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Great educators know that student need to build relationships within the classroom. This product offers an engaging and easily implemented way to build community in the classroom! All you need is dice! Students roll various questions to answer themselves or ask their classmates. Teachers can choose from a variety of 6 categories that can be implemented anytime! I have also provided several different ideas on how to implement these questions. Great for: - Brain Breaks - Morning Meeting - Classbu

As teachers we are always using number to label our classrooms! These light bulb numbers will brighten and inspire your classroom and can be used for any purpose! This set of labels includes numbers from 1 - 30 in a variety of colors.

Sometimes our student need a little help being accountable for their work. These to do lists help my student keep track of their goals an assignments with a dry erase marker. They see us using to do lists all day, why not let them make them! This is a PowerPoint File that you can print blank or insert your own titles with text boxes, making it easy and customizable for your classroom and students!

One of the best representational ways to teach multiplication is through area models! Students connect their previous knowledge of finding area through multiplication of two sides to learn multi digit multiplication. Students also use their understanding of numbers broken down by place value to make multiplication more manageable. Here are practice mats for students to use when learning to use the area model to multiply multi-digit numbers. The following area models are included: - 2 digit x 1 d

These cards are a quick and easy way for students to express their thanks to teachers and staff around the building. All you have to do is print and fold! Students can color and customize as they like or you could print on colored paper/cardstock! 6 different designs included!

Need a way to differentiate multiplication practice? This math center allows students to choose the problems they want to solve. Problems progress in difficulty so that students still get a variety of practice while being comfortable with their problem of choice. This center requires a very common classroom materials, Unifix Cubes! You can also adapt it if you do not have the materials to use whatever rainbow materials you have in your classroom. This set includes - 2 digit x 1 digit - 3 digi

Here are some quick holiday notes to give to your students to show your appreciation to them!

This product contains 32 task cards of multiplicative comparison statement. The statements are missing a piece that students should fill in. Students will write the multiplication equation that matches the sentence on the card. 4. OA. 1 Interpret a multiplication equation as a comparison, e.g., interpret 35 = 5 × 7 as a statement that 35 is 5 times as many as 7 and 7 times as many as 5. Represent verbal statements of multiplicative comparisons as multiplication equations.

Matches Common Core Standard 4.NBT.2- Read and write multi-digit whole numbers using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form. Compare two multi-digit numbers based on meanings of the digits in each place, using >, =, and < symbols to record the results of comparisons. In this product you will get a set of matching number cards. Each number is provided in three different forms; expanded, word and short word form. Students should be able to match one form to the other two for eac

This product includes the full alphabet of upper and lowercase letter pennants. Letters come in full size letters (1 letter per page) and half size (2 letters per page). The variety of sizes allows for you to choose what size fits best in your classroom. Font used is KG Shake It Off Chunky and graphics are from I Teach Whats Your Superpower.

In this product students will read passages about the three types of rocks and how they are formed. Along with each passage are 6 questions addressing a variety of fourth grade Common Core standards. At the end there is a cause and effect handout for students to identify the causes of the qualities of the different types of rocks.

One of the best ways to get students engaged in learning is to give them a choice. This BINGO activity allows students to reflect on their reading by answering various questions stems that address Common Core State Standards. Students can answer any combination of questions which will result in a BINGO on the board. This board focuses specifically on Reading for Literature standards and is to be used with Literary Texts

In this activity students explore the progression of government roles across different levels of government. Students synthesize the information and determine the connection between the leaders and the branch of government they represent. May be used as a group activity and as rotating stations.

This activity allows students to explore the effects that erosion has on land and the steps that are taken to protect from effects of erosion. It contains a predicting and inferencing activity to get students thinking about the possible causes of changes to a landscape. Then students read an article about how the Cape Hatteras lighthouse was moved because of erosion and answer several comprehension questions. Students then apply their knowledge to explain what is happening in similar image.

This is a handout where students can record their written comprehension to mClass or other reading comprehension stems. It allows students to write the title, the question they are answering and their response. I use these for homework each week. Students choose a text and have bookmarks with question stems from the individual mClass levels to choose from.

These task cards are for use with practicing the area model method of multi-digit multiplication. This method supports student understand of place values role in multiplication as well as the relationship to area of a rectangle. The product includes 8 printer friendly task cards and a recording sheet. Great for printing on colored cardstock!

These task cards are for use with practicing the area model method of multi-digit multiplication. This method supports student understand of place values role in multiplication as well as the relationship to area of a rectangle. The product includes 12 printer friendly task cards and a recording sheet. Great for printing on colored cardstock!

These are 12 word problems for practicing multiplication with 1 digit by 2, 3 and 4 digit numbers as well as 2 by 2 digit numbers. Perfect for students to use their preferred method to calculate products while seeing multiplication as a multiplication situation. Includes a recording sheet for student accountability.

This is a quick activity for students to synthesize the knowledge they gain about the moon from the text. Students need to pick three items to put in the suitcase in order to survive on the moon. I had students cut a piece of construction paper to place over the suitcase part and tape on so that people must "open the suitcase" to find out.