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Looking for a fraction and decimal project that students will be excited to complete and share? This project-based learning (PBL) activity supports 4th and 5th grade students to deepen their conceptual understanding of parts of wholes. It can be inserted midway into a fraction or decimal unit as a project-based learning task, or it can serve as a fun, summative assessment at the end of a unit. The first part of the project asks students to color in a 10x10 grid with an original design featuring

Looking to train students to read nonfiction closely and deeply? This clear, versatile graphic organizer supports students to structure summaries of nonfiction articles. It guides students to identify an article's main idea and paraphrase its supporting details. It can be used to support literacy development and content acquisition across any subject area in which students engage with nonfiction texts. The ultimate goal is for students to be independent with summarizing; after using this organiz

Students will beg you each day to devote time to this fun, get-to-know-you icebreaker! This activity builds classroom community by providing students with the opportunity to learn more about each other, share who they are, and ask each other respectful, thoughtful questions. It can be a one-time, longer activity or a short activity that you build into your daily classroom routine. While it can be done at any point in the school year, it’s most fun at least three weeks into the school year when s