I am a certified teacher in Phoenix, Arizona. I've been teaching for over 16 years. I've taught 1st-4th grades. I am now running my own tutoring business.
I am a certified teacher in Phoenix, Arizona. I've been teaching for over 16 years. I've taught 1st-4th grades. I am now running my own tutoring business.
Do your students need help generating good opening and closing statements? How many of your students leave one or both out? Well not anymore! This pack will give your students a few ideas to get them started. You’ll be amazed how much better your students’ opening and closing statements improve!
This product includes:
2 posters with a list of variety of ways to open and close writing. These opening and closing statements can be used for any genre of writing. They are both kid friendly and easy to use. Students pick from a variety of ideas for their openings and closings statements.
There are 2 lists of examples on opening statements and 1 list of examples on closing statements.
2 worksheets to practice opening and closing statements.
A blank template for opening and closing statements to create your own ideas or take notes.
Also included are black and white versions for those that do not want color.
Missing Numbers using Addition and Subtraction Equations includes 36 Task Cards. These task cards have different equations where students find the missing number. Equations use addition and subtraction with facts under 30. Students need to pay attention to the equal sign and have some number sense with these tricky equations.
These task cards can be used at a math center or for a 2-3 player game (board game included).
Recording sheet and an answer hey is included.
This pack is perfect for 2nd and 3rd graders who need a little bit more practice in number sense, equal equations, and missing numbers!
Word Problems using 3 and 4 Digit Addition and Subtraction includes 30 Task Cards. Students will have plenty of practice to solve word problems after using these task cards.
Use the task cards at a math center, for morning work, as a warm-up exercises, or for a 2-4 player game. Game board is included along with recording sheets and an answer key!
Recording Sheets- Use for students to record answers or use the problem solving mat to help solve problems.
Game Board- A fun game board is included to use for a 2 or 4 Player game.
All task cards come in a black and white copy too.
These task cards include 15 Addition and 15 subtraction word problems using 3 and 4 digit numbers.
Area and Perimeter Build a Room includes a variety of ideas to spice up your area and perimeter unit. This pack includes 3 different ideas to Build a Room or a place. Each idea has endless possibilities. The activities in this pack can be used all year long to keep area and perimeter fresh in your students’ minds.
Students design a room by placing furniture and items in the room. 5 rooms are included to build; bedroom, kitchen, playground, living room, and garage. Students calculate the area and perimeter of each item in the room.
This also includes Floor Plans for a house and a restaurant. Students layout an entire house and calculate the area and perimeter of each room.
A blank floor plan is included to plan other places like an amusement park, zoo, marketplace, etc…
There are endless activities in this pack to support your area and perimeter unit.
CVC Unscramble Sentences Worksheets has a total of 20 worksheets (4 worksheets for each of the five vowel sounds). Each worksheet includes 3 sentences for students to unscramble and form into a complete sentence. Students read the 5 or 6 words in the word bank and write a complete sentence that could match the picture.
These are simple sentences that are designed for beginning readers learning to read, make, and write complete sentences. The words in the word bank use CVC words and only 11 sight words. The sight words used for each page are located on the top right hand corner of each worksheet. The 11 sight words used in this entire packet include: a, and, at, has, I, in, is, my, on, see, the
These are great to use at your small group time for a quick assessment of who’s reading and/or forming sentences. Place a worksheet at a reading center or use as part of your lesson for students to practice unscrambling sentences.
CVC Words Rhyming Worksheets will have your students reading and rhyming all year long! This pack includes 36 Rhyming Worksheets (5 pages for each vowel sound and 11 pages of mixed vowels for assessments). These are great to use at your small group time for a quick assessment of who’s reading and rhyming. Place a worksheet at a reading center or use as part of your lesson for students to practice rhyming.
These Personal Narrative Worksheets are a great way to practice writing a short paragraph or narrative. These worksheets include a graphic organizer to help students organize their personal narrative into a quick paragraph. Students respond to the prompt on each page. They write a topic about their paragraph along with a topic sentence. They write 3 supporting details about the topic and close it with an end statement. Students can edit themselves or have someone edit them. Students can rewrite their rough draft in their writing journal or on another writing sheet.
This pack includes 30 writing prompts for personal narratives.
This FREE Editing Marks can be used the next time you want students to edit their own writing. The editor’s marks will be helpful when students are editing themselves. It will also be helpful when someone else has edited them and they’ll know what to change in their writing from the marks given. There are also some friendly reminders at the bottom of the sheet for students to check their work.
You can also copy and place this page in the students’ writing folders. Students can pull this out the next time they need to edit a paper or make corrections using the symbols.
You can also copy this page and post it on your writing bulletin board for friendly reminders.
Send this copy home for parents to help their child edit their work.
These editing marks below are the most commonly used in a
primary setting. It is not a complete list of marks or symbols.
I have a fun and engaging writing activity for 1st-3rd graders! This FREE worksheet has students using their imagination about the monster. They answer who, what, when, where, and why questions about the picture. Then they use the information in their answers to write about it.
Use this FREE example to spark some interest and get students excited to write their own version of the monster and his crazy adventures.
Use this worksheet for a fun writing lesson on paragraph writing.
Monster Subtraction Games include 17 Game Boards to practice subtraction facts 0-10 with differences to 20. The game boards are separated by subtrahends. Students subtract from numbers 0-20. There are a mix of facts and some missing minuends game boards. There is enough variety to keep your students engaged and learning their subtraction facts all year long.
The 17 game boards include:
• Subtract 0-5
• Subtract 6-9
• Subtract 0-10
• Subtract 0
• Subtract 1
• Subtract 2
• Subtract 3
• Subtract 4
• Subtract 5
• Subtract 6
• Subtract 7
• Subtract 8
• Subtract 9
• Subtract 10
• Facts of 10
• Missing minuends & subtrahends Facts 0-4
• Missing minuends & subtrahends Facts 5-10
Also included is a fact table to check answers.
Multiplication and Division Fact Drills contain 64 (half) sheets dedicated to single digit multiplication and division facts. Each half sheet has 32 facts on them It’s ideal that students can do all 32 problems in under 2 minutes.
This pack is separated by each fact.
The multiplication drills contain:
o Multiply 0,1,2
o Multiply 1
o Multiply 2
o Multiply 3
o Multiply 4
o Multiply 5
o Multiply 6
o Multiply 7
o Multiply 8
o Multiply 9
o Multiply 10
o Multiply Doubles
o Multiply Mixed Numbers
o Multiply Missing Numbers
The Division Drills contain:
o Divide 1 and 2
o Divide 2
o Divide 3
o Divide 4
o Divide 5
o Divide 6
o Divide 7
o Divide 8
o Divide 9
o Divide 10
o Divide Mixed Numbers (6 half sheets)
o Divide Missing Numbers (4 half sheets)
This pack also comes with data sheets for students to keep track of their own progress. It also contains a fact table to help students learn those multiplication and division facts.
Use these drills to help with fact fluency when learning multiplication and division problems. Instead of drills, these sheets can also be used for classwork, morning work, homework, math centers, or small group.
Alphabet Soup using CVC Words includes 18 task cards with 6 letters on each card. Students find CVC words (or 2-letter words, HFW, or names) in the soup bowl. You can use the task cards along with a white board, scratch paper, or writing journal to record answers.
OR you can use the 18 recording sheets/worksheets that are included for students to write answers from each soup bowl. The task cards and worksheets are the same. I have provided 2 ways to use this product either by task cards or worksheets. Choose the method that is best for your students.
All task cards use 1 vowel which is located in the middle of the soup bowl and 5 consonants around the vowel.
hese posters will surely grab your students’ attention. There are a total of 30 posters. (Plus, a black and white copy of each one.) Each poster prints in a 8.5x11 size standard sheet of paper.
Each poster has a saying that the teacher would say to grab their students attention. It also includes a student saying a response to the teacher. These are great visuals when the class is off task and you need their attention quickly.
I have a few of these that I say all the time. I also created a few of my own that are not found anywhere else. I also made the clip art! These posters are original!!
Hang these posters in your room to help students remember what they need to say when you’re trying to grab their attention.
Decimal worksheets using Tenths and Hundredths has 30 worksheets.
These worksheets include:
•Identify decimals using models
•Writing decimals and their fraction
•Order and comparing decimals
•Rounding to the nearest whole or tenth
•Writing the word names of decimals
•Add, subtract, and multiply decimals
Use these worksheets as part of your decimal lessons, for homework, or as assessments.
CVC Word Strips will have your students reading short vowel words all year long! This pack includes 70 CVC Word Strips (14 for each vowel sounds) using CVC Short Vowel Words. These are great to use at your small group time for a quick assessment of who’s reading and rhyming. Place a set at a reading center for students to practice rhyming. A recording sheet is added for students to record their answers.
Opinion Writing Worksheets will have your students expressing their opinions all year long. This little pack includes 34 opinion prompts or questions. These questions are meant to spark some interest in students to write some of their opinions on the subject matter.
Also included is an anchor chart to help with opinion starters, transition words, and closings.
Bee Word Problem Task Cards using 2-Digit Addition and Subtraction includes 32 Task Cards. The task cards use 2-digit numbers and has some regrouping for both adding and subtracting. Students read the word problem on the task card. They decide if they should add or subtract and calculate their answer on a recording sheet.
Use this pack for math centers, morning work, small group, warm-up exercises, or for part of your lesson. These task cards will have your students practicing word problems all spring long with this cute “BEE” theme!
2 Recording Sheets- Use for students to record answers.
Array Robots includes thirty-six task cards. These cute robots are put in an array to express multiplication or repeated addition sentences. Another thirty-six task cards are included to match the arrays with a multiplication sentence.
Use these task cards to match the array with the number sentence. The two set of task cards can be used to match or to play a game of Concentration or a Go Fish.
Use the task cards in small groups to reinforce identifying arrays using multiplication or repeated addition.
The task can also be used with the recording sheets. Place the task cards and the recording sheet at a math center. Students can draw the array or write the number sentence for each array.
There are also 8 worksheets added to use during your lessons, extra array practice, homework, in small groups, or as assessments.
This pack is perfect when learning about arrays.
Monster Division Games include 15 Game Boards to practice division facts 1-10. The game boards are split up by divisors. There are a mix of facts and those that focus on one divisor. There is enough variety to keep your students engaged and learning their division facts.
• Divisors 1-5
• Divisors 6-9
• Divisors 1-10
• Divisors 2
• Divisors 3
• Divisors 4
• Divisors 5
• Divisors 6
• Divisors 7
• Divisors 8
• Divisors 9
• Division of 10
• Missing Dividends and Divisors -Facts 1-5
• Missing Dividends and Divisors - Facts 6-10
• Missing Divisors (1-10)
Also included is a fact table to check answers.