PSSA+Skills

=PSSA Reading Skills (scroll down for Math)= A jeopardy game using reading terms: (The first slide is the answer key. The second slide is a list of terms I usually print out and blow up to poster size.) Review of reading terms powerpoint:

PSSA Item Sampler with Scoring Guidelines and Examples

[|Multiple Meaning Words] - Lesson and activities

[|Prefix Practice] [|Suffix Practice]

Context clues song [|Lyrics for context clues song] [|Context clues lesson] - Baloney by Jon Sciezka [|Context Clues Millionaire game]

Summary Lesson [|Summarizing Lesson] [|Practice Sheet for Summarizing] Summarizing Rags to Riches game

[|Fact and Opinion lesson and practice] [|Fact or Opinion practice]- Dinosaurs [|Fact or Opinion practice] - Wolves

[|Compare and Contrast lesson and practice] [|Compare and Contrast Story Elements] [|Sequencing lesson] [|Story for Sequencing Practice] [|Sequencing Practice for story]

[|Text Organization Lesson]

[|Inferences and Conclusions Lesson] Inferences and Conclusions Rags to Riches Drawing Conclusions Jeopardy Game Drawing Conclusions Lesson Drawing Conclusions Practice



[|Main Idea - lesson] [|Supporting Details - lesson] [|Supporting Details - Practice] [|Main Idea and Supporting Details - graphic organizer]

Character's Feelings Lesson and Practice Character Traits Game:

"Guess the Setting" practice

Plot Lesson

Theme Lesson:

Setting, Plot, or Theme? practice

[|Author's Purpose - Lesson and Practice]

Genres [|Folktales] [|Poetry] [|Biographies]

=PSSA Math Skills= A jeopardy game using math terms. I'm including 4th and 3rd grade jeopardy because I think they're both appropriate for 4th grade. (The first slide is the answer key. The second slide is a list of terms I usually print out and blow up to poster size.)

[|Symmetry] - lesson and examples [|Symmetry Game] [|3-D shapes] [|2-D and 3-D shapes] [|Brain Pop Jr. video on solid shapes]