Beth Van

Ready to revamp your reading logs? Do it with Shelfies and Snapshots! In this purchase are several formats for students to record the books that they read through the year, over school breaks, and even a read-a-thon recording sheet for the entire class. Sheflies! Pretty cool, huh? As your students complete books through the year have them record them on their shelfies. Have them include the title and author and add details to their book spines if desired. Multiple formats are included—(one) almo

Help students get the big picture of how to decompose complex shapes with these work mats! Simply print and go! When working with area and perimeter it's important that students know how to break down a complex shape into squares, rectangles, right triangles to find the area. These mats also make it so students can easily recognize how to find the perimeter of a shape that might not have side with a labelled measurement. This product includes: 20 Area and Perimeter Grid Task Mats Students can

This set of 24 task cards has students focus on mastering order of operations. 16 of the cards are problems for students to solve and 8 of the cards ask the students to determine what they will do first and then solve the problem (it's a good way for them to 'strategize' how to solve a problem as well as a great way to have them discuss with partners). These are perfect to use the entire year! You can introduce concepts using these, have pop quizzes, review, and use them for centers. They are al

This Metric System bundle has everything you need to dive into everything from kilometers to milliliters! A set of 20 task cards for converting metric measurements within the metric system. One activity (Metric Maddness) has students determine the correct unit of measure to make a math sentence true. "What Would You Do?" has students explaining what they would do to solve the problem and solving it (telling whether to multiply or divide as well as which way the decimal moves). Perfect center

This assortment of HOMOPHONES, HOMONYMS, and HOMOGRAPHS is perfect for the upper grades (no see/sea or be/bee in the cards!). Have this collection of examples on hand while you or teaching, to have students sort (in groups or independently), or use in a center. Simply print, cut, and go! Make a colored copy for yourself and black and white ones for students. *100 cards *Definition posters *Recording page for sorting homophones, homonyms, and homographs Here are some of the many uses with these

32 VOLUME task mats that are perfect for whole page work, task cards, SCOOT and much, much more! Let’s work VOLUME out! Included in this purchase are 32 TASK MATS (16 composite and 16 regular) to help your students conquer finding volume of both right rectangular prims (or regular rectangular prisms) and composite figures. Common Core aligned to CCSS 5.MD.5C. PLUS, an answer key and a student recording sheet are also included. Print these task mats 1 to a page, 4 to a page, or whatever size

A set of 20 task cards for helping students find Area and Perimeter of Triangles, Quadrilaterals, and Complex Shapes (also a few polygons as well..perimeter only). Students will need to apply their knowledge of how to find area of shapes as well as decomposing complex shapes (my students called them “weird shapes”). Eight of the cards require students to breakdown the shape to find the area. Also included are student answer sheets and an answer key for you to assess their progress. These cards

***UPDATED 11/5/18 Whether you are introducing order of operations or just need a quick review or refresher this activity pack is PERFECT! You can use all of the activities at once or to review and refresh throughout the year! Here is EVERYTHING that is included: 24 TASK CARDS Simple and straight. Students are given a problem to solve using the order of operations 20 What Would You Do First? CARDS Each card has a problem that asks which operation should be done first. Answer key includes the ope

Looking to get on the same page with GENRES? These interactive notes are PERFECT to get your students talking and thinking about books and their genres. These graphic organizers are designed to be student centered! There are categories for students to write everything they know about a genre, authors they know, book titles they know, and key words that clue them into what genre a book is. This is a resource that you and your students will add to and reference all year! The genres included are:re

Battle out your area skills! Here are 72 triangle cards to play WAR (card game), SCOOT, or compare areas! There are 72 triangles with whole number measurements for students to exercise and display their triangle area skills. Also included in this product is an answer key, recording sheet, and 2 versions (black & white and color). Spot on perfect to use as a review, SCOOT, center/station, reteach activity, or practice. There are four cards per page for a total of 72. The unit used on the c

Enhance your reading community with this engaging and easy way for readers to share what they are reading….with EMOJI’s!!! There are 8 categories, 100+ emoji’s for individual students (that are editable!!!), and a banner and poster to use with this display. Options include black background, white background, and bright colors! Here are the categories: New Book Bliss Totally Loving My Book Oh-My-Goodness Super Suspenseful Literally LOL-ing Thinking. Thinking. Thinking. All the Sads Just-So-Close

The game of skunk is simple and fun! All you need is a die for each student. My students love playing this game as a fast finisher because of the chance that they could gain a lot of points or possibly lose them all! Included in this set: -Game instructions- -12 SKUNK! game cards- -1 blank set of SKUNK! game cards so you can customize cards to meet your students needs- -SKUNK recording sheet- Here's how you play! Directions: *Players select the SKUNK! Card to use for the game. If the box s

***FREE PRODUCT*** When it comes to teaching factors and multiples my students always seem to get them mixed up! I love these tips and tricks because they are fun and catchy and really help out those kiddos that need a trick to help them remember (who am I kidding, they even help me!). I created these posters as great reminders for my students to refer to. There are phrases that and some small examples that I have on the posters. I also printed with all four posters on one page for my students

Get your MATCHING on! Your students will be able to go from mixed numbers to improper fractions just like that! This product includes 20 matching sets of mixed numbers and improper factions, 20 matching sets of fraction models, and 20 matching sets of equivalent fractions and fraction models! Whether you are introducing the concepts or reviewing--these are perfect.  Answer key and recording sheets are also included! Please note that the cards are correctly matched when prepping this activity.

Need a journal to keep your readers inspired all year long? Reading is my Jam! is perfect for you and your students! Over 15 unique journal pages PLUS 15 quotes about reading, books, and everything your readers need. Here’s what’s included in the journal pages:Quotes to Keep (4 different designs) Authors that Rule Ah-ha! Moments First Lines that Rock Can’t Stop Laughing! ALLLLLLL the Feels Top Picks from my Friends Books that are Unputdownable Character Snapshots Reading Wish List Books to Be Re

Genre Posters that are VISUAL! Is there anything better?! There are 14 genre/book formats included in this set of clear and bold Emoji Genre Posters. The genre definitions included are in easy to read student language. Want to put your own spin on these fun posters? Also included in an editable (definitions only) powerpoint for you to put your own spin on genres (fonts not included). These are also perfect to print out for your students to use as a reference and take notes on! The genres and

This is the perfect hands on AREA AND PERIMETER Activity! Do you teach finding area and perimeter of squares, rectangles, and complex shapes? Your students will love exploring, building, and demonstrating their area and perimeter knowledge. Gather your favorite area and perimeter manipulatives to get going! Check out the preview to get a good look!The cards have a variety of tasks for students: find the area, find a perimeter, build a shape with a perimeter of x number, build a complex shape an

Take to your class to the moon! Included are the engaging essentials for teaching students about moon phases. This bundle has it all...moon phase posters, matching moon phase mats, picture flip strips, moon calendar, moon bands, and MORE activities! Your students will be moon experts in no time at all! Here’s the breakdown of the bundle POSTERS: there are 8 posters with clear and bold moon moons and phases with two versions (black background and white background) and multiple uses! FLIP STRIP

This is one of my favorite science activities because it is engaging and easy to prep! Use this lab to have students explore the scientific method and set up your expectations for completing science activities and labs for the entire year! It's also perfect for beginning of the year STEM! To prepare the lab select some random objects to place and secure in paper bags, have students write down their observations—detailed notes, drawings, diagrams, and have them draw a conclusion as to what the o

How many times do we say "Show Your Work!" to students? #thestruggleisreal isn't it? Grab this FREE collection of work boxes to use throughout the year! With just a glance you can see if students showed their work on anything from task cards, quizzes, & tests. This set had recording pages in both portrait and landscape formats and different table layouts! Students have room for their names and to write the title of what they are working on to keep things organized (I'm all about that! Aren't y