Tuesday, May 8, 2018

May the Savings Be with You! + Giveaway!


May the Savings Be with You!

    Feel free to save some money on these great products. Make the end of the school year a little more fun with these great products, activities, and projects.


Hip, Hip, Hooray for May! May is such a fun month with special holidays such as Cinco de Mayo and Mother's Day. Our May BUNDLE has all you need to celebrate them all and more! It's made up of 6 mini-units to celebrate this fun-filled month! A Father's Day Flip Book and End of the Year Activities are included in this bundle for the month of June! This bundle includes topics related to social studies, science, and special holidays that are all related to the month of May and June. 




These Growth Mindset Class Awards are perfect for the end of the year! Thus pack includes 36 different colorful designs with and without clipart. Plus they are EDITABLE so you can personalize them too!






Oh dear! The gremlins have stolen all of the Graduation items putting a damper on things at the end of the year. Students must use their math skills to unlock special clues that will help figure out where those pesky gremlins are hiding. No prep required, just print and go! An optional video hook is also provided to set the stage to engage! 


View the video hook here: 
Available in versions for 1st - 6th grade. Individual resource links provided within the TPT Video description section. 

Send your students on an epic Math Quest with this exciting pirate story “Redbeard’s Rebellion”. It covers a mix of math skills, making it an excellent activity for practice and review at the end of the year. With six exciting chapters to work through, students can end up with one of four possible endings. Great activity for enrichment, early finishers, sub tub or to just add a bit of extra fun to math review time. 

Available in three difficulty levels - easy, medium, and hard. Purchase levels separately or bundle and get all three for the price of two levels. 

Optional Video Hook provided to introduce students to the activity. A written story is also provided in the download. Use one or the other (or both if you wish).
 



Video hook can be viewed here:



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Count by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. This is a set of 10 picture puzzles for skip counting practice. They are self correcting. The spring theme will engage students and offer guided practice as the final picture will control for errors. 


Spring Beginning Letter Clip Cards is a great activity for literacy stations or for early finishers. It allows children to engage their pre-reading skills (phonemic awareness) by identifying beginning letter sounds of various images. 




End the year with this great literature activity. Perfect for helping students learn about the Civil War and impact on others. This unit also comes with a fantastic project that goes with the book.




End the year with a BANG of a lesson plan! This War of 1812 unit will help you complete the Grade 2 CKLA units with a great end of the year writing activity too!




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Math Facts Practice Made Fun! 

I am always looking for ways for my students to get more practice with their math facts. Games are the easiest way to do that - the students don't even realize they are working!
 

This is a version of the Kaboom game with a water balloon fight twist. Students choose a card, and get to keep it if they answer the math fact correctly. BUT... if they draw the dreaded splash card they have to put ALL of their cards back. the winner is the player with the most cards at the end of the game. Place the cards in a bucket or pail for an even more summer feel!

This game features facts up to 10 + 10 and can be played with all of the cards or just selected cards for differentiation.



Math facts made fun! Motivate your students to learn their math facts! 

Want to get your students excited about learning their addition facts? Try this fun karate/martial arts incentive program with your class! I've been using this program with my students and have found it to be a very successful and motivating way for my students to learn/memorize their math facts. It only takes about 5-10 minutes a day to incorporate in your math block and your students will be begging to take timed tests each day to pass to the next level and earn their black belt in addition!


The program works with brain research and introduces only a few new facts each day. It engages both written and oral practice at school and at home. As students pass levels, they earn new colored “belts” on their way towards earning a black belt.




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Monday, April 2, 2018

Spring into April!


Spring into April!
Start off April with these fabulous activities. We have butterflies, plants, mystery math, mental math, Spring clothing lessons, telling time, understanding character traits, end of the year awards, and more!



Students will love learning all about plants and the plant life cycle with this hands-on activity pack! In this unit, there are reading passages, comprehension questions, fun activities, vocabulary posters, and a flip book!






Students will love learning all about butterflies this Spring! This fun unit includes:
*Reading passages all about butterflies
*Monarch butterflies
*Comprehension questions
*Life Cycle of a Butterfly
*Parts of a Butterfly




(Available in versions for 1st - 6th Grade)
 Engage and motivate your students with this fun Math Mystery. NO PREP, just print and go!  Students will need to answer a variety of math problems that will help them solve who the Bee Bandits are!

This packet comes with an optional video hook to set the stage to engage before the paper part of the activity. VIEW video here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Spring-Activity-Case-of-the-Bee-Bandits-Math-Mystery-3074219
The video can also be viewed on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eZjGUH58iw

(Available in versions for 1st - 6th Grade)
Your students will be engaged and motivated by this fun detective story, which also encourages critical thinking as they must reason their way through eliminating litterbug suspects. These NO PREP worksheets are challenging, yet fun to use as part of your regular math sessions, sub-tubs, early finishers, or for enrichment (go a grade level higher to increase difficulty). 

An optional video hook is also provided to set the stage to engage. View the video here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Earth-Day-Activity-Case-of-the-Litterbug-Grades-1-6-Earth-Day-Math--3070915
OR 


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What Do I Wear in the Spring Interactive Book for early age, pre-K and Special Education students can be used in March, April and May. The resource uses real life pictures that works great with students with autism. It is great for learning the spring clothing as well as the body parts they should be used on. 

Product:

Video on YouTube:  https://youtu.be/qMlmyGon4_s



Spring is a time we can start to dive deep into characters. I use these character trait cards to help students recognize different traits for characters in the books they are reading, class read-a-louds, etc. Many times using these cards we even get to debate which trait fits a particular character the best! This product has many different activities you can use year round.



No better time than Spring TIME to work on telling time. This product has many differentiated levels to help your students improve their telling time, elapsed time, adding and subtracting time, and understanding time with missing variables skills.



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Mental Math - 100 problem cards that encourage your students to solve math problems in their head quickly! 
Youtube link Mental Math Tiles

You can use these mental math task cards as a math warm up to begin your math lesson, or use as a time filler throughout the day.

Students each have ten digit cards on their desk as you read each card. The students use the digits to keep track of the math tasks they are computing in their head. They love being able to follow along with each task and eventually end up with the correct answer.

I use these cards for whole group, small group, and even partnership lessons.

These mental math problems will increase your students' listening, problem solving, and computation skills. 





In this set of end of year awards you will receive 50 different awards with a boy and girl version for each one (a total of 100 certificates!). I have also included black and white versions of all 100 awards for your printing preference.

This is a zip file that includes a PDF file that you can print and write the student names, as well as a PowerPoint file that you can customize to include the students’ names and even to add a new category that I may have forgotten.

Several of the awards could be used throughout the year as monthly or quarterly awards such as Attendance, Math Wizard, Super Speller, etc.

I love to celebrate my students with end of the year awards! It gives me a chance to recognize their talents and their growth throughout the year! 





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Sunday, March 11, 2018

March Madness!!!




March Madness!
  It is not just college basketball players who get to have all the fun! Teachers are CRAZY busy in March with test prep, St. Patrick’s Day, upcoming Easter holiday, and more! We have put together some fun activities to help make lesson planning a little easier.  Plus, follow the Rafflecopter link at the bottom of the page to win a $50 TPT gift card and ALL the products listed!


   For many classrooms we are starting to prepare for upcoming state testing. I always break this product out this time of year to help students with multi-step word problems. This product allows the teacher to break students into differentiated groups where students can also present how they solved the problem. This product also works with whole class instruction too.



   Many teachers teaching second grade CKLA this year, are already reading or about to start Sir Gus Unit 5. This product will help improve and assess student comprehension and grammar skills for this book. In addition, this unit now includes a spelling component.

Link: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Sir-Gus-Unit-5-CKLA-Grade-2-3612284


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Countries of the World Research Project (Common-Core Aligned)
   Need to incorporate research writing into your curriculum? This is a perfect product for introducing report writing centered on your student's choice of country. Students will complete their own mini-book about the country of their choice along with an oral presentation. 

Included in this Countries of the World Research project are:
•Teacher Directions
•I Can Statement Cards
•Research Graphic Organizers 
•Final Draft forms
•Parent Letter
and
•Grading Rubric

I have also included several editable pages so that you can customize the project to fit your needs.




  These calculator word fun task cards are a fun and engaging way for your students to practice math computation tasks (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division). 
  Do you remember typing numbers into a calculator and then flipping it over to see a word? Maybe you typed in .07734 to see the word hello? Now your students will have the same great memories as they practice math skills, and then check their answers using a calculator. These task cards can be used as a math center, with small groups, for fast finishers, or even as a whole class scavenger hunt. You can use the cards alone, or use the task card answer sheets included. I have included 48 task cards including 24 whole number cards and 24 decimal cards to allow for differentiation. 



Fool’s Gold – Reading Mystery
   This print and go St Patrick's Day Reading Mystery incorporates a range of ELA skills in one. The main focus is for students to read the text carefully, and reread to complete the activities.
Students must complete the tasks after reading each passage to discover clues. Each clue requires students to critically think to decide which suspects they can eliminate from their suspect list. The last suspect remaining is who needs to be arrested for the 'Fool's gold.' 
  

   There is a Video Hook included for optional use. It has been designed to ask questions about what is going on? That’s when they must read to find out.  It can be viewed here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/St-Patricks-Day-Reading-Comprehension-Activity-Reading-Mystery-Video-Hook-3690768


The Case of The Misplaced Pot of Gold – Math Mystery
   This St Patrick’s Day, send your children on a mystery mission to find out where Leroy accidentally left his pot of gold. Completing math questions is required to unlock clues, which will help narrow down a list of locations of where Leroy’s pot of gold is. There is a video hook for optional use to introduce this math activity. A written story is also included in the PDF case file.
This fun NO PREP activity is available in versions for grades 1-6!
Find the individual grade links within the video hook product description here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/St-Patricks-Day-Math-Mystery-Video-Hook-3016671


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This is a set of activities, worksheets and flashcards with real life photos are all you need for Easter basket! They are great for Kindergarten and preschool students as well as for early age and children with autism. Your student will learn the vocabulary, improve alphabet skills, answer questions and build sentences using words on the topic. 



Easter Activities BUNDLE:


   Are you constantly on the lookout for resources that promote learning and engagement even during the holidays and near school breaks? Why not try STEM projects for a change! This Easter STEM Challenge Bundle provides hours of engineering fun while making sure your students do their research, follow the engineering design process, and reflect as to what worked and did not work. Your kiddos can design and build an Easter egg basket, an egg launcher, and an egg conveyor belt using simple and affordable materials. You and your students will surely enjoy these Easter STEM activities. Check it out today!



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