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Is it possible for a measurement and graphing project and assessment to be “Print and Go?” It is with this one! This product, by Wild Child Designs, is a two week math investigation, complete with assessment. It is student-tested and ADORED and provides practical application of customary measurement and conversion concepts, as well as graphing concepts (bar graphs, line graphs, line plots, range, median, mode, and mean). It's perfect for fourth or fifth graders. The steps of this project inc

This unique project combines Piet Mondrian's art with a mathematical project. Using this product, students investigate Mondrian's art using the "See-Think-Wonder" routine from "Making Thinking Visible. They estimate fractional amounts of color on Mondrian-inspired examples, and measure the artwork using 100s grid overlays. They also create their own Mondrian-inspired art using specific fraction amounts. Next, students learn how to turn those fraction amounts into decimal number representatio

Hey friend! This product from Wild Child Designs has two parts. It’s meant to help you and your students take a break from the worksheets to creatively explore powers of 10 and other exponential number patterns. Both parts have been tried and tested in my fifth grade classroom. The first part requires students to use patterned paper to create a model of powers of 10, from 10 to the first power to 10 to the sixth power. The second part takes students through a visible thinking routine called Cl

Resource for Black History Month and Martin Luther King, Jr. DayThe purpose of these activities is to help students read deeply while reading excerpts from historical civil rights speeches. So often, civil rights leaders like Dr. King are discussed as if they were super heroes. They are, in a sense, super heroes. But it’s important for students to realize that they were also regular people, often with very humble beginnings who found themselves in situations, environments and racist conflicts th

Greetings, friend! This mini unit consists of six parts. They can be taught as an entire unit, or broken-up into individual lessons and taught as needed. Check out the parts below: A mini-biography of Langston Hughes. Four of Hughes’ poems that share some similar qualities and a close read activity designed for poetry. A poetic compare/contrast activity meant to lead students through the four included poems to determine themes. A theory tree activity that requires students to use the poet’s

Are you ready to get your kids excited about math, reading, and art? Here we go! This product consists of three parts. The first part has a biography of Keith Haring, and a short article about breakdancing. It includes an activity about internal/external character action/traits. The second part introduces/reviews math vocabulary: Translation, reflection, and rotation (slide, flip, turn). Students use Keith Haring figures to show the desired movements. This part has a problem solving component.

Looking for some new PBL? I wanted a snazzy way to engage my fifth graders in a place value review AND teach the new fraction concepts we were studying. That's why this project was created! This literacy, math, art, and problem-solving project engages students in the following: 1. Place value review to the millions place, using Egyptian hieroglyphs, using expanded, standard, and written form. 2. Reading the history of hieroglyphs, cartouches, fraction systems, and an Egyptian myth. 3. Writing

Welcome to Monet Math! This 3 part-project is an interdisciplinary one that combines area, perimeter, metric linear measurement, art history, reading, research, and drawing and design. This investigation began when we posed the questions, “If we were going to design your own garden, how would we design it? What would we plant in our garden? What features would we include in your garden?” This product includes step-by-step directions for investigating Claude Monet, garden planning using centimet

Ready to roll up your sleeves and wax some poetry? This is one of my favorite forms of poetry to do with my students. It’s useful in many subjects other than language arts because its patterned repetition calls attention to certain details in the subject. I have used it in math, social studies and science! This project consists of five parts: Reading the mini-biography of Georgia O’Keefe. Observing close up photographs of the natural world to view it as Georgia did. This uses the see-think-wo

Ahhhh! Pumpkin spice is in the air and leaves crunch underfoot. This is the perfect creative writing and art project for October and November. It consists of three parts. In the first part, your students will read a poem by Carl Sandburg, engage in a close read, and learn about personification. They'll practice writing personification sentences about four pictures and four classroom objects. In the second part, your students will choose one autumn photograph that they want to personify. They'

The Vincent Van Gogh Coordinate Math, Literacy, Science & Art Project is a multi-disciplinary project. Students read a Van Gogh biography and quotation biography, develop a theory about Vincent based on his biography and his own words. They view "Starry Night" and engage in a visible thinking routine to explore the painting. They read a nonfiction article about constellations, complete a graphic organizer to review main idea and supporting detail concepts. They also research constellations an

Critical Thinking: Writing: Problem Solving: Math Workshop: Visual Literacy This project teaches students to observe photographs of tessellations closely and critically. It uses components of "Making Thinking Visible" strategies. Students create their own tessellations using pattern blocks, and then transfer them to a paper version. The task is made more challenging because they must include a rotation, reflection, and translation in their pattern. Finally, students write about their tesse

Who doesn't love a walk in a snowy forest? This writing and craft project provides students with a multi-sensory writing experience. It incorporates a "Making Thinking Visible" routine, creative writing, visual literacy, and a paper folding craft. This product includes 17 pages of the following: 1. 5 color photos 2. A list of youtube links to use with students for a multi-sensory pre-writing experience. 3. Directions for See-Think-Wonder thinking routine. 4. A See-Think-Wonder graphic organ

This project from Wild Child Designs is designed to be used with the picture book, "The Quiltmaker's Gift" by Jeff Brumbeau. It covers story vocabulary, types of conflict, theme, and using context clues. Students also engage in a debate-style Tug of War Thinking Routine where they write to defend their opinions, and evaluate the positions that other classmates ahve taken. It also includes a bulletin board Generosity Calendar display (think Advent calendar). Each day students take off the top

This 20 page product is filled with fun, interdisciplinary winter activities. Reading: Students will read about Wilson "Snowflake" Bentley in a "newspaper." They work to identify main idea and supporting details from the newspaper. Students will explore Inuit words for snow and discuss and brainstorm English snow and winter vocabulary. Students will also read two poems about snow, identifying descriptive language used by each poet. They will choose their favorite lines and explain their th

What do you get when you add a little art history, a protractor, and illuminated manuscript letters altogether? You get this! One fun math and art project! This project has four parts to it. Part one consists of: 1. A four page article for students about Illuminated Manuscripts, including a glossary (black & white with minimal color). 2. A close read sheet to accompany the article (black and white). 3. A "Teacher Talk" page (color) Part 2: 1. Black & white illuminated manuscript alphabet ca

Greetings, teacher friends! This is quickly becoming one of our favorite games in our classroom. My students LOVE Battleship. When I combined this with our learning about area and perimeter, I hit a homerun! Students square off against a partner to hide and find each other's ships on a grid. In order to be successful, they must find the area and perimeter of each vessel. This product includes a "Teacher Talk" page, a black and white student direction page, two labeled grid pages for hidin

Sitting across from your administrator during an evaluation meeting can be intimidating, even daunting. How can you self-reflect on your practice when you aren't clear on the pedagogical targets? This tool has been tested by new and seasoned teachers. All attest to its value. As a former coach, and now classroom teacher, I use this constantly. Nine design questions are represented on a total of 42 cards. Print, laminate, and hole punch for your own ring. This tool is also handy for administr

This math and art project is an integrated project to be used in reader's and writer's workshop, and math class. Students read a mini-biography of Wassily Kandinsky, use a viewfinder to view his "Color Study: Squares with Concentric Circles" and complete an art response to it. In addition, students read famous quotations of Kandinsky's using a quotation biography, Read-Think-Wonder and Step Inside thinking routines. Students also complete an exploration of circumference, and solve a patterni

This GROWING MEGA BUNDLE is inspired by Making Thinking Visible by Ritchart, Church, and Morrison. I will be adding SEVERAL more strategies to this bundle so grab it NOW while the price is right! Then, follow my store to receive messages when this bundle has been updated! Each graphic organizer is a thinking strategy designed to foster and support development of students’ critical thinking skills. Each response sheet includes a “Teaching Notes” page with tips for use in the classroom. Ther