Welcome to my shop! I'm so happy you are here! I have experience as an elementary teacher (1-5), teacher mentor, guest teacher and mom (twins!). The belief that ALL students can be creative thinkers guides all that I do. I am certified to teach gifted education and am pursuing my ESL endorsement. Elementary Math and integrated unit planning are my favorite subjects to teach. There is a little something for everyone in my shop! Please feel free to contact me with any questions!
Welcome to my shop! I'm so happy you are here! I have experience as an elementary teacher (1-5), teacher mentor, guest teacher and mom (twins!). The belief that ALL students can be creative thinkers guides all that I do. I am certified to teach gifted education and am pursuing my ESL endorsement. Elementary Math and integrated unit planning are my favorite subjects to teach. There is a little something for everyone in my shop! Please feel free to contact me with any questions!
Valentine’s Day Math & Literacy BUNDLE for 4th Grade
Your students will fall in LOVE with this Valentine’s Day Math & Literacy BUNDLE! Everything from word problems to puzzles and games. This Valentine's Day Math & Literacy BUNDLE is perfect for review, early finishers, small groups, centers and guest teachers!
This Valentine’s Day BUNDLE includes:
Valentine's Day Math Pack for 4th Grade
Valentine’s Day Creative Thinking Pack
Included in this Valentine's Day Math Pack for 4th Grade you will find:
*Valentine’s Day word problems for all operations. One and two step
*Writing fractions as a decimal
*Ordering fractions with different denominators or numerators
*Valentine’s Day Hundred Chart hidden picture! Students will answer 120 questions to find the hidden picture
*Valentine's Day Math Color by Product- Multiply two double digit number or a four digit number by a one digit number to find the correct colors
*Rounding numbers to any place value, expanded form and word form up to the millions
*Valentine's Day Math Map Problem Follow the directions to draw a map of Cupid’s Neighborhood! Identify rays, line segments, lines and right triangles within the map. OR use the map that is already provided to answer the questions
*Valentine’s Day Fraction line plots
*Valentine Card shapes
*Cupid’s Busy Day- a multiplication game for the hundred chart
Included in this Valentine's Day Activity packet you will find:
Don’t Know What You've Got
Love is Grand?
World Without Love
The ABC’s of Valentine’s Day
Really, You Shouldn't Have
Will You Be My BETTER Valentine?
Love is in the Air
A Valentine’s Day Surprise
The Future of Candy Hearts
Valentine’s Day in Pictures
A Remote by Any Other Name
Love Machine
Answer: Valentine’s Day
Love City
A Unique Valentine
A Valentine's Day Mystery
The Procrastinating Valentine
Pucker Up
I love Cinquains
Cupid’s New Job
Sample Answers included with these Valentine's Day activities to get you and your class thinking!
Valentine’s Day Math & Literacy BUNDLE for 3rd Grade
Your students will fall in LOVE with this Valentine’s Day Math & Literacy BUNDLE! Everything from word problems to puzzles and games. This Valentine's Day Math & Literacy BUNDLE is perfect for review, early finishers, small groups, centers and guest teachers!
This Valentine’s Day BUNDLE includes:
Valentine’s Day Math Pack for 3rd Grade
Valentine’s Day Creative Thinking Pack
Valentine's Day Math Pack for 3rd Grade includes:
*Valentine’s Day Word Problems
*Valentine's Day Math Graphing Data and Picture Graphs
*Valentine's Day Addition and subtraction to 1000 in a fun Color by Answer
*Valentine's Day Ordering Numbers
*Valentine's Day Multiplication and Division fact families up to 100
*Valentine's Day Area with tiling and multiplication- Design a house for Cupid using the given units!
*Valentine's Day Comparing Fractions
*Valentine's Day Rounding to the nearest ten and hundred
*Valentine's Day Time and Money
*A Valentine's Day Math Hundred's Chart hidden picture- solve 100 problems to find the Valentine picture!
*Cupid’s Busy Day- a Valentine's Day Multiplication Game for the hundred chart
Included in this Valentine's Day Activity packet you will find:
Don’t Know What You've Got
Love is Grand?
World Without Love
The ABC’s of Valentine’s Day
Really, You Shouldn't Have
Will You Be My BETTER Valentine?
Love is in the Air
A Valentine’s Day Surprise
The Future of Candy Hearts
Valentine’s Day in Pictures
A Remote by Any Other Name
Love Machine
Answer: Valentine’s Day
Love City
A Unique Valentine
A Valentine's Day Mystery
The Procrastinating Valentine
Pucker Up
I love Cinquains
Cupid’s New Job
Sample Answers included with these Valentine's Day activities to get you and your class thinking!
Students will fall madly in love with this Valentine’s Day Math Pack for 4th Grade! Included are 30+ pages of puzzles, games and activities that are fully aligned with 4th Grade common core standards! This Valentine’s Day Math pack is super engaging and students won’t even know that they are learning! This pack is perfect for early finishers, review, sub folders and centers!
This is also a great way to review before standardized tests!
Included in this Valentine's Day Math Pack for 4th Grade you will find:
*Valentine’s Day word problems for all operations. One and two step
*Writing fractions as a decimal
*Ordering fractions with different denominators or numerators
*Valentine’s Day Hundred Chart hidden picture! Students will answer 120 questions to find the hidden picture
*Color by Product- Multiply two double digit number or a four digit number by a one digit number to find the correct colors
*Rounding numbers to any place value, expanded form and word form up to the millions
*Follow the directions to draw a map of Cupid’s Neighborhood! Identify rays, line segments, lines and right triangles within the map. OR use the map that is already provided to answer the questions
*Valentine’s Day Fraction line plots
*Valentine Card shapes
*Cupid’s Busy Day- a multiplication game for the hundred chart
A full answer key is included!
CCSS Math Standards:
4.MD.A.1
4.MD.A.2
4.MD.A.3
4.MD.B.4
4.NBT.A.1
4.NBT.A.2
4.NBT.B.5
4.OA.A.1
4.OA.A.2
4.OA.A.3
4.OA.B.4
4.NF.A.2
4.G.A.1
4.G.A.2
4.NF.C.6
Enjoy this FREE Valentine's Day Math Game for the 100's Chart. Be the first to make 120 hearts fall in love this Valentine's Day!
It's Valentine's Day, Cupid's busiest day of the year! He needs to make 120 hearts fall in love before the clock strikes midnight. Roll the dice and help him collect 120 hearts before Valentine's Day ends! This game is also part of my Valentine’s Day Math Pack for 3rd Grade
On each turn , students will roll the dice and move their game piece according to the direction page. They will need to add, subtract, multiply and be familiar with multiples to move their piece. The first person to reach 120 hearts wins the game.
This Valentine's Math Game Includes:
Teacher Instructions
Student Instructions
Cupid's Busy Day game board
Put this out as a center or use this Valentine's Math hundred chart game as an early finisher's activity.
Happy Valentine's Day!
In this Christmas Coordinate Graph project, students will graph the given coordinate points to create a detailed, “fridge-worthy” Christmas picture. This project covers fifth grade standard 5.G.1
This is also part of my Christmas Math Pack for 5th Grade! You can find that Here: https://www.tes.com/us/teacher-lessons/christmas-math-pack-for-5th-grade-11182257
This Christmas Math Pack is 25 pages and designed for 5th grade students. It covers TONS of 5th grade standards in fun and engaging ways. This Christmas Math Pack is perfect for the week before Christmas or holiday breaks!
This Christmas Math Pack for 5th Grade Includes:
*Coordinate Graphing Mystery Picture
*Multiplying and Dividing Fractions
*Rounding and Comparing Decimals to the ten thousandths
*Volume
*Interpreting Line Plots with fractions
*Fraction Word Problems
*Order of Operations
*Writing and Solving Equations
*Scaling
*Christmas Logic Problems
*Ordered Pairs
CCSS Math Standards Covered:
5.MD.B.2
5.MD.C.3
5.MD.C.4
5.MD.C.5a
5.MD.C.5b
5.NBT.A.3b
5.NBT.A.4
5.NBT.B.5
5.NBT.B.7
5.OA.A.1
5.OA.A.2
5.OA.B.3
5.NF.A.1
5.NF.A.2
5.NF.B.5b
5.NF.B.7
5.G.A.1
Santa’s Village Map Project
This super engaging project is perfect for the week before Christmas! Students will create arrays of different items that might be found in Santa’s Village in the North Pole. This Christmas Map project is a hands-on way to reinforce area, perimeter, factor pairs, map skills and finding and identifying coordinate points on a graph.
For each item student are asked to record the array(s) used, multiplication fact(s) that helped them, the total area and the perimeter of each item. Some items are a simple rectangle, while other aspects, such as the reindeer barn have rooms within the building. Specifications are given for each room in the building.
Two options of this project are included:
Option One:
*All buildings are given (Santa’s house, reindeer barn, candy shop, etc)
*Units are given for each building and students must create the building to the given specification
*Students will add 3 of their own buildings
*Word problems that can be solved with the map are included
*Graphing coordinate points sheet is included
*Blank sheets for students to create their own word and graphing problems are included
Option 2
*All buildings to be included are given (Santa’s Workshop, elf club house, etc)
*Students must decide how big or small to make each building
*Students add 3 of their own buildings
*Students write their own word problems
*Graphing coordinate points sheet is included
This project can be fully differentiated to fit the needs of your students!
CCSS Standards
3.MD.5
3.MD.6
3.MD.7
4.OA.1
4.OA.4
4.MD.3
5.G.1
5.G.2
Christmas Hundred Chart Hidden Picture for 4th Grade
Students LOVE completing puzzles! In this Christmas Hundred Chart Hidden Picture, students will solve 120 math problems to reveal a Christmas Picture!
This Christmas Hundred Chart Hidden Picture includes:
*Interpreting multiplication as a comparison
*Measurement conversions
*Elapsed time
*Money
*Simple fractions
*Writing decimals as fractions
*Division
*Multiplication
*Addition
*Subtraction
This Christmas Hidden Picture makes a great math center or early finisher project!
4.MD.A.1
4.MD.A.2
4.NBT.A.2
4.NBT.A.3
4.NBT.B.4
4.OA.A.1
4.NF.C.6
Christmas Math Pack for 4th Grade
Christmas Math Pack
This Christmas math packet is made exclusively with 4th grade CCSS math standards. This Christmas math packet includes story problems, line plots, comparing numbers, fractions and more! 4th grade standards are covered using games, hidden messages and hidden pictures. Adorable graphics compliment these fun problems. This Christmas Math packet is perfect for the week before Christmas!
Included you will find 37 pages of Christmas Math:
*Christmas Story Problems
*Color by Sum- Adding and Subtracting 3 digit numbers
*Factors
*Writing fractions with 10 or 100 as a denominator as a decimal
*Comparing Decimals
*Logic Problems
*Line Plots
*Area and Perimeter
*Number and Shape Patterns
*Time, Money, measuring
*So much more!!!
4.MD.A.2
4.MD.A.3
4.MD.B.4
4.NBT.A.2
4.NBT.A.3
4.NBT.B.4
4.OA.A.1
4.OA.A.2
4.OA.A.3
4.OA.B.4
4.OA.C.5
4.NF.B.3
4.G.A.1
4.NF.C.5
4.NF.C.6
4.NF.C.7
Halloween Hundred Chart Hidden Picture
Students LOVE puzzles and Halloween, so why not combine them while covering a ton of 1st grade standards? In this Halloween Hundred Chart Hidden Picture, students will solve 120 problems to find the picture. This Halloween Hundred Chart Hidden Picture is perfect for early finishers, centers or extra credit!
This Halloween Hundred Chart Hidden Picture Includes:
Counting to 120
Addition
Subtraction
Mentally finding 10 more and 10 less
Counting Tens and Ones
Comparing Numbers
You can also find this as part of my Halloween Math Pack for Firsties!
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/halloween-math-pack-for-firsties-11146990
CCSS Standards:
1.NBT.A.1
1.NBT.B.2
1.NBT.C.4
1.NBT.C.5
1.NBT.C.6
1.OA.B.3
1.OA.B.4
1.OA.C.5
1.OA.C.6
1.OA.D.8
Halloween Math Pack for Firsties!
This Halloween Math Pack is perfect for review or a challenge, depending on the learner! This Halloween Math Pack for Firsties is great for early finishers, centers or extra credit. It covers a wide range of first grade standards.
This Halloween Math Pack for Firsties includes:
Halloween Word Problem
Candy Graphing
True or False?
Pumpkin Numbers
Pumpkin Fact Families
Time for Halloween
Halloween Sort
Who Has More?
Halloween Lines
Halloween Comparison
Halloween Hidden Picture
Covers Standards:
1.OA.A.1
1.OA.A.2
1.MD.C.4
1.OA.D.7
1.OA.D.8
1.NBT.C.4
1.OA.C.6
1.MD.B.3
K.MD.B.3
1.NBT.B.2
1.NBT.B.3
1.NBT.A.1
1.MD.A.1
Get a Creative Thinking Packet for EVERY month of the school year! Push your students to think on their own and explore possibilities that they might not have thought possible! These packets are perfect for enrichment or early finishers! Please see each link for a full description and preview of each!
Included in this Creative Thinking Mega Bundle, you will find:
Back to School Creative Thinking Pack https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/back-to-school-creative-thinking-pack-11120413
Fall Creative Thinking Pack https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/fall-creative-thinking-packet-11120039
Halloween Creative Thinking Pack https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/halloween-creative-thinking-pack-11119454
Thanksgiving Creative Thinking Pack https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/thanksgiving-creative-thinking-pack-11120420
Pilgrim Creative Thinking Pack https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/pilgrim-creative-thinking-packet-11120198
Christmas Creative Thinking Pack https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/christmas-creative-thinking-pack-11120892
Winter Creative Thinking Pack https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/winter-creative-thinking-pack-11120920
Valentine's Creative Thinking Pack https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/valentine-s-day-creative-thinking-pack-11120936
Thinkin' About Lincoln https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/thinkin-about-lincoln-11120328
St. Patrick's Day Creative Thinking Pack https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/st-patrick-s-day-creative-thinking-packet-11123162
Summer Creative Thinking Pack https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/summer-creative-thinking-packet-11124028
Students LOVE Hidden pictures! To reveal each hidden picture, students must complete at least 100 math problems! This Hundred Chart Hidden Picture MEGA Bundle is great for morning work, centers, enrichment or early finishers! Most of the standards in these Hidden Pictures are 3rd - 5th Grade.
Problems Include:
Place Value
Base 10 Blocks
Money
Time
Multiplication & Division
Addition & Subtraction
Order of Operations
Word Problems & MORE!!!
Tiny McStickyfingers is at it again! He has stolen parts of the hundred chart and hidden a picture in its midst! Students will need to fill in the missing numbers and solve 120 problems to reveal the St. Patrick's Day Hidden Picture.
Problems Include:
Addition & Subtraction
Multiplication & Division
Money
Order of Operations
Navigating the Hundred Chart
Expanded Form
Standard Form
Word Form
This St. Patrick's Day Hidden Picture is also included in my St. Patrick's Day Math Pack! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/st-patrick-s-day-math-pack-11119496
Check out the Hidden Picture MEGA Bundle! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/hundred-chart-hidden-picture-mega-bundle-11127114
Puzzles are super motivating for students! For this Valentine's Day Hundred Chart Hidden Picture, students will solve 100 math problems to reveal the picture in the Hundreds Chart. This activity is great for morning work, enrichment or early finishers.
Problems Include:
Addition & Subtraction
Multiplication & Division
Place Value
Base 10 Blocks
Time
Money
This Valentine's Day Hidden Picture is also included in my Valentine's Day Math Pack https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/valentine-s-day-math-pack-11119495
Check out the Hidden Picture MEGA Bundle! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/hundred-chart-hidden-picture-mega-bundle-11127114
Puzzles are super motivating for students! For this Christmas Hidden Picture, students will solve 100 math problems to reveal the picture in the Hundreds Chart. This activity is great for morning work, enrichment or early finishers.
Types of Problems Include:
Addition & Subtraction
Multiplication & Division
Word Problems
Fractions
Base 10 Blocks
Navigating the 100s Chart
This Christmas Hundred Chart Hidden Picture is also part of my Christmas Math Pack! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/christmas-math-pack-11119491
Check out the Hidden Picture MEGA Bundle! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/hundred-chart-hidden-picture-mega-bundle-11127114
Puzzles are super motivating for students! For this Thanksgiving Hidden Picture, students will solve 100 math problems to reveal the picture in the Hundreds Chart. This activity is great for morning work, enrichment or early finishers.
Types of Problems Include:
Addition & Subtraction
Multiplication & Division
Money
Time
Tally Marks
Base 10 Blocks
Word Problems
This Thanksgiving Hundred Chart Hidden Picture is also part of my Thanksgiving Math Pack! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/thanksgiving-math-pack-11119478
Check out the Hidden Picture MEGA Bundle! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/hundred-chart-hidden-picture-mega-bundle-11127114
Puzzles are super motivating for students! For this Halloween Hidden Picture, students will solve 100 math problems to reveal the picture in the Hundreds Chart. This activity is great for morning work, enrichment or early finishers.
Problems include:
Time
Addition & Subtraction
Multiplication & Division
Base 10 blocks
Navigating the 100s Chart
Order of Operations
This Halloween Hundred Chart Hidden Picture is also included in my Halloween Math Pack! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/halloween-math-pack-11118961
Check out the Hidden Picture MEGA Bundle! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/hundred-chart-hidden-picture-mega-bundle-11127114
Get a Creative Thinking Packet for EVERY month of the school year! Push your students to think on their own and explore possibilities that they might not have thought possible! These packets are perfect for enrichment or early finishers! Please see each link for a full description and preview of each!
Included in this Creative Thinking Mega Bundle, you will find:
Back to School Creative Thinking Pack https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/back-to-school-creative-thinking-pack-11120413
Fall Creative Thinking Pack https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/fall-creative-thinking-packet-11120039
Halloween Creative Thinking Pack https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/halloween-creative-thinking-pack-11119454
Thanksgiving Creative Thinking Pack https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/thanksgiving-creative-thinking-pack-11120420
Pilgrim Creative Thinking Pack https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/pilgrim-creative-thinking-packet-11120198
Christmas Creative Thinking Pack https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/christmas-creative-thinking-pack-11120892
Winter Creative Thinking Pack https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/winter-creative-thinking-pack-11120920
Valentine's Creative Thinking Pack https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/valentine-s-day-creative-thinking-pack-11120936
Thinkin' About Lincoln https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/thinkin-about-lincoln-11120328
St. Patrick's Day Creative Thinking Pack https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/st-patrick-s-day-creative-thinking-packet-11123162
Summer Creative Thinking Pack https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/summer-creative-thinking-packet-11124028
This Seasonal Math Bundle contains a themed math packet for every month of the school year! This is great for morning work, review, enrichment, extra credit or for guest teachers! This Seasonal Math Bundle covers mostly 3rd grade standards and some 4th and 5th grade standards. Please see each packet link for a full description!
*Fall Math Pack https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/fall-math-fall-money-fall-time-fall-word-problems-and-more-11118890
*Halloween Math Pack https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/halloween-math-pack-11118961
*Thanksgiving Math Pack https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/thanksgiving-math-pack-11119478
*Christmas Math Pack https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/christmas-math-pack-11119491
*Winter Math Pack https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/winter-math-pack-11119493
*Valentine's Day Math Pack https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/valentine-s-day-math-pack-11119495
*St. Patrick's Day Math Pack https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/st-patrick-s-day-math-pack-11119496
*Spring Math Pack https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spring-math-pack-11119514
*Summer Math Pack https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/summer-math-pack-11119517