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!
This Bundle contains two of my popular Christmas packets! These packets are perfect for early finishers or enrichment. Save 20% when you BUNDLE! Please see each product for a full preview!
1. Christmas Math Pack for 5th Grade
2. Christmas Creative Thinking Pack
This Bundle contains two of my popular Christmas packets! These packets are perfect for early finishers or enrichment. Save 20% when you BUNDLE!
1) Christmas Math Pack for 4th Grade
2) Christmas Creative Thinking Pack
Invite students to think about The Chocolate Touch from a different angle by choosing one of these Creative Thinking writing prompts! Students can choose from one of three options:
1. They are an interviewer doing a lifestyle piece on John Midas. They are to write interview questions and then, as John Midas, write the answers.
2. As John Midas, they will write a letter to the famous advice columnist Ask Angela asking for advice on his problem. Then, as Ask Angela, they will write a letter back to John.
3. They are a newscaster writing a warning bulletin about John Midas. Their job is to warn the public about the boy who turns everything into chocolate!
All materials are included! 3 choices, Sloppy Copy and Final Copy paper and a Rubric for grading!
Standards Covered:
W.3.4, W.3.5, W.4.4, W.4.5, W.5.4, W.5.5
This series of Life as a Slave Stations are designed to humanize the people who were slaves as much as possible. Students often learn about the Civil War and the existence of slavery, but not about the daily life of the people who were slaves. The six stations are designed to help bridge the gap.
The six stations focus on:
1. A picture book station
2. Listening to Songs of Slavery
3. Examining the Food and Clothes of Slaves
4. Studying Photographs of Slavery
5. Learning about life on a plantation
6. The Problems of Freedom
These stations use primary and secondary source materials and are appropriate for students as young as 5th grade. Students will spend time examining the materials at each station and then as a group, write a response to a focus question. All needed materials are included, but you may need to log on to a few websites before beginning.
The needs of ESL (English as a Second Language) students have also been addressed. Accommodations Include:
Word Banks
Group Work/discussion
Multiple Intelligences
Scaffolding of Recording Sheets
WIDA Standards in Student Friendly language
Rubrics
This BUNDLE includes my Summer Math Pack for 3rd Grade and my Summer Creative Thinking Pack. Please see the full descriptions below:
This Summer Math Pack contains 29 pages of summer-themed math practice for 3rd graders. This pack is fully aligned to 3rd grade common core standards. These packets are fun, engaging and many activities are self-checking! It makes great practice before school starts!
This packet reviews:
Word Problems for all operations- one and two step
Finding the missing number in an equation
Rounding
Three digit addition and subtraction
Area and Perimeter
Shapes
Fractions
Graphing- creating a scaled graph and a bar graph
Plotting numbers on a number line
Measuring to the nearest ¼, ½ and ¾ inch
Time
Common Core Standards
3.MD.A.1, 3.MD.B.3, 3.MD.B.4, 3.MD.C.5, 3.MD.C.6, 3.MD.C.7, 3.NBT.A.1, 3.NBT.A.2, 3.NBT.A.3, 3.OA.A.1, 3.OA.A.2, 3.OA.A.3, 3.OA.A.4, 3.OA.B.6, 3.OA.C.7, 3.OA.D.8, 3.NF.A.1
Summer Creative Thinking Packet
These language rich creative thinking Summer activities may be used individually or stapled together to create a Summer activity packet (black line cover included). Fostering creative thinking has been shown to increase learning in all areas. This Summer Activity Packet will do just that!
Included in this Summer Activities packet you will find:
*Student Cover- a blackline student cover is included in this summer activity
*The ABC’s of Summer- for this summer activity, write one word for every letter of the alphabet that has to do with summer
*In Summer You Can’t… - Find some activities that you cannot do in summer
*Endless Summer- tell how things would be different if it were always summer
*Can Summer GET Any Better? Yes! It Can! - Make summer bigger, add something to summer and replace/remove something
*Summer Inventions- Using some given items, create a summer invention
*Summer is Great…Mostly…- what are some things that are not so great about summer?
*Too Many Arm Floaties- List other uses for arm floaties in this summer activity
*A New Summer Sensation- Combine two summer things to create a new summer invention
*The Perfect Summer Beverage- The only thing your town can drink is lemonade, describe how you will enforce this
*And the Question is…-write questions that have the answer "sunburn"
*Signs of Summer- a sign showed up in your neighborhood. Tell how it has to do with summer.
*Summer Poetry
*It’s Just so HOT!- In this summer activity, come up with some creative ways to keep cool!
*Let’s Go Play! -Design a new summer game/toy/activity
Common Core Standards
W.2.5, W.2.8, W.3.1, W.3.2, W.3.4, W.4.2, W.4.8, W.5.4, W.5.8, L.2.1, L.2.2, L.2.5, L.3.1, L.3.2, L.4.1, L.4.2, L.5.1, L.5.2, L.5.3
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!
Valentine’s Day Math & Literacy BUNDLE for Year 4
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, centres and guest teachers!
This Valentine’s Day Math and Literacy BUNDLE for Year 4 includes:
Valentine’s Day Creative Thinking Pack
Included in this Valentine's Day Math Pack for Year 4 you will find:
This pack includes:
Valentine’s Day Word Problems
Graphing Data and Picture Graphs
Addition and subtraction to 1000 in a fun Colour by Answer
Ordering Numbers
Multiplication and Division fact families up to 100
Area with tiling and multiplication- Design a house for Cupid using the given units!
Comparing Fractions
Rounding to the nearest ten and hundred
Time and Money
A 100 Chart hidden pictures- solve 100 problems to find the Valentine picture!
Cupid’s Busy Day- a Multiplication Game for the hundred chart
Included in this Valentine's Day Activity packet you will find:
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 Valentine Heart Sweets
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!
Are your mornings a struggle, having to repeat yourself over and over telling your kids what to do to get ready? Try these Morning and Bedtime Routine Clip Charts! Now children will have a visual what they will need to do to get ready, helping them better process what they will need to do!
The Morning Clip Chart Includes:
Go potty & Wash Hands
Brush Teeth
Brush Hair
Eat Breakfast
Make Bed
Wash Face
Get Dressed
Pack Lunch
Bedtime Routine
Do Homework
Pick up Toys
Brush Teeth
Put on Pajamas
Say Prayers
Get Backpack
Eat Snack
Go Potty and Wash Hands
Good Night Hug
Read a Book
Wash Face
Take a Bath
Go to Sleep
If you enjoy this product, please check out some of the other Behavior Management Products available in my shop!
These Fall Reading Response Sheets are perfect for independent work or centers. There are a variety of response sheets that can be used with fiction or non-fiction.
These Fall Reading Response Sheets Include:
*Suggested Fall Book List
*Fall Non-Fiction Reading Response Sheet- What I Know About Fall, What I Learned About Fall and Questions I Still Have About Fall
*Fall Non-Fiction Reading Response-Draw a picture and write about what you learned from your fall book
*Fall Fiction Reading Response Sheets- Identify Characters, Setting, Problem/Solution, Summary
*Fall Fiction Reading Response Sheets- Draw a picture and write about your favorite part of the story
This Spring Word Work is perfect for a spring themed center! These pages include a word sort for both primary and intermediate. There is also three pages of Say, Write, Spell, a re-usable activity that will have students using their spelling skills to spell new words!
These Spring Reading Response sheets are perfect for a spring reading or listening to reading center. There are a variety of sheets for both fiction and non-fiction texts.
Students will LOVE making their very own ABC book! They will come up with something creative to do with spring for every letter of the alphabet! They will then illustrate their own book for a keepsake.
This super cute ABC book is the perfect project for a winter themed writing center! Throw in some fun writing utensils, sample ABC books and winter non-fiction books and have kids writing their own books in no time!
These Fall Word Work Center Activities are perfect for your fall themed centers!
Included are:
2 Word Lists (primary with pictures and intermediate)
Fall Word Sort Pages
Fall Say, Write, Spell- Students "Say" the word, "Write" the word by tracing, and then "Spell" the word independently and check their work.
This adorable Fall ABC book template is the perfect thing for a fall writing center! Provide students with a variety of texts, writing materials and blank books. Students will write a word or phrase that relates to the fall season on every page. They will then illustrate their books.
This book is great for beginning and experienced writers alike!
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
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
In this Summer Sample, you will find four pages selected from my Summer Math Pack and my Summer Creative Thinking Pack. I hope you enjoy these pages!
Beach Ball Math- Add, subtract, multiply or divide three numbers to get to the number in the middle
Zoo Favorites- Solve this logic problem to figure out which student likes which animals
In Summer You Can’t- Think of some things you absolutely cannot do in summer
So…That Just Happened- Come up with an explanation for something that seems explainable!
This sample contains an answer key.
If you enjoy these pages, check out the full packets and bundle in my store!
Every moment with your students is precious. Don't waste one second, even when they need a break. Combine movement and learning with these Words on the Move: 60 Sight Word Activity and Movement Cards!!
Students will jump, skip, pantomime, do crunches and so much more while practicing their sight words with these sight word activities.
Put these sight word activities in a visible, easily accessible spot and pull out a sight word activity card when students need a brain break between lessons.
These sight word activities are great during transitions and as sponge activities. You can even put these sight word activities in a word work center (visual cues included) or add them to your morning routine. Print the sight word activities out and send them home for students to practice their spelling and sight words at home.
With these sight word activities, students can practice:
Spelling Words
Sight Words
Word Wall Words
Vocabulary Words
ANY words!!!!
Movement is so important in our classrooms!!! Do these sight word activities to add fun and movement to your day!