Tami Morrison

Use Geometry Jeopardy to review geometry concepts such as geometric figures, polygons, angles, rays, lines, and segments. Originally designed to accompany the Everyday Math program for 4th grade students, but will work as a general geometry review.

Literature circle cards - Discussion Director, Word Wizard, Literature Luminary, and Illustrator. These cards inform students of their role in the literature circle team. Make copies and laminate for each team. Use the Literature Circle Wheel to help remind students what their next job is. Also included is a Discussion Etiquette card to remind students about using good manners in their cooperative groups..

Play Frog Jeopardy on your Smart Board! Frog Jeopardy includes the categories of habitat, kinds, toad/frog, life cycles, and bodies. Use with students as a review or an introduction to learning about frogs and toads. Originally it was designed to use with second graders but would be fun to play at any elementary grade level!

Tracking is the science of observing animal signs, such as tracks, scat, and feeding signs. Students will learn what animal tracking is, a little history, and be able to illustrate their booklet. They will also compare tracks with other students. Combine this booklet with track molds of local animals from acornnaturalists.com or tracks from the field to create an interactive science investigation where students observe animal tracks, take measurements of track widths, lengths, claws, and examin

What student doesn't love exploring the outdoors! Create a sense of place and awareness of stewardship of your local area by taking students on an outdoor adventure to a nearby forest. Students can learn about winter ecology, animal adaptations - hibernation, migration, and resistors/tolerators, and the signs of winter. In this field guide, students will look for evidence of animals including tracks, as well as looking at differences between trees and making maps from a bird's eye point of view

Have students learn about elections and voting by having a class Pretzel Election. You could have an election around parent teacher conference times and include parents or include the pretzels as a snack around a thematic celebration. Use the attached signs/labels as name tags for taste testing the pretzels prior to voting.