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Up Economics fun – S’mores Import and Export Students love importing and exporting raw materials to create S’mores in this highly engaging interactive vocabulary and concept lesson. This powerpoint can be used in a short class period (45 minutes) but is better suited to several class periods for discussion and extension activities. Vocabulary included: 1. supply 2. demand 3. goods 4. services 5. import 6. export 7. free market 8. human resources 9. capital resources 10. natural resources 11. f

Journeys Grade 3 Interactive Spelling PPT –FULL YEAR BUNDLE. This is all 30 PPTs. UPDATED 2016 - thanks to a great question from a teacher... I added my 40 Tic Tac Toe boards that support Journeys Grade 3 Spelling (a $5 value). 2018 - All PPTs updated again. Spelling pattern practice. Instruction pages updated. Folders added for ease of use. At first I felt sheepish when a random visitor would walk in and see me sitting to the side, working one on one with a student while the rest of my c

Journeys Grade 4 Interactive Spelling PPTs – Whole Year Bundle Please see the preview for an example slide including student led questions. At first I felt sheepish when a random visitor would walk in and see me sitting to the side, working one on one with a student while the rest of my class ran itself. After getting several reviews with comments like, “Students own their learning,” or “Highly engaged class,” or “Wonderful Classroom Climate,” I realized that I wasn’t the only one that loved

This is a letter to families letting them know that we'll need supplies for our class version of Stone Soup. This note was made for a class of 33. So it could be easily shortened. I’ve used this recipe for years – it always turns out differently depending on what is donated! Teacher Preparation: Be sure to have a can opener, knife, extra salt and pepper, some dish cloths/oven mitts and a couple slow cookers Be sure to make enough to share with the teachers in your hall - it's sure to be a

Journeys Grade 3 Interactive Spelling PPT – Unit 1 Lists 1-5 At first I felt sheepish when a random visitor would walk in and see me sitting to the side, working one on one with a student while the rest of my class ran itself. After getting several reviews with comments like, “Students own their learning,” or “Highly engaged class,” or “Wonderful Classroom Climate,” I realized that I wasn’t the only one that loved seeing kids take charge! Please see the preview for an example slide inclu

Economics fun – S’mores AND Support Bundle Thanks to feedback, I've decided to add this ZIP file of all the documents in the S'mores Economics series. Now you can use the PPT alone, or add writing supports and extend the lesson. Please note - the Preview only covers the printable part of this activity, not the S'Mores PPT which is also included in this file. Economics Fun – S'Mores PPT Activity Students love importing and exporting raw materials to create S’mores in this highly engaging

Government Integrated Language Arts Power Point Who wants to study parts of speech, syllabification and morphemes? WE DO! I wouldn’t have believed it myself if it weren’t for my own students getting excited about these interactive PowerPoint vocabulary lessons. Two questions after each quote: "What do you think that means?" "Do you agree or disagree?" The way I use this resource: 1. I use Laura Candler’s Vocabulary Foldable (click the picture to follow the link to her site) 2. Students

Journeys Grade 3 Interactive Spelling PPT – Unit 3 Lists 11-15 At first I felt sheepish when a random visitor would walk in and see me sitting to the side, working one on one with a student while the rest of my class ran itself. After getting several reviews with comments like, “Students own their learning,” or “Highly engaged class,” or “Wonderful Classroom Climate,” I realized that I wasn’t the only one that loved seeing kids take charge! Please see the preview for an example slide inc

Journeys Grade 3 Interactive Spelling PPT – Unit 4 Lists 16-20 At first I felt sheepish when a random visitor would walk in and see me sitting to the side, working one on one with a student while the rest of my class ran itself. After getting several reviews with comments like, “Students own their learning,” or “Highly engaged class,” or “Wonderful Classroom Climate,” I realized that I wasn’t the only one that loved seeing kids take charge! Please see the preview for an example slide incl

Simple Machines PowerPoint and Interactive Journal I’ve used this PowerPoint for a quick two day end of year bonus unit for 3rd graders and an 8 week after school enrichment for 5th graders. Both groups loved the movies that are given after the examples. The interactive journal pages can be used for note-taking and again later as a Simple Machines hunt as we walk around the campus. Please see the preview. Simple Machines Language Arts Please see these coordinating products, or save mo

Journeys Grade 3 Interactive Spelling PPT – Unit 2 Lists 6-10 At first I felt sheepish when a random visitor would walk in and see me sitting to the side, working one on one with a student while the rest of my class ran itself. After getting several reviews with comments like, “Students own their learning,” or “Highly engaged class,” or “Wonderful Classroom Climate,” I realized that I wasn’t the only one that loved seeing kids take charge! Please see the preview for an example slide incl

Editable Animated Contractions This animated PowerPoint for contractions always gets ‘ooh and aahs’ from the kids. First the two words appear. Then part of the word plummets off the screen. Finally, the apostrophe drops down from the sky as the word parts shift together to make a contraction. Included in this PowerPoint 1. Contractions with helping verbs – will, have, would/had 2. Contractions with ‘to be’ verbs 3. Contractions with adverb ‘not’ in present tense, past tense and with modals

Garden Area Perimeter Personalized Task Cards “Where’s mine? Where’s Mine?” Kids love these personalized task cards with word problems that include their own classmates’ names. This set of 30 Garden Area and Perimeter task cards has an INTERACTIVE answer key! First students complete a card and correct with a peer. Then they use the PPT to click on the correct ladybug and reveal the answer. Please see the preview for screen shots. Differentiation Questions are progressively more difficult.

Let’s Go Rock Collecting - Integrated Language Arts Power Point Who wants to study parts of speech, syllabification and morphemes? WE DO! I wouldn’t have believed it myself if it weren’t for my own students getting excited about these interactive PowerPoint vocabulary lessons. The way I use this resource: 1. I use Laura Candler’s Vocabulary Foldable (click the picture to follow the link to her site) 2. Students read the word aloud then hold up fingers for syllables before the click. 3. Stu

Stone Soup Integrated Language Arts Power Point Who wants to study parts of speech, syllabification and morphemes? WE DO! I wouldn’t have believed it myself if it weren’t for my own students getting excited about these interactive PowerPoint vocabulary lessons. The way I use this resource: 1. I use Laura Candler’s Vocabulary Foldable (click the picture to follow the link to her site) 2. Students read the word aloud then hold up fingers for syllables before the click. 3. Students must write

The Babe and I – Integrated Vocabulary and Grammar Power Point These real world picture examples of words and their uses are a great support to language learners and students with low vocabulary skills. Each slide has strategically placed animation to allow for class discussion. For example – 1. the word appears 2. students hold up fingers to indicate how many syllables are in the word 3. on the next click the syllabification appears and the first word disappears My goals for this P

Journeys Grade 3 Interactive Spelling PPT – Unit 6 Lists 26-30 At first I felt sheepish when a random visitor would walk in and see me sitting to the side, working one on one with a student while the rest of my class ran itself. After getting several reviews with comments like, “Students own their learning,” or “Highly engaged class,” or “Wonderful Classroom Climate,” I realized that I wasn’t the only one that loved seeing kids take charge! Please see the preview for an example slide inclu

Journeys Grade 3 Interactive Spelling PPT – List 9 Please see the preview for an example slide including student led questions. At first I felt sheepish when a random visitor would walk in and see me sitting to the side, working one on one with a student while the rest of my class ran itself. After getting several reviews with comments like, “Students own their learning,” or “Highly engaged class,” or “Wonderful Classroom Climate,” I realized that I wasn’t the only one that loved seeing ki

Journeys Grade 3 Interactive Spelling PPT – Unit 5 Lists 21-25 At first I felt sheepish when a random visitor would walk in and see me sitting to the side, working one on one with a student while the rest of my class ran itself. After getting several reviews with comments like, “Students own their learning,” or “Highly engaged class,” or “Wonderful Classroom Climate,” I realized that I wasn’t the only one that loved seeing kids take charge! Please see the preview for an example slide inc

I Spy Poetry Writing and Magazine Craft Please see the preview If your students love these books they’ll love the PPT lesson on meter and rhyme. Included - Powerpoint lesson - Teacher hints - Graphic organizers - Parent donation letter (for magazine) Thank you for visiting Creative Core Integrations by Kim Shelley *Follow Me* for 50% off new products for the first 48 hours.