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Did your students just go on a field trip to the fire department? Are your students learning about the importance of fire safety and what they can do in case of a fire emergency? Test their knowledge in this fun yet important fire safety quiz.

Test the knowledge of your students! After teaching them about place value to the thousands place, are they able to understand the standard, written, and expanded form of a number? Are they able to tell you the standard form when given the written form or expanded form? This will certainly tell you what they know and need to know!

Are your students learning about the importance of recycling? Are you looking for a fun, yet environmentally friendly homework project for your students to complete during the week of Earth Day (April 22)? Send home this project for your students to complete for homework instead of the traditional homework! Students will have a BLAST digging through their recycle bins or trash for items to recycle so they can create something new! This project includes..... 1. Instructions for students and

Are your students learning about the human body and the parts to the skeleton? Whether you are teaching science or integrating Halloween into a fun yet educational part of the school day, test their knowledge in this Skeleton Quiz. Students can use the word bank to label the parts of the skeleton. Answer key included.

Are your students learning to write using the 5 step process? It's easy to forget all of the steps! Give them a tool so they don't forget any of the steps. This checklist is easy to follow and helps them remember what to do during the prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and final drafting phases. This checklist can be edited to add in any new steps that you have taught your students when it comes to writing.

Beginning a unit on Plants or Animals? Teach your students what an organism is. Show them pictures of plants, animals, people, and objects and let them decide if its an organism or not by responding with "thumbs up" or "thumbs down".

Are you teaching your kids about the 2012 election? Are your students participating in a mock election to vote for president? Have students complete a voter registration card and then vote for president with these templates! They will feel like active citizens as they help choose the president in your mock election!!

Let parents know how their child is behaving in your classroom by sending home this behavior chart each day. You can adjust the colors according to the colors in your classroom behavior system. There is a place for parents to sign daily as well as spot for you and the parent to leave comments for each other. This is a great way to maintain regular communication with parents!