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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

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

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

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

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 -

Challenge Project by Erica Challenge Choices Chart Project Choices This is a highly motivating challenge book that engages students and helps inspire them to become self-seeking learners. This book provides challenge choices so that the student can choose a project that they are interested in and therefore have more ownership in the project. Each project is an extension of classroom curriculum and can be used to enhance the curriculum and provide opportunities for children to dig deeper. It