Austen Hecker

This 7 page resource includes notes for the Circle lessons of the 5th grade math curriculum. Each lesson includes an anticipatory set of quick questions (Try It), notes (Definitions and Strategies), and Guided Practice questions. Students cut and glue the notes into their math journals. We go through the notes and practice before I introduce fun activities to practice the related math skill(s). Please see my store for additional activities and resources. I will upload every 5th grade math uni

This 22 page resource includes notes for the first 10 lessons of the 5th grade math curriculum. Each lesson includes an anticipatory set of quick questions (Try It), notes (Definitions and Strategies), and Guided Practice questions. Students cut and glue the notes into their math journals. We go through the notes and practice before I introduce fun activities to practice the related math skill(s). Please see my store for additional activities and resources. I will upload every 5th grade m

This Zip File includes notes for 12 units: Unit 1: Place Value (Includes Prime and Composite, Even and Odd, Rounding, and Forms- Standard, Expanded, Word) Unit 2: Decimal Operations and Word Problems Unit 3: Distributive Property and the Order of Operations Unit 4: Fractions (Equivalent, Simplifying, Adding/Subtracting, Mixed Numbers, and Multiplying) Unit 5: Circles Unit 6: Angles and Triangles Unit 7: Quadrilaterals Unit 8: Perimeter, Area, and Volume Unit 9: Measurement (length, capacity, mas

This 26 page resource includes notes for Standards 5.2 and 5.6. These are designed for mini-lessons within the 5th grade math curriculum. Each lesson includes an anticipatory set of quick questions (Try It), notes (Definitions and Strategies), and Guided Practice questions. Students cut and glue the notes into their math journals. We go through the notes and practice before I introduce fun activities to practice the related math skill(s). Please see my store for additional activities and reso

This 12 page resource includes notes for the second unit of the 5th grade math curriculum. Each lesson includes an anticipatory set of quick questions (Try It), notes (Definitions and Strategies), and Guided Practice questions. Students cut and glue the notes into their math journals. We go through the notes and practice before I introduce fun activities to practice the related math skill(s). Please see my store for additional activities and resources. I will upload every 5th grade math unit

This product contains the Spanish to English translations of basic vocabulary and phrases for new ELL students.

This 6 page resource includes notes for mini-lessons on quadrilaterals and transformations. Each lesson includes an anticipatory set of quick questions (Try It), notes (Definitions and Strategies), and Guided Practice questions. Students cut and glue the notes into their math journals. We go through the notes and practice before I introduce fun activities to practice the related math skill(s). Please see my store for additional activities and resources. I will upload every 5th grade math unit

This zip file includes 5 Baking Stations/Clues, two student recording documents (scaffolded), a baking station schedule for 5 groups (editable), a PDF of the FlipChart Introduction, an answer key, and challenges for quick finishers. This activity covers equivalent fractions and adding fractions with unlike denominators. I assign the groups in advance. Within each group, I also assign each student a topping. Their job is to use the clues to determine the number of slices with their assigned t

This 13 page resource includes notes for the triangle and angle lessons of the 5th grade math curriculum. Each lesson includes an anticipatory set of quick questions (Try It), notes (Definitions and Strategies), and Guided Practice questions. Students cut and glue the notes into their math journals. We go through the notes and practice before I introduce fun activities to practice the related math skill(s). Please see my store for additional activities and resources. I will upload every 5th g

This 4 page resource includes notes for the distributive property and the order of operations. These are designed for mini-lessons within the 5th grade math curriculum. Each lesson includes an anticipatory set of quick questions (Try It), notes (Definitions and Strategies), and Guided Practice questions. Students cut and glue the notes into their math journals. We go through the notes and practice before I introduce fun activities to practice the related math skill(s). Please see my store fo

Students read a brief excerpt of text on the board. Independently or in groups, students analyze the connotation of the words used in order to determine ONE tone that BEST FITS the entire text shown.  Students write their word on a white board and write a color (B for blue, P for purple, G for Green, O for Orange, Y for Yellow), and the game begins! Excerpts are drawn from contemporary authors and texts, including works by Kwame Alexander and Jason Reynolds. This activity builds understanding of

Students can start at any card. 1. On the recording page, they make a note of the food in the top right corner. 2. They read the sentence at the bottom and use context clues to determine the meaning of the underlined word. 3. They search the room for the card that has their inferred meaning from step 2 in the top box. 4. Once they find the meaning of the underlined word, they repeat steps 1-3 If they complete the scavenger hunt correctly, they will visit every card and end where they star

Students research and answer questions related to a chosen holiday. The outline for their research is provided.