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This simple worksheet has spaces for students to define camouflage and mimicry in their own words as well as color butterflies to illustrate their understanding. This worksheet was created to go with my Camouflage and Mimicry PowerPoint presentation

When learning to decode unfamiliar words, especially multisyllabic words, knowledge of the six syllable types is crucial. These six posters list the syllable types, describes them, and gives examples that are marked up. The six syllable types are: 1. Closed Syllables 2. Open Syllables 3. Silent-e (VCe) 4. Vowel Teams 5. r-Controlled 6. Consonant-le I laminated these posters and use them in my literacy instruction daily. Thanks to Teaching In A Small Town for the amazing borders!

Guide your students towards creating goals for themselves in the new year! This craftivity results in four sections of "resolutions" for students to fill out. These foldables are great for displaying on a bulletin board or for keeping in an interactive notebook to refer to throughout the new year! The product download file contains two versions of the front cover, one that specifies ELA goals (2 areas I want to improve in ELA) and one that is school generic (2 areas I want to improve in school)

Understanding how sentences are put together can help students become better readers and writers. These 9 posters each have one part of speech, a short kid-friendly description of it, as well as examples. The PDF file contains posters for the following parts of speech: Nouns Verbs Pronouns Adjectives Adverbs Prepositions Conjunctions Interjections Articles These posters are 8.5"x11" but of course can be made bigger or smaller with a printer. I laminated these and use them in my classroom alm

This packet is aligned with the CCSS and clearly explains three multiplication strategies that fifth grade students can use for two-digit multiplication. The strategies explained are: 1. FOIL (AKA Break-Apart Method) 2. Area Model (AKA Box Method) 3. Standard Algorithm This is a three-page packet with easy to read text that is appropriate for fifth grade students. Color text is utilized to make steps clear. This is perfect as a beginning-of-the-year review of multiplication strategies. Pair w

This chart shows the difference between Theme and Main Idea and connects them with the concept that they are both about "getting the message." Each has examples of texts that use either a theme or a main idea. This chart is formatted for regular 8.5x11 printer paper, but can be sized up or down easily for your purposes.

As blogs and wikis become increasingly more popular in classrooms, teachers are struggling to keep up with the changing times. I put this guide to basic HTML and wiki codes together as a resource for teachers and students to use when interacting with blogs and wikis. This information is universal and can be used on all blogs and all wikis. I recommend printing out a few copies and laminating them to keep next to your classroom computers! :)

This board game was designed for use in all subjects for all games! Pair it with a die, a spinner, a deck of flash cards, you name it! There are two large arrows that can allow a player to skip ahead. There are three flower spaces that you can use as you see fit - I usually say if you land on one, you get an extra turn! This game board is formatted for Tabloid-size paper (11x17). If you do not have a color copier with this size paper, it can be printed as a "poster" on two regular pieces of pap

Each page of this packet has a topic on the topic and spaces underneath to list ideas (e.g. Things I know a lot about). Students can use these packets to reference when they are having trouble thinking of a topic to write about. Includes black and white clipart that can be colored in by the student.

Simple but clear sign to alert students when a silent work environment is in place. I laminated this and stick it on the board with a magnet when I want to remind the students that it needs to be very very quiet in the room (usually for testing).

This poster lists 10 think-along strategies that students can use when reading a text. Students that struggle with thinking about the text as they read would benefit from extra practice with these skills.