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Maximize your students’ reading growth with this comprehensive 3-Week (12-Day) Fluency and Accuracy Unit. Designed for 3rd-grade standards, this unit provides a diverse array of engaging, multi-modal activities that target decoding, prosody, and reading speed through consistent, structured practice. Each week follows a predictable yet exciting routine, moving from oral cloze warm-ups to deep-dive fluency activities, culminating in morphology and word-work wraps-ups. What’s Included in This 12-D

Explicitly teach and master the Common Core Speaking and Listening (SL) standards with this comprehensive, 12-day scaffolded unit. This resource moves beyond simple "talking" to provide direct instruction on active listening, collaborative discussion techniques, and respectful response strategies. Comprehensive Skill Breakdown: Each day features a clear objective, warm-up, mini-lesson, and scaffolded practice activities. Active Listening Foundations: Students identify and practice physical and

Make rounding click with this clear, visual, and engaging digital lesson!This Google Slides presentation uses simple animations to help students see what it means to round to the nearest ten. Whether you’re introducing the concept for the first time or reviewing before a test, this resource supports learners with step-by-step visuals, real-time examples, and interactive practice. What’s Included: ✅ 15 animated teaching slides to introduce and model rounding ✅ 9 practice slides with built-

Classroom Response Game: "Boom! Snap! Choose!"Transform your classroom into an interactive learning hub with our editable Boom! Snap! Choose! game—a dynamic and engaging way to encourage student participation and reinforce classroom procedures. This versatile game promotes quick thinking and collaboration while adding a touch of excitement to your lessons. Product Overview:Game Type: Classroom Response ActivityRecommended Group Size: 2-4 students per groupMaterials Needed: Choice markers (green

We the People Collaborative Poster | Constitution & Citizenship Activity Build classroom community and celebrate the Constitution with this creative, student-centered display.This collaborative poster spells out “We the People” using large block letters that students help decorate! Each section of the poster includes a person outline, allowing students to draw themselves as part of the message—visually representing that they are included in “We the People.” Perfect for Constitution Day, Citiz

Make classifying quadrilaterals feel like a game—your students won’t even realize they’re reviewing!The Quadrilateral Machine is an interactive Google Slides activity where students answer a series of yes or no questions that guide them step-by-step to the correct type of quadrilateral. Whether students are identifying teacher-provided shapes or analyzing their own drawings, this digital tool brings clarity, logic, and a little bit of fun to geometry classification. What’s Included: ✅ Inte

Build-a-Number: Expanded Form Group Activity with Dice Get your students moving, collaborating, and thinking place value!This hands-on, whole-class math activity turns expanded form into an engaging game. Students each hold a color-coded die labeled with different place value numbers (ones, tens, hundreds, thousands). When the teacher calls out a number, like 5,139, students race to find their matching part (e.g., 5,000 • 100 • 30 • 9) and physically arrange themselves in expanded form. It’s

Ditch the long rows—track scores the easy, accurate way.This alternative class list layout is designed for teachers who are tired of accidentally entering grades or scores on the wrong row. Instead of the traditional row-by-row format, each student’s name is centered in a box surrounded by smaller windows where you can quickly jot scores, checks, or notes. This visual layout makes it easier to focus on one student at a time. No more scanning across tiny cells! What’s Included: Google Shee

Want to say thank you to several people in a simple, fun way? Use our Punny Thank Yous to help students write notes to everyone who has helped your class. This set includes three pages with five different punny pictures, making it easy for you and your students to quickly create a variety of thank you notes for the front office, cafeteria staff, PTA members, and others. Plus, we provide envelope labels for delivering your notes. How to Use:Assign Recipients:Post who each note goes to (e.g., Berr

This list of nine comprehension strategies and skills includes: -A definition -Thinking stems to help you ask questions of any title. -A simple graphic organizer for class or small group discussion. -10-15 excellent picture book titles that illustrate the strategy or skill. Fantastic for a quick introduction, review, or comprehension lesson extension.

Kick off the school year with our Classroom Expectations Activity Kit, designed to build a strong sense of community and set the tone for a successful year ahead. This engaging and interactive activity is perfect for the beginning of the school year, helping students understand their roles and responsibilities while fostering teamwork and collaboration. Activity Highlights:Introduction DiscussionIndividual BrainstormingCollaborative Group WorkPresentationsOngoing RefresherThis activity is an exc

With having a holiday every day of the year there's always a reason to celebrate! This list is a fun way to add read-aloud opportunities and pizzaz to every day. No need to search for what the holiday of the day is or try to find books that match on your own. The table of contents has a link for each day of the month.

With having a holiday every day of the year there's always a reason to celebrate! This list is a fun way to add read-aloud opportunities and pizzaz to every day. No need to search for what the holiday of the day is or try to find books that match on your own. The table of contents has a link for each day of the month. Also includes a list of great back-to-school books!

This Is How We ROLL!" Classroom Management SetStart your school year off with a bang using the "This Is How We ROLL!" Classroom Management Set! This engaging and interactive tool is designed to help you establish and reinforce classroom procedures in a fun and memorable way. Product Overview:Contents:"This Is How We ROLL!" Poster HeaderColored Procedure Gears: Printable gears on colored paper, laminated for durability, each labeled with a specific classroom procedure (e.g., lining up, getting s

Start the school year right with our Classroom Community Activity! This comprehensive and engaging activity is perfect for building a strong class community and setting clear expectations from day one. Ideal for back-to-school, this activity helps students understand their roles and responsibilities, promoting a positive and collaborative classroom environment. Activity Highlights:1. Introduction2. Activity3. Group Work4. Presentation5. RefresherThis activity is a fantastic way to begin the sch

Engage your students with our exciting "Build a Space Station" classroom game! This fun and interactive activity encourages persistence, sportsmanship, and teamwork as students work together to complete their space station and man it with astronauts. Perfect for enhancing cooperative learning and adding a touch of excitement to your classroom. What's Included:Teacher Instruction PageStudent Page for ProjectingGame Flow:Roller rolls the dice.Drawer draws the corresponding part based on the roll.

Encourage students to keep their desks tidy with our Silly Student Clean Desk Notes! These fun and whimsical notes are designed to bring a smile to students' faces while promoting a clean and organized classroom environment. Perfect for teachers to place in or on student desks that they notice are clean after school or while students are away from class. Features:8 Cute and Playful Designs: Each note features adorable characters like the desk chicken and the desk hedgehog.Motivational Messages:

Help students quickly get matched up with a partner! This strategy helps organize students into a variety of partnerships based on skills and subjects. Instructions are included in download. A definite beginning of the year management must have.

Posters with blank boxes can be used for many purposes. -Have students or faculty fill the boxes as they wish to get to know each other. -Have students fill the boxes to illustrate a concept, character, or book.