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If you're studying about life long ago, this experiment is perfect for your kiddos. Watch students' amazement as they make their own butter in this activity. This is also a perfect activity to do around Thanksgiving time. This download includes a student recording sheet, an answer sheet (with experiment directions) and a parent letter home if you prefer to request the supplies needed. Goes great with this freebie: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Long-Ago-Games-980148 Check out mo

This resource will allow your students to find equivalent fractions less than one whole on a number line. It is formatted to allow for cooperative learning structures such as Rally Coach. An additional copy of the same file is also included for individual practice. An answer key is also provided.

Use this fun Halloween center to help your students gain confidence and automaticity with the distributive property of multiplication. This center requires that your students match 6 equations using the distributive property with a given multiplication fact. Other cooperative learning uses for this game/center are also included. There are a total of 20 different fact mats and 6 matching equations for each fact mat. For other math resources see below: Fall Multiplication & Division Task Card

Use these 36 problem and solution cards to help your students understand this relationship better or begin incorporating problems and solutions into their independent writing. These cards can be used in a variety of cooperative learning formats as described in the packet or would make a great literacy center. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Hope you enjoy!

This unit will have every resource you need to help your students become experts at classifying animals. In this packet you will find: -6 anchor charts with the characteristics for each classification (fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, mammals, and arthropods) -Vertebrate Flip book (fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals) -Arthropod Flip Book (arachnids, insects, and crustaceans) -30 animal sorting cards and variety of cooperative learning structures for their use -Vertebrate vs. Inv

This set of sorting cards provides 30 picture cards for the following types of energy: -Heat -Light -Electrical -Mechanical -Wind -Sound The 30 different picture cards are provided in two different sizes for ease when printing. Three different suggestions for use are also included. For other science products see below: Types of Matter Sorting Cards and Cooperative Games Force and Motion, Push and Pull Sorting Cards Matter Summative Assessment Science Experiment: Density with Floating Eggs Sci

This product is designed to help students self assess their current understanding of introduced concepts as they are being taught. This rubric allows teachers to stop periodically and have students use a number system to identify how readily they are understanding the material. The levels currently read: Level 4: I know this VERY well. I feel like I could teach it to someone else. Level 3: I feel like I know this pretty well. I get almost every question right the first time. Level 2: I feel

This product is designed to have your kids actively engaged in cooperative learning activities that will support their understanding of improper and mixed fractions. There are several components to this pack. Activities included: Line Up: In this game students will match improper and mixed fractions with pictures and number lines illustrating the same fractional amount. These cards could also be used for a memory game or as GO Fish! cards. Task Cards: This pack includes twelve task cards that

This packet is designed to use fun, interactive ways to help students internalize the concepts of fact and opinion while learning fun facts about various animals. The packet has been specifically designed so that the same materials can be used through a variety of games and cooperative learning structures in order to save you time and resources, while supporting your students' learning of the material. This packet includes: -Directions for use with 6 different activities including: bingo, quiz

Have your students practice reading words beginning with l blends with this fun game that is played like Connect Four. Your students work in pairs and take turns trying to read one of the words on the board. If they read it correctly they can cover the word with a bingo chip of their color. If not, they do not mark the word. Play continues back and forth this way until someone scores four words in a row. Students have fun reading while trying to outsmart one another! Makes a great literacy

Save yourself time with this ready-made science word wall. This product includes 134 words color coded by science strands: Nature of Science, Earth & Space Science, Physical Science, and Life Science. Each word is accompanied with a color illustration. Posters that correspond to each strand are also included. Each strand also has blank word cards so you can easily add to the existing set. **Please view the preview image for the complete list of words included in this pack. If you are loo

This project combines concepts of mathematics and economics, and allows differentiation and individualized student creativity. It is perfect for extending student learning, or reviewing concepts from the year. Students are initially given "$10,000" in which to invest in a farm. They are initially required to lay out their farm meeting specific area and perimeter requirements. They then buy a house, barn, silo, etc. From there they use a projected profits page to make decisions about what c

This resource includes all you will need to introduce your students to interpreting remainders. There are 5 anchor charts that detail each of the different ways remainders can be interpreted. These include: using only the remainder, ignoring the remainder, rounding up to the next whole, how many to make another whole set, and using fractions or decimals. Students are given text coding to help them identify and remember each individual type of interpretation. Sample problems and clues for ident

This is a 20 day reading workshop unit which uses books by Kevin Henkes to examine characters and theme. It is specifically aligned with Common Core Standards and provides day by day lesson plans, reading extension worksheets and cooperative learning activities. The books included in this unit are: -Chrysanthemum -Wemberly Worried -Sheila Rae the Brave -A Weekend with Wendell -Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse -Lilly’s Big Day -Julius: The Baby Of The World -Chester's Way. In addition to the le

Use these 33 push and pull cards for sorting, categorizing, or active engagement games. See below for other science resources: Types of Energy Sorting Cards and Cooperative Games Force and Motion Sorting Cards Matter Summative Assessment Science Experiment: Density with Floating Eggs Science Experiment: From Liquid to SolidScience Word Wall: Bundled K-3rd Grade

This packet includes a prerequisite assessment for students entering first grade and tracking tables for each mathematic domain, broken down by standard. This assessment could also be used as an end of the year kindergarten cumulative assessment as well. The test is designed to assess all of the kindergarten Common Core standards for entering first graders. The only standards not assessed include: K.CC.1, K.CC.2, K.O.A.1, K.G.5, K.G.6, K.MD.1. These standards have been specifically excluded

Have your students practice reading words beginning with r blends with this fun game that is played like Connect Four. Your students work in pairs and take turns trying to read one of the words on the board. If they read it correctly they can cover the word with a bingo chip of their color. If not, they do not mark the word. Play continues back and forth this way until someone scores four words in a row. Students have fun reading while trying to outsmart one another! Makes a great literacy cente

This packet contains 33 different photographs of various goods and services perfect for sorting or other cooperative learning activities. To find other economics products see: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Economics-Unit-701727 http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/What-is-Economics-701670 To see similiar sorting cards see our FREE push and pull cards: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Force-Motion-Push-Pull-Sorting-Cards-421544 This work is licensed under a Creativ

Help students explore readable, non-fiction texts while learning about the Arctic Fox. This printable book includes 16 informative pages on the Arctic Fox. It includes the following non-fiction text features: *headings *photographs *did you know bubbles *bold words *table of contents (with 6 headings) *glossary *diagram The reading level for this book is estimated at a DRA 12/14 or Guided Reading Level G/H Just print and fold! Great for student led research. If you are interested in other

Save yourself time with this ready-made science word wall. This product includes 102 words color coded by science strands: Nature of Science, Earth & Space Science, Physical Science, and Life Science. Each word is accompanied with a color illustration. Posters that correspond to each strand are also included. Each strand also has blank word cards so you can easily add to the existing set. **Please view the preview image for the complete list of words included in this pack. If you are loo