Miss3rdGrade

I love reading Melissa Sweet's book, Balloons Over Broadway to my students right before Thanksgiving. You can either read the book yourself or play a read aloud from the internet. Or you can show a video of the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade before reading the book and then we complete this fun activity! Students create a balloon for the Thanksgiving Parade and then write a persuasive letter to try and get it into next year's parade! If time allows, students can create their balloon too! Included is

This unit conceptually addresses the fraction standards. There are 8 skill building worksheets and answer keys. Worksheets are designed to be used within the workshop model or as enrichment or reteach resources. Each lesson includes detailed directions and all needed students printables. These are designed for conceptual understanding through problem solving, and the skill practice pages are provided for additional practice. This resource includes:Teacher Notes and Samples -Identifying Fraction

Story Blurb:Joey is in 4th grade dealing with the daily struggles of school life during a pandemic. Between masks, partitions, and social distancing, Joey is struggling with the challenges of adjusting to the new "normal". Resource Description:This reading comprehension activity was created with alignment to the New York State curriculum. The comprehension questions include inferencing, predicting, citing text evidence, understanding characters, and text-to-self connection. This lesson is also i