Enhancing Elementary

Hands on activity to teach students balanced equations. Students will create two number sentences that are equal using different colored squares and explain how they know the equations are equal/balanced.

Perfect for learning about animal adaptations! Includes a page for feet, teeth, eyes, ears, nose, hair, and tail. Students choose an animal whose trait they want to have and explain how it would help them survive.

Realistic Fiction Pocket Chart Sort Students practice sorting realistic vs. unrealistic problem, setting, character, and solution. Great for practice before students start planning their own realistic fiction stories!

Reader's Response interactive notebook graphic organizers. Includes notebook/journal sized comprehension graphic organizers for students to respond to their reading. What is included? Story MapStory ElementsSequence of EventsCharacter TraitsAuthor's PurposeConnectionsPredictonsInferencingMain idea and DetailsCentral Idea and DetailsAsking QuestionsCompare and Contrast

Sticker Charts or individual students numbered 1-30. In muted rainbow/pastel spots theme! Easy tool for classroom management: Give out students stickers for good choices, hard work, being kind, etc. and students can trade in stickers for different rewards.

Happy mail is a quick and easy way to send parents and guardians a positive note home about their child's behavior. This is a great way to communicate with families and students love receiving happy mail!! Can be printed in black and white on colored paper or printed in color!

Follow up activity for students learning about the animal adaptation camouflage. Students will draw the chameleon in an environment of their choice and camouflage the chameleon to help it blend in to its environment.

Poetry Templates and Planning Pages Poems Included: -Five Senses Poem -Color Poem -Acrostic Poem -Cinquain Poem -Bio Poem Bonus: -Table of Contents -Cover Page I use this to have students create different types of poems and make a poetry book! You can also pick and choose which poems you would like to do.

Craft for students to review/practice identifying 2D shapes

Muted rainbow spots classroom theme decor bundle. I will be adding things as they are made. Each time something is added the price will increase, the sooner you buy the more bang you will get for your buck! Includes:alphabet posters calendar set number posters wall number line schedule cards hand signals teacher toolbox labels birthday display amazing work display posters desk name plates editable classroom labels flip calendar

Fairy Tale planning templates and writing paper/cover page to create a book!

Experiment recording sheet for students to use flashlights and see if they shine through different materials.

Activity to teach students that shapes can go together to create other shapes/things (a shape is just a shape until...) Pairs perfectly with the book "The Shape of Things" by Dayle Ann Dodds Includes teacher example

10 More 10 Less Word Problems/Story Problems. Includes 7 word problems!

Desk name plates/ name tags with alphabet and number line to 30 in muted rainbow spots theme. Comes with black borders or rainbow borders.

Calendar set in a muted pastel rainbow spotty decor theme! Includes:Calendar for pocket chart Various holiday cards Days of the week section Weather of the day section Days in school (two options) Days in school ten frames

Students work in groups or pairs to see who can melt an ice cube the fastest. The idea of this activity is for students to see that adding heat to the ice cube will make it melt. Students will see that the state of matter changed from a solid to a liquid when heat was added.

Editable variety of labels in the muted rainbow spot theme. Can be used in endless ways around your classroom! Label and organize your students desks, belongings, tubs, drawers, binders, teacher and office supplies and more!

Holiday Word Builder:Includes 8 different winter holiday words for students to cut out letters and build words with them. Super fun and easy phonics, reading, or writing activity for students to do before winter break! Words included: Happy Holidays Christmas Hanukkah Reindeer Snowman Snowflake Presents Winter Break

Flip calendar for whiteboard! Easily and quickly switch your date each day. Can be used with a curtain rod and rings or magnets/tape!