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Here is a fun decoder to get your students excited about learning about the world's first known writing and the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia. One page has information about Cuneiform. Students can cut out the bottom of the paper and use it as a bookmark or in a lap book! On the last page students can write a message and give it to another student to translate. If you like this one try the Egyptian Hieroglyphics Message and Word Search

Here is a fun assignment for the students to learn a little about hieroglyphics. There is a key to the letters of the Egyptian alphabet and a cartouche to design your name for a bookmark. A small reading passage is also provided to help the students understand the ancient Egyptian writing.

• It's Raining its pouring • What I like about rain. • April Showers bring May Flowers These are topics that you can put together with these 3D Umbrella rain pictures. the students can cut out the umbrella and fold it to stick out glue it to the boy or girl. The students can use their creativity to add whatever they desire to the background and can create a story or retell an experience from a day it rained.

Buy together and Save! Here are 12 units that deal with specific Greek and Latin roots. This packet includes the following roots: ped, pod man, manu spec, spic sect graph jur,jus,jud mal,male struct phone,phono,phon ben,bene,bon port pend There are 3 exercises for each of the Twelve Greek and Latin roots that could be used for bell work, daily practice, or homework. A definition page includes each word's pronunciation, definition, and a sentence using the word. Also, there is a matching activi

In this color by number activity, students solve 12 problems. The problems ask students find the area of Parallelogram, Triangles and Trapezoids. The correct answers tell students what color to use. For example, for problem #1, they color all the #1s on their picture that color. Let students practice while still having fun!

This is a map with the major cities and areas that are tied to ancient Greece. On the other side it describes the places located on the map. There are five questions that are great to start up a good discussion.

This is a great little flip book that can be used as a stand-alone or part of an interactive notebook or lap book. The PowerPoint has a definition for each Egyptian class level for the flipbook that defines each level.

Cause & Effect writing is one of the five Expository Writing in the common core. Here is a PowerPoint and Graphic organizer that explains this Nonfiction Text Structure. This item is also available in a bundle with the other Nonfiction Text Structures.

The story of Romulus and Remus along with Horatius at the Bridge. questions and an answer key.

Here are 6 units that deal with specific Greek and Latin roots. This packet includes the following roots: mal,male struct phone,phono,phon ben,bene,bon port pend There are 3 exercises for each of the six Greek and Latin roots that could be used for bell work, daily practice, or homework. A definition page includes each word's pronunciation, definition, and a sentence using the word. Also, there is a matching activity that could be used as a quiz. In addition, the file includes each word and def

Here is one of the five text structures that is in the Common Core for expository or informational writing . This PowerPoint explains the text structure of Sequence. There are examples and writing ideas and links to videos that help the students feel more comfortable about this structure. There is also a printout that would be a great page in a writing interactive notebook or just for a reference.

Problem and Solution writing is one of the five Expository Writing in the common core. Here is a PowerPoint and Graphic organizer that explains this Nonfiction Text Structure. This item is also available in a bundle with the other Nonfiction Text Structures.

This is a big readable map which has ten questions to answer. It is big enough to add other city's of interests and sparks other questions. Great for discussions! Included is a PowerPoint that goes along with the questions from the map!

Many students begin to struggle with reading comprehension because they lack the vocabulary to understand academic text . Some words are written in the common core other academic words are from the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy and Webb’s Depth of Knowledge. For this purpose, these vocabulary units were written. I suggest that teachers select just eight to ten words to focus on each week. Here you will find 10 Units of 8 words each. Each unit has five different assignments to practice Also atta

Do your students struggle with their times tables? Is memorizing them seem impossible? The only numbers that they would need to know are the 1,2,5,10 times tables and they can multiply any given number! In this lesson you can have the students list these numbers and they will be able to multiply any number. The PowerPoint will guide you and your students through each problem. in the two exercises.

This lesson helps the students see how it would be if they lived in ancient Egypt. There is a PowerPoint that covers topics and has "think About questions to help the students focus on key ideas about the topic. A foldable with directions is also included . It covers the following: *Clothes *Pets *Food *What they did for fun *Schools This will be part of a bundle. This project can stand alone or go in a interactive notebook or lap book.

Make math class fun today by graphing with with cute Christmas pictures. Count by twos up to 20 with mittens. Work with one more and one less. With a bonus page with a snowman dot-to dot numbers 1-16.