabulary, complete practice/skill-building exercises for each topic, and complete a quiz at the end of each unit.

Includes: 5 topic units (Volume of Rectangular Prisms, Solid Figures, Measures of Central Tendency, Displaying Data, Probability) each with key…

Conservation: Fresh Water Resources: Conservation: What We Can Do Gr. 5-8

Read the "Conservation: What We Can Do" nonfiction passage, answer accompanying comprehension questions, complete a graphic organizer, do a hands-on activity, solve a crossword and word search on the topic's vocabulary, and take a comprehension quiz; a teacher self-checks with the included answer key.

Includes: Assessment Rubric · Bloom's Taxonomy skills chart for reading comprehension

Circulatory, Digestive & Reproductive Systems: Skin, Liver & Lungs Gr. 5-8

Read a comprehension passage, answer questions, label a diagram, complete a crossword and word search, and take a comprehension quiz.

Includes: reading comprehension passage · hands-on activity worksheets · crossword

Senses, Nervous & Respiratory Systems: The Nervous System - Brain Gr. 5-8

Read a nonfiction passage on the nervous system - brain, complete a hands-on activity, a crossword, a word search, and a comprehension quiz.

Includes: reading comprehension passage: The Nervous System - Brain · hands-on activities

Native Americans | Native American Research Report

Students choose a Native American group to research, answer a structured series of question prompts (region, homes, diet, ceremonies, travel, animals, tools, view of nature, art, interesting facts, compare/contrast), take notes, cite sources on a resource/bibliography page, illustrate their group, and self-check work using an…

Includes: Teacher ideas / usage notes pages · CCSS ELA Standard 10 reference page · Title/cover pages for the report (two versions)

Vietnam War Gr. 5-8

Read short informational passages on each Vietnam War topic, answer comprehension questions at multiple Bloom's-taxonomy levels, complete a crossword, a word search, hands-on activities, and a comprehension quiz.

Includes: teacher guide with assessment rubric · 8 reading-comprehension passages/handouts (Location and Geography, Background and Causes, Major Figures, Major Battles, Weapons of the War, Role of the Navy,… · hands-on activities

Grade 4 ELA Volume 3

Complete grammar exercises (categorize/identify parts of speech, sort verbs by type, replace nouns with pronouns, sort adjectives/adverbs, identify prepositional phrases) and take an end-of-unit quiz for each of the four topics.

Includes: Parts of Speech section + quiz · Apostrophes section + quiz

Financial Literacy Skills: Negotiation Skills Gr. 6-12+

Read an informational passage on negotiation skills, complete hands-on activities applying the concepts, solve a crossword and word search using related vocabulary, and take a comprehension quiz.

Includes: reading comprehension student handout: Negotiation Skills (page 7) · hands-on activities