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 155 page Animal Research Bundle contains all you need to teach students how to complete an individualized, self-directed research project ending in a Natural History Museum. Students will learn how to research using non-fiction books and put the information in their own words! No more copying directly from the book! The process is broken down into day-to-day lessons.
This Animal Research bundle is differentiated and a perfect way to meet the needs of all of your students.
Students will choose one animal from a selection of grade-appropriate non-fiction and focus on their animal's adaptations, habitat, predators, prey/diet and other interesting facts.
Common Core and Science Standards aligned! Suggestions for guided reading groups are also included.
This Animal Research Bundle includes:
-5 + weeks of complete daily lesson plans
-Completed PROJECT SAMPLES to show your students what a quality animal research project looks like
-All student handouts, parent letters (English and Spanish) and teacher masters
-Choosing books for animal research
-Suggested Animal Lists
-Anchor Chart Printables
-Interactive Journal Pages
-Creative ways to assess prior knowledge
-Informational Text Features
-Informational Text vocabulary activities
-detailed instructions on how to teach students how to write an interesting paragraph with strong, varied language
-suggestions on how to supervise student work and create guided reading groups based on need
-step-by-step instructions on how to demonstrate to students how to make a No-to-Low cost diorama
-step-by-step instructions on how to demonstrate how to make animal research product using PowerPoint or Prezi
-Product Descriptors for easy grading! These Animal Research Product Descriptors are available in English and Spanish (translated using Google Translate)
-Writing Process Clip Chart
If you enjoy my Animal Research Project, check out my Biography Research Project!
CCSS ELA Standards:
RI.3.1
RI.3.3
RI.3.4
RI.3.5
RI.3.7
RI.3.8
RI.3.9
RI.3.10
RI.4.2
RI.4.5
RI.4.7
W.3.1
W.3.2
W.3.4
W.3.5
W.3.6
W.3.7
W.3.8
W.3.10
W.4.2
W.4.4
W.4.5
W.4.6
W.4.7
W.4.8
W.4.9
W.4.10
SL.3.3
SL.3.4
SL.3.6
SL.4.1
SL.4.2
SL.4.4
SL.4.5
L.3.1
L.3.2
L.3.3
L.3.4
L.3.5
L.3.6
L.4.1
L.4.2
L.4.3
L.4.4
L.4.5
L.4.6
This is the Ultimate Halloween Activity Bundle. It contains everything you need for Halloween. Included in this Halloween Activity Bundle is 116 pages of:
Halloween Activities for Literacy Pack
This is a packet of 20 creative thinking, writing and math Halloween Activities. These Halloween activities may be used individually or stapled together to create a Halloween Activities packet
Included in this Halloween activity packet you will find:
-A Mummy Can't
-Halloween Everyday
-Ghostly Problems
-What is THAT?
-Halloween Words
-Halloween BAR
-The Bagless Wonder
-Halloween Imagination
-Halloween Fashion
-Halloween Problems
-Malinda the "Green" Witch
-What? No Candy!?!
-The Vampire and the Pumpkin
-Crazy Costume
-Frankenstein is the Answer
- The Next Big Thing
-Candy Drop
-Pumpkin Carving
-The Missing Foot
-Halloween Haiku
This Halloween Activity Pack includes a Product Descriptor for easy grading!!!
Sample Answers included to get you and your class thinking!
Halloween Math Activities
This Halloween math Activity packet is geared towards 2nd, 3rd and as a review for 4th graders. It includes story problems, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and graphing.
Included you will find 25 pages of Halloween Math:
*Halloween Math Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division Stories
*Halloween Math Multiplication and Division Stories
*Halloween Math Candy Graphing
*Halloween Math Fractions
*Halloween Math Probability
*Find the Missing Number
*Halloween Math Fact Families
*Halloween Rounding and Secret Message
*Halloween Hidden Picture
Answer Key is included!
Halloween Party Pack
Halloween Letter home to parents requesting volunteers and snacks (all provided choices are peanut free). These letters are available in English and Spanish.
Halloween Word Scramble Game
Pass the Pumpkin Game
Trick or Treat Game
Candy Corn Relay Game
Halloween Word Search
Halloween Coloring Pages
Halloween Bingo
No Hands Pass the Mini Pumpkin
I Want My Mummy!
I hope that you and your class enjoy this selection of Halloween activities and Halloween Party Games! All of these items are available individually in my store. Save money when you bundle!
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
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 is a packet of 20 creative thinking Winter writing activities. These language rich creative thinking winter activities are perfect for early finishers, gifted and talented learners or a great addition to your sub folder! As an added BONUS I have included a Fillable PDF! Students can complete most of the Winter Creative Thinking Packet using Adobe Reader or similar PDF software!**
Included in this Winter Activities packet you will find:
Frosty! Noooo!- Frosty the Snowman is alive and well...for now. Name 10 things he absolutely cannot do
Winter Shape Poem
Winter 24/7- It is always winter where you live now. List three ways your life would be different and three consequences of each difference
The Snow Shovel- List 3 problems with a snow shovel and two fixes
Not-So-Prime Realty- the Abominable Snowman is selling his cave. Help him write a realty listing
The New Hot Chocolate Mug- redesign the plain old hot chocolate mug.
Winter Words- think of a word for each letter of the alphabet that has to do with winter
The Unexpected Snowstorm- You live in southern Florida where there has never been any recorded snowfall. Suddenly you get a snowstorm dumping 2 feet of snow on your neighborhood. You need to dig yourself out. Tell ways you can do that without using a shovel or any snow removing equipment.
Winter Picture- tell how a given picture has to do with winter
The Future of Winter- If the temperatures of the world continue to rise, winter in the future will be different than it is today. Tell how it is different in the future
What Else Can I Do with THIS?- You no longer need your car window ice scraper and brush combo. Name other ways that you could use it
Too Cold for…Anything- There is a new law in town. "No one can go outside for anything in winter". Come up reasons that this could possibly be a good thing.
The Snowman and the Spoon- How is a snowman like a spoon?
Ooooh! Ooooh! I know! Winter!- The answer is "Winter". You think of the questions
Save the Polar Bears- The polar bears need some TLC right now. How can people be encouraged to help the polar bears? Think of 9 ways
Winter Inventions- Given a list of 3 needed inventions, choose one and...Invent It!
The Last Penguin- You have been asked to guard the last remaining penguin, but you have been given some pretty weird materials to do the job. Explain how you would use these materials to save the last penguin.
The Snowman that Won’t Melt- you find an intact snowman in May. How is this possible?
Crossword Puzzle Writer- You write the weekly crossword puzzle for the paper. Given the words, you write the clues
Winter Movie Director- You have been asked to film a winter movie. Using the given materials, create a scene, photograph it and tell about it in writing.
Looking for Fall themed centers to go with your fall unit? Included in this packet are 18 Writing, Math and Science themed centers. These Fall Centers are differentiated to accommodate all levels of learners in your classroom!
These fall-themed activities are designed to stand on their own or be used collectively as fall centers. These autumn centers are aligned to the Common Core Language Arts standards as well as Science Standards.
Fall activities Include:
Fall Into Reading center- fiction and non-fiction reading response sheets
It's Fall About Writing center- Students will create a fall ABC book or a Fall Fact Book
Fall Word Work center- Fall Word Sorts for primary and intermediate and a Say, Write, Spell of fall words
Fall Craft center- Students will create a paper bag scarecrow
Fall Listening Centers
Fall Science and Observation center-A cut and paste leaf diagram or a draw-your-own diagram of selected fall objects. Also includes a Summer vs. Fall comparison page
Fall Math center- Students will estimate and compare the weights of pumpkins and number of pumpkin seeds
Fall Computer Center- Students will type and decorate a list of fall words
Fall Picture Sort center- Students will cut and paste summer and fall pictures into appropriate categories
Covers CCSS:
RI.1.2
RI.1.6
RI.1.10
RI.2.1
RI.2.5
RI.2.10
RI.3.1
RI.3.7
RI.3.10
RF.1.1a
RF.1.4a
W.1.2
W.1.8
W.2.2
W.2.6
W.2.8
W.3.2
W.3.8
Each fall activity includes a materials list, teacher directions and all the student printables you need for the fall centers. Student sheets are created in black and white for easy printing and photo copying.
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!
100th Day of School Fun Pack and 100th Day of School Parent Letter.
Give your students an amazing 100th Day of School to remember with this creative and unique set of 100th Day of School Activities and centers. A 100th Day of School Parent letter is included in this 100th Day of School Activity Pack so that you can be prepared with volunteers and snacks.
In this 100th Day of School Activity Pack, you will find the following 100th Day of School Activities:
100th Day of School Parent Letter
100th Day of School Certificate- This certificate is available in full color or black line master
100th Day of School Hat- A creative and fun twist on the 100th Day of School Crown. Instructions and photographs included.
100th Day of School Necklace- 100th Day of School counting mat is included
100th Day of School Trail Mix- Have students count out 100 ingredients ingredients to make this 100th Day of School snack.
Hop to 100- Students will actually be able to hop to 100
100 Ways to Show 100
Flip to 100- Students will flip a coin 100 times and record their results and answer questions.
Roll to 100- students will roll a dice 100 times, record their results and then answer questions about their results
Which has 100?- A 100th Day of School estimating activity
When I am 100- Students will predict how their life will be when they are 100 years old
Fun with the 100's Chart- Three 100's Chart activities- Find the Missing Numbers and a page of 100 Chart Puzzles in this 100th Day of School activity!
100's Chart Hidden Picture- This 100th day of school activity includes three levels of difficulty.
-a number match
-a set of addition and subtraction problems that can be completed using the 100's chart
-a wide variety of skill review- from tally marks to money. Pick the set that works best for your class or individual students on the 100th day of school!
To complete these activities with younger students, it would be helpful to ask for a parent volunteer for each 100th Day of School center/activity.
You can set up these activities to complete in one day. You can also celebrate the week of the 100th Day of School by spreading out these activities for the whole week.
Be sure to read through these activities because some of them will require some advanced preparation.
Have a FANTASTIC 100th Day of School!!!!
CCCS ELA Math
K.CC.A.1
K.CC.A.2
2.MD.C.8
1.NBT.A.1
1.NBT.B.2
1.NBT.C.5
1.NBT.C.6
2.NBT.A.1
2.NBT.B.5
2.NBT.B.6
2.NBT.B.8
3.NBT.A.2
1.OA.B.3
1.OA.C.5
1.OA.C.6
2.OA.A.1
2.OA.B.2
3.OA.A.3
3.OA.C.7
3.OA.D.8
3.OA.D.9
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.
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
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
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!