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This fun Halloween-themed worksheet is a great way to sneak in some practice on number series. Use this to practice for the Number Series section of the CogAT or general number patterns practice. There are 4 patterns: an increasing pattern, two ABAB patterns, and an ABCABC pattern. It's good practice to expose students to a variety of types of patterns so they can learn to recognize them. Practice makes perfect, and the more practice you give your child, the more "second-nature" pattern recogni

Students will fill in the missing spots on the ladybugs to follow the pattern. This worksheet is good practice for the Number Series section of the CogAT. Skills: pattern recognition, numbers For more worksheets and activities, check out my store or visit my website at www.expandingmindslearning.com.

This game is fantastic whenever you have a lot of fun-size bags of M&Ms on hand (think Halloween or Easter). Sort the M&Ms by color, then create a picture graph showing how many of each color. Then eat them, of course! This is great practice for sorting colors, and a fun and simple introduction to graphing. I've also included some blank sorting and graphing pages for when you have those bags with special holiday colors. For more worksheets and activities, check out my store or visit my websi

Start working on time concepts with your students. This packet slowly introduces the concepts of time with four activities. 1. introduction to AM vs PM - listing morning and night-time activities 2. ordering events in your daily schedule 3. comparing pairs of times and determining which comes first 4. counting days on a calendar For more worksheets and activities, check out my store or visit my website at www.expandingmindslearning.com.

Practice with the fraction 1/2 (one-half) with this animal-themed worksheet. This worksheet includes 5 fraction model problems plus an answer key. For more worksheets and activities check out my store or visit my website at www.expandingmindslearning.com.

Addition and Subtraction with Models This packet includes 6 different worksheets, all with different themes: cats, apples, fairy tales (Hansel and Gretel), zoo animals, cookies, and rocks. For more worksheets and activities, check out my store or visit my website at www.expandingmindslearning.com.