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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!
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
Shapes MEGA Bundle
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Shapes MEGA Bundle

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Shapes Activity Pack: A Shapes Activity Unit - Shape Identification, Shape Games, Shape Fractions, Shape Activities, Anchor Charts and MORE!!! This Shapes Activities Unit is 190 pages for grades 2-5 (a great review for 5th) and is aligned to the common core. This Hands-On shapes unit includes all you need to get your students "In Shape!" In this Shapes Activity Unit you will find: *Shapes Anchor Chart Printables *Interactive Journal Pages *Pre-, Mid and Post unit assessments *Where Did I Put My Polygon?- Solve the riddles to discover which polygon shape is being described. Paste the shape in the correct box *Polygons All Gone!- A fun shapes dice game where students will make polygon shapes *Shape Sorting- Students will sort quadrilateral shapes and polygon vs. non polygon shapes *Measuring Shapes- 4 pages for students to find the area and perimeter of given shapes *Gardener Gracie's Dilemma- Help Gracie shape the area and perimeter of her garden beds *I Have, Who Has- A great shape warm-up game practicing the area, perimeter and naming of shapes *Shape Fraction Memory- Students will have to find shapes divided into the same number of fraction *Shape Fraction play dough mats- mold and cut the given shapes into fractions, have your partner name the shape fractions, label the shape fraction pieces *Shape Posters- display these shape posters in your math area and help students master area of shapes, perimeter of shapes and more! *find the area of shapes by dividing them into smaller rectangles *Learn and Practice the distributive property of area This Shape Activities Unit is packed with tons of activities that are aligned to the common core. This Shapes Activities unit makes a great addition to your school's curriculum! I hope you and your students enjoy this shapes activities unit! If you enjoy this product, check out some of my other math products available in my store! CCSS Math Standards 2.G.A.1 2.G.A.2 2.G.A.3 3.MD.C.5 3.MD.C.6 3.MD.C.7 3.MD.D.8 3.G.A.1 3.G.A.2 4.G.A.3
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
Christmas MEGA Bundle
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Christmas MEGA Bundle

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Everything you need for the month of December! 159 pages of Christmas FUN! There is simply too much in this bundle to describe it all in this space! Please see each link for a FULL product description and preview. Included in this Christmas MEGA Bundle: Christmas Math packet https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/christmas-math-pack-11119491 Christmas Creative Thinking Pack https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/christmas-creative-thinking-pack-11120892 Christmas Kindness Elves https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/kindness-elves-a-new-christmas-tradition-11122273 Christmas Party Pack https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/christmas-party-pack-11122280 The Great Elf Contest https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-great-elf-contest-a-christmas-game-for-the-hundreds-chart-11122281 Save 15% when you bundle!!! CCSS ELA Standards: W.2.5 W.2.8 W.3.2 W.3.5 W.4.2 W.4.8 W.5.4 W.5.8 L.2.1 L.2.2 L.3.1 L.3.2 L.4.1 L.4.2 L.5.1 L.5.2 L.5.3 CCSS Math Standards: 2.MD.C.7 2.MD.C.8 3.MD.A.1 3.MD.A.2 3.MD.B.3 2.NBT.A.3 2.NBT.B.7 3.NBT.A.1 3.NBT.A.2 3.NBT.A.3 4.NBT.A.3 4.NBT.B.4 3.OA.A.1 3.OA.A.2 3.OA.A.3 3.OA.A.4 3.OA.B.5 3.OA.B.6 3.OA.C.7 3.OA.D.8 3.OA.D.9 4.OA.A.1 4.OA.A.2 4.OA.A.3 4.OA.C.5 3.NF.A.1 3.NF.A.3b 2.G.A.3
I Have, WHO Has:  A Fraction Game
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I Have, WHO Has: A Fraction Game

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Use this fun fraction game to review fraction concepts! This Fraction Game can be played whole class or in small groups. Each student will be given a card with a fraction problem to solve. 30 cards are included. To play, students will have to: Identify Fraction Models Identify Fractions on a Number Line Reduce Fractions Compare Fractions Add Fractions CCSS Math: 3.NF.1 3.NF.2 3.NF.3 If you enjoy this game, check out my Fraction Activity BUNDLE https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/fraction-activity-bundle-11121361
Area of a Shape
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Area of a Shape

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These 5 practice pages use real life examples to teach students how to use and apply the concept of area. Students will be finding area, finding the length of a missing side, and designing shapes that have a given area. CCSS Math Standards: 2.G.2 3.MD.5 3.MD.6 3.MD.7 3.MD.8
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
Force and Interaction Writing Unit
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Force and Interaction Writing Unit

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This is a backwards designed one month unit writing unit aligned with Forces and Interaction NGSS 3rd grade standards. It is also aligned to my Force and Interaction Unit Plan which includes reading, writing and science and goes from Anchor Charts to Assessments! I have bundled this with my Personal Student Dictionary because I feel that it is an essential tool to writing. This unit is a total of 86 pages. This Force and Interaction Writing Unit Includes: *1 month of daily plans *Differentiated Writing Prompts *Final Copy Writing Paper (with place for diagram) *Sample Anchor Charts *Quick Checks *Final Assessments *Suggested Book List *Personal Dictionary *One Page Voice Level Chart NGSS: 3-PS2-1 3-PS2-2 3-PS2-3 3-PS2-4 CCSS ELA Standards W.3.2 W.3.4 W.3.5 W.3.6 W.3.7 W.3.8
End of the Year ABC Countdown
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End of the Year ABC Countdown

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This End of the Year ABC Countdown is a fun way to countdown the last 26 days of the year! This End of the Year ABC Countdown is also an End of the Year survival pack! This End of the Year Countdown will keep your students engaged and motivated to come to school during those last few weeks of school. This End of the Year Activity Pack will keep your students moving, grooving, creating and participating!!! This End of the Year Activity Pack Includes: *Calendar of Events- Ready to date and send home. There are two different End of the Year Activity lists. One list includes dress up days and the other does not, for those schools that require uniforms. *Parent Letter- Keeps parents updated on the activities for each day. These letters are available in English and Spanish (translated using Google Translate) *End of the Year ABC Countdown Reminder Slips- Send reminder slip home with students each day A Sample of End of the Year Activities: *Advice Book and Letter Paper- This is a fun end of the year activity that can also be a great start to the next year. Have students complete this advice book and leave them for next years students *End of the Year Craft- This craft is a simple and cute original craft *Exercise Day Cards- 24 fun activities to get kids moving throughout the day *"Going Green" Class Book- compile a book of "green tips" to add to your library *Recycled Art Project- Students will make a trendy and adorable picture frame to take home *"Knock Knock" Joke Book *Fun Recipes- Celebrate the end of the year by making a few special treats in your classroom *"You Earned It" fun game day ideas- Finish this End of the Year ABC Countdown with an afternoon of fun and games. Ideas for end of the year activities and relay races are included This is just a small taste of what is included in this End of the Year ABC countdown! I have worked hard to make these End of the Year Activity fun and different from other End of the Year ABC countdowns and other End of the Year Activities available elsewhere.
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
Fraction Activity BUNDLE
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Fraction Activity BUNDLE

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Fraction Activity Bundle Make learning fractions super FUN with the 8 unique fractions activities and assessments in this Fractions Activity Fun Pack! This Fractions Activity Fun Pack is 156 pages and the perfect addition to your fraction curriculum or use these fractions activities as fractions review. This fractions activity pack includes assessments, fractions games, fractions centers, fractions word problems, fractions on a number line, fractions strips, fraction posters and more fractions! Fractions activities will include fractions games, using play dough and cooking to get hands-on experience with fractions in this Fractions Activity Fun Pack. This Fractions Activity Fun Pack includes: *Pre-, post and mid unit assessments aligned to standards *Fraction Anchor Chart Printables *Word Problems *Find the Fractions *Fraction-ary *I Have, Whoooo Has *Fractions Match Up *Having a Hoot with Fractions *Eating Like a Bird- Use fractions to make this delicious snack with your class. *Fractions Strips *Fractions Posters *You Don't Know the Whole of It!- This is a fraction math secret message! Use these fractions activities as a supplement to your fractions curriculum. Some of these fractions activities can be played individually or with up to four players. Leave them out as fractions centers or as fraction activities for early finishers. Make the independent fraction practice pages into a fractions packet, or print out when extra fractions practice is needed. Students will review fractions, reinforce their knowledge of fractions and increase their understanding of fractions with this Fractions Activity Fun Pack. CCSS Math Standards: 3.NF.A.1 3.NF.A.2 3.NF.A.2a 3.NF.A.2b 3.NF.A.3 3.NF.A.3a 3.NF.A.3b 3.NF.A.3c 3.NF.A.3d
Force and Interaction Integrated Unit Plan: Science, Reading and Writing
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Force and Interaction Integrated Unit Plan: Science, Reading and Writing

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Forces and Interaction Integrated Unit Plan This is a backwards designed one month unit writing unit aligned with Forces and Interaction NGSS 3rd grade standards 3-PS2-1, 3-PS2-2, 3-PS2-3, 3-PS2-4, CCSS Literacy Standards 3.1-3.10 and Writing Standards 3.2, 3.4-3.8. This Force and Interaction Unit plan goes from Anchor Charts to Assessments! I have bundled this with my Personal Student Dictionary because I feel that it is an essential tool for writing. This unit is a total of 260 pages. This Force and Interaction Writing Unit Includes: *1 full month of Day to Day detailed plans for Reading, Writing and Science Reading: *Original Close Reading Folder design with photographs *Close Reading instructions for a variety of Force and Interaction texts *Interactive Notebook Pages *Foldable Templates *Informational Text Task Cards *Anchor Charts Science: *Hands On Experiments-balanced and unbalanced forces, predicting motion, magnetism and static electricity. These experiments are designed to use items you already have in your classroom or at home *Anchor Charts *Assessments *Student Led problem solving and experiment design *Data Collection and Evaluation *Cooperative Learning Writing: *Differentiated Writing Prompts- 3 for each week *Final Copy Writing Paper (with place for diagram) *Quick Checks *Final Assessments *Suggested Book List *Personal Dictionary *One Page Voice Level Chart CCSS ELA Standards: RI.3.1 RI.3.2 RI.3.3 RI.3.4 RI.3.5 RI.3.6 RI.3.7 RI.3.8 RI.3.9 RI.3.10 W.3.2 W.3.4 W.3.6 W.3.7 W.3.8
Fall Maths Pack:   Fall Money, Fall Time, Fall Word Problems & MORE!!!
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Fall Maths Pack: Fall Money, Fall Time, Fall Word Problems & MORE!!!

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Fall Maths Pack This Fall Maths Pack contains 30 pages packed with maths activities that are so fun, your students won't even know that they are doing real math! This Fall Maths Pack includes story problems, graphing, Hidden Picture, fractions and more! Included in this Fall Maths Pack, you will find: Skip Counting Number Patterns Fall Fact Families- all operations Word Problems- all operations Fall Maths Graphing Probability Missing Numbers Hidden Picture- Solve 100 maths problems to find the hidden fall maths picture Included in this Fall Maths Pack, you will find a full Answer Key This Fall Maths Pack is a great supplement to your curriculum. Offer this Fall Maths Pack as review or as enrichment. This Fall Maths Pack makes great morning work or is perfect for early finishers! Put this Fall Maths Pack on your smart board and complete as a class or give to students to complete individually or in pairs.
Santa's Village Christmas Map Project
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Santa's Village Christmas Map Project

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Santa’s Village Map Project This super engaging project is perfect for the week before Christmas! Students will create arrays of different items that might be found in Santa’s Village in the North Pole. This Christmas Map project is a hands-on way to reinforce area, perimeter, factor pairs, map skills and finding and identifying coordinate points on a graph. For each item student are asked to record the array(s) used, multiplication fact(s) that helped them, the total area and the perimeter of each item. Some items are a simple rectangle, while other aspects, such as the reindeer barn have rooms within the building. Specifications are given for each room in the building. Two options of this project are included: Option One: *All buildings are given (Santa’s house, reindeer barn, candy shop, etc) *Units are given for each building and students must create the building to the given specification *Students will add 3 of their own buildings *Word problems that can be solved with the map are included *Graphing coordinate points sheet is included *Blank sheets for students to create their own word and graphing problems are included Option 2 *All buildings to be included are given (Santa’s Workshop, elf club house, etc) *Students must decide how big or small to make each building *Students add 3 of their own buildings *Students write their own word problems *Graphing coordinate points sheet is included This project can be fully differentiated to fit the needs of your students!
Thinkin About Lincoln Sample
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Thinkin About Lincoln Sample

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This is a sample of my packet Thinkin’ About Lincoln. 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 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. This is a 2 page sample. The full version contains 20 unique activities!
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!
Force and Interaction Reading and Science Unit
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Force and Interaction Reading and Science Unit

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Forces and Interaction Reading and Science Unit This is a Force and Interaction Reading and Science Unit. It is full aligned to 3rd grade NGSS about Force and Interaction. This unit is also aligned to 3rd grade Reading for Information standards. This Force and Integration Reading and Science unit is also included in my Force and Interaction Unit Plan! This Integrated Unit plan also includes one month of writing plans. This unit is a total of 175 pages. This Force and Interaction Reading and Science Unit Includes: *1 full month of Day to Day detailed plans for Reading and Science Reading: *Original Close Reading Folder design with photographs *Close Reading instructions for a variety of Force and Interaction texts *Interactive Notebook Pages *Foldable Templates *Informational Text Task Cards *Anchor Charts Science: *Hands On Experiments-balanced and unbalanced forces, magnetism and static electricity. These experiments are designed to use items you probably already have in your classroom or at home *Anchor Charts *Assessments *Student Led problem solving and experiment design *Data Collection and Evaluation *Cooperative Learning NGSS: 3-PS2-1 3-PS2-2 3-PS2-3 3-PS2-4 CCSS ELA Standards: RI.3.1 RI.3.2 RI.3.3 RI.3.4 RI.3.5 RI.3.6 RI.3.7 RI.3.8 RI.3.9 RI.3.10
5 Ways to Avoid a Fight
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5 Ways to Avoid a Fight

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This is from a series of lessons that address common behavior problems in the classroom or in a school. 5 Ways to Avoid a Fight teaches students how to identify a potential fight and different strategies to avoid engaging in a fight. This lesson contains four parts: Setting a Purpose, Teaching Examples, Activities and Role Playing and Reinforcement Activities.
Fall Reading Response Sheets
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Fall Reading Response Sheets

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These Fall Reading Response Sheets are perfect for independent work or centers. There are a variety of response sheets that can be used with fiction or non-fiction. These Fall Reading Response Sheets Include: *Suggested Fall Book List *Fall Non-Fiction Reading Response Sheet- What I Know About Fall, What I Learned About Fall and Questions I Still Have About Fall *Fall Non-Fiction Reading Response-Draw a picture and write about what you learned from your fall book *Fall Fiction Reading Response Sheets- Identify Characters, Setting, Problem/Solution, Summary *Fall Fiction Reading Response Sheets- Draw a picture and write about your favorite part of the story
Christmas Hundred Chart Hidden Picture for 4th Grade
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Christmas Hundred Chart Hidden Picture for 4th Grade

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Christmas Hundred Chart Hidden Picture for 4th Grade Students LOVE completing puzzles! In this Christmas Hundred Chart Hidden Picture, students will solve 120 math problems to reveal a Christmas Picture! This Christmas Hundred Chart Hidden Picture includes: *Interpreting multiplication as a comparison *Measurement conversions *Elapsed time *Money *Simple fractions *Writing decimals as fractions *Division *Multiplication *Addition *Subtraction This Christmas Hidden Picture makes a great math center or early finisher project! 4.MD.A.1 4.MD.A.2 4.NBT.A.2 4.NBT.A.3 4.NBT.B.4 4.OA.A.1 4.NF.C.6