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Have your class research The Original 13 Colonies of America and show what they know with this mini flipbook report/ As an introductory or culminating project, this is a great way for the student to research multiple sources, synthesize the information and pull out the key details. Students love researching and it is a great way for them to review various sources, draw conclusions and practice summarizing. This can be used as a whole group, partner or individual assignment. The links I provid

Sometimes is it hard to get students to want to write, especially during the Winter when some of them seem to already be on vacation! So why not make writing fun with this creative project that allows them to create their very own Ugly/Tacky holiday Sweater?! This set has 3 mini lessons and 3 thinking maps to help even the most hesitant writers succeed. Included in this set: -1 Expanding Sentence Mini Lesson Activity- This is a great pre-story writing review of moving beyond simple sentences

Teach Persuasive Writing with this fun activity where the students act like they are the turkey and they try to persuade the farmer not to eat them for Thanksgiving Dinner! Your students will be engaged in the writing process with a variety of whole class, partner and small group activities that help them formulate their stance, come up with reasons and alternatives and review persuasive language as well as personal pronouns. Common Core Aligned! ELACC4W1a-d This set includes: - 1 Writing

This activity will help your students work through the Scientific Method in a fun and festive way. It will go over solutions and solvents by trying to dissolve a fall favorite, Candy Corns. This set includes: Posters 6 solvent signs A direction page 4 observation, recording sheets A Final observations/conclusions report page Candy Corn exit tickets Summary Writing

Looking for a culminating activity to wrap up all that you students have learned after reading Island of the Blue Dolphins? This is a perfect group activity that allows you to differentiate for your high, middle and low kiddos. There are 9 activities that can be laced together in a 3x3 quilt. Assign a group of 3, 3 squares each to show what they know. OR, for an individual project, let each student create their own flipbook out of all of the squares! Great for the bulletin board and very en

Geography is such an abstract and difficult concept for students, but it is important that they begin to orient themselves as they read, learn and discover more about the world around them. This set has helped my classes make the abstract more concrete. -Vocabulary Foldable (pages 3-4) -Vocabulary Cards and picture cards (pages 5-8) -CLOSE Read about Longitude and Latitude -An adapted Craftivity (pages 9-12) -Written Reflection (differentiated) (pages 13-14) -Performance Task/ Group Challenge

Looking for a fun way to teach Photosynthesis? Look no further! Students will have a great time learning about this complicated process by reading about it {CLOSE READ}, making a visual representation {Craftivity} of it and explaining it in writing {Photosynthesis Recipe} Included in this set: 9 Vocabulary Cards A Photosynthesis CLOSE read A Photosynthesis Craftivity- with detailed A Recipe for Photosynthesis Writing- with a word bank to help them write their recipe Bulletin Board idea

Figurative Language is an important skill for students to master. It helps with reading comprehension as well as adding color and complexity to their writing. With this activity, the students will review personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, simile, and metaphors. They will write their own examples for each, using the brainstorming page to help them remain on topic. Finally, all of the poems will be written on a flowers to create a figurative language garden! It makes the pe

Using Problems of the Week (POW) is a great way to promote problem solving and critical thinking in the classroom. These 28 POW are based off of the first standard of mathematical practice from the Common Core State Standards which challenges students to “Make sense of problems and to persevere in solving them.” These can be used as a station, math center, sent home at the beginning of the week, or for group work. Included in this Pack: 28 varied problems that are meant to be displayed on a m

Have your class research European Explorers and show what they know with this flip book. As a culminating project, this is a great way for the student to show what they know. Students love researching and it is a great way for them to review various sources, draw conclusions and practice summarizing. This can be used as a whole group, partner or individual assignment. This is a blank template that can be used with ANY European explorer. The links I provided cover John Cabot, Henry Hudson, Juan

Prewriting Flee Maps {Across Genres} Flee maps are a great way for your students to plan out their writing. A flee map is a combination of a flow map, which is used to sequence and order events, and a tree map, which classifies and groups things. This hybrid Thinking Map is great way for your kids to organize their writing in a cohesive way across the genres. Included in this set are 11 mind maps: -1 circle map- good for any prewriting activity- whole group or individual -2 cause effect map

Streamline teaching idioms by presenting an idiom a day with this daily activity pack of 144 of the most commonly used idioms.. Students will love this quick and fun activity. You will hear them use these idioms both verbally and in their writing. In addition they will be better prepared for when they see one on a state test. I have included a blank template for you to add your own! Now get crackin’! Common Core L.4.5, L.5.5 Every day present an idiom. Ask the class if anyone has a pr

This writing assignment will be perfect for your class this Fall. Have your students honor a family member or pet who has passed away. This activity includes: - a Close Read about the holiday -a writing prompt with detailed thought starters for your class 2 example stories- One well written and one that needs to be revised 2Mind Maps to help your students Think and plan their writing. Sentence starters/stems poster to help your more struggling students frame better sentences and stay on trac

Making Words is a great spelling activity that challenges the students to manipulate the letters to find as many words as possible. It focuses on phonemic awareness and spelling patterns in a way that engages the students and encourages them to think critically. This pack includes: 57 Making Word activities perfect for Upper Grade Class rooms! I chose 57 words that go with various holidays and celebrations that go with each month of the School Year. Perfect for

Christmas Factor Trees and other Activities! Tis’ the season for your students to understand prime, composite, factor trees and multiples! -Included in this pack is- Prime Number Hunt: Great for whole group instruction and as an introduction to what whole Color the Gingerbread Independent or partner practice- progress monitoring Prime or Composite? Center/Partner work 4 Definition Posters Composite, Prime, Multiple and Factor Prime & Composite Foldable Great for the

This is a comprehensive Place Value Set perfect for teaching this difficult standard. Aligned with common core, this set covers Standard Form, Expanded Form, Word Form, comma placement, and even touches on rounding. This set includes whole group practice, center work, partner work or individual skills mastery. Here is what it included! -Standard, Expanded and Word form Sort (individual or partner practice) -Rounding Practice (whole group) How much is your name? (partner practice) Write in the M

Do your students use the same dull words to describe their characters? Are you trying to stretch their vocabulary at the same time as defining and defending character traits? If so, this set is for you! These graphic organizers, posters and word bank will help your students identify character traits in an organized way. The students will have opportunities to look at events surrounding the characters in the story, as well as through examination of the character's behaviors, words, feelings,

Turkey Factors {Math Craftivity} This math Craftivity –PLUS- Activities is a wonderful set that is not only festive but a great way to reinforce factoring after a lesson, for center work or as both formative and summative assessment. Included in this set: Directions with example Number cards, work space & craftivity 6 posters- great for your math focus wall or interactive notebooks Posters include definitions, examples and math strategies to find factors Prime Number Hunt. 2 Factor Turkey work

Have your class research Day of the Dead (El Dia de los Muertos) and show what they know with this flip book. Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a vibrant Mexican celebration. It is a day to celebrate and remember/honor those who have passed away. Students love researching this holiday's traditions and customs. This can be used as a whole group, partner or individual assignment. The flip book covers the following topics: Overview Symbols Food Traditions Cemetery Altar I provided 4 lin

Looking for an engaging way to teach and review mean, median, mode and range? This activity is not only fun and challenging BUT it is PERFECT for bulletin boards. Included in this set: -Slides 3-6 are a review or teaching tool to reinforce how to find solve for each: Mean, Median, Mode and Range. * (Brain Pop has a great video for this!) -Slide 7 is the key for finding out the value of their first and last name -Slide 8 is where they figure out and record how much their name is worth - Sli