Learning Junction

These activities can be used as mini-lessons, in centers, or whole group. This pack includes posters for similes and metaphors, a simile and metaphor activity with a direction and example page, a poem using figurative language with brainstorming sheet and cards, a descriptive writing game, a personal narrative prompt with outline, 4 different final copy paper options for boys and girls, and an owl craft with a picture.

Need a fun way to start the month of March and an idea for a bulletin board? This figurative language poem is a great way to have your students practice writing similes while creating a cute display. Students will write a poem about the saying “March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.” This pack includes a simile poster, samples of poems, an outline for writing the poem, two options of final copy paper, a lion and a lamb craft with patterns and pictures.

This activity pack has everything you need for some quick, but fun President’s Day activities. You will find included in this pack: Abe and I A Measurement Activity: Students will see how they measure up to Abe Lincoln. This is the perfect measurement review activity for your class and good way to incorporate President’s Day. President’s Day Compare and Contrast: A compare and contrast activity with George Washington and Abe Lincoln with Venn Diagram and sorting cards. President’s Day Wr

Do you need fun activities to teach your students about symmetry? These activities will engage your students and will also create wonderful bulletin boards and displays. Included in this pack is directions and pictures to make a symmetrical kite, directions and a picture to make symmetrical scenes, two posters- one for symmetry and one for line of symmetry, a flip book for one line of symmetry and more than one line of symmetry, three different pictures to finish in order to make symmetrical, an

These activities are a fun and engaging way to have your students practice solving word problems. The finished product also makes a great bulletin board! The problems can be used as a center, or students can work in pairs or groups and rotate around to each problem. They can also be displayed on the board to review the answers as a whole class. The students will have the opportunity to create their own addition and subtraction word problems, and find the estimate and exact answers. Their work wi

This is the perfect packet to celebrate the third day of third grade! This pack contains 12 pages of math and literacy concepts for students to complete independently, a list of literature that can be used to celebrate the third day of third grade, Venn diagrams, and story map. -Pgs.1-3- Title pages and acknowledgements -Pg. 4- Packet cover page for student work -Pg. 5- Skip counting by 3’s -Pg. 6- Making the largest three digit number -Pg. 7- Draw a picture using the number 3 -Pg. 8- If I ha

Delicious Descriptions is the perfect way to get your students to use excellent word choice and their five senses in their writing. Use this pack as mini-lessons for a week or as centers. Included in the pack are 48 word cards to be sorted into the five senses, a sentence fix-up activity where students rewrite boring sentences, a brainstorming sheet, a rough copy sheet, three different final copy papers, and two different mugs as options for the craft to go with their writing. Example answers an

Help the penguins solve these multiplication problems by using the strategy of making a table! These tables can be used with the story 365 Penguins by Jean-Luc Fromental or on their own. The problems can be used as a center, or students can work in pairs or groups and rotate around to each problem. They can be displayed on the board to review the answers whole class. Included in the download are ten different problems, a recording sheet, and answer key.

Get ready for literacy, math, and crafts all with a basketball theme! These centers and activities will be sure to get your students ready to score while practicing important skills In this pack, you will find: 3 Literacy Centers Common and Proper Nouns: 18 sorting cards, game headers, directions, answer key, and recording sheet ABC Order:12 sorting cards, directions, answer key, and recording sheet Descriptive Writing Game: 30 cards, scoreboard, teacher directions, student directions, record

Get ready for teaching math, reading and writing St. Patrick’s Day style. You will have days worth of lessons that you can use before and on St. Patrick’s Day. Included in the unit: Two From Tomie: Reading response activities to accompany two stories from Tomie dePaola Clover Geometry: Identifying attributes of shapes using a clover Leprechaun Symmetry: Complete a symmetrical picture of a leprechaun Leprechaun Chase Writing: A narrative writing assignment with a story organizer, rough

This classroom pack is filled with ideas for your students to celebrate Martin Luther King Day as well as the inauguration of Barack Obama. Included in the pack you will find timeline activities for Dr. King and President Obama along with a template and a final draft page for a cause and effect poem. You will also find included two ideas for art projects to celebrate diversity and the accomplishments of Dr. King and President Obama.

Here is perfect way to get your students to practice the writing skill of showing not telling emotions in their writing and to decorate your bulletin board at the same time! The craft is simple and only requires copying to prep it for the students! Pgs. 1-2- Title page and acknowledgements Pg. 3- Directions Pgs. 4-7- Craft and bulletin board pictures and craft tracers Pgs. 8-12- Writing example and student pages, includes 3 pages with prompts and a blank to create your own

Have fun practicing math and writing skills with this hands-on interactive pack. Here is what you will find inside this pack. Pgs. 1-2- Title page and acknowledgements Pg. 3- Parent letter Pg. 4- Student role labels Pgs. 5-6- Pumpkin math pictures and materials Pgs.7-13- Student directions and recording sheets (1 sheet for a group of 5, 4, or 3 students) Pgs. 14-15- Multiplication problems Pgs. 16-17- Division problems Pg. 18- Pumpkin seed sorting mat Pg. 19- Answer key Pgs. 20-29- Directions, 3

This would be great as a review center or to introduce the concept whole class by having students take turns putting the cookies into the correct jar. Students will sort the cookies into the correct jars to make them plural. Then they will write their answers on the recording sheet.