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

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

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. ___________________________________________________

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

Students begin to develop their ability to reason comparatively in elementary school, learning to distinguish between multiplicative comparisons (21 is 3 times as big as 7) and additive comparisons (21 is 3 greater than 18), and such reasoning underlies the work with algebra and ratio & proportion that they will be doing in middle school and beyond. This bundle of resources – which includes 3 sets of task cards, 5 sets of I Have…Who Has? cards, 4 reference sheets, and 9 different assessment act

Help your students become experts with tenths and hundredths, developing their understanding of how these fractions relate with this set of games, activity cards, reference sheets, and assessment activities. ************************************************************************ Save $$$ by purchasing this product as part of my Decimals on the Grid bundle, which includes four sets of task cards, a game, a set of I Have...Who Has? cards, and more! ********************************************

These twelve self-checking number line riddles focusing on interpreting number lines using fractional intervals 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

These twelve self-checking number line riddles focusing on volume of rectangular prisms and irregular figures 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: Measurem

If your kids are anything like mine, they frequently misuse the articles "two," "too," and "to." 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 frequent

Your kids will love learning about food-related world records so much that they won’t even realize they are practicing math! This beginner set of task cards and printables is the perfect tool for building your students’ reasoning skills as they strengthen their understanding of the relationship between measurement units. No computation is required by these cards, making them the ideal way for students to practice with measurement units even if they are not yet fluent with multiplication by two

Help your students practice the correct usage of some commonly misused words with this bundle of grammar ppts and printables that I designed to help my own kids with their mechanics. Included are four powerpoints, a set of four worksheets (with keys), and four reference sheets sized for your students’ journals that address language standards from the Common Core State Standards for ELA. [NOTE: This bundle includes materials available separately. If you purchased any of the Grammar PPT + Prin

This writing mini-unit is designed to help lead children through the writing process to compose an autobiographical narrative from the point-of-view of a snowman. It includes: • Planning grid, detailing sequence for implementing the elements of the mini-unit • Autobiography mini-poster listing elements of an autobiographical narrative • “Snowman Interview” pre-writing activity sheet • Four one-page figurative language activity sheets, focusing on alliteration, onomatopoeia, idioms, an

“What’s difference mean again?” Never hear this question again after your students work with this set of task cards and resource materials that focus on the vocabulary of computation – sum, difference, product, and quotient. Your students will be challenged to reason about number relationships as the work through the multiple choice and short answer questions on the 32 task cards in this set. Evaluate their understanding (or extend their practice!) with the four included assessment activities.

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: This set is a follow-up to Set A of my Step To It! task card & printables set, available here. All of the materials in this set are different from the materials in Set A. _________________________________

Do your kids constantly use the same, tired vocabulary again and again when they talk about characters and their traits? After years of attempts to help specific character trait words stick in my students' heads, I developed these tools to make trait words more memorable. This set of ELA resources is designed to help children learn eight specific character traits. The resources are built around eight characters with alliterative names – Determined Derrick, Optimistic Oliver, Baffled Bi

These three sets “I Have…Who Has?” cards and accompanying printables are everything you need to introduce, practice, and assess your students’ understanding of multiplicative comparisons! The 3 sets of cards will provide your students with varied practice with interpreting multiplication as a comparison. Extend your students’ practice (or assess their mastery of interpreting comparative situations) with the included activity sheets. With these resources, your students will grow stronger in th

You'd think that since "are" and "our" are not exactly pronounced the same way, that kids wouldn't mix them up. Every year, though, I have kids that use one when they should use the other. If your kids are having the same problem, these activities will help. Help your students 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 Stand

The ten tasks in this set are the perfect way to build in your students the “habits of mind” of mathematically proficient thinkers while examining fractional parts of a number. The sequenced tasks in this set will provide you with an entire week’s worth of quality instructional materials – five instructional tasks and five follow-up assessment tasks, complete with administration guides, scoring guides, and other support materials – that will help your students explore with fractional parts of

Build your students’ proficiency with division with this set of task cards and resource materials that focus on interpreting area models that represent two-digit and three-digit division. Your students will be challenged to reason about number relationships as analyze the area models presented on the 32 task cards in this set. Evaluate their understanding (or extend their practice!) with the two included assessment activities. With this “print-and-go” resource, you’ll have everything you need