3 Digit Addition - no Regrouping Practice Worksheets. Includes ten worksheets with 20 problems per page, Keys included. You can print one on one side for class practice and one on the back for homework practice. Supports common core. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator

2 Digit Addition - No Regrouping Practice Worksheets. Includes ten worksheets with 20 problems per page, Keys included. You can print one on one side for class practice and one on the back for homework practice. Supports common core. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator UPDATED April 2015

Commonly Confused Words TEST. Good spelling help and standardized test prep. Fifty questions of commonly confused words that are often seen on state tests. Includes common homophones like there, they're and their; usage errors such as its, and it's and should have vs. should of; as well as words such as sit and set and lie and lay. Should really make them think. - HappyEdugator

Business Letter Writing. How to Write a Business Letter Handout. This technical writing handout is a handy guide on how to write a business letter. Shows how a business letter is formatted, and the six main parts of a business letter: heading, inside address, salutation, body, closing, signature. Includes a blank template, a handout on writing strategies, a persuasive map, and rubric.

Discounts - What's My Discount? Percentage Worksheet. Real world math finding percentages. Using their knowledge of percents, students figure out how much they would have to pay for various items if a furniture store was having a percent off sale. This is practice for a real world situation that they can relate to. Useful for test preparation. Key included.

Beginning of the Year PBIS Reward System. PBIS stands for Positive Behavior Incentive System. Set up for back to school. Promotes positive behavior. If you are implementing PBIS, you must also develop a reward system for good behavior. In this reward system, students get rewards for being “Paw-some” kids. They will be motivated to do what PAWS stands for: Practice safety Act responsibly Work toward success Show respect This works best if your school mascot has PAWS. (panthers, tigers, cougars…etc) Developed for middle school. Also includes incentives for Character of the Month. This Rewards system includes a PAWS poster, "Paw-some" tickets, student warning cards, a discipline flow chart, and ten character education traits that can be promoted with PAWS. Directions included. Updated July 2015.

Lesson Plan Outline for Middle Grades. Organize your plan with this lesson format made specifically for middle school. Includes a place to write your essential question, measurable objective, and standards at the top; activating strategies, teaching and summarizing in the middle; and differentiation and assessment and notes on the bottom. Everything in one place. Add this page to your teacher planner or binder. - HappyEdugator

Frequently Confused Words Packet - Supports Common Core! Includes a Poster or Handout on how to study commonly confused words, Four sets of frequently confused spelling words for study, four quizzes, and answer keys. The word lists are typed in text boxes, so they can be cut out and put on index cards. Students can then write the words on the other side of the cards. They will have a set of flashcards that they can then use to quiz each other for practice, and a way to self-check. Give out the words at the beginning of the week and have them take a quiz on Friday. These four sets will provide four weeks of practice! If you would like, do one set one week out of the month instead of their regular spelling words. However, you use them, enjoy! - HappyEdugator

A. A. Milne Biography Activity and Constructed Response. A short nonfiction text for students to read, with questions about the selection and a constructed response question. Learn how Winnie the Pooh came into being. Supports common core standards that require more intensive reading of nonfiction text and more writing about the reading, citing text evidence. - HappyEdugator

Sentence Structure - How to Identify Sentence Structure Handout or Poster. This is a tool for identifying sentence structure. Similar to a flow chart, it walks students through the steps to figure out if a sentence is simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex. Supports common core state standards!

CCSS Mathematical Practice Standards in Kid Friendly Language. 6th grade, 7th grade, and 8th grade. 8 Posters or slides you can use to help your students understand the Common Core Mathematical Practice standards in words they will understand. - HappyEdugator

Sleep - Informational Handout for Parents. Back to school handout for the beginning of the year, or use to send home before standardized testing. You can also send it home anytime you see kids struggling with staying awake in class, especially around the holidays. What parents should know about making sure their children get adequate sleep so they can perform at their best in school. - HappyEdugator

Interjections Study Guide. Study guide worksheet on interjections. Definition, Examples, and practice using interjections and identifying them in a sentence. Key inlcuded. Supports common core. -HappyEdugator

20 Journal Prompts with Word Banks - Stop Writer's Block! 20 engaging writing prompts. Each one has a word bank that can provide scaffolding for students who have trouble starting. Graphics have an elephant theme. Project on a screen with an LCD projector or print out as task cards or for use in a literacy center. - HappyEdugator

Vocabulary Builder - Pump Up Your Vocabulary in Ten Easy Steps PowerPoint. Going back to school? Give students vocabulary strategies that will help them build a strong vocabulary for reading and writing. Interactive PowerPoint lesson. Ten vocabulary builders. The ten steps for building vocabulary include: Pronounce words correctly Use a dictionary Use a thesaurus Make word cards Use mnemonics Use context clues Distinguish between multiple-meaning words Learn word origins Study word parts and Distinguish connotation and denotation 33 slides with activities for practice and answers. Materials required: a dictionary for each student or group of students, and 4 index cards for each student.

Watership Down Part I - Vocabulary and Study Questions. This is a three page study guide for Watership Down by Richard Adams, Part I, Chapters 1-17. It includes vocabulary words for students to define and study questions for each chapter. - HappyEdugator

William Faulkner - As I Lay Dying - essay test or examination for the novel. Questions are based on Faulkner's life, style, including characterization and organization, themes, symbolisms and ironies. You can choose to have students answer all of the questions or let them select. This can be used as a take-home open book examination. Grading form and answer key included. You can use this for backwards design, and use the answer key to drive your class discussions. - HappyEdugator

Writing: How to Engage the Reader PowerPoint. Focus on writing using three strategies to hook the reader, with examples. These three different writing strategies to engage the reader and create a great beginning for a narrative account can be used to help students overcome writer's block, especially when preparing for state writing tests. For use in a standards-based writing program which supports common core. Includes a slide with several other strategies students can try as well. Updated August 2014 - HappyEdugator

3 Digit Subtraction - with Regrouping Practice Worksheets. Includes ten worksheets with 20 problems per page. 5 sheets with a mix of two and three digit subtrahends, and 5 sheets with all three digit subtrahends. Some problems do not require regrouping to make kids think if they need to regroup or not. Keys included. You can print one on one side for class practice and one on the back for homework practice. Supports common core. Enjoy!

Back to School Labels and Tags - Fish Theme. Fun printable labels and tags for your classroom with a fish or ocean theme. Includes: Beginning of the year activity and bulletin board - five different fish coloring sheets for students to color and decorate for a special bulletin board - We May Be Different Fish, But We All Swim Together. Students write three things that make them special on index cards and attach their colored fish to the cards for a bulletin board display. Gift tags - Attach with ribbon to a small bag of “Goldfish” crackers or Swedish fish, and pass out as welcome back to school gifts. Name tags - these can also serve as desk name plates. Water bottle labels - these can be personalized and put around water bottles for a cute Open House gift idea. These can also be used for book marks or wrist bands. Fish cards - useful cards to write names, letters, numbers, sight words, spelling words, etc. to make flash cards or games like "Go Fish" Enjoy! - HappyEdugator