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Brilliant in Third

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Pickerington, Ohio, United States
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I have been teaching for 23 years. I have taught in both third and fourth grade and have a Gifted Certification. I am also Orton Gillingham certified. I teach all subject areas and love creative thinking!
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Preview of 3 digit by 2 digit multiplication monsters

3 digit by 2 digit multiplication monsters

Students will love practicing their multiplication as they create a "Multiplication Monster" using the products from their problems and the included key. Each student's monster will be different as they will be working with their own set of problems. Great for a review, a center, or for differentiated practice. All you need are the included pages, dice and crayons!
Preview of Backyard Design: an Area and Perimeter Project

Backyard Design: an Area and Perimeter Project

This project asks students to use a set of specifications to design a backyard on grid paper. They then have to calculate the area and perimeter of each section. This includes a set of follow up questions covering area and perimeter, and an additional set that also includes volume.
Preview of Testing Letter for Students

Testing Letter for Students

This is a great letter to give your students before they take a standardized test. Help to boost their confidence and let them know you believe in them!
Preview of Generic Game Board

Generic Game Board

This is a generic game board that can be used in file folders for games, printed off and enlarged, or just printed on cardstock. Great for use with vocabulary words as a review for quizzes and tests. Also good to use to practice math facts.
Preview of Multi Digit Multiplication Monster Glyph

Multi Digit Multiplication Monster Glyph

Students use dice to make 3 digit by 1 digit multiplication problems and then solve them. They then use a key based on the products of their problems to create a multiplication monster! A fun and creative way to reinforce multiplication skills!
Preview of Which One Doesn't Belong?

Which One Doesn't Belong?

There is NO right answer...or wrong answers either! These logic puzzles bring math reasoning and modeling into practice by letting students think about math in all new ways. Your brain usually likes to find one answer and stop. These puzzles make your brain stretch! After you find one rule (like the odd/even rule), you have to look again and find a totally different rule that makes a different number the outlier. This makes your brain fast and flexible. When we do these with students they get t
Preview of A Giant Leap: Reading Comprehension and Sequencing

A Giant Leap: Reading Comprehension and Sequencing

Help your students increase their reading comprehension skills with this passage about the Apollo 11 mission and the moon landing. Includes a third grade passage about the moon landing, 5 comprehension questions and a sequencing/timeline activity. CCSS: 3.RI.1, 3.RI.3
Preview of Estimating Sums and Differeces Dice Game

Estimating Sums and Differeces Dice Game

Students will use a die and a game board to create numbers and then round to estimate sums or differences. Great for use in a center or for review with the whole class or small groups. Use a nine sided die to build even bigger numbers! Would also be great for use as a formative assessment!
Preview of Valentine's Day Math with Candy Hearts

Valentine's Day Math with Candy Hearts

This is a comprehensive Valentine's Day Math Activity that uses candy hearts. Included is practice with graphing, fractions, multiplication, division, and median, mode and range. I have included a page of printable hearts that will work for the activity as well in case your school has a no food policy, or if you do not want to purchase the candy hearts. This would be great as a whole class lesson, but also would be good in a center. Teachers have the option to pick and choose the skills they wan
Preview of M and M Graphing Project

M and M Graphing Project

Common Core Aligned Graphing and Data Project. Students use "Fun Size" bags of M and M's to complete a graphing project where they make a line plot, bar graph, collect data, and find the median, mode and range of their data. This is great to use as either a formative or summative assessment.
Preview of Addition and Subtraction Games (With Regrouping)

Addition and Subtraction Games (With Regrouping)

Game pack of 3 games! These addition and subtraction games require just a deck of cards or a pair of dice. They are easy to set up and for students to play with a partner or a small group. Perfect for centers or review work your kids will love playing these games as they review the concepts of addition and subtraction with and without regrouping.
Preview of Elementary Photosynthesis Mini Unit

Elementary Photosynthesis Mini Unit

This is a 6 page mini unit on Photosynthesis. It includes an anticipation guide, reading activity, word search, basic photosynthesis diagram, and a quiz. This is a unit appropriate for upper elementary school children. Grades 3-6.
Preview of Division Timed Test 1-12

Division Timed Test 1-12

This set of division timed test will help you to quickly assess your student's mastery of division. Each test has 20 questions and is designed to be given in one minute to assess the 3 second fluency recommended by the CCSS. Tests are provided for facts 1-12.
Preview of Comparing and Ordering Numbers Games

Comparing and Ordering Numbers Games

Just Add DIce! This game is a great review for teaching comparing and ordering numbers. They can be used in a center, as group or partner work, or as a whole class review. This set includes two games, one for comparing numbers and one for ordering numbers.
Preview of Student Graphing Project

Student Graphing Project

This is a at home graphing project that I use with my fourth grade students. It covers line graphs, line plots, pictographs, and bar graphs. The students also create their own survey question and create a tally table to collect their data. Includes a rubric for scoring.
Preview of Reading Goal Setting Sheet (STAR and AR)

Reading Goal Setting Sheet (STAR and AR)

Add this to your student data notebooks to help your students set goals for reading and more importantly for them to state how they will reach their goals! Includes a graph for them to use in order to show their growth!
Preview of Finding Factors Game

Finding Factors Game

This is a Common Core aligned game that can be used for centers, group work, or in math workstations. Students are asked to play a game where they try and identify all of the factors in a number in order to try and earn more points than the other players. This engaging game will keep kids interested and learning all at the same time. Common Core Standard: 4.OA.4: Find all factor pairs for a whole number in the range 1-100.
Preview of Coordinate Grids BattleShip Game

Coordinate Grids BattleShip Game

This is a paper and pencil version of the classic game battleship! Students will have fun while learning and reviewing the concepts of coordinate grids and ordered pairs! Great for centers, partner work, or as a fun activity for the whole class.
Preview of Snowflake Bentley Mini Unit

Snowflake Bentley Mini Unit

This is a unit designed for use with the book Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin. It includes Reading/Language Arts activities as well as Math/Science Activities. Would be great for a winter activity or for use with a weather unit in science.
Preview of Multiplication Cross Out Game

Multiplication Cross Out Game

This is a game that students can play in pairs or small groups. It requires two dice. The students roll the dice, multiply the numbers together and cross off the product on their sheet. Can be used as a center or for a math game.
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About the store

Experience

I have been teaching for 23 years. I have taught in both third and fourth grade and have a Gifted Certification. I am also Orton Gillingham certified. I teach all subject areas and love creative thinking!

My own education history

I have a degree in Early Childhood Education from Capital University, a Masters in Educational Leadership from the University of Dayton, a reading endorsement, am Orton Gillingham certified and have a gifted certification. I guess I just love school!

Additional biographical information

My husband is also a teacher...he teaches Social Studies at the high school level.