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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

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

The Photosynthesis PowerPoint teaches how the process of photosynthesis works in a green plant. This lesson describes how the sun, water, carbon dioxide, and chlorophyll work together to create glucose. Included is a worksheet to use after viewing and discussing the PowerPoint. You may also like: Why Leaves on Deciduous Trees Change Colors: Why Leaves on Deciduous Trees Change Color by Cloudless Sky | TpT (teacherspayteachers.com)

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

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

This is a PowerPoint that reviews place value to the thousands place. Students answer questions such as “How many ones?”; “How many tens?”; “How many hundreds?”, and “How many thousands?” as you click through the slides. Procedure: Ask the question, wait for a response, and click the answer onto the screen. A worksheet is included to be used after the review for more reinforcement. The file types are PowerPoint 2010 and PDF I just used this PowerPoint the other day in my third grade clas

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

Valentine Coloring Pages to brighten your day! This PDF file contains 8 coloring pages and 2 pages of hearts that can be colored, cut out, and used for art projects or decorations around the classroom. My students put them end to end and turned them into heart butterflies. We used the single hearts to decorate the door to our classroom. I used the coloring pages for early finishers. My class loved them, and I hope your class will as well!

Valentines to Give Students is a fun way to celebrate Valentine’s Day with your class. These valentines come four to a page with both a black and white and color version. Copy, cut apart, and add a pen, special pencil, or lollipop for a budget-friendly and fun gift for your students. You can use the full-color version or copy the black-and-white version on colored paper. Cut the slits and weave a pen or lollipop into the valentine. I like to give pens to my third graders because they are allowe

This product was revised and improved January 2015. This product includes a large full color homework wall chart with 2 matching take home, homework sheets. The file for the wall chart is 18"X24". You have permission to upload the file to a printing facility such as Staples to be printed. After it is printed, it would need to be laminated. After lamination, you could use dry-erasable makers to put up the weekly homework assignments. The take home, homework sheets are black and white and a