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Writing Aerobics A Spiral Figurative Language and Writing Exercises Program Writing Aerobics is a writing exercise method that is meant to be completed daily as part of your writing program. It only takes 5 minutes a day, but you should see a dramatic difference in your students’ writing skills. They will become secure in their use of figurative language and use it more frequently in their daily writing. You only need to complete one exercise a day to reap the benef

Students will be comprehending multi step word problems with confidence and ease using reading strategies. Math is Thinking! Teach your students to solve word problems by Visualizing, Questioning, Determining Importance, Inferring, Making Connections, and Synthesizing. Transform your students thinking with this multi-step guided math approach to solving problems. A total of 62 Common Core Aligned word problems. Covers standard 4.OA.5. ~Classroom Magic

Essay of the Week is a scaffolded approach to writing a five paragraph essay. This is a step-by-step guide to help your students easily master writing a five paragraph essay. Included in this packet are 15 expository, 15 personal narrative, 15 fictional narrative, and 15 persuasive prompts. I’ve also included 4 blank templates of each type of writing for you to create your own. More than enough for the entire year, and it will allow you to pick and choose the prompts that are right for you and

Use this graphic organizer and PowerPoint to teach your students how to determine the meaning of a word by using context clues. These vocabulary words can be found in the book Bad Case of Stripes. This book can be viewed for free on the website Storyline Online. Use this vocabulary lesson before or after listening to the book online. For More Vocabulary PowerPoint Lessons: Picture Perfect Vocabulary

Make research writing the most painless, comfortable and easy experience possible! This product gives you everything you need to help students write a quality research essay. It includes a rubric to make researching the history of chocolate easy. This product is classroom tested and teacher approved! This is also available in my Research Writing Made Easy: FOOD Bundle. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Research-Writing-Made-Easy-FOOD-Bundle-2359417 Common Core Standards: CCSS.ELA-Liter

This is a reenactment lesson with a foldable template for the taxes imposed on the colonist by King George. This is part of my American Revolution Unit. Selina Smith For this activity in its entirety please visit and become a follower of my blog Classroom Magic. http://classroommagic.blogspot.com/ You will find more free and engaging activities there.

PLEASE read carefully and DOWNLOAD PREVIEW to see if this packet is right for you. This is NOT a packet of lesson plans. This packet includes: 110 problem sets (3 problems per set) for a total of 330 Problem Based Learning problems. Problem Situations Included in this Packet: Addition and Subtraction, Unknown Product, Group Size Unknown Partitive Division, Number of Groups Unknown Measurement Division, Mixed Multiplication and Division, Fraction Equal Sharing, Multiple Groups Fractions, Mixed R

If you love Number of the Day, you will love BIG Number of the Day! BIG Number of the Day activities are great to do daily, weekly, or for quick assessment purposes. These can be used as morning work, math warm-up,or as center/station work. Students will build number sense as they represent numbers to a million in different ways. Perfect for Common Core. Download the preview and fall in love with BIG Number of the Day! Includes 50 days worth of big numbers from 10,000-1,000,000.

No cutting! No Gluing. You will love this no prep novel study booklet! This booklet includes everything you need to cover those Common Core Standards. Be sure to check out the preview to see all that's included. Common Core Standards: 3.RL.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text. 3.RL.2 Recount stories to determine the moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text. 3.RL.3.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text,

Do you need a simple lesson to teach or review ordering fraction with like numerators and like denominators? This is a great scaffolded lesson for helping students go from comparing to ordering three fractions. No frills with this product. You get a simple Smart Board lesson that begins with a review on comparing and then follows the two guided worksheets on ordering fractions. An independent worksheet is also included. This would be perfect for remediation, too! NEED Smart Board to open file!

Zoo-Opoly Board Game makes a great center activity. Use the zoo themed task card templates to create questions for the Zoo-Opoly Board Game. The game rules are simple but engaging. Your students will be begging to play! Includes: Zoo Themed Template of 24 Numbered Task Cards (NOT for RESALE) MUST HAVE POWERPOINT 6 Blank task Cards Answer Key Template Zoo-Opoly Game Board and Game Materials

Make research writing the most painless, comfortable and easy experience possible! This product gives you everything you need to help students write a quality research essay. It includes a rubric to make researching the history of bubble gum easy. This product is classroom tested and teacher approved! This is also available in my Research Writing Made Easy: FOOD Bundle. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Research-Writing-Made-Easy-FOOD-Bundle-2359417 Common Core Standards: CCSS.ELA-Lite

Make research writing the most painless, comfortable and easy experience possible! This product gives you everything you need to help students write a quality research essay. It includes a rubric to make researching pilgrims easy. This product is classroom tested and teacher approved! Look for more research topics to come in the near future, and leave me a message in Q & A if there is topic you are interested in. Common Core Standards: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.2 Write informative/explanatory texts