Kate Daniel

Main Idea Bags are a highly engaging literacy center/lesson activity to support the concept of MAIN IDEA in NON-FICTION text - with each task in its own bag! A great introduction to main idea, or an excellent review activity. Students will determine the main idea from three choices after reading three non-fiction details. Product Includes: * Materials for 18 complete main idea bags * Each bag contains seven cards: - Three detail cards on grade-appropriate topics - One 'what's the main idea?

You asked for it! :) Main Idea Bags: Fiction, by popular demand! This product is the companion product to my Main Idea Bags for Non-Fiction. This is a highly engaging literacy center/activity to support the concept of MAIN IDEA in FICTION text. Students will determine the main idea after reading three non-fiction details. Product Includes: * Materials for 14 main idea bags! * Each bag contains: - Three detail cards - One 'what's the main idea?' card - Three main idea cards - cards provide

*Aligned with Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice.* Want to add a problem solving routine to your math block so you can focus on conceptual understanding? This ready-to-go problem solving packet will get you started! Don't scramble looking for challenging word problems - these are ready-to-go and designed for a daily problem solving journal or notebook. This packet provides 12 weeks of problem solving (1 problem per day). This is designed for typical second grade pacing, but c

Facelift in January 2014! *Redesigned* with *Winter* in mind... This is a highly engaging literacy center/activity to support the concept of MAIN IDEA in NON-FICTION text using Winter content! Students will determine the main idea after reading three non-fiction details - all about Winter. Product Includes: * Materials for 14 main idea bags! * Each bag contains: - Three detail cards - One 'what's the main idea?' card - Three main idea cards - cards provide three possible main ideas (Stude

Hey, upper grade teachers! Looking for some fun Halloween activities to supplement your ratios unit? This print-and-go product includes 11 interactive math activities about ratios and 5 ratio word problems! Students use Candy Corn as a math manipulative and work through activities to help them understand ratios! The activities start off basic and become more challenging as the activities progress. Also included are five ratio word problems that can be used for class discussions or challenge a

A rigorous, fun, and engaging literacy center or lesson activity to help teach multiple meaning words! Students create sentences using multiple meaning words, and must use the correct part of speech. Can be used in whole group, small group, partners, or independent centers. Product Includes: * 54 different multiple meaning word cards * 27 noun cards & 27 verb cards (54 part of speech cards) * 54 modified part of speech card for students who are still learning to use the words * Labels for t

Updated 2/2013! This engaging lesson or literacy center helps teach students how to infer using familiar situations. A great introduction to inference for primary. Students learn that they already infer every day in multiple ways! 12 inference bags/lesson content for you to print and use in your classroom to teach inference reading comprehension skill! Includes: - 12 everyday 'situations' for students to read and make inferences - One answer card for each scenario, so students can self-c

Revised 10/2012! An engaging, hands-on syllable activity or literacy center so your students can: - learn the rules of dividing syllables - practice dividing syllables - correctly read and decode chunks based on common syllable rules *Provides concrete practice by having students literally cut apart words. Then, they read the chunks in order to master syllabication for reading and spelling! CONTENTS: *8 mini-anchor charts to display the rules *48 word cards (two, three, four syllable words)

Do you need materials and activities to help you teach long vowel spelling patterns, diphthongs, and r-controlled vowels? These easy-to-prep, colorful, 6-page mini-workbooks with graphics are perfect for whole and small group instruction! Students will enjoy learning the spelling patterns and will love applying their knowledge by reading words and completing word sorts. Product contents: * Materials for 10 word work/sound study mini-books Contains the following books: long a long e long i lon

Need a fun, engaging way to practice making sums of ten? This activity can be used as a workshop task or math center, and gives students multiple opportunities to make sums of ten - and other numbers, too! Students can play by themselves or with a partner. Questions at the end require students to analyze their data. *This freebie is offered under Scrappin' Doodles license #71855.*

Need an organized way to track your spelling and phonics program? Look no further! This product is designed for use in an ongoing 'Sound Study Book' where students log, track, and refer back to learned sound/spelling patterns all year long. No more worksheets for teaching phonics and spelling! Works as a great tool to catalog student learning and sound patterns studied in class. Students can use the resource during word work and as a spelling reference. *Download the 'Word Study Book' to us

This engaging math center/activity will provide students an opportunity to practice recognizing coins, counting coins, and making change. Makes 20 making change bags! Includes: * 20 three-part question cards - (cost card) - (payment card) - (answer) * 20 cost card coin backs * 20 payment card coin backs * 20 answer backs * Student recording sheet with workspace * Colorful labels for boxes or bags

Need an organized way to track your word study and grammar program? Look no further! This product is designed for use in an ongoing 'Word Study Book' where students log, track, and refer back to learned word study patterns all year long. No more worksheets for teaching word parts! Works as a great tool to catalog student learning and word patterns studied in class. Students can use the resource during word work and as a spelling reference. **Download the sound study book and use as the 'flip s

Just a short and sweet freebie for Earth Day! This freebie contains: - One acrostic poem page - Writing page (three size versions, can be used across grade levels) Thanks for visiting my store! *This freebie is offered under Scrappin' Doodles license #71855.* Graphics by Scrappin' Doodles and Sweet Times in First. Keywords: Earth Day, poem, writing, freebie, acrostic

Build number sense in a fun way! Beginner mathematicians will love making their own number line, and then using that line to solve problems by 'buzzing' up and down the line. Students learn what it means to add and subtract in terms of moving toward and away from zero. Contents: * 3 mini anchor charts: - Number line - Buzzin’ down the number line (addition) - Buzzin’ up the number line (subtraction) * 3 printables for number line practice - Each printable includes a ‘cut out’ bum

*This product is the Literacy portion only of 'Walkin' in a Winter Centerland.* This 47-page product is full of four colorful, hands-on engaging literacy centers/activities AND a writing activity for you to use this Winter! All centers include: - teacher directions - student directions - all necessary cards (with answers/self-check when applicable) - student recording sheets This product contains: *Four Winter-themed literacy centers: - Synonyms - Shades of Meaning - Parts of Speech - Compou

This 13-page mini-workbook provides students an opportunity to learn the attributes of different coins and the value of the coins (and a one dollar bill). It will also allow students to begin to recognize coins by their attributes. Perfect to use when you start your money unit! Includes: * 13 page workbook - Cloze sentences describing coins & one dollar bill - Space for students to draw coins/ dollar bill - Space for students to write two facts about the coin/dollar

This 82-page product is full of colorful, hands-on, engaging centers/activities for you to use this Winter! All centers include: - teacher directions - student directions - all necessary cards (with answers/self-check when applicable) - student recording sheets This product contains: *Four Winter-themed literacy centers: - Synonyms - Shades of Meaning - Parts of Speech - Compound Words *Three Winter-themed math centers: - Place Value Snowflakes using snowflake mystery place value key - Bui

Ready to start teaching long vowels with your growing readers? Need to review and practice the sounds that all the long vowels make? This colorful, graphic-filled picture sort is just what you need! Contents: * 48 picture cards of words with long vowel sounds (all vowel sounds are mixed) * 48 optional word cards for the back of the picture cards (for students to check spelling and spelling patterns) * 6 sorting mats - Long a - Long e - Long i - Long o - Long u - More than one sound * 2 versi

Start off your new school year right! This 70-page product (including writing craftivity) has all you need to kick-off your literacy program while teaching classroom rules and building community at the same time. Literacy organizers are aligned with the new Common Core Literature standards, and are perfect for getting your students started in their understanding of story structure and characters. By using "The Heart of the Story" your class will create your classroom rules, all inspired by li