Kris Downs

This is an informational reading worksheet that explains the history of the Vikings from long ago. It goes well with several of the other items I have available on this site that center on Norse mythology. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

This is a fun play based on Norse mythology. It involves the wife of Thor and the trickster, Loki. A small group or a whole class can be involved. It goes well with my other products on Norse mythology that are available on this site. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

This is a fun and creative following directions activity that your students will love! The end product is a big, beautiful and bold map of their own island. This project is a wonderful addition to a social studies map skills unit. I've also used this project after reading aloud "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor. My students loved both the book and this project! This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

What could be more fun and exciting for your students than working with candy while they develop their skills? This activity first gets your students to predict like a scientist. Then they test their predictions. They count and weigh and categorize. After they've completed the experiment, they graph their results! Oh, and they then get to eat their share of the goods!

You and your students can use these labels and pictures to pull together the parts of a plant and their functions. When all said and done, these form a wonderful anchor chart that can be referenced throughout your unit on plants. The pieces include plant part labels, their functions, and a large tree you can use to put them all together. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

Help your students meet common core standards by using my spotlight poems. Each poem pack focuses on a poem that's fun and unique. This particular poem is an epitaph. Start by spending 10 to 15 minutes reading the poem of the week. Then each following day a new element is spotlighted for class discussion. A great way to introduce literary terms! The pages can be projected and discussed whole class, or simply duplicate the poem for each child.

Help your students meet common core standards by using my spotlight poems. Each poem pack focuses on a poem that's fun and unique. This particular poem is about palindromes. Start by spending 10 to 15 minutes reading the poem of the week. Then each following day a new element is spotlighted for class discussion. A great way to introduce literary terms! The pages can be projected and discussed whole class, or simply duplicate the poem for each child.

Your students will enjoy reading this short Norse myth. It is a fun story that shows Thor's cleverness. The tale is followed by a few questions for your students to answer. It goes well with the other Norse mythology items I have available on this site. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

Help your students meet common core standards by using my spotlight poems. Each poem pack focuses on a poem that's fun and unique. This particular poem is written in free verse. Start by spending 10 to 15 minutes reading the poem of the week. Then each following day a new element is spotlighted for class discussion. A great way to introduce literary terms! The pages can be projected and discussed whole class, or simply duplicate the poem for each child.

Students love to study animals! This animal adaptations worksheet is designed to help them understand what adaptations are and how animals use them. This paper takes a make believe animal and asks your students to write down several adaptations the animal has. Then your students are asked to think what each of the adaptations allows the animal to do. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

Help your students meet common core standards by using my spotlight poems. Each poem pack focuses on a poem that's fun and unique. This particular poem focuses on onomatopoeia. Start by spending 10 to 15 minutes reading the poem of the week. Then each following day a new element is spotlighted for class discussion. A great way to introduce literary terms! The pages can be projected and discussed whole class, or simply duplicate the poem for each child.

Help your students meet common core standards by using my spotlight poems. Each poem pack focuses on a poem that's fun and unique. This particular poem focuses on personification. Start by spending 10 to 15 minutes reading the poem of the week. Then each following day a new element is spotlighted for class discussion. A great way to introduce literary terms! The pages can be projected and discussed whole class, or simply duplicate the poem for each child.

Use these posters to help your young scientists better know their jobs during science experiments. The posters are colorful and written with scientific language. Discuss each team member's job and what responsibilities go with it. Giving each student a role to carry out during the experiment will help ensure more learning and involvement! This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

Word work with a twist of the ear! Yes, this 5 page packet allows your students to work with words that have odd pronunciations. Words like "island" and "lamb" with odd silent letters are introduced at the start. Then words that have multiple pronunciations like "wound" and "perfect" are introduced giving your students more practice with word sounds. A pronunciation chart is included to help your students write phonetically, too. This is a great resource to help your students meet reading, langu

Help your students meet common core standards by using my spotlight poems. Each poem pack focuses on a poem that's fun and unique. This particular poem focuses on metaphors. Start by spending 10 to 15 minutes reading the poem of the week. Then each following day a new element is spotlighted for class discussion. A great way to introduce literary terms! The pages can be projected and discussed whole class, or simply duplicate the poem for each child.

Help your students meet common core standards by using my spotlight poems. Each poem pack focuses on a poem that's fun and unique. This particular poem is a clerihew. Start by spending 10 to 15 minutes reading the poem of the week. Then each following day a new element is spotlighted for class discussion. A great way to introduce literary terms! The pages can be projected and discussed whole class, or simply duplicate the poem for each child.

Help your students meet common core standards by using my spotlight poems. Each poem pack focuses on a poem that's fun and unique. This particular poem focuses on anagrams. Start by spending 10 to 15 minutes reading the poem of the week. Then each following day a new element is spotlighted for class discussion. A great way to introduce literary terms! The pages can be projected and discussed whole class, or simply duplicate the poem for each child.

Help your students meet common core standards by using my spotlight poems. Each poem pack focuses on a poem that's fun and unique. This particular poem is a poem in light verse. Start by spending 10 to 15 minutes reading the poem of the week. Then each following day a new element is spotlighted for class discussion. A great way to introduce literary terms! The pages can be projected and discussed whole class, or simply duplicate the poem for each child.

Help your students meet common core standards by using my spotlight poems. Each poem pack focuses on a poem that's fun and unique. This particular poem is a cinquain. Start by spending 10 to 15 minutes reading the poem of the week. Then each following day a new element is spotlighted for class discussion. A great way to introduce literary terms! The pages can be projected and discussed whole class, or simply duplicate the poem for each child.