Exit Level Resources for MCAS Practice 

We have E-Books and worksheets for you in both Math and ELA.

Student Self Assessment checklist for written assignments

Click on ELA standard number to go to carefully selected sites. 

A complete breakdown of the ELA strands and standards for printing can be found here.

Hold your mouse over the standard number to see a description of the standard:

• Student Self Assessment checklist for written assignments.
• Use an interactive dictionary.
• Take our English Literary Terms Quiz Level One: It's a Crossword Puzzle!

One of our visitors asked for a dictionary so she could type in words and

get definitions. Happy to oblige (the definition will arrive in a new browser

window. You'll need to close that window to return.)

Standard #13 Structure and Meaning: Non-Fiction Writing non-fiction Students Teaching About Non-fiction Lesson Plans Difference between Fiction and Non-fiction Students Basic Library Skills Students Children's Book Guide Teacher tools Critical thinking Lesson Plan

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Standard #15 Imagery Mrs. Dowling’s Imagery Page Students Visit this page for sensory inspiration Students Sensory visualization chart Teacher tools Teachers' Reading and Writing Page  Teacher tools Literary Analysis Terms and Definitions Students Creative Writing for Teens with Definitions Students Workshop Quest Teacher tools

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Standard # 16 Myths Myths and Legends Teacher tools Bulfinch's Mythology Students Greek Myth and Art Students Geography of Mythology Students Egyptian Mythology Students Mythology Links Teacher tools Myths and Legends of Native Americans Students

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Sites for Composition Standards #19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 Helping Kids Develop Writing Skills

Composition Scoring Guide to the MCAS Writing and study skills, organizing thoughts Students Learn to write an outline Students Image making within the writing process ABC's of the writing process Students The Flat Stanley project Students Paragraph punch; guided writing practice Students Writing den: Teacher's Guide Guide to grammar and writing Students Morning messages; getting kids to write. Teacher tools Power proofreading Students Writing lesson plans Lesson Plan Proofreading lesson plan Lesson Plan Writing assessment: Quiz Writing Quiz Quiz

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Math Resources: Listed by Strand: A complete list of strands and 

standards that you can print out for reference can be found here.

Math Frameworks

Math Resources (new site)

• Take a sample quiz for Strand One, Number Sense

• Work on our Interactive Math Glossary Crossword.

• Use a simple calculator

• Solve equations

• See an animated proof of the Pythagorean Theorum. 

• Students can use a graphing calculator.  

• Create your own time function graph.

• And when you're all through, solve a 3D maze.

• Square Roots interactive exercises by popular request.

• General Lesson Plan Links - http://www.memphis-schools.k12.tn.us/admin/tlapages/lesson.htm

• Ask Eric Database of Lessons: http://askeric.org/Virtual/Lessons/

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More patterns and relations links              

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Use a graphing calculator programmed by Swedish programmer J. Lillge:

Instructions 

• Hold down the left mouse button on point a or b, and move it around.

• The point f represents the sum a+b. 

• The three points represent either complex numbers or vectors.

• If you keep both a and b on the horizontal x axis, you'll see that a+b works 

just like it does for real numbers on the number line. 

             That's true for most of the calculator's functions.

• Click the box labeled Function to select another built-in function.

• In the box at the bottom left, type 2x+1, then hit the Enter key.

• In the box at the bottom right, type sin x, then hit the Enter key.

• Hold down the right mouse button anywhere on the graph and move it around.

• Click the box labeled Function and scroll it down to select some more examples

                of user defined functions.

 

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Strand Three, Geometry and Strand Four, Measurement

Geometry Center

Geometry Lessons

More lessons

Interactive Geometry

Advanced Interactive Geometry

Download Geometry Freeware

Corner for Interactive Geometry

Geometry Fun and Puzzles

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Animated Proof of the Pythagorean Theorem

    Below is an animated proof of the Pythagorean Theorem. Starting with a right triangle and 

    squares on each side, the middle size square is cut into congruent quadrilaterals 

    (the cuts through the center and parallel to the sides of the biggest square). 

    Then the quadrilaterals are hinged and rotated and shifted to the big square. 

    Finally the smallest square is translated to cover the remaining middle part 

    of the biggest square. A perfect fit! Thus the sum of the squares on the 

    smaller two sides equals the square on the biggest side.