Academic Benchmarks - Look by grade level to see what you child should be learning this year. Look back at past years to practice skills already taught.

NWEA Parent Toolkit - MAP test information and FAQ's

NWEA Parent Resources

Front Row Ed

FREE Math and ELA standards-aligned technology for K-8 students

An adaptive program for Math and ELA that assess what the student knows and allows for practice at the students' current level of understanding.

Teacher login

Student login - Students will need their teacher's class code

TYPING

Typing.com - Learn to type, earn a certificate for typing ability.

MATHEMATICS

CENTRAL MATH TEXT BOOK

Math Text Book Online

6th Grade - login: mcentral3 password: mcdougal

7th Grade - login: allstudents116 password: s3b7e

8th Grade - login: cmatheight password: p9s4k

Algebra

Khan Academy - Lessons linked to NWEA and Common Core Standards

Brainpop - math videos (username: kschlaufman Password: phasd)

IXL - Grade level math activities

Math - Algebra Activities

Math - PreAlgebra Activities

Math-Play - Algebra Games

SoftSchools - Algebra Quizes and Activities

XPMath - Algebra Interactive Games

HelpingwithMath - Algebra lessons and Worksheets

Hour of Code

Khan Academy's Hour of Code

Tynker Coding

Hour of Code

Data & Probability

BrainPop - Probability math videos (username: kschlaufman Password: phasd)

BrainPop - Data math videos (username: kschlaufman Password: phasd)

IXL - Grade level math games

SoftSchools - Probability Quizes and Activities

SoftSchools - Data Quizes and Activities

XPMath - Interactive Data & Probability Games

HelpingwithMath - Lessons and Worksheets

LANGUAGE

Independent Reading

Every Central Middle School student should be reading independently 20-90 minutes a night.

100 Must Read books for Middle School Students

Book List for Middle School Students

Geometry

Khan Academy - Lessons linked to NWEA and Common Core Standards

BrainPop - math videos (username: kschlaufman Password: phasd)

IXL - Grade Level Activities

Math - Geometry activities

Math-Play - Geometry Games

SoftSchools - Geometry Quizes and Activities

XPMath - Geometry Interactive Games

HelpingwithMath - Geometry Lessons and Worksheets

Comprehension

20-90 minutes of Reading Daily

Education - Comprehension Printable Worksheets

Learnzillion - Watch and learn lessons

Readquarium - Comprehension interactive lessons

SoftSchools - Comprehension Activities

Measurement

BrainPop - math videos (username: kschlaufman Password: phasd)

IXL - Grade level activities

SoftSchools - Measurement Quizes and Activities

XPMath - Interactive Measurement Games

Number and Operations

Khan Academy - Lessons linked to NWEA and Common Core Standards

BedTime Math - A word problem a day to figure out

Brainpop - math videos (username: kschlaufman Password: phasd)

FreeRice - Earn Rice to end hunger for each correct answer

Honorpoint - Practice multiplication facts

IXL - Grade level activities

Math-Play - Math Games

SoftSchools - Math Games

XPMath - Interactive Number and Operations Games

xtramath - fact fluency for addition, subtraction, multiplication, division

HelpingwithMath - Lessons and Worksheet

Grammar Usage

BrainPop - Grammar Activities and Games (username: kschlaufman Password: phasd)

ChompChomp - Grammar lessons, quizes, activities, and worksheets

FreeRice - Earn Rice to end hunger for each correct quiz answer

Grammar - 427 Grammar reference material

GrammarGirl - Anything you need to help with Grammar

Interactive Quizes - Grammar and Writing Interactive Quizes

K12 Reader - Grammar references and worksheets

Learnzillion - Tutorial lessons on Grammar

SoftSchools - Grammar Activities and Worksheets

Grammar Examples

WORLD LANGUAGES

Informational Text

20-90 minutes of Reading Daily

Detroit News - Detroit Local News

Informational Text response cards - use these cards to help reading comprehension

Newspapers by State and Country

Online News Directory for the World - Newspapers from around the world

USA Today - National News online

Informational Text Websites - many interactive site to practice

French

French Picture Dictionary

French Pronunciations - How to say french words

France Radio - music & news

Learn French online - activities for all levels

Translator - Type in any word to translate

Vocabulary Quiz - test your french skills

Spanish

SPANISH TEXTBOOK ONLINE

(username - student ID #.... Password - Spanish1 or Spanish2)

Edmodo - Quizes/Tests and lesson plans if your absent

Quia - Spanish practice and quizzes.

Spanish Picture Dictionary

Spanish Alphabet - listen and learn each letter

Spanish Lessons - learn Spanish

Spanish Vocabulary list

Spanish Stories and Poems

Translator - Type in any word to translate

Vocabulary Quiz - test your Spanish skills

Narrative Text

Dogobooks - Create a book review or Participate in a book discussion

Multiple Paragraph Essay - pointers on writing an essay

Narrative Essay - article on how to write a narrative essay

Narrative Essay - article and help on writing narrative essay

Narrative Essay Templete - scaffolding guide for students

Narrative Writing Prompts - writing prompts to help facilitate good writing

Step by step guide - guide on writing an essay

Student Writing Tools Handbook - Transitions, rubrics, grammar, citations, and more

Ten Prewriting Exercises for Personal Narratives

ARTS

Spelling

Handwriting - Worksheets to practice handwriting

Learnzillion - Watch and learn spelling lessons

SoftSchools - Spelling games and worksheets

SpellingCity - Make your own list of words then practice them in games

Art

Jackson Pollock Create splatter-paint images in the style of Jackson Pollock
Kaleidescope Painter Create kaleidescope design
Mr. Picassohead Create your own Picasso Head
Tessellate generate a polygon that will repeat.
Wordle - Use text to create a picture of words

Word Study

20-90 minutes of Reading Daily

Play word games of any type

Freerice - Earn rice to feed the hungry for each correct answer

Learnzillion - Watch and Learn Lessons

Merriam Webster Word Game of the Day

Quizlet - Watch and Learn Lessons (free sign up)

SuperKids Vocabulary - activities to practice and build vocabulary

Vocabulary - Improve your vocabulary skills

Wordlywise - Vocabulary practice

WordCentral - Find definitions; build your own dictionary

Music

Interactive Music Sites

NoteFlight - Create your own music note by note and listen as it is played back to you.

EXTRAS

Writing Genre

Easy Punch - An Interactive Online Essay Writing Tutorial

Writing A-Z - Writing genres

LEXILE LEVELS

How to find a book with-in a certain Lexile Range

How to find the Lexile level of a book

Lexile - RIT Information

LEXILE.COM

Writing Process

ABC Writing - Use this templete to write a good paragraph

Easy Bib - Easily create your own bibliography for free

Creative Writing Activities and Games

LanguageArtsGames - The Writing Process Grames

Learnzillion - Watch and learn writing lessons

OneWord - Write a written response from a 1 word prompt

Writing Lessons in Powerpoint form

Weather

Weather Wiz Kids - An interactive site to find any weather related info.

The Old Farmer's Almanac - Find out past and future weather patterns.

Space Weather - Ever wonder what kind of weather happens in space?

Tree House Weather - An interactive site for learn about the Earth's weather.

The Weather Channel - Find up to date weather and related stories from around the world.

General Science Sites

Science News for Students - Updated science news from around the world.

The Science Spot - A site for science resources for teachers and students.

Middle School Web sites by subject/topic

Discovery Education Science - Updated science topics

Game On - Online Middle School Science Games

Science Videos - Lots of Science related videos

General Social Studies

A Compilation of Middle School Social Studies websites

ICIVICS - This is a terrific website loaded with fun, interactive games related to Civics.

Digital History - A digital look at history on a timeline.

Museum Box - Create your own Museum box.

Game On - Interactive Social Studies games

ABC NEWS - Current news stories

Interactive SS websites - Geography, The World, United States, Ancient Civilizations, Current Events, Wars: Past and Current

PBIS

Rich sticky notes

General PBIS Information

Citizenship Rubric -Rubric used to for citizenship grades on the report cards.

General PBIS Information - What does Positive Behavior Support look like at CMS.

Tier I Supports

Behavior Matrix - A list of behavior expectations in all areas at CMS.

Behavior Flow Chart - System of consequences for inappropriate behaviors.

Bathroom Expectations Poster

Hallway Expectations Poster

Stairway Expectations Poster

Tier II Supports

Tier II Intervention Matrix - The support currently in place for students needing extra behavior supports.

NWEA

Rich sticky notes

Activities by MAP RIT Scores

MAP Interactive Reading Activities by RIT Score

More Interactive Reading Activities by RIT Score

Belle Plaine School Interactive Reading & Math Activities by RIT Score

Clinton Schools Interactive Reading Activities by RIT Score

MAP Interactive Math Activities by RIT Score

Parent Resources

NWEA Grade Level Norms See where your child should be when compared to 20,000 + students from his/her grade level around the country.

A Parent's Guide to NWEA Assessments

NWEA - Frequently Asked Questions

Vocabulary for MAP test

MAP Reading and Language Flash Cards - Quizlet

MAP Math Flash Cards - Quizlet

A must know, Test Taking Vocab on Flash Cards - Quizlet

NWEA Vocabulary for all subjects and all RITS

Quizlet ELA Busters Vocabulary Quizes (Mrs. Greene)

WHAT IS A RIT SCORE?

MAP TEST

MAP Test Information

Three times each year, our students take a test called Measures of Academic Progress (MAP). We give MAP tests to our students to determine their instructional level and measure academic growth throughout the school year. A web-based reading and mathematics test is given in September, January, and May.

MAP tests are unique in that they adapt to the appropriate level of each student's ability. The MAP test is an adaptive test, meaning that each student sees different questions that get more or less difficult depending on the student’s prior responses. The RIT (Rausch Unit) score is named after the person who invented this type of assessment. The data from the MAP tests help teachers reach students on their level.

RIT scores are divided into 10-point intervals or ranges. The range of RIT scores is different for each subject area test. For reading, the RIT range is 140-249. For Math, the RIT range is 150-above 269. We use the overall RIT score to monitor growth and use the skill area RIT scores to address specific learning needs and/or areas of weakness. Each RIT score can be compared to a normative data chart to compare a student's performance to that of all other students in the nation. The lexile score gives an approximate grade level for your child's reading ability.

RIT SCORE - A score given to each child based on their level of performance. The test accomodates for his/her learning styles based on correct or incorrect answers from the student.

It is an achievement scale.
It is an accurate scale.
It is an equal interval scale.
It helps to measure growth over time.
It has the same meaning regardless of grade or age of the student.

RIT SCALE - A chart used to show grade level average for the MAP test.

M-STEP/PSAT

Bookmarks

Rich sticky notes

M-STEP Scrimmage

M-STEP Online Scrimmage Tests

6th Grade ELA Scrimmage (3.19.19)

6th Grade Writing Prompt

7th Grade ELA Scrimmage (3.19.19)

7th Grade Writing Prompt

Illuminate

December Scrimmage Student Survey

M-STEP Teaching Resources

Key MATH skills addressed on the M-STEP 6-8

Key ELA skills addressed on the M-STEP 6-8

Outline of MATH & ELA M-STEP Assessment 6-8

Sample Items for Math and ELA - you must use Google Chrome to access the site. Choose the Online Tools Training, Sample Item Sets, then the grade level.

Sample SCIENCE test items

1. Search box: choose grade level and subject then click on search.
2. Click on the course you want
3. Click on the unit you want
4. Scroll down to the assessment resources (sample assessment items)

Junior Scholastic -

login:student
password:gusthappy970

-click scholastic archive
-find drone article
-click arrow to magazine
-bottom right "links"
-to article on drones for other sources

RESA review of Content for MATH, ELA, & SCIENCE

M-STEP Tasks connected to SCIENCE National Standards

Web widgets

Current M-STEP info

TEACHERS

Bookmarks

Rich sticky notes

Selecting Instructional Level Text

CHECK THE READING LEVEL OF A TEXT

Readability Score - copy and paste text (100 words or more) to find a grade level of the text.

The Readability Test Tool - Use either a URL or text to find the grade level & age appropriateness of the text.

Lexile.com

FIND AN ARTICLE

Michigan E-Library

Michigan E-Library - OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS IN CONTEXT, type in topic/content (Middle School - College)

Articles of the Week - Vale Middle School

TweenTribune - High-interest news stories geared for middle school. Create a class list of articles your students should read. They can comment on articles directly on the website.

Student News Daily - Current Event Articles for teachers and students

DePaul University - Articles by Grade Level

The Learning Network - New York Times informational articles available by subject.

USA Today - National newspaper with current events, written at approximately a 7th grade level

For the Teachers - 20 articles, each with 3 different Lexil Levels for each article.

Scholastic News Articles

Junior Scholastics - Access Code (democracy)

Time for Kids Articles

Action - Scholasticmagazine with several different lexile levels

Newsela - hundreds of articles with multiple Lexile Levels

ReadWorks - Search for articles by Lexile level, Grade level, or tpic

Science News for Kids

National Geographic News Articles

Math Articles

PHASD Weebly Sites

PHASD Math

Math Curriculum and corresponding info and resources

PHASD ELA
ELA Curriculum and corresponding info and resources

Differentiation

Differentiation in a Nutshell

Readiness, Interest, & Learning Profile - Carol Tomlinson Video

Content

Content Differentiation- varying what we teach or how students gain access to the content

Process

Process Differentiation - involves providing varied opportunities for students to process or make sense of the content being taught.

Products

Product Differentiation - involves allowing students to show, in varied ways, what they know, understand and are able to do.
Graphic Organizers of all kinds to assess student understanding.
Review and Reflection Tools
33 Digital Tools for Formative assessment in the classroom.

Articles

Classroom Strategies: Using Data to Differentiate

8 Lessons Learned on Differentiated Instruction from a middle school teacher

Several Ways to Differentiate Instruction - responses from C. Tomlinson and R. Wormeli

State & National Standards