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Need a LOW-PREP end-of-year activity that actually keeps students engaged? This writing craft turns chaotic last days into meaningful reflection, and a keepsake parents LOVE! This resource was created for upper elementary students, but can easily be adapted for any grade level. The download includes several final copy templates. Choose the one that best suits your students' needs. The editable brainstorming sheet will help them plan out classroom memories to share in their final draft. The fi

Transform your third-grade math class in just five minutes a day with these number talk math warm-ups. This year-long bundle gives you hundreds of daily math talks designed to build number sense, strengthen mental math strategies, and spark meaningful classroom discussion. These are perfect for busy teachers who need ready-to-use third grade math warm-ups that align with standards and work in any classroom setting. Why Teachers Love These 3rd Grade Number Talks:Zero Prep Just open, display, an

Quickly get to know your students with this highly engaging writing activity! This is a fun all-about-me writing activity that's perfect for the back to school season. Students use rainbow-colored items or candies such as Skittles, buttons, or pom poms to help brainstorm things to share about themselves. This craft makes a great keepsake for any grade level. Help students feel at ease in your classroom with this activity. The brainstorming sheet will help them plan out which things to share in

Get a full year's worth of Weekly Vocabulary Units for Third Grade! This yearlong bundle includes 36 weekly vocabulary units with 5 words per week. There are many different activities to help students practice their words each week. A weekly vocabulary routine boosts your word knowledge and reading comprehension. Students will study tier-2 words they will encounter in their independent reading. You'll love that they are getting meaningful vocabulary practice that's no-prep! This Bundle Incl

These engaging reading printables are perfect comprehension activities for the Stranger by Chris Van Allsburg. With 18 printables and 7 digital activities, you'll have so many things to choose from! Each activity supports the comprehension of the Stranger by Chris Van Allsburg. Help your students to discover the identity of the stranger on their own by encouraging students to pay attention to the stranger's behavior and the unusual things that happen on the farm while the stranger is visiting.

This resource is sure to increase your students' reading comprehension for the novel Charlotte's Web. All comprehension activities will require your students to "dig into" the text. All activities can easily be assigned through your favorite distance learning platform: Canvas, Google Classroom, Seesaw, etc. (SeeSaw links are included) Watch the VIDEO preview to see all included digital activities. Activities are included for every chapter in the novel. Each activity is saved as its own presenta

These time math warm ups will help your third graders strengthen their basic time telling skills. This ready-to-use resource includes 82 number talks for third-grade multiplication. The activities include a range of skills: reading the clock, telling time to the nearest 5 minutes and nearest minute, elapsed time, and more! Your students will be begging for these math talks every day. You'll be impressed with the way they share their thinking with their peers.These slides can easily be added in

Bring vocabulary to life with this Vocabulary Building Unit. These engaging, ready-to-use lessons are designed to strengthen word knowledge, reading comprehension, and writing skills. Perfect for 3rd and 4th graders, each week introduces 5 carefully selected tier-2 vocabulary words. Why you'll love it:Each weekly unit contains 5 tier-2 vocabulary words that will help boost your students' word knowledge and reading comprehension. The ready-made-activities are designed to help your students ma

A bundle of my Holiday reading and writing resources!

With this digital or printable word problem sort, your students will be able to spot the differences between area and perimeter word problems in no time! This activity is available in a printable and digital format, so it can be easily adapted to fit the needs of your classroom. This activity can be used for class work, whole class discussion, or an assessment. What's Included?10 Area and Perimeter Word Problems2 Recording Sheet OptionsAnswer KeyDigital ActivityGoogle LinksYou might also like t

Bring history to life this November with engaging Thanksgiving reading comprehension activities that pair perfectly with Scholastic’s “The First Thanksgiving” website! Your students will love exploring the real story of the Pilgrims, Wampanoag people, and the first harvest celebration through these historical letters and reading comprehension activities. Perfect for upper elementary students (grades 3–6), this resource helps build reading comprehension, vocabulary, and historical understand

Struggling to find challenging vocabulary practice for your third graders? These weekly vocabulary units are perfect for your students! With these no-prep units, just print, laminate, and you're ready to go! FULL UPDATE IN PROGRESS Why you'll love it:Each weekly unit contains 5 tier-2 vocabulary words that will help boost your students' word knowledge and read What you'll get:This resource is jam-packed with activities for each week of instruction, including: 9 weekly word lists (5 words/w

Reward your students at the end of the year with these eye-catching award certificates. This download includes almost 200 printable awards and an editable template. With so many awards to choose from, you'll have no trouble finding the perfect one for each of your students. Use Google Slides or PowerPoint to easily edit and print your awards. There are printable and black and white options so you can choose the format that best suits your needs. Here's what you'll get:176 printable award ce

The perfect reading activity for your glow day classroom transformation. Make learning about informational text structures glow with this engaging, hands-on resource! Perfect for upper elementary, this set helps students understand and identify five key nonfiction text structures: Description, Sequence, Cause and Effect, Problem and Solution, and Compare and Contrast. This low-prep resource includes everything you need to introduce, teach, and assess text structure skills in a fun and meanin

Struggling to find challenging vocabulary practice for your third graders? These weekly vocabulary units are perfect for your students! With these no-prep units, just print, laminate, and you're ready to go! FULL UPDATE IN PROGRESS Why you'll love it:Each weekly unit contains 5 tier-2 vocabulary words that will help boost your students' word knowledge and read What you'll get:This resource is jam-packed with activities for each week of instruction, including: 9 weekly word lists (5 words/w

Struggling to find challenging vocabulary practice for your third graders? These weekly vocabulary units are perfect for your students! With these no-prep units, just print, laminate, and you're ready to go! FULL UPDATE IN PROGRESS Why you'll love it:Each weekly unit contains 5 tier-2 vocabulary words that will help boost your students' word knowledge and read What you'll get:This resource is jam-packed with activities for each week of instruction, including: 9 weekly word lists (5 words/w

Are you seeking an engaging ways to incorporate digital learning in your ELA classroom? These graphic organizers can be used to help students respond to an informational text in a digital or paper/pencil format. Just choose the slide that you need for your lesson and share it with your students using Google Slides, Google Classroom, or any other online format. Each graphic organizer is available in it's own presentation so you can just share the ONE you need each time! BONUS: Many graphic organ

These biography reading response pages are the perfect addition to your biography unit. These activities work well with any biography picture books. What's Included? 7 printable pages (2 responses per page)7 Digital ActivitiesGoogle Links for easy uploadingTypes of Reading Responses: Who and What?AccomplishmentsSettingCharacter TraitsStruggles/ObstaclesBig IdeasCentral MessageDon't miss this biography resource!Gertrude Ederle: America's Champion SwimmerFREE Biography I Am Poem TemplateFollow m

Bring vocabulary to life with this free sample of my Vocabulary Building Unit. These engaging, ready-to-use lessons are designed to strengthen word knowledge, reading comprehension, and writing skills. Perfect for 3rd and 4th graders, each week introduces 5 carefully selected tier-2 vocabulary words. This resource is a one week sample of the full vocabulary unit. Check out the full unit here. Why you'll love it:Each weekly unit contains 5 tier-2 vocabulary words that will help boost your stu