Simplify Teaching for Learning

A tool to get students talking about important information that can help make it a great year!

Great tool for documenting, tracking, and teaching proper laboratory behavior.

This has been the easiest way for me to keep up with being sure all students receive the work they had missed when absent. Under the sign I have a file folder labeled for each class period. In the folder I place the work with the student's name on it after I have handed the work out to the class.

Welcome your students back to school with a fun ice breaker activity. You will receive a set of 6 questions to go with the 6 numbers on the dice patterns also provided. You will also get a documentation sheet students can fill out while they play and learn new things about their classmates!

Looking Back At My __th Grade Year Poster Print on 8.5 x 11 paper and have kids complete the sentence stems and make it bright and colorful!

In this activity students will differentiate between inherited and acquired traits using a T-chart. This activity can be used as an at home practice, a small group activity, a bell ringer activity, or a center activity in the classroom.

In this activity students will be placing facts about the patterns and effects of seasonal changes on the diagram of Earths labeled as April, June, September, and December. This can be used as a small group activity for high achieving regular and gifted classes, it may be difficult for some classes or students. If the diagram was printed poster size I think it could be used in any regular classroom as a whole group discussion activity.

In this activity students will label and explain hoe electrical energy moves through a closed circuit. This can be used as an at home activity, small group activity, centers activity or a bell ringer activity.

In this activity students will complete a tree map deciphering advantages and disadvantages and examples of renewable and nonrenewable resources. This activity could be used as at home practice, centers, bell ringers, and small group work.

In this activity students will label the parts of a plant and also label the function of each structure. This activity can be used as an at home practice, in class small group activity, centers activity, or even a bell ringer.

In this activity students will separate pictures of conductors and insulators into a T-chart. Great for discussion in small groups, homework, review, or assessing student understanding.

In this activity students will match a vocabulary term to its definition and a picture example. There is a total of 15 cards or 5 sets of 3.

Journaling for kids that includes activities on what the student is good at, what they could improve on, thinking about who can help them to be come better, being thankful and grateful, right brained/left brained, what makes them happy, how to be positive, friendship, setting goals, considering the people who are important in their life, listening to others, and teamwork. My school had morning time in homeroom where we do these types of activities periodically.

Use this activity to review lab safety for student practice, homework, review or even classwork.

In this coloring book you will find pictures, diagrams, and information pertaining to the fourth grade Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills. This can be used at home and in the classroom to help promote discussion on science topics taught during the school year or to review over the summer. Teachers, you can implement these activities in centers, as bell ringer activities, small groups discussions, and as homework for parent and student discussion.