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My district began using Math Expressions this fall. As a 2nd grade teacher, I needed to create some materials to help the students understand the concept of Math Mountains and give them extra practice (since they did not have it in kindergarten and 1st grade). This download includes: * colored "poster" demonstrating a Math Mountain (with a mountain graphic and the tiny tumblers on the sides) * black and white copy of the same poster to be reproduced (i.e. for students' notebooks) * flash car

This download includes the following detective-themed activities for your primary classroom: * Detective notebook (cover and blank page) * Types of Fingerprints chart (loops, arches, whorls) * My Amazing Fingerprints – Students will stamp their own fingerprints and then examine them with a magnifying glass (recording sheet included). * TOP SECRET – This activity is designed to be a hunt or “gallery walk” activity. There are 16 “evidence cards” with math problems for students to solve. Reco

This download includes games and worksheets to help your 2nd grade students practice counting money and solving word problems using various money amounts. Activities and games are aligned with the 2nd grade common core math standard 2.MD.8 (solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using the dollar sign and cent sign appropriately). The following sheets are included: * Collect 25 Cents game (directions, recording sheet, sample recording sheet) * Collec

This download contains 40 sheets of math homework that I have been creating for my 2nd grade classroom. Our district recently adopted a new math program. I love the program, but have found the accompanying math homework to be too difficult for students to complete at home. As a result, I have been creating these sheets, using the same "spiral review" idea as presented in our new program. I have made 2-3 sheets each week since September. This download includes the material covered in the fir

This 43 page download includes the following fractions activities for your primary classroom: * 8 posters defining whole, part, fractions as equal shares, numerator, denominator * Equal Share or Not (2 sheets) * 4 sheets for students to color in a given fraction * 2 sheets for students to write fraction for part shaded * 2 "concentration game" activities - Each game has 18 cards and a recording sheet * 2 fraction cut and paste activities (cut out and match picture, word, and fraction) * 2 fract

This download contains 40 sheets of math homework that I have been creating for my 2nd grade classroom. Our district recently adopted a new math program. I love the program, but have found the accompanying math homework to be too difficult for students to complete at home. As a result, I have been creating these sheets, using the same "spiral review" idea as presented in our new program. This download includes the material covered in the third quarter of 2nd grade. Some of the practice incl

This camping-themed packet includes the following Literacy and Math Centers for your primary classroom: * Synonym Match - 12 picture cards (with words) and a recording sheet * Antonym Match - 12 picture cards (with words) and a recording sheet * S'more Contractions - 6 marshmallow cards with contractions, 6 graham cracker cards, 6 chocolate cards, and a recording sheet * ABC Order - 12 camping-themed picture cards with words and a recording sheet * Money Match - 6 s'more cards with cents amount

This is a visual I made to help my students practice their fact families. In the past I have copied the blank houses and have hand-written the numbers in depending on my students' readiness level. For this sale, I have included 5 practice pages with the numbers placed in the houses (fact families up to 19). The last page is a page of blank houses for you to write in your own. NOTE - To help students who struggle with this concept, I give them a sentence strip with ___ + ___ = ____ and anothe

This 16 page baseball-themed download includes the following: * ABC Order - baseball words * Counting Syllables - baseball words * Quick center - match two words on baseballs with their contraction on mitts (8 matches plus a recording sheet) * 2 Contractions worksheets * Fact and Opinion about baseball * Baseball Story Problems * Baseball Acrostic Template * Synonym, Antonym, Compound Word sheets Clipart and frames from www.kpmdoodles.com and www.scrappindoodles.com.

This is a set of 5 sheets for students to practice numbers 1-30. I made these sheets for a student who had difficulty counting beyond 20. Each sheet follows the same format: * Fill in missing numbers. * Draw ___ smiley faces. * Draw ___ sad faces. * Which number is bigger?

I wrote these math story problems for my 1st graders to go along with the book "The Napping House" by Don and Audrey Wood. This download contains 3 sets of differentiated story problems (A,B,C). There are 8 problems on each page. The problems are all centered around the number of feet on the bed at different points in the book. Sets A and B have similar problems (with B having larger digits or a 3rd addend). Set C is the most difficult. The story problems are outlined with dashed lines for

This 67 page unit includes the following activities and answer keys: * sequence - life cycle of a frog * cloze activity - frog facts * true or false - frog facts * addition to 10 * addition to 18 * subtraction (2 sheets) * counting coins (quarters, dimes, nickels, pennies) * patterns (colors, symbols, skip counting) * hidden picture (addition/subtraction on 120 chart with a color code) * story problems (addition/subtraction) * telling time (hour, half-hour - reading clocks and elapsed time) * s

This 103 page download includes the following June/end of the school year activities for your primary classroom: * ABC Order - 12 word cards with pictures, directions, and recording sheet * Modified ABC Order - 4 cards (with 4 words on each). Students will alphabetize the 4 words (recording sheet included) * Syllable Sort - 12 word cards with pictures, directions, recording sheet, and labels * Noun or Verb - 8 word cards with pictures and recording sheet * Flag Day mini-research foldable * Fath

This 44 page download includes the following fire safety activities for your primary classroom: * ABC order – 12 word cards with pictures, directions, and a recording sheet * ABC order – 4 words at a time * How many words can you find in FIRE SAFETY with letters to cut out and manipulate * Syllable Sort – 16 word cards with pictures, directions, and a recording sheet (1,2,3, or more syllables) * Crossword puzzle (same puzzle also included with a word bank for younger learners) and a key * Secret

This download contains 40 sheets of math homework that I have been creating for my 2nd grade classroom. Our district recently adopted a new math program. I love the program, but have found the accompanying math homework to be too difficult for students to complete at home. As a result, I have been creating these sheets, using the same "spiral review" idea as presented in our new program. This download includes the material covered in the fourth quarter of 2nd grade. Some of the practice inc

This 24 page download includes the following 6 dinosaur-themed ELA and math centers for your primary classroom: * Dinosaur Synonyms - 12 word cards (6 synonym pairs) with directions and recording sheet * Dinosaur Antonyms - 12 word cards (6 antonym pairs) with directions and recording sheet * Dinosaur ABC Order - 12 word cards with pictures, directions, and recording sheet * Dinosaur Money Match (6 coin cards, 6 dinosaur cards with cent amounts, recording sheet, directions) - Match the coins

This 26 page download includes the following items to teach money in your primary classroom: * Coin request (letter to parents) * Pre-Assessment (done as a 1:1 interview - includes task and recording sheet) * Small group instruction (suggested lesson and pacing) * Money Planner with icons and labels (some boxes have accompanying activities, others require you to pull money resources (i.e. money books) * Money Planner with icons only - for you to "personalize" for your class * Coin poem * Coin s

This 50 page download includes the following activities for your primary classroom: * Columbus Day Mini Research Foldable -Students will use books, encyclopedias, or the Internet to research Columbus. They will then complete the mini-book. * Modified ABC Order - 4 cards (with 4 words on each). Students will alphabetize the 4 words (recording sheet included) * Halloween ABC Order - 12 word cards with pictures, directions, recording sheet, and answer key * Find as many words as you can in "Happy

I wrote these math story problems for my 1st graders to go along with the book "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat" by Lucille Colandro. This download contains 3 sets of differentiated story problems (A,B,C). There are 8 problems on each page. The problems are all centered around the number of feet the old lady swallowed at different points in the book. Sets A and B have similar problems (with B having larger digits or a 3rd addend). Set C is the most difficult. The story problems are

This download is a set of 18 sheets I created to help my first graders review concepts such as: * time to the hour * patterns * skip counting * algebra (i.e. 2+3=__+2) * estimating length * shapes (sides and corners) * reading a chart * counting coins (dimes, nickels, pennies) * story problems * place value using base ten blocks * ordinal numbers ...and more! Each sheet has 6 problems and most answers are given as multiple choice. These sheets can be completed quickly and might be useful as pa