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I use this cone in many different ways. Some examples: Character Traits- list the character in the cone and all his or her traits in the scoops. Fact Families- list a product/sum in the cone and all the factors in the scoops

Students will fill in story map of the key elements (character traits, setting, problem, solution, and conclusion)using information from the novel "Fantastic Mr. Fox" by Rhoald Dahl. Cut out the pieces and assemble your fox!

Students write about their future. Have students make predictions about their next school year or even after high school. Students illustrate their stories in the shades of the glasses. Included are small and large glasses and writing final copy paper.

This activity can be used during or after a novel study on Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume. Students fill in character traits, as well as the setting, plot, solution, and conclusion.

In this fun printout, students who pass multiplication timed tests (not included) get to cut and color one piece of an ice cream sundae. As an incentive, students who get all pieces can earn a sundae in your class. Master 2x - bowl 3x - banana 4 x - scoop 1 5 x - scoop 2 6 x - scoop 3 7 x - choc. syrup 8 x - strawberry syrup 9 x - caramel sauce 10 x - whipped cream 11 x - spoon 12 x - cherry

There are 6 "steps" included. Students research each of the causes of the Revolution (Freanch & Indian War, Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, Tea Acts, Intolerable Acts, and the Boston Tea Party) and assemble them on butcher paper.

This 30 slide smartboard lesson reviews vocabulary including electricity source, receiver, components and circuit. It introduces a closed and open circuits through a switch and explains how electricity is turned into other forms of energy including light, heat, and sound. Review questions follow the lesson.

I use these for labeling student folders or cubby holes. Numbers 1-32 inlcuded.

This 18 side smartboard lesson details the struggles and conflicts between the U.S. government and the Native Americans during the 1800's. Key vocabulary includes: -The Indian Removal Act of 1830 -The Seminole Wars -The Trail of Tears

Students use geometric solids from your classroom to find the number of faces, vertices, and edges for each shape. Then, they write the names of the shapes that make up each of the faces.

I use this template to help students organize their ideas into paragraphs. Included are a sheet with lines and one without.

This worksheet lets students fill in the missing cause or the effect for events that happened in the novel Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. At the end, students must write compete sentences from a given cause or effect. Great to use with a Shiloh novel study.

This 54 slide smartboard lesson introduces the three main types of rocks including sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic, as well as lava and magma. Soil types include sand, silt, clay, humus, and loam. Students will learn the differences and be able to classify each according to their properties. Discussion and review questions follow.

Students take notes and illustrate the four main types of weather tools: thermometer, wind vane, anemometer, and rain gauge.

This smarboard review game follows the jeopardy format and students will answer questions comparing the daily life, physical environment, and culture of the major Native American cultural groupings.

This 30 slide smartboard lesson intorduces the four main genres of legends, myths, fairy tales, and tall tales, listing their characteristics, and examples of each.

This 21 slide smartboard lesson outlines the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Review questions can be found at the end of this lesson.

This lesson includes a brief author study and text walk. Longer lessons on character traits, story elements, character's motivations, and conflict are included. Also, Chapters 1-3 vocabulary with an introduction to each word. Lessons are spaced out by day and should take a week to complete along with reading the novel.

This 14 slide smartboard lesson introduces the novel Shiloh through background information on beagles, the author, and describing character traits for the main character, Marty Preston. This smarboard also includes four journal entries that students can respond to over the course of a week of reading the novel.

This 47 slide smartboard lesson introduces changes to states of matter due to adding or removing heat which includes evaporation, boiling, freezing and condensing. Review and discussion questions follow.