Learning Out Loud

In this MLA citation activity, your students will learn and practice how to properly cite videos, articles (online and in print), websites, and books using MLA citation format in a bibliography. This task can be adapted to ANY content requiring MLA citation of websites, books, videos, and articles. Set up as 4 stations, students will rotate and complete 2 task cards per station following the master citation sheet (MLA anchor chart) for that station. The activity can be repeated multiple t

Are your students learning about California Native American Tribes of the various regions of California? This student-centered California Native American Tribes research project jigsaw puts the learning and research into the hands of your students. There are two grade level options: Third GradeResearching the Native American tribal region in your community, your students will work in one of four expert groups: 1) Housing and Engineering 2) Natural Resources 3) Tools and Technology 4) Religious

Worksheets are boring...by themselves, but when you make them into a craftivity, fifth graders LOVE them! This fall themed activity for multiplying and dividing multi-digit numbers is engaging, creative, and just plain fun! Perfect for October, or the fall months, this build a monster math craftivity gives students an exciting way to practice multiplying and dividing multi-digit numbers in word problem.The task:Students solve 8 different multiplication and division word problems earning them

Do you love engaging projects that encourage your students to read? Of course you do? Do you also love classroom transformations? Well, this Fall, encourage classroom reading with the pumpkin book report project. The student packet will guide your 4th - 6th grade students in understanding the book's plot, characters, and theme. The decorating tips will help students make the perfect pumpkin character for the big day. Then, set your classroom up for a wonderful fall transformation as visitors tra

It's time to build with these hands-on area and perimeter activity mats. Your third and fourth graders will love using blocks to explore and compare area and perimeter in this construction-themed math center or classroom activity. Highly engaging, students will find the length and width of each shape using hands-on materials (one-inch math tiles, one-centimeter math cubes, or digital manipulatives) and compare the measurements. Print and have students tile the quadrilaterals using math man

Are you looking for a way to help your students practice adding or multiplying with decimals that is engaging, creative, and just plain fun? Perfect for December, January, February, or the winter months, this Gingerbread math craftivity gives students an exciting way to practice adding and multiplying with decimals (5.NBT.B.7)The task:Chocolate Chip and Joanna Gumdrop help gingerbread families fix up their gingerbread houses to be the house they always dreamed of. The Gingy family has asked

Ready to connect your students and parents with a classroom website? Let me help you get your site up and running What normally would take hours of creating buttons, headers, and sifting through information about how to create a site will take you a fraction of the time with this design kit. You can easily switch out buttons, headers, and links to make your site your own. With over 150 buttons in two different designs (that's well over 300 buttons in all) you will be able to get your site up and

Are you looking for a way to help your students practice adding and subtracting whole numbers (multi-digit) that is engaging, creative, and just plain fun? Perfect for October, or the fall months, this haunted house math craftivity gives students an exciting way to practice adding and subtract multi-digit numbers.The task:The neighborhood Spooktacular is just around the corner. The ghouls, goblins, ghosts, and monsters need your help, but they have a strict budget of $3,500 that must be foll

Are you looking for a way to help your students practice multiplying multidigit numbers that is engaging, creative, and just plain fun? Perfect for December, January, February, or the winter months, this Gingerbread math craftivity gives students an exciting way to practice multiplying multidigit numbers.The task:Chocolate Chip and Joanna Gumdrop help gingerbread families fix up their gingerbread houses to be the house they always dreamed of. The Gingy family has asked for the Gumdrops help,

California's Four Region Research and Writing Unit:Teaching social studies is possible, especially when you combine reading, writing, and research skills strategies all into one unit. This updated product includes the original California regions student research packet to collect information using your own sources or the newly updated four expository texts. An answer key and California shaped paper measuring 8 x 10 is also included in the original packed. The update includes a multi-week unit th

Teaching social studies is possible, especially when you combine reading, writing, and research skills strategies all into one unit. This updated product includes the original California regions student research packet to collect information using your own sources or the newly updated four expository texts. An answer key and California shaped paper measuring 8 x 10 is also included in the original packed. The update includes a multi-week unit that teaches a variety of skills using the followin

Worksheets are boring...by themselves, but when you make them into a craftivity, fourth graders LOVE them! This fall themed activity for adding and subtracting whole numbers (multi-digit) is engaging, creative, and just plain fun! Perfect for October, or the fall months, this build a monster math craftivity gives students an exciting way to practice adding and subtract multi-digit numbers in word problem form using the standard algorithm fluently.The task:Students solve 8 different addition

Do you like student centered learning? Are you tired of boring history projects that students aren't engaged in? I speak from experience when I say that your students will enjoy learning about California's early explorers through project based learning. Students will choose one of three projects to showcase their learning: living history presentation, gameboard, or an illustrative timeline. Included are four explorer information articles (Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, Sir Francis Drake, Sebastian C

It's CORN! This CORNY math craft is sure to delight your THIRD GRADERS. This fall themed activity for multiplying single digit numbers using arrays is engaging, creative, and just plain fun! Perfect for NOVEMBER, or the fall months, this math craftivity gives students an exciting way to practice building arrays for multiplication expressions, breaking apart arrays and writing matching expressions, and finding the product of the array.The task:Students build an array, write the matching expr

Worksheets are boring...by themselves, but when you make them into a craftivity, third graders LOVE them! This fall themed activity for adding and subtracting whole numbers (multi-digit) is engaging, creative, and just plain fun! Perfect for October, or the fall months, this build a monster math craftivity gives students an exciting way to practice adding and subtract multi-digit numbers in word problem form.The task:Students solve 8 different addition and subtraction word problems earning t

Are your students tired of novel studies that involve ONLY vocabulary and comprehension questions? Then they will love this complete novel study that includes student choice based questions and nine unique projects. They will enjoy diving deep into the history and perspectives of Jamestown's characters, settings, and plot. Offering you and your students a wide variety of differentiation, chapter comprehension questions based on the DOK levels (depth of knowledge) are organized to allow you or yo

Engage your students in some festive learning this December by making joyful paper chains. This completely editable template allows you to type any questions into the text box to work on the skills and practice your unique learners need. Then, simply print the questions on red and green paper and you have a holiday craftivity that is sure to make the hearts of your students warm this December. Do one a day, or spend a day reviewing - it's up to you how you spread the cheer this year! You may

Differentiating and providing small group support for ALL learners is challenging. That's why you need time to scaffold ALL learners in your classroom. Whether you meet in small groups or have WHOLE group instruction, these multiplication BUMP GAMES give you the time you need to engage your students in meaningful multiplication practice that is collaborative and fun! Scaffold student learning or meet the needs of your combo students with these differentiated bump games that cover multiplication

Are you looking for math crafts that support yearlong math learning for you fourth graders? These engaging, creative, and just plain fun projects review a variety of math concepts in word problem form. Perfect for holidays or seasonal celebrations anytime of the year, math craftivities give your students an exciting way to practice fourth grade math concepts including: additive comparison word problems, multiplicative comparison word problems, add to word problems, take from word problems, equ

Are you planning a holiday experience for your students? If so, this support product will help you set up your classroom for the exciting activities you have planned. This resource includes everything you need to transform your classroom: InvitationsEditable student nametagsEditable Table TentsClassroom Welcome Sign6 Celebration slips (small shoutouts for successful learners)Editable Task CardsThis resource is to help you transform your OWN classroom. This product is not be used to create your