Ashley's Elementary Resources

NF 4.5 When learning about decimal place value and relating that notation to fractions students can benefit from relating information to money. Most students in 4th grade know the value of coins and can understand that there are 100 cents in a dollar. By relating fractions with denominators of 10 and 100 to money students are able to make concrete connections which will deepen their understanding of fraction and decimal notation.

I find that the first couple of days when reviewing rules and procedures students seem to zone out after a while. I made this SMARTboard file to review my rules and procedures once we had gone through them. I used this in fourth grade and it is specific to my classroom and school, but you can change this to fit your needs. All of the pages are linked to the jeopardy board and it includes a score page which is also linked to the question and answer pages.

I have found great success with Engage New York modules with my third graders. Here you will find a SMARTboard lesson already prepared for all Module 1 lessons as well as a mini Test that can be used as a formative assessment. All materials here are straight from Engage NY with many screen shots from the lesson plan. This file is a time saver! Rather than spending countless hours preparing the SMARTboard for each lesson, use mine! Module 1 covers third grade Common Core multiplication.

I have used these SMARTboard lessons in my own third grade classroom for two years with great results. The full lessons with student reproducibles can be found at engageny.org. This bundle is only Module 2 which covers time, measurement, rounding, addition, and subtraction.

These SMARTBoard lessons are meant to be a time saver for you! I’ve used them in my own third grade classroom and have had great results! All full lessons can be found at www.engageny.org.

These SMARTBoard lessons are meant to be a time saver for you! I’ve used them in my own third grade classroom and have had great results! All full lessons can be found at www.engageny.org.

These SMARTBoard lessons are meant to be a time saver for you! I’ve used them in my own third grade classroom and have had great results! All full lessons can be found at www.engageny.org.

Newsletters are one of the best ways to communicate with families regarding events going on in the school or classroom and also to give reminders about upcoming events or important dates. I know that all of the parents in my room appreciate getting these weekly updates to stay on top of events as well as things that we are studying in the classroom.

It's hard to remember all of the procedures that you want to go over at the beginning of the year. With this SB you can be sure to cover all of the procedures to make your year run smoothly.

Print these out as bookmark size for each student. They can use this to edit their stories and essays. This works for all grade levels and even includes an explanation of each letter in the acrostic.

After teaching guided reading for the last 4 years I have determined the parts of the lesson that I need to plan for and have created this template. I think it works best to print out this plan front and back and keep several copies in the GR binder. Then I hand write my GR plans.

This is nothing fancy, but has saved me a ton of time this year. Check out the preview for a description of how I use this system in my classroom.