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Introduce statistics including mean, median, mode and range with this colorful, interactive 22 slide PowerPoint. This interactive PowerPoint introduces each term and teaches a strategy for finding the value. There is also a trick or visual to help students remember the steps to find each one (mean, median, mode and range). Students are able to practice finding the mean, median, mode and range and then check within the PowerPoint. This is excellent for a statistics lesson or for students to e

United States Regions Power Point by Erica Introduce the regions of the United States through this colorful power point. The power point begins with the United States and U.S. facts. It moves on to define regions and asks the students to brainstorm things that may define a region. Next, a compass rose is introduced and later applied throughout the rest of the slides. Then each region is introduced using a U.S. map with the specific region shaded in. The regions are introduced in the follow

Paragraph Writing: Hamburger Paragraph by Erica: Hook your class on paragraph writing with this interactive power point on writing a complete paragraph. This power point relates writing a paragraph to making a juicy hamburger. The more toppings (details) you have on your hamburger the juicier your hamburger (paragraph) will be. Just like a paragraph the more details you have the juicier or more interesting your paragraph will be. This power point talks about the parts of a paragraph: topic s

Twister on Tuesday from the Magic Tree House Series Lesson Plans and Activities by Erica Twister on Tuesday from the Magic Tree House Series by Mary Pope Osborne Focus: Text Features, Schema; Making Connections; Predictions; Visualizing/Mental Images; Vocabulary; QAR: Q1, Q2, Q3; Syllables; Compare/Contrast, Inferences, Fact/Opinion, ABC order, Guide Words, correct meaning, Expository vs. Narrative; Text Structure; Setting; Singular and Plural Nouns; Parts of Speech: nouns, verbs, adjectives;

Introduce capacity conversions using this original song to the tune of B-I-N-G-O. The song helps students memorize the conversions between gallons, quarts, pints and cups. There is also a practice page including a helpful diagram. The diagram enables students to visualize the conversions and easily memorize the conversions between gallons, quarts, pints and cups. Students are able to practice their skills at converting using the ten question practice page. Capacity including Gallon Man Son

Rocks and Minerals Test, Study Guide and Test Answer Key by Erica A well developed, comprehensive test over rocks and minerals. A printable study guide and test answer key are included in this document. The test includes graphic organizers such as: Moh's Hardness Scale, Cause and Effect relationship, a Venn Diagram for comparing and contrasting different types of rocks, and a Diagram of the Rock Cycle. The test covers how minerals form, mineral properties, how mineral are used, examples of mi

Winter Holiday Gift: Conversation Jar by Erica This is the ideal gift for students to create for their parents for a winter gift or anytime of the year. It can easily be adapted for any grade level and for any holiday. It is the gift that keeps on giving and that can be used for a lifetime. I still receive comments from parents on how much they love these jars and how it has brought their families together at dinner. These jars can be added to over time and changed as the family grows. Thi

Common and Proper Nouns Hunt created by Erica: This activity includes a song about common nouns and a song about proper nouns. These songs help children get excited about nouns while also learning a strategy to remember the definition of common and proper nouns. Also includes examples and definitions. Then it allows children to go on their own common and proper nouns hunt. Great for an in class scavenger hunt or a for a motivating homework activity! The songs could be posted on a vocabulary

Boxcar Children: Mystery in Washington, D.C. Lesson Plans and Activities by Erica Boxcar Children: The Mystery in Washington, D.C. by Gertrude Chandler Warner Focus: Predictions, Summarizing, Character Traits, Vocabulary Includes: Lesson Plans for 12 days, follow-up activities for the students to complete, vocabulary cards, detective activities, missing items recording sheet, and a predictions chart This is a fabulous book to use for guided reading or even a read aloud when studying about Washin

Current Events Presentation Rubric by Erica Get your class excited about current events happening both nationally and internationally. Have students present an article or articles and use this rubric to assess. The rubric assesses student presentations using the following categories: knowledge of the topic, presentation, voice projection, interest, and presenter response. Easy to edit for your students' needs. Current Events Presentation Rubric by Erica by Erica is licensed under a Creativ

Writer's Workshop Poetry Unit of Study by Erica A well developed, comprehensive unit of study on poetry following the Writer's Workshop model developed by Calkins. This unit is approximately 20 days long. Each day follows the writer's workshop model: connection, teaching point and minilesson, active engagement and link, conferencing, mid-workshop interruption and share. Unit also includes reading and writing connection ideas to create meaningful connections across the curriculum. The unit al

Virtue Vouchers for Positive Behavior by Erica Celebrate the positive actions of your students with these seven virtue cards for the seven virtues. When you see a child demonstrate one of the seven virtues award them with a Virtue Voucher. The seven virtues are: Compassion, Courage, Honesty, Perseverance, Respect, Responsibility and Self-Discipline. When a child demonstrates one of these virtues through their behavior you can award them the appropriate virtue voucher. There is also an additi

Keep an accurate record of your writer's workshop conferences with students. This form allows you to record your teaching point, observations and what you would like the student to work on. You can record up to 20 conferences with one student on one single page. This allows you to view what a student has been working on throughout a unit, rather than having to flip pages. You can even add each student's name in the header before printing for easy record keeping. This includes a set of 30 fo

Lesson Plan Template for an Entire Week on 11 by 17 paper by Erica: This lesson plan paper will save you lots of time! This will eliminate you having to write Mon. - Fri. every week along with any other reoccurring activities, such as specials (art, music, pe, etc.). This template allows you to create your week exactly how you would like. Make changes or edit it until it is perfect for your classroom needs. You can even type your plans in or just print and write in your plans. Please email

Fall Writing Project: Make a Candy Corn Paragraph (Candy Corn Publishing Format) by Erica This is a highly motivating lesson to get your students excited about writing and publish their writing. Start by having the students bring in a fall object such as: candy corn, a pumpkin, Indian corn, leaves, etc. I also bring in a fall object of my own such as a mum. Have the students brainstorm using their five senses about their fall object. Then have them write a descriptive paragraph about their f

Student Information Sheet, Parent Questionnaire & Parent Communication Record by Erica Use this detailed form to gather important information regarding each child in your classroom. Also included is a parent/teacher communication record log. This will help you keep track of phone calls and voicemails and provide you with a place to document these interactions. This is perfect for the beginning of the school year to help you obtain information and learn more about each child. It asks for the c

Verbs and Action Verbs by Erica: These catchy songs will help children remember the definition of a verb and action verb. It includes a song about verbs and a song about action verbs. There are also examples of action verbs and pictures of action verbs. The songs would be fantastic on a vocabulary bulletin board. The activity would be a great in class lesson or a motivating homework activity. Verbs and Action Verbs by Erica is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States L

Reading Bookmarks Before During After Reading Strategy Bookmarks by Erica Help your students remember to use and apply their reading strategies when reading independently. These fantastic bookmarks will help your students remember their before, during and after reading strategies. This document includes a bookmark for before reading, during reading and after reading. Each bookmark lists steps your students should take during each stage of reading. This will help remind students to use text f

Questions and Comments Form for Back to School Night or Presentations by Erica Each year during Back to School Night or other teacher presentations parents have questions or comments. This form is a useful tool to place on each child's desk before your Back to School Night (Meet your Teacher) presentation or any presentation. This form allows parents to record questions or comments that they have while you are speaking, rather than raising their hand or interrupting you. It will also minimize

Groundhog Day RAFT Writing Prompt by Erica Hook your students into writing using this engaging Groundhog Day writing prompt. Students are asked to write a journal entry from the perspective of a Punxsutawney Phil, the Groundhog. This could be used as an in class writing prompt or it could be sent home as a homework assignment. RAFT Explanation Role of the Writer - Who are you as the writer? Audience - To whom are you writing? Format - What form will the writing take? Topic + strong Verb -