This States and Capitals pack is loaded with many ideas to help learn the fifty States and Capitals. It includes: Worksheets or assessments to record states or capital names. Fifty States cards and fifty Capital cards to match, play games, or to use as flashcards. Place these task cards at a center for students to match or with a recording sheet to record answers. I Have, Who Has- a fun class game (this can be purchased separately here.) Name That State- a shape of each State to recognize ABC Search- Find a state or capital name for each letter of the alphabet. Who can find the most in a certain amount of time? *States and Capital game- This includes a game board for 2-4 players or a class game. Students name the correct capital or state. A Study Guide - A list of all the states and capitals A map to label the states Alphabetical List of all States Answer Keys included for all activities plus black and white copies!

Halloween Theme Centers and Activities are perfect for 2nd and 3rd Grade Classrooms. It has over 50 pages of reading, math, writing, and science activities and centers to use for the month of October. The ideas in this pack are intended to reinforce the skills you are already learning in the classroom. Here is what’s included in this pack: Math: Coordinate Grid and Ordered Pair Left, Right, Center with addition or multiplication Pumpkin Sticks -addition or multiplication Catch A Snack - addition or multiplication Odd/Even Game Combination Pumpkins M&M Activity using addition/multiplication Pumpkin Math-use a real pumpkin to estimate, weigh, and measure Freaky Frank Math Reading/Writing: Syllable Game or Center-Use Halloween words to find how many syllables are in the words ABC Order Race It used to be a pumpkin seed… Boggle Board Noun/Verb/Adjective Game Science: How many Candy Corns can you stack before it falls? Will the candy sink or float? What happens when you put a piece of candy in water? Other: Game Board for any subject. Use the game boards for other games using spelling words, math facts, and/or reading comprehension questions. A recipe for Roasting Pumpkin Seeds. Many activities to keep students busy all month long!

Long and Short Vowel Sound Games and Centers has students distinguishing long and short vowel sounds when reading words. Each Vowel (a, e, i, o, u) includes: A set of 36 task cards. (18 short vowel words and 18 long vowel words) A T-Chart to separate the words. Use the task cards to separate words, for playing games, and for the centers that are included in this pack. There are 2 different games to play with each vowel set of task cards. The centers and games also include recording sheets. Each vowel set also includes 3 worksheets. Use these worksheets for extra practice or as assessments. This entire pack comes in a black and white copy too! This pack is set up to practice distinguishing long from short vowel sounds.

Bone Chilling Stories has your students writing creative stories this season. It includes 3 Writing Centers. Bones- Use all the Halloween words on the bone to make a story. Candy Corn- 1 candy corn to write a character, setting, and plot. Make A Story- Pick from a can 1 character, 1 setting, and 1 plot.

This CVC Worksheets pack has a total of 35 worksheets that will have your students identifying, reading and writing CVC words all year long! This pack includes 35 Worksheets (7 pages for each vowel sound.) The 7 pages for each vowel sound includes: • 2 worksheets that students choose which of the 3 words match the picture. • 2 worksheets that has a word bank and students use the words in the word bank to match the pictures. • 1 worksheet that students read a row of 4 words and choose 2 words that are real words. • 1 worksheet that students put a list of words into 4 categories. • 1 worksheet for students to cut-out words and paste them on the picture that matches the word. These are great to use at your small group time for a quick assessment of who’s reading and/or sounding out words. Place a worksheet at a reading center or use as part of your lesson for students to practice.

CVC Sentences for Reading Comprehension includes 100 Task Cards. (20 task cards for each vowel sound, a, e, i, o, u) This pack will have your students excited to practice reading, sounding out CVC Words, and comprehending what they are reading. Each task card displays 2 sentences. Students choose the sentence that matches the picture. These task cards will help students read with fluency and practice comprehension. There are 20 Task Cards for each vowel sound (a, e, i, o, u). Different Recording Sheets have been included to fit your needs in the classroom. Only a few sight words are used for each set of card. Use the sight word list to see if the set of task cards are right for your students. If students know the sight words listed and how to sound out 3 letter words, than this pack is perfect for your beginning readers! An answer key is included to help distinguish pictures.

CVC Words vs Nonsense Words Task Cards will have your students identifying short vowel words all year long! This pack includes 100 task cards (20 for each vowel sounds) using CVC Short Vowel Words. Students read the two CVC words on each task card and they identify the "real’ word. These are great to use at your small group time for a quick assessment of who’s reading and able to identify the real word against a word that don’t make any sense, Place a set of task cards at a reading center for students to practice reading and identifying CVC words. A recording sheet is added for students to record their answers.

This pack has 10 silent e games to practice the vowel sounds of: a_e, i_e, o_e, u_e All you need to do is print and play. 1 die and some game tokens to cover words are needed too. The game boards can be played with 2-3 Players. They are perfect for small groups or reading centers. Game boards include each vowel sound (a_e, i_e, o_e, u_e) and a review of them mixed. Students will have great practice reading silent e words. How to play the game: Players roll a dice two times to reveal a word. If a word can be made, the word is covered with a game token. The first player to cover 5 words is the winner.

Mini-Workbook Using Place Value with 3-Digit Numbers has 40 pages (half-sheets). The half worksheets include four place value questions about a 3-digit number. These are the types of questions asked throughout the workbook. • Write the word name. • Write the value of a place. • Rounding to ten or hundred. • Write the number that comes before or after. • Subtract across two zeros. • Write the next odd or even number. • Write a comparison using < or > to make the equation true. • Write 10 more, 10 less, 100 more, or 100 less. • Write the expanded notation. • Draw base blocks. How to Assemble Mini-Workbooks: • Copy the worksheets for the workbook back to back. Cut the worksheets in half and assemble them into a workbook. Staple on the left. Students can work at their own pace or assign pages to be completed. • Instead of assembling the worksheets into a mini workbook, copy and cut the worksheets in half. It is not necessary to assemble into a mini-workbook. Ideas and Suggestions: Use the Mini-Workbook for a math warm-up exercise, during your math lesson, for seat work/ busy work, during your small group time, math centers, homework, or for exit tickets!

Fraction of a Set Word Problem Task Cards includes 40 task cards. Use Task Cards for: • a warm-up activity. • a math center. • a lesson. • improving fraction skills. • improving problem solving skills A Recording Sheet is included to use at a math center. Answer Key is included too!

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.

Inference Writing Center is intended to do two things: Make Inferences and Write in Complete Sentences. The task cards will help students generate inferences by looking at a picture and then putting those thoughts down on paper. The Materials in this Pack include: • 24 Task Cards with Inference Writing prompts • 24 Recording Sheets (in thirds) Ideas on how to use the writing prompts: • Use the colored task cards along with the recording sheet at a writing center. Students write what they infer about each picture. Students can also use a writing journal or other writing paper instead of the recording sheets. • You can also copy the Recording Sheets and cut each sheet into thirds. Use the recording sheets for complete sentence writing and inference recognition. These would be great for morning work. • You can also send home for homework, use for a writing prompt for the week, as part of your inference lesson, as a warm-up activity, or for morning work.

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.

Perimeter Task Cards includes 3 math centers. Each math center has 24 task cards. This pack provides practice in finding perimeters for a variety of shapes. Center 1 includes 24 task cards. Students find the perimeter of each shape. Center 2 includes 24 task cards. The total perimeter is given and the students find the missing side of the shape. Center 3 includes 24 task cards. The total perimeter is given and the students find the missing sides of the equal sided shape. This pack also includes a recording sheet to use at a math center or for homework. Also an answer key is included for each center.

Students can learn skip counting with ease with these fun and engaging posters. Students will be able to find patterns or use them for multiplication strategies. These visuals can be hung on your math wall or given as a hand-out for a quick reference. Skip Counting Posters include the numbers 2-10. Also included are black and white versions. A Skip Counting Booklet is also included. The booklet contains black and white copies of the posters that are shrunk down to 1/3 size. Students can take the booklets home to practice skip counting and their multiplication facts with ease.

Book Talk is loaded with Activities, Book Reports, Graphic Organizers, and Reading Logs to motivate students to start talking about books. It includes ninety pages of ideas and activities to use with any book. This pack is for 2nd - 3rd Grade Classrooms. It includes: Book Talk Questions -Use to generate questions about their reading. Use for small group or partner reading. Send these questions home to help parents and students talk about the book they are reading at home. Reading Activity Sheets-Ideas and extension activities to use for partner reading or early finishers. Book Reports- 7 Book Reports to send home for a homework project or to use in class. Each book report comes with its own grading rubric. Graphic Organizers- There are over forty organizers to get students talking and analyzing books. Reading Logs- A few reading logs to help students keep track and record of their reading minutes. Students will have plenty to do during reading time all year long. These activities will go with any story you are reading in class. This pack is perfect for homework projects, classwork, reading centers, partner activities, and so much more. Just print and you are ready to go! Be amazed how much better your students start talking about books!

Would You Rather… Fraction Task Cards is a fun way to compare fractions. This pack includes 48 task cards to get students thinking about fractions and what they would rather have more or less of. For example, task card 1 reads, “Would you rather have 2/3 of a box of cookies or would you rather have 4/5 of a box of cookies?” Students would want more of the box of cookies so they would choose the larger fraction. Another task card question reads, “Would you rather stick your arm 3/10 of the way in an alligator’s mouth or would you rather stick your arm 2/5 of the way in an alligator’s mouth?” Students would want less of their arm in an alligator’s mouth so they would choose the smaller fraction. This pack comes with recording sheets if you want to place them at a math center. It also comes with a comparison fraction chart to help students compare fractions.

Word Choice Posters include these 24 overused words: bad, big, cold, easy, fast, fun, get, good, happy, hard, hot, little, mad, make, mean, nice, pretty, sad, said, see, slow, ugly, very, and went This resource includes 24 posters that display “overused” or “boring” words. On the top half of the poster lists 15 better words for the “overused” word. On the bottom half of the poster includes 7 sentences using the “overused” word. Students choose a better word from the list to replace in the sentences. You can leave the posters whole or you can cut them apart and glue onto black construction paper. The top half can be hung as posters and the bottom half can be used as task cards at a writing center or for small group time. Post the posters on your word wall or chalkboard. Students have a reference or visual to replace their “overused” words. This pack also includes a recording sheet for students to choose 8 words that they “overuse” and make a list of new words to replace them. They can keep this list in their writing folder. There are also 3 worksheets to practice replacing words. The words in the worksheets are the same as the words on the posters. This pack is a great way for students to learn some new vocabulary words and strengthen their writing skills. Students will be able to notice boring words and generate better words in their writing.

Spruce up your Place Value Unit with these fun and engaging task cards and worksheets. Students Order and Compare 3-Digit Numbers. This pack includes: 30 Task Cards to Order 3-Digit Numbers 30 Task Cards to Compare 3-Digit Numbers 11 Worksheets to order and compare 3-digit numbers All task cards come with a recording sheet and answer keys. Use these task cards and worksheets at a math center, small group time, warm-up activity, for assessments, or for partner work. Students will be encouraged and excited to practice ordering and comparing 3-Digit numbers.