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The Grocery Game is a highly engaging math activity that provides students with a hands-on way to practice counting money! It includes options for differentiation to meet the needs of a variety of students. Everything you need to play is included - even printable play money. WHO IS THIS RESOURCE FOR?Students learning to count sets of mixed coinsStudents learning to count sets of like coinsHands-on learners who need a more engaging way to practice this skillSpecial ed students or adults learning
Do you need an easy, eye-catching way to display your daily classroom schedule? Do your students like to know what's happening in their day? Do they constantly ask you what's coming up next? When's recess? Is it time for lunch yet? These daily classroom schedule cards: help you quickly create an easy-to-read visual schedule that lets students know what's happening throughout the school day and whengive students an easy way to find the information themselves - without asking you all day longcoor
K - 3rd
Classroom Community, For All Subjects, Not Subject Specific
If planning for centers is taking up too much time, you'll love this BIG bundle of reading task cards! It includes more than 200 cards that address reading and language arts skills at the 2nd to 3rd grade level. Task cards included in this bundle: Main IdeaAuthor's PurposeMultiple Meaning WordsSubject-Verb AgreementPlural NounsVowel TeamsParts of SpeechPrefixes and SuffixesMixed Grammar ReviewEach set includes 20 to 28 reading task cards, recording sheets, and answer keys. Several sets also inc
This is a set of fun classroom awards for the end of the school year. They are a great way to recognize students for their hard work and positive characteristics. They are always so excited to receive their own personal award and parents love them too! WHAT YOU WILL GET:There are 30 colorful certificates in this set. Enough so that each student can be recognized with a unique award. A+ AthleteAmazing AttendanceAspiring ArtistAwesome AuthorBlue Ribbon BehaviorComputer WhizKing of KindnessQueen of
Tired of the same old main idea worksheets and boring reading comprehension passages? This no-prep resource will give your students plenty of main idea and key details practice in a new and engaging way! Includes 3 different types of activities that add differentiation and choice to your lessons that target finding the main idea and supporting details within the text. WHAT YOU WILL GET:20 main idea worksheetsDigital activitiesAnswer keys✅ Check out the PREVIEW for a close look at what's includ
3rd - 4th
Close Reading, English Language Arts, Reading Strategies
Elapsed time can be one of the hardest 3rd grade math standards to teach. This set provides students with much-needed practice in solving elapsed time word problems. Includes:Multiple-Choice Task CardsOpen-Response Task CardsWorksheet/AssessmentDigital activities➡️ No color printer? No problem! These materials are provided in both color, as pictured, and black and white versions. TASK CARDSEach task card has a short word problem that requires students to determine the elapsed time, the beginning
Using text features is essential for understanding informational text. This set of posters, worksheets, and assessment helps students identify, understand, and use text features they encounter when reading nonfiction passages. WHAT'S INCLUDED:✅ Text Features Posters / Anchor ChartsThe posters include a definition along with an illustrated example. I created them as a visual support for my own class. They hang in my room all year where students refer to them often. Includes 16 non-fiction text
Are you looking for a fun, highly engaging, and EFFECTIVE way to teach fact and opinion? This set of activities will teach your students how to distinguish between fact and opinion by becoming observant text detectives. You can even use it as the basis for a room transformation! This resource includes: Fact Detectives Reading CentersFact vs Opinion SortAssessmentDigital Activities✅ Check out the preview for a closer look at all the activities you'll get! SOLVE THE CRIME FACT DETECTIVESThis activ
Counting money is an important math and life skill that requires a lot of practice. These task cards target that skill and help students learn to count coins up to one dollar. Each card shows a mix of coins including pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters. Students must count them to determine the total. This set includes:28 counting money task cardsrecording sheetanswer keydigital task cardsdigital assessmentThe task cards are provided in 2 different formats: 1/4 page - For individual student u
Students will use common prefixes and suffixes to determine word meaning with this set of task cards. Each task card includes a word and a sentence that provides context for the word. After reading the word and sentence, student will choose the answer choice that best defines the word. There is also a second set of cards without the sentences (identical otherwise). This allows for differentiation within your classroom and also allows you to see who understands the word meanings without needing
This is a set of animal adaptations activities to supplement your animal science unit. It includes a reading passage with comprehension questions and a cut-and-paste booklet that provides a quick and easy way for students to organize the information they learned. The booklet is great for independent work or science centers and the passage can be used for assessment or to integrate this science topic into your reading block. Includes:Definition of animal adaptations and their purposesDefinition
Looking for a fun end-of-the-year activity that doesn't create a lot of work for you? This is a whole-group, Powerpoint bingo game that runs itself! Each slide of the presentation displays a summer-themed picture. Students find and mark the matching picture on their Bingo cards. The slides advance automatically, so you can start the game and work on other things while your students play! This summer bingo game also has a shuffle feature that lets you shuffle the slides with the click of a butto
This financial literacy bundle for 1st to 3rd grade includes three social studies economics units: Goods and ServicesNeeds and WantsEarning, Spending, and Saving MoneyThese resources contain a variety of reading, writing, vocabulary, and sorting activities that teach young learners about money and how to manage it responsibly. Goods & Services includes: Goods and Services Vocabulary PostersConsumers and Producers Vocabulary PostersSupply and Demand Vocabulary PostersPicture Sort ActivityWriting
Do your students struggle to understand homonyms or multiple meaning words? One of the best strategies they can learn is how to use context clues to understand word meaning. That skill is the focus of these homonym task cards. Includes:24 Task CardsRecording SheetAnswer KeyDigital Task CardsDigital AssessmentEach task card has a sentence containing a homonym or homograph. Students must use sentence-level context to determine the meaning of that underlined word and choose the correct definition.
This is the Canadian version of my best-selling Grocery Game - a highly engaging math activity that provides students with a hands-on opportunity to practice counting money! To play, players take turns picking food cards to fill up their grocery bags. Every card has a price, so students must pay for each item by counting out the correct amount of money from their "wallets." Once all players have filled their bags, they all count their money to see who has the most left. For added challenge, two
These area and perimeter task cards are a great way to practice finding the length of an unknown side. Each card has a picture of a real life object. Some of the dimensions are labeled but one is missing (indicated by a ?). The questions provide either the total area or perimeter and ask students to find the length of the missing side. Includes: 20 area and perimeter task cardsrecording sheetanswer keydigital versionThe task cards are provided in 2 different formats: 1/4 page - For individual s
Representing and interpreting data using graphs and charts is the focus of this math resource for upper elementary grades. It helps students explore and understand data analysis. For each activity, students will use a graph to answer questions about the data. They will also create another type of graph, chart, or table based on the information provided. This added step really helps students understand the various types of graphs and ways in which data can be displayed. These activities are per
Do your students understand the differences between vertebrates and invertebrates? Can they classify animals based on their characteristics? These animal classification activities provide a variety of ways to build that knowledge during your life science/animals unit. This science resource includes: POSTERSOne for vertebrate and one for invertebrate. Includes the definition and examples. ANIMAL CLASSIFICATION TIC-TAC-TOEThis is a 2-person game in which students determine if animals are vertebr
This Thanksgiving bingo game is the perfect activity for those days leading up to your holiday break! Includes everything you need including a Powerpoint presentation that runs the game for you! Don't have Powerpoint? That's okay! Printable calling cards are included too. INCLUDES:Instructions24 Thanksgiving Bingo cardsPowerpoint presentation for calling out the gamePrintable word cardsThe Powerpoint presentation plays automatically with each slide showing a Thanksgiving related picture that you
Idioms are so fun to teach, but can be hard for kids to comprehend, especially for those literal learners! This resource provides multiple ways for students to experience and understand figurative language. It will help them distinguish between the literal and nonliteral meanings of idioms and explain what each idiom means. WHAT YOU WILL GET:Idioms PostersEach poster (20 in all) includes an idiom, definition, and a literal illustration. They can be cut apart and used as a matching activity or le
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