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Are you looking for a fun activity your students can complete independently or in parnterships to practice multiplying decimals? Look no further, here it is! This pdf file contains 3 multiplying decimals activities for your students to complete during math class or to work on during center time. Activity 1 - 6 Math Station Cards (to be laminated and hung up around the classroom) as well as a worksheet for answers. Activity 2 - Word problem task cards and a worksheet for answers. Activity 3 -

Are you looking for fun ways for your students to practice their glued sounds? Looking to differentiate your Work on Words station? Look no further, I have got some great resources for you! I've created some fun, hands-on activities for the students to use to practice their glued sounds. Some activities are self correcting, while others can be handed in and assessed. All are fun, easy to make and easy to use. These activities can be used alongside Wilson's Fundations program, unit 7. The glue

I originally created these questioning and reading strategy circles to assist parents with appropriate questions to ask students while reading with them during the school day or at home. The circles provide before, during and after reading strategies and questions that are aligned to the Second Grade CCSS. Once I shared the circles with teachers, some asked if they could use them during guided reading groups. Others asked if they could use them during buddy reading. I believe they could be used

I've been searching all over the web for resources to add fractions with unlike denominators using number lines. Since I couldn't find exactly what I was looking for, I made it! This snow themed activity will review how to use a number line to find a common denominator for two fractions with unlike denominators. Included are guided and independent practice sheets and task cards. The activity closes with a snow globe themed exit ticket. This activity could be used as a full class activity o

Stop using those boring worksheet! Here's a hands on practice game, differentiated class assignments and an extended writing piece that will get your students to truly understand how to multiply decimals by the powers of ten and exponents. Enclosed you will find: 1. Decimal Shuffle Game - a 2 player game that has students working cooperatively by creating decimal numbers and multiplying by the power of ten using pre-made cards and game boards. 2. 3 Differentiated activities that give the stud

Are you looking for great resources to go along with your study of communities in your classroom? Well, look no further! I've created some amazing resources for your students to use while learning about each member of the community. In my school the students learn about the members through reading, writing and role playing. These resources will assist the students in their learning. The following members of the community are included: 1.Police Officer 2. Doctor 3. Veterinarian 4. Fire figh

Are you looking for a fun whole class or center activity to use in your classroom? Are you looking for ways to help your students distinguish shades of meaning among related words? Well, here's a great resource for you! The teachers I work with were looking for ways to practice Common Core Language Standard 5, so I created this set of words for the teachers to use during Daily 5 time. This activity was created based on 3rd grade standards but could be used in a 2-5 classroom. Included are 10 s

Do your students need practice reading, writing and ordering decimals to the thousandths place? This math station pack includes two math games that are aligned with the 5th grade CC. The first activity has students ordering decimals to the thousandths place using 3 different sets of numbers. The second activity has partner reading decimals aloud and then writing them out in word form.

I originally created these questioning and reading strategy circles to assist parents with appropriate questions to ask students while reading with them during the school day or at home. The circles provide before, during and after reading strategies and questions that are aligned to the First Grade CCSS. Once I shared the circles with teachers, some asked if they could use them during guided reading groups. Others asked if they could use them during buddy reading. I believe they could be use

Are you looking for fun ways for your students to practice comparing blends and digraphs? How about finding where a blend is in a word? Are you looking to differentiate your Work on Words station? Look no further, I have got another great resources for you! I've created some fun, hands-on activities for the students to use to practice comparing blends and digraphs and making digraph blends. Some activities are self correcting, while others can be handed in and assessed. All are fun, easy to m

I originally created these questioning and reading strategy circles to assist parents with appropriate questions to ask students while reading with them during the school day or at home. The circles provide before, during and after reading strategies and questions that are aligned to the Kindergarten CCSS. Once I shared the circles with teachers some asked if they could use them during guided reading groups. Others asked if they could use them during buddy reading. I believe they could be used

I find that teaching the GCF helps students with simplifying fractions, which is why I teach it at the beginning of my fractions unit. This station rotation was created to make learning about the GCF more engaging and fun. This file contains 3 station rotations for students to work on. When I complete station rotations in my own classroom I always use 5 stations; 1 teacher directed station, 1 computer station and then 3 station activities. I set my timer for 10 minutes and we're off! The ki

Are you looking for a new, fun way for students to practice recognizing upper and lower case letters? Try this fun game that has kids actually fishing for letters out of a bowl. This game is hands on and engaging for students that need to practice recognizing upper and lower case letters. This game would be great for a center activity or used as a RTI intervention ( the data collection sheet is included!) Included are teacher directions, optional game activities, upper and lower case task c

The following activity can be used for students to practice using the standard algorithm to solve 2 and 3 digit dividend by one digit divisor problems. This is also a great activity to use during small group instruction. There are 3 levels of questions and an exit ticket in this activity Level 1 – problems with no remainders Level 2 – problems with remainders Level 3 – 3 digit divisor problems with remainders, decide how the remainder effects the answer to the

According to the 5th Grade Common Core Curriculum, students need to learn how to divide whole numbers and decimals using models. This new activity allows for students to practice solving division problems using the standard algorithm, expanded notation and the area model in a fun way. The 5 stations enclosed have different levels of difficulty and are all based on circus questions. Students can work in small groups or independently to solve the 5 division problems. I bet your students wi

Personal Narratives are always a fan favorite in the classroom. What student doesn't want to tell you all about their exciting experiences? This activity provides students the chance to share all of their Fall stories with you either during Writer's Workshop or The Daily 5. When I introduced the concept, I taught it during Writer's Workshop and then infused the prompt cards during the Daily 5. Included are: Work on Writing poster Seed Idea poster Purpose of Writing poster What To Do When

Do you have students who are more engaged when completing activities that seem "real life" instead of working on another boring worksheet? Are you in need of a great activity that allows your students to practice solving math problems when they don't know what the operation is? Well, this is exactly what you've been looking for! This 20 page pdf has 3 different math station activities that can be completed on a rotating basis, as a whole class or in small groups. Enclosed you will find: S

Looking for a way to add narrative writing to a biography research project? Teaching students how to focus on "small moments" when writing narratively? This is the perfect assignment for you! Students will use the information found completing biographical research to write a narrative from the point of view of the person they researched. The assignment includes: - a description on how to use the product -an assignment sheet - a graphic organizer that students can use to organize their facts