Never again hear a student say, "I'm done, what do I do now?" Fifty printables for enrichment and early finishers. Critical and creative thinking activities for a wide range and ability of students in grades 1-4. You may even find activities that

Add PIZZAZZ to your poetry unit! This resource includes 78 printable pages that can be used to launch poetry centers in your classroom as each skill/strategy is introduced through a mini-lesson. The centers are designed to reteach and reinforce.

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Early Finishers can continue learning! First grade can be tricky - kids are finishing projects & assignments at all different times. What are early finishers to do while they wait? Pull out their B.A.T. Book! B.A.T. stands for Brain's Always

Add some depth and complexity to traditional Literature Circles with this complete and ready-to-use resource! You will be amazed by the level of discussion and critical thinking that will take place among your students. Each Literature Circle role

Do your students love STEM and fairy tales? This collection is for you! This pack includes 10 building and engineering projects based on a fairy tale themed problems. Students will build a parachute to help Jack escape the giant and construct a

Looking for a way to engage your readers in thoughtful reflection? This 190 page resource contains a wide variety of flap books to utilize within an interactive journal. Each flapbook is available in color AND black and white. Essentially, all

Genius Hour is an idea for the classroom based on Google's 20%. It gives students authentic, real world opportunities to refine the skills they are learning. Promotes, supports, and models creative, innovative thinking and inventiveness. And,

This Holiday STEM package is perfect to engage your little engineers in December! Three STEM challenges are provided and can be completed as stations or in isolation. STEM Challenges are designed to be completed in partners or small groups and

**This resource is a DISCOUNTED BUNDLE of my 4 Math Puzzler Card Sets. They can be purchased individually as -Math Puzzlers Set #1 - 2 Shape Equations , Math Puzzlers Set #2 - 3 Shape Equations, Math Puzzlers Set #3 - Number Jars, and Math Puzzlers

Genius Hour - A Complete Resource Packet is everything you will need to run Genius Hour in your classroom. Based on Google's 20% time for employees to work on pet projects that interest them, Genius Hour is now becoming popular in many classrooms. I

Early Finishers MEGA PACK (100 Printables for First Grade Enrichment!) Early Finishers: Need something to challenge your gifted and talented students who finish early? Are they always crying out for enrichment? If so, then this packet of 100

Early Finishers can continue learning! Kids are finishing their work at all different times throughout the day! What are early finishers to do while they wait? Pull out their B.A.T. Book! B.A.T. stands for Brain's Always Thinking! Using this

This Halloween STEM package is perfect to engage your little engineers in October! Three STEM challenges are provided and can be completed as stations or in isolation. STEM Challenges are designed to be completed in partners or small groups and

Perfect for homework, morning work, or interactive notebooks! Great practice for writing extended responses and providing evidence! This 64 page packet (jam-packed with 41 different reading response menus and different templates for student

Project-based learning for 4th and 5th grade math. Integrates ALL Mathematical Practices throughout each PBL! These 11 projects are great for 4th and 5th grade (common core or not!). GO HERE FOR A VIDEO PREVIEW: https://youtu.be/VGpmbyM5sqE This

Project based learning for 4th and 5th grade math. Financial Literacy and TEKS project-based learning. Help your students practice decimals and money skills with this quality project-based learning. Challenge activities allow for it to be used in

This resource came to me as I continue to search for ways to challenge my top math students and provide enrichment but also have “accessible” challenges that address all rigorous state standards, utilize higher level thinking, and have multiple

Wordables are my twist on the popular board game Boggle. This pack includes 15 ready to use printable puzzles and one blank board for you to create your own game! I've also included possible solutions for each puzzle. To learn more about how I use

Project Based Learning: Design A Water Park! Design, Plan, and Organize the park of your dreams! This project integrates elements of research, design, technology, and planning as students build a water park for their town. There are 17

This product is a co-labor-ation brought to you by Jen Jones and Michele Oates. Michele is a Gifted and Talented teacher. Are you looking for ways to keep students learning at higher levels even while you're busy at Guided Reading? Or do you have

Project-based learning (PBL), Help your students practice decimals (money skills) and fractions with this quality project-based learning for grades 4, 5, and 6. It includes a teacher guide walking you through each step. GO HERE FOR A VIDEO PREVIEW:

Teach your students how to explore content with depth and complexity. Here it is, a complete and ready-to-use resource for teaching all 11 elements (Big Ideas, Rules, Trends, Patterns, Language of the Discipline, Ethics, Relationships Over Time,

The Great Desert Island STEM Challenge is a set of 5 different activities centered around the story of a shipwrecked traveler stranded on a deserted island. After hearing the story of the shipwreck, students will read 5 of his diary entries. Each

Project Based Learning: Discovery in the Rainforest! This project based learning (PBL) activity joins together Science, Math, ELA, Social Studies, and Technology. This project integrates elements of science, math, ELA, social studies, ELA, and

Looking for a way to help your students remember AND organize order of operations? The hopscotch teaches the order, and the pizza slices show them how to organize their work. The pepperoni is the answer! Download for free now! Looking for all of

These focus wall resources are designed to be engaging and meaningful. Help your kiddos reach for deep knowledge and content mastery using a variety of critical, complex thinking skills. Digging Deep Learning Practices was developed to assist

Project-based learning (PBL), Help your students practice decimals, measurement, fractions, and graphing ordered pairs with this quality project-based learning for grades 4, 5, and 6. It includes a teacher guide walking you through each step. This

Early Finishers MEGA PACK (100 Printables for Second Grade Enrichment!) Early Finishers: Need something to challenge your gifted and talented students who finish early? Are they always crying out for enrichment? If so, then this packet of 100

Project Based Learning for Math and ELA. Running A Lemonade Stand! This project integrates elements of math, ELA, technology, design, and planning into a student-made final product as they prepare to run a lemonade stand. This project at all of

Brain Benders are critical thinking activities designed for each month. Use them as enrichment activities, journal prompts, learning center activities, or however you choose! Each monthly Brain Bender comes with 20 activities organized in a 5x4 grid

Teaching students about multiple intelligence theory can be very empowering, especially when you administer a survey to help them find out their own strengths. But most online survey tools are too long and complex for kids. So I created the quick

This is a collection of 52 non-routine math problems. Non-Routine math problems are problems that do not have a conventional way to solve them. There can be many ways to approach these types of problems. In addition to building perseverance, they

Add rigor to your spelling program with Greek and Latin root lists! This 196 page 34-week spelling program focuses exclusively on Greek and Latin Roots, and it's sure to create a classroom full of capable "Word Warriors"! Word Warriors use roots

Finding just-right resources for all of our learners is a full time job, especially for my highest group of mathematicians. These are the friends that are working a grade-level (or two) above 1st grade and the ones who sometimes struggle to show

Perfect for independent study projects! Unlock your students' passions! I have been trying to wrap my mind around how to implement passion projects in my classroom all year long. I LOVE the idea behind allowing my students to research topics that

Help your students unlock word meanings with Word Builders! Teaching our students about morphology, or meaningful word parts, helps our students unlock the meaning of new and increasingly sophisticated words. This packet addresses prefixes through

Are you looking for higher level math problem solving activities to use with your students? Do you want flexibility—a math resource that can be used with small enrichment groups or can be tiered so you can use it with your entire class…but at

So what is this resource? Set 1 was so popular that I have created Set 2--and now have bundled the two at a reduced price! If you are like me, you recognize that all the pushing we do to pass tests and get through our curriculum can be a

This Thanksgiving STEM package is perfect to engage your little engineers in November! Three STEM challenges are provided and can be completed as stations or in isolation. STEM Challenges are designed to be completed in partners or small groups and

*UPDATE: Problem now has metric addendum for those of you outside of the U.S.* (Big thanks to Brenda Blake!) In Doggy Dilemma, students are finally allowed to get a dog! They can choose from three dogs and then must create a dog pen for the

Thanksgiving Project-based learning (PBL)! Help your students practice decimals and fractions with this quality project-based learning for grades 4, 5, and 6. It includes a teacher guide walking you through each step. Do you have what it takes to

Short on time for whole class STEM? Try incorporating it into an engaging, hands-on center! The following STEM Center materials can be applied within any elementary classroom. You may choose to have students work in the STEM Center independently,

You're a Smart Kid: Multiple Intelligence Posters for Kids FREE! Cute set of 9 posters based on Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences. Posters are in kid smart language: nature smart, art/picture smart, logic smart, word smart, self smart,

Add rigor to your spelling program with prefix and suffix lists! This 193 page 34-week spelling program focuses exclusively on prefixes and suffixes, and it's sure to create a classroom full of capable "Affix Avengers"! Affix Avengers use prefixes

Early Finishers can continue learning! Kindergarten can be tricky - kids are finishing projects & assignments at all different times. What are early finishers to do while they wait? Pull out their B.A.T. Book! B.A.T. stands for Brain's

Pi Day is 3.14 (March 14th)! Have some hands-on fun for National Pi Day. Contents • What is Pi/ Practical Pi (2 pages): Reinforces the concept of pi • Fun Facts (1 page) • Digits of Pi (2 pages) • Hidden Picture (1 page) • The Symbol Pi (1 page):

These “Thinking Mats” present open-ended and engaging opportunities related to 11 “Thinking Tools” ( Big Ideas, Rules, Trends, Patterns, Language of the Discipline, Ethics, Relationships Over Time, Details, Unanswered Questions, Across Disciplines,

This activity provides choices for students as they work on their understanding of nouns. Great for use at a center or even for earlier finishers to keep at their desk as an enrichment activity.

Valentine's Day Boxes with an academic twist! As a third grade teacher, I try to find an academic connection for all things cutesy and fun, otherwise I really can't justify it. :) If you're looking for a way to bring an academic focus to your

Set includes 30 prefix task cards, perfect for your early finishers and enrichment students. Set includes answer key and answer sheet for students. Click hereto see how I use these in my classroom.

Early Finisher MEGA PACK (100 Printables for Third Grade Enrichment!) Early Finishers: Need something to challenge your gifted and talented students who finish early? Are they always crying out for enrichment? If so, then this packet of 100