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Road to Peace is a conflict resolution game developed by two Montessori teachers to help students successfully resolve their own conflicts to the extent that resolution is within their capacities. The game works in both Montessori and traditional classrooms. Students who are unable to resolve their conflicts are directed to request mediation. The product includes a game board designed to be laminated on legal sized card stock, instructions, and a Mediation Request Form. Copies may be made

This product is a teacher- and student-template for 15 words that include prefixes, roots, and suffixes that are part of over 15,000 words. We didn't choose the words (they did: http://penningtonpublishing.com/blog/reading/how-to-teach-prefixes-roots-and-suffixes/), but we created these templates to break down their meanings. The first page is a the teacher template - it gives an explanation of prefixes, roots, and suffixes; a tractor analogy for understanding them; and a breakdown of each of

These are practice cards for addends to 10, 20, 50, and 100. The front of the card has a number 1-20, the back has the same number plus equations revealing the addends to 10, 20, 50, and 100. Print them double-sided, cut them out, laminate them, and put them on a ring. Students can work independently or in partners to memorize their addends to 10, 20, 50, or 100.

Students can use this Personal Word Wall to record words that they want to (or need to) learn to spell. We have students keep these in their writing journals and use them to record words that they want to use in their writing but do not know how to spell. NOTE: We discourage using this as a way to organize spelling words. Spelling words should be organized around spelling patterns, not the first letter in the word.

These are practice cards for addends to 10, 20, and 50. The front of the card has a number 1-50, the back has the same number plus equations revealing the addends to 10, 20, and 50. Print them double-sided, cut them out, laminate them, and put them on a ring. Students can work independently or in partners to memorize their addends to 10, 20, or 50.

These are practice cards for addends to 10 and 20. The front of the card has a number 1-20, the back has the same number plus two equations revealing the addends to 10 and to 20. Print them double-sided, cut them out, laminate them, and put them on a ring. Students can work independently or in partners to memorize their addends to 10 or 20.

This is a simple sign-in/sign-out sheet for students to fill out when they leave the classroom. There is room left at the top for a clipboard clamp so that the clamp does not obscure the title of the document.