Shannon Carlton

This is a basic economic unit for 4th graders. It could be adapted easily to a 3rd or 5th grade unit. This unit is about a week long, but has many extensions that could be included to make it longer and more in depth. Let me know what you think!

This includes two STEM activities with design challenges around Lucky the Leprechaun. These activities are sure to engage your students while reviewing skills like measurement, area, volume, 90 degree angles, and geometry. Each design challenge should take your students 45-60 minutes start to finish. The activities are complete with a challenge, materials list, parameters, and a reflection. Enjoy! Other possible connections: Force and Motion, Geometric Solids, and Matter

Want Valentine activities that aren't a waste of your instructional time? These five activities give you an activity for each day of Valentine's week that help you engage students and review or introduce important skills that your students need. These activities include the following skills: Measurement Geometry Teamwork Engineering Poetry/Writing Volume Perimeter Possible Discussion Points: States of Matter Structure Stability

This package includes 5 engineering design challenges that are sure to get your students excited about learning. There are 5 designs: Electricity, Matter, Digestive System, Force and Motion, and Animal Adaptations. Each design includes a design challenge, materials needed, and a reflection. These would be great to use as a culminating activity to a unit or just fun for a review on a topic taught in years previous. Hope you enjoy them!

This package includes 6 quick writes (2 opinion, 2 narrative, and 2 expository) with graphic organizers, and scoring rubrics. These are quick and easy with little to no prep. Great to use as a pre-assessment or post-assessment for your students or as a writing center. Opinion Prompts: School Uniforms and Animals in Captivity (zoo) Narrative Prompts: Winning a Million Dollars and Child Went Missing Expository Prompts: Native American Adversities and Newton's Laws of Motion Hope you enjoy t

These Mini Operation Math Posters are great for grades 2nd- 6th. Each operation (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) includes it's own mini poster with definitions, examples, and pictures for representation. This consists of 8 slides: Operations, Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Equal Groups, Arrays, Division, and Equal Share. This is math vocabulary that will be seen on state assessments!!

Great End of the Year awards for any grade! This contains 30 class awards including: Spectacular Scientist Massive Mathematician Social Studies Guru Wondrous Writer Outstanding Athlete Astounding Artist Enthusiastic Learner Unique Thinker Most Improved Future Entrepreneur Future Cartoonist Future Engineer Future Marine Biologist Future Police Officer Super Citizen Most Thoughtful Most Helpful Limitless Learner Bookworm Best Leader Most Creative Good Friend Diligent Worker Future Architect Mos

These posters are a great reminder to your students as they complete an engineering design. They are very colorful and will compliment the classroom. There are 5 steps to the design process: Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, and Improve.

This pack of fun Valentine activities is great for the day of the party. Print these off and let your students enjoy solving these puzzles. These activities include: -Valentine Word Search -Valentine Scramble Puzzle -Valentine Acrostic Poem -Heart Shaped Fraction Pattern -Cupid Word Scramble

This includes 2 STEM activities that require very little prep and supplies. These are great for those short increments of time that you have to fill! These activities teach kids problem solving skills, cooperation, and teamwork. Great for the first week of school!

Get to know your students by introducing this "All About ME" page. Depending the students' age, they can do this at home with parents or at school during the first weeks of school. Building relationships is key to a child's success! I also use this as my hallway bulletin board display with "Putting our Best Foot Forward". I write the student's name on a Di-cut foot and hang it next to their "All About ME" page. Parents enjoy looking at these at our back to school curriculum nights!