Merrissa Peralta

This product contains a quiz with answer key AND study guide to hand out to students. Assessment for Native American unit on the Iroquois in New York State. Can be used as mid-unit quiz or end of unit test, depending on your needs. Quiz includes 5 multiple choice and 4 short answer. My grading system is included for people wishing to use it, but there are a lot of ways to grade this quiz. Ok to adapt to your needs, as long as you are not re-selling. Merrissa Peralta

Monthly extra credit to give as homework. Students love this and have fun extending their learning at home. Great way to involve parents/families in school. Included in this download: directions (can be changed and individualized to teacher preference), student/parent response page, October-June activity pages, copyright/credit page. A whole year of extra credit with fun activities is ready to print and use! Math, writing, reading, science and social studies activities incorporated into e

This product is a compilation of parent sign up forms for yearly parties and a monthly guessing jar. Included are sign ups for treats for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Holiday, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, a spring party and an end of the year party. Also included are party volunteer sign ups for Halloween and Holiday. Can be used for any grade level having a party where treats are provided by parents. If parent help is desired for more than just Halloween and Holiday party, simply copy

This product is an 8 page research packet that will help students learn about countries around the world. Its generic format allows this packet to be used again and again. Topics within the packet include: government, economy, geography, culture and typical basic facts. Could be used as homework or in class. I have used this packet for years and love the in depth information students learn. The first time we do this packet, I walk students through it. After the first time, they complete it

This product is a quiz with answer key and study guide combo. Revolutionary War assessment with multiple choice and matching. 6 multiple choice and 4 matching questions. Ok to modify to fit your needs for single class use. Merrissa Peralta

**Spanish Version-End of Year Memory Book This is a template for an end of the year memory book. It is ready to print and use. Fun activity to end the school year with. Room to answer the prompt and draw a picture. 10 pages (including cover, autographs page, class picture page) with prompts like: the most memorable event was, the funniest thing that happened and so on. Can be printed and stapled, spiral bound or hole punched. Feel free to modify to fit your needs. **Spanish versions of all

This short packet is used when students are starting to learn about North America, South America, Europe, Australia, Africa, Asia, and Antarctica. It gives a brief overview of the continent to be studied and is a good way to introduce a new place of study. This can be a teacher led activity or a student research activity. This packet can be used one time or for each continent. This activity could also be used as a geographical assessment after students have learned about a continent. This p

This download is a writing project that goes through the writing process from start to finish. It breaks the process down into steps to be done one at a time. Students write stories about their families AFTER talking to family members. This is a fun way to take students through what can be a difficult and daunting process. The first 2 pages (can be done front and back to make one handout) are used to get students to talk to family members to brainstorm great stories. The following pages a

This product is a Colonial New York test and study guide with an answer key. 10 true or false questions (for false, change the underlined words to make statement true), 10 multiple choice questions and 1 short answer question. I have used this in my class and it works. Our colonial unit is very comprehensive and we spend a lot of time on it. Can easily change questions here and there to meet your district/state expectations, if needed. Ok to adapt to your needs for single classroom use.

This is a set of 3 differentiated pages of math word problems with a Thanksgiving theme. Each page has an answer key included (picture in corner matches page it goes with for easy organization). Operations included: addition and subtraction. Could also be given as homework. I have used this in class and as homework during the Thanksgiving break week and students enjoy the holiday theme. I sometimes change the names in the problems to match those of my kids. Feel free to do the same. Also,

Tired of plain paper and want students to write on paper that goes with the current season/holiday? Here are 9 decorative papers for students to write stories on. Pages have a theme on them for added fun in writing. Students can free write on these or you can present a specific prompt based on the time of year. Included: fall, winter, spring, summer, Christmas, U.S. flag, Easter, St. Pat's Day, and Valentine's Day. Merrissa Peralta

Geometry pack for students to practice throughout a geometry unit. Included are the following types of activities: -Shape Sort -Scavenger Hunt -Tracing shapes -Shape ID -Shape compare/contrast -Picture creations Some activities can be used in math centers, some for at home practice and some for small group work. Supplemental packet of activities for use across several areas of study in a geometry unit. Use of several activities will help teachers identify which students need reteaching or

Use this product as you are watching Colonial Life for Children The Dutch and New Amsterdam. It is an outline of fill in the blanks with an answer key. Video by Schlessinger. 23 minutes long. Students will be held accountable for video information by filling answers in as video goes along. 20 fill in the blanks. If you are a New York State 4th grade teacher and have never seen this video, I highly recommend it. The video takes students through the finding of the area that is now NY, throu

This product is great for students just starting out on their reading journey. Product has many uses and can be used for centers (with or without a partner), word work portion of guided reading groups, whole group, or one on one. Product includes: directions/ideas for use, punctuation cards, capital letter cards (1 page), sight word cards (5 pages) and picture cards (3 pages). Word and picture cards will be put into sentences for students to practice reading sight words. Cards can be used ag

*Spanish Version A Focus on the Question activity. Set of 5 word problems. Information is given for each problem (info is the same...only the questions change). The information provided is from the local zoo. You can use it as is or change out the chart for information from your local zoo. Each questions requires that students look at the given information, decide what information to use, and then solve. These problems can be done in such a way that they take no more than 15 minutes (to solve

This is a packet for students to complete as they learn about the United States. Can be used for each state or for researching a specific state. Can be filled out with the whole class using the same state or each student can research their own state. Could also be used as a homework assignment. The packet goes through general information for a state (flag, symbols, geographical features, cities and so on). An extension activity would be to use the information in this packet to do a presenta

**This is the Spanish Version Journal template for poetry responses. Provide students with a poem and have them create a response to the poem. Included in this download are: journal cover page, response page, directions for students, prompt page with response sentence starters and information for teachers page. Can be used as morning work, for homework or during ELA. Can be used as a one time activity or on a regular basis throughout the year. Print pages and bind into a book or use a folder to

This product helps students work with expanded, word, and standard forms of numbers. Directions say to use place value blocks to build the numbers (can easily be deleted off sheet if not wanted). 2 pages of work, 5 problems on each (each problem has 2 parts). First page gives number in standard form and students write in expanded and word forms. Second page gives number in word form and students write in expanded and standard forms. Could also be used for homework. I have used this whole

*Spanish Version Measurement page where students measure 4 given lines to the nearest inch and write the answer on the provided line. Students are then asked to draw lines for the next 6 measurements that are given. These problems are a mix of nearest inch, 3/4 inch and 1/4 inch. Can be used in class or for homework. I have used this in my own classroom. Ok to modify to fit your needs. Merrissa Peralta

Great homework (can be done in class) project to do during your fractions or measurement unit. Discussions can be held about recipes to tie into your class lessons/activities. Students will love trying new recipes from their classmates! Great memory from the year! *I have students set cookbooks on their desks for our spring open house and take them home from there. *I do this project every year and families love it. I always enlist parent help to print and put the books together. Feel