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Colored Hearts is an interactive book designed for children with visual impairments. The simple, bright, colorful pictures help to keep visual clutter at a minimum. This is ideal for children with various visual disabilities, including cortical visual impairment (CVI). This is also an interactive book. It is perfect for children who need support with interest level attending to books, and also supports fine motor skills. Print off all the pages. Pages 2-10 are for your book. Laminate

This is a 10 page document that includes a step-by-step unit and all handouts for students to follow to complete an author and book study either as a group or independently. It includes sample questions to research, author's website resources, a product list, student book review, and a rubric. It can be differentiated by interest (student choice of author and book), readiness (level of book and depth of research), and learning style (student product choice). It is great for your higher achieving

This is a science unit for young students to explore the properties of slime and goo. It is perfect for an enrichment unit for young gifted students. It includes color mixing, ice cream making, Oobleck, mixtures, solutions, and more!It has a general 6 day outline and accompanying recipes and worksheets in the form of a science journals for the students.

One way to add and subtract mentally is to understand the role place value plays. Too often, students are taught only one way to add and subtract by using regrouping as the algorithm. While this knowledge is important, having the number sense to add and subtract two and three digit numbers (or more!) helps the student to visualize what he or she is doing when problem solving mathematically. This set of worksheets gives a brief explanation and example of the thought process behind adding and su

This is a two page document that reinforces the use of finding patterns in numbers. It is an extension of the function machine commonly used in primary math lessons. It takes the rule a bit further and uses the rule in algebraic form for the student to use in figuring out an algebraic expression. I use this with my high ability 2nd grades, although it can be used with any grade if the student needs enrichment or reteaching.

A worksheet for students to write a paragraph resonse from reading "Diary of a Worm" by Doreen Cronin.