Ciara O'Keefe

This is a fun STEM activity. The object is to build a trap to catch the Gingerbread Man incorporating The Engineering Design Process. Then the students will write a How To about their traps and create a gingerbread man craftivity for their final draft. This includes: Teacher directions Student directions The Engineering Design Process Page Graphic Organizers to help organize the students thinking and work Choice of 2 different gingerbreads to decorate and trap A How To writing graphic organizer

This activity will go with any St. Patrick's Day writing. This includes a leprechaun template and writing prompt. The students will write an original story about their magical day with a leprechaun and then create their own leprechaun to display in the class.

This mini unit uses The Snow Globe Family by Jane O'Connor and S.D. Schindler. Winter can be long and this fun activity gives you many options to address the Common Core, beat the winter blues and have a little fun. Included in this mini unit: *A word sort of nouns, verbs, pronouns, and adjectives *A compare and contrast activity between the two families *How does a character's action contribute to the story events *Comprehension questions *Dictionary activity *Narrative writing activity *Opini

This STEM and Leprechaun writing craftivity includes: Teacher Directions Student Directions The Engineering Design Process Printable Graphic organizers to help students work their way through the process step by step Leprechauns to trap How to writing graphic organizers How to final draft paper Template for creating the leprechaun craftivity Imagination Station

Do your kids love playing Bump games? Would you like them to practice their multiplication facts? I used a Spring theme and included a color and black and white version for each game.This could be used for Math Games or even homework. This includes: X7 X8 X9 X10 X11 X12

Are you looking for a different way for your students to interact with nonfiction? This is a fun way for students to identify some nonfiction text features and practice their graphing skills. The results could be compiled into a class/group graph as well.

This is an acronym for the students to use during standardize testing. This will help them remember to follow the steps for a successful open response question. By reading the question carefully, explaining their answer, adding supporting details and double- checking their work the students will have a better chance of finding success during a very stressful time.

An easy to use dictionary practice sheet. Students can practice looking words up in the dictionary and document their findings.