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Outline Notes for Review: Just the essentials for test prep

Outline notes give students just the essentials of a unit on a few pages. They are what I reach for when a class needs a fast review, a student is coming back from an absence, or test day is closer than I would like.

Here are all of my outline notes sets, sorted by subject.

Outline notes by subject

How I use them

Before a unit test, I give students the outline and a highlighter. They mark what they already know in one color and what they need to study in another. Then they spend their study time on the second color.

They are also my go-to for students who missed several days. Instead of copying a stack of notes, they read the outline and come to me with questions.

A tip from my classroom

Cut an outline into sections and give one section to each group. Each group teaches its part to the class in three minutes. Students remember what they had to teach far longer than what they only read.

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Guided Notes Every Subject: Notes and slides that keep up

Guided notes are the backbone of how I teach new content. Students follow along with the PowerPoint and fill in the key words as we go. They stay with me, they write less than with full notes, and they leave with something they can actually study from.

I have written guided notes for social studies and science courses. Here they all are in one place.

Guided notes by subject

How I use them

I teach a short chunk, five or six slides, and then stop. Students turn to a partner and explain one idea in their own words before we move on. That short pause keeps notes from turning into copying.

For students with accommodations, I hand out a copy with more of the blanks already filled in. Everyone works from the same notes, and nobody is singled out.

A tip from my classroom

Have students highlight the one blank on each page they think will be on the test. At the end of the unit, those highlights become their study guide, and you learn a lot about what they think matters.

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Picture Puzzles for Review: Every subject in one place

Picture puzzles are one of the easiest review activities I have ever used. Students match a term to a picture clue, and the finished puzzle shows them right away whether they got it. There is nothing to grade, and the room stays quiet and busy.

I made picture puzzle sets for almost every course I teach. This page pulls them all together, so you can find the one for your class and see how I use them.

Picture puzzles by subject

How I use them

I keep a set ready for the last 20 minutes before a test. Students work in pairs, one reads the clue and the other finds the match. Then they switch. Early finishers write a sentence using three of the terms.

They also work well as a sub plan. The directions are simple, the answers check themselves, and you come back to finished work instead of a stack of half-done worksheets.

A tip from my classroom

Print each puzzle on a different color of paper. When pieces end up on the floor, and they will, you know right away which set they belong to. It saves a lot of sorting at the end of the day.

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4 review-day ideas before winter break: escape rooms, games and more

The stretch between Thanksgiving and winter break is tough. Students are restless, testing is coming, and the last thing anyone wants is another worksheet. Review days don't have to be a fight, though. These are the ones that worked best in the classrooms I've been in.

1. Run an escape room.

Students work in teams to solve clues tied to your unit, and they have to know the content to unlock the next step. The competition does the motivating for you. Digital versions work great on Chromebooks, and you can run them without prep.

2. Gallery walk with a twist.

Post five or six key questions or images around the room. Groups rotate every four minutes and add one new fact to each poster. The last group has to summarize the whole poster for the class.

3. Quiz-show warm-ups.

Turn your bell ringers into a running team score for the week. Same questions you'd ask anyway, but now there's a winner on Friday.

4. Let students build the study guide.

Give each group one section of the unit and have them write the review page for it. Copy the pages together and the class has a study guide they actually read.

If you'd like review days that are already built, my escape rooms cover history, geography, civics, and science, in print and digital.

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Teach a DBQ in one class period without losing a whole week: 5 teacher-tested steps

Document-based questions are some of the best thinking our students do all year. They're also the lesson most likely to eat three days of your calendar. When I was a principal, I'd see teachers skip them entirely because they just didn't have the time. Here's how to fit a DBQ into a single period and still get real writing out of it.

1. Front-load the vocabulary the day before.

Spend five minutes at the end of the previous class on the four or five words students will trip over. A quick word wall card or exit ticket is plenty.

2. Chunk the documents.

Put students in small groups and give each group one or two documents instead of all of them. Each group answers its document questions, then reports out. Everyone hears every source in about fifteen minutes.

3. Write the claim together.

Model one strong thesis on the board using the class's notes. Then let students write their own. Most kids get stuck on the first sentence, not the evidence.

4. Make the writing short.

One paragraph with a claim and two pieces of evidence is a win. Save the full essay for the end of the unit.

5. Grade one thing.

Pick a single skill to grade, like citing evidence, and give feedback only on that. You'll get through the stack, and students will know exactly what to fix.

If you want DBQs that are already chunked and ready to print or assign in Google, my Document Based Questions collection covers American history, world history, civics, and economics.

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Modern American History Agendas: keep students organized every day

 

Modern American History Agendas

Modern American History digital agendas for PowerPoint and Google Slides



Start every class the same way, and watch the chaos settle.

The first five minutes of a history class set the tone for the next forty-five. When students walk in and see the same agenda slide every day (the objective, the warm-up, what we're doing, what's due), they know exactly where to look and what to do. Fewer "what are we doing today?" questions. More time for the Civil Rights Movement.

I built these agendas for every Modern American History unit, from the Western Frontier through the Clinton and Bush years. Each one comes in PowerPoint and Google Slides, so you can project it, post it in Google Classroom, or both. They're editable, so you can drop in your own dates and assignments in a couple of minutes.

If you're absent, your sub has a plan on the screen. If a student is absent, they can check the agenda from home and see what they missed.

Includes

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Modern World History Agendas: one daily routine for every unit

  

Modern World History Agendas

Modern World History digital agendas for PowerPoint and Google Slides

World history covers a lot of ground. Your daily routine shouldn't.

In one school year your students go from the Middle Ages to the modern world, across every continent. That's a lot of names, dates, and places to keep straight. A consistent daily agenda gives them one thing that doesn't change: they walk in, check the slide, and get started.

This set covers 22 World History units, starting with the Middle Ages and Exploration and ending with Latin America after World War II and the Modern World. Each agenda comes in PowerPoint and Google Slides and is fully editable, so you can plug in your own warm-ups, readings, and due dates.

I like to leave each unit's agenda posted in Google Classroom all unit long. Students who were out can catch up on their own, and parents can see what's coming without emailing you.

Includes

See all my agendas in one place: browse the collection.


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