This is a great activity as a summative assessment for a space unit. The brochure should be folded into thirds, featuring "Space Travel Brochure" as the front. This brochure includes: What to bring in space? activity where students name 5 things astronauts need, and then will draw lines to match the words to the astronaut picture. What will we see in space? activity where students will write the names of the 8 planets. Some planets we will visit are? map where students shall draw the 8 planets and label them in their correct order from the Sun. There is a sample brochure included for reference. Please make sure to check out my blog and see ideas from my "Space Day". http://completelykindergarten.blogspot.com/2013/05/sublime-space-unit.html

This is my "Testing Ramps" experiment, which allows students to test different surface materials for a ramp: Legos, paper, and sandpaper. We did this experiment to determine what was the best material to use for a surface for cars in our model of our community we made. Students will complete the first side of the activity together before the experiment, then do the experiment, and finally will write about their conclusions. The recording sheet follows the scientific method/process skills when conducting an experiment. Step One: Make Guesses Step Two: Determine if the test is fair Step Three: Experiment Step Four: Draw the experiment Step Five: Discuss findings Step Six: Suggest an alternative material for a surface

This is a great activity to put do as either a scavenger hunt, or set up as a math center. Simply print the cards, cut out, and laminate. I have included both equations and picture representations to challenge your young minds. This pack covers the following properties: Associative Commutative Identity Zero Distributive It includes 14 different cards, a student recording sheet, and an answer key.

This is a set of 4 mini instruction books explaining with pictures how to build 4 different types of circuits. Most circuit kits at schools come with these items, but I purchased each item from Amazon, Home Depot and Radio Shack for my circuit centers. My students will each have a box to work with containing different parts of circuits, and they will then use the instruction book to assemble the circuit. ***PLEASE NOTE: Additional materials are needed if you want to set up your own circuit centers*** Light Circuit: Low watt bulb, matching bulb holder, 2 alligator clips with wires, and a 9V battery Solar Light Circuit: 3v solar panel (Amazon) and a 3v LED light Motion Circuit: 3v motor (Amazon) and a 3v coin cell battery Sound Circuit: 3v buzzer (Amazon) and a 3v coin cell battery Simply print out the pages, cut, laminate, and bind to make mini books. Each book contains visual steps, as well as a description of what to do. Set these up in an independent science center as well! Please make sure to rate and leave feedback!

First I want to make it known that I do not own Elmer. This pack contains my artistic rendering of the wonderful elephant for personal classroom use to aid in teaching the story. This pack includes: 1 Elmer cut out puppet My Favorite Elmer Color Graph Number 1-12 cards with recording sheet I am Unique Like Elmer writing page

This is a great template for student made book about sea turtle. Students can either use the blank turtle pages to write their own facts, or use the pages with writing prompts for facts about sea turtles. This packet includes: Sea Turtle Fact Book cover Blank Sea Turtle template page Sea Turtle prompt pages (Habitat, Predators, Appearance, and Food) Please make sure to rate and leave feedback!

This is my "Rolling Balls" experiment. Students will be shown 3 different types of balls: Baseball, soccer ball, and football. Students will take each ball and roll it down a type of ramp, marking how far each ball rolls. This experiment is designed to look at the shape of an item and talk about how it affects the way something moves. Students will complete the first side of the activity together before the experiment, then do the experiment, and finally will write about their conclusions. The recording sheet follows the scientific method/process skills when conducting an experiment. Step One: Make Guesses Step Two: Determine if the test is fair Step Three: Experiment Step Four: Draw the experiment Step Five: Discuss findings Step Six: Suggest an alternative item to roll

This is a vibrant set of 10 color words in Spanish with real world photo connections. Please make sure to rate and leave feedback! Este es un set de diez palabras en colores vibrantes y en español con fotos reales como ejemplo visual. Por favor no se olviden de darnos su opinion!

This is a great book to use during a Community Helpers unit. Photocopy these pages back to back, or as individual worksheets. Students decorate the person depending on what their job is. They also label the name of the job and give a description of how that person helps the community. This packet includes 16 pages.

These are two worksheets for making both your own addition and subtraction story problems. They also feature different math strategies to solve problems, to help teachers check for student understanding. Sample page is in red, gives an example of how to use the addition page. Strategies includes are draw a picture, complete the story problem, use a number line, make tally marks, use a ten frame and write the equation. MEETS COMMON CORE STANDARDS FOR GRADE K!

BEST BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT SURVEY Owing to the popularity of my Multiple Intelligences Survey: How Do You Learn?, I created a new survey to be completed by students in class or at home with parents to show what they think and feel about classroom rules and behavior management techniques. We all know the importance of differentiating curriculum to student learning styles. But how many of us actually apply that same principal to behavior management...not too many I bet. It is so simple to apply one behavior management system to the entire class, or sometimes our principal requires us to use a school wide model. However, we all know that our students are going to behave differently, and therefore we should be actively differentiating behavior management methods to best meet the needs of our students. Using this survey will give you additional data to help your classroom function more smoothly, and to show administrators why differentiating behavior management is important to the student development in class. Also a great thing to have on file during parent teacher conferences!

This is a display banner for your classroom Makerspace. Makerspaces, areas for allowing students to create and build with everyday materials, and they are growing ever more popular in classrooms around the world. This is a fun and engaging banner to have in your classroom's Makerspace area.

This is a 12 sided dice featuring all 11 of the Prompts of Depth and Complexity, and a Literacy Menu of Responses, including a FREE CHOICE spot. Students can apply this to any book they are reading or working on. Simply make the dice, and as students roll the dice they answer the question on the menu that relates to the Prompt of Depth and Complexity that they rolled. These are also great to use in a literacy center. Please make sure to rate and leave feedback!

This is a great resource to use either whole group, small group, independent practice, or assessment. This is a versatile resource; either add a word problem into the blank box at the top, or allow students to create their own word problems. I currently use it in a blank method for my Gifted students to create their own story problems. The design for this flow map is to help students identify the key parts of a word problem. Most students tend to rush through, only looking for numbers and trying to solve an equation without really knowing the full extent of the problem. This flow map requires students to "Explain Your Brain" and work through a word problem in 6 steps. I had great feedback from my students, stating that this resource really helped them to slow down and word through a problem step by step! A great visual tool as well to assist your more visual learners. This packet includes a blank worksheet (either add your own word problem, or let students create their own) and a sample of how I used the worksheet.

A great independent or partner activity to retell the parts of a story. Comes with original clipart characters from my Book Literacy and Activity Packs. Also aligned with Common Core Standards for Kindergarten and 1st Grade. This packet includes: 1 brick road to be cut and pasted together (laminate for durability) A set of characters from popular stories, including The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Goldilocks, Gingerbread Man, and Elmer the Elephant. Students can use the characters and have them walk along the brick road retelling the parts of the story. Great visual to get students focused on this particular element of a story. Please make sure to rate and leave feedback!

This is a nice, colorful, and interactive Place Value display pack. Features a lovely chevron design with bold colors. This pack goes from Trillions all the way to Thousandths. What makes this pack interactive is that it includes number cards that can be placed on the chart with velcro or tape, and can be moved around to make larger or smaller numbers. Challenge your students to identify the value of a particular number in the sequence.

This is a display banner, or you can utilize the letters and explanations. This is a great visual reminder for asking different types of questions to your students. Each letter offers a unique idea on how to question your students. Also a great way to show to your admin during observations that you are trying different questioning techniques! Q: Quality U: Understanding E: Encourage multiple responses S: Spark new questions T: Thought provoking I: Individualized: O: Ownership shifted to students N: Narrow and broad S: Success building Please make sure to rate and leave feedback!

A collection of Pink Chalkboard themed bunting. Great for classroom displays; I personally use them to display my name and grade outside my class, as well as my calendar math wall. This packet includes: 26 large pink chalkboard bunting letters 26 small pink chalkboard bunting letters 10 large pink chalkboard bunting numbers 10 small pink chalkboard bunting numbers

A collection of Pink Chalkboard themed bunting. Great for classroom displays; I personally use them to display my name and grade outside my class, as well as my calendar math wall. This packet includes: 26 large pink chalkboard bunting letters 26 small pink chalkboard bunting letters 10 large pink chalkboard bunting numbers 10 small pink chalkboard bunting numbers

This Homework Survey was created with a student's home life in mind in addition to trying to make a teacher's life a little bit easier. Many times teachers go back and forth regarding homework: assign it and no one completes it, or enforce a zero homework policy and upset parents that there isn't any practice to be done at home. This survey allows teachers to assess a student's home life and activities away from school to determine what kind of homework might be best, how long it should take, in what form a student should complete their homework, etc... Please make sure to rate and leave feedback!