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Each year, I look forward to our Area & Perimeter unit because I just love this activity for my students.  And each year, my students end up loving it as well!This download comes with 2 options: Design Your Dream Backyard or Dream Theme Park.  Additionally, you can modify the activity to focus on area or perimeter or both.Once my students have completed the sections and calculated the area/perimeter, I give them time to decorate and color their project.  This is a great activity to hang in the c

Thank you for downloading my product!This template can be used to Compare & Contrast characters, texts, settings…anything you can think of!  It also includes a section at the bottom where students can apply the data they input into the Venn diagram into a writing prompt.   Enjoy!

Any time there is a break in the school year, be it Teacher’s Convention, Thanksgiving, Christmas, or Spring Break, I’ve always found that my students benefit from a little at-home practice of skills we’ve touched on thus far.  While I do not make the practice packets mandatory, I try to give them an incentive to complete it (who doesn’t love choosing form the prize box?)Included in this download is a Reading Log, which requires a parent signature, as well as a Reading Menu.  This acts as a Read

Any time there is a break in the school year, be it Teacher’s Convention, Thanksgiving, Christmas, or Spring Break, I’ve always found that my students benefit from a little at-home practice of skills we’ve touched on thus far.  While I do not make the practice packets mandatory, I try to give them an incentive to complete it (who doesn’t love choosing form the prize box?)Included in this download is Math (multiplication, division, area & perimeter), Reading (read and answer), and Writing (corres

This fun Halloween narrative writing graphic organizer is a fun and engaging way to get your students to create and write their own spooky narrative! In this download, there is Halloween themed graphic organizer to be used for Narrative Writing. This would be a great activity to use during morning work or at a Writing Center!Once their writing is complete, you could always bump up the creativity and have them draw a picture to go with it!  Use the finished products as part of a bulletin board or

Sometimes all it takes to motivate students to write is a fun and creative writing template.These templates are perfect for spring writing assignments and can even make for a great spring-themed bulletin board or to display in your classroom. Also included is a blank template of each lined template. Templates include: cloud, sun, raindrop, flower, and shamrock.Enjoy!

Sometimes all it takes to motivate students to write is a fun and creative writing template.These templates are perfect for winter writing assignments and can even make for a great winter-themed bulletin board or to display in your classroom.  Also included is a blank template of each lined template.  Templates include: winter hat, hot cocoa mug, mitten, penguin, snowman, tree, snowflake, and gingerbread man/woman.Enjoy!

Sometimes all it takes to motivate students to write is a fun and creative writing template.This template is perfect for winter writing assignments and can even make for a great winter-themed bulletin board or to display in your classroom.  Also included is a blank template of a mitten template. Enjoy

Sometimes all it takes to motivate students to write is a fun and creative writing template.This template is perfect for winter writing assignments and can even make for a great winter-themed bulletin board or to display in your classroom.  Also included is a blank template of a winter hat template. Enjoy

Sometimes all it takes to motivate students to write is a fun and creative writing template.These templates are perfect for fall writing assignments and can even make for a great fall-themed bulletin board or to display in your classroom.  Also included is a blank template of each lined template.  Templates include: apple, maple leaf, pumpkin, acorn, ghost, and spider.Enjoy!

Sometimes all it takes to motivate students to write is a fun and creative writing template.This template is perfect for a fall writing assignment and can even make for a great fall-themed bulletin board or to display in your classroom.  Also included is a blank template.Enjoy!

Sometimes all it takes to motivate students to write is a fun and creative writing template.This template is perfect for a fall writing assignment and can even make for a great fall-themed bulletin board or to display in your classroom. It also includes a blank ghost template, if your students wish to write on lined paper and use the ghost as a decoration.Enjoy!

Finding ways to get my students to write can sometimes be challenging.  However, these monthly calendar writing prompts are a great way to fit it in daily and give students a choice!  This download includes 7-8 writing prompts for each month of the school year (10).  Additionally, there is an editable calendar included if you’d like to make your own!  The prompts vary with topics/skills such as holidays, weather, social studies, research & narrative writing, and science.  In the past, I have use

Vocabulary centers are one of my favorite centers to plan for because they can be so versatile and engaging for my students.  This Word Work download includes the following: 3 separate sheets that can be printed out and used as a packet for students to complete throughout the week, along with a cover sheet.  It also contains 2 different Choice Boards where students must choose 3 activities to complete.  Choice Boards are a great way to provide differentiation for your students without creating a

Task cards are a fun twist on a regular old worksheet.  My students have always loved doing task sheets and you can implement them in so many ways: independent work, centers, test review, or assessments!These task cards are to be used when learning about Comparing and Ordering Whole Numbers.  All you have to do is print them and they are ready!  If you’d like to keep them around for awhile, they are perfect to laminate for future use.  On days when my students needed more movement, I liked to ta

Roll It, Make It, Expand It is a fun and engaging activity for students to practice their understanding of Place Value. Included in this download are 2 options for differentiation: one sheet goes up to the Hundred place and the second sheet goes up to the Thousands place. Students may play this in pairs or as an independent activity.

Reading centers are one of my favorite centers because it really gives me, as a teacher, a more in-depth look at my students reading ability, fluency, and comprehension.  This worksheet is to be used with Non-Fiction texts and can be adapted across the curriculum. Depending on how long your Reading centers are, students will have the opportunity to roll more than once.

Reading centers are one of my favorite centers because it really gives me, as a teacher, a more in-depth look at my students reading ability, fluency, and comprehension.  This worksheet is to be used with Reading Fiction Comprehension Cubes, as pictured. Depending on how long your Reading centers are, students will have the opportunity to roll more than once.

This ‘Back to School’ bundle is all about getting to know your new students but also have them get to know you!  Included in the bundle is ‘Roll a Story: Back to School Version,' a fun way to get your students writing, while giving you a sneak peek at their writing skills.‘The Skittles Challenge’ is a fun and yummy way to bring some Math into the mix.  Of course, the beginning of the school year wouldn’t be complete without a ‘Getting to Know You’ form for your students to fill out and it pairs

This ‘Report Card: Student Reflection Sheet’ is a great way for your students to take ownership and accountability for their school work throughout the year.  It allows them an opportunity to identify areas in which they feel they can improve and reflect back on those areas in the next marking period.