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 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

***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

***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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Factors, factors, factors! These are fabulous to introducing, practicing, reviewing, and dusting off cobwebs from earlier in the year! Also, these are fantastic to use a SCOOT set, quick assessment, centers, or small groups! This purchase includes set of 40 task cards for helping students master how to find factors. Students will need to apply their knowledge of basic math facts. Also included is an answer key and two recording sheets. One can be copied front and back and has response squares f

RATIO SCAVENGER HUNT This is a simple and fun activity for students to practice reading and writing ratios! What better way to do that than with a self-checking scavenger hunt?! There are 26 ratios for students to count and find. This scavenger hunt does not loop and students can start with any card and do them in any order. Simply print, place around your room, and have students find ratios. Easy peasy. There’s a preview up above! Have you checked it out?! Students complete the ratios and find

Jumping into genres? These genre posters are perfect and student centered for all of your genre discussions! Your students will love adding book titles to the posters that they are familiar with…it’s great to complete the posters all at once or throughout the year. Talk about #readinggoals! Included in this purchase are 18 genre posters and an editable powerpoint if you would like to add your own! The genres that are included are:realistic fiction science fiction fantasy mystery poetry sports fi

EMOJI's are everywhere…why not include them with your classroom library?! These genre labels are perfect to organize your library shelves or book bins! ***EDITABLE LABELS & FULL PAGES ADDED*** (whoo-hoo!) The 16 Genre Labels included are: Fiction Nonfiction Sports Fiction Autobiography, Biography, and Memoir (one label) Realistic Fiction Historical Fiction Mystery Science Fiction Fantasy Animal Fiction Poetry Greek Mythology Graphic Novels Adventure Fiction Traditional Literature Informational

Christmas is the best time of the year! School gets a little crazy so it is good to have some fun activities on the back burner to spice up the last few days before a long vacation. This bundle includes 5 GAMES to play with students in centers or small groups. Included in this purchase are the following: ⁂HUMBUG!⁂ A Christmas version of my SKUNK game that has students roll dice to earn points but if they roll a wrong number…HUMNUG! They could lose it all! I included an addition version of the g

Science Vocabulary Cards that align with the Utah 4th Grade Science Core All 84 terms from the 4th Grade Utah Core included with this purchase along with definitions! Each term with definition is a full page. The vocabulary cards are color coded by standard so they are easy to keep separated and organized. They are organized the same way as the Science Vocabulary Cards for 4th Grade that are also in my store. Topics include: the water cycle, weather observations, rocks and soils, fossils, and