Lefty Lessons

*This resource is written generically and can be used as a stand-alone activity! After reading 'Weslandia', this activity will help get your student's creative juices flowing while making the story come alive! Students create their own land detailing who lives there, what they look like, what they eat, what they use to get around, and what they do in their spare time. Students then add more details about life in their land by drawing a picture and writing a short paragraph to describe their land

Get your students to love writing with this full year creative writing curriculum! Join Nikki for prewriting, Jerome for drafting, Ty for revising, Kaylee for editing, and Maddie for publishing as they walk your students through the entire process and teach them valuable writing skills along the way! This curriculum includes: Teacher’s guide with answers, discussion points, lesson ideas, and model graphic organizersIntroductory pages that introduce students to The Four Types of Writing, The Fi

In this fun and creative booklet, students get to use their imaginations to create their very own superhero! This writing assignment focuses on descriptive writing by having students write two descriptive paragraphs about their superhero. In the first paragraph, students describe what their superhero looks like and what his/her powers are. In the second paragraph, students describe how their superhero uses his/her powers to help others. Booklet includes writing assignment outline, rubric, model

Do you have trouble finding the time to teach Science? Teach it the fun and easy way, a letter a week! This Science ABC unit is a fantastic way to incorporate a variety of topics in your classroom! Each letter of the alphabet has a different Science term associated with it and discusses the definition and interesting facts about that idea. Letters also incorporate critical thinking skills and creative writing by asking students to answer questions or write a short paragraph based on the Science

Keep ALL your students engaged during morning meeting! This FREE hands-on file folder lets students follow along and participate as you go through the attendance, days of the week, weather, seasons, feelings, number of school days, months, and calendar! Includes full file folder templates, name card templates, choice cards, and instructions. Pieces attach to the file folder using Velcro. Want more great resources for your classroom? Check out these and other great materials at My TPT Store and

This easy to follow 'Rules of Fractions' and 'Rules of Decimals' guide can help students when adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing fractions and decimals! Have students paste it in their notebooks or even keep it on their desks for easy access to everything they need to know about fractions and decimals! Want more great resources for your classroom? Check out these and other great materials at My TPT Store and become a follower! Interactive Social Narrative - The Bully and the Bystand

Get wacky with Science! These five fun Science stations will get your students to experience and think about Science using their hands (and their heads!). Students rotate in groups between each station and then launch rockets and drop eggs as a class. The perfect activity for a more relaxed day (day before vacation!) while still having fun and enjoying structural learning. Includes student instructions and teacher directions for each of the following stations: Let it Snow! - Create and play with

These fun Hanukah themed worksheets help students practice addition, subtraction, and doubles! Have students cut out the flames and glue them to the correct candle on the Menorah to solve the Math problem! Then, students color the candles based on the answer to the problem (If the answer is greater than 5, color the candle green; If the answer is less than 5, color the candle yellow). Great as an assessment, homework assignment, for practice, or as an extra credit sheet! Addition and Subtracti

Looking for a fun and creative way for students to learn about the countries of the world? Organize a Multicultural Fair! This booklet outlines everything you need to guide students in their independent study of countries around the world. Each student is assigned a country and researches the following information to be compiled into a report: 1. Geography 2. History/Government 3. Culture/Traditions 4. Education System 5. Language 6. Current Events Students then create a tri-board outlining the

In this fun and creative booklet, students get to use their imaginations to create their own invention to sell to the world! This writing assignment focuses on the process of persuasive writing by having students write two paragraphs dedicated to their invention. In the first paragraph, students write their opinion about an everyday problem and then create an invention to fix that issue. In the second paragraph, students try to persuade the reader to buy their product by stating how their produc

For use with the Reading Street Common Core Reading Program for grade 5. This is a great assessment tool and can be used as worksheets as well as quizzes and a test! This awesome PDF bundle includes five vocabulary quizzes and a test for every story in each unit in the Reading Street textbook (grade 5), answer key included! Quizzes are meant to challenge students comprehension of each vocabulary word in the context of a fill in the blank story paragraph or sentence. Quizzes in Unit 1 include ex

Perfect for teaching social skills, especially for students on the Autism spectrum, from multiple points of view! This interactive clickable PDF allows students to pick a character and follow that character through a social story about taking turns! Questions about the correct way to handle the situation are embedded into the social narrative and students click the answer they think is correct. Review questions, with explanations to the answers, are also included at the end of the presentatio

Perfect for teaching social skills, especially for students on the Autism spectrum, from multiple points of view! These interactive clickable PDFs allow students to pick a character and follow that character through six different social stories! Social situations included in this bundle are: Taking Turns Sharing Being a Good Sport Hands to Self Making Eye Contact Social Distancing and Hygiene Questions about the correct way to handle the situation are embedded into each social narrative and s

This great activity is part of the Living Things: Cells unit. Download it here: Living Things: Cells PowerPointHave students create plant and animal cells out of Jell-O and then draw and label each of the parts. Then, students write what each part of the cell looks like. For full instructions, see Living Things: Cells PowerPoint slide 8. Also check out the Living Things: Cells assessment material and Yeast Lab here: Living Things: Cells Yeast Lab FREE Download!Living Things: Cells Test Study Sh

This fun and exciting unit on Living Things: Cells brings cells to life in your classroom by prompting students to think about living vs. non-living things and keeping them engaged with three activities! PowerPoint is attractive to keep students attention and includes notes for the teacher detailing questions to ask students and charts to draw on the board to facilitate student understanding. Topics covered in this PowerPoint include: What are living things? How do I know if something is living?

In this fun writing assignment, students are walked through the process of writing a 5 paragraph how-to essay about something they love to do! This easy to follow booklet focuses on the different aspects of an expository how-to essay, helping students pick a topic and break down the steps to make their writing as clear as possible. Booklet includes writing assignment outline, rubric, model essay, graphic organizers, expository writing worksheets, grammar practice (using commas), yellow editing p

Perfect for teaching social skills, especially for students on the Autism spectrum, from multiple points of view! This interactive clickable PDF allows students to pick a character and follow that character through a social story about making eye contact! Questions about the correct way to handle the situation are embedded into the social narrative and students click the answer they think is correct. Review questions, with explanations to the answers, are also included at the end of the prese

For use with the Reading Street Common Core Reading Program for grade 5. This is a great assessment tool and can be used as worksheets as well as quizzes and a test! This awesome resource includes five quizzes and a test based on the vocabulary words from the stories in Unit 1, answer key included! Quizzes are meant to challenge students comprehension of each vocabulary word in the context of a story paragraph (fill in the blank). Each quiz includes extra credit grammar fixes where students hav

Perfect for teaching social skills, especially for students on the Autism spectrum, from multiple points of view! This interactive clickable PDF allows students to pick a character and follow that character through a social story about bullying and being a bystander! Teach your students how important it is to not be a bully and stand up for someone who is being bullied by looking at the different actions, thoughts, and emotions that happen when a person is involved in bullying! Questions about t

For use with the Reading Street Common Core Reading Program for grade 5. This is a great assessment tool and can be used as worksheets as well as quizzes and a test! This awesome resource includes five quizzes and a test based on the vocabulary words from the stories in Unit 2, answer key included! Quizzes are meant to challenge students comprehension of each vocabulary word in the context of a sentence (fill in the blank). The test is based on the 38 words from each of the five stories in Unit