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At the heart of every word problem lies the foundation of a growth mindset. When it comes to building your students' self-confidence when solving word problems, there's no better approach than the 3 Reads Protocol! In this evidence-based strategy, students read a word problem three times, each with a specific focus. First read: Focuses students' attention to the context and vocabulary of the word problem Second read: Students name what is countable or measured. Third read: Students analyze the

These colorful place value posters are a great visual to add to your classroom! Whether you teach first grade or fifth grade, place value is referred to throughout the entire year as it is the foundation for all math concepts. Displaying this set in your classroom will provide the visual supports that you and your students can utilize each day! Included in this resource are four different options that represent place value from the hundredths to the millions place. Simply select the option that

Nerdy Birdy Tweets by Aaron Reyonlds is a fantastic story to teach the relationship between character conflict and theme. When readers understand and recognize story elements, they are more likely to identify the theme of the story--the most important piece! A character's conflict is the most significant part in a story's plot because it develops into an important life lesson. Readers can often overlook how a character changes or grows based off the their conflict. It is crucial that we teach

The challenges students face in geometry do not come from procedural or math misconceptions. Rather, students struggle in this realm of math because of the overwhelming vocabulary that they are expected to learn and memorize. The use of academic vocabulary is at it's all time high when students embark on geometrical related tasks. From acute triangles to terms like justify and attribute, students are front loaded with vocabulary words that directly impact their understanding and overall perform

Teaching is hard. Teaching students to accept their mistakes is even harder! The most powerful tool teachers can use after an assessment is a student error analysis and reflection. Providing students with the time to analyze their mistakes and to determine what type of mistake they made is such a meaningful learning experience. It also helps teachers understand a silly mistake vs. misconception. Included in this resource are 5 self-analysis and reflection templates where students can work thro

Opinion writing is one of my favorite units! Giving our students the tools they need to voice their beliefs is one of the most productive skills they will apply in their real world. As you are probably already aware, a solid opinion is most powerful when it is supported and backed by reasons. This is the challenge that many students face when comforted with opinion writing tasks. These digital writing prompts are the perfect introductory tool that guide students into the practice of stating thei

Personal narrative writing can be hard for many students. Writing about our own lives and reflecting on our memories is much harder than writing about facts or opinions. Using a guided writing approach, this resource will support your day to day lessons as your model and scaffold students through the many components seen in a personal narrative writing piece. These digital graphic organizers and examples provide students with explicit instruction on what to include in each slide and which part

Finding factors of a number can be very challenging for students--especially if fact fluency is still developing. Showing the various ways a number can be represented with arrays is such a beneficial strategy! As students build equal groups in columns and rows, they are able to physically see how composite numbers have more than 2 factors. While many teachers prefer the "rainbow" method when finding factors, I have had more success with the "T-Chart" method since it is most commonly used when

ARRAYS ARE SWEET AND SO ARE YOU! Using arrays to represent and understand multiplication can help learners add problem solving strategies to their math tool box! These digital task cards allow students to represent multiplication with arrays as they visualize the numbers into rows and columns. Students will work through 20 task cards as they use their knowledge of arrays to find the product of various multiplication sentences. They will also have the opportunity to build their own arrays with

Vocabulary is the bridge to comprehension and embedding instructional practices that our students can relate to is critical! Graphic organizers are hands down the most evidence based way to teach vocabulary. However, these "old school" paper-pencil methods can sometimes skew away from student engagement. The question is not whether teachers should continue using vocabulary notebooks and graphic organizers. Instead, we should consider how to integrate vocabulary practices that reflect our Gen Z

As a fourth grade teacher, I am constantly on the hunt for picture books that speak to my witty and comical students. Choosing a picture book that speaks to their "matured" personality isn't always the easiest of tasks. When I came across Moo! by David LaRochelle as a suggested read aloud for the intermediate grades, I was shocked because literally the only words used in the story are "moo". But it's not just the word "moo" that tells this hilarious plot, it's the amazing visual literacy techn

Regrouping numbers can be a challenge for many students. Our job in supporting this skill is to provide various strategies that be used to accommodate each child's individual needs. Students who struggle to understand the concept of regrouping, visualizing the addition problem in expanded form can be highly effective. In this strategy, students use expanded form to decompose the digits into friendlier numbers where they then can add accordingly. Thereafter, they can add each place value to gene

SUMMER IS HERE! Who said summer packets have to be boring? Included are 24 engaging activities that will push your students to think outside the box as they problem solve through various tasks. It will be sure to keep your students thinking and motivated to read throughout summer. The packet touches on a range of content areas that include math, reading, writing, and ELA. There is even a summer reading log included! Your students will have so much fun working their way through this packet!

This resource can support your teaching of the five major text features readers most commonly find in nonfiction writing: descriptive, cause and effect, compare and contrast, sequential order, and problem and solution. Each reading passage effectively models the use of each text structure where students can track their thinking on an accompanying graphic organizer. It is so important that readers become of aware of how each text structure looks in the context of writing and this resource does

Good readers are able to identify the author’s purpose before reading the text. When we know why we are reading something, we can think about the skills we will need to use to better understand the text. This passage comes from I Read It, But I Don’t Get It by Chris Tovani (10/10 recommend!). The objective is to teach author’s purpose by reading. During the first read, the author’s purpose is not explicitly stated. This is to purposely cause confusion. During the second read, students wil

Word analogies is a great way to reinforce and build vocabulary knowledge. When students practice making analogies, they create new knowledge for unfamiliar word meanings, think critically, and build relationships between a set a words. This resource will help support your teaching as your introduce word analogies to your students! Say goodbye to the boring worksheets and use these colorful and interactive task cards instead! Students will engage through the 18 slides that call them to determ

These task cards are great for reinforcing measurement conversions! Students will practice and apply the skill of multiplying numbers together to get the accurate conversion. Included in these 32 task cards are various world problems, comparison problems, and multi-step addition and multiplication problems. Each slide contains a conversion chart tool to support the computation process. Check out the preview for a closer look! Measurement conversions can be tricky, but with these scaffolded t

SHHHH there's a fraction impostor among us! Send your students on 20 different tasks to identify the imposter! They will analyze and compute the given fractions on each task card to determine which imposter has given incorrect information. When the impostor has been spotted, students will click and drag the SUS label to show their answer. They will also work their way through word problems by moving the crew mates on the map to determine the answer. This is perfect for review, extra practice,

In my opinion......I think your students would LOVE this resource! Opinion writing has always been a class favorite of mine. If you prefer to give your class the general opinion topic OR if you prefer to leave it open-ended, this resource is compatible for any avenues of teaching of the unit. Students with have a blast working their way through the writing process as they write their opinion on which animal they think makes the best pet. The engaging moveable pieces and colorful images will e

Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg is one of my all time favorite stories to read to children! They typically begin the story with an assumption of what to expect because of the movie(s). However, if you have seen any of the Jumanji movies you will know that the book tells the story much differently. In the midst of the book, those who have seen the movies, are just as engaged as those who have not. The conversations and deep thinking that can come from this read aloud make reading this book a true