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These cute Bloom's Taxonomy posters will be a great addition to your classroom! Each poster includes a student-friendly "I Can" statement so your students can see which level of Bloom's they are achieving. Each poster also includes key words that correlate with each level of Bloom's so you can promote higher level thinking and questions for your students. Each poster is color coded in rainbow order to reflect the progression of difficulty in Bloom’s Taxonomy (Remember, Understand, Apply, Anal

This is one of my favorite craftivities that I use with my students! First, we read a penguin story such as Cinderella Penguin by Janet Perlman. I then teach them how to use the summary graphic organizer (Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then). Students then write their summary of the story on the summary card. After students write their summary, they use the penguin pattern to create their penguin. I also had my students become "fashion designers" by using construction paper to dress up their pe

What a fun way to encourage positive behavior in your classroom! Use this bee themed clip chart to monitor your students' behavior and choices. My students have really enjoyed it! The clip chart is divided into seven colored sections and each day every child will start out on green, “Ready To Learn,” which is located in the middle of the chart. Students will have a clip that they will physically move up or down the chart, depending on their choices. If a student makes it “Off The Chart” I wear t

Enjoy this free part part whole mat to practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division! I use this mat to model during my whole group and small group lessons while my students are practicing the skills with their own personal mat. You can laminate these mats so they can be used with either manipulatives or number tiles. Then, have your students use a dry erase marker to record their equation. Check out my differentiated math games at the link below: https://www.teacherspayteacher

Here is a sweet Halloween themed book craftivity to capture your students' interest and enhance their reading comprehension! This is my students favorite Halloween themed book activity! They also look super cute hanging up for fall parties. *Trick-or-Treating for the Main Idea Read a nonfiction story to the class (Examples: bats, pumpkins, spiders, etc.) or have students choose their own nonfiction book to read independently. After reading the story, students will record the main topic on th

These pocket chart signs are a great visual for students to know where they should be during guided reading groups and literacy stations. This pack includes the following: *Pocket Chart Reading Group Headers (blank, ocean, frog, student, pirate, and safari animal themed. *Pocket Chart Management Cards -Guided Reading Group -Independent Practice -Anchor Activity -Making Words -Spelling -Reading -Listening -Big Book -Writing -Poetry -Computer -Pocket Chart -Partner Reading *Just Added 1/20/13:

What a fun way to encourage positive behavior in your classroom! Use this ocean/beach themed clip chart to monitor your students' behavior and choices. My students have really enjoyed it! The clip chart is divided into seven colored sections and each day every child will start out on green, “Ready To Learn,” which is located in the middle of the chart. Students will have a clip that they will physically move up or down the chart, depending on their choices. If a student makes it “Off The Ch

Ready for some higher level thinking in your classroom? This zipped bundle makes it easy to use Bloom's Taxonomy everyday! In this bundle, you will receive the following packs: ~Revised Bloom's Taxonomy Fiction Question Cards & Activities~Revised Bloom's Taxonomy Nonfiction Question Cards & Activities~Revised Bloom's Taxonomy "I Can" Statement Posters~Bonus: Bloom's Taxonomy Math Questions and Deep Sea Thinking Poster! :)These question cards are great because they can be used with any fiction

Incorporating multiple intelligences into the reading curriculum is a great way to motivate readers and increase their reading comprehension! In this kit you will receive a We are All Smart poster, Multiple Intelligence student survey, fiction and nonfiction project rubrics, 3 fiction and 3 nonfiction reading response choice boards that incorporate multiple intelligences and blooms taxonomy into your reading classroom! Students love retelling their stories using these fun and creative activiti

Do you want to build a snowman? This craftivity is "snow" cute to display in your classroom! This pack contains two craftivities in one! See below for a description of each activity. Snowman Plot Craftivity This craftivity is cute to use with any snowman or winter themed story. Snowmen at Night, Snowmen All Year, or Snowmen at Christmas are some stories I like to use with this activity. After listening to or reading the story, students write the beginning, middle, and end of the story on e

Here are two "tree"-mendously fun book craftivities to capture your students' interest and enhance their reading comprehension! Main Idea Christmas Tree Craftivity I like to use this craftivity after we read a story in our guided reading groups so I can easily differentiate for my students using their leveled readers. You can also use this activity after reading a Christmas or holiday story to the class. Once students read or listen to the story, they determine the main idea (on the star), m

Do you want a fun and hands on way to have your students practice place value? This station comes with 2 math stations! Race to 100 enables students to practice adding ones and trading for tens until they reach 100. Race to 0 enables students to use base ten blocks to subtract from 100 back to 0. This station comes with a direction cards, talking cards, and two place value recording worksheets/work mats.

Your class will love to practice adding, subtracting, and multiplying with these three cute Gingerbread House themed bump games! For the addition bump game, students roll 3 dice and add the numbers together. For the subtraction game, they add the three numbers together and then subtract that number from 20. For the multiplication game, students roll 2 dice and multiply the numbers together. The student then places a cube or counter on that number. If another player's cube or counter is on that

These reading comprehension posters are a great way to introduce your new reading strategy each week. These ocean themed posters give a definition and example of the strategy in a cute, easy to read format. These 14 posters will make a great addition to any ocean themed classroom! Here are the posters included: -Cause and Effect -Compare and Contrast -Drawing Conclusions -Fact and Opinion -Main Idea and Details -Prediction -Summarizing -Sequencing -Parts of a Story (Characters, Setting, Plot)

These spelling homework contracts will motivate your students by making spelling homework fun! Students choose 3 of the activities to complete to practice their spelling words in a fun and engaging way. Each spelling contract is also translated in Spanish so parents and ELL students can practice their spelling words each week. This set comes with 6 different spelling contracts to use throughout the year. I usually change them out at the end of every 9 weeks to keep your students engaged and mot

These pocket chart signs are a great visual for students to know where they should be during guided reading groups and literacy stations. This pack includes the following pocket chart signs: *Ocean themed Groups 1-4 Headers *Guided Reading Group *Making Words Center/Station *Spelling Center/Station *Reading Center/Station *Writing Center/Station *Independent Practice *Anchor Activity (Early finishers activity) *4 Center posters to hang above center location Be sure to check out my ocean them

These pocket chart signs are a great visual for students to know where they should be during guided math groups and math stations. This pack includes the following pocket chart signs: *Math Group Headers *Ocean Themed Groups Headers *Guided Math Group *Math Station *Manipulatives *Computers *Technology *iPads *Math Games *Independent Practice *Anchor Activity (Early finishers activity) Be sure to check out my Literacy Station Signs and 138 Task Cards! http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Produ

Do you ever get tired of reading the same words such as "fun" or "good" in your students' writing? Use these posters as a great mini lesson to teach descriptive writing. To assemble, cut out and attach the clouds with the descriptive words above the matching "tired word" in the bed. Hang them up in your classroom and students can use them as a reference as they write. This poster pack includes posters and the independent practice worksheet. During quiet writing time, my students love bei

What a great way to help your students learn how to add multi-digit numbers (2-Digit, 3-Digit, and 4-digit) on their own level! This pack includes 3 different levels of games and activities to meet the needs of your students! Once you have leveled your students into math groups, you can have them play these games as a teacher directed small group activity, math station game, or partner activity. Here are the fun games and activities included in this pack: **Leveled Dice Games** *Jellyfish R

If you are looking for a Beach and Ocean Themed Super Improver Wall for your classroom then this pack is for you! Included in this pack are the following: *Super Improver Sign and 10 Wall Cards -Genius -Master Mind -Super Star -Pro -Specialist -Whiz Kid -Captain -Leader -Learner -Beginner *10 Sets of Brag Tags for Mastering Each Level *Student Star Cards -Print these student star cards on colored card stock to coordinate with the background color of each level (Red, Orange, Yellow, Dark G