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As a companion to the study of the geography of the United States, your students will create a brochure for the National Park of their choice. This download includes a page for gathering information about a park, as well as a rubric for scoring the finished brochures. Fully editable to adapt it for your needs.

This sentence sort gives students practice at recognizing the four types of sentences and determining the correct punctuation for each sentence. Then students cut out the sentences and sort them according to their types and attach them to the sorting page. Perfect for language interactive notebooks. Also can be a fun way to assess student understanding of the four types of sentences and their proper punctuations. Fully editable to make more sentences or change the sentences to better fit your

Novel study I designed to go with Jon Scieszka's book It's All Greek To Me, for grade 4, 5 or 6. Includes vocabulary, prediction, creative thinking, comprehension questions, descriptive writing, comparing characters, and more! Designed to be printed front and back, 8 1/2 X 11, already in booklet format to be folded in the middle.

Reading Project for any novel, grades 4-6. Students will create a board game for their novel/book. Includes rubric. If you like this, check out my other items in my store, Just an Idea.

This game is a wonderful review of the states and capitals of the Southeast States! Just cut the clues apart and attach to colored cardstock or index cards. I laminate mine because we use them so much they would be destroyed if I didn't! Then pass them out, one or more to each student. Any student can start, and it will completely loop back around to that one student at the end - great for if you have students who need extra support, so you can make sure they go first. There are 24 cards. Stat

Students determine if each homophone is spelled correctly in each sentence, and colors the egg section accordingly. It's editable, so you could use your own words and sentences, or change the colors or shapes of the sections. I created this resource to help my students with their homophone spelling list. It happens to correspond to Wonders Unit 6 Week 2 list, but is not a Wonders product.

This is a game I created using the Wonders 4th grade spelling list for Unit 2 Week 4 - r-controlled vowels. Just print the file onto cardstock, cut apart, and start playing! Pass out one card to each student and have one student read his/her card. The answer to their question is on another student's card. They should then read their card out loud, and play continues. If done correctly, it will loop back and the last card will be answered by the first student's card. Contains 20 cards.

Use this game to review states and capitals of the Northeast. States included: Maine, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Maryland, Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts 22 cards included Just cut the clues apart and attach to colored cardstock or index cards. I laminate mine because we use them so much they would be destroyed if I didn't! Then pass them out, one or more to each student. Any student can start, and it will completely loop back around to that

This is a game I created using the Wonders 4th grade spelling list for Unit 2 Week 3 - 3-letter blends. Just print the file onto cardstock, cut apart, and start playing! Pass out one card to each student and have one student read his/her card. The answer to their question is on another student's card. They should then read their card out loud, and play continues. If done correctly, it will loop back and the last card will be answered by the first student's card. Contains 20 cards.

This is a game I created using the Wonders 4th grade spelling list for Unit 2 Week 2 - blends. Just print the file onto cardstock, cut apart, and start playing! Pass out one card to each student and have one student read his/her card. The answer to their question is on another student's card. They should then read their card out loud, and play continues. If done correctly, it will loop back and the last card will be answered by the first student's card. Contains 20 cards.

This is a game I created using the Wonders 4th grade spelling list for Unit 2 Week 1 - prefixes. Students will practice with how prefixes change the meanings of words while playing this game! Just print the file onto cardstock, cut apart, and start playing! Pass out one card to each student and have one student read his/her card. The answer to their question is on another student's card. They should then read their card out loud, and play continues. If done correctly, it will loop back and the

Have students practice their states and capitals of the Midwest region with this fun game! States included: Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Missouri, Wisconsin, Kansas, Ohio, Indiana, Nebraska, Iowa. 24 cards total Just cut the clues apart and attach to colored cardstock or index cards. I laminate mine because we use them so much they would be destroyed if I didn't! Then pass them out, one or more to each student. Any student can start, and it will completely loop ba

Enhance any state study with a state brochure project! Students will create a brochure using specific guidelines. A rubric is included. Completely editable - you can alter this to fit your needs.

Rubric for my Reading Quilt Project (found free in my store, Just an Idea). Includes spaces for student self-assessment as well as teacher assessment. Can be adapted to meet your individual needs.

This is a game I created using the Wonders 4th grade spelling list for Unit 2 Week 5 - suffixes. Students will practice with how suffixes change the meanings of words while playing this game! Just print the file onto cardstock, cut apart, and start playing! Pass out one card to each student and have one student read his/her card. The answer to their question is on another student's card. They should then read their card out loud, and play continues. If done correctly, it will loop back and the

This game is a wonderful review of the states and capitals of the United States! Just cut the clues apart and attach to colored cardstock or index cards. I laminate mine because we use them so much they would be destroyed if I didn't! Then pass them out, one or more to each student. Any student can start, and it will completely loop back around to that one student at the end - great for if you have students who need extra support, so you can make sure they go first. Includes 52 cards - all 50

A fun review of the states and capitals of the West: Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Nevada; also includes geographical markers such as Mexico and the Pacific Ocean. Just cut the clues apart and attach to colored cardstock or index cards. I laminate mine because we use them so much they would be destroyed if I didn't! Then pass them out, one or more to each student. Any student can start, and it will completely loop back around to that one student

This is a reading project where students create "quilt" squares about any book they are reading. It is a great long-term project for a longer chapter book, perfect for grades 3-6. It can be adapted for your specific needs, making it easier or harder. Check out the rubric for it in my store, Just an Idea.