Find TAKS Problems by TEK 5th 6th 7th 8th

Released questions cropped to clipart and organized for easy reference

or by Test Year:

5th 2003 2004 2006 2009

6th 2003 2004 2006 2009 2008 Samples 2010 Samples

7th 2003 2004 2006 2009 2008 Samples 2010 Samples

8th 2003 2004 2006 2009 2008 Samples 2010 Samples

Using Moodle with Standards-Based Grading

We are piloting a project in which our students use netbooks and the Moodle learning management system.

These are videos I made for our staff.

Moodle in the Classroom   how-to videos for Moodle gradebook

Middle School Math Clipart

Feel free to use! Hover over files to preview. Make sure you click "Next" at the bottom to see more.

Angles

Transformations

Triangles

Quadrilaterals

Visual Instruction Plans

Feel free to use!

Classify Angles

Complementary/Supplementary Angles

Classifying Triangles

Multiplying Fractions with Area Models

Order of Operations

Quadrilaterals

TAKS Review Sheets

Two TAKS Problems per day 5th 6th 7th 6th 2009 Test 7th 2009 Test

Word Template for Creating Review Sheets Narrow Wide

(open a problem, right click, choose Copy, then paste it into the template)

Released TAKS Tests

The entire tests from the TEA site, linked for convenience:

2003 5th 6th 7th 8th 5th Key 6th Key 7th Key 8th Key

2004 5th 6th 7th 8th 5th Key  6th Key 7th Key 8th Key

2006 5th 6th 7th 8th 5th Key  6th Key 7th Key 8th Key

2009 5th 6th 7th 8th 5th Key  6th Key 7th Key 8th Key

Released Sample Items

TEA will be releasing retired field questions in off years. The next full test release is in 2012

2008 6th 7th 8th 6th Key 7th Key 8th Key

Links to useful websites

Testing Related

TEA TEKS Site Texas Standards

TEA Released Tests Texas tests from the source

Useful Software

Openoffice Free replacement for Office

Web 2.0 in the Classroom

Glogster Create online posters and "embed" them in a website of your student's work. Look at my short bio glog

Jing Create videos of your computer screen. Look at my sample video.

Mystudiyo Create attractive online quizzes and keep a scoreboard. Looks great embeded. Sample quiz

Ning Create your own social network for your classroom or team to collaborate (13 years and older only)

PicLits Creative writing inspired by stock photos (great for 6 word biographies)

Math Resources

WorksheetWorks Pretty cool worksheet generator site. I like their coordinate graph generator

Paper Models of Polyhedra Nice site for nets.

NLVM Manipulatives National Virtual Manipulatives site from USU

Teaching Collaboration & Blogs

Classroom 2.0 Great Ning Site for teachers using Web 2.0 technology

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