I have a total of 27 years teaching experience . After I received my M.Ed. from the University of Florida (hence the name "HappyEdugator"), I began teaching in elementary school, where I taught pull-out remedial classes for grades 2-5 and a section of K-1. Then I taught Pre-K for 5 years, before I went up to Middle School, where I have been in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade. Last year, I went back to 1st grade in a private setting. I have traveled worldwide and am also fluent in Spanish.
I have a total of 27 years teaching experience . After I received my M.Ed. from the University of Florida (hence the name "HappyEdugator"), I began teaching in elementary school, where I taught pull-out remedial classes for grades 2-5 and a section of K-1. Then I taught Pre-K for 5 years, before I went up to Middle School, where I have been in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade. Last year, I went back to 1st grade in a private setting. I have traveled worldwide and am also fluent in Spanish.
Data Analysis - Task Cards. Supports common core state standards. 30 task cards on data collection and data analysis, answer recording sheet, and answer key. Tasks includes finding range,median, mode and mean of a set of data, creating pictographs, interpreting line plots, stem and leaf plots, bar graphs, circle graphs, box and whisker plots, probability, random and biased samples. - HappyEdugator
• CCSS.Math.Content.6.SP.B.4 Display numerical data in plots on a number line, including dot plots, histograms, and box plots.
• CCSS.Math.Content.6.SP.B.5 Summarize numerical data sets in relation to their context, such as by:
• CCSS.Math.Content.6.SP.B.5a Reporting the number of observations.
• CCSS.Math.Content.6.SP.B.5b Describing the nature of the attribute under investigation, including how it was measured and its units of measurement.
• CCSS.Math.Content.6.SP.B.5c Giving quantitative measures of center (median and/or mean) and variability (interquartile range and/or mean absolute deviation), as well as describing any overall pattern and any striking deviations from the overall pattern with reference to the context in which the data were gathered.
• CCSS.Math.Content.6.SP.B.5d Relating the choice of measures of center and variability to the shape of the data distribution and the context in which the data were gathered.
• CCSS.Math.Content.6.SP.A.2 Understand that a set of data collected to answer a statistical question has a distribution which can be described by its center, spread, and overall shape.
• CCSS.Math.Content.6.SP.A.3 Recognize that a measure of center for a numerical data set summarizes all of its values with a single number, while a measure of variation describes how its values vary with a single number.
CCSS.Math.Content.7.SP.B.3 Informally assess the degree of visual overlap of two numerical data distributions with similar variabilities, measuring the difference between the centers by expressing it as a multiple of a measure of variability.
The Danger PowerPoint Game Template. Plays similar to the TV game show Jeopardy. Great for review in any subject. Just add your own content. Enjoy! HappyEdugator
The Strongest Link PowerPoint Game Template. Plays similar to the TV game show The Weakest Link. Great for review in any subject. Just add your own content. Enjoy! HappyEdugator
Greater Than or Less Than or Equal ( >< = ) Students can use the practice putting the correct symbol between two numbers. The sheets get more challenging as you go through them. The first sheet starts out with numbers between 0 and 5, the second sheet between 0 and 9, and so on. By the tenth sheet, they are comparing 3 digit numbers. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator
Easter Activity Pack - Literacy and Math Fun. Spring into spring with a 27 page packet. Includes an Easter writing prompt and coloring sheet, Easter writing paper, an Easter crossword, an Easter word search, an Easter acrostic poem sheet, an Easter poem writing sheet, Easter Syllables, Easter shopping math activities, Easter Fractions and Easter Decimals sheets, a Bunny Hop Search for Numbers divisible by 4, an Easter math puzzle, an Easter puppet template, an Easter bookmark, and Easter ABC order. Answer Keys included.
Lots of fun for April!- HappyEdugator
Christmas - Place Value. Math center Christmas activities for a week. →Place Value Center Games and Printables ~ 33 Pages
Includes a black and white and a color version of each activity.
What Number Am I? Teacher Directions 3
What Number Am I? Tens and ones (printable worksheet) 4-5
What Number Am I? Hundreds, tens, and ones (printable worksheet) 6-7
Center Signs –Word Form, Expanded Form, Standard Form 8-9
Build the Numeral Teacher Directions 10
Build the Numeral Sheet 11
Base Ten Blocks 12
Place Value Crossword Puzzle Teacher Directions 13
Place Value Crossword Puzzle 14-15
Place Value Crossword Puzzle Key 16-17
Fun with Digits Teacher Directions 18
1 –5 Digits 19-20
6 –10 Digits 21-22
Fun with Digits Practice Sheet 23-24
Making Numerals Activity Teacher Directions 25
Numeral Cards 26-27
Place Value Cards 28-30
Making Numerals Game Board 31-32
Card Container Labels 33
Back to School Tips for Success - Stop Daydreaming and Get on Task! Back to school and back in focus, this PowerPoint gives students tips to follow to start off the school year right. Nine ways to have a successful year. Kids will relate to the animated daydreamers at the beginning. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator
End of the Year Poems. PowerPoint or Printables. Five original poems and photos to help you say good-bye to your students at the end of the year. Project on a whiteboard on the last day, or print them out on index cards to make inexpensive good-bye gifts. On PowerPoint, not PDF, so you can adjust your formatting to meet your needs. In color and plain black and white. Editing allowed for your classroom use only. Happy summer! - HappyEdugator
Money Management Choices PowerPoint. Managing money is a life skill kids really need! Personal money management and financial planning, including income, saving, using credit, and investing. Explains that interest can work for you or against you, and the wise use of credit. Assignment task on the last slide has students make a detailed financial plan to obtain something they want to acquire. - HappyEdugator
Ratios - Task Cards. Supports common core state standards. 30 task cards on ratios and proportions, answer recording sheet, and answer key. - HappyEdugator
CCSS.Math.Content.6.RP.A.1 Understand the concept of a ratio and use ratio language to describe a ratio relationship between two quantities. For example, “The ratio of wings to beaks in the bird house at the zoo was 2:1, because for every 2 wings there was 1 beak.” “For every vote candidate A received, candidate C received nearly three votes.”
CCSS.Math.Content.6.RP.A.2 Understand the concept of a unit rate a/b associated with a ratio a:b with b ≠ 0, and use rate language in the context of a ratio relationship. For example, “This recipe has a ratio of 3 cups of flour to 4 cups of sugar, so there is 3/4 cup of flour for each cup of sugar.” “We paid $75 for 15 hamburgers, which is a rate of $5 per hamburger.
CCSS.Math.Content.6.RP.A.3 Use ratio and rate reasoning to solve real-world and mathematical problems, e.g., by reasoning about tables of equivalent ratios, tape diagrams, double number line diagrams, or equations.
CCSS.Math.Content.6.RP.A.3b Solve unit rate problems including those involving unit pricing and constant speed. For example, if it took 7 hours to mow 4 lawns, then at that rate, how many lawns could be mowed in 35 hours? At what rate were lawns being mowed?
Christmas Number Comparing Activities PowerPoint. Math fun! Comparing fewer or more objects in a group or chart - number activities in a 30 slide interactive PowerPoint with a Christmas theme. Encourages counting skills and number concepts. Supports common core state standards! - HappyEdugator
CCSS.Math.Content.K.CC.A.3 Write numbers from 0 to 20. Represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0-20 (with 0 representing a count of no objects).
CCSS.Math.Content.K.CC.B.4 Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities; connect counting to cardinality.
CCSS.Math.Content.K.CC.B.4a When counting objects, say the number names in the standard order, pairing each object with one and only one number name and each number name with one and only one object.
CCSS.Math.Content.K.CC.B.4b Understand that the last number name said tells the number of objects counted. The number of objects is the same regardless of their arrangement or the order in which they were counted.
CCSS.Math.Content.K.CC.B.4c Understand that each successive number name refers to a quantity that is one larger.
CCSS.Math.Content.K.CC.B.5 Count to answer “how many?” questions about as many as 20 things arranged in a line, a rectangular array, or a circle, or as many as 10 things in a scattered configuration; given a number from 1–20, count out that many objects.
CCSS.Math.Content.K.CC.C.6 Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group, e.g., by using matching and counting strategies.1
CCSS.Math.Content.K.CC.C.7 Compare two numbers between 1 and 10 presented as written numerals.
Multiplication fact practice PowerPoint flashcards. Students have 3 seconds to give the product of the math fact presented on the screen. Animated graphics and sound effect will engage students, and the quick pace is a fun challenge. - HappyEdugator
Awards Certificates - Twenty Unique Awards for All Occasions. Includes a cute Good Earth Day Award! End of the year awards! These end of the year award certificates (or use them anytime) are designed to help you show your students that you appreciate them in many ways. Rewards for Volunteers and Helpers, Outstanding work, Organization and Neatness, Earth Day, Birthday, etc. Reward good behavior or give rewards for academic success. From academic growth to the smallest act of kindness, you will have some positive reinforcement ready! Awards are useful to give to teachers, parents, and custodians, too. Great for the end of the school year! Includes a total of twenty different and unique awards.Suggestions for their use is included in the slide notes. Editable for your classroom use. Enjoy.
Easter Activity Pack - Literacy and Math Fun. Print and go. Four different sheets of math word problems, (two addition and two subtraction), ten count the eggs and trace the number word sheets, make an Easter card sheet, an original Easter poem to read, a create a word activity, an Easter word scramble, a jelly bean sort and graphing activity, an Easter maze, a history of Easter (the resurrection) and a history of Easter (bunnies and eggs). Lots of fun for April!- HappyEdugator
Futoshiki Puzzles - Critical Thinking. This file includes a blank futoshiki student answer sheet, ten futoshiki puzzles for printing to use in centers or individually, or for projection on a whiteboard. There are also 5 sets of 4 puzzles for a group sudoku race to solve. Teacher directions include how to make reuseable dry erase answer sheets so you can save ink, and suggestions for teaching Futoshiki strategies. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator
Math Journal Prompts and Writing Activities - Write On! Students can write in math class, too! 21 math journal prompts. Each slide is a different writing activity that will spark creativity and imagination, as well as hone those skills. You can choose to display on your whiteboard or print out the slides on index cards and use in a math center. These writing prompts can also be used to add to interactive notebooks. However you use them, you will be giving your students the opportunity to write about math. The new common core standards require more writing in content areas. Here are some ideas that will help you get started.
Incentive Charts - A Pack of Twenty Different Designs. Ready for back to school! A variety pack of incentive charts for you to print and use to reinforce behavior, assignments, reading, goals, homework, chores, etc. Great for progress monitoring. Different themes include snowman, cowboys, rock, stars, hearts, pawprints, rainbows, sun, stripes, etc. Different style grids! Enjoy! - HappyEdugator
Race to the Finish PowerPoint Game Template. Students have to answer a series of mutiple choice questions to move through the categories. Wrong answer...start over! Great for review in any subject. Just add your own content. Enjoy! HappyEdugator
