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Games to teach subjects and predicates featuring: - Subject and predicate posters - Subject and predicate tic-tac-toe - Subject and predicate sort - Subject and predicate game board - Mixed up sentences with subjects and predicates -Subject and predicate dice -Subject and predicate dominoes -Subject and predicate "Go Fish" Updated December 30, 2012 GAMES ARE FOUND IN TREASURES PACKS FOR UNIT 1 STORY 3 AND UNIT 1 STORY 4.

Are you learning about rocks and minerals? Make your students' learning fun and engaging with this pack. In this pack, you will find: - anchor charts -- rock cycle, igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic, minerals, and Earth's crust - graphic organizers - vocabulary cards - igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary flapbook (available with the cut and paste option) - rock cycle (available with a cut and paste option) - rocks and minerals mini book - rocks and minerals book and website list - rock word s

Oh no! The Shoe Snatcher has stolen 10 different shoes from 10 different people. Help Detective Gadget match the missing shoes to the clues on the case files. This activity can be used as center activity, a group investigation, or a whole group lesson. In this 29 page pack, you will find 10 different shoe cards, 10 case file cards, student investigator badges, and investigation pages. There is also an extension activity for students to make inferences to solve a word search. Download the prev

Anchor charts for a variety of comprehension skills, sentence mechanics, nouns, verbs, and lots of additional skills. Some skills included: -cause and effect -summarizing -inferences -predictions -compare and contrast -visualizing -asking questions -main idea -context clues -drawing conclusions -plot -characters -setting -statements -questions -commands -exclamations -nouns: person, place, thing -possessive nouns -past tense verbs -present tense verbs -book titles -subjects and predicates -comma

Getting ready for the state test this spring or do you just want to review before summer? This pack contains 16 centers, 10 days of review work, 5 word searches, 3 write the room reviews, and color the match sheets all for the common core ELA standards for 2nd grade. Each center contains a game, recording sheet, and answer key. The common core standard being reviewed is listed on the cover page for the center. Please download the preview for more detailed images of the centers. Center pack cove

If your state is moving to the common core standards, this resource will really come in handy. I have included standard cards for teachers and students. The teacher format is the actual standard. The student format is in student friendly language of I can statements. Hang these up in your room and use them to plan your instruction and learning goals. This packet includes math and reading standards for teachers and students. The original purchaser is granted permission to reproduce these pages i

Do your morning and afternoon routines need some work? Try these posters to remind your students what they need to do as they come into your classroom and as they get ready to go home. Place these routines in a prominent place in your classroom and make arrival and dismissal run smoothly. These cards are also editable so you can create your own wording for the cards. Due to copyright restrictions on clip art, you will be unable to change the clip art. The font used was KG Next to Me Solid. You

Help your students identify main idea with this fall themed lesson using the book, "Why Do Leaves Change Color?" This mini lesson includes a lesson plan, main idea and details posters, anchor chart heading, main idea response sheets, and a main idea match. The original purchaser is granted permission to reproduce these pages in unlimited quantities for their OWN classroom use. Duplication for an entire grade level, school, school system or for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden. If you

Enhance your student of space with the cute astronaut creativity. Included in this pack are tracing patterns for the astronauts, 6 pieces of writing paper, and bulletin board letters. Please be aware that these come out pretty big so the writing paper will fit. If you choose to make it without the writing paper or just want it smaller, shrink the patterns down to 50% on the copier or print 2 copies per page. The original purchaser is granted permission to reproduce these pages in unlimited qua

Celebrate the spring weather in April by using these fun and engaging centers in your classroom. Included in this pack: (1) Earth Day Making Words (2) Wild Weather Words (Synonyms and Antonyms) (3) Puddles of Pronouns (4) Earth Day Fact and Opinion (5) Buzzing with Abbreviations (6) Growing Irregular Verbs (7) It's Raining Nouns! (choosing plural or possessive noun) (8) Sunny Syllables (9) Contraction Chicks (10) Buggy Adjectives (11) April Fools Writing (persuasive paper) (12) Hopping with Bas

Extend your Christmas theme in your classroom with these free Christmas wordsearches. This pack features three wordsearches on reindeer, Santa, and gingerbread. If you download, please leave some feedback on this item.

PLEASE BE AWARE, THESE LESSONS ARE THE SAME LESSONS THAT ARE IN MY READING STREET PACKS. Do you love using picture books to teach comprehension concepts but need some help developing your lessons? If so, this bundle is for you. Included in this pack, you will find 18 text based mini-lessons on drawing conclusions, making inferences, cause and effect, and main idea. Drawing conclusions mini-lessons feature the books below. Click here to view the drawing conclusions pack. "Shark vs. Train" b

Teach possessive nouns with a teaching poster and a fun game for your students. This pack also features a possessive noun flip book. Pack is also found in Treasures resources for "Farfallina and Marcel"

Are you looking to encourage growth mindset in your classroom? Do your students need to grow their effort and realize that mistakes are okay? You need to try these growth mindset mini lessons. In this pack, you will find 4 weeks of mini lessons. Each weekly mini lesson features an original song, an introductory Powerpoint and Keynote, a text-based mini lesson, a writing connection, reflection banner, student bracelet, and so much more. Weekly themes include: (1) My Brain can Grow (featuring t

This linking verb pack will help your students understand the concept of linking verbs. Included in this pack are 2 anchor charts, linking verb dice game, and linking verb tic-tac-toe. These are the same resources as found in my Treasures unit for "Splish! Splash! Animal Baths" and are now available for teachers who do not use Treasures.

Make your morning start smoothly for you and your students by using the printable Morning Routine posters. Display these posters in a prominent place in your classroom so students know what they need to do as they come into your classroom each morning. These printables come in a rectangle and circle shape so choose which fits your space best. They are also editable in Powerpoint so you can change the text to better fit your classroom needs. Just add a text box on top of the image and you are re

PLEASE BE AWARE, THESE LESSONS ARE THE SAME LESSONS THAT ARE IN MY READING STREET PACKS. Do you love using picture books to teach comprehension concepts but need some help developing your lessons? If so, this pack is for you. Included in this pack, you will find 4 text-based mini-lessons with lesson plans and printables for plot and theme. Books featured are: "Unlovable" by Dan Yaccarino "The Dog Who Cried Wolf" by Keiko Kasza 'Goose's Story" by Cari Best "Have Fun, Molly Lou Melon" by Patty

Do you want to encourage summer reading for your students or your own kids? Try out this fun summer reading pack. The pack includes two different challenges. In one challenge, students must complete a specified number of challenges. In the other challenge, students will complete a scavenger hunt with alphabet reading challenges.

Help your kiddos master their phonics skills by implementing these fun activities and games in your classroom. This pack includes 15 weeks of activities to use to supplement and improve phonics instruction in your classroom. Skills covered: - Short vowels - Long vowels (silent e) - Beginning blends - Ending blends - Digraphs - Contractions - Ar, or, ore - Er, ir, ur - Compound words - Long a (ai, ay, a) - Long e (ee, ea, e, y) - Long o (o, oa, ow) - Plurals - Long i (ie, igh, y) - Suffixes (er

PLEASE BE AWARE, THESE LESSONS ARE THE SAME LESSONS THAT ARE IN MY READING STREET PACKS. Do you love using picture books to teach comprehension concepts but need some help developing your lessons? If so, this pack is for you. Included in this pack, you will find 3 text-based mini-lessons with lesson plans and printables. Books featured are: "Two Bad Ants" by Chris Van Allsburg "The Boy who Cried Bigfoot" by Dan Greenburg "Good Boy, Fergus!" by David Shannon You will also find photographs to