Jen Steele

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

This lesson includes the lesson plan and a beginning, middle, and end graphic organizer for the book, Streganona. It is written with 2nd grade ELA California Standards in mind, but I'm sure is easily adaptable to different states.

A worksheet to help students put spelling words in ABC Order. Great for use in homework, during daily 5, or universal access time. Works with any list of spelling words--space for up to 24 words.