Interactive Core Learning

Purpose This includes 22 visual multiple choice questions that address the common core in comparing and contrasting firsthand and secondhand accounts. This is an assessment, but it can also be used to present and practice with the whole-class. The accounts from the passages within this assessment/presentation include the following: diaries, historical events, biographies, autobiographies, articles, photographs, and speeches. It also includes accounts from Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, An

Purpose This includes 2 visual multiple choice quizzes that address the common core in understanding author’s point of view through various inspiring accounts – through the eyes of the children. These are assessments, but they are also excellent resources to present and practice with the whole-class. The events covered in the passages are as follows: 1) Malala Yousafzai's conflict and support for the education of girls. 2) Ruby Bridges and her impact on stopping segregation in schools. 3) Sylv

Teach nonfiction text features in a fun way. This BINGO game can be projected to the whole class in an interactive way. It can be a review with small groups as well. It includes a BINGO board that you can make copies of for your students. It is also tied directly to the common core: RI.4.7 Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g., in charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or interactive elements on web pages) and explain how the information contribut

This is a fun way to learn about grammar by mixing movement with learning. The teacher will need to read the instructions on each slide while the students get to do actions as they learn about complete, fragment, or run-on sentences. It is important to set rules prior to this activity to ensure that students are moving with silence and with hands to themselves. For instance, make it a rule to fold arms while instructions are read aloud by using the signal, “Ready Position.” Along with this, you

Have fun with multiplying decimals with a Holiday Twist. This BINGO Game is a great review of the following concepts: multiplying decimals by whole numbers, multiplying decimals by decimals, and multiplying decimals using models. The 15 Holiday story problems will sure bring the fun out of learning during the month of December. This includes a BINGO Game board for students and an answer key for the teacher. You may also use this resource as worksheets and task cards. Most importantly, this ties

Have fun with FRACTIONS during Valentine's Day. This BINGO Game is a great review of the following concepts: mixed numbers, improper fractions, comparing fractions, adding & subtracting fractions, multiplying fractions, least common multiples, and greatest common factor. It also includes some Fun Fraction story problems that relate to Valentine's Day. This includes a BINGO Game board for students and an answer key for the teacher. Most importantly, this ties to the 4th grade common core. Some o

This is a fun way to learn about grammar by mixing movement with learning. The teacher will need to read the instructions on each slide while the students get to do actions as they learn about compound sentences and using commas before coordinating conjunctions. It is important to set rules prior to this activity to ensure that students are moving with silence and with hands to themselves. For instance, make it a rule to fold arms while instructions are read aloud by using the signal, “Ready Pos

Start off the year with some visual writing posters that can be used throughout the school year. This resource includes 9 posters, which can be blown up to any size (can be used as a PowerPoint presentation as well). These posters enhance narrative writing techniques such as the organization of a paragraph and essay, dialogue, transition words, and sensory details. It is mostly tied to the 4th grade common core CC.W.4.3; however, it can be used in most upper grades (3-5).