Misty's Practical Practices

These 3 mini charts can be used when teaching these strategies (number line, base-10, and partial sums) for 3-digit addition OR can be the basis of an anchor chart you create for instruction or review. The steps are clear, concise, and based on the principles of place value. They help students understand the WHY behind the standard algorithm.

These recording pages are perfect for a reading station (I use them in my Big Book Station) and can be used with ANY book. I reduce them to 50% and print two per page so they become "slips." It saves paper and takes up less space! This set has the following options and 12 blanks that the student must fill in: CVCe wordsnounswords with a short vowelwords with a long vowelsight wordsan open-ended response (the student determines the category/ topic)My students have thoroughly enjoyed completing

Partner activity for students - comprehension questions for the Scholastic's book, Seed to Plant. Students will answer general questions with a complete sentence response as well as multiple choice questions. For all questions, the students must identify WHERE within the text they found the answer.