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⚡ Make teaching energy transfers engaging, hands-on, and easy to implement!This 4th Grade Energy Transfer Science Unit provides everything you need to teach students about how energy moves between objects through heat, light, and sound. Designed as a one-week unit, this resource includes a structured lesson progression with a 38-slide presentation, guided notes, a quick hands-on experiment, and an assessment to check for understanding. Students will explore energy concepts through visual ins

🎢 Turn line plot lessons into an amusement park adventure! This 3-day unit is designed to make teaching and learning 4th Grade Line Plots (CCSS 4.MD.B.4) exciting, hands-on, and stress-free. With a 29-slide Canva presentation, guided notetaker, and practice activities, students will explore how to create line plots, answer questions using addition and subtraction, and solve for missing data points—all while enjoying an amusement park theme that keeps them engaged. ✨ What’s Included: 🎡 29-S

Boost your 4th graders’ reading comprehension skills with this comprehensive, fall-themed Main Idea Practice resource aligned to the Common Core standard 4.RI.2! Perfect for autumn literacy centers, guided reading, or homework, this no-prep, printable PDF pack offers everything you need to teach students how to identify the main idea, supporting details, and summarize informational texts — all centered around the engaging topic of fall leaves. Everything is editable in Canva! What’s Includ

Set the tone for a year of strong reading habits and resilient thinking with this Back to School Close Reading & Annotating Resource—perfect for introducing expectations in a meaningful, engaging way! This upper elementary resource includes a direct instruction presentation, 3 high-interest nonfiction passages on famous failures, and built-in comprehension + writing components for deeper learning. Ideal for grades 4–5, this resource helps students learn how to annotate and why it matters—

Kick off the school year with this engaging and meaningful All About Me Letter writing project designed specifically for upper elementary students! This back-to-school activity helps students express themselves while giving you valuable insight into their personalities, strengths, goals, and writing abilities. Students will plan and write a personal letter to their teacher using a clear structure and graphic organizer. The final product is perfect for a bulletin board display, writing portfoli

Blast off into learning! This interactive, astronaut-themed place value resource will take your students on a journey through the galaxy as they explore how digits increase and decrease in value by powers of ten. With animations, music, and student choice built right into the Canva presentation, this resource makes learning about place value feel like an interstellar adventure! What’s Included:Interactive Space-Themed Canva PresentationEngaging astronaut storyline with animated slidesUpliftin

Make division meaningful, fun, and engaging with this real-world party planning project!Perfect for 4th grade students, this 4-day math project puts learners in the role of party planners for a variety of fun and creative clients. As they work to design themed celebrations, students apply division, interpret remainders, manage a budget, and make strategic decisions — all while boosting real-life problem-solving and collaboration skills. ✅ What’s Included: Teacher Pacing Guide 6 Client Profiles

REVIEW SEASON IS HERE! Review powers of ten, rounding, and number forms with this fun pirate-themed activity! Students will create a treasure map using clue cards to different “number islands.” Look out for obstacles! Each roadblock will present a challenge card for students to get deeper into the standard and practice those state-test questions! This resource is entirely editable in CANVA!  This resource includes:  3 Different Treasure Maps (Different Paths & Number Islands) Treasure Map Answer

Looking for an easy-prep persuasive writing unit for your 3rd, 4th, or 5th graders? Look no further! This resource includes scaffolded lessons for writing an argumentative 5-paragraph essay about whether or not TikTok should be banned in the United States!Each resource is editable through Canva for ultimate customizability! :) This resource includes:  18 Slide Canva Direct Instruction Presentation on Argumentative EssaysWriting Prompt about Banning TikTok2 Passages on TikTok (One Pro and One Con

REVIEW SEASON IS COMING! To liven things up and gets student engaged & excited, use this FREE Dinosaur Egg Grab Game! This resource is easily applicable to any question set for any standard you are getting ready to review. Students will steal different colored eggs from the teacher’s nest or from other groups’ nests after answering a question correctly. At the end of the game, point values for the different colored eggs will be revealed, and the team with the most points wins! This resource is E

Let your students get creative with this figurative language fill-in-the-blank ELA activity! Students will use 5 different sentence stems with a famous adage to come up with their own version! Then, they will explain it, write it in a paragraph, and illustrate it! Have students extend their thinking and get creative to utilize figurative language in their own story with this fun resource. This resource is completely EDITABLE in Canva!This resource includes:  5 Different Adage Versions to Choose

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with this standards-based ELA point of view mystery activity! Students will identify point of view and the narrator using the suspect list and clues in the passages and practice justifying their answers using text evidence. All the clues in the passages will also lead them to identify the suspect.Mrs. Petunia received a mysterious valentine from one of her students! Read the passages, identify the point of view and the narrator, and use the clues to help her determine w

Looking for mixed review for adding and subtracting mixed numbers with like denominators? Look no further! This worksheet includes 7 mixed review questions that includes word problems and decomposing fractions.  This resource includes:  PDF 7 questionsAnswer KeyLooking for more fraction practice? Check out this SLAP! Comparing Fractions & Equivalent Fractions Review Game or this Equivalent Fractions Direct Instruction Presentation! Or, check out this digital Thanksgiving Fraction Review resour

🦃✨ Make learning about equivalent fractions something to be thankful for! This Thanksgiving Turkey Fraction Craft turns math practice into a fun, hands-on activity your students will love. Perfect for reviewing equivalent fractions while adding a festive touch to your classroom decor! Students will create colorful fraction turkeys as they generate and record equivalent fractions—making this the perfect mix of creativity and standards-based learning. 🍂 🎨 Completely EDITABLE in Canva + print

Celebrate Thanksgiving with this standards-based Turkey Day passage that helps students practice determining differences and similarities between firsthand and secondhand accounts. Using primary and secondary sources, students will answer multiple choice questions and a written extension. This resource is completely EDITABLE in Canva!This resource includes:  2 Passages about Thanksgiving Traditions and Thanksgiving HistoryOne FirsthandOne Secondhand4 Multiple Choice Questions1 Written Response Q

Remember veterans with this standards-based Veterans Day passage that helps students practice determining differences and similarities between firsthand and secondhand accounts. Using primary and secondary sources, students will answer multiple choice questions and a written extension. This resource is completely EDITABLE in Canva!This resource includes:  2 Passages about Veterans and Veterans DayOne FirsthandOne Secondhand4 Multiple Choice Questions1 Written Response Question Answer KeyYou will

I’m a huge fan of math enrichment and jokes, so why not combine the two? This resource provides a worksheet and answer key for students to find missing numbers using their knowledge of equivalent fractions. Then, they will use their answer to solve clues to help them find a hilarious equivalent fractions joke! This resource is completely EDITABLE using Canva! This resource includes:  Equivalent Fractions Puzzle WorksheetAnswer KeyLooking for more equivalent fraction practice? Check out this SLA

Master Text Structures with This Fun Matching Activity! 🎉 Students will identify, justify, and defend text structures—Chronological, Compare & Contrast, Problem & Solution, and Cause & Effect—while reading 4 short, engaging passages. Perfect for hands-on learning and critical thinking! ✅ Editable in Canva ✅ Includes 4 passages, one for each text structure and answer key ✅ Extension question encourages higher-order thinkingGet your students thinking like authors—and loving it! ✨ Check out

Make standards-based learning fun by adding this equivalent fractions sorting activity to your lesson plans! Students will identify and sort fractions based on their equivalency with a fun Halloween spin! This resource is completely EDITABLE using Canva! This resource includes:  Instructions30 Fraction Cards for Sorting6 Broom Bases with FractionAnswer KeyLooking for more equivalent fraction practice? Check out this FREE equivalent fraction sorting activity/ partner pair cards! You will love ho

Make standards-based learning fun by adding this multi-digit or math fact Halloween craft to your lesson plans! Students will solve 2x2, 1x3, and 1x4 multiplication problems and use their creativity to choose and build their Halloween monsters! This resource is differentiated for students at different skill levels! Have students who are building up to multi-digit multiplication practice their math facts and use their creativity to build their monster! This resource is completely EDITABLE using C