Christina Cottongame

A fun mini unit to teach students all about perimeter using the idea of pig pens on a farm and ends with a fun project using critical thinking! Targets the following skills: *understanding the concept of perimeter *finding perimeter by counting outside square units *finding perimeter with addition math sentences *measuring to find perimeter of 2D figures *finding missing information to find perimeter *using addition and subtraction (2 step problems) to find the length of a missing side Include

A unit for your students to discover what the Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, and the Bill of Rights are and why we need them! Included Activities: *Locating information in text for each historical document *My idea of the life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness collage *Meaning of the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution accordion book or U.S. flag activity *Bill of Rights Class Activity idea Plan a Class Constitution *Timeline of historical documents Enjoy ;) Christina C.

This is your map skills unit!! Perfect for 2nd and 3rd grade, this unit has activities for your students to use those map skills you teach! Focus skills: *locating continents, oceans, and hemispheres *comparing maps and globes *using cardinal and/or intermediate directions to locate places on maps *using scale to determine distance on maps *using a map grid to locate places on maps *creating maps using title, legend, and symbols, and grids *interpreting and comparing maps *sentence writing

Get your students ready to learn Science with these introductory lessons in which students learn about various science tools as well as the importance of Science Lab Safety Rules! These lessons are designed to take about 2 to 3 class sessions. Your students will discover and learn about Science tools they will be using though the year and make a super cool folded organizer for them for their science notebooks. Then help your students to really understand science lab safety with a memorable exp

This lil' unit has students creating a fun book about the 6 major body systems. Students will learn about the body systems, major parts of body systems, and how body systems work together to perform the jobs students do everyday. An assessment is included for the teacher to use however you choose. This unit contains: *Mini presentation on each body system, which can be printed as color posters if you desire **skeletal, muscular, nervous, digestive, respiratory, and circulatory *a printable boo

This unit was created to put some fun into measuring length! In this unit, students will become carpenters and use tools to measure to the nearest inch and centimeter, half inch, and fourth of an inch. Included you will find: *teaching guide *pictures of examples *measurement posters for reference *practice cards measuring in inches and centimeters *map scale measurement activity *rotation activities for measuring with rulers and measuring when the ruler doesn't line up with 0! *project: stude

Excuse me, do you have the time?... to let your students have fun and get up and moving to tell time? These activities will have your students enjoying reading time to the hour, half hour, 5 minutes or minute. There's something for every skill level! Students will make a fun watch craft which they will actually wear and use to complete the activities! Also students will make a fun and unique tool to help them as they tell time. (My first grade daughter grabbed this and LOVED it!) Use over and

Verb's the Word! This verb file contains a few activities to integrate into your study and get your students involved in verb tenses; past, present, and future! End your unit by having your students do their favorite thing...tell a story about themselves! They will author a mini-book telling about their own past, present, and future! Super cute and fun! What's Inside? *Teaching suggestions *Set of 10 whole class verb tense cards *Class set of verb tense sorting cards *Student verb tense mini-bo

Aaaare your students ready to problem solve?Pirate Problem Solving contains 4 activities for your students to practice one and two-step word problems with adding and subtracting money, estimation, coins, multiplication and division, and using problem solving steps. You will get: *problem solving pirate ships word problems with coins *4 practice word problems for problem solving steps that each fold into a cute treasure map! *mixed practice for adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing and coi

Not basic interactive notebook pages....these are designed for your third graders to USE and WRITE with! Each skill has activities to do along with the notebook pages as well as ideas on integrating learning styles and online resources for your students to use all brought together for your convenience! Each skill is set up to have practice on the left side of the notebook and then writing on the right side for regular writing practice. Originally aligned with the Texas TEKS, the pages can b

A fun way to end the book! This book recipe was originally created to go along with the chapter book Freckle Juice by Judy Blume, but can work with just about any book! This turns out to be a cute project after reading that covers character interactions, character changes, sequence and summary, genre, point-of-view, and problem-solution. 5 pages are included that go together to make a 7 page recipe book with cover and extra activity. Dowload the preview to check it out! Enjoy ;) Christina C.

A colorful activity that lets students explore the use of synonyms to help "paint" a better picture when writing. Includes templates for students to create their own paint can full of colorful synonyms and create sentences using them. Includes a link to many overused synonyms by kids. This activity can be easily adjusted for younger or older students. Enjoy! ;) Christina C.

Instead of talking endlessly about how, when, what, and where we do things in our class at the beginning of each school year, I came up with these beginning of the year activities for students for the first 2 or 3 days of school that teach my students what I expect from them in different learning situations. The best part is they get to be a part of creating our procedures and practice it right away! When my students know what I expect from them in every situation, it makes my day go more smooth

This is a fun activity that I do with my students every year on the first day of school. It lets them get up and move around the room and learn things about their new classmates. It also helps me get to know some unique things about my students and in the end, they learn that they have a lot in common with each other! It's a great motivator and community builder in your classroom. I've given an explanation of how I use this activity in my own class, right down to what I tell my kids what they