This is my "Melting Crayons" experiment. Students will be shown 3 different forms of crayons: Crayon shavings, broken crayon pieces, and a whole crayon. Each form of crayon should be placed between a folded piece of wax paper, then pressed on with an iron for a number of seconds, no more than 20-30. Ideally the whole crayon will take the longest to melt, while the shaved crayon will melt the easiest. The idea is to get an understanding of what heat energy can do, but also to see which form of crayon "matter" will melt the easiest. Students will complete the first side of the activity together before the experiment, then do the experiment, and finally will write about their conclusions. The recording sheet follows the scientific method/process skills when conducting an experiment. Step One: Make Guesses Step Two: Determine if the test is fair Step Three: Experiment Step Four: Draw the experiment Step Five: Discuss findings Step Six: Suggest an alternative item to melt

This is a simple fact family triangle that I took and alternated to work with multiplication and division. This particular triangle is for identifying the missing quotient in a problem. It gives students the answer and one of the quotients, yet the other is missing. Students can color, cut, and slide the strips of paper into the triangle and solve the problems as they pull the strips of paper through the slits. Each strip of paper has a symbol to show the students which numbers should be together. There is also a blank copy so students can make their own problems (higher level skills). Get creative and make your own problems, then laminate them and set them up in a math center. Please make sure to rate and leave feedback!

This is a set of Number Display cards/posters for numbers 1-10, each featuring: Number Number word 10 frame Dice Fingers Counting cubes Print full size for posters or make them smaller for personal use such as flash cards. Please make sure to rate and leave feedback!

This is a set of Pumpkin Life Cycle clipart for personal and commercial use. It includes color and blackline masters. Please make sure to rate and leave feedback!

This is a visual survey based on aspects of Howard Gardener's Multiple Intelligences I made for my ESL students to be used at the beginning of the school year. Given a language barrier it was a great tool that gave me insight into how my students like to learn, what materials they like to use, and what their favorite part of school is. While I used this survey for ESL, I feel it can be used for any mainstream/ESL grade level in the primary grades Each student completes the survey by either circling or coloring (whatever is easier depending on your students' abilities), one or more answer for each question. Make sure they understand not to circle every answer, but to pick only the ones that pertain to them. Once the survey is complete, you can use the teacher answer key to understand what the data means and how to effectively use it. I used my surveys to help me differentiate my lessons, how to manage my guided reading and writing more effectively, as well as how to motivate my students to complete their work. It also gave me good ideas about how to set up my seating chart, which students might work well together, and which of my more chatty students might need to be separated. And one extra bonus, this is a GREAT tool when it comes to observations and professional development, and you get asked about why you have differentiated in a particular way! Thanks for checking out this new item and please make sure to rate and leave feedback!

This is a set of Polka Dot Themed Months of the Year in both English and Arabic. Please make sure to rate and leave feedback!

This is a pack of 12 cards featuring different Living and Non-Living things. Simply print, laminate, cut, and hide around the room. Students must walk around with their papers, and write the name of each thing they find, then determine if they are Living or Non-Living. This pack includes: 12 Living and Non-Living cards 1 recording sheet for lower-level students (they must just right either the name of the thing, OR if it is Living/Non-Living 1 recording sheet for on-level and above-level students (they must write the name of the thing, and circle if it is Living or Non-Living) Please make sure to rate and leave feedback!

This is a set of 10 different landforms clipart. Can be used for worksheet, or displays. This packet includes both color and black & white clipart for: Desert Island Mountain Ocean Plateau Plain Pond River Valley Volcano

This is a set of 5 vocabulary and description cards depicting the 5 different stages of human growth and development. Each card features the name of the stage, a clipart character in that stage, and 3 descriptions that fit the stage of development. Please make sure to rate and leave feedback!

This is my "Testing Properties" experiment. Students will be shown 3 different types of materials: Plastic, stone, and wood. The students will do 3 tests on each materials to determine which one is the most useful in our day to day lives. They should test each material in flexibility, water resistance, and strength by having it support weight. Students will complete the first side of the activity together before the experiment, then do the experiment, and finally will write about their conclusions. The recording sheet follows the scientific method/process skills when conducting an experiment. Step One: Make Guesses Step Two: Determine if the test is fair Step Three: Experiment Step Four: Draw the experiment Step Five: Discuss findings Step Six: Suggest an alternative material

This is a nice activity to reach those higher levels of Bloom's Taxonomy. This is a Venn Digram for comparing and contrasting elements of the plant and animal life cycles. This includes: 1 venn diagram 1 page out cut outs Students will color, cut, and paste all the pictures based into where they fit. If they belong to the animal life cycle, plant life cycle, or can apply to both. These pictures include different phases of the life cycles as well as notable parts, and things they need to survive. There should be 8 pictures for each life cycle, and 4 for both. The ones for both are: water, grow, change, and air. Please make sure to rate and leave feedback!

This is my "Testing Properties" experiment. Students will be shown 3 different types of materials: Plastic, stone, and wood. The students will do 3 tests on each materials to determine which one is the most useful in our day to day lives. They should test each material in flexibility, water resistance, and strength by having it support weight. Students will complete the first side of the activity together before the experiment, then do the experiment, and finally will write about their conclusions. The recording sheet follows the scientific method/process skills when conducting an experiment. Step One: Make Guesses Step Two: Determine if the test is fair Step Three: Experiment Step Four: Draw the experiment Step Five: Discuss findings Step Six: Suggest an alternative material

This is an excellent hands on measurement activity that gets students up and moving around the classroom, using a variety of non-standard tools for measuring. Students can complete this activity in 3 different ways, so perfect for differentiating in your classroom. Perfect for hitting the common core as well as meeting the needs of your diverse learners. 1. Students will select one tool and measure all the items with only that tool. 2. Students will have the freedom to look at the tools and decide per item which one they think would be best to measure with. 3. Students make a measurement book, and measure all the items with all of the tools. ***Please note, additional materials are needed to complete this activity*** Items to be measured: Apple, book, box, lunchbox, backpack, shoe, window, desk, door, chair, ball, and computer. Measurement Tools: Teddy bear counters, paperclips, pencils, crayons, links, and unifix cubes. Please make sure to rate and leave feedback!

This is a great activity as a summative assessment for a space unit. The brochure should be folded into thirds, featuring "Space Travel Brochure" as the front. This brochure includes: What to bring in space? activity where students name 5 things astronauts need, and then will draw lines to match the words to the astronaut picture. What will we see in space? activity where students will write the names of the 8 planets. Some planets we will visit are? map where students shall draw the 8 planets and label them in their correct order from the Sun. There is a sample brochure included for reference. Please make sure to check out my blog and see ideas from my "Space Day". http://completelykindergarten.blogspot.com/2013/05/sublime-space-unit.html

This is Human Life Cycle sorting game. This game allows students to practice identifying different parts of the human life cycle. This pack includes: 5 stages of the human life cycle display cards 15 cards depicting descriptions of different stages of the human life cycle. (Each card gives a description, then asks "Who Am I?" so students must match the description to the correct display card.) Please make sure to rate and leave feedback!

This is a 4 page booklet designed around a lesson about keeping teeth clean. Students will make a statement about what will happen to teeth when we don't clean them, and will write a question about the experiment. Then students will each take an egg and coat it with a mixture of crushed cereal and milk or water. The mixture needs to be quite sticky so that it creates a coating on the egg shell. The crushed cereal mixture is to simulate "chewed food" while the egg represents a tooth. Once the egg is coated, students place the egg in a cup or bowl and leave it to dry. This may take about 3-5 days depending on the room temperature, so it is best to start this experiment at the beginning of the week. On the final day, students examine their eggs, and feel what happened to the food (it should have solidified). They then take a toothbrush and try to brush as much of the food off as possible. This should be quite challenging and may require excess force. If some students are too rough, the egg will break, which can simulate tooth decay in real life. Students then complete the rest of the experiment booklet.

This is a set of 26 cards featuring a food item and the number of calories that item has. Students can search around the classroom on a scavenger hunt for the different food items and discover how many calories each has. Perfect for getting students to start to recognize that foods they eat on a daily basis have different amounts of calories inside them.

This math activity is designed to help students work on telling time to the hour and half hour. This includes: 2 worksheets that can be printed back to back 4 pages of mini clocks, to be printed on colored paper and laminated 4 pages of digital times to the hour and half hour, to be printed on colored paper and laminated

This is a set of 7 display cards depicting the Scientific Method. Text is written in child friendly I Can statements.

This is a nice cut and paste activity that allows students to match types of materials/rocks. Great for assessing how we use different materials in everyday life.