I was fortunate enough to work with an 8th grade team recently planning a two week STAAR review. After analyzing data from the STAAR and their assessments all year long, we determined that we had multiple goals. Our goals were to not only review the content from the entire year, but to also incorporate as many processing skills as possible – a huge challenge! We created a plan that highlights the key content and is engaging for students to prep for the STAAR test. Check it out below:
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Topics
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Activity
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Notes
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1
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Era Review
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Start out the period sequencing the events in US History
-keep on a binder ring for the entire two week unit
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Topics
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Activity
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Notes
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2
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Colonization and American Revolution
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Colonization Review
Activity TBD
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Review the events to the American Revolution
through a sequencing
activity
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Day
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Topics
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Activity
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Notes
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3
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Creating
the Constitution
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Federalists vs. Anti-federalists
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-Who said what? Matching the quote to a Federalist or Anti-federalist
-Review Court Cases
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4
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Govt.
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The Principles of Government is a sort activity where students create a 3 way match between the definition, picture and example.
In the Bill of Rights Scenarios, students match a scenario or image to the correct amendment
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Day
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Topics
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Activity
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Notes
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5
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Early Republic
and
Jackson
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Political Cartoons
on Jackson
Hamilton v. Jefferson
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-Analyze a few political cartoons on Andrew Jackson
-Match quotes to images from Washington’s Farewell Address
-Who said what? – Hamilton v. Jefferson quotes
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Day
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Topics
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Activity
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Notes
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6
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Manifest Destiny & The
Mexican American War
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Picture analysis of the growth of the United States
Tic Tac Connect on the Mexican American War TBD
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-Map analysis of the growth of the United States
-Key terms and maps from the Mexican American War
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7
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Immigration and Industrial Revolution
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Primary Source
Quote analysis on Immigration
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-3 way matching game with images, quotes and titles of inventions of the Industrial Revolution
-short reading on immigration
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Day
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Topics
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Activity
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Notes
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8
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Reformers and Causes of the Civil War
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Sequencing
activity on the Events Leading to the
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-Challenge your students to sequence the events leading to the Civil War
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9
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Civil War and Reconstruction
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I have, Who has
on the Civil
War
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-Look at primary source images and quotes and identify the image that doesn’t fit the pattern
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10
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Conclusion
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-A game board activity that includes Act-It-Outs, Who Am I? Questions, Skill Questions and Recall Questions
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I wish you great success on your STAAR review! If you are interested, I have a majority of these activities in my STAAR Review Bundle.
