Jake Rideout

These triangular flash cards help students learn multiplication and division facts by identifying the missing factor or product in a fact family. Cover up one of the numbers (factors on the lower points, product in bold on the top) and ask your student to name the missing number. Each multiplication/division fact from 1 to 12 is covered in these flash cards.

These Author of the Month pages can be used to kick off an author study or to highlight a children's author in your classroom or library. The pack includes: -A name banner -A basic biography -A clipart author image -A page of your author's book covers -Images of the author's first and most recent books -A free interview (emailed separately)

The six-book Mercy Watson series by Kate DiCamillo is beloved by children from Kindergarten to third grade. Mercy is a pig who, in her search for buttery snacks, accidentally ends up rescuing her family, fighting crime, and causing mayhem. This unit is designed to be used in the final weeks of first grade or the first weeks of second grade. It is a writing-heavy unit that covers nearly all of the first grade Common Core ELA standards, focusing particularly on: -story elements (characters, sett

This STEAM mini-unit combines the social studies topic of historical lighthouses with the engineering activity of planning and building a model lighthouse. The unit includes: -Basic Facts: students write what they know about lighthouses -Parts of a Lighthouse: diagram and word bank -Lighthouse Styles: illustrated fact sheet -Pick your Style: planning page -Engineering Principles: tips for building -Make a Plan: planning page -Step by Step: planning page I use this with my fourth graders, who d

These Author of the Month pages can be used to kick off an author study or to highlight a children's author in your classroom or library. The pack includes: -A name banner -A basic biography -A clipart author image -A page of your author's book covers -Images of the author's first and most recent books -A free interview (emailed separately)

This resource will help your students follow the rules and guidelines of various forms of poetry to create unique, original poems on their own. The set includes a template and brief description of the following forms: -Haiku -Cinquain -Limerick -Quatrain -Acrostic -Concrete I use this resource in my library each year with first- through fifth-graders.

This Author of the Month pack is designed to supplement an author study or to stand on its own. Each of the four kits highlights a different contemporary author and includes a biography, a clipart image, and a variety of visuals to help promote the authors' books. This pack includes four Author of the Month kits: -Jon Scieszka -Kate DiCamillo -Mac Barnett -Grace Lin Authors for my Author of the Month board are chosen based on their breadth of work (picture books AND chapter books), their appe

The Dessert Work word work centers are a fun, useful way for first and second graders to practice key reading and writing concepts. Each activity includes a set of blank cards for differentiation or continued play. Synonym Roll Memory: Students play "Memory" using pairs of synonyms. An optional variation is Synonym Roll Go Fish. S'Mores Sentences: Students assemble the components of a s'more to make a sentence with a subject, verb, preposition, and object and practice writing the sentences on

Super Stories is a writing unit geared toward visual learners. During the unit, students will learn the basics of story structure using a combination of graphic organizers and drawing exercises. Included in the unit are: --Comic glossary (vocabulary-building) --Comic glossary quiz --Somebody Wanted But So (story structure) --Make a Face (visual character-building) --Give Us a Twirl (visual character-building) --Story Mountain (story structure) --Rough Draft (dialogue and panel planning) --Blank

This Author of the Month pack is designed to supplement an author study or to stand on its own. Each of the four kits highlights a different beloved author and includes a biography, a clipart image, and a variety of visuals to help promote the authors' books. This pack includes four Author of the Month kits: -Roald Dahl -Lois Lowry -Jean Craighead George -Laurence Yep Authors for my Author of the Month board are chosen based on their breadth of work (picture books AND chapter books), their ap

This pack contains nine writing challenges for use in a classroom or school library. I use them as a supplement to my elementary school library's reading program every third year. The pack includes: --Book review (two differentiated templates) --Shelf Talker --Inspiration! (creative writing) --Scavenger Hunt (Dewey Decimal system) --Writing a Letter --Spooky Science (Halloween science activity) --What a Character (character-planning worksheet) --Say WHAT?! (creative writing and illustration) --

Cookie Math: Addition and Subtraction is a hands-on independent, partner, or center activity that reinforces concepts of addition and subtraction. The activity is fully differentiated for students who are just learning single-digit addition facts to students who are ready for double-digit subtraction. Printable cookie images are provided, although in my lessons I use painted wooden discs. In Cookie Math, students choose two cookies (chocolate chip for lower numbers, sprinkles for more complex

My Time Capsule is a letter-writing project for first- to fifth-graders. Students write letters to their future selves, including: -what is currently happening in the world -some of their favorite things -predictions about what the world will be like in the future -advice for their future selves The download includes a letter template with prompts, several lined pages for rough draft writing, a final draft template, and a sample letter. The final draft template includes an alternate second pag

These Author of the Month pages can be used to kick off an author study or to highlight a children's author in your classroom or library. The pack includes: -A name banner -A basic biography -A clipart author image -A page of your author's book covers -Images of the author's first and most recent books -A free interview (emailed separately)

These Author of the Month pages can be used to kick off an author study or to highlight a children's author in your classroom or library. The pack includes: -A name banner -A basic biography -A clipart author image -A page of your author's book covers -Images of the author's first and most recent books -A free interview (emailed separately)

These Author of the Month pages can be used to kick off an author study or to highlight a children's author in your classroom or library. The pack includes: -A name banner -A basic biography -A clipart author image -A page of your author's book covers -Larger images of two of the author's book covers

These Author of the Month pages can be used to kick off an author study or to highlight a children's author in your classroom or library. The pack includes: -A name banner -A basic biography -A clipart author image -A page of your author's book covers -Images of the author's first and most recent books -A free interview (emailed separately)

These Author of the Month pages can be used to kick off an author study or to highlight a children's author in your classroom or library. The pack includes: -A name banner -A basic biography -A clipart author image -A page of your author's book covers -Images of the author's first and most recent books -A free interview (emailed separately)

These name plates, complete with original clipart, will fit right in with your Wild West decor! Use them for word wall words, class library labels, student desks, and more! The set includes eight color plates and eight black-and-white plates for coloring.

These Author of the Month pages can be used to kick off an author study or to highlight a children's author in your classroom or library. The pack includes: -A name banner -A basic biography -A clipart author image -A page of your author's book covers -Images of the author's first and most recent books -A free interview (emailed separately)