This is a simple science activity that can be completed in the classroom. It uses minimal equipment and students love having something to touch and explore!
Included are complete instructions for making your own silly putty, as well as a scientific explanation of what happened. There are also differentiated student response forms for students to record their hypotheses, questions, process, conclusions, explanations and observations. The student response forms allow students to either write or draw their responses – this is a fabulous way to get your students excited about writing!
Like this experiment? You might also like our Writing with Science Growing Bundle, which includes more great (and simple) science experiments.
Looking for a fun interactive game for your students to practice telling time to the hour? This game will do that and keep your students engaged and having fun!
How to Play Scoot Every student gets a copy of the response sheet. Students will move from desk to desk or seat to seat, reading the card or you put there and answering it on their sheet in the corresponding box.
It is very important to practice moving from desk to desk or seat to seat before playing the game. Do this a couple of times so they get the hang of moving to the next number. When you say “Scoot” they get up, push in their chair and take their clipboard and pencil to the next numbered desk or seat.
Included: ❊ 24 time cards ❋ Blank template to create own time cards ❊ 2 response sheets with and without numbered boxes.
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This is an activity from my “Fun With Digraphs” pack. It is designed to practice the digraph /th/. This freebie includes ONE of the Roll and Graph activities from the full version! This Freebie includes: * Roll and Graph * Roll and Graph Recording Sheet
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It includes: Roll and Graph (4 versions for each digraph) * Puzzles- Matching and Create-Your-Own * Practice page (One for each digraph) * Room sort activity * Interactive Notebook review page * 8 Anchor Charts (2 for each Digraph- One has just pictures, and one has words and pictures)
Four informational text responses that you may use with any book, magazine or reading passage.
1st reader response -The children are asked to write 3 things they have learned, 2 interesting facts and 1 question they still would like to research. There is a space to write the topic of the text and also a space for an illustration.
2nd reader response – four-square – write about the topic
3rd reader response – find four fascinating facts about the topic read
4th reader response – expanding vocabulary – new words found in text – write word, definition, sentence and illustration.
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These are FREE samples from my Kindergarten Morning Work Bundle.
Free Kindergarten Morning Work includes 18 worksheet pages. These pages are great for Preschool, kindergarten and first grade students. Children will practice tracing, writing, sorting, comparing, counting and more. Children are encouraged to use thinking skills while improving their writing and reading skills.
It is a simple word sort I used this week for double medial consonants- similar to the 1+1+1 or doubling rule.
Small amount of colour so it can easily be printed in black and white or colour! No need for instructions- simply cut, sort and glue! Even if the kiddo’s don’t get the rule, they can still visually identify the pattern and sort them.
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Turning my thoughts to sunny days and warmer weather!!! Can’t you just smell spring in the air? Daffodils beginning to bloom, Lilac trees starting to flower, and Lilies of the Valley popping up. A vaccine for Covid-19 hopefully soon.
It’s been five weeks since we’ve been quarantined and it has taken me this long to even try to organize my thoughts (& life!) Well, still working on the life part. . . How are you all doing? Despite teaching 30+ years, I feel like a brand-new teacher again, attempting to get a handle on “distance learning”, “remote learning”, whatever you want to call it: learning without physically being with my students! Here are 5 tips to help ease the transition to distance learning.
This Coronavirus pandemic is extremely serious and stressful, but independent reading can be part of a useful solution to children learning at home. Now is a good time to hook kids on reading because they can choose their own books according to their own interests. At the same time, they can practice previously taught reading skills and improve in many ways.
Each year, my husband reads the book “My Side of the Mountain” to his science students. As a culminating activity, the students make falcon hoods since Sam has a peregrine falcon for hunting. Take a look at some of the falcon hoods his 6th grade students made in my latest blog post.
Use these simple, yet practical, ideas to help safeguard your family during the Coronavirus pandemic. Be sure to read the comments section for other great ideas and videos shared by our readers.
The package contains 6 worksheets on even and odd numbers. It includes coloring in the odd and even numbers, filling in the gaps and completing odd / even numbers mazes. These resources all contain a cute pencil theme.
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This original song from Elementary Music Teacher is sure to be a favorite for elementary students in the general classroom, music classroom and beyond! The funky beat and clear actions inspire us to get engaged and moving with the music. Use this song as a reward for students or as a planned movement activity. OT/PT professionals and Physical Education teachers can readily incorporate this song into their curricula, as well. Enjoy!
Scoot is a fun game that gets your students up and moving around the room. This scoot game uses tally marks up to 25. There are 24 scoot cards included in this set along with a recording sheet and a teacher answer sheet. Please contact me with any questions: thechocolateteacher3@gmail.com
Use these traceable alphabet pages to create student alphabet books. Students can add to the pages by drawing, writing, or gluing clippings from magazines or other sources.
Super Sentences – CVC Edition is the perfect resource for helping your students learn how to write a sentence, read sentence and understand sentence structure. In this multi-sensory approach, students will practice writing sentences in a fun and engaging way. As a teacher I am always looking for ways to practice multiple skills at one time. These Super Sentence pages do just that. Your students will practice reading, writing and comprehension all in one page.
Each page includes the following sections: *Read It – I encourage my students to read the sentence independently and touch each word as they read . *Build It – Students will cut the words from the bottom of the page and build the sentence correctly. Having the sentence at the top of the page allows the students to practice a proper sentence using matching as necessary. *Write It – Students will copy the sentence and write it on the lines provided. Encourage students to use proper handwriting and spacing during this step. *Draw It – Students will illustrate the sentence. If students have read the sentence independently then you have a chance to assess reading comprehension in this section.
Always Free Cinco de Mayo Count and Graph and Roll and Graph 8 printable pages, These Cinco de Mayo graphing pages may be used in plastic sleeves with dry erase markers or objects such as counters. The black and white student recording pages may be used as work pages, also. The color and black and white pages are different, and this printable has a total of four different possible answers. The count and graph pages have answer keys included. Answers will vary for the roll and graph individual student independent activities. Carolyn Wilhelm The Wise Owl Factory
Practice social skills & how to behave or react in social situations! Help your children to brainstorm some ways they can navigate through their struggle in social situations.
These task cards were created to bring about some great thought provoking discussions for you and your child/student who needs extra practice in social skills and situations! Written on the cards are various situational examples kids may come across and currently handle with difficulty.
If you like this resource, be sure to check out some of my other resources: ♥ Making Faces– A resource for managing and identifying emotions. ♥ Emotion Match-Up-A resource for helping children decode language to more readily identify others’ emotions. ♥ I Can Be A Superhero – learning alternative ways to react in social situations. ♥Stop, Think, then Go! – -A game to address Impulse Control.
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This little insect worksheet and butterfly life cycle will give students the opportunity to learn about how insects protect themselves and about the life cycle of a butterfly. After completing the activities, they can take them home and share what they learned with their parents. My kids LOVE these activities . . .I hope your kids will, too!
If you like this activity, be sure to check out my insect unit!
This K-5th Character Education Song Kit for RESPONSIBILITY contains:
• Words & Music: Melody line with Chords
• Songsheet with Lyrics only
• Easy Movement Suggestions for the song (simple hand movements with students standing in place.)
• 3 MP3 tracks – Vocal & Accompaniment – While this is not a professional studio recording, it will be very useful for non-music teachers as well as music teachers to sing along with their students.
There are two versions of this song – one for K-1st and one for 2nd-5th. There is a vocal and accompaniment track for each of these.
Age Appropriate for:
• Elementary
• Homeschool
These are original songs that I wrote and used as a cooperative effort with our school counselor in our school’s K-5 CHARACTER EDUCATION program. The songs are simple enough for Kindergarteners to learn most of each song while teaching them to all grades.
Other products include individual Character Education Song Kits for each trait.
Also available is the entire CHARACTER EDUCATION SONG KIT PACKAGE that includes all 11 Kits. (Responsibility, Respect, Courage, Good Judgment, Citizenship, Integrity, Cooperation, Trustworthiness, Kindness, Self-Discipline, Perseverance)
In K-2nd I would begin each class with the song for that month. Grades 3rd -5th would sing them a couple of times throughout the month and were always encouraged to “Help teach the song to younger siblings!”
It was a school-wide effort that was appreciated by our school community. I also included them a few times in an end-of-the-year program where the entire school audience would join together singing them.
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Earth Day Free Create Your Own Luck Bingo – This resource includes 24 Earth Day related images and vocabulary words and a blank “MY BINGO CARD” template that students can use to create their own unique Earth Day themed bingo cards.
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Get ready to celebrate Earth Day! Your class will LOVE checking in each morning using this easy-to-use attendance file! Students find and touch their name revealing a little Earth Day themed clip art in its place! Instructions for editing the names for your classroom are included.
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This freebie is a sheet we use during the week of Earth Day. We always have great conversations about “The 3 Rs” and use this sheet to do some summarizing after our discussions. I love to use Brain Pop and You Tube videos to supplement our learning.
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Thanks for downloading this freebie! Make some binoculars out of toilet paper rolls and talk your kids on an “I Spy” nature walk BINGO adventure!!
Directions: Print up the BINGO cards on page 4. Each student gets their own sheet. Using the binoculars you made, take the students on a nature walk around the school. The students can cross off any items that they find along the way. After the nature walk, students can make their own nature books. The students can pick items that they saw, felt, discovered or found while on their nature walk and draw on the story pages. Have your students describe the items in their nature books by attributes, use in grammatically correct sentences or with prepositional phrases. They can take the book home to share and explain with parents.
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Who wants another spring clipart FREEBIE?! Great for adding a punch of color to covers, or to embellish your spring, Easter, or Earth day resources, these doodle flower illustrations are just the thing 🙂 There are 5 different images, each in 3 different color variations. White-filled blacklines are also included.
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This book is full of delightful Easter eggs to trace and color. What a fun way for your students to practice the fine motor skills of folding, cutting, tracing, and coloring. The folding and cutting directions are included. (1 sheet = 4-page book)
These task cards are great for standardized test prep and/or independent work! Each card has a short paragraph followed by a multiple choice question about what they’ve read.
Includes: -3 pages (12 task cards in all), of multiple choice questions -1 Recording sheet -1 Answer key
Simply print, laminate, cut and use in a center or whole group!
Symmetry drawing is the perfect way to use art to introduce math and geometry to elementary grades!
Easter Symmetry Drawings can be used to teach elementary students about symmetrical and asymmetrical shapes and objects in a fun and easy to explain way.
By using Easter symmetry drawings, your students will be more likely to understand and explain symmetry and lines of symmetry.
Symmetry drawings are a great way to add art into any unit and create unique and colorful bulletin boards!
This Easter themed Symmetry worksheets SAMPLE include:
• 2 x Easter Basket Symmetry Worksheets (with and without guides)
This Easter craft activity is perfect for sharing and retelling the story of Jesus resurrection. Create a cross with fuzzy pom poms that uses color to relate the meaning of the resurrection. It’s more than just an activity, included are 2 posters with scripture references to use as part of your lesson. Send them home with children to share with friends and family. Use this activity as a review to Sunday school and Bible lessons. You get two pom pom craft sheets (one easy and one difficult), one poster with the Easter story from the International Children’s Bible, and one poster with scripture verses that explain the colors used in the craft.
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St. Patrick’s Day and so many more tried and true teaching ideas are here for you to check out this March. Best yet,soon it will be spring and the end of the year will be here before you know it.
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Read how a paper airplane project sparked students to collect data, try out different graphs, and explore the scientific process! Remote learning freebies included with this post.
Prepare now for the possibility of home-instruction for all of your students. Find easy ways to send them home with a packet of work until you come back together again!
March 17th is St. Patrick’s Day. Read my latest blog post to explore some of the myths surrounding this Irish holiday as well as to discover a few fun facts.
