Valentines Day Coin Counting Practice - Activity Sheet, and Cut and Paste Cards. Valentine activity for coin counting practice. Counting money is an important life skill. Have students cut out the coins, then place the correct coins next to the amount to help Cupid buy Valentine treats., and record their findings on the counting sheet. They can even "spend" their cut-out money afterwards to "buy" real treats, if you wish. Laminate for use again next year. - HappyEdugator

Futoshiki Puzzles - Critical Thinking. This file includes a blank futoshiki student answer sheet, ten futoshiki puzzles for printing to use in centers or individually, or for projection on a whiteboard. There are also 5 sets of 4 puzzles for a group sudoku race to solve. Teacher directions include how to make reuseable dry erase answer sheets so you can save ink, and suggestions for teaching Futoshiki strategies. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator

Money Management Choices PowerPoint. Managing money is a life skill kids really need! Personal money management and financial planning, including income, saving, using credit, and investing. Explains that interest can work for you or against you, and the wise use of credit. Assignment task on the last slide has students make a detailed financial plan to obtain something they want to acquire. - HappyEdugator

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

Halloween Counting Pumpkins math and literacy sheet. Numbers 11 - 20. Students have to count the pumpkins, draw a line to match them to the number word, then write the number in the box provided. Use pumpkin shaped candy have your kids count them out as they complete the sheet. Fun math activity for Halloween, Fall, and even Thanksgiving. Supports math, reading, and writing skills. Supports common core state standards! Enjoy! - HappyEdugator

Pirates Hidden Treasure Game. PowerPoint review game can be used with any set of questions in any subject! Good vocabulary review game for Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies and even Foreign Language. Your kids will love it! Travel the islands of the ocean with these pirate themed gameboards. Students pick a gameboard and then answer your questions. Each time they get an answer correct, they can pick a square. They continue to answer questions and choose until they find they treasure! (We just go around the room, but it can be done with teams as well.) Ten different gameboards to choose from, that include ten different exotic ports of call. Loads of fun for all ages in any subject area. Enjoy! -HappyEdugator

Awards - Printable Rewards - 30 Bookmarks or Wristbands. Print out and give to students as fun rewards! Fun to use at end of year. A variety for holidays, such as Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine's Day, and St. Patrick's Day! Includes rewards for being honest, respectful, trustworthy, and caring. Also includes celebrations such as star student, 100th day, happy birthday, and more. Great for all seasons - Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter! Print out at the beginning of the year and have them on hand. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator

Math Journal Prompts and Writing Activities - Write On! Students can write in math class, too! 21 math journal prompts. Each slide is a different writing activity that will spark creativity and imagination, as well as hone those skills. You can choose to display on your whiteboard or print out the slides on index cards and use in a math center. These writing prompts can also be used to add to interactive notebooks. However you use them, you will be giving your students the opportunity to write about math. The new common core standards require more writing in content areas. Here are some ideas that will help you get started.

Christmas - Place Value. Math center Christmas activities for a week. →Place Value Center Games and Printables ~ 33 Pages Includes a black and white and a color version of each activity. What Number Am I? Teacher Directions 3 What Number Am I? Tens and ones (printable worksheet) 4-5 What Number Am I? Hundreds, tens, and ones (printable worksheet) 6-7 Center Signs –Word Form, Expanded Form, Standard Form 8-9 Build the Numeral Teacher Directions 10 Build the Numeral Sheet 11 Base Ten Blocks 12 Place Value Crossword Puzzle Teacher Directions 13 Place Value Crossword Puzzle 14-15 Place Value Crossword Puzzle Key 16-17 Fun with Digits Teacher Directions 18 1 –5 Digits 19-20 6 –10 Digits 21-22 Fun with Digits Practice Sheet 23-24 Making Numerals Activity Teacher Directions 25 Numeral Cards 26-27 Place Value Cards 28-30 Making Numerals Game Board 31-32 Card Container Labels 33

2015 Calendar - Free! Enjoy!

Halloween Counting Fun for Smart Board. Aligned to Common Core state standards. Students will answer how many questions, count objects and match numbers, and write randomly generated numbers. Loads of fun! They will love counting and writing numbers on the Smart Board, and dragging objects around to match where they belong. Students will have fun! A variety of activities...Drag the correct number of apples to the tree or the correct number of pumpkins to the vine. Match the correct number of students to the bus. Roll the dice and write the numbers in the box. Spin a spinner to write the numbers in the box. Count the number of candied apples and check the answer. Have fun and enjoy!

Incentive Charts - A Pack of Twenty Different Designs. Ready for back to school! A variety pack of incentive charts for you to print and use to reinforce behavior, assignments, reading, goals, homework, chores, etc. Great for progress monitoring. Different themes include snowman, cowboys, rock, stars, hearts, pawprints, rainbows, sun, stripes, etc. Different style grids! Enjoy! - HappyEdugator

Thanksgiving Counting Turkeys math and literacy sheet. Numbers 1 - 10. Students have to count the turkeys, draw a line to match them to the number word, then write the number in the box provided. Use turkey or feather shaped candy and have your kids count them out as they complete the sheet. Fun math activity for Thanksgiving. Supports math, reading, and writing skills. Supports common core state standards! - HappyEdugator

Dominoes Addition Facts Memory Game - Fun Fluency Practice For Addition Facts. Match the domino to the correct addition fact. 2 players. Shuffle all the cards. Lay the cards face down on a flat surface. Youngest player goes first and flips over two cards, looking for a match. If the cards match, the player keeps the cards and may take another turn. If the cards do not match, the cards are turned back upside-down and the second player takes a turn. Play continues until all the cards have been matched. The player with the most cards wins. Differentiation: Use the first set of dominoes and facts for practice with the sums through 9. Add the second set for practice with sums through 18.

Standards Tracker - Use this excel file to keep track of standards and student mastery. You can adapt it to use for a variety of uses. - Enjoy! - HappyEdugator

St. Patrick's Day Numbers 1 - 20. Counting clovers math and literacy sheet. Students have to count the clovers, draw a line to match them to the number word, then write the number in the box provided. Fun St. Patrick's Day or March math activity. Use Lucky Charms cereal and have your kids count real green clover hats and other lucky charms. Supports math, reading, and writing skills. Supports common core state standards! - HappyEdugator

Race to the Finish PowerPoint Game Template. Students have to answer a series of mutiple choice questions to move through the categories. Wrong answer...start over! Great for review in any subject. Just add your own content. Enjoy! HappyEdugator

Beginning of the Year Student Survey and Poster. Beginning of the Year or First Day of School print and go handout. Includes an 8 question student survey about classroom expectations from a student perspective, and a poster you can hang about new beginnings. This that will help you get to know your students and help them focus on what is important. Share results of the survey with your students and discuss how they fit in to classroom rules and procedures. - HappyEdugator

Exit Slip Ticket Out - Snoopy Summarizing Activity Ticket Out. Ticket out the door. Use this summarizing activity to have students take notes on what was important to have learned in your lesson. Students summarize by filling in the thought bubbles and taking additional notes at the bottom.Can be given out at the beginning of the week and students fill in a thought bubble each day Monday through Thursday and review for assessment on Friday, or works well for summarizing reading and chapters of novels. Enjoy!

Back to School Tips for Success - Stop Daydreaming and Get on Task! Back to school and back in focus, this PowerPoint gives students tips to follow to start off the school year right. Nine ways to have a successful year. Kids will relate to the animated daydreamers at the beginning. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator