Laura Candler

Need engaging printables and activities for February? This 26-page packet offers ready-to-use lessons, printables, and activities for February that foster higher level thinking while motivating students. Activities include math word problems, a candy heart fraction lesson, a friendship poetry activity, a word challenge, and directions for writing a President or Black History biography. ⭐ Save 50% with the Seasonal Activities Bundle! ⭐ February Activities is one of the products in my Seasonal

Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition Sorting is a hands-on activity designed to help your students understand three important processes that change the earth’s surface over time. After a short introductory lesson, students will work with a partner or team to sort and classify examples of weathering, erosion, and deposition. This product includes a teacher’s guide with a step-by-step lesson plan, activity directions, illustrated sorting cards, and an answer key. Printable and Google Slides version

Island Conquer Area and Perimeter Quest is a pirate-themed partner math game that kids love! There are two variations of the game, and both involve finding the area and perimeter of rectangular "islands" located on a treasure map. To play the easier game, Level 1, students are only required to find the area or the perimeter of each island. To play the Level 2 game, students must first use given coordinates to find the location of each island on a coordinate grid, and then they find its area or p

Bio Poems are simple poems written about people, and they are both easy and fun to write because they follow a predictable pattern. Bio Poems don't usually rhyme, so all students can experience success with this format. You can have students write Bio Poems about themselves, or they can write about famous historical figures, book characters, people they admire, etc. This ready-to-use poetry lesson includes directions, graphic organizers, a Bio Poem planning page, a sheet of decorative writing pa

Possessive and Plural Nouns Level 2 includes four worksheets, Form A and Form B of two different worksheets, along with full-sized answer keys. Digital and printable versions of all four worksheets are included. The digital versions were created in Google Slides and can be assigned in Google Classroom for Distance Learning lessons. Please preview the worksheets using the link on this page to be sure the level of difficulty is right for your class. This resource is most appropriate for 3rd, 4th,

Do your students have trouble writing complete sentences? Do they write in fragments and run-ons? Sentence Go Round is a simple and fun cooperative learning strategy to teach students how to write longer, more complex sentences. It starts with a short review of sentence fragments, run-on sentences, and complete sentences that includes a sentence sorting activity. Then students work with a team to expand basic "kernel" sentences into longer, more interesting sentences. Kernel sentences are simple

Order of Operations Bingo Level 1 includes strategies for reviewing order of operations, a practice worksheet, and a ready-to-use Bingo game. The game can be played with the class, in math centers, in cooperative learning teams, or in small guided math groups. The math game includes 32 unique numbered Bingo boards and 24 problem cards with an answer key. There are two versions of Order of Operations Bingo, Level 1 and Level 2, and each level is sold separately. The instructions and teaching mate

Classify It! Exploring Quadrilaterals is an exciting collection of lessons and activities to help students master quadrilateral classification. This product includes printables and directions for an introductory lesson, a cooperative learning sorting activity, a challenging and fun game, and two quizzes. The two activities are great for math centers and cooperative learning lessons! Three Versions of Classify It Based on Trapezoid DefinitionsDid you know there are three different definitions of

Are you required to teach specific quadrilateral and triangle concepts? If so, you'll find these Classifying Polygons worksheets to be super helpful! There are 3 forms of the worksheet, which makes it easy to use them for practice and assessment. Printable and digital Google Slides versions of the worksheets are included in this product. Each worksheet also comes with two answer keys; one version of the key applies the inclusive definition for trapezoid to all quadrilaterals and the other appli

If you're looking for a fun and engaging Thanksgiving writing activity, this is it! The Thankful Writing lesson plan includes digital and printable resources for teaching students to write a simple 5-paragraph essay about the things they are thankful for. You'll find directions for introducing this easy expository format, suggestions for leading a brainstorming session, and tips for working with students as they complete their Thanksgiving essays. The best part is that they can glue their essays

Analyzing Character Traits consists of a variety of lessons and activities for teaching students how to analyze character traits, along with ready-to-use graphic organizers and activity pages. The PDF teacher’s guide includes the printable resources, and the lesson directions have links to the Google Slide versions of the activities. In addition, all of the activity pages are provided as separate PDF files in landscape format to make them easy to display on an interactive whiteboard or during a

States and Capitals Games Bundle includes six products with printable games for learning the United States names, locations, capitals, and abbreviations. 50 States Showdown is the most challenging game; the easiest way to teach the states and capitals is region by region. All of the games in this bundle include full directions, numbered maps of the U.S. or of the region, task cards, and answer keys. Click the product covers to preview them, and if you like them all, you'll save over 40% by purch

Mystery Perimeters includes a mini-lesson and several practice activities for teaching kids to find the lengths of unlabeled sides of an irregular polygon in order to calculate its total perimeter. Two versions of the lesson and activity pages are included. One uses customary measurement, and all dimensions are given in inches. The other uses metric measurement, and all dimensions are in given centimeters. Mystery Perimeters is aligned with 3rd grade measurement and geometry standards, and it

Simplify and Snap is a fun math game that kids love! Players earn snap cubes for simplifying fractions correctly, and they compete to see who can create the tallest tower. QR codes make this math game even more engaging! It includes 3 levels of task cards and is great for partners, math centers, small guided math groups, or cooperative learning teams. Simplify and Snap includes teacher directions, 2 variations of the student directions, 3 sets of leveled fraction cards with traditional answer ke

Gallon Robot to the Rescue is much more than a set of Gallon Man or Gallon Girl patterns! It's a comprehensive collection of teaching strategies and printables to help your students learn to convert between the customary units of capacity. The activities also help to reinforce basic fraction concepts. Click HERE to SAVE 30% when you purchase this product as a part of the Customary Measurement Bundle! After creating a Gallon Robot from paper patterns, students learn the fractional relationships

Math Stations Made Easy was designed for grades 3 - 6, and the strategies can be adapted for other grade levels. The management suggestions and resources in this resource will make it easy for you to implement math stations or math centers in your classroom. Math Stations Made Easy includes dozens of no-prep printables and ready-to-use learning games on a variety of levels, so the book is perfect for teachers who differentiate their math instruction. Save 40% with the Math Stations and Games Bu

Order of Operations Task Cards, Bingo Games, and Tests Bundle includes everything you need to introduce and practice order of operations! These materials are also perfect for a review or test prep activity. There are two levels of resources, with four products on each level. Level 1 problems are shorter and do not include exponents. Level 2 problems are longer, involve multiple steps, and may include exponents. ⭐ Save 50% with the Order of Operations Bundle!⭐ Click the links below to preview a

Order of Operations Bingo Game Level 2 includes strategies for reviewing order of operations using PEMDAS, a practice worksheet, and a ready-to-use Bingo game. The game can be played with the class, in math centers, in cooperative learning teams, or in small guided math groups. The math game includes 32 unique numbered Bingo boards and 24 problem cards with an answer key. There are two versions of Order of Operations Bingo, Level 1 and Level 2, and each level is sold separately. The instructions

Multiple Intelligence Theory for Kids: Step-by-Step Lessons and Ready-to-Use Printables from Laura Candler is a classroom-tested resource for introducing Dr. Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligence (MI) theory to children. This bundle includes a comprehensive teacher guide with complete lessons and kid-friendly MI surveys. It also includes 2 sets of bulletin board posters and 4 sets of quick reference cards to use with student projects and team assignments. Google Doc and Editable Versions of th

This Poetry Unit Bundle is a huge collection of poetry lessons, activities, printables and digital task cards (including Boom Cards) that will make it easy to teach your students how to read, write, and LOVE poetry! This bundle also includes a poetry webinar with inspiration and step-by-step directions for teaching an entire poetry unit! Use the links on this page to preview the products in this bundle, and return to this page to purchase the entire bundle at more than 40% off! The webinar incl