This NGSS Pancake unit contains three lab projects – for singles, pairs or groups – to be conducted over two days. The labs contain student template pages and are differentiated for different aptitude level. This unit also contains a teaching PowerPoint on the Structure and Properties of Matter. Disciplinary Core Ideas PS1.A: Structure and Properties of Matter Different kinds of matter exist and many of them can be either solid or liquid, depending on temperature. Matter can be described and classified by its observable properties. (2-PS1-1) • Pancake ingredients classified into solid or liquid. PS1.B: Chemical Reactions Heating or cooling a substance may cause changes that can be observed. Sometimes these changes are reversible, and sometimes they are not. (2-PS1-4) • Heating the liquid batter turns it into a solid. Students will form a hypothesis as to whether or not this solid will turn back into a liquid and test their hypothesis. Students will explain their experiments.

A fun fall version of traditional Bingo. 60 - unique Bingo cards with the answers to multiplication math facts 1s through 12's all with a harvest theme. Great for centers, early finishers...anytime. This is an engaging way for students to learn multiplication facts - almost by accident - great for small cooperative groups, where students take turns being the caller, as a whole class activity or for parties. Questions please email: Elizabeth Chapin-Pinotti @elizabethpinotti@gmail.com

This 116-page workbook, plus teaching PowerPoint, contains teacher instructions and student templates to helps students use addition and subtractions to step up to solving multi-step expressions. Templates are included for math writing as well. “Solving Math Expressions – 4th Grade” includes a 20‐slide PowerPoint on solving expressions and accompanies the activities in this unit. Plus Sentence Sorting Writing Activities for early finishers or center activities are also included. This entire lesson template is available for preview – so take a look!! “Solving Math Expressions – 4th Grade” is aligned with the Common Core State Standards and includes math writing activities and instructions for differentiation. Page 4 ‐ 5: Solving Expressions Students Study Pages Page 6: Four-Step Expression Solving Template and Practice Page 7: Math Writing Activity: Pre‐Writing: Sentence Sorting Instructions Page 8: Sentence Sorting: Solving Expressions – handout for students to practice Page 9: Sentence Sorting: Solving Expressions – Teacher Template with answer Page 10: Math Writing Activity Instructions: Instructions for Math Paragraph Writing with Template Page 11: From Sentence Sorting to Math Essay Writing Sample Template – Completed Page 12: Blank Sentence Sorting Template Page 13: From Sentence Sorting to Math Paragraph Writing Template – Blank Pages 14‐15: Four‐Step Expressing Solving – More Practice Problems in Template Pages 16 ‐ 17: Moving into Word Problems – Four Step Solutions: Word Problems Template Filled In Page 18: Four Step Solutions: Word Problems Template: Students to Try Page 19‐24: All Four Blank Templates to Use for Any Math Problems Pages 25‐70 Centers and Early Finishers – Expressions in Templates Problems for Students to Solve Page 71‐117 Teacher Solutions for pages 25‐70 (for the Four‐Step Expression Solving Templates)

The math and literacy activities in this unit are ideal for February-themed centers or for use as stand alone activities. The Phonics Bingo is a class favorite. The four Reader’s Theater scripts contain 28 parts – at various reading levels. All activities are differentiated and pretty much Print and Go. Unit Contains: 33 different February Journal Prompts Math Investigation: Valentine Data Activity Subtraction Golf My Heart Belongs to Math Phonics Bingo Four February Reader’s Theater Scripts Be My Valentine Valentine’s Party President Lincoln Dinner With Young George Washington Black History Month Readings with Comprehension Quizzes for: Dorothy Vaughn – S.T.E.M. Worker Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass: Life as a Slave Thurgood Marshall Carter G. Woodson Vonetta Flowers Mary Jane Patterson Halle Berry What is Black History Month

22-slide teaching PowerPoint 10-student pages 30 Differentiated Multi-Digit Addition Task Cards -- 60 in all for total student access CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.NBT.B.4 Fluently add multi-digit whole numbers using the standard algorithm.

64 total pages of a turn key lesson on area and perimeter that is aligned with the Common Core State Standards 4.MD.3. 14-slide interactive teaching PowerPoint 13-page student work pages to accompany PowerPoint for guided learning 39-Area and Perimeter Task Cards (plus 36 answer cards) Grade 4: Measurement & Data: Solve problems involving measurement and conversion of measurements: 3: Students will learn to apply the area and perimeter formulas for rectangles in real world and mathematical problems. For example, find the width of a rectangular room given the area of the flooring and the length, by viewing the area formula as a multiplication equation with an unknown factor.

Can you Name 4 states that begin with the letter "S" in 30 seconds? Can you Name 4 types of precipitation? Can you Name 4 parts of the sun? Engaging game for the entire class, as a,center activity, or for partner play. The premise is simple – a team or student draws a card and answers the question by naming four. Questions based on information students need to know for school success in 5th Grade. There are: 81 – History/Social Studies Cards 45 – Science Cards 63- Math Cards 45 – English/Language Arts Cards

This workbook includes 110 pages of drills, interactive notebook pages ideas and more. Ask any teacher above the 4th grade what the one thing is students must know to be successful in math and the answer will be most likely be the same: math fact fluency. The purpose of the lessons in Multiplication Made Easy is twofold: to help students learn multiplication facts accurately and to help students learn facts with automaticity. At the first level, students can produce math facts when they have time to think and concentrate. The second level allows them to simply produce facts – automatically -- with both speed and accuracy. Some people say they simply can’t learn math facts – they have tried and they can’t; however, if one can learn to sing the Happy Birthday song, or Row, Row, Row Your Boat or any other song and can recall it instantaneously when needed – then that same person can indeed learn their math facts. Fluency practice helps with fact development and having the ability to automatically regurgitate math facts paves the way for future math success. This can be achieved by using the lessons in Multiplication Made Easy to chunk away at math fact mastery. Once you and your child feel he or she is proficient with chunking pages move to on to the Multiplication in a Minute lessons and math fact fluency will be attained!

This is a set of 35 task cards for the 5th Grade. Task Cards are perfect for differentiating and scaffolding. They are aligned with the Common Core State Standards and include: 5. AO.1 5.AO.5 5.AO.6 5.NBT.1 Coherence and Standards Across the Grades: Before 4.NBT.1; 4.NBT.5 and 4.NBT.6 On Grade: 5.AO.5 and 5.AO.6 After: 6.NS.3 and 6.EE1

This thematic unit contains science, math and literacy across the curriculum activities – as students classify, analyze, inquire about and research snowflakes: including what snow is, snowflake categories, read along research, paragraph writing, 32-math and science task cards and more. Also included is a PowerPoint presentation to help teach 1st and 2nd graders the process of paragraph writing. Table of Contents Page 2 Looking for Winter Instructions and Standards Tie-­‐in Page 3: Looking for Winter – What are the Clues? ELA Page 4: Looking for Winter: Snowflake Adjective Printable ELA Page 5: Five Senses ELA/Science Printable Pages 6-­‐7: Adding Snowflakes. Wintery Word Problems. Math Page 8: Snowflake Science printable. Students read about snowflakes and their shapes. Teacher should read this aloud, as students follow along, and then pair up students to re-­‐read and then complete the associated activities. Science, research, ELA Page 9 -­‐ 10: More printables for Snowflake Science. Classification. Two separate activities. Science Page 11: Mittens Read-­‐along Research. Read this page aloud as your students read it silently. Pair students, have them re-­‐read the passage and begin their Helping Hand essay. Social Studies, literacy across the curriculum, ELA Page 12: Instructions for Helping Hand Paragraph on Mittens. ELA, literacy across the curriculum Page 13: Helping Hand Paragraph Template. ELA, literacy across the curriculum Page 14-­‐15: Mitten Writing Template for students to recopy their Mitten essays and decorate for display. Page 17-­‐18: Snowman Math: Addition number sentences. Pages 19-­‐21: Differentiated Passages. The passages, Mittens (page 11) and Snowflake Science (page 8) are re-­‐written to be easier for struggling readers and English Learners to read and comprehend. Page 22-­‐23: A Flurry of Math – Math Game. Math

Card game with rhyming word problems (24 cards with answers). Plus… 76 MORE Task Cards – CCSS Aligned to 4.NBT.1; 4.NBT.2; 4.AO.1-4 Page 4: Game 1 – The Greatest Products Game Rules Page 5‐14: Game 1: The Greatest Products Game Number Cards Page 15: Game 2: Do the Division Shuffle Rules Page 16: Division Shuffle Template Page 17‐36: Division Shuffle Game Cards (72 number cards) Page 37: Game 3: Bizz Buzz Rules Page 38: Game 4: Equation Race Page 39‐50: Equation Race Equation Cards (46 cards) Page 51‐52: Equation Race Blank Cards for your own equations Page 53: Game 5: Let it Roll Page 54: Let it Roll Game Sheet

This No Prep Book Unit is a companion to “Cinderella Penguin or The Little Glass Flipper” by Janet Perlman and contains pages and pages of interactive, cross-curricular and engaging activities -- all standards-aligned. This print-and-go unit contains interactive journal pages, a review of Cinderella Elements PowerPoint – with compare and contrast for PowerPoint, essays, social studies assignments, quizzes and a whole lot more. Differentiated for use with the whole class. Part 1: This Math and Literacy Unit is aligned with the Common Core State Standards and guidelines for 21st Century Learning for 3rd, 4th and 5th grades and is easily adapted to all proficiency levels. Differentiated by design, this thematic unit is engaging includes the following plus a PowerPoint on the Elements of Fairy Tales Cinderella vs. Cinderella Penguin. Page 4: Cinderella Penguin Comprehension Quiz Page 5: Cinderella Penguin Story Connection Summary Template Page 6: Cinderella Penguin Story Characters – Template Page 7: Cinderella Penguin – About the Story in P’s Please Literacy Worksheet Pages 8-10: My Very Own Cinderella Story – Template to Write Own Cinderella Story Pages 11-14: “Cinderella Penguin After Happily Ever After” Reader’s Theater Pages 15-16: Penguin Science Nonfiction Article and Critical Thinking Questions Page 17: Summarize the Article “Penguin Science” Template Page 18: Cinderella Math Word Problem Worksheet Pages 19-34: Math Center Activities and Resources Activity: Fishing for Problems Activity: Fraction Math – Finding Equivalents Memory and Comparison Game Page 36: Cinderella Story Elements Teacher Information Streets Part 2: Interactive Notebook Pages Table of Contents #1 Cinderella Penguin Cover #2 Questions Along the Way #3 Story Connectors #4 Character Analysis #5 Character Conflicts #6 Dictionary Skills #7 Quick Write Compare and Contrast #8 Story Summary #9 Text to Text – Connecting Fiction Texts #10 My Thoughts While Reading Cinderella Penguin #11 Inferring Character Feelings #12 Cause and Effect #13 Compare and Contrast Cinderella With Cinderella Penguin #14 Think, Question and Analyze #15 In Brief #16 Cinderella Penguin Book Review #17 Lights, Camera, Action – Draw Your Favorite Scenes Part 3: From Sentence Sorting to Essay Writing Presentation and Template Cinderella Elements PowerPoints

50-thought provoking, engaging and standards-based activities to reinforce learning perfect for early finishers or daily warm-ups. This item contains engaging high interest, creative, fun and challenging activities to for early finisher. It offers a broad range of print-in-go puzzles, brainteasers and creative activities to enable practice of CCSS based and 21st Century Learning skills. These activities can be used independently, in pairs, as bell ringers or as early finishers.