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The Fast Food Challenge is to have students create an unhealthy fast food meal and then make it healthy. I have my students use the internet to find fast food menus of their favorite places. You could also go and request menus from the restaurants. This activity can take from 2 days to a week depending if you have the students work alone, in partners or groups. This product contains 2 worksheets per page to cut down on copying and easy fit into interactive notebooks and composition notebooks.

This is a 1 - 2 day (depends if you use all the components) lab that uses yeast to show how a decomposer works. Included is how I assign roles, directions, a lab sheet that follows the scientific process and a technology worksheet that students can research while waiting for the lab.

This is a very simple, one site webquest that I use with my fourth graders. It can be used with or without a partner. It looks at specific animals that are either extinct, endangered or threatened. Students read a kid friendly webpage on the animal and then fill in the questionnaire. Using the questions they then produce a poster and give a presentation to the class on the animal. I have included the rubric I use to grade the poster and presentation. Can be used with Brainpop and Brainpop J

This is a monthly newsletter template for the month of February. Included is a Sneak Peek at the Week, Important Dates and a F.Y.I. section for you to type in your classroom information. I currently use it for my 4th and 5th grade classes to keep my parents up to date on what is going on in my room. I also save this as a PDF and attach it to my Edline pages for my parents' reference.

Here is an editable May Newsletter template for you to keep your parents up to date. Could be used for a weekly or monthly newsletter. I use it as a weekly newsletter in my 4th & 5th grade classroom. Simple design without a lot of "stuff" for parents to sort through. Just save it to your computer, click each text box to type in what you want then print! Presto you have your newsletter! Please leave feedback.

This is a simple straightforward form, that can be edited to fit your needs. I created this "Student Test Reflection" worksheet to support the Common Core aspect of student self evaluation and reflection after a test. Reflection is a valuable tool for your students to complete after a test to reflect on what they did well and what they can do to improve on future tests. I use this form after we discuss what other students did to study for the test and then they fill out this form, sign it and

I created this tic-tac-toe board to differentiate my fourth and fifth grade science units. This independent project will be used after a formative assessment is given to assess students knowledge on the science topic. The students then will work independently from the class on creating three activities that will be shared with the class on the current science unit.

Once a week I have my students read independently for 30 minutes and then have them fill out a reading response worksheet. This quick little worksheet keep the students accountable and gives me a short informal formative / summative assessment of the students' weekly independent reading. This quick and easy worksheet could be use in place of a daily reading log that could be turned in daily or weekly. There is 2 worksheets per page to cut down on copies. I included 4 different worksheets: 2

Here is an editable March newsletter template with a St. Patrick's Day theme. Included is a Sneak Peek at the Week, Important Dates and F.Y.I. sections so you can type in information to keep your parents up to date on the awesome events in your classroom. Just download to your Microsoft Office program plug in your info and presto you are done. I also save it as a PDF so I can link it on my Edline pages for parents to view or print for their reference.

This a simple review sheet of beginning decimal concepts. Includes written, standard & expanded form, ordering, comparing, number line placement, rounding, adding, subtracting & estimating decimals to the hundredths. You can use this as homework, in a math station or for formative or summative assessment. I use this before I move on to the next decimal concept to check for mastery. Please let me know if you see any errors so I can correct them. Thank you for your purchase.

Since I teach a departmentalized 4th and 5th grade and I have a homeroom, the problem is I have my homeroom the exact amount of time as the other classes I teach. Last year I had a “teacher’s helper” but the kids argued over the job no matter how I chose the helper or the job was not done. I looked and looked for a job chart for older kids that only had a few important jobs but I could not find one with the cute camping theme I was looking for. So I created my own… I will be using this as a v

This is a simple editable newsletter for April. I use this to keep my parents aware of what is going on in the classroom for the week. I made this in Microsoft word so it is editable so you can change anything to fit your classroom needs. I hope you enjoy it. Please leave feedback.

This is my November newsletter template. It is editable and has two main areas for information; Sneak Peek at the Week and F.Y.I. Very simple and quick to type in information. Can be used week, monthly or quarterly. Please leave feedback.

I have a freebie editable January Newsletter template. I use it to keep my parents informed on what we are doing in the classroom on a weekly basis but could be used as a monthly newsletter. This newsletter can be sent home as a hardcopy or saved onto your computer as a PDF. Then attached as a digital file and emailed to parents or as a link on your class webpage. Has a very simple layout with three textboxes: A Sneak Peek at the Week, F.Y.I. & Important Dates. Please take a look at other p

This short lab sheet I use to go with the Cup Challenge from Science Gal that was posted on her blog. I like my students to fill in a lab sheet when they do an activity or experiment. Keeps them accountable. Is set up for 4 - 5 students per group.