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Genre Doodle Notes are the perfect introducing or reviewing genre. When students color or doodle, it activates both hemispheres of the brain at the same time- refreshing, reenergizing, and refocusing students on the content. There are many proven benefits of this cross-lateral brain activity: - new learning - relaxation (less anxiety) - visual connections - better memory & retention of the content! Students fill in the sheet by coloring, doodling, and connecting. Students can add these notes t

Here is a great product, I use in my classroom everyday! Brain Breaks are a great opportunity to get kids up and moving, to incorporate teambuilding activities throughout the year, and to simply give students a well deserved break! These cards are easy to use, easy to keep at your finger tips for any time of day, and student friendly! What’s included: 54 cards (a full deck!) 54 brain breaks A complete list of explanations for each brain break. Just print and go! Topic’s: Student choice Exe

This product contains 4 different fun ways to group students (more will be added soon!). You can use these cards to simply group students or you can use them for jigsaw puzzle grouping activities. These cards encourage students to work together to build (for example) a hamburger as quickly as possible to create their group for the next activity. This would be a great quick brain break for students to get up out of their seats to match their cards and create a group! Perfect transition every

This product will help bring fun competition into the classroom. Games Galore pairs perfectly with any task card set, worksheet, or quiz. Your students will no longer complain about having to review or complete a worksheet! My students BEG to play these games on a daily basis! There are 18 different games included in this pack (more to come) that can be played whole class, small group, in pairs, OR can easily be implemented into weekly centers. Just purchase, print, and play (please note: t

Students can pratice comparing and ordering real numbers individually or as a class using the same cards for a vartiety of activites. Five activity suggestions have been provided to use with the fraction, decimal, percent, and scientific notation cards. You may choose to use the whole deck or select the ones that best fit your students needs!

This is one of my favorite lessons to teach! My kids LOVED it and I know yours will too, but of all THEY NOW UNDERSTAND PLOT, which has helped not only reading comprehension, but their writing as well! Engage students using a kinesthetic simulation activity to learn the different elements of plot! This activity has a storyline designed to bring students on a journey up Plot Pyramid to locate the answer (resolution) to a question that has sparked debate for years! Of course there will be plen

This activity was developed to help students work collaboratively to discuss the novel in greater depth. This lesson pairs with the novel Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. Students will rotate around to 3 chat stations at the conclusion of chapter 6 to discussion higher-leveled questions. Questions have been differentiated into three levels. There are 9 stations included in this lesson: 3 difficult, 3 medium, and 3 easy. This activity is student approved, classroom tested:) Enjoy!

The Iditarod comes at the perfect time of year... when we get into a lull of teaching and need to spice things up again. It is also when our classroom management tools that were working, no longer seem to be! I have used this product for FIVE years in my classroom and it is my favorite, along with my student's! This product takes students on an Iditarod Simulation ride as they work in teams to race across the vast terrain of March:) The best part- it is not only highly motivating for student

End of the Year Awards! Do you have a kinesthetic classroom? These end of the year awards are a great way to celebrate your student's success throughout the year! The product includes 100 awards for you to choose from. Most awards have a boy and a girl version. There are two different versions included: cursive and elementary print. Each award includes a bright background and corresponding clipart! Your students will love these awards! Planning sheets included! Example of an award: Burped

Classroom Transformation Math Race! Your students will LOVE this easy classroom transformation activity that review subtracting whole digit numbers (not across zeros and across zeros option available). Students will race an opposing team around the room solving subtraction problems. The answer to the card will lead them to the next card (self-checking:)) opportunity. It gets better...Every time they hear the whistle blow, they owe some jumping jacks. The possibilities are endless with this

Do your students grumble every time you hand them a plot diagram?!? Plot Plyometrics is an active way to review the plot elements of ANY story! Your students will BEG you to discuss the plot just so they can participate in Plot Plyometrics. Crank up the volume, clear the floor (not literally) and get ready to have a FITabulous time! Please Note: This activity is run using PowerPoint.

Word Problems: Solve and Design- a fun, inactive way for your students to practice solving single-step word problems during the winter holiday season. Students will solve 9 single-step word problems (3 differentiated versions included). As they complete each problem they will check their answer (self-check). If students get the correct answer they will add a "yes" element to their own gingerbread house. If students get the incorrect answer, they will highlight their mistake and add a "oops"