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Student Council is a great way to get students involved within their school community. It is common in middle and high school, but it can also be incorporated into elementary school. We utilize it in our elementary school with the 4th and 5th grades. 5th graders get to run for President and 4th graders get to run for Vice President. Both 4th and 5th graders get to run for secretary and treasurer. We have an election without the student body to get our two candidates for each position, and then o

Animal and Plant Cell PowerPoint allows students to learn about the basic structures of a cell. As students are taking notes, they are learning where the organelle is located and the function of it. They are also learning fun ways to remember the meaning of each organelle as well. The organelles included are: - Cell Wall - Cell Membrane - Cytoplasm - Nucleus - Chloroplast - Vacuole This PowerPoint goes along with note sheets from AIMS Activity: Cell Mates. It also includes activities from my ce

5.NBT.B.5 Fluently multiply multi-digit whole numbers (up to three-digit by four-digit factors) using appropriate strategies and algorithms.Students explore how to multiply with larger whole numbers by practicing using the strategies of partial product and area models for 3-digit by 2-digit factors. This resource includes the following: Two note pages (partial product step-by-step and area model step-by-step)3 practice pages (whole group, partner, independent)

The Cell Analogy Project allows students to truly show their understanding of the different parts of a cell by making connections to something in the real world. For example, students may choose to use a city to represent the different parts of a cell. The nucleus could be represented as the city hall. It is a great project where students are able to get creative while doing some critical thinking! Students are also provided with the opportunity of choice with choosing their analogy, which allow

Students are able to use this product to help organize their work as they analyze math errors that could be made on an assignment, quiz, or test. Students will determine whether their mistake was problem solving, arithmetic, or careless. Students are given a space to rework the problem, identify the type of error, and explain their error.

This product is great for station work, independent activities, or homework. It allows students to show their understanding of a plant and an animal cell. This product includes the following activities: Is it made of cells? - Students look at a list of objects and determine whether they think it is made up of cells or not. Students are asked to justify their thinking. Label Diagrams - Students will label where an organelle is located in the cell. Vocabulary Sort - Students will cut out words a

You will find the following included in this resource: • Pre-test – Students take this before content is taught. It can be used to understand prior knowledge to help guide your lesson as well as help students generate their own goals for the end of the unit. • Post-test – It is the exact same test as the pre-test to show students’ growth. • Answer Key – It includes simplified and answers that aren’t simplified. • Recording Data Sheet – This gives students a visual of how they did on the content