Jen Steele

Worksheet with 8 small readings and space for students to draw their visualizations. I realized many of my students were struggling to visual with any detail, so I wanted to see what they were visualization.

Included in this is a lesson plan, worksheet, sources--everything needed for a lesson where students act as if they are traveling with the Donner Party to California. Great for 4th grade students in California, aligns with one of the history social studies standards. My kids loved this and could have spent a lot more than an hour discussing what items to keep and what to get rid of. It led to a great discussion using critical thinking where the students explained why they eliminated certain item

This is a project I made for my ELD class, but it could be used in any class to practice listening and speaking. It asks the students to research a location for a trip, figure out the cost to get there, the weather, activities, and what they would bring. Includes instruction page, planning pages, and presentation requirements.

Included are the lessons for a mini unit or the beginning of a unit on fossils. I'm at a school that doesn't have much time for science, so I did a 3 lesson unit on fossils. This includes the lessons, although I would supplement with internet worksheets and coloring pages for when students finish early, since I used materials from an old purchased collection my school had. Please let me know if I can help find additional resources to make this worthwhile.

This resources includes 4 different lessons or activities for figurative language. These are great for centers, independent work, early finishers, or homework. Match It! Figurative Phrases & MeaningsSort It Out! Identify the TypeFigurative Fill-Ins: Make Sentences PopIllustrate the Expression

A number line for upper grades. It includes the numbers 1-10, counting by 10's through 100, 1,000; 10,000; 100,000; & 1,000,000. It also includes the fractions from 1/10 through 10/10, bechmark fractions less than 1, decimals between 0 and .9 and .01 and .1. After purchasing, let me know if you need additional numbers and I can create them. Print out, laminate, and hang all year!

Article from Time For Kids about Veteran's Day with comprehension questions added. Great as a way to teach students about Veteran's Day.

Publishing writing template for the prompt "if I were trapped in a snow globe." I am using it with my 4th graders and our 1/2nd grade buddies! It will match the art project where the illustrate themselves trapped in a snow globe.

Graphic organization to identify the beginning, middle and end main ideas of The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry. Maps directly to California content standards. This pack includes a lesson plan, graphic organizer, and rubric to use with the graphic organizer.

A step-by-step packet for students to complete in order to create a brochure describing the California Regions. Brochure includes: title page, coast region, valley region, desert region, mountain region, and the best region (common core opinion writing!).

Alphabet Cards--great for bulletin boards or word work stations. Includes the entire alphabet, 2 of all vowels, and a few extras. If you need additional letters, please let me know and I can make them for you with no additional cost :)

Included now are 6, but I plan on adding up to 20 different printable anchor charts for reading skills (I use as part of a living bulletin board). In color! Included now: -Recognize Sequence -Recognize Cause and Effect -Make Inferences -Context Clues -Compare & Contrast -Visualize If you purchase now, you'll get all updates to future products as well! Colored squares are to add sticky notes based on class discussions.

A quick review (9 problems) multidigit multiplication review. Winter themed title.

Quick 5 question review page for long division. I used it as a quick check to see if my students were ready to go on. Covers division with up to 4 digits, quotients with zeros, and placing the first digit.

A step-by-step worksheet for students to write their own California Legends. I read stories from the book "Back Before Bedtime" to start and then we brainstorm topics for the legends. We write one legend as a class, then the students write and illustrate one on their own.

I made this to use as a review with my students the morning of our school Olympics. Our country was Brazil. Good review for any unit on Brazil or for early finishers during a reading on Brazil.

This is a simple worksheet to use with students to review who the President is, what the President does, and what the President has. I plan on using it with my second graders when I talk about the President before the election, although it could easily be adapted for any grade.

Give students a chance to show what they know about angles and using a protractor! This math activity has students find, measure, and classify 9 items in the classroom and on the playground.

PowerPoint designed to be used with students that includes music and art for students to make connections between the arts and the Westward movement. Great way to integrate music and paintings into history.

Use this map to help your students brainstorm and draft a newspaper article. Great for projects and assessments!