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This resource is a set of posters meant to help your kids understand how we classify shapes into categories based on their attributes. For example - there are triangles that share attributes (three sides and angles), but there are also three different KINDS of triangles (scalene, right, isosceles, and equilateral). Another example might be that that a square can be classified as a rectangle because it has four sides and four right angles. If you want your students to stop using descriptions

What student doesn't love to be an actor? In this unit, which will take approximately 4-6 days, students use their acting ability to translate dramatic skills into writing descriptions of characters' feeling and character traits through "charades." When this unit is complete, students will be able to show a character's feelings and character traits with words and actions rather than simply telling the reader what's happening. This is also a great unit for emphasizing inferencing in reading!

This packet includes several activities and resources to teach your students about stars during a space unit. It covers these essential questions: - How many stars are there in the universe? - How can stars be classified? - What is the life cycle of a star? - What is the life cycle of our sun? It includes the following materials: - teaching guide - star vocabulary sheet - essential questions - stars in the universe activity - star brightness, temperature and color classification chart -

This resource contains flow charts, teaching/anchor posters and a polygon "scrapbook" for independent work, meant to help your kids understand how we classify shapes into categories based on their attributes. For example - there are triangles that share attributes (three sides and angles), but there are also three different KINDS of triangles (scalene, right, isosceles, and equilateral). Another example might be that that a square can be classified as a rectangle because it has four sides and

A poster I use to introduce the relationships between shapes and shape vocabulary. Includes the following vocabulary words and pictures of each shape: Polygon Triangle Equilateral triangle Scalene triangle Isosceles triangle Right triangle Quadrilateral Trapezoid Parallelogram Rectangle Square Rhombus Pentagon Hexagon Heptagon Octagon Nonagon Decagon This is a FREEBIE product that related to these two products: CLICK HERE: Polygon Posters CLICK HERE: Polygon Scrapbook

This HUGE energy unit includes EVERYTHING you need to teach your students for at least a month about kinetic and potential energy, as well as light, heat, motion, chemical, gravitational and electrical energy - in a fun and hands-on way! The following essential questions are covered: • What is energy? • What are some different forms of energy? • What is the difference between potential and kinetic energy? • What are some sources of energy? • What happens to energy when it is used? • How do we

These algebraic word problems with give your kids a leg-up on the Common Core Standards for Operations and Algebraic Reasoning (2.OA.A.1). These problems align with Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI). They provide teaching slides for how to solve algebraic word problems, as well as differentiated word problems for unknowns in all positions. This pack includes: - Teaching slides to teach your students how to solve result unknown, start unknown and change unknown problems (using hundreds b

Make learning about energy easy for elementary school learners! This resource is a set of ten posters / slides that can be used to introduce and reinforce energy types, in a kid-friendly yet accurate way. Don't spend a ton of time creating your own explanations for types of energy like light, heat and motion, or settle for explanations that are way over your kids' heads. The kid-friendly definitions are right here! Inside this resource you will find: - Energy definition slide - Energy flow-

This packet contains four experiments that will help you teach the following learning targets: - Observe changes in matter due to heating and cooling of common materials. - Explain how heat is produced and can move from one state of matter to another. - All matter does not change in the same way. This packet contains: - Essential questions: What happens when electric (heat) energy is added to liquid water? What happens when light energy is added to liquid water? What happens when heat ener

This packet includes a WebQuest project to research several energy sources {solar, hydropower, wind, nuclear, fossil fuels, and biomass}, and determine which one is the best energy source to address the energy and global warming crisis. It will take roughly a week to complete. This project ties in science (energy sources), and social studies (current events), as well as non-fiction articles regarding those energy sources and reading comprehension sheets (cause and effect + main point) to aid w

This is a full presentation for parents to help them understand our "new" problem-solving strategies and help their kids with their work, as we transition to the Common Core. So often, I have parents say things like, "I have NO idea what my child is doing with all those tally marks," or, "Why aren't you teaching the "up and down" (algorithm)?" We didn't learn to add and subtract this way and it's the #1 thing parents are confused about at conferences. I included a quick tips cheat sheet for pa

These algebraic word problems with give your kids a leg-up on the Common Core Standards for Operations and Algebraic Reasoning (2.OA.A.1). These problems align with Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI). They provide teaching slides for how to solve algebraic word problems, as well as differentiated word problems for unknowns in all positions. This pack includes: - Teaching slides to teach your students how to solve result unknown, start unknown and change unknown problems (using hundreds b

This resource is a fill-in-the blank book meant to help your kids understand how we classify shapes into categories based on their attributes. For example - there are triangles that share attributes (three sides and angles), but there are also three different KINDS of triangles (scalene, right, isosceles, and equilateral). Another example might be that that a square can be classified as a rectangle because it has four sides and four right angles. If you want your students to stop using descr

Help! Aliens have invaded! This pack can be used to both teach and practice area and perimeter for between 1-2 weeks in an exploration format. ... The kids' job will be to keep the aliens happy during their stay on Earth. This unit includes: - teaching slides for area and perimeter of rectangles, and perimeter of irregular shapes - one task to explore area (designing a spaceship!) - one task to explore area of rectangles and create an equation for area of a rectangle - one task to explore pe

This is a quick introduction for parents on four different strategies for solving addition and subtraction with re-grouping - base ten blocks, using a hundreds chart, adding on a number line, and expanded form. I'm using this to send home to parents so they can be familiar with our problem-solving strategies and help their kids - we didn't learn this way and it's the #1 thing parents are confused about at conferences. If you like this freebie - feel free to leave me some feedback! AND check

This packet includes a persuasive project, lasting about four days, that emphasizes the importance of kinetic energy (exercise) for today's youth. This project integrates science (energy), and social studies (current events), as well as non-fiction articles and a reading comprehension sheet (fact and opinion + synthesizing) to aid with the research. The Energy Committee is asking students to create a campaign to convince the youth of the nation to use kinetic energy instead of potential energy

Learning through exploration is the name of the game - after completing this unit your kids will have a high-level understanding of several of the moon's main characteristics (and be able to explain common misconceptions too!). This unit contains everything you need to spend between 2-4 weeks learning about and exploring ten "rumors" about the moon: 1. The moon is made of cheese. 2. There is a man on the moon. 3. The moon doesn't move in the sky. 4. The moon disappears during the day. 5.

One of the most difficult tasks I had as a new second grade teacher in Georgia was trying to figure out how to teach star brightness. This simple organizer helped me organize my thoughts, and gave my kids something tangible to understand how to classify stars. This is one-page sheet with a key - it is part of a larger bundle that includes a vocabulary sheet, lesson ideas, life cycle of a star cartoon and brightness classification chart. That bundle can be found here http://www.teacherspayteach

A set of binder dividers, activities and forms to keep your kids accountable during their Reader's Workshop time! I found that while I love the Daily 5, often I had just a few slipping through the cracks in terms of completing really authentic reading activities. My team worked together to come up with a binder system to keep kids accountable for their work, which we check once a week or during reading conferences. This .pdf contains: - Two choices of binder covers - One divider label for e

The "Reading is Thinking" skills are: connections, predictions, questions, visualizations, summaries, and inferences. This pack contains two sections - a packet for students to record their thoughts and anchor posters with the "what" and "why" of each type of reading skill. The "put it all together" organizer is a one-pager students can use to practice their connections, predictions, questions, visualizations, summaries, and inferences AS they read! I use this packet in several different way