Elementary to Middle

Includes Christmas Lightbulb Writing Template...I will be the light in the world! and Christmas Winter Snowglobe Writing Template...decorate a snow globe!

I use this snowglobe writing template to have my students write winter themed stories. We cut them out and displayed them around the classroom. This file includes a snowglobe with writing lines, a blank snowglobe, and a snowman and gingerbread house that can be used to decorate the snowglobe.

This resource is great to supplement word study, spelling, and vocabulary instruction. I print it out 2-sided and staple in a packet. It is fully editable and comes in PDF and Google Slides. I have my students choose the activities they would like to complete. This can also be used as homework to practice words. The choices include: SAW - Sort, Alphabetize, WriteRainbow WriteSentencesPrinting PracticeWord HuntPractice Spelling TestSyllablesParagraphVocabulary

Integrate English Language Arts and Math with this Story Decimals activity! Students just need a story or article that they can annotate on. Works great as a math center.

For each box, choose one of the mental math multiplication strategies. Define the strategy, explain how it works, and give an example. You may use resources to help you. Includes these terms: Friendly Numbers Halving and Doubling Associative Property Distributive Property Commutative Property Addition Subtraction

Use this weekly reflection to have your students assess themselves on behavior and work completion. Two copies are included, one reflection includes a space for students to write their Dojo points for the week and the other does not.

Students will explore and experiment with D batteries, wires, and light bulbs to learn how to make the light bulb light up! Recording sheet includes directions and places for students to draw and write their ideas.

Project this anchor chart on your board, print it, trace it, or have students cut and clue it in their notebooks! I left the number line and money parts blank for students to fill in :) Includes point, line, line segment, ray, parallel lines, perpendicular lines, and intersecting lines. File includes editable Powerpoint file and PDF file. Fonts: KG Corner of the Sky

This project is designed for 1:1 Chromebook classrooms and uses the Chrome extension Screencastify. It can still be used without a class set of Chromebooks! You could also modify the project to use with iPads. I highly recommend the app Explain Everything. Screencasts are an excellent way to assess your students by having them “teach” how to solve math problems. I hope you find this resource helpful in your classroom- I know I have!

Project this anchor chart on your board, print it, trace it, or have students cut and clue it in their notebooks! I left the number line and money parts blank for students to fill in :) Fonts: KG Sorry Not Sorry and KG Makes You Stronger

A rockin' project to assess student knowledge of the types of rocks: igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary! Google Forms are an excellent way to assess your students, and having your students create their own form takes it another step further! This resource will help your students to create a Google Form filled with questions about rocks.

Use this simple chart to review problem and solution with your students! It includes internal and external conflict as well.

Get started with Literature Circles using these Literature Circle Jobs printables. I use these in groups of four students but you could modify it to fit your needs! These jobs support the Common Core Standards by facilitating accountable talk, citing text evidence, and teaching students to return to the text. The jobs in this product are Sequence Master, Describing Master, Illustrator, and Passage Master.

This Kindness Challenge is a great way to bring happiness, kindness, and respect to your classroom! My students and I decided that our class needed a little more kindness, so I came up with this Kindness Challenge! I pass out the Kindness Cards to my students and they must complete them in order to fill up our Kindness Thermometer. Once my students get to 100 Kindness Cards turned in, they will earn a popcorn party! I have a labeled box where students can turn in their Kindness Cards and pick

This Fraction Quick Quiz requires students to simplify fractions, find equivalent fractions, place a fraction on a number line, determine the value of a fraction on a number line, and determine which fraction is longer as well as justify their answer.

Use this activity to teach your students how to pull a quote from text and explain its meaning.

This story map is a great visual representation! It can be used with picture books or chapter books. With this narrative story map, students can chart the parts of a narrative, including: Characters/Setting/Time Rising Action/Problem Climax Falling Action Resolution

If you have a chatty class, this is the perfect classroom management tool for you. First, print out one card per student. These Blurt Cards are designed to last a full week. To begin using this product, give students their card on Monday morning. Explain that every time they “blurt” out in class, you will come over and hole punch their card. I count blurting as calling out during a lesson, interrupting another student or the teacher, or just being off task in general. In my class, students are

Fractions Strips on paper to give students a visual of what fractions look like. I use this as a fractions introduction lesson and have my students come up with observations about the fraction strips. I also included a picture of the anchor chart I made that my students came up and wrote their observations on!

This is a mineral classification chart that my students use when investigating rocks and minerals in our geology unit.