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This sheet challenges students to visually model decimals, write them as decimals, and then shade other models to represent equivalent fractions. Students will explore multiple ways to write and conceptualize decimals and fractions so they understand different perspectives of what constitutes a fraction. Viewing decimals and fractions in multiple contexts gives students a deeper understanding of what these numbers actually represent. Each column explores one fractional number represented multipl

Your students will love this digital book about how wolves evolved to become humans' best furry friends—dogs! Taming the Wild Ones has fun facts, engaging text, and plenty of cute pictures of pups to keep your students absorbed page after page. This digital format is perfect for classroom or homeschool. It consists of ten pages of text, a glossary, and includes two editions: digital (for viewing on screen) or printable format (with no background color). Broken into subtitled sections for natura

Problem solving is the final step to understanding and applying conceptual math skills to real-word scenarios. Have your students take this step by using fractions and analysis to solve these real-world word problems. Problems get progressively more difficult and mix fraction only problems with mixed number problems. Each problem has a dedicated workspace—prefect for print, Easel, or other online PDF marking tools. Full answer key included. Check out the preview!Follow Sciensanity! on TpTAlso,

Students will calculate the measure of an unknown angle based on the angle of an intersecting line of a right angle—a key skill in plane geometry. It teaches critical thinking, prompting students to think about connections and relationships in geometry. This resource includes a how-to guide examples, and practice exercises that progress in difficulty. Here's what you get: How-to guide with scaffolded notesThree sheets of practice exercises with a dedicated workspace for each problemPractice exer

Finding multiples is an essential skill in math. Students intuitively perform this critical skill through skip counting and this resource teaches them how. More than a "worksheet," this combined study guide, scaffolded notes, how-to guide, and practice sheet gives students everything they need to begin their journey toward mastery of finding multiples and factors—and how to distinguish between the two terms. Here's what you get: A detailed definition of multiples with examples.A detailed, step-b

Rounding is an essential skill in math. And if your students are anything like mine, you often hear, "What do I do again?" whenever they practice rounding, especially decimals. More than a "worksheet," this combined study guide, scaffolded notes, how-to guide, and practice sheet gives students everything they need to begin their journey toward mastering rounding to a specific decimal place. Here's what you get: A detailed, step-by-step explanation of how to round to a specific decimal place valu

Follow the clues! Your students will read six brief passages and answer questions using inferencing skills. You can conclude that this will be a big hit with your students. This fun and engaging resource includes six brief passages, questions, and answer key. Perfect for 2nd through 5th grade. Check out the preview!Check out our other resources, and follow us to get the latest reading, science, math, and social studies resources for your classroom.Keywords: Language arts, inferencing, inferring,

Have your students study science AND language arts as they explore slime and how it helps slimy animals survive. Students will learn about several slimy creatures and how this unusual adaptation helps them survive in their ecosystems. The article is a great way to combine science content knowledge of adaptations and ecosystems with reading skills. It includes a ten question quiz and a reader response sheet that allows student interaction and promotes critical thinking. Here is what's included: 5

Patterns are a first step to learning how to apply universal rules in math. Students use patterns as a foundation for In/Out boxes, applying rules, and learning and using functions. This resource includes a simple introduction to patterns, then explains how to identify them with letters. Then students apply their knowledge with the included activity! This resource includes: 260-word article that introduces mathematical patterns, introduces letter identifiers for patterns, and explains how to ide

Using models to represent odd and even numbers is a great way to help students fully understand this number property, as well as the math strategies of doubles and doubles plus one. Students must conceptualize dividing by two in the framework of real-world objects, taking something that is abstract and making it concrete. This deepens their understanding and helps them apply what they've learned! This resource includes: 290-word article that describes number properties, defines odd and even numb

Using models to represent factors and determine whether numbers are prime or composite is a great way to help students fully understand the concepts of factoring, prime and composite, and multiplication. Students must conceptualize multiplication in the framework of real-world objects, taking something that is abstract and making it concrete. This deepens their understanding and helps them apply what they've learned! This activity tasks students with dividing models up into equal groups, indicat

Use this guide to basic plane figures as the perfect primer for your elementary students just beginning their journey into geometry. It defines plane geometry and introduces students to these basic plane figures: points, lines, rays, and line segments. It also explains how to name these geometric figures using points. This resource includes: Two-page guide to identifying and naming basic geometric figures, including study guide panelWorksheet on identifying these basic plane figuresWorksheet on

Do your students need a fiction check up? Use this engaging very short story to review plot, climax, resolution, word study, and figurative language. Resource includes: 240 word short story about what happens when a boy named Ethan and his father see some blackberries while on a hike5 question mini quiz that tests comprehension skills, knowledge of figurative language, inference, and word knowledge.Answer keyConvenient one page payoutDesigned for 4th, 5th, and 6th grade, but appropriate for othe

Give your students a reading check up with this 277-word quick read about the black widow and brown recluse—North America's poisonous spiders. Your kids will love it! This short passage compares these two fabled arachnids in three succinct, lively paragraphs. The assessment includes questions on text structure, comprehension, and word knowledge. Check out the preview! Resource includes: 277 word reading passage5 question mini quiz that tests text structure (organizational pattern), comprehension

Do your students need a reading check up? Use this quick read (270 words) to combine social studies with reading comprehension. This short passage explores John Lock's key Enlightenment idea of knowledge through experience. The assessment includes questions on comprehension and word knowledge. Check out the preview! Resource includes: 270 word reading passage5 question mini quiz that tests comprehension skills (main idea, details, text features) and word knowledgeAnswer keyConvenient one page pa

Do your students need a reading check up? Use this quick read (217 words) to combine science with reading comprehension. Students learn about the three laws of motion and answer five questions that review comprehension skills and word knowledge. Resource includes: 217 word reading passage5 question mini quiz that tests comprehension skills (main idea, details, text features) and word knowledgeAnswer keyConvenient one page payout5th grade reading level, but appropriate for other grades, including

Cover language arts AND science with this content specific passage! The passage explores the importance of data, what constitutes good scientific data, and the difference between qualitative and quantitative data. Students can interact with the text in several ways; you choose how and how much. Here is what's included: 576-word reading passage that explores the importance of data and the difference between qualitative and quantitative dataInfographics that visually explain the difference between

Your students will love this set of Google slides that allows them to round decimal numbers and sort them in the correct place. It includes 2 activities. First, students must find numbers in a group that sort to a specific number. Second, they must create numbers with tiles that will round to a given number. Allowing students to work with decimals and in multiple contexts and with multiple media gives them a deeper understanding of what these numbers actually represent. Each activity lets them

This bundle includes five sheets that will challenge your students to model fractions and decimals, place them on a number line, then write them in order. Students will explore multiple ways to write and conceptualize decimals and fractions so they understand WHY they go in the order that they do. Viewing decimals and fractions in multiple contexts gives students a deeper understanding of what these numbers actually represent. Each sheet explores one set of four decimal numbers and fractions th

This reading passage--A Smaller Product: Multiplying Decimals--explores decimal multiplication by beginning with a simple explanation of multiplying whole numbers, moves on to explaining the concepts of a whole number times a decimal, then ends with why two decimal numbers equal a product less than both. Students ALWAYS ask this questions; explore it with them before you begin solving problems with decimal multiplication strategies! 347-word reading passageClear models that explain whole number