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Have you ever felt that students just don't understand decimals and how to model them? This is a great lesson to use whether you are introducing or trying to maintain those mathematical skills in reading, modeling, and writing decimals. The teacher can start the lesson by modeling decimals to the tenths and the hundredths. The students will be asked to read the decimal, model the decimal by filling in the chart, and then writing the decimal in word form and as a fraction! Once the students h

With Halloween and Thanksgiving around the corner, use this creativity craft to celebrate the love of learning Factors and Multiples. Students will have fun when they can solve over 10 math problems related to the fourth grade math standard 4.0A.2.4. Your students may cut out each candy corn, fold them in half vertically and glue together to create a creativity craft to display in the classroom or at home. The math problems displayed on the craft address the Depth of Knowledge of 1, 2, &

Simple and easy to use... This is a perfect way for students to keep track of the grades they receive in Reading and Math. Students will write down the skill / assignment they receive back. Record the grade they received and then color in the bar graph. Then the student will finish by coloring in a happy face, okay face or sad face which is determined by the grade they got. This data collection is student friendly and easy to use when meeting with parents to discuss the student's academic pe

Simple and easy to use... This is a perfect way for students to keep track of the grades they receive in Science and there is a blank graph to use for any other assignments. Students will write down the skill / assignment they receive back. Record the grade they received and then color in the bar graph. Then the student will finish by coloring in a happy face, okay face or sad face which is determined by the grade they got. This data collection is student friendly and easy to use when meeting wi

Helpful and useful... These bookmarks are a great tool to use when teaching students how to effectively answer and respond to classroom discussions and answer comprehension questions based on the passage. There are two different bookmarks that you can use with your students. On the bookmarks the students can pick and choose sentence starters to use when responding verbally or through a written assignment. Students will love the simplicity and easiness to using these bookmarks. Enjoy!

Simple and sweet... here are four very important classroom rules that students must keep in mind whether working in small groups or during whole class instruction. Display the rules as a poster or provide a copy to the students at the beginning of the school year. Each rule also has a description of how they should look and respond when they are following the rules. This document is student, parent and teacher friendly! Enjoy!