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In all of my years of teaching, these done with a number daily have given my students the most growth in their multiplication facts.

This asks a huge variety of questions based on topics taken from CST released items. Topics include: Atoms and Molecules, States of Matter, Solar System, Food Chain, Could Be Anything #1 and #2 (which is basically all other categories such as rocks, body systems, weather, etc.,.) If used after Science CST power point (on my page), this will show how much they have retained in a fun way. Directions for how students should play are included.

This is a project my students have enjoyed doing for years. It helps create cultural pride and encourages family discussion. It also is a way to share a piece of themselves and their culture with the class.

Great preparation tool for 5th CST science test or just review of past concepts. In past years I've looked at released items from the CST test and used a power point presentation to review the words and their concepts. I review a few a day and by test time I work backwards as a review.

This is a power point of academic language arts words. Sometimes kids don't do well in language for no other reason then they don't understand the academic words being used. This power point can be used to start the year and make sure students understand the words you are using or as a refresher before testing. The definitions are given in very simplistic, easy to remember ways. This can be used in conjunction with academic LA notes, LA bingo, or academic LA word quiz.

This is a smart board lesson that fully teaches all aspects of the digestive system. It has pull away tabs so students can take notes as you discuss each item. There are also graphs showing where each item is located. Included are easy to use links to the next page and relevant brain pop links for those who have accounts. At the end of the lesson is a smart response test. If your school has smart response controls, it is a good quiz to gauge students' understanding of the digestive system wher

This is a smart board lesson that fully teaches all aspects of the respiratory system. It has pull away tabs so students can take notes as you discuss each item. There are also graphs showing where each item is located. Included are easy to use links to the next page and relevant brain pop links for those who have accounts. At the end of the lesson is a smart response test. If your school has smart response controls, it is a good quiz to gauge students' understanding of the respiratory system wh

Literature Circle Packet with 4 Roles, Explanation, and Rubric Predictor/Illustrator Vocabulary Detective Summarizer Questions

This is a smart board lesson that fully teaches all aspects of the digestive system. It has pull away tabs so students can take notes as you discuss each item. There are also graphs showing where each item is located. Included are easy to use links to the next page and relevant brain pop links for those who have accounts.

This is a smart board lesson that fully teaches all aspects of the respiratory system. It has pull away tabs so students can take notes as you discuss each item. There are also graphs showing where each item is located. Included are easy to use links to the next page and relevant brain pop links for those who have accounts.

Worksheet that walks students through multiplying a whole number by a mixed number using decomposition. Next it moves on to mixed numbers by mixed numbers. After practice in both, the lesson ends by explaining how to turn mixed numbers into improper fractions and then multiply to find the answer to whole numbers by mixed numbers and mixed numbers by mixed numbers. (Can be used with Smart Board Lesson: Multiplying Mixed #s w/ Decomposition & Improper Fractions)

Simplify Fractions 2 ways with Steps, Example, and Practice This worksheet gives steps to simplify fractions using greatest common factor and prime factorization. After it gives an example of how to do both procedures. Finally, it gives a chance for students to try it with varying levels of difficulty.

This is a power point of academic math words. Sometimes kids don't do well in math for no other reason then they don't understand the academic words being used. This power point can be used to start the year and make sure students understand the words you are using or as a refresher before testing. This can be used in conjunction with academic math notes or academic math word quiz.

To be used in conjunction with power point. This is a way of making sure that students are ready for CST test. Items were taken from CST released items.

These are printable worksheet of academic LA words. Sometimes kids don't do well in LA for no other reason then they don't understand the academic words being used. These worksheets include Notes, Quiz, and Bingo to be used in conjunction with Language Arts Power Point.

This is a smart board lesson that walks students through multiplying a whole number by a mixed number using decomposition. Next it moves on to mixed numbers by mixed numbers. After practice in both, the lesson ends by explaining how to turn mixed numbers into improper fractions and then multiply to find the answer to whole numbers by mixed numbers and mixed numbers by mixed numbers. (Can be used with Multiplying Mixed Numbers 2 Ways Worksheet)

Great, easy-to-use vocabulary worksheet that will help students recognize parts of speech, context clues, apposition, and word structure. These will help students take a logical guess at the meaning of an unknown words and then recognize if their guess was a good one.

Goes with smart board lesson on the respiratory system. If your school has smart response controls, it is a good quiz to gauge students' understanding of the respiratory system where the questions come directly from the content.

Suppliment to Open Court (California Edition) Grade 5 Unit 2 It is a task sheets that includes a comprehension task, spelling task, vocabulary task, and grammar task for each story in the unit.

These are cards with sentence starters about students' mothers, fathers, grandmas, and/or grandpas that are used as a creative new kind of gift. There is a matching numbered card for students to write their answers to show the person how special they are to them. When done they decorate the backs as artistically as they can. When done, your students will have a fun gift that will allow quality time with their parent as well.