A step-by-step guide designed to guide your students through the steps of multiplication! The purpose of a ‘We Flip for Math’ Flip Book, is to provide a struggling student with a step-by-step guide to take them through the process they are struggling with. I have various flip books available in my classroom, but only after I’ve taught the concept and we have practiced it a number of times. The complexity of some skills can be quite challenging for many students. Being able to remember all the steps can become overwhelming for some. A flip-book can help walk these children through the process. In addition, I have found flip-books can be helpful when sending homework home . Including a flip book can make for very happy parents! This packet contains three flip-books. • The first book features multiplying a 3-digit number by a single digit. • The second book practices multiplying a 2-digit number by a 2-digit number. • The third book models how to multiply a 3-digit number by a 3-digit number. The purchaser has two assembly options. You can make three separate flip books or combine all three problem types into one book. Individual covers are provided as well as a fourth cover that would be used if the three books are combined. Also, included are ready-made tabs which could be used to easily find each problem type in a combined book. To assemble simply run single-sided copies of both pages. Laminate for durability. Cut on the dotted line. Put the pages in sequential order--cover should be on top. Bind or staple (binding works best) across the top!

Make your very own binder covers! This file is a Power Point file. You will have to have the Power Point software in order to use this product. This product includes 10 binder covers and 10 coordinating spines (3 different sizes). In just a few easy steps you can have cute binder covers with matching spines. *Select the style. *Type in your text. *Print.

This Goofy Gorilla card game allows students to practice divison patterns with multiples of 10 in the classic ‘Old Maid’ game format. In addition, the cards could be used to play the classic game of “Concentration”--just remove the “Goofy Gorilla” card. The set contains a total of twenty-seven pairs of cards. The equation card might be 2,100 divided by 30 and the matching answer card would be 70. Also, included is the “Goofy Gorilla” card (my version of the ‘Old Maid’) and an instruction card. I also included a poster that shows the steps I teach the kids when learning how this pattern works.

The Early Bird Learns! This set contains: • 24 task cards designed to practice multiplying fractions. Three types of fraction problems are included-- multiplying 2 pairs of fractions, multiplying a fraction and a whole number, and multiplying mixed numbers. Students should know how to multiply each type for problems mentioned above as well as be able to reduce a fraction to lowest terms and be able to change a mixed number to an improper fraction, to be successful with this set of task cards. • Title task card. • 3 take a break cards. • A student recording sheet (color and black and white). • Answer key. I would recommend printing task cards and answer key on white card stock and then laminating for durability.

Students discover patterns make learning fun! This packet contains a tri-fold-up which would fit well in a math journal or as a stand alone resource. The fold-up explains the rule for dividing decimals by powers of 10. It also shows two examples of completed division pattern problems. Note that the cover is intentionally upside down, this should make for easier printing. I do, however, recommend that you run a test copy to make sure everything folds up correctly. To fold a trifold-up, run the cover upside down and the inside right side up. With the inside facing you, bring the bottom up to the upper horizontal line and fold. Finally, bring the top down to the fold you just made and fold. The end result should look like a ‘horizontal’ brochure. Also, included is a half-sheet handout. This handout contains the same information as the trifold-out, just in a different format. I find the half-sheet works well as a reference sheet. Many students like to take it home and share the skill with their parents. You will also find a two page worksheet. The worksheets will help the student practice the skill. The front side has the problems grouped as ‘pattern equations’. The back side has random problems which can have the pattern applied to. I broke the backside up into two groups of 16 problems. My thought was that a teacher may want to have the students complete the back in two separate settings. An answer key is also provided.

Give students the review they need to master the skill! If there is one thing I have learned since I began teaching math to 5th graders 10 years ago, it is that students must practice a skill repeatedly. Just because a student is able to multiply decimals for the chapter test, does not mean they will remember the skill a month later. With this in mind, each day I set aside a portion of time to practice previously taught skills. From this practice, RED, Review Every Day, was born. This packet contains 28 quick review half sheets focused on decimals. The skills reviewed are aligned to the 5th grade Common Core Standards. This Review Every Day includes the following Number & Place Value skills: Identifying place value, numbers in standard form, numbers in expanded form, numbers in word form, ordering numbers by value, comparing numbers, and rounding numbers. Please note that this packet does NOT teach the skill, but only serves to review the skill after you have taught it to the students. Each review has anywhere from 8 to 12 questions. In my classroom I spread the 28 lessons out and usually do not use them one day after another. I have other RED lessons that I would mix and match. So, for instance, Monday might be Fractions 1 and Tuesday might be Decimals 1. By Friday, I may be ready to use Fractions 2. Each review is a half-sheet. Lesson 1 and Lesson 3 are on page 1. Lesson 2 and Lesson 4 are on page 2. I do this intentionally. If you run page 1 on the front and page 2 on the back and then cut the sheet in half, you will have Fractions 1 on the front and Fractions 2 on the back. The entire document is set up this way. This saves paper, and allows the teacher to teach the lessons in order and in a more efficient way. At the back of the packet you will find the answer key which provides the answers to all questions.

his product is a 8 flap fold-up. The outside of the flap has the name of a planet. Lift the flap to reveal a black-line planet ready to be colored by the student. Also, inside the foldable several facts about each planet are given. The teacher has several fold-up options: For the teacher short on time, a fully filled out fold-up is provided. After it’s been copied, this fold-up will be finished and ready to be used by students after they’ve colored the planets and made just a few simple folds and snips. For the teacher would like the fold-up to be more interactive, run a blank fold-up template page and a parts page for each student. Students must cut the parts and assemble the fold-up on their own. A third option is to run the completed cover only with a blank inside or a completed inside with a blank outside. The choice is yours! Fold-ups are a wonderful resource that fits well in an interactive notebook or can be used as a stand alone resource.

This set contains 24 task cards for Rounding, Comparing and Ordering Decimals. Also included is a title task card, 3 take a break cards, a student recording sheet and an answer key. These task cards can be used for students who finish their work before the majority of the class (aka - Early Birds). In addition, these task cards could be used for independent work, centers, review, etc. I would recommend printing task cards and answer key on white card stock and then laminating for durability.

Students love fold-ups! • This three flap foldable focuses on face, vertex and edge. A definition and a visual representation is given of each. • This product also includes a 2-sided practice page and answer key. Always make a test copy before copying for your students to make sure the cover and inside fold up properly. Note that the cover is intentionally upside down for easier printing. Each sheet has two foldables.

Give your students the basics on calculating volume • This tri-fold fold-up features calculating volume of a rectangular prism and cube. Rectangular prisms and cubes are defined, three-dimensional is defined, how volume is labeled is addressed and the formula for calculating volume is given. Visuals are included in the fold-out. • This product also includes a 2-sided practice page. Answer keys are provided too. This fold-up will fit nicely in a math journal or as a stand alone resource. The cover is intentionally up-side down for easier copying. I do recommend your run a test copy to make sure everything folds up correctly.

Brighten your classroom library! This product has everything you need to organize your classroom library by AR Book Level or the following 10 genres: Realistic Fiction, Historical Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery, Traditional Literature, Informational, Biography, Autobiography and Poetry. This set now includes blank labels that can be customized. These pages open as Power Point slides. Simply insert a text box and type any text you choose. All Materials were created using a Black and White Polka Dot with Red Accents Theme. This set includes: •Genre Posters: One poster for each genre. Each poster contains a definition and several titles from the genre. •Genre Labels: One set of 4.25”x 3.5” genre labels for book tubs or bookshelves. •Book Label Code Sheet Poster: One poster that serves as the ‘key’ for the book spine labels. •Book Spine Labels: One sheet of sixty book spine labels for each genre. These labels work with Avery Return Address Labels (60 per page). Spine labels are available in black or red. •AR Book Level Labels: One set of 4.25”x 3.5” AR labels for book tubs or bookshelves. •Blank editable Large Poster (Power Point) •Blank page with 6 small editable labels (Power Point) •2 dpi 300 png images of Large Poster and small labels. Personally, I prefer to leave the posters a standard 8.5 x 11 size. My thinking is that I don't need someone to be able to read them from across the room. Instead I want them to be a resource students can use when browsing the library. Therefore, a standard size is perfect. The posters, however, can be enlarged. For directions how to make posters using your printer, read my blog post on the topic.

Here it is the 4th set of Science Investigations for the Teacher Who Doesn't Like Teaching Science! But, don't let the name fool you! You will find these experiments useful even if you LOVE teaching science :) Note this product is part of a "Bundled For Savings" pack. Be sure to check out Bundled for Savings: Science Experiments for the Teacher Who Doesn't Like Teaching Science to purchase all FOUR sets of this product at a substantial savings! This packet contains 5 easy investigations. The materials needed are easy to come by and inexpensive. I did not come up with these experiments myself, nor do I claim to. I have just compiled them onto easy to use sheets for students. Each experiment is described in detail on the front side and the backside provides students with space to record their observations. In addition, I have included an easy explanation of each experiment. The experiments include: A Groovy Cube - A density experiment. Materials needed include a clear drinking glass, food coloring, vegetable oil, baby oil, and ice cubes. Float A Clip - A surface tension experiment. Materials needed include water, dish soap, small bowl, and paper clips. Disappearing Money - A refraction experiment. Materials needed include a clear drinking glass, saucer, water, and penny. Hot Reaction - A chemical reaction experiment. Materials needed include steel wool, vinegar, small bowl, tall glass jar with lid, and a thermometer. It's A Scream - A sound experiment. Materials needed include a large disposable plastic cup, scissor, yardstick, string, water, and violin rosin (optional). Just a side note: When I do experiments with my 5th graders, I put students into groups of 4. Each group gets a tub of materials and 4 investigation/recording sheets. So, essentially, as materials go, each group of 4 will get the materials for the experiment. This cuts down on the cost dramatically, plus students are required to work cooperatively to complete the task--a very needed social skill.

"I Have, Whoooo Has" is a fun game that can be used to practice a variety of skills. This pack includes THREE sets, all designed to practice the math skill - Powers of Ten and Exponents. Example of typical questions -- Whoooo Has the fifth power of ten? I have 100,000 or Whooo has 4 times the second power of ten? I have 400. Each set includes 24 cards. Also included are card covers. I usually run a cover on the backside of each card. This allows me to easily keep sets together and not mixed up. Plus, it adds some color to the game. If colored printer ink is at a premium, you can choose to run the black and white cover instead. Again, this will allow you to keep the cards in the proper set. You can play this game whole class by distributing cards to all students. Note that some students may have more than one card. Next, the teacher prompts the student that has the first card to start by reading their card. Students will have to determine the next number in the sequence. Whichever student has the card with the correct answer will read theirs. And so on. The game continues until the last student reads their card, "I have the last card!" Another alternative to playing whole class is to play it with small groups of students. The process would work the same way, however each student would have multiple cards. I like playing it this way even better, because it really keeps the players on their toes. So, in my room, this is usually an activity that groups of 6 or 8 play. Now, since you have 3 sets with this purchase, you could have three groups of 8 playing at once in your room. As I said, if a player has multiple cards, they have to be paying attention. Let’s face it we all know that many students will be less attentive once they have read their card.

The Early Bird Learns! This set contains: • 24 task cards designed to practice reading, writing and determining the value of Powers of 10 and Exponents. • Title task card. • 3 take a break cards. • A student recording sheet (color and black and white). • Answer key. I would recommend printing task cards and answer key on white card stock and then laminating for durability.

This set contains 24 task cards designed to practice conversions and comparing customary measures for weight, length and capacity. Also included is a student recording sheet and an answer key. I use task cards in a variety of ways. The most popular is for students who finish their work early--aka...Early Birds. While I currently have the task cards in a tub on the cabinet, I would like to create a bulletin board next year and ‘hang’ the cards on the board. With this in mind, I started thinking that it would be nice to have a ‘title card’. This ‘title card’ would identify the topic of the task card set and provide a nicer visual for the display. So...I created a page with a ‘cover card’. Now, not being one to waste paper, I just knew there had to be something I could create for the remaining space on this newly created cover card sheet. This leads me to the second way I use the task cards...a little game I like to call “Tweet-Tweet”. Several times a month, we play “Tweet-Tweet”. Tweet-Tweet involves placing a task card on each student’s desk. Then students, with recording sheet in hand, move around the room solving the problem on each card on each desk. I announce a predetermined time they are allowed at each desk. This, of course depends on the complexity of the problems being solved. When all my students are in class, 27 total, I am actually a few cards short. So, I make several desks (3 to be exact!) ‘break desks’. When a student rotates to a ‘break desk’, they get to do just that...take a break. Even if you have 24 or fewer students, you could still incorporate a break desk or two into “Tweet-Tweet”. Instead of using 24 task cards, use 22 and 2 break cards. So, in addition to the ‘cover card’, you guessed it...I created 3 ‘official’ break cards. I would recommend printing task cards and answer key on white card stock and then laminating for durability.

Students can refer to this handout/poster when finding the Least Common Multiple of two numbers. You can print out and distribute page to students or chose to enlarge when printing to make a poster. Note that if you chose to enlarge in the print menu, some assembly will be required. For instructions on how to enlarge, visit my blog post: http://mrsbsbest.blogspot.com/2012/08/making-posters.html

"I Have, Whoooo Has" is a fun game that can be used to practice a variety of skills. This pack includes THREE sets, all designed to practice multiplication and division math facts. Please take a look at the preview page to see the types of questions asked. Each set includes 24 cards. Also included are card covers. I usually run a cover on the backside of each card. This allows me to easily keep sets together and not mixed up. Plus, it adds some color to the game. If colored printer ink is at a premium, you can choose to run the black and white cover instead. Again, this will allow you to keep the cards in the proper set. You can play this game whole class by distributing cards to all students. Note that some students may have more than one card. Next, the teacher prompts the student that has the first card to start by reading their card. Students will have to determine the next number in the sequence. Whichever student has the card with the correct answer will read theirs. And so on. The game continues until the last student reads their card, "I have the last card!" Another alternative to playing whole class is to play it with small groups of students. The process would work the same way, however each student would have multiple cards. I like playing it this way even better, because it really keeps the players on their toes. So, in my room, this is usually an activity that groups of 6 or 8 play. Now, since you have 3 sets with this purchase, you could have three groups of 8 playing at once in your room. As I said, if a player has multiple cards, they have to be paying attention. Let’s face it we all know that many students will be less attentive once they have read their card.

These classroom posters are a wonderful resource for your students! This product contains 4 Text Connections Classroom Posters: The first poster explains the importance of making text connections. The remaining three posters include: Text -to- Self, Text -to- Text and Text -to- World. The posters are labeled with the connection type, an explanation of the connection and an example of what the connection sounds like. The posters are all created with the paper layout on landscape. You can run the posters on a standard 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper. Or you can enlarge them. For directions on how to make larger posters read my blog post on the subject.

Note: This lesson is designed to be used with a Triple Beam Balance. I have developed the Mystery Box Investigation as a way to practice both Science Process Skills as well as the use of several science tools. It is a great beginning of the year activity! The tools used include magnets, calculators and a triple beam balance scale. A triple beam balance does work best, however a basic scale could be substituted if needed. Note that if a scale is substituted, you are no longer measuring mass, you will technically be measuring weight. This activity is used only after the science process skills have been taught and reviewed. Essentially, the students will use process skills along with tools to infer what object is hiding inside a mystery box. This process is repeated over until all mystery boxes the teacher has created have been examined. (I usually have 6 when completing this activity in my room.) This product contains: Step-By-Step Teacher Instructions (9 pages) Mystery Box Labels (for 12 boxes) Mystery Box Mass of Empty Box Labels (for 12 boxes) Using a Triple Beam Balance Instructions Triple Beam Balance Practice Page Student Investigation Procedure Page Mystery Box Recording Sheets (for 12 boxes) The preparation of the mystery boxes does take a bit of time--you wrap up shoe boxes using construction or wrapping paper--but once that task is complete, they mystery boxes can be used with this activity for a significant number of years. Mine are currently 7 years old and still going strong!

This foldable breaks the Scientific Method down to 5 steps: Observe & Ask Questions, Form a Hypothesis, Plan an Experiment, Conduct an Experiment, Draw Conclusions & Communicate Results. This foldable will fit perfectly in a science journal. Just be sure to trim on the grey line before distributing to students. This makes for a much nicer fit. This foldable can be used as a stand alone resource as well. The teacher has several options with this foldable: Make copies of the blank template and parts page and allow your students to assemble. Run the completed front and inside copies for a few simple scissor cuts and an instant complete foldable. Or, do a bit of both...just run the cover and have students cut and paste parts in the appropriate spot.