Conceptual Minds

Teaching students how to follow directions on a coordinate plane? Have them practice their skills on this fun "surprise" family trip! Students' don't know where they're headed, and in order to find out, they must follow the directions! Enjoy! Check out these related resources: Battleship Game Graphing PracticeGraphing Ordered Pairs PracticeCoordinate Plane Travel Plans

Need to keep classroom jobs "cool" in your 5th grade classroom? Check out this digital download that includes 30 classroom jobs. Simply laminate and stick them to your bulletin board! I would draw sticks on Monday and let my students choose their new job for the week. Enjoy!

In the general education classroom, class rewards typically suffice for students' motivational needs. However, every teacher at some point will come across a student that needs some extra motivation- and it's our job to figure out just what that motivation is. Use this true or false editable list to help you do just that! Enjoy! Check out these related resources: Student Shoutout CardsEditable Behavior ChartChoice Board: Student BreakClassroom Poster: Mood Scale

Check out this Weather Unit for Kindergarten! It covers all Next Generation Science Standards for Weather in Kindergarten. Resources include: Planning and Responding to Severe Weather Coloring Sheets, Severe Weather Posters, Severe Weather Sorting Activity, and a Weather Tracker and Observation Sheet. This could easily be a week long unit, and it's all planned for you! Enjoy!

This activity is perfect for students learning about weather! You could make this a classroom job or incorporate it into your morning time. Print Daisy out on cardstock and laminate, and attach a magnet to the back. I'd place her on one of your whiteboards, and do the same for her clothes. It'll make it easy for students to dress her daily. Enjoy!

Does your school have an annual gathering with students' grandparents? This activity would be the perfect gift for the occasion, especially for younger students. The answers from them can be quite funny, and give the grandparents a good laugh. Enjoy!

Help your kinders learn the difference between normal and severe weather, all while practicing their cutting, gluing, and categorizing skills! This activity aligns with the Next Generation Science Standards. The sort includes normal weather such as rain, sun, snow and clouds. It also includes severe weather such as a flood, blizzard, thunderstorm and tornado. Looking for a Kindergarten Weather Bundle? Check it out!

Tired of creating sub plan outlines that take up your time? Keep it simple by filling in this sub plan on google drive. The best part? You can continue to use it for all of your other subs! I loved using this to keep me organized as I gathered all of my materials, and, my subs were so appreciative of the minute by minute breakdown!

Have you ever considered not taking a day off because creating sub plans seem more difficult than coming in to teach? Same! I've done the work for you in this bundle. It includes a sub plan template for you to fill out for your sub, a sub slide deck for you to project on the board to walk the sub through the day, and four fully prepped work time activities that are aligned with CCSS and NGSS. Simply print the copies, and enjoy your day off. Enjoy!

What a FUN way to learn! My students loved playing board games.. especially Battleship. The best part about the game is that students are working on a coordinate plane without even realizing it! You can assign this game to students on google classroom to use during work time, homework, or even free play. Enjoy! Check out these related resources: Follow Directions on a Coordinate Plane: Are We There Yet?Graphing Ordered Pairs PracticeCoordinate Plane Travel Plans

Teaching students how to craft an opinion essay is hard enough, much less coming up with those teaching resources on your own time as well! This Opinion Writing Bundle comes with seven resources: An Opinion Writing Outline/Graphic Organizer, Supporting Reasons Practice, Opinion Writing Topic Choice Board, and an Opinion Writing Rubric. I've also created posters that helped my students: Citing Evidence Sentence Starters, Writing Transition Word Wall Poster, and Opinion Writing Do's and Don'ts. I

Check out day #2 of my Motion and Stability Kindergarten bundle. This can be an independent activity for students to differentiate between pushing and pulling. It will also help them begin to form ideas for their experiment on day #3. Enjoy!

Looking for a bundle that encompasses operations and algebraic thinking practice for your fifth grade students? Look no further! I've created an entire unit worth of practice ahead of time for you! You teach the lesson, and simply post the work time to your google classroom. One less thing on your to do list, and might I say, easy grading! Enjoy!

Set yourself up for Holiday success by grabbing this Observed Holidays: Informational Coloring Sheet Bundle! These would be great for morning work, an after lesson activity, or fun at home. It includes 10 coloring sheets: Martin Luther King Day, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans' Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Years' Day. Students need to be taught WHY we observe certain holidays, and this bundle will help! Enjoy!

Need a fun way to get students out of their seats and actively learning? My students LOVED this "I am, you are" 50 states matching game! Simply cut out, pass one/two cards out per students, and have them find their match in the class! It allows students to mingle and chat while learning! Also, check out this United States Quiz! Enjoy!

Give your writers easy access to a list of transition words with this word wall! One expectation of opinion, informative, and narrative writers is to use effective transitions. It's our job to teach them how we can implement them. Enjoy! Check out this related resource: Citing Evidence Sentence Starters

One way for students to learn how to produce and or choose supporting reasons for an opinion is by seeing correct and incorrect examples. This multiple choice activity asks students to choose the best three reasons that support the opinion. You can assign this as group work as well, so students can hear what their peers have to say. If you looking for an Opinion Writing Bundle, I have one for you! Enjoy!

Who doesn't love a fruity themed classroom? Check out these classroom fruit posters that tie in well with growth mindset practices. This download includes eight printable posters to hang on your classroom bulletin board. Enjoy!

At the end of the year, fifth graders are simply too cool for school. So, a fifth grade memory book has to match the cool energy! Check out this fifth grade memory book. It's the perfect end of year activity for students to reflect on their fifth grade year.

This digital download activity will help you students begin to make observations of the sun moon and sky and eventually make predictions based on those observations. This work time is all about allowing students to think and ask questions as they draw and color what we see in the sky during the day and at night.