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These vocabulary cards are used in my fractions unit. The words include fraction, numerator, denominator, fraction bar, improper fraction, equivalent fraction, mixed number, simplest form, like fraction, unlike fraction, and unit fraction. Each card contains a definition and an example. I made these to save time because it is much easier to print them on card stock or have them paste them to an index card than to have them write out vocabulary as called for in my curriculum guide.

This is a fun activity to follow up the study of food chains! Students are given one of the four food chain sheets, they decipher the correct order of the chain, cut and paste on a piece of construction paper. Because there are 4 different chains, I have students share with one another after they have completed their chain. Once finished, it can be used for assessment. I hang them on my classroom wall.

This Power Point walks through using the distributive property to solve 2 digit by 1 digit and 3 digit by 1 digit multiplication problems. With each mouse click, the next step in the process is revealed. There are 4 slides which demonstrate the process using arrays. The four examples with arrays are all 2 digits multiplied by 1 digit. There are four more 2 digit by 1 digit slides that illustrate the process without an array. There are three slides that illustrate 3 digit by 1 digit problems. Alo

These vocabulary cards are used in my ecosystem unit. The words include ecosystem, habitat, interdependence, camouflage, prey, predator, biotic factors, abiotic factors, herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, producer, consumer, decomposer, endangered, extinct, and mimicry. Each card contains a definition and a picture. I made these to save time because it is much easier to print them on card stock or have them paste them to an index card than to have them write out vocabulary as called for in my curri

This Power Point gives step by step instructions on identifying and solving additive and multiplicative comparison problems. The first two slides give two word problems. Students are to identify the key words and with a mouse click, the key words are highlighted. With each click of the mouse, the problem is worked out. Slides 4-9 give a single word problem in which students identify the key words and solve. In addition to the slide show, an activity is provided so that students may practice writ

These vocabulary cards are used for my sound unit. The words include vibration, sound wave, echo, wavelength, frequency, pitch, amplitude, and volume. Each card contains a definition and a picture. I made these to save time because it is much easier to print them on card stock or have them paste them to an index card than to have them write out vocabulary as called for in my curriculum guide. These cards are also sold as part of a set called Energy Unit Vocabulary Cards including all three units

To get extra practice simplifying fractions, I created this sort activity so that students can cut and paste. I have them simplify all of the fractions first then give the sort sheet after they have completed the simpifying. This could also be used as a center.

These vocabulary cards are used in my Earth, Moon, and Sun Unit. The words include rotation, apparent motion, revolution, orbit, hemisphere, crater, phases, new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, third quarter, waning crescent, tides, lunar eclipse, solar eclipse, telescope, satellite, comet, asteroid, and constellation. Each card contains a definition and a picture. I made these to save time because it is much easier to print them on card stock or h

I designed this game so that my students wouldn't begrudge practicing long division. There are 2 game boards. One of the gameboards has 2 digit dividends with 3 digit dividend challenge problems. The other has 3 digit dividends with 4 digit dividend challenge problems. My students really enjoyed it and barely realized they were practicing long division.

This is an activity in which students find the factors of 1-24 using cookie cereal to make arrays to assist them. They complete a chart as they find each factor. After finding the factors or 1-24, there is a sheet in which they identify the prime and composite numbers. There are also practice finding factors worksheets included. I created this activity as an alternative to the Core Curriculum Unit 2 Activity 4. I've used it in my classroom and it worked very well.

These vocabulary cards are used in my light unit. The words include prism, electromagnetic spectrum, refraction, reflection, transparent, translucent, opaque, convex, and concave. Each card contains a definition and a picture. I made these to save time because it is much easier to print them on card stock or have them paste them to an index card than to have them write out vocabulary as called for in my curriculum guide. These cards are also sold as part of a set called Energy Unit Vocabulary Ca

In this game, students identify factors of whole numbers. As they move around the game board, they must land on factors of a given number to fill their freak card. There are two levels of play. For level one, students are given the factors and in level two, students find the factors of a given number before playing. The beauty of this game is that you can adjust and vary the way it is played to suit your time frame and student's ability level. Not only are students practicing finding factors, th

These vocabulary cards are used in my minerals, rocks, and soil unit. The words include geology, minerals, texture, lusters, effervescence, streak, sedimentary rock, sediment, metamorphic rock, igneous rock, weathering, erosion, deposition, conglomerate, organic, humus, topsoil, subsoil, pore spaces, and permeability. Each card contains a definition and a picture. I made these to save time because it is much easier to print them on card stock or have them paste them to an index card than to have

These vocabulary cards are used for my heat unit. The words include heat, conduction, convection, radiation, insulators, conductors, and thermometer. Each card contains a definition and a picture. I made these to save time because it is much easier to print them on card stock or have them paste them to an index card than to have them write out vocabulary as called for in my curriculum guide. These cards are also sold as part of a set called Energy Unit Vocabulary Cards including all three units

This fun activity I complete with my students during my ecosystem unit. After our discussion of producers, consumers and decomposers, I pass out the worksheets. Students work with a partner to classify, cut and paste the pictures onto the chart. When all have finished, I have groups come to the smartboard and drag a picture into the appropriate column. You could also do the drag activity first and then pick up the cut and paste activity for assessment. The kids really enjoy it. It's not to

This power point takes the kids through the process of comparing fractions over a two day period. Comparing first with like numerators, then like denominators then by cross multiplication. I've included a slide breakdown so that you can follow my train of thought. I've also included the greater than, less than and equal to signs that I print on cardstock and laminate and use throughout the year. CCS: MA.4.M.4.6

This unit comes with: 1. Smartboard slide show (37 slides) that supplements the information learned during the unit. Topics covered are: types of ecosystems, abiotic and biotic factors, predators, prey, producers, consumers, and decomposers, food chains, food web, adaptations, and life cycles. There are links in the show for food chain games, adaptation games, and life cycle games. I typed the show using the font Happy Sans. If you do not have that font, you can copy the font from the file you h

These vocabulary cards are used for my sound, light, and heat units. All three sets are sold seperately on TPT. If you would like a preview, you can look them up seperately and view. Each card contains a definition and a picture. I made these to save time because it is much easier to print them on card stock or have them paste them to an index card than to have them write out vocabulary as called for in my curriculum guide.

In this twist on the classic game of Battle, students compare numbers to see whose number is larger. There are five levels of this game. The levels go from 3 digit numbers to 7 digit numbers with each level getting increasingly harder.

In this version of the remainder game, students divide beans from the pot into groups and keep the remaining beans. Better watch out, if you land on spill the beans, you loose all your beans and have to start all over. Mats and beans are provided for hands on division with manipulatives. This game is great for independent workstations. 2-4 players CCSS: 4.NBT.6 ; MA.3.M.3.6