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50 ready to use BOGGLE boards; just print and go! Answer keys are included for each board, so students can independently check their work. Every board has more than 70+ words (most have 100+). Ways to use BOGGLE: - Daily 5 Word Work time - Literacy Center - Early finishers - Spelling/Word Work Homework - Rainy Day Indoor Recess Challenge - Morning Warm-up - Buddy Classroom Activity Consider a BOGGLE Bulletin Board to display the letters for the whole class to see at once. Even better, Bun

This download includes 20, double-sided Bible Scavenger Hunts that will motivate students to search in their Bible and become more comfortable with looking up references. Interlaced throughout the questions are silly kinesthetics to keep the brain engaged and the mood light. For example, halfway through the questions on Scavenger Hunt #1, students are instructed to stand next to their desk and jump 5 times. Then, they are told to point to something (not someone) that is their favorite color

Bundle and Save: 50 BOGGLE Boards with Answer Keys AND BOGGLE Letters and BannerWhat’s included: - 50 BOGGLE boards with answer keys - 11 letter tile styles for your BOGGLE bulletin board - 15 BOGGLE banner styles (Your use for the letter tiles can easily stretch beyond BOGGLE. Think: station labels, bulletin board headings, word wall, word work cut-outs, table labels, etc.) In search of more great WORD WORK material? Check out: - WORDLE Boards - Crossword Puzzle Starts And BOGGLE for MATH

NOGGLE: number boggle. This download includes 20 Noggle boards with ANSWER KEYS! Hooray! Your students can work independently on these brain games AND check their own work. Everybody's happy. ***How to play: Every Noggle board identifies a “target number” to create mathematical expressions for. Students discover as many ways as they can to form the target number by using number squares horizontally, vertically, and horizontally. - Students will need to know their order of operations in ord

Freshen up your Word Work time with WORDLE! WORDLE Boards challenge students to form WORDS from WITHIN A WORD. This 100-board bundle includes letter squares for students to physically scramble in front of themselves and answer keys to independently check their work. Words include various holidays, states, and phrases. Some examples: - abe lincoln - american flag - birthday cake - christmas - columbus day - coconut milk - domino effect - elephant foot - election day - fundraiser - gummy bea

New teachers, looking for a place to start? Returning veterans, looking for fresh ideas? Let's make 2019 the best year yet!! This "First Day of Fourth Grade" includes my detailed lesson plan to make the first day back smooth and enjoyable! Students will be up and around enjoying: - A classroom scavenger hunt - Classroom riddles (No more boring classroom rules and procedures!) - A classmate scavenger hunt - The "Left, Right, You, Me" Name Game Students will have moments of rest and reflection wit

This 11-lesson unit is a comprehensive look at the psalms for grades 4-6. All student reflection pages are written in a way that the translation (NIV, ESV, etc.) will not hinder your understanding or completion of the unit. I have approached the Psalms in a way that shows the importance of its study as a whole, rather than select parts. It is tempting to pick and chose individual psalms to underscore points or “spruce up” a liturgy. It takes more mental energy to mull it over and think criti

Create fruitful times of prayer and reflection with this 10-month prayer journal bundle. Each day starts with a verse, and 2-3 prompts guide students through an independent time of thinking, writing, sometimes drawing, and prayer. You can use the journal prompts in several different ways: 1) Individually-written prayers, partner prayers, group prayers 2) Welcome & warm-up routine 3) Early finisher activity 4) Writing station prompt (slides can be printed as a 2x2 grid to make a smaller card) 5

The 32-card "Names of Jesus" scavenger hunt will have your students moving! The download includes: - 32 cards for printing, cutting, and hiding for a scavenger hunt - A student recording sheet - An answer key The names of Jesus included are: - Light of the World - Child - Immanuel - Bread of Life - Physician - Lamb - King of Kings - Prince of Peace - Christ - Rabbi - Word - Cornerstone - Bright Morning Star - The Lion of the Tribe of Judah - Lord - Friend - Alpha and Omega - Son of David - Sav

I have included the lesson plan with the readers' theater, so all you have to do it print and enjoy! I used this Readers’ Theater with my fourth graders. It was a springboard into our BIG IDEA topic of Environments, and it also led to great conversation about cause and effect. We know that cause and effect is a HUGE concept for students to master, especially in the sciences. The Next Generation Science Standards (“NGSS”) call this a cross cutting concept. This means it, in terms of NGSS, th

Enjoy a fruitful year with a growth mindset approach! Think: "This isn't working. What can I try next?" "This feeling of reading being hard is really my brain growing!" "I know how to work through my frustration." Teachers, we show our students how to have a growth mindset with our words and actions, but this unit will help you clearly teach what it is, what it looks like, and what it sounds like. The five lessons are titled: 1) What is fixed mindset vs. growth mindset? 2) I can work throu

Celebrate Peter Reynolds' The Dot on or around this year's International Dot Day (September 15)! You'll be encouraging your students to "Make your mark, and see where it takes you." This will easily tie in to your start-of-the-year growth mindset discussions! This bundle is designed specifically for 4th graders and includes activities for: - Math (fact families + arrays) - Science ("dot war" science experiment + graphing) - ELA (written reflection, text-to-self connections, nouns/adjectives gra

This 10-lesson unit comes with everything you’ll need to lead a 2-3 week study on the names of Jesus. Lessons clearly teach the meaning and content behind eight of Jesus’s names that are found in Scripture (see below). The lessons also encourage reflection in order that students will seek to live out the truth of their learning. All student reflection pages are written in a way that the translation (NIV, ESV, etc.) will not hinder your understanding or completion of the unit. The 10 lessons

Match your BOGGLE printables with a bulletin board! Letter tiles come in 11 varieties: black-and-white, colors, and patterns. 15 banner letter styles are also included. Upload the preview to get a closer look! (Your use for the letter tiles can easily stretch beyond BOGGLE. Think: station labels, bulletin board headings, word wall, word work cut-outs, table labels, etc.) Bundle and Save: 50 BOGGLE Boards with Answer Keys + Letter Tiles + Banner Letters In search of more great WORD WOR

Students will experience migration firsthand in this bird migration pack! First, students read about the ovenbird whose migration starts in South America and ends in the far regions of North America. A couple comprehension questions follow. Next, students will run through their own migration challenge. This download includes station cards that students will encounter as they try to make a large loop around your classroom, gym, or outdoor area. They will run into all sorts of dangers which

Practice your simple & compound sentence skills with this Christmas-themed SCOOT game! Questions ask students to: 1) Identify whether a sentence is simple or compound. 2) Identify the conjunction in a compound sentence. 3) Write a simple sentence. 4) Write a compound sentence. 5) Change a simple sentence to a compound sentence. 6) Correct punctuation errors in a compound sentence (the comma). 7) Identify all coordinating conjunctions. How to Play: *This GAME will work for classrooms up to 32 s

Master inference skills with these 58 photo-inspired inference writing prompts for 4th-6th graders. Each of the 58 writing prompts has an example writing included. A poster/handout is included for introducing helpful phrases for inference writing (see below). - “I can infer that…” - “I’m assuming that…” - “I think… because…” - “My guess is…” - “This could mean…” - “That tells me that…” - “It would make sense to say…” Three ideas for use: - Project on your front board as a whole/small g

22 reflection and prayer prompts for the month of March: - Linked to specific Bible verses - Varied in focus (St. Patrick's Day slide included, see preview file for full list) - Versatile in use There are many ways to practice prayer in the classroom. These 22 slides are meant to be useful in a variety of ways: 1) Individually-written prayers, partner prayers, group prayers 2) Welcome & warm-up routine 3) Early finisher activity 4) Writing station prompt (slides can be printed as a 2x2 grid to

- 2 Simple and Complete Subject Worksheets - 2 Simple and Complete Predicate Worksheets Subject matter includes plastic water bottles at national parks, rescuing American toads, manta rays, and plastic pollution. The worksheets are best for 4th or 5th grade. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like what you see in my store? Click on the green star near my store name to become a follower! You will begin receiving updates about new produ

21 prayer prompts for the month of January: - Linked to specific Bible verses - Varied in focus (see preview file, MLKJ Day addressed) - Versatile in use There are many ways to practice prayer in the classroom. These 21 slides are meant to be useful in a variety of ways: 1) Individually-written prayers, partner prayers, group prayers 2) Welcome & warm-up routine 3) Early finisher activity 4) Writing station prompt (slides can be printed as a 2x2 grid to make a smaller card) 5) Artifact/tool t