I have been a Christian school teacher for 40 years for grades preschool - third grade. For the past 20 years, I have been a third-grade teacher. I also direct an after-school robotics club and do a robotics camp in the summer.
Skeleton Puzzle
This is cut and paste activity to aid in learning the scientific names for the bones. Two puzzles are included one using the scientific names and one using the common names for the bones.
The following bones are included in this resource: skull, pelvis, humerus, vertebrae, femur, fibula, phalanges, patella, tibia, ulna, clavicle, scapula, ribs, sternum, radius.
If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail me at jplygtr@yahoo.com . My class loved putting this together
Beat the Teacher Capitalization and Punctuation PowerPoint game for the classroom or homeschool is a game that reinforces comma, period, and capitalization rules. I used this game to review rules before the students completed their classwork. My class loves this game because they love to beat the “teacher”. How the Game is Played:· There are two teams; the teacher is one team, and the students are another team. · Call on a student to find a capitalization or punctuation mistake in the sentence
This lesson covers the cause and process of leaves on deciduous trees changing colors in the fall and dropping from the trees. It teaches about where the green color in the leaves comes from, how shorter days slow down the process of photosynthesis, the fact that there are other colors in the leaves that are covered by the color of the chlorophyll, and how the leaves gradually close their connection to the tree and finally drop off, and the fact that the deciduous tree remains dormant during th
This is Classroom Language Game is a great kid's language game that motivates and engages the attention of your students all the way to the end. This Beat the Teacher style PowerPoint classroom interactive language game matches the students against the teacher as the students try to find all the punctuation and capitalization mistakes in a sentence. If the students are correct, they receive a point. If the students give incorrect answers, the teacher is awarded points. Included are 6 slides cont
Bones of the Skeleton – Learning their Scientific Names
There are two PowerPoints in this resource to help teach and review the scientific names of the bones. The first PowerPoint, “Click on the Stars”, has three activities. The first is a picture of a whole skeleton. Students click on the stars and the name of the bone briefly appears. To make the skeleton easier to see, I enlarged the skeleton and placed the top half on the second slide and the bottom half on the third slide. Students/teache
Welcome to the Classroom Christmas Game that helps to motivate and engage students, celebrate the season, and reinforce capitalization and punctuations rules. This Beat the Teacher style classroom Christmas game idea matches the students vs the teacher as they try to find all the punctuation and capitalization mistakes in a sentence. If the students are correct, they receive a point. If they give incorrect answers, the teacher is awarded points. The Classroom Christmas Game consists of 6 senten
Explaining the correct usage for sit, set, and sat can be a bit tricky. To explain it in my classroom, I have developed this fun PowerPoint that not only explains the correct usage of each word but also uses fun animations to demonstrate the correct meaning of each word.
Once each word and its correct usage is demonstrated, fill in the blank examples are given. The sentence is read aloud with the word missing, and then I call on a student to choose the correct word (sit, sat, or set) to go
This PowerPoint classroom game is an interactive language game that matches the students against the teacher as the students try to find all the punctuation and capitalization mistakes in a sentence. For every mistake the students find, they get a point. For every mistake the students miss, the students get a point. While there are 29 total pages, the actual game takes place on 6 slides. The rest of the slides are supporting material. The game consists of six sentences with over 30 mistakes to
Introducing the Tortoise and the Hare Tic, Tac, Toe game for reviewing plural rules. This game reviews the following plural rules; • Most nouns, just add s • Words ending in sh, ch, s, x, and z, add es • Words ending in f or fe, change the f or fe to v and add es • Words ending in y coming after a consonant, change the y to i and add es • Words ending in y that come after a vowel, add s • Some words stay the same. • Some words have completely different spellings. To play the game, divide your
Holiday Coupons are a great way to give gifts to your students this year. This product is newly revised, fully editable, and available in color and black and white.
Edit each coupon according to the gifts you would like to give, print them out, then cut them out and staple them together to make little coupon booklets for your students.
Coupons included in this product are “Sit with a Friend”, “Free Computer Time”, and “Homework Pass.” You can change them up and give as many or as few as
Update: Some people have had trouble opening the Publisher file so I have included the Survival Guide in PDF form as well as Publisher 2010. If you have already purchased this product, you should be able to re-download it for free.
Introducing the Survival Guide
I use the Survival Guide to communicate with the parents in my class every school year. I call mine the Third Grade Survival Guide.
One year I was writing the introductory letter to the parents in my class. I wanted to include al
Bring your review time to life with a lively game of Snowman Tic, Tac, Toe. This PowerPoint game can be used with any subject. Ask a review question. If the student answers correctly, he/she gets a turn at the game. When I use this game, I divide my class into two teams the Red Team and the Green Team. Complete instructions for playing the game are on the first 8 slides. I hope you enjoy this game. You may also like: Deep Sea Tic, Tac, Toe by Cloudless Sky | Teachers Pay TeachersTortoise
Included are six different Valentine groundhogs. These png files may be used in projects created for your classroom, or products made to be sold on TpT. Please see my Terms of Use for details on using my graphics. Hope you enjoy it! You may also like: Joyful Christmas Ornaments by Cloudless Sky | Teachers Pay TeachersValentine's Day Coloring Pages by Cloudless Sky | TpT (teacherspayteachers.com)Groundhog Heaven Clip Art Freebie by Cloudless Sky | TpT (teacherspayteachers.com)
Here are 31 frames for use in educational products. You may use them in your classroom or in projects you create to sell. The complete terms of service are included in the product. These fun frames are each contained in a PNG file.
If you have questions concerning this product, please e-mail me at jplygtr@yahoo.com .
Blessings!
Deep Sea Tic, Tac, Toe in the classroom can be used as a review game with almost any subject. All you need is a list of review questions, math facts, or a list of spelling words, and then let the fun begin. Deep Sea Tic, Tac, Toe is played just like a regular tic, tac, toe except it uses redfish and yellow fish instead of Xs and Os. Deep Sea Tic, Tac, Toe can be used with individuals or classes by dividing the class into two teams. The squares are numbered so students can easily pick the on
Colorful Fish and 3D Bubbles is a set of fun multicolored fish and 3D air bubbles to use for bulletin boards or as center decorations. They can also be used to make other educational products as well. There are 11 different fish and 11 different bubbles. Included is a black and white version of each. These were created as high-resolution PNG files. They are 81/2” by 11” but maybe manipulated to be smaller, larger, or flipped to go the other direction. I used these fish to create my back-to-sch
These Ladybug graphics include 21 cute ladybug images that were created in 3 different poses, in 6 different colors, plus black and white versions of each pose. Each ladybug clipart PNG is approximately 9”x7” and is saved at 300 dpi with transparent backgrounds. Create colorful ladybug cartoons to dress up your bulletin board or use them as name tags or labels to organize your classroom. These ladybug clip art images may also be used in commercial products that you create or to dress up your
This product contains Valentine Coupons to print and give out to your students. I did the Holiday Coupons at Christmas time for my class and they liked them so well, I decided to make Valentine Coupons for Valentine’s Day. They come in color and black and white. The ones that are in black and white could be copied on color paper.
There are three coupons and one cover. Each coupon comes four to a page. To use these, you can edit what privilege to offer on each coupon. They come with “Free T
Skip Counting Memory Game is a PowerPoint game designed to help children sharpen their multiplication skills by learning to skip count. The game is played by first skip counting by pointing to the numbers on the screen. Next click on a number which will cause it to disappear. Skip count again, but this time the missing number must be remembered. Repeat this process until all the numbers are gone and the skip counting is done by memory. Learning to skip count can be a powerful tool in learning
Silly Apples Clip Art is a collection of 5 silly apples in color and black and white. Also included is an apple border both in color and black and white. The files are 300 dpi /png files that were created 8.5" x 11". These may be used in educational products that you create as well as PowerPoints, blogs, and webpages as long as you give proper credit and link back to my Teachers Pay Teachers store. The complete terms of service are given in the file. I hope you enjoy using these fun apple
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Experience
I have been a Christian school teacher for 40 years for grades preschool - third grade. For the past 20 years, I have been a third-grade teacher. I also direct an after-school robotics club and do a robotics camp in the summer.
Teaching style
My teaching style consists of PowerPoints, hands-on projects, and learning games. I believe learning should be the most fun possible both for the student and the teacher.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Yearbook Dedication 2013
My own education history
Graduated from Shenandoah University and Famous Artists School
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