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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

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

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

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

Homework can be a BEAST - for parents and teachers alike. For the past three years I've used homework choice boards - three weeks of assignments given ahead of time, with students spending no more than 30 minutes a day on the work (plus reading). IT'S MAGICAL! This product includes: - Eleven {EDITABLE} sets of homework choice boards with assignments for reading, writing, science/social studies - Eleven {EDITABLE} differentiated math choice boards - An {EDITABLE} parent guide to homework -

These addition and subtraction algebraic word problems with give your kids a leg-up on the Common Core Standards for Operations and Algebraic Reasoning (2.OA.A.1). This bundled set features problems that 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 unk

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

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

Use this one-page graphic organizer as a way for your kids to practice key reading skills like: connections, predictions, questions, visualizations, summaries and inferences. I use this as a way for my kids to record their thinking during independent reading/ Daily Five/ Reader's Workshop time - each shape corresponds to a skill they've learned in class! This could also be a quick assessment for you to see how students' thinking is progressing. If you like this organizer, please check out th