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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!

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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 Hundred Chart Hidden Picture
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Valentine's Day Hundred Chart Hidden Picture

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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
The Great Elf Contest:  A multiplication game for the 100s chart
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The Great Elf Contest: A multiplication game for the 100s chart

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This is a Christmas Math multiplication game for the 100's chart. The premise for this Christmas math game is that Santa wants to bring an elf along this Christmas Eve to help him deliver presents. This is a HUGE honor! Play this Christmas math game to be the first Elf to color 5 presents in a row to win the opportunity to help Santa this Christmas. This Christmas math game makes a great partner game, but can be played by up to 4 players. For this Christmas math game, students will each get a set of digit cards. On each turn, students will draw two digit cards, multiply them together, and color the corresponding present on the Christmas math game board. The first player to color 5 presents in a row (vertical, horizontal or diagonal) wins this Christmas math game! Included in this Christmas Math game: -Instructions -Digit Cards -Game Board Put this Christmas math game out for early finishers or use it as a Christmas math center. I hope you and your class enjoy this Christmas Math Game! Merry Christmas! If you enjoy this Christmas Math Game, check out my Christmas Math Pack, Christmas Activities for Literacy and a Christmas Party Games Pack. These are also available in a discounted bundle! They are available in my store! CCSS Math Standards 3.NBT.A.3 3.OA.B.5 3.OA.C.7 3.OA.D.9
Biography Research Project BUNDLE
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Biography Research Project BUNDLE

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This 168 page integrated Biography Research Unit Bundle contains EVERYTHING you need to teach students how to complete an individualized, self-directed Biography Research Project. This Biography Research Project is Common Core Aligned. Students will learn how to synthesize biographies and put the information in their own words! You will use the gradual release of responsibility model to teach this Biography Research Project. This Bundle is differentiated and a perfect way to meet the needs of all of your students. This Biography Research Bundle includes: *5+ weeks of detailed Biography Research instructions- how to teach students how to read, evaluate and synthesize biographies into their own words. No more copying straight from the book! *Parent letters explaining the biography research project. These letters are ready to sign and send home! The letters are available in English and Spanish *Biography anchor chart printables *Interactive Journal Pages *All needed student hand outs and teacher masters *Detailed preparation instructions- how to choose biographies, contacting your library and gathering biography materials *Suggestions of biographies: Figures of American History and Contemporary Figures lists. There is also a blank page for you to make your own lists *Visual examples for the teacher of biography research note taking and biography anchor charts *Creative ways to assess prior knowledge about *Review of important parts of biographies *suggestions on how to supervise student biography research work and create guided reading groups based on needs you see during biography research *step-by-step instructions on how to demonstrate how to make a digital end product using PowerPoint or Prezi. I have included a finished biography Prezi and a mostly complete biography PowerPoint for you to complete with your class. *Invitations to the Biography Research Finale- a Living History Museum! Invite other classes and school staff! *suggestions of audio resources *Personal Student Dictionary *Writing Process Clip Chart! This Biography Research unit contains CHOICE, which is key for student engagement. Students will choose one biography from a selection of grade-appropriate biographies and focus on their person's Important Life Events, Personality Traits, Interests and Hobbies, Challenges, Contributions to Society and Other Interesting Facts. CCSS ELA Standards: RI.3.1 - RI.3.10 RI.4.1, RI.4.2, RI.4.4- RI.4.4-RI.4.7 W.3.1 - W.3.10 W.4.2 - W.4.8 SL.3.3 - SL.3.6 SL.4.1 - SL.4.5 L.3.1 - L.3.6 L.4.1- L.4.5
Christmas Hundred Chart Hidden Picture
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Christmas Hundred Chart Hidden Picture

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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
Halloween Hundred Chart Hidden Picture for Firsties
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Halloween Hundred Chart Hidden Picture for Firsties

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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
Being Respectful in Art Class
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Being Respectful in Art Class

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Do you want an art class where kids keep the paint only on the paper and clean up quickly right away when asked? You can use this power point to help you begin to teach these behaviors to your students! Students will get direct, concrete examples of what being respectful in art class looks like and sounds like! This presentation is perfect for PBIS, beginning of the year, review or social groups! If your like this product, please check out: All the items below are also available in a Behavior Lesson BUNDLE Showing Respect in the Library Showing Respect in the Bathroom Slide Show Showing Respect in the Lunchroom Slide Show Bucket Filling Power Point Trust Bank Presentation The Golden Rule and Acceptance The Importance of Being Honest Tattling vs. Telling Snow at School Being Respectful Lining Up Properly Know Your Anger Triggers Keeping Hands and Feet to Yourself Good Fit Video Games Dealing with Conflict Dealing with Anger Controlling Your Behavior How to be a Bucket Filler Behavior T-Charts A Safe Recess 5 Ways to Avoid a Fight
Behavior Coupons:  11 No-Cost Rewards
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Behavior Coupons: 11 No-Cost Rewards

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Did someone make it to Outstanding? Have their homework all quarter? Well behaved for a week? Give them a reward coupon! Here are 11 Classroom Management Behavior Reward Coupons Use these no-cost-to-you reward coupons to reward student behavior. A coupon to appeal to every student!! Designed to coordinate with my classroom management Clip-up- Chart. Reward Coupons include: Lunch with the Teacher Invite a Student from Another Class to Sit with You at Lunch Write with a Crazy Pen for a Day No Homework Pass 30 Minutes of Computer Time Get Your Name Read over the Announcements Sit Next to a Friend for the Day 5 Extra Points on a Test Bring a Stuffed Animal to School for a Day Teacher's Helper for a Day Care for the Class Pet Check out my other behavior items in my store!
Fall Hundred Chart Hidden Picture
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Fall Hundred Chart Hidden Picture

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Puzzles are super motivating for students! For this Fall Hidden Picture, students will solve 100 math problems to reveal the picture in the Hundreds Chart. The standards in this Fall Hundred Chart Hidden Picture are 3rd -5th grade. This hidden picture makes great morning work, center work, review or enrichment! Problems include: Money Tally Marks Addition & Subtraction Word Problems Order of Operations Multiplication and Division This Fall Hundred Chart Hidden Picture is also included in my Fall Math Pack! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/fall-math-fall-money-fall-time-fall-word-problems-and-more-11118890 Check out the Hidden Picture MEGA Bundle! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/hundred-chart-hidden-picture-mega-bundle-11127114
Halloween BUNDLE
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Halloween BUNDLE

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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!
Christmas BUNDLE for 4th Grade
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Christmas BUNDLE for 4th Grade

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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
Christmas Math & Literacy BUNDLE for 5th Grade
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Christmas Math & Literacy BUNDLE for 5th Grade

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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
Christmas Maths Pack for Year 6
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Christmas Maths Pack for Year 6

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This Christmas Maths Pack is 26 pages and designed for Year 6 students. It covers TONS of maths concepts in fun and engaging ways. This Christmas Maths Pack is perfect for the week before Christmas or holiday breaks! This Christmas Maths Pack for Year 6 Includes: *Coordinate Graphing Mystery Picture *Multiplying and Dividing Fractions *Rounding and Comparing Decimals to the ten thousandths *Volume *Colour by Product *Interpreting Line Plots with fractions *Fraction Word Problems *Order of Operations *Writing and Solving Equations *Scaling *Christmas Logic Problems *Ordered Pairs Check out the other UK Christmas Products available in my shop!
Winter Creative Thinking Pack
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Winter Creative Thinking Pack

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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.
Winter Math Pack for 3rd Grade
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Winter Math Pack for 3rd Grade

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This Winter Math Packet is 28 pages of engaging math puzzles, color by answer and MORE! Completely aligned to 3rd grade common core standards, this Winter Math Pack includes an activity for almost every standard. Included in this pack you will also find a BONUS Fillable PDF so that students can complete this packet on their laptops or Chromebooks using Adobe Reader!** This pack includes: 4 pages of creative Winter word stories 3 different types of graphs/diagrams Addition and subtraction to 1000 in a fun Color by Answer Multiplication and Division fact families up to 100 Find the missing number Area with tiling and multiplication Area as an additive with rectangular figures Fractions on a number line Comparing Fractions Rounding to the nearest ten and hundred Time and Money A 120 Chart hidden pictures- solve 120 problems to find the picture! **Please note that this is my first attempt at a fillable PDF. I am not charging any extra for this bonus feature. The color by number is not included in the fillable PDF as that needs to be done by hand. I would LOVE your thoughts and/or opinions on it! You can e-mail me directly at karenemorris05@yahoo.com CCSS: 3.MD.A.1 3.MD.A.2 3.MD.B.3 3.MD.C.5 3.MD.C.6 3.MD.C.7a 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.5 3.OA.B.6 3.OA.C.7 3.OA.D.8 3.NF.A.1 3.NF.A.2 3.NF.A.3c 3.MD.C.7d
Christmas Maths Pack for Year 5
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Christmas Maths Pack for Year 5

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Christmas Maths Pack This Christmas maths packet is made with Year 5 in mind. This Christmas maths packet includes story problems, line plots, comparing numbers, fractions and more! Concepts are covered using games, hidden messages and hidden pictures. Adorable graphics compliment these fun problems. This Christmas Maths packet is perfect for the week before Christmas! Included you will find 37 pages of Christmas Maths: *Christmas Story Problems *Colour 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!!!
Christmas Hidden Picture Year 5
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Christmas Hidden Picture Year 5

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Students LOVE completing puzzles! In this Christmas Hundred Chart Hidden Picture, students will solve 120 math problems to reveal a Christmas Picture! You can also find this as part of my Christmas Maths Pack for Year 5. 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 maths centre or early finisher project!
Halloween Math Pack
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Halloween Math Pack

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25 Halloween Math pages packed with Halloween Math Fun! This Halloween Math Pack is common core aligned and geared towards 3-5 graders, but the Halloween Math pack could be used as enrichment for higher level 2nd graders. Included in this Halloween Math Pack you will find: Halloween Math Word Problems- 4 pages of Halloween math word problems Halloween Math Graphing- Graph Finn's class favorite Halloween candy. Answer questions about the tally chart and find the mean, median, mode and range. Halloween Math Fractions- Answer Halloween math fraction questions Halloween Math Probability- What are Shana's chances of picking out different Halloween candies? Missing Pumpkin Number- Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division Halloween Math Fact Families- 4 pages of Halloween Math fact families for all operations Halloween Hidden Message- Round to solve the riddle Halloween Time- Two pages of time problems Halloween Hidden Picture- The ultimate Halloween Math pack activity! This Halloween Math activity is fun for all ages. In this Halloween math activity, students will solve 100 halloween math problems to find the Halloween math Hidden Picture in the 100’s chart. Students will be engaged and learning in this self-checking fun Halloween math activity CCSS: 3.MD.B.3 2.NBT.B.5 4.NBT.B.4 2.OA.A.1 2.OA.B.2 3.OA.A.1 3.OA.A.2 3.OA.A.3 3.OA.B.5 3.OA.B.6 3.OA.D.8 4.OA.A.2 4.OA.A.3 4.OA.B.4 This Halloween Math Packet will make a great supplement to your curriculum. This Halloween Math Pack is great for centers or for early finishers! Offer this Halloween Math Pack as review or enrichment. Put this Halloween Math Pack on your smart board and complete this Halloween Math pack as a class or give this Halloween math pack students to complete individually or for extra credit! A Halloween Math pack Answer Key is included for this Halloween math packet.
Fraction Memory Game
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Fraction Memory Game

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To play this Fraction Memory Game, students will put all the cards face down and take turns flipping two cards over until they find a match. Students will match visual models to number models. This game includes 36 pairs of cards. CCSS Math: 3.NF.3c If you enjoy this game, please check out my Fraction Activity BUNDLE!!! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/fraction-activity-bundle-11121361
Building Trust Bundle
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Building Trust Bundle

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Teach your students how to build trust in the classroom and why it is important to have people trust you. Included in this bundle is my Building Trust lesson plan, Building Trust poster and the Trust Bank PowerPoint Presentation.
Rekenrek Number Flash
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Rekenrek Number Flash

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Make improving number sense FUN with this game for the rekenrek. Players will be shown a number and need to make it as fast as they can on their rekenrek! CCSS Math: K.CC.3 K.CC.4 K.CC.5