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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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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
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
Winter Hundred Chart Hidden Picture
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Winter Hundred Chart Hidden Picture

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Puzzles are super motivating for students! For this Winter 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 Winter Hundred Chart Hidden Picture is also part of my Winter Math Pack! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/winter-math-pack-11119493 Check out the Hidden Picture MEGA Bundle! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/hundred-chart-hidden-picture-mega-bundle-11127114
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 Maths Pack for Year 4
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Winter Maths Pack for Year 4

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This Winter Maths Packet is 28 pages of engaging math puzzles, colour by answer and MORE! Students will have so much fun, they won't even know that they are working!!! This pack includes: 4 pages of creative Winter word stories 3 different types of graphs/diagrams Addition and subtraction to 1000 in a fun Colour 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!
Christmas Maths Pack
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Christmas Maths Pack

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This Christmas Maths packet is geared towards 8-10 year olds. This Christmas Maths packet includes story problems for every operation, graphing, comparing numbers, fractions and more! Included you will find 25 pages of Christmas Maths: *Christmas themed word problems. Single and multi-step Christmas Maths problems for all operations *Christmas present 3 digit addition and subtraction Christmas Maths problems. Colour odd presents green and even presents red *Multiplication and Division Christmas tree fact families *Addition and Subtraction Christmas Maths tree fact families *Number Comparison- Compare two numbers using greater than, less than and equal to. Add in a missing number to make the number sentence true on this Christmas Maths Page *Rounding numbers to nearest 100 and 1000 *Elapsed Time - How long does Jeannette lie in bed awake until she can see if Santa came to her house? How long was Cheyenne wrapping presents? Find out with these riveting elapsed time Christmas Maths problems! *Graphing- William asks 100 of his closest friends what they want for Christmas. In this Christmas Maths page, use his data to make a graph, fractions, percents and more! *Fractions- Divide up Christmas biscuits and Christmas cakes *Number Patterns- Find the pattern and fill in the missing numbers. Identify the pattern *Shape Patterns- In this Christmas Maths page, find the patterns and fill in the missing shapes. *Hundreds Chart Puzzles- Avery can't open her Christmas Maths presents until she has finished these Hundreds Chart Puzzles. Help her!!! *Christmas Hidden Picture- Answer 100 Christmas Maths problems to find the Christmas Maths Hidden Picture! This Christmas Maths packet is a great supplement to your curriculum. Offer this Christmas Maths packet as review or offer this Christmas Maths as enrichment. Send this Christmas Maths packet home over break to keep students thinking. This Christmas Maths pack makes great morning work or an early finishers! Answer Key is included.
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!!!
Bucket Filling Power Point
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Bucket Filling Power Point

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Help prevent bullying in your classroom by explaining the concept of Bucket Filling to your students. This colorful Power Point outlines the major points and concepts of bucket filling in a child friendly way!
Multiplication and Array Map Project
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Multiplication and Array Map Project

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This End of the Year Math Project is a wonderful way to enforce and review multiplication and arrays as well as to add a little fun into the end of the year! It is designed for grades 3-5! It is designed to go along with my End of the Year Memory Book, but can also be used independently. This End of the Year Math Project Includes:: *Multiplication Map instruction sheets for teachers and students *Festival Map Example Images *Graph Paper *Two Memory Book Festival Map Product Options Option 1- Includes the units of each element of the map. Students will create arrays based on the given units Option 2- Students will decide the size of the attractions on their memory book festival map. They will decide the units and shapes of each attraction *Recording Sheets- Students will record the dimensions of the arrays they used as well as the corresponding multiplication facts *End of the Year Memory Book Map Product Descriptor- The Memory Book Map Product Descriptor is included so that you can easily grade this memory book festival map project. It covers map accuracy, components and effort. The Memory Book Multiplication Map Projects may be done individually or students may work in pairs and combine elements of their end of the year memory book to make their memory book maps. CCSS Math 3.OA.A.1 3.OA.A.2 3.OA.A.3 3.OA.A.4
10 Earth Day Activities and Resources
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10 Earth Day Activities and Resources

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10 Earth Friendly Activities perfect for Earth Day or ANY day! These projects were selected for this packet because they truly inspire a love of the environment and give kids simple, hands on activities that will give them ownership of the world around them. You can use these throughout the year or choose a few to use to celebrate Earth Day. These are also great for after school environmental clubs! This packet includes: *Packing a Waste Free Lunch *Mining Simulation *Milk Carton Herb Garden *Cave Painting *Earth Day Word Search & Answer Key *Backyard Bird Identification *Anatomy of a Bird *Backyard Bird Identification Journal *Leaf Journal *Parts of a Leaf *FREE field trips *Leaf Identification *Leaf Identification Journal *Shoe Box Composting *Helping to save the Monarch Butterfly
Where is the Principal Door Sign
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Where is the Principal Door Sign

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This door sign has been created for the needs of busy principals and teachers everywhere who never seem to be able to cross paths! This "The Principal Is..." Door Sign is available in four designs (two white backgrounds, two image backgrounds) as well as an editable sign. To use, print out on heavy cardstock and attach to a cookie sheet. Attach one of the included arrows onto a magnet to indicate where you are. You can also laminate and use sticky tack and an arrow to show where you are. Categories include: -Observing Learning in the Classroom -Supporting Students -Supporting Parents -Attending a Grade Level Meeting -Attending an IEP Meeting -Attending a Meeting Over the Phone -Bathroom! Be Right Back! -Participating in a Webinar -I'm Here! Come on in! -Attending an Admin Meeting at the District Office This sign also includes a reminder for the principal to be paged on his/her radio if you have a prearranged meeting.
Star of the Day/Week BUNDLE Grades 3-5
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Star of the Day/Week BUNDLE Grades 3-5

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This Star of the Day bundle includes writing paper, awards, rubrics, a personal dictionary and MORE!!!! Start the year off having students of ALL ages writing full paragraphs. Get to know each of your students individually and make them feel special with the included certificates! In this Student of the day bundle, students will be interviewed and their classmates will write about them using the details that they have learned. All materials are available in “Star of the Day” or “Star of the Week”. This packet is geared for grades 3-5. I also have a Primary packet available in my store. This Student of the Day /Student of the Week bundle includes: *Fully detailed lesson plans *Star of the Day books. Color and black line masters *Writing paper. Includes general and gender specific *Star of the Day and Star of the Week Certificates! A black line master is also included. *Daily evaluation quick check slips *Product Descriptor/Rubric for easy grading *Evaluation Descriptor posters. Post these so that students will always know what they will be evaluated on in their Student of the Day writing *My Word Book personal dictionary. This personal dictionary already has all of the Fontas and Pinnell sight words as well as Dolche sight words. There are also spaces for new words. Keep students accountable for their spelling This student of the day or student of the week project can last a month or all year. The skills they learn in this Student of the Day packet will last a lifetime. This Student of the Day writing project teaches and improves: -community building -spelling -vocabulary -creative writing -main idea -paragraph writing -sentence writing -punctuation and conventions -verbs, adjectives, nouns -parts of speech -grammar -summarizing Student of the Day or Student of the week makes a great activity for writer’s workshop! Research shows that students who write frequently are better readers! Star of the Day or Star of the Week books will make treasured keepsakes for your students! CCSS ELA Standards: W.3.2 W.3.5 W.3.10 W.4.2 W.4.4 W.4.10 W.5.2 W.5.4 W.5.5 W.5.10 L.3.1 L.3.2 L.4.1 L.4.2 L.5.1
Star of the Day/Week BUNDLE for Primary
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Star of the Day/Week BUNDLE for Primary

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Star of the Day Bundle for Primary This Star of the Day bundle includes writing paper, awards, rubrics, a personal dictionary and MORE!!!! Start the year off having students of ALL ages writing full paragraphs. Get to know each of your students individually and make them feel special with the included certificates! In this Student of the Day bundle, students will be interviewed and their classmates will write about them using the details that they have learned. All materials are available in “Star of the Day” or “Star of the Week”. This packet is geared for Primary Grades. I also have an Intermediate packet available in my store. This Student of the Day /Student of the Week bundle includes: *Fully detailed lesson plans *Student of the day books. Color and black line masters *Writing paper. Includes general and gender specific *Star of the Day and Star of the Week Certificates! A black line master is also included. *Daily evaluation quick check slips *Product Descriptor/Rubric for easy grading *Evaluation Descriptor posters. Post these so that students will always know what they will be evaluated on in their Student of the Day writing *My Word Book personal dictionary. This personal dictionary already has all of the Fontas and Pinnell sight words as well as Dolche sight words. There are also spaces for new words. Keep students accountable for their spelling This student of the day or student of the week project can last a month or all year. The skills they learn in this Student of the Day packet will last a lifetime. This Student of the Day writing project teaches and improves: -community building -spelling -vocabulary -creative writing -main idea -paragraph writing -sentence writing -punctuation and conventions -verbs, adjectives, nouns -parts of speech -grammar -summarizing Student of the Day or Student of the week makes a great activity for writer’s workshop! Research shows that students who write frequently are better readers! Star of the Day or Star of the Week books will make treasured keepsakes for your students! CCSS ELA Standards: W.1.2 W.1.5 W.1.8 W.2.2 W.2.5 L.1.1 L.1.2 L.2.1 L.2.2 L.2.5a
Fall Centres Pack
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Fall Centres Pack

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Looking for Fall themed centres to go with your fall unit? Included in this packet are 18 Writing, Math and Science themed centres. These Fall Centres are differentiated to accommodate all levels of learners in your classroom! These fall-themed activities are designed to stand on their own or be used collectively as fall centres. These autumn centres are aligned to the Common Core Language Arts standards as well as Science Standards. Fall activities Include: Fall Into Reading centre- fiction and non-fiction reading response sheets It's Fall About Writing centre- Students will create a fall ABC book or a Fall Fact Book Fall Word Work centre- Fall Word Sorts for primary and intermediate and a Say, Write, Spell of fall words Fall Craft centre- Students will create a paper bag scarecrow Fall Listening Centres Fall Science and Observation centre-A cut and paste leaf diagram or a draw-your-own diagram of selected fall objects. Also includes a Summer vs. Fall comparison page Fall Math centre- Students will estimate and compare the weights of pumpkins and number of pumpkin seeds Fall Computer Centre- Students will type and decorate a list of fall words Fall Picture Sort centre- Students will cut and paste summer and fall pictures into appropriate categories Each fall activity includes a materials list, teacher directions and all the student pintables you need for the fall centres. Student sheets are created in black and white for easy printing and photo copying.
Life as an American Slave Interactive Stations
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Life as an American Slave Interactive Stations

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This series of Life as a Slave Stations are designed to humanize the people who were slaves as much as possible. Students often learn about the Civil War and the existence of slavery, but not about the daily life of the people who were slaves. The six stations are designed to help bridge the gap. The six stations focus on: 1. A picture book station 2. Listening to Songs of Slavery 3. Examining the Food and Clothes of Slaves 4. Studying Photographs of Slavery 5. Learning about life on a plantation 6. The Problems of Freedom These stations use primary and secondary source materials and are appropriate for students as young as 5th grade. Students will spend time examining the materials at each station and then as a group, write a response to a focus question. All needed materials are included, but you may need to log on to a few websites before beginning. The needs of ESL (English as a Second Language) students have also been addressed. Accommodations Include: Word Banks Group Work/discussion Multiple Intelligences Scaffolding of Recording Sheets WIDA Standards in Student Friendly language Rubrics
End of the Year Memory Book:  Grades 3-5
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End of the Year Memory Book: Grades 3-5

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This End of the Year Memory Book is a fun twist on traditional memory books. The premise of this memory book is that the mayor wants to choose a student and design a festival around them! This book is designed for grades 3-5. This End of the Year Memory Book contains: *Memory Book Student Cover- Students will color their own end of the year memory book covers *All About Me *My Festival- students will design booths around their favorite foods, favorite games and favorite rewards *My Family- An end of the year memory book page dedicated to the student's family *The Ringleader- Students will write about the Ringleader! You! *The Most Exciting Day- Students will design movie poster about their most exciting day *The High Dive ABC Challenge- List one thing in this end of the year memory book about your year for each letter of the alphabet *The Fortune Teller- What three things does the fortune teller see in store for you next year? *Kiddie Rides- This page focuses on 3 things that were easy for the student *What a Roller Coaster!- This end of the year memory book page focuses on one challenge the student faced and how they overcame it *What the Critics are Saying- A movie is showing about YOUR school year. What do the critics say was the Best, Worst and Funniest part of the movie? Write the movie reviews *Flying off the Shelves- design a t-shirt for your past school year *Win a Trip- design a trip giveaway to the hottest field trip spot last year! *The Fun House- There is a tent filled with artifacts from your favorite subject. What are they? *The Next Big Thing- Movie producers want to make a movie of your favorite book! Tell them about your top 3 favorite books *The Summer Adventures Tent- Let fair-goers experience your ideal summer activities. What would you say to attract people to the tent and a draw a picture of what is inside! All Good Things Must Come to an End- an end of the year reflection page Autograph Pages- 3 pages to collect autographs and messages from classmates A Message from your Teacher- The last page of this end of the year memory book is for the teacher to leave an end of the year message to each student
Christmas Math Pack for 5th Grade
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Christmas Math Pack for 5th Grade

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This Christmas Math Pack is 25 pages and designed for 5th grade students. It covers TONS of 5th grade standards in fun and engaging ways. This Christmas Math Pack is perfect for the week before Christmas or holiday breaks! This Christmas Math Pack for 5th Grade Includes: *Coordinate Graphing Mystery Picture *Multiplying and Dividing Fractions *Rounding and Comparing Decimals to the ten thousandths *Volume *Interpreting Line Plots with fractions *Fraction Word Problems *Order of Operations *Writing and Solving Equations *Scaling *Christmas Logic Problems *Ordered Pairs CCSS Math Standards Covered: 5.MD.B.2 5.MD.C.3 5.MD.C.4 5.MD.C.5a 5.MD.C.5b 5.NBT.A.3b 5.NBT.A.4 5.NBT.B.5 5.NBT.B.7 5.OA.A.1 5.OA.A.2 5.OA.B.3 5.NF.A.1 5.NF.A.2 5.NF.B.5b 5.NF.B.7 5.G.A.1
How to Cook a Turkey
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How to Cook a Turkey

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Your students will enjoy this Thanksgiving Writing Project and Craft about as much as others will enjoy reading them! This Thanksgiving writing project has students write instructions on how to cook a turkey- from cooking temperatures to turkey size. In this Thanksgiving writing project, students will write a numbered list or a paragraph. This Thanksgiving writing will focus on expository writing, sequencing and the use of time transition words. How to Cook a Turkey Thanksgiving Writing and Craft includes: *Detailed daily writing instructions- This packet contains detailed instructions for 8 days of Thanksgiving writing instruction *Graphic organizers- You will find graphic organizers for brainstorming and organizing rough drafts for this Thanksgiving writing project *Thanksgiving Writing Rough draft writing paper- lined or unlined depending on the level of your students *Thanksgiving Writing paper- Final draft Thanksgiving writing paper available in full color or black line *Turkey writing Coloring Page- Color in this cute Turkey with his sign to compliment these Thanksgiving writing projects! *Thanksgiving writing Craft Instruction- Another alternative to go with the Thanksgiving writing. Create a turkey craft following these simple instructions *Thanksgiving Writing Grading Rubrics- This Thanksgiving Writing project includes a student and teacher checklist as well as a Product Descriptor for easy grading. Post this Thanksgiving writing project in your hallway and let the Thanksgiving chuckles begin! If you like this Thanksgiving Writing project, check out my Thanksgiving Bundle available in my store. It includes this and three other Thanksgiving themed packs for math and language arts! W.1.2 W.1.5 W.1.6 W.2.2 W.2.5 W.2.8 W.3.2 W.3.4 W.3.8 W.4.3 W.4.4 W.4.5 L.1.2 L.2.2 L.3.2 L.4.2 L.5.2
Thinkin' About Lincoln
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Thinkin' About Lincoln

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This creative thinking packet will bring Abraham Lincoln to life as no other research project has done before! Students will be inspired to research all aspects of Abraham Lincoln in order to find the answers to these 20 creative thinking activities. This Abraham Lincoln Creative Thinking packet makes an incredible independent study or alternative task and pushes students to use the higher levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy. Thinkin’ About Lincoln pairs perfectly with a unit of study on Abraham Lincoln or the Civil War. It can also be an extra credit or early finishers activity. **An Independent Learning Contract and Product Descriptor are provided for easy implementation and grading! I have also provided student-friendly sites and resources on my Abraham Lincoln Pinterest board! I used many of these sites to inspire this packet. The Abraham Lincoln activities include: *Not in Your Lifetime *Lincoln’s Influence *A Forward Thinker *New-Fangled Origination *The Letters of Lincoln *Emancipation Elation *Signs of Lincoln *Alone in the Snow *Creative Solutions *Slavery’s End *A Thing of Value *Davis vs. Lincoln *Toy Troubles *Lincoln’s Hat *After the War *Who is Abraham Lincoln? *If You Build It *The Anti-Lincoln *Unexpected Findings *Singing About Lincoln *The Lincoln Connection *Product Descriptors *Sample Answers CCSS ELA Standards W.3.1 W.3.2 W.3.4 W.4.2 W.4.8 W.5.4 W.5.8 L.3.1 L.3.2 L.4.1 L.4.2 L.5.1 L.5.2 L.5.3
M&M Math: Probability, Fractions, Addition, Multiplication, Sorting, Graphing
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M&M Math: Probability, Fractions, Addition, Multiplication, Sorting, Graphing

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M & M Math Math so fun your students will beg for more!!! This M&M math activity is guaranteed to become an instant favorite. Students will love practicing their math skills with this colorful candy-themed math activity. These M&M activities cover: sorting estimating probability addition subtraction multiplication mean median mode graphing plotting points on a line fractions This M&M math activity makes an excellent weekly review of essential math skills. Copy this M&M math activity and hand out to students, or simply slip a class set into plastic sleeves and allow students to use dry or wet erase markers to fill in the blanks. Students love the novelty of using wet-erase markers and will beg for the job of cleaning the used sheets. Keep a large bag of M&Ms in your classroom and give students a small handful (10-15) or use individual packets of M& Ms. Choose the sheets that are appropriate for your students. Black-line masters are also included for each activity!!!! CCSS Math Standards: 1.MD.C.4 2.MD.B.6 2.MD.D.10 3.MD.B.4 3.NBT.A.2 3.NF.A.1