Spark Learning

I created a set of cards to tell my students the story of the history of writing. I cut out and laminated the text cards and the matching picture cards. I lay out the picture card as I tell the story, and then place the matching text underneath. When completed, this creates a timeline of the history of writing.

Help your students master the distributive property using visual area models! This engaging set of task cards is designed to build a strong conceptual understanding of how multiplication can be broken apart, bridging the gap between concrete visuals and abstract equations. What's Included?Three Task Cards featuring unique area models (rectangular arrays).Each area model is divided into a shaded and unshaded section, visually representing the decomposition of one factorCorresponding Equations for

Chapter questions for every chapter, includes higher level comprehension questions with a focus on inferring. Students respond to questions with short answers, to improve writing. Follows the Common Core Standards.

This reading log can be used with Fountas and Pinnell. It will track the date, title, author, what page they begin reading for the day, what page they end reading for the day, the genre, and a star rating. We use this to glue into our reading response notebooks.

These three part cards are a wonderful way to spark interest in world landmarks. The cards were created to be used the the "Toobs" World Landmark set, which are wonderful small materials for the students to interact with. However, you don't need to have the "Toobs" set in order to use the cards. These cards can be printed once for use as a three part card and a second time to make a control of error booklet.

Midwest States 3-Part CardsThese Montessori-inspired 3-part cards feature the Midwest states with three key components: State Outline Card – Displays the shape of the state.State Name Card – Names the state in clear, bold print.Capital City Card – Identifies the state’s capital.Students can use these cards for matching activities, reinforcing geography skills by pairing the state outline with its name and capital. The cards promote visual recognition, spatial awareness, and memorization thr

Great Power Point for teaching proper adjectives. Includes two interactive slides where students can practice by filling in the blanks. Great for an interactive board.

An introduction to these types of drawing methods, complete with definitions and examples.

This Google Slide can be added to Google Classroom for your students to complete upon returning from February vacation. There are six areas with prompts for them to write about their vacation. The second slide is for them to add pictures that describe their vacation.

Students can practice 3-digit subtraction with regrouping in this fun slide deck. Just assign to your students on Google Classroom and let the practice begin.

A great way to keep a record of what Common Core standards you have taught and when you taught them. At the bottom of the spreadsheet there are tabs for writing, literature, and foundations. Use these tabs to move between the different sheets.

This choice board uses the reading comprehension strategies to help students respond to reading.

PowerPoint to introduce color theory to students. Can be used in art classroom or regular education class.

Students will use the reading comprehension strategies to respond to reading a fiction book.

These cards can be used to place words in alphabetical order, to look up words in the dictionary, or to use in a writing prompt. In the Montessori classroom, we use these for all of the above.