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Make your classroom routines smoother and more engaging with our Math and Literacy Center Rotation Slides! Designed for elementary classrooms, these easy-to-use slides help organize and display your daily center rotation slides with clarity, which will minimize interruptions. Whether you're managing small group instruction, independent work, or hands-on learning activities, these editable center rotation slides are your go-to solution for staying organized and saving time. These slides are av

Wrap up the school year with a delicious math review treat! The end of the year is a great time to review all math standards and this ice cream challenge is the perfect way to do that! This can also be used to prepare students for any math test! With this math challenge, students will earn parts of their ice cream sundae or cone by correctly completing a variety of math tasks to review math skills. A perfect end of the year activity to review! I provided the challenges I use in my classroom, b

Make Dot Day an unforgettable experience in your classroom with this engaging resource inspired by "The Dot" story by Peter H. Reynolds. These activities are perfect to help students express their creativity, build confidence, and understand the powerful message of making their mark. Inside, you’ll find: ✅ Reading response activities for The Dot story ✅ Art projects and templates for students to create their own dots ✅ Hands-On Math with Dot candy ✅ Bulletin board ideas to display st

Make math meaningful, engaging, and interactive with this Math Work Mats Activities Bundle! These hands-on math mats are designed to help students build number sense, strengthen fact fluency, and practice essential math skills through active learning. Perfect for math centers, small groups, or intervention, these work mats encourage students to think, build, and solve using manipulatives. There are 8 math work mats included:ADDITION WITHIN 20SUBTRACTION WITHIN 20PLACE VALUE TO 100PLACE VALUE

Are you looking for the perfect motivation tool to help your students practice and assess their multiplication facts? Building an ice cream sundae can be the solution! With this multiplication math challenge, students will earn parts of their ice cream sundae by correctly completing multiplication facts. Students will work their way through multiplication facts, 0-12. Each time students correctly complete a multiplication fact, they can check or color in the ice cream sundae part they earned! I

If you're looking for a way to organize your guided reading and math data and have student data easily accessible, you will love this product! With this product, you will easily organize students' reading and math data. You can easily see student names and record pre/post test data, fact fluency data, oral reading fluency, reading level, and goals/notes! The tabs are EDITABLE, which means you can easily type in your student names! What’s Included in Guided Reading Data?•Binder Covers (3 styles,

These Editable Math Center Rotation Slides are perfect to display in your classroom or virtually. Students will be able to easily see where they need to go for each math rotation round. With these Math Center Rotation Slides you will be able to edit and customize to fit your math center needs. You can easily add your student and group names to the slides. Students will know exactly what group they are in, where to go, what supplies they will need, and what is expected at each station. These sl

Turkey Trouble Activities and Stations are perfect for Thanksgiving or any November day! Turkey Trouble is one of my favorite Thanksgiving and November books! My class and I have so much fun having a Turkey Trouble Activity Day. We read the book, eat a snack, and have a ton of fun with these Turkey Trouble stations! There are 10 station signs and differentiated station activities included. The stations are engaging, fun, and full of literacy skills, math skills, and STEM skills! All stations inc

There are 18 math posters (9 color, 9 black and white) included in this product. Also included are 2 pages of mini posters (color and black and white) for student use or small group use. I designed these for my second grade classroom, but they can easily be used to enrich first graders or assist third graders! The following skills are included: -Place Value -Comparing Numbers -Addition -Subtraction -Addition with Regrouping -Subtraction with Regrouping -Money -Shapes -Time Math Vocabulary Cards

The Reading Toolkit and Math Toolkit are perfect for guided reading and math! The toolkits contain items perfect for your little learners! What is included in the Reading Toolkit? 1. Reading Toolkit Labels 2. Comprehension Bookmarks -Retelling Bookmark: characters, setting, BME, problem, and solution -Retelling Bookmark: characters, setting, beginning, middle, and end -Main Idea and Details -Cause and Effect -Making Connections -Theme -Fact and Details -Topic an

These North Pole Express Stations and Activities go right along with the book, The Polar Express, by Chris Van Allsburg. My class and I have so much fun having a Polar Express Day. We read the book, dress in our pajamas, drink hot chocolate, and have a ton of fun with these Polar Express stations and activities! There are passenger tickets, 10 station signs, and differentiated station activities included. The stations are engaging, fun, and full of literacy and math skills. All stations includ

Word problems can be tricky! These visuals will help your students while they solve math word problems! I have included posters and bookmarks for two word problem solving strategies, CUBES and UPS Check. C- circle key numbers U- underline the question B- box key words E- eliminate the extra information S- solve and check U- understand P- plan S- solve Check All posters and bookmarks come in color and black and white!

Students will love learning and practicing place value through these hands on math work mats for place value to 1,000. Each place value mat includes 8 numbers in standard form, a place for students to show or model the number (open space, and a hundreds, tens and ones chart), a place for students to write the number in expanded form, and a place to write the number in written form. Math manipulatives (hundreds, tens, and ones) are included as well!

Students will love learning about money while doing these two fun and engaging activities! Students can go grocery shopping or become chefs by creating their very own menu from a large selection of items! Students cut and glue the correct dollar bills and coins under the menu or grocery items. Create a grocery or shopping list and a restaurant menu. Included: Shopping List Grocery List Grocery Items (color) Grocery Item Cards (color) Grocery Items (black and white) Grocery Item Cards (black

Students will love learning about money while creating a Thanksgiving dinner menu! Students can go grocery shopping and become chefs while creating their very own Thanksgiving menu from a large selection of food and drink items! There are two differentiated levels included. **JUST ADDED** I add pages with blank boxes for you to print and write your own prices for the food items. Included: Teacher Tips and Examples Shopping List (with and without prices) Grocery List (with and without prices) T

This Easter Egg Math Craft is the perfect way to engage students in hands-on learning while celebrating the holiday season! With the numberless word problems included, it can easily be differentiated to fit your student needs. Students will solve addition word problems by using base ten blocks and decorating a spring egg, making it the perfect spring math craft! Teacher prep is super simple! Simply print the egg, grass, and base ten blocks on desired paper. Each student will get one egg, one

This Math Toolkit is perfect for guided math or math workshop! The toolkit contains items perfect for your little learners in the primary grades! What is included in the toolkit? 1. Math Toolkit Labels (small and large) 2. Math Bookmarks -Number Line (0-10, 0-15, 0-20, 0-100) -Open Number Line -Five Frame -Ten Frame -Two Ten Frames -Addition Frame -Subtraction Frame -Number Words up to 20 -Days of the Week and Months of the Year -Coins -Shapes (2 Dime

These End of the Year Donut Awards are the perfect way to celebrate your students' academic achievements! My students loved celebrating their classmates achievements and their individual achievements while eating delicious donuts! What is Included?Donut Awards banner in color and black & white3 Donut Awards posters24 premade donut certificates - personalize with student name, teacher name, grade, school, year, etc.2 editable donut certificates - personalize with award name, student name, teache

Students will love learning and practicing their math word problems through these hands on math work mats. There are 30 numberless word problems included. Plus editable boxes to add your own word problems! Numberless word problems are perfect for differentiation. The Math Work Mats provide space for students to use a variety of problem solving strategies. There is space for students to draw a picture, use a ten frame, a number line, part-part-whole, number bond, write an equation, and write a w

These Guided Reading and Math Rotations are everything you need to organize your guided reading rotations and guided math rotations! I use this format in my classroom and I love how simple and student friendly it is! I have included reading and math materials for up to 6 student groups and 6 rotations. I have also included lesson plan templates to help organize and plan your guided reading and math rotations. Guided Reading Rotations Included: -read to self -read to someone -read with a buddy -r