This page will be used to keep copies of  project information and rubrics, study guides, and much more. If you have forgotten a paper at school, you may just be able to find it here.

I have decided to upload all of my documents to Scribd. It’s a wonderful, free resource where documents can be saved and viewed online. When you click on any of the links below, it will take you to a specific document or a collection of documents. These documents can then be downloaded or printed. If you are a teacher and would like to use any of the documents in your classroom, please feel free to do so, but please give credit to the author!

Class Information

Year-at-a-Glance Collection – Calendars of topics that will be covered throughout the school year. One calendar includes a general overview of all subjects, while the others are subject-specific.

Writing

Monthly Writing Prompts Collection – Writing Prompts here are written for each month during the school year. These prompts will be completed and graded in the same manner as ISTEP+ Writing Prompts.

Math

Measurement Olympics – A series of activity cards with activities for students to do to practice measurement skills. Uses standard and metric measurement.

Social Studies

Our America – This Scholastic site will be used as we explore different events in Indiana/U.S. history.

Project information, research links, and grading rubrics can be found at each of the links below for the social studies projects.

Salt & Flour Maps – Unit 1 – Students will be creating a labeling salt and flour maps of Indiana to learn about the landforms of our state.

Native American PowerPoint Presentation – Unit 2 – Students will be working in small groups to create a PowerPoint presentation on a Native American topic. Students will then present their PowerPoint to the rest of the class.

Civil War Project – Unit 4 – For this project students will be creating a “bottle person” representing a person from the Civil War time period and writing a short biography. The students will also be doing the Underground Railroad: Escape from Slavery activities from Scholastic.