Interactive Elementary Classroom

Assess spelling, mechanics, and listening with these dictation sentences! Each lesson (1-30) has three dictation sentences. Points are awarded based on current spelling words and words from any previous lessons, correct punctuation and capitalization, and listening skills. Current and past spelling words are clearly marked. Each lesson includes the total amount of points available, and each sentence is also broken down by points. *Complete instruction sheet included! Includes the rationale be

This is a set of multiplication fact flash cards for numbers 0-10. Print out on card stock, have students cut out cards, and write the answers on the back.

This is a pretest to give at the beginning of third grade (or the end of second or third grade) to assess students' math skills. Skills covered include: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, measurement, geometry, time, etc. (4 pages) *Note- There are two test files, one labeled Pretest and one labeled Posttest. They are the SAME test.* I have also included a chart to record the results. There is a .pdf file if you would like to just write in the results, and a .docx if y

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

*Note: Please see my store for a corresponding Smart Notebook lesson.* Set of three worksheets/activities: 1- Game cards for making change game 2- Making change practice 3- Counting money/making change assessment

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)

**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 5 different PDF files.* → Grammar Pretest (Includes nouns, verbs, and adjectives) → Assessment (Common & Proper Nouns, Singular & Plural Nouns) → Common/Proper Noun Sorting(I used this as a "guided discovery" lesson to introduce the topic. I had them sort the words and corrected them as they went, but I did not tell them what they were sorting them by. When they were done, they had to analyze the lists and determine what they were sorted by/what our lesson would be abou

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 corresponding worksheets/assessments and a money game!* This interactive Smart Notebook lesson reviews counting money and teaches how to make change by skip-counting! Includes: Links to appropriate BrainPops, models, guided practice, independent practice, virtual manipulatives (infinite clone coins and dollars to help count the money), and a blank practice page with virtual money at the end! Lessons Include: counting money, making change, comparing and ordering

Your students will have a blast learning about the different types of graphs as they use the Smart Board to survey the class and create graphs together! Separated into the following lessons: 1- Line Plots 2- Pictographs 3- Bar Graphs 4- Coordinate Graphs Each lesson includes a link to an introductory BrainPop, a class survey, a graph template, and corresponding questions!

**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

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

*Quiz also available individually* Great for reviewing or teaching place value! This Smart Notebook links to corresponding BrainPops, includes guided and independent practice, and is interactive. A quiz (.pdf) is included to assess your students' mastery! Lessons covered: Introduction to place value, place value through the thousands, comparing and ordering numbers, rounding (to tens, hundreds, thousands) Also includes an interactive place value practice page!

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: See my store for corresponding assessments.* This .zip file consists of two Smart Notebook presentations introducing and explaining subtraction with and without regrouping. I use it for third grade, but it would also be great for teaching second graders or reviewing with fourth graders. Each lesson includes an explanation, guided practice, and independent practice. Challenge/algebraic questions are included in some lessons. Some lessons include links to appropriate BrainPops. Lessons

**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

Teach, practice, and assess probability with this bundle! The .zip file includes: 1- Probability Powerpoint Lesson 2- Below-Level Practice Sheet 3- On-Level/Advanced Practice Sheet 4- Assessment