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Every student in your class can go to Disneyworld, or at least plan their trip and experience there! This highly engaging open-ended math project is great practice for critical thinking, writing mathematical explanations and problem-solving. It focuses on: -Adding and subtracting whole numbers -Adding and subtracting decimals -Rounding whole numbers -Rounding decimals -Finding and using credible websites BONUS: Elapsed Time Activity This can be used as a whole-class guided activity (work thr

This three week book club focuses on reading comprehension: vocabulary, literal thinks within questions, thinking beyond, and critiquing author's work. A very engaging book with thought provoking questions led to strong discussions!

This three week historical fiction book club focuses on reading comprehension and specifically on three teaching points: social and moral issues, authenticity of events, and dialect and its impact on the story. It worked well with teaching the Civil War through book club conversations. The student printable pages and teacher's key is included.

This book club focuses on vocabulary, answering literal questions, and inferring. It also has a chart for readers to distinguish between fictional and historical events in the text, an important skill for readers at this level.

Do your kids love to solve mysteries? In this practice, they will find out where the principal's stolen gnome is, determine who caused the car crash, sketch the vandal using clues given to you by solving math problems, and more! This engaging practice focuses on: Word form Expanded form and expanded notation Place and value Comparing and ordering numbers Determining greater than, less than, and equal to Rounding whole numbers Multiplying and dividing by the powers of ten Recognizing the digit

This highly engaging mini-unit, perfect for Black History Month or any time, will leave students, teachers, and parents with lasting learning and memories. This unit focuses on the history of the Harlem Renaissance while engaging students in a variety of areas including dance, art, poetry and fashion. There is literally something for everyone in the learning outcomes after 5 days of learning with a pre-planned optional celebration/performance at the end. This resource includes: - 5 days of sli

This book club packet includes a student's version with vocabulary to determine meanings of, literal questions, and inferring questions. Many of the questions ask students to use specific quotes from the text to support their answers, a Common Core standard. When I used this in my classroom, these questions really helped me see who was understanding the book independently and who needed more support and led to really great conversations.

This book club packet includes a teacher's version with answer key for vocabulary and some of the inferring questions and a student copy with blanks for students to complete. The teacher's version also includes discussion questions that the students haven't written answers to, just an additional thing to talk about at the book club meeting. This work really focuses on determining word and phrase meaning and thinking beyond what the text says (predicting, inferring, and evaluating.) When I used

These book club questions focus on inferring and determining word meaning/vocabulary.

5th grade is such a special year because kids get to celebrate their 1,000th school day! This bundle includes a Powerpoint with: - a banner to print to hang above your door - a service learning project (1,000 coin drive) with math problems involving coin math and adding decimals - letter writing to their future selves (plans for e-mail and paper/pencil letter writing included) - photo frames for "Guess that Kindergartener" - celebrating your students 1,000 school days ago

BE SURE TO DOWNLOAD THE FREE ADDING AND SUBTRACTING FINAL JEOPARDY TRACKING SHEET. This engaging review game is Final Jeopardy, on repeat! Using the slides, students make a wager before each question, solve, then check against the answer. If they're correct, they get the money they wagered! If incorrect, subtract from your running total! This game is SO engaging for all kids, and reinforces adding/subtracting whole number skills while reviewing adding and subtracting fractions with like de

This book club packet includes student work pages with vocabulary words already picked out and questions that require students to think about characters and determining theme. When I used this in my classroom, students' ability to determine word meaning significantly improved. By the end of the unit, all students in the club were able to determine theme independently.

It's so important to focus your guided reading work on the skill your kids need, and this focus is on vocabulary and retelling! Included: 6 vocabulary strategies Pre-selected vocabulary words and page numbers for each chapter Answer key for vocabulary words Answer key for big events from each chapter

24 adding and subtracting with unlike denominator task cards: expressions, modeling, equation writing and word problems! Student answer sheet and answer key included! These are a perfect addition to a math workshop rotation, independent or partner work, or a problem of the day. My kids love to independently use the answer key to check their work and fix their mistakes.

This character ed lesson uses the book by Kevin Henkes to teach kids what happens when they say hurtful words to someone else. It includes a Powerpoint to use while reading, an activity, goal-setting, and talking points for conversation.

This two-for-one deal includes a branches of government sorting page and an addicting game (think old Oregon Trail game) that helps reinforce the roles of the different branches of government.

This highly engaging lab allows students to construct their own concept of Newton's 2nd law prior to being taught it. **This lab uses buckets, blocks, spring scales, and triple beam balances.

Students keep track in list form of things/people/abilities they're grateful for. Great for helping kids realize how fortunate they really are! Give each student the first page to hold onto. Read one question per day from the second page, allow students a few minutes to fill out. Right before Thanksgiving, students will have a full page of things they are grateful for!

Slideshow to go through with students who are consistently making accuracy mistakes. Very engaging, puts the students into the situations. I hung up a #accuracymatters sign that after teaching this, I point to now when kids make silly accuracy mistakes.

Cute rainbow sign in JPEG format and ready to print on your color printer. Size is 8 1/2 x 11 (computer paper size).