Thinkers in the Making

Here is a simple class or at-home project your students can do to bring the Thanksgiving spirit to your classroom, hallway, or bulletin board. Print “Class Turkey” page and fill in due date. Make copies of the turkey feathers for each child. I usually enlarge it to 8 ½” x 14” and print onto cardstock. Send both home with children to complete. Assemble class turkey when all feathers have been returned! This makes a beautiful display and the students love decorating their feathers.

This pack gives you access to ALL digital sorts 1-50 from the Words Their Way “Within Word Pattern” level book, published by Prentice-Hall in 2009. Sorts 1- 6: Picture Sorts for Short and Long Vowel Patterns Sorts 7-12: Word Sorts Contrasting Short- and Long- Vowel Sounds and Patterns (CVC and CVCe) Sorts 13-18: Common Long-Vowel Patterns (CVCe and CVVC) Sorts 19-24: Less Common Long-Vowel Patterns Sorts 25-30: R-Influenced Vowel Patterns Sorts 31-35: Diphthongs and Other Ambiguous Vowel

Are your students interested in pilots, astronauts, and aviators? Are you looking for a way to direct them through the research process but aren't sure where to begin? This guided research packet provides them with a detailed guide that will help them find appropriate resources and questions to jump start their learning. After that, it will take them on a step-by-step journey to creating a life sized version of their chosen aviator to display in the hallway. There are 4 major measurement standar

Looking for an explicit way to teaching your students how to skip count by 5's, 10's, and 100's? This bundle has three step-by-step powerpoints with guided note taking sheets for your students to follow along and interact with the lesson and then glue in their math journals. It also has a follow-up interactive notebook page for your students to further practice each new skill. Aligns with 2.NBT.2 (skip counting standard) for second grade.

This product gives you access to digital spelling sorts 36-42 (Beginning and Ending Complex Consonants and Consonant Clusters) from the yellow Words Their Way “Within Word Pattern” level book. sort 36: silent beginning consonant kn, wr, gn sort 37: triple r-blend scr, str, spr sort 38: consonant digraphs-plus-r and squ(thr, shr, squ) sort 39: hard and soft c and g sort 40: final –ce, -ve, -se, -ze sort 41: dge, ge sort 42: tch, ch If you love having your students sort their words each week but

This pack gives you access to ALL digital sorts 1-50 through Google Slides from the Words Their Way “Within Word Pattern” level book, published by Prentice-Hall. Sorts 1- 6: Picture Sorts for Short and Long Vowel Patterns Sorts 7-12: Word Sorts Contrasting Short- and Long- Vowel Sounds and Patterns (CVC and CVCe) Sorts 13-18: Common Long-Vowel Patterns (CVCe and CVVC) Sorts 19-24: Less Common Long-Vowel Patterns Sorts 25-30: R-Influenced Vowel Patterns Sorts 31-35: Diphthongs and Other Ambiguou

This product gives you access to digital sorts Sorts 13-18: Common Long-Vowel Patterns (CVCe and CVVC) from the Words Their Way “Within Word Pattern” level book, published by Prentice-Hall. Sort 13: Short a and Long A (CVCe and CVVC) Sort 14: Short o and Long o (CVCe and CVVC) Sort 15: Short u and Long u (CVCe and CVVC) Sort 16: Short e and Long e (CVVC) Sort 17: “The Devil Sort” Short e (CVC and CVVC) and Long e (CVVC) Sort 18: Review for CVVC Pattern (AI, OA, EE, EA) If you love havin

Launch into film-making with this easy, step-by-step guided lesson on stop-motion animation! This project guides students to create stop-motion videos of Sun, Earth, and Moon models.Students will be able demonstrate understanding of earth patterns by moving and adjusting the sun, earth, and moon.The process involves coloring, cutting, and assembling paper models of the sun earth, and moon.Students, working alone or in groups, will use iPads and stop-motion software to capture photos for animated

Do you have Ozobots that you'd like to use with students? This unique resource provides an introduction to Ozobots, along with 4 various seasonal activities (Thanksgiving, Winter/Christmas, 100th Day, and End of Year) to engage and challenge your students with this versatile robot. Each challenge is ready to print, which includes directions for both a laptop or an iPad. Just print and go!This resource includes a PDF, along with links to an editable Google Slides presentation and a Canva slide de

Inspired by the classic story, this is a playful STEM lesson that lets students test ideas, compare materials, and redesign stronger structures for the three little pigs in preparation for the "upcoming storms" (earthquake, wind storm, and rain storm.) Included in your purchase are all lesson printable resources, Google Slides and Canva slide decks.This lesson directly aligns with Grade 2 NGSS standards, but can be used with multiple grade levels.

Each QR Code is a direct link to books or videos with a different version of Stone Soup. There are 11 different stories that students can have read to them! Use these QR Codes to enhance reading time, literacy stations, and reading centers. Includes: QR Code links, 5 star story rating, Story structure frame (fill in the blank) QR Codes are great to assist students as they learn to read through read alouds that will engage your students! List Includes: Stone Soup by Marcia Brown Stone Soup by

This product helps you get started with Cubetto, the "unplugged" coding robot through a fun, age-appropriate lesson on map skills. Included in the product: 1) Introductory slideshow showing the basics of using Cubetto, then reviewing the project step-by-step. Step 1: assign group roles Step 2: practice using the introductory project (5 separate tasks) Step 3: practice map skills using the task cards Reflection 2) Map skills task cards 3) Badges to show the roles for each group member (captain,

This product gives you access to digital spelling sorts 19-24 (Less Common Long-Vowel Patterns)from the Words Their Way “Within Word Pattern” level book, published by Prentice-Hall. sort 19: short/long a (CVCe/CVVC/open syllable -ay) sort 20: short/long o (CVCe/CVVC/open syllable -ow) sort 21: short/long u (open syllable –ew and -ue) sort 22: short/long i CVCe/CVCC -igh/CV open syllable -y) sort 23: short/long i (VCC) short/long o (VCC) sort 24: review of long vowel patterns If you love havin

This pack gives you access to ALL digital sorts 1-55 from the orange Words Their Way “Syllables and Affixes” level book, published by Prentice-Hall.  Sorts 1- 11: Plurals and other Inflected Endings (Unit 1) Sorts 12-13: Compound Words (Unit 2) Sorts 14-18: Syllable Junctures (Unit 3) Sorts 19-30: Vowel patterns in accented syllables (Unit 4) Sorts 31-37: Unaccented Syllables (Unit 5) Sorts 38-44: Exploring Consonants (Unit 6) Sorts 45-51: Affixes (Unit 7) Sorts 52-55: Miscellaneous Sorts (Unit

This product gives you access to digital spelling sorts 31-35 (dipthongs and other ambiguous vowel sounds) from the yellow Words Their Way “Within Word Pattern” level book. sort 31: long o, oi, oy sort 32: oo, oo sort 33: aw, au, o sort 34: wa, al, ou sort 35: ou, ow If you love having your students sort their words each week but hate making copies and finding all the small cut-up words around your classroom, this is the perfect item for your students! It can be used as practice, a game, a lit

This pack gives you access to digital sorts 45-51 (Affixes) from the orange or green Words Their Way “Syllables and Affixes” level book, published by Prentice-Hall. -Sort 45: prefixes (re-, un-) -Sort 46: prefixes (dis-, mis-, and pre-) -Sort 47: prefixes (ex-, non-, in-, and fore-) -Sort 48: prefixes (uni-, bi-, and other numbers) -Sort 49: suffixes (-y, -ly, and -ily) -Sort 50: suffixes (-er, and -est) -Sort 51: suffixes (-ness, -ful, and -less) If you love having your students sort their w

This pack gives you access to digital sorts 14-18 (Syllable Junctures) from the orange or green Words Their Way “Syllables and Affixes” level book, published by Prentice-Hall. -Sort 14: Syllable Juncture: Open and Closed with doublets (VCV and VCCV) -Sort 15: Syllable Juncture: Open and Closed (VCV and VCCV) -Sort 16: Syllable Juncture: Open and Closed (VCV and VVCV) -Sort 17: More Syllable Junctures (VCCCV and VV) -Sort 18: Open and closed syllables and inflected endings If you love having y

If you are wanting to add a little something extra to your reader's workshop, this Unit 1 resource has just what you need! Included in the file is: * Everything you need to create a bulletin board to help your readers reflect on all their good reading habits (this makes for a great way to finish off and celebrate your unit) * Parent letter and description to send home * Partner reading anchor chart * Partner reading choice mat (with directions on assembly) * Miniature anchor charts for individua

This product helps you get started with Ozobot, the coding robot through a fun, age-appropriate lesson on lizard adaptations. Included in the product: 1) Introductory slideshow showing the basics of using Ozobot, then reviewing the lesson and project step-by-step. Step 1: Understand Lizard adaptations (venom, legs/feet, tail autonomy, reflex bleeding, camouflage, and scales/skin) Step 2: understand the coding project Step 3: practice coding ozobot to make a "ring around the

This product will help you introduce the Ozobot in your classroom. Page 1 - Introduce the Ozobot to your students! This page shows the basic parts of the robot with child-friendly labels. Page 2 - Ozocodes Students who are just learning to code can start with these easy codes, labeled with clipart so they understand what the sequence will do. Story Mapping with Ozobot Choose a story retelling map and make copies for your students. They will use the chisel tip markers (red, green, black, blue) t