Rogue Algorithm

The Common Core ELA State Standards demand that students be exposed to a wide variety of challenging literary and informational texts. Increasingly, our children will need to be able to read and analyze a mix of primary and secondary sources as they build their content knowledge. This set of activities is designed to introduce your students to the concept of primary and secondary sources, as well as the difference between firsthand and secondhand accounts (RI.4.6). It includes: • 10-slid

Challenge your students’ ability to the measure to the nearest inch and half-inch with these task cards designed to practice identifying the lengths of objects placed “off the zero” – lined up to a place other than the 0-inch mark on the ruler. The set includes 2 reference sheets, 32 task cards that progress in difficulty, and various response options: short answer, multiple choice, even construction of line plots. Extend your students’ practice (or assess their level of mastery) with the tw

Challenge your students’ ability to the measure to the nearest half-inch and quarter-inch with these task cards designed to practice identifying the lengths of objects placed “off the zero” – lined up to a place other than the 0-inch mark on the ruler. The set includes 2 reference sheets, 32 task cards that progress in difficulty, and various response options: short answer, multiple choice, even construction of line plots. Extend your students’ practice (or assess their level of mastery) wit

Looking for a way for your students to quickly and easily practice identifying different literary genres? This “print-and-go” resource – including 3 reference sheets, 32 task cards, and 2 assessment activities – is everything you need to introduce, develop, and assess your students' understanding of 15 different literary genres. Perfect for test prep, reading centers, or even a quick game of Scoot! Included: • 3 reference sheets • 32 task cards • task card answer sheet and key • 8 self-check

Looking for resources to help your students practice decomposing fractions? This set of task cards and printables provides everything you need in one “print-and-go” package. The 32 task cards, 2 graphic reference sheets, and 4 assessment activities are the perfect resource for building and evaluating your students’ understanding of fractional relationships. NOTE: This set of resources is available in a money-saving bundle with two other products that focus on decomposing fractions. The bundl

Strengthen your students’ understanding of volume concepts with this set of task cards and printables, the perfect print-and-go resource for finding the volume of irregular prisms. The 32 task cards and graphic reference sheet will provide your students with practice examining irregular prisms for their volume, and the scaffolded difficulty level will allow for easy differentiation. Extend your students’ practice (or assess their level of mastery) with the eight included assessment activitie

Help your students build a strong foundation in decimal concepts with this set of task cards and printables, the perfect print-and-go resource for beginning decimal concepts. The 32 task cards and graphic reference sheets will provide your students with practice identifying equivalent fractions and decimals represented by shaded tenths and hundredths grids. Extend your students’ practice (or assess their level of mastery) with the ten included assessment activities. With these resources, y

Build your students’ place value understanding with this set of task cards, resource materials, and assessment activities. With this “print-and-go” resource, you’ll have everything you need to develop, strengthen, and assess your students’ understanding of place value relationships. This product is a ZIP file containing two PDF s. For directions about how to “unzip” the files, TpT provides instructions here. __________________________________________________________________________ Common Cor

Do you have students who still are struggling to accurately subtract with regrouping, even after months (or years) of practice! Ditch the same old practice - which just reinforces the same old habits that your students have developed - for this set of task cards that focus on error analysis. The task cards, reference sheet, and assessment activities in this set are the perfect “print-and-go” resources for helping your students become more analytical about their application of the subtraction al

If your kids are anything like mine, they are constantly mixing up the words "there", "their", and "they're". Help them see the difference between these commonly misused words with this 13-slide powerpoint and printables set, and address language standards from the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts. Common Core Standards addressed – • Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. (L.3.1, L.4.1, L.5.1) • Correctly

These dual-purpose Common Core ELA task cards allow students to practice two different ELA Common Core Reading Standards for Literature. One standard is specific to grade 4, while the other standard is part of the CC ELA Atandards for Grades 3, 4, and 5. • Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are written, including the difference between first- and third-person narrations. (RL.4.6) • Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text. (RL.3.4,

Do you have students who still are struggling to accurately multiply multi-digit numbers with the standard algorithm, even after weeks (or months) of practice? Ditch the same old practice - which just reinforces the same old habits that your students have developed - for this set of task cards that focus on error analysis. The task cards, reference sheet, and assessment activities in this set are the perfect “print-and-go” resources for helping your students become more analytical about their

These six self-checking riddles are a great resource for classwork, centers, or homework. My kids love doing riddles like these (though I think what they love even more is telling me how corny the jokes are). I, of course, love being able to quickly grade an entire stack of papers! Common Core State Standards for Mathematics addressed: Numbers and Operations in Base Ten (5.NBT) Understand the place value system. • Recognize that in a multi-digit number, a digit in one place represents 10 tim

Build your students understanding of number relationships with this comprehensive bundle focused on representing and computing with powers of ten. The games, task cards, puzzles, reference sheets, and assessment activities in this “print-and-go” package provide everything you need to develop and assess your students’ understanding of how to represent powers of ten and how to multiply and divide whole numbers and decimals by powers of ten. NOTE: This bundle contains five products available sepa

Help build your students’ ability to apply fractional computation in real-world problems with this set of task cards & printables – all told, these resources include 42 different fraction-based story problems! The 32 task cards in this set present story problems that can be related to addition, subtraction, and multiplication with fractions. Extend your students’ practice (or assess their level of mastery) with the two included worksheets. With these resources, your students will grow s

Build your students’ proficiency with solving two-step word problems with this set of task cards, resource materials, and assessment activities. With this “print-and-go” resource, you’ll have everything you need to develop, strengthen, and assess your students’ problem solving skills. NOTE: You can purchase Step to It! (Set B), the follow-up to this set, available here. All of the materials in Set B are different from the materials in Set A. ___________________________________________________

This set of Common Core ELA task cards and printables allow students to practice one of the key ELA Common Core Reading Standards for Informational Text. • Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text. (RI.4.5) Included in this set: • graphic reference sheet (color and grayscale), sized for student journals • 32 task cards • task card answer sheet and key • 2 two-page activit

If your kids are anything like mine, they frequently misuse the articles "a", "an", and "the". Help them see the difference between these commonly misused words with this 14-slide powerpoint and printables set, and address language standards from the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts. Common Core Standards addressed – • Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. (L.3.1, L.4.1, L.5.1) • Correctly use frequently

Help your students become better writers by building their ability to recognize and use concrete language, a key element in the narrative writing standards in the CCSS for ELA. Common Core ELA State Standards addressed: • Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely. (W.4.3d, W.5.3d) • Choose words and phrases for effect. (L.3.3a) • Choose words and phrases to convey ideas precisely. (L.4.3a) • Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and

This set of games and printables will help you bring some dinosaur-sized fun to your math class and help build your students’ understanding of fraction decomposition as well! Differentiation is a snap with the four gameboards & spinners, and the three graphic reference sheets - ideal for your students’ math notebooks or journals – are the perfect resources for developing and maintaining your students’ proficiency with fractional relationships. ________________________________________________