Interactive Elementary Classroom

This activity bundle is the perfect complement to a novel study of The Lemonade War! Help your students think critically and collaboratively as they learn about economic concepts in a fun and exciting way! The zip file contains 7 PDF files. This bundle includes: • Economic Vocabulary Graphic Organizer • 6 Book Report Alternative Rough Draft & Final Draft Templates (character trading cards, design a comic strip, write a letter to the author, write a newspaper article, interview a character, wri

Send home this information sheet and/or questionnaire on the first day of school to get the parent/teacher relationship started right away! Student Information Sheet: basic student information, parent/guardian contact info, allergies/medications, etc. Parent Questionnaire: Get to know your students! Let the parents offer their perspective on their students strengths and weaknesses, goals, and other information they think you should know. **Other Helpful Back-To-School Products:** My Summer Ne

This file includes 10 templates for alternative book report activities. These activities are *great* to use with summer reading books. Activities are easily adaptable for all grade levels! Activities Included: 1. Become A Playwright 2. Make A Comic Strip 3. Compose a Letter 4. Design Trading Cards 5. Make Headlines 6. Conduct An Interview 7. Create A Movie Poster 8. Develop A Travel Brochure 9. Write A Journal Entry 10. Be A Book Reviewer Other Helpful Back-To-School Products: My Summer New

*Note: See my store for a Smart Notebook presentation that corresponds with these activity sheets for the novel study.* This is a complete set of activities/assessments designed to go along with the children's version of Sleepy Hollow. Activities Include: 1- 3 Comprehension Tests 2- 3 Vocabulary Tests 3- 3 Vocabulary Fill-In Sheets 4- Comprehension Practice: Characters, Setting, Story Elements 5- Creative Writing 6- Prewrite Template

This PDF contains two different products: 1. Back To School: "My Summer Newsletter" A great first week of school activity! Students will love writing about their summer, and you will be able to informally assess their writing skills! Use just the front page for younger grades, or add in the second page for older or more advanced students! 2. Blank Newsletter Template Student-produced newsletters are a great assessment tool that students enjoy completing! Use as an alternative book report

This is a .zip file containing 3 files: 1- Immigration Smart notebook presentation (6 slides: basic information, meet immigrants, compare immigration, etc.) 2- Citizenship test (goes directly with a slide from the presentation) 3- Venn Diagram comparing moving to another country and state (also corresponds with presentation)

*Please see my store for a corresponding Smart Notebook (not necessary for this bundle, but a great addition!)* This is a complete unit of activities to go along with the book A Christmas Carol (children's version). The unit includes: 1- 2 Comprehension Tests 2- 2 Vocabulary Tests 3- Book report template and rubric 4- Themed skill sheets: Cause/Effect, Homophones/Homographs, Sequence 5- Comprehension Sheets: Characters, Setting, Compare/Contrast, Story Elements 6- Vocabulary Fill-In Sheets 7-

**Note: Please see my store for a Smart Notebook corresponding to these materials. It is not necessary for the use of the materials, but a good guide to have if you have access to Notebook.** I used this with an informational text about bats, but it would also be great in science class. Includes 6 Documents: 1- Vocabulary Fill-In Sheet 2- Vocabulary Test 3-5- A bat research sheet for internet research, Directions/Rubric for a project where students design their bat's habitat (a computer proje

This .zip file contains everything you need for a research paper and an oral report about a president! Teach research skills through the research paper, practice public speaking through the oral report, and showcase your students' creativity by having them design a campaign poster! Students randomly draw a president (cards are included, or you can assign) and research the president in school and at home. Using a pre-write sheet, they take notes on their president and document their sources. The

**Note: Please see my store for a set of corresponding worksheets, activity sheets, projects, note-taking sheets, etc.)** This is a .zip file containing three notebook files: 1) 13 colonies introduction: Introduces map, describes each region, links to appropriate BrainPops, introduces vocabulary (12 Slides) 2) Colonial Life: Activities/links including child life, chores, now and then comparison, family life, clothing, school, games (10 slides) 3) Colonial Trades: Introduces trades, introduces

**Please see my store to download assessments that go along with these lessons** This zip file includes 2 Smart Notebook files that cover third grade geometry skills. Though it varies by lesson, the Notebook includes: Links to BrainPops and BrainPop, Jrs., links to online quizzes and interactive games, definitions, examples, SmartBoard practice, etc. Topics covered include: 1. 2D Shapes 2. 3D Shapes 3. Lines, Line Segments, Rays 4. Angles 5. Circles 6. Polygons 7. Triangles 8. Quadrilaterals

**Note: Please see my store for a corresponding Smart Notebook lesson** Three Documents: 1- Branches of Government Cut & Paste 2- Branches and Levels of Government FlipBook 3- Branches of Government Assessment

**NOTE: Please see my store for corresponding Notebook files** This is a complete set of activities designed to go along with a social studies unit on the Colonial Period. Included: 1- Vocabulary Fill-In Sheet 2- Design a Brochure: Students choose a colonial region and design a brochure. Includes: template, directions, rubric 3- Clothing: Then & Now Comparison 4- Child Life: Then & Now Comparison 5- Colonial Trades: Glossary, Who am I game, trade research sheet, trade advertisement directions

This product contains 10 graphic organizers to help your students begin the writing process. These prewriting organizers help your students brainstorm and organize their thoughts for the following types of writing: 1. Compare/Contrast 2. Literature Response 3. Summary 4. How-To 5. Problem/Solution 6. Personal Narrative 7. Fictional Narrative 8. Descriptive 9. Friendly Letter 10. Persuasive

The first template is a blank 3-panel FlipBook template. I included a .docx file where you can just replace the words with your topic, and a blank .pdf with just the lines if you want to have your students fill it out (see thumbnails). The second template is for a brochure. I also included a .docx file in case you wanted to add any of your own text/pictures, and a .pdf that just labels which panel is which.

**Note: Please see my store for supplemental materials to this Notebook file, including vocabulary sheets and assessments, a research sheet and a rubric, a habitat project, and an overall unit assessment** This is a Smart Notebook file designed to go along with a unit on bats. I used it with an informational text about bats, but it would also work well in science class. Some things included in the presentation are: 1- Introduction, directions, and rough draft for researching a bat/writing an

A basketball-themed fact and opinion worksheet

Eight different activities to help build comprehension skills! 1) Vocabulary Fill In (2 Files- One students write word/definition/illustration, one students write word/definition/sentence) 2) Book Report- (2 Files- Template and Rubric) 3) Story Elements 4) Sequencing (3 Files- Worksheet to glue sequence strips onto, a .pdf with blank sequence strips, and a .docx with blank sequence strips in case you want to type them) 5) Characters (2 Files- One with space for 9 characters, one with space

This wanted poster could be used for many things. Some ideas: Character assessments, historical figures, beginning of the year ice breakers, etc.

*This .zip file contains 4 completely customizable Microsoft Word Documents* 1- Parent contact information template (perfect to have them fill out at Back-to-School night!) 2- Weekly Work Packet- Indicate whether classwork was finished, homework turned in, weekly conduct, and parent signature 3- Supplies Take-Up- Great for the first week of school, but chart labels could easily be changed and used for almost anything 4- Lesson plan template- Change the times and names to fit your classroom!