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Make assessing geography knowledge simple, organized, and meaningful with this States & Capitals Tests Bundle! This resource covers all 5 regions of the United States and provides a consistent, easy-to-use format that helps students build confidence while mastering state and capital identification. Perfect for review, assessment, or end-of-unit testing, this bundle gives students multiple ways to demonstrate their understanding beyond simple memorization. What’s Included: ✔️ Regional Tests fo

Classroom Job Posters & Responsibilities Looking for a classroom job system that students can actually use independently?These Classroom Job Posters clearly explain each student's responsibilities so you don't have to constantly remind them what their job is. Each poster includes easy-to-understand expectations that help students build responsibility, independence, and ownership within your classroom community. Perfect for elementary classrooms, these posters make assigning and managing classroo

Get to Know Your Teacher: A Fun End-of-Year Activity!Looking for a fun and engaging way to build classroom community? Get to Know Your Teacher is an interactive activity where students guess fun facts, favorites, and personality traits about their teacher while sharing thoughtful and kind responses. This activity creates laughter, conversation, and memorable classroom moments while helping strengthen teacher-student connections. Perfect for: Back-to-school community building End-of-year celeb

End of the Year Memory Book | Elementary Keepsake ActivityLooking for a meaningful (and low-prep!) way to wrap up the school year? This End of the Year Memory Book is the perfect keepsake for your students to reflect, celebrate, and remember all the special moments from their year! Designed with elementary students in mind, this memory book gives students the opportunity to capture their favorite memories, friendships, and accomplishments in a fun and engaging way. What’s Included: All About Me

Prepare your students for the next grade with this engaging student-led transition activity! 4th graders share advice while 3rd graders learn what to expect—complete with reflection pages and structured discussion prompts. Make the transition to the next grade meaningful, engaging, and student-centered with this 4th Grade Transition Activity! In this structured, low-prep lesson, your current 4th graders take on leadership roles by guiding incoming 3rd graders through what to expect in 4th grad

Field Trip to 3rd Grade ✏️✨ At the end of the year, 3rd graders host a “Field Trip to 3rd Grade” where they invite incoming 2nd graders into our classroom for a student-led experience! Students take on the role of mentors and teach the 2nd graders what it really takes to be successful in 3rd grade. They share advice, answer questions, and talk about the things they wish they knew before starting the year. Each student also creates a brochure filled with tips, expectations, and encouragement that

Field Trip to 5th Grade | 4th to 5th Grade Transition Activity + BrochureHelp your students feel confident and excited about the transition to 5th grade with this engaging, student-led “Field Trip to 5th Grade” experience! In this end-of-the-year activity, your current students take on the role of mentors as they guide younger students through what it really takes to be successful in 5th grade. This resource is designed to build leadership, reflection, and classroom community—while giving incomi

Mother’s Day & Father’s Day Fill-In Worksheets | Fun Writing Templates | Elementary Keepsake ActivityCelebrate Mother’s Day and Father’s Day with these fun fill-in worksheets—one for mom and one for dad! A simple, meaningful keepsake students will love to create. Make Mother’s Day and Father’s Day extra special with these fun and engaging fill-in worksheets! This resource includes two easy-to-use pages—one for mom and one for dad—where students answer creative, thoughtful, and sometimes silly

The northeast region test +map used.

Here is a test for Northeast Region of the United States. Students will need to label states and capitals. I post a blank map up on the overhead projector that is numbered 1-11. Students need to match the state name with the correct state on the map. Then they need to match the correct capital with the state.

Behavior Management Strategy that builds teamwork AND motivation 🙌 Have your class work together to earn points toward a reward! I use a 50-point goal at the beginning of the year and build up to 100 points by the end of the year. This is a whole-class system (in addition to individual behavior supports) where students decide together what they want to work toward—movie day, pajama day, flashlight reading, extra recess, and more! Here’s how it works: The class earns points for compliments, team

Use this template to help students remember all their log in information. I print one off for every student with their unique log in codes. It stays in a plastic page protector in their student binder for the whole year. This way students can access all their codes when a sub is at school or if they want to at home.

Here is a quick research template for students to research the midwest. This can be edited for any region or state!

Levels of understanding: 1- Novice 2- Apprentice 3 - Expert 4 - Master

Created for students as a research project for social studies.

All you need is your own map of the Midwest that you label 1-12. Students need to match up the state with the correct state represented on the map and then match the capital with that state! I have used these all year for all the different regions and it has been working out great. If a student needs to retake the test you can switch around your numbering of the states! Easy peasy lemon squeezy!

Here is an easy guide to help students learn procedures and expectations. This powerpoint is 100% editable to adapt to your own classroom. Over a couple days, I share these slides with students and have them practice. I also print out a hard copy to leave in my sub folder for the year. This helps act as a quick reference guide for guest teachers. I can also bring this out throughout the year to remind students of the class expectations. It would be good to review this coming back from long b

The RACES writing strategy is an acronym that stands for the following components:Restate. This refers to restating or rephrasing the question or prompt in your own words to ensure that you understand it correctly.Answer. Provide a clear and concise answer to the question or prompt. ...Cite. ...Explain. ...Summarize.Help students with their writing so that they can respond to the question with evidence using the text. Included is a color coded RACES poster for students to mark the text as they r

Bundle of Addition and Multiplication Strategy Map

Easy communication log with visual for how students day was. Allows for you to write a comment if needed.