Category Archives : GRADE LEVELS

Collaboration & Cooperative Learning ~ Bring Students Together

This entry was posted in 5th Grade 6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade 9th Grade FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS MATH LESSONS and tagged #Collaboration #CommonCore #MathMiddleSchool #Cooperative Learning #Debate #project #teachers education math Reading research special education Teaching Resource Teambuilding on August 10, 2015 by Mary Moore (updated on August 10, 2015)

Engage Math Students in a Read, Write, & Research project that they Debate!

The “Read, Write, Math Project Lesson” incorporates all of these tasks!

This lesson brings Language Arts, Collaboration, and Math together.

Engaging students in collaboration assists them in team work, cooperative learning, and more that they will utilize throughout their life! Bring it all together with this unit!

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This assignment is completely {editable} to suit your class and how you have students turn in the assignment.

This lesson may take 3 days of class or more – a day to research and review the lesson with students, a day for students to collaborate, then a day to debate.

Note ~ I allowed 2 weeks for students to complete this project.

Learn more about this lesson by clicking here… “Read, Write, Math Project Lesson” .

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Best Wishes, Mary Moore

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Free – All About Me Foldable

This entry was posted in 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade FREE LESSONS FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs Kindergarten MISC. LESSONS and tagged #backtoschool back2school foldable free lessons on August 9, 2015 by saraoberheide (updated on August 9, 2015)

Do you need a FREE cute back to school activity? This foldable is perfect for you and your students.

This foldable was designed for use for all elementary classrooms K-5th grade. You will need to print off the grade level for your classroom, and make copies for your students.

You can find this printable HERE!

My students will be completing the foldable, partner up, then introduce their partner to our new class. It will be a great way for kids to work together and learn about each other.

Here is an example of the 1st grade page.

I hope you can use this in the first few days of school. I’d love to hear for different ideas and uses for this foldable.

Thank you so much for viewing this post!

Sara Oberheide

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Math Bundle of Engaging Activities to Start your Units

This entry was posted in 7th Grade 8th Grade 9th Grade COMMON CORE MATH LESSONS and tagged #teachers 8th Grade activities common core Common Core Math Middle School education Educational fun games Grades 6-12 math Middle School Moore Resources special education teaching Teaching Resource TpT on August 5, 2015 by Mary Moore (updated on September 13, 2015)

250+ Pages of My Collection of Math Activities

Graphic Organizers ~ Activities ~ Assessments ~ Projects ~ Cooperative Learning ~

GREAT for Any Pre-Algebra Class or Reteaching/Review in 9th Grade!

Additional {Editable} Lesson Plans and more now included!!!

Engage your students with excellent visual tasks and stations! A Great way to start your math units this year in 8th Grade with the ULTIMATE Math Pack of Activities!!! Perfect for Interactive Notebooks, Stations, and More.

INCLUDES

• Pythagorean Theorem Bundle with Real World Word Problems
• Pythagorean Theorem Poster
• Pythagorean Theorem PowerPoint
• Pythagorean Theorem Lesson Plans
• Real Number System Bundle of Activities
• Real Number System Poster
• Real Number System Lesson Plans
• Geometry Vocabulary Activities
• Geometry Lesson Plans
• Time to Get Ready Statistics and Probability Lesson
• Read, Write, Debate, Math Lesson (meets 11 ELA standards with math vocabulary)

Skill Builders and Additional Files Included
• Properties of Addition & Multiplication Tasks
• Properties of Addition & Multiplication Lesson Plans
• Fraction, Decimal, Percent Challenge
• Multiplication Dice Game
• Rules of Decimal Graphic Organizer
• Fun Testing Signs for test days
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Interactive Whiteboard Math Bingo Games

This entry was posted in 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade MATH LESSONS and tagged games interactive smartboard on August 5, 2015 by teachersclassmate (updated on June 21, 2015)

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Safety on the Internet with Digital Citizenship

This entry was posted in 10th Grade 11th Grade 12th Grade 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade 9th Grade FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs and tagged #digitalcitizenship #netiquette #sharingiscaring digital citizenship on August 3, 2015 by socrateslantern

By Deann Marin of Socrates Lantern

Image by IPractice Learning and Connecting

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What is Digital Citizenship? You might wonder. Read these blog posts from some creative

educators to find out.

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How to Teach Digital Citizenship

By Megan Bodmann of Adventures Teaching 4th Grade

Learn ways to easily incorporate digital citizenship into your lessons and find free resources.

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6 Digital Citizenship Do’s

By Kathie Yonemura of Tried and True Teaching Tools

In this age of technology, teaching students to become responsible digital citizens is crucial. Discover the 6 Do’s of Digital Citizenship!

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Becoming Better Digital Citizens

By Retta London of Rainbow City Learning

Using paper and pencil rehearsals to guide students as they become better digital citizens.

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A Few Thoughts about Digital Citizenship

By Deann Marin of Socrates Lantern

Years ago, before the onset of digital technology, an educator’s job basically consisted of teaching academics. Social Skills were learned at home.

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Sharing is Caring: Digital Citizenship

By Lisa Robles of LisaTeachR’s Classroom

What is digital citizenship? It’s about being responsible users of technology.

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5 Great Websites for Teaching Digital Citizenship

By Crystal Brown of Dr Crystal Brown

This post provides a list and description of five websites that offer teachers free resources to teach their students how to be responsible, digital citizens.

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Back to School Bundle for Kindergarten

This entry was posted in COMMON CORE Kindergarten LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS MATH LESSONS PreKindergarten SCIENCE LESSONS and tagged back to school math centers No-Prep Printables on August 2, 2015 by Intentional Momma

shapes, apples, alphabet, insects, weather

Kindergarten Back to School Bundle

It’s that time again, and if you’re anything like me, you are frantically getting your supplemental worksheets and centers ready for the upcoming year! I am so excited to share five of my personal favorite products in one discounted bundle!

Just in time for the back to school season (and the Back to School Sale on Teachers Pay Teachers), please consider this Kindergarten Back to School printable bundle.

With over 145 pages, there are LOTS of no-prep worksheets, in addition to some fun centers for math and language arts. As you can see, these are freshly laminated and ready to go for our fall math center rotation!

kindergarten math shape matching activity

Each of these products has a 4.0 star rating currently, and I have used (and revised!) them all.

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Kindergarten shapes

worksheets and centers

Students will love making their own apple ten-frame booklets, weather booklets, and insect booklets! So many of these activities can be done during centers or rotations, making it easier on you during the first weeks of school.

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worksheets and centers

If you teach in Pre-K or Kindergarten, you might also like to consider these products for the fall semester:

Farm Mini-Unit

Sight Word and Alphabet Bundle

Wishing you and your students the very best for the upcoming year!

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Misc Lesson- The Case of the Back to School Scavenger Hunt

This entry was posted in 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs Kindergarten LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS MISC. LESSONS PreKindergarten on August 2, 2015 by bandicootsbumbershoot (updated on August 2, 2015)

by Casey Herling

PreK-3rd Grade

The Case of the Back to School Scavenger Hunt is a great activity to introduce students to your classroom. A fun and engaging story line leads them into the world of Chilly Detective Agency, where they will help Detective Penguin Sleuth solve a mystery! Each clue gives them a new piece of information they will need to solve the case. Have fun watching your students solve a mystery while they learn all about their new classroom!

Children will:
-Learn to improve their auditory memory and follow simple directions
-Put pieces of information together to form a conclusion
-Strengthen and refine gross motor skills
**all while learning how to find important areas/items in your classroom!

Give your students the opportunity to join Detective Penguin Sleuth and help him solve this confounding mystery!

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Print and Go Math Bundle for 5th and 6th Grades

This entry was posted in 5th Grade 6th Grade COMMON CORE FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs MATH LESSONS TEST PREPARATION on August 1, 2015 by Crystal Brown

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Print and Go – 5 U.S. Regions Scavenger Hunt Bundle

This entry was posted in 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade SOCIAL STUDIES LESSONS and tagged 3rd grade 4th grade common core Literacy Center Ideas Reading social studies TpT US regions on July 30, 2015 by saraoberheide (updated on July 31, 2015)

Combine literacy and social studies while letting your students have fun! Your students will love these 5 scavenger hunts about the U.S. Regions. This is a bundle of the 5 regions into one, so you can click print and have a great supplemental activity for your class. Each region contains 25 task cards for a total of 120 task cards and 120 questions for the bundle. Your students will learn at least one fact for state and also national monuments, famous buildings, national parks and tourist attractions.

You can use these cards in anyway you want for your classroom, but this is how I use them in my class.

1. Print the region that you are currently working on in class.

2. Cut the task cards apart and print the student questions for students.

3. Tape the cards around your classroom or hallway.

4. Let the students hunt for the cards and answer the questions on their sheets.

5. Answer keys are included for quick grading.

My students beg me to keep working on this activity and I really truly believe that the movement of walking around the classroom searching for cards helps them remember more facts.

You can find this resource HERE!

US Regions Scavenger Hunt – BUNDLE

Here is an example of the task cards and questions from the Northeast Region.

Thank you for viewing this post. I hope this helps you in your classroom!

Sara Oberheide

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Back to School Bundle (and opportunity to win!)

This entry was posted in 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT FREE LESSONS FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS MATH LESSONS MISC. LESSONS on July 28, 2015 by Matthew Kelley (updated on July 29, 2015)

I am so excited about this Back to School rescource! It contains as much (or more) as you could possibly want to help get your classroom jitters out of the way, introductions made and pencils in motion! These no-prep printables are a perfect fit for any classrom 3rd-6th!

If you are looking for a few more Back to school products to round out your fun, check out my MEGA BUNDLE that includes:

Back to School – 40 Ice-Breakers, Brain Breaks, Get-to-Know-You & Team Builders
Back to School Print & Go MEGA BUNDLE (Printables for the Middle Grades)
Classroom Rules Posters (EDITABLE) – 50 Posters – 10 Fun Editable Themes
Back to School Task Cards
Back to School Lapbook
Back to School Opinion / Argument Writing – 15 Prompts for the Middle Grades
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Back to School Jitters

This entry was posted in 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT COMMON CORE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS MATH LESSONS MISC. LESSONS on July 27, 2015 by Matthew Kelley (updated on July 27, 2015)

I love hearing about the many different ways that teachers set the tone of their class right off the bat. We all have different strengths and hobbies that help to turn our class into a place that is unique and special. Today I am linking you up to a blog post that I did on a few picture books that I think are especially good for the first week of school. Best wishes!

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Print and Go Math Bundle

This entry was posted in 5th Grade COMMON CORE FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs MATH LESSONS RTI - Response to Intervention TEST PREPARATION and tagged MAP test NWEA on July 24, 2015 by Crystal Brown

Do you need help providing math MAP test prep? This bundle provides students with a daily dose of Operations & Algebraic Thinking, Real & Complex Number Systems, Geometry, and Statistics & Probability problems for the 211 – 220 RIT Band. Visit Dr Crystal Brown TpT Store to preview and order your bundle. Bundles for other RIT Bands are available. Each bundle includes 40 weeks of practice problems.

Raising Creative Writers in the Classroom

This entry was posted in FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs GRADE LEVELS LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS and tagged #creativewriting #ela #languagearts #sharingiscaring on July 20, 2015 by socrateslantern (updated on July 20, 2015)

By Deann Marin (Socrates Lantern)

Ever wonder what makes a creative writer? See what these educators are doing to inspire their students to love writing.

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Creative Writing Tips from Pixar

By Lisa Robles of Lisa TeachR’s Classroom

Want some writing tips from best storytellers around? I found this great info-graphic detailing the top 22 tips from Pixar. I took a few and discuss how to use them in a classroom.

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How to Teach Creative Writing Every Day

By Marypat Mahoney of Just Add Students

Students love creative writing activities. But all too often, we have to put those fun activities on the back burner. Here is an easy way to engage students in creative writing in every class.

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Poetry Workshop

By Deann Marin of Socrates Lantern

Usually when I tell my students that we are going to learn how to write poems, some of them say, “I can’t write a poem,” or “Yuck, Poetry!.” By the end of the workshop, which takes about 2-3 weeks, most of the kids realize that they can in fact write all sorts of poems and they even like it.

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Creating Kids Who Love to Write

By Retta London of Rainbow City Learning

By far, the best idea I have ever found to create better writers is to make sure that kids are writing every day. Good writers are people who write.

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Classroom Commands- Play Simon Says in Spanish-Great ICE Breaker

This entry was posted in 10th Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade 9th Grade COMMON CORE HOME MISC. LESSONS and tagged #kids classroom commands ESL fifth grade fourth grade fun sixth grade spanish third grade TpT Writing on July 18, 2015 by Monica Herterich (updated on July 18, 2015)

BACK TO SCHOOL- SPANISH ICE BREAKER

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This worksheet set is extremely useful to teach students in Middle School and High school Classroom Commands. The vocabulary list with 12 commands and a work bank will allow you to teach them 12 basic expressions that they can use easily. In addition the second worksheet will allow them to review Classroom objects. Students can use a dictionary or their word bank to fill both pages. Once the vocabulary has been introduced students will use both pages to write their own commands. They can write individually or in small groups. They can present them to the class. This interactive package will satisfy Communication standards 1.1 where students produce information in the target language and 1.22 where they understand and interpret spoken language. One student can read the commands in Spanish and have the others perform them. it is quiet an entertaining an engaging activity. The vocabulary worksheet can be used for assessments and the command performance can give you a listening comprehension assessment grade. Enjoy these entertaining and engaging package.

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Print and Go Math Bundle

This entry was posted in 5th Grade 6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade COMMON CORE MATH LESSONS TEST PREPARATION on July 17, 2015 by Crystal Brown

Do you need help providing math practice specific to students’ needs according to the Learning Continuum? This bundle provides students with a daily dose of Operations & Algebraic Thinking, Real & Complex Number Systems, Geometry, and Statistics & Probability problems for the 211 – 220 RIT Band. Visit Dr Crystal Brown TpT Store to preview and order your bundle. Bundles for other RIT Bands are available. Each bundle includes 40 weeks of practice problems.

Creative Math Warm-Ups

This entry was posted in 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade COMMON CORE FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs Kindergarten MATH LESSONS SPECIAL EDUCATION TEST PREPARATION Uncategorized and tagged #arithmeticclass #lmathclass #mathwarmups #music #sharingiscaring #song arithmetic math mathclass on July 6, 2015 by socrateslantern (updated on July 6, 2015)

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Creative Warm-Up Activities for Math Class

Are you looking for creative ways to get your class ready for math class?

You’ve come to the right place. Check out these great ideas that educators are using in their classrooms.

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Warm Up With a Math Song!

By Jennifer Kramer of Jenny’s Class and Edutunes

Are you looking for a great way to “warm up” for a math lesson? Songs are a great way to introduce concepts, to review concepts,and to pave the way for any lesson. Follow the link to hear 5 song samples, and discover ways they can be used to introduce important concepts!

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Math Warm-ups

By Retta London of Rainbow City Learning

My students and I have never liked jumping into math class feet first without a chance to dip our toes in the water and get used to the idea first. Math warmups, short whole group activities based on the math you’ll be studying during the lesson, are a perfect way to dip your toes.

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Creative Math Warm-Ups

By Deann Marin of Socrates Lantern

There are so many creative math warm-ups to help get your class excited about math class. Here are some that I’ve used.

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Warming Up for Math!

By Kathie Yonemura of Tried and True Teaching Tools

Math warm ups get your students thinking about math! Quick ways to get your kids thinking! Low prep!

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This entry was posted in 10th Grade 11th Grade 12th Grade 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade 9th Grade College Kindergarten PreKindergarten THREE $100 GIVEAWAYS of TpT Gift Certificates and tagged THREE $100 GIVEAWAYS OF TPT GIFT CERTIFICATES on July 6, 2015 by Victoria Leon (updated on August 2, 2015)

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Creative Warm-Ups for Math Class

This entry was posted in 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs GRADE LEVELS MATH LESSONS SPECIAL EDUCATION Uncategorized and tagged #mathwarm-ups #numbers #sharingiscaring addition arithmetic division math mathwarmup multiplication subtraction on July 5, 2015 by socrateslantern (updated on July 5, 2015)

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$Math Warm Ups 2$ There are so many creative math warm-ups to help get your class excited about math class. Here are some that I’ve used. At least once a week, we had a math bee using flash cards for addition, subtraction, multiplication and/or division. I would hold up a card and each child would have a chance to answer. If the answer was correct, they would keep the card.. We would do this for at least 30 minutes and the student with the most cards would win. The winner would act as the teacher and hold up the cards for the next game.

The math bee could also be done as a collaborative group activity. One child would be the leader/teacher of the group and hold up the card, and each child in the group would have their chance to answer. The winner would be the leader the next time we did the activity. Collaborative groups worked so well because each child had a turn more often. Of course they all wanted to win because they liked being the leader/teacher of the group or the class.

This next warm-up lasts about 5-10 minutes and you can do it at the beginning of each math class. Write 5-10 math problems on the board, have them work on them at their seats. Then call on students to come to the board and write their answer. I would ask questions such as, what operation or operations did you use to get your answer, or is this answer correct, why or why not. If we were working on math facts, I would sometimes put the problem on the board with the incorrect answer and ask them to fix it and then have them explain why the answer was wrong. In addition to this, you could write down a problem with the correct answer and ask why it is correct. At other times, I would put a problem on the board with the correct answer, but without a mathematical sign. They would have to tell me whether the example was addition, multiplication, addition, subtraction or a combination .

$Math Warm Ups 1$

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My partner used an awesome activity called mental math. He would come up with a math example, or word problem that the children would do in their heads, they couldn’t use paper. The first child to answer correctly would come up with a math example for the other students,/teacher and/or both to figure out. He also had them make up mental math problems for a homework assignment. They enjoyed it so much that often times I would hear them doing mental math with their friends while walking down the hall or sitting in homeroom. They especially loved it when they could stump the teacher, which didn’t happen often, but when it did, you could hearthe class cheering.

Another great activity for the beginning of each math class is called Help Me Get There. I would put a number on the board such as 150 and the class would figure out all the combinations of numbers that are equal to it.

Here are some examples:

75=75=150
130+20=150
160-10=150
30 X 5=150
450 ÷3=150

Another fun activity is Guess What Number is in My Head. This game is similar to 20 questions. Draw a big head on the board with a question mark. The class will ask questions to arrive at the correct answer. The child who guesses the answer gets to think of the next number. This can also be done in collaborative groups. I actually prefer this method because the kids get more chances. As closure for this activity, each group gets to pick a number for the teacher and classmates to guess.

Questions you might ask are:

Is the number odd or even?
Does the number end with a 0?
Is the number smaller than 25?
Is the number divisible by 2?
Is the number an integer?

Use your imagination and I just know that you will come up with some great ideas.

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Using Calendars for Number Fluency and Handwriting Skills. Pre-K, K, and First Grades

This entry was posted in 1st Grade FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs Kindergarten MATH LESSONS PreKindergarten RTI - Response to Intervention SPECIAL EDUCATION on July 4, 2015 by Print Path

Have you ever passed out a blank calendar and half of your class finishes it in two minutes and the other half are unable to complete or even crying over the frustration of not being able to understand what to do?

How would you like to easily differentiate so that you could meet the needs of all your learners and help each one learn a bit?

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Color Math Stations, 48 pages.

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Science Haiku

This entry was posted in 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade COMMON CORE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS SCIENCE LESSONS and tagged #language Arts #teachers back to school homeschool poetry summer TpT Writing on July 3, 2015 by QuietResourceTeacher (updated on July 3, 2015)

Would you like a way to blend Language Arts and Science? Introduce / review two poetry types and integrate science topics with Science Haiku. Your students will be able to use this product for classwork, homework or assessment.

This product contains a Science Haiku and Acrostic Poem Format for each of the following subjects:

Science Haiku

– Sun
– Butterfly
– Recycling
– Chameleons
– Circuits
– Plants
– Flowers
– Frogs

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Let’s Review the Alphabet Bundle

This entry was posted in 1st Grade COMMON CORE End of the Year FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs Kindergarten LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS PreKindergarten and tagged Alphabet Letter Practice Letter Review on June 30, 2015 by onestepcloserteaching

This packet provides numerous opportunities to review all of the letters of the alphabet. It’s perfect for review at the beginning or end of the school year. It’s also a great tool to keep students practicing over summer.

All products in this bundle are aligned to the common core standards for kindergarten.

This bundle contains all of the following products:

Letters A-E Review Pack
Letters F-J Review Pack
Letters K-O Review Pack
Letters P-T Review Pack
Letters U-Z Review Pack

Each Review Pack Contains:
**Letter Writing Practice (capital and lowercase)
**Letter Puzzles
**Letter and Picture Matching
**Capital and Lowercase Letter Sort
**Letters Books
**Beginning Sound Practice
**Match and Color
**Find and Graph the Letters (capital and lowercase versions)
**Dot the Beginning Sound
**Color by Letter
**Peek and Write Flip Flap
**Dot Marker Picture (capital and lowercase versions)

Thanks!

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Canada Day is July 1st, so brush up on your ‘Canadian’, eh?

This entry was posted in 1st Grade 2nd Grade FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs Kindergarten LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS and tagged Canada Day Canada Day Bingo game Canada Day freebie Canada Day literacy work Canada Day printable Canada Day worksheets child education early learning early literacy games Grade 1 grade 2 grade 3 homeschool kindergarten No-Prep Printables ThatFunReadingTeacher TpT on June 30, 2015 by That Fun Reading Teacher

Happy Canada Day, everyone! I write this to you on the eve of Canada’s 148th birthday!

For those of us who are Canadians of a certain age, life experience and education, the images below are easy to name and contain a number of our national symbols.

Do you know anyone who could benefit from brushing up on their Canadian vocabulary?

BINGO is a fun way to do it at any age!

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Goodbye June SALE! Summer School and 4th of July Resources…

This entry was posted in 1st Grade 4th of July Kindergarten LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS MATH LESSONS and tagged 4th of July Fourth of July summer activities Summer Emergent Readers Summer Math Summer Poems Summer School on June 29, 2015 by lindaposttheteacherspost

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Sight Word Pospsicle Stick Puzzles!

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Summer Mini Books – 3 Books – 3 Versions of Each

Color and Black and White versions of all 3 emergent readers plus a “Write Your Own” version, and an “Illustrate Your Own” version for students to show their comprehension skills.

Work on DIBELS onset rime, real or nonsense…

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Summer Literacy Center Sight Words – First 100 Dolch Reading Words

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Summer Beach Poems/Songs – Sing to popular children’s tunes...

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Speaking & Listening – Superhero Themed Beginning of the Year Activities

This entry was posted in 1st Grade 2nd Grade COMMON CORE and tagged #backtoschool #firstgrade #secondgrade #speakingandlistening on June 26, 2015 by firstgradedivacreations (updated on June 26, 2015)

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Getting to Know Each Other

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Beginning of the year activities have never been so SUPER! This beginning of the year activity focuses on getting to know each other activities, goal setting, and speaking and listening standards 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6.

There are 7 different bag designs that can be printed directly to a standard sized lunch bag. (There is even a special teacher design.) Children then take the bags home and fill them with items that will help them tell the class why they are super! This unit is a great way to start practicing those very important speaking and listening skills.

Don’t miss this great beginning of the year activity. Your little superheroes won’t even realize how hard they are working. This is a do not miss beginning of the year activity.

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4th of July Themed- El Patriota- Label Body Parts and Review Clothing in Spanish

This entry was posted in 3rd Grade 4th Grade 4th of July 5th Grade 6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade 9th Grade MISC. LESSONS and tagged 4th of July fun games homeschool kids activities spanish summer vocabulary on June 26, 2015 by Monica Herterich

This exciting coloring lesson of “El Patriota” with a 4th of July theme is a great tool to review colors, clothing and body parts. The lesson includes 12 body parts vocabulary words that need to be used in order to complete the coloring key.

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Language Arts – “Rainbow Write the Alphabet”

This entry was posted in 1st Grade Kindergarten LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS on June 25, 2015 by Helen Edwards (updated on July 5, 2015)

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Kindergarten, First Grade

Rainbow Write the Alphabet & Color Initial Sound Pictures …

Each blackline sheet in this resource contains a matching upper- and lowercase letter of the alphabet (with a starting arrow) and pictures of things beginning with that letter sound. Your students can rainbow write inside each letter outline using the colors of the rainbow – red, orange, yellow, green, light blue, dark blue, and purple.

These activity sheets provide handwriting practice and beginning letter sound recognition.

*The KG Primary Penmanship font was used for all the letter outlines.

This pack is included in an alphabet bundle with the following pack:

Alphabet Letter Search…

This pack will help your students review all the letters of the alphabet. It aligns with the Common Core Foundational Reading Skills Standard:
Recognize and name all upper- and lowercase letters of the alphabet. (RF.K.1d)

Your students can follow and color each patterned path of upper- and lowercase focus letters.

Extra Challenges:
Find and circle/underline/trace certain letters;
name things that begin with the focus letter sound.

Extension Activity: Practice handwriting by doing rainbow writing inside the letter outlines at the top of each sheet.

Included in this pack: 26 activity sheets – one for each letter of the alphabet.

*The KG Primary Penmanship font has been used for the lettering in both packs.

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Sentence Openers

This entry was posted in 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS on June 23, 2015 by Treetop Displays

With a title poster, this set includes 32 A5 posters showing words/ vocabulary and phrases for different sentence openers. This is a necessary resource that will encourage students to have more sentence variation in their writing.

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Titanic Fact Cards

This entry was posted in 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade SOCIAL STUDIES LESSONS on June 22, 2015 by Treetop Displays (updated on June 22, 2015)

A set of 28 A5 fact cards that give key and interesting facts about the Titanic and its voyage. Teachers also have the option to use this set as a vocabulary word wall as each fact card has a keyword heading related to the fact and topic.

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Beach Read and Write (reading comprehension) (close reading)

This entry was posted in 1st Grade 2nd Grade COMMON CORE FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs GRADE LEVELS Kindergarten LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS and tagged beach close reading kindergarten and first grade reading read and answer questions read and write reading comprehension on June 21, 2015 by sherryclements (updated on June 15, 2015)

Beach Read and Write

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In this three page Beach Read and Write pack, students will read the one page beach story and color the pictures. Then there are two pages with five sentences on each page about the story. Each sentence has a missing word. At the end of each sentence, there are two words for students to choose from to find the correct missing word to tell about the story. Students will circle the word that correctly completes the sentence matching the story on the first page, and then write the correct word in the blank.
This is a great reading and comprehension check for guided reading, a mini lesson, a literacy center, or homework.

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Music in the Classroom

This entry was posted in 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs Kindergarten MISC. LESSONS PreKindergarten SPECIAL EDUCATION and tagged #backtoschool #music #musicintheclassroom #sharingiscaring back to school music in the classroom on June 21, 2015 by socrateslantern (updated on June 22, 2015)

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Music has always been very near and dear to me so this is a great topic to write about. From day one of my teaching career, I used music in my classroom. Even though I’m not a musician, by any means, I can plunk some notes on the piano, and play very rudimentary guitar chords and notes.

My first job, I was working with mentally challenged teenagers who had very low IQs. I began playing songs on the piano to help them learn, each day we would sing the alphabet song, low and behold they were learning their alphabet letters. They just loved when I brought the guitar into school so we could sing together. Of course, they were the only ones that I would play the guitar for, they didn’t realize that I really couldn’t play. We did have fun.

Each day at 10:00 I would turn on the TV show the Electric Company. I felt that the class would learn more by listening to the catchy little tunes and lyrics for words, letters and numbers, than they would if I used the usual methods for teaching reading and math. Don’t get me wrong, I did use phonics, etc., but for these kids who would never progress much more than a 2nd or 3rd grade level, it worked. They loved it.

A few years later, I had a self-contained class for children with severe psychological problems. They were too disruptive to remain in the regular classroom. Talk about challenging!!! Well, music does calm the savage beast. I would play classical, or quiet tunes and the kids, for the most part, would calm right down. As a reward, I would let them bring in some of their own music to share.

On to middle school to teach 6th grade which is my true love. The language arts program has songs to accompany each new unit.For the beginning of each ELA class they always asked me to put on the CD so that they could sing the song that went with what was being taught. The kids especially loved the Noun Song, the

lyrics and tune was very appealing. They would even walk down the hall singing it and I would hum it to myself. I guess the point that I’m trying to make is, music really helps kids learn and they don’t even realize it. I would also play music during study hall, or while the kids were taking a test to help them relax.

Another interesting way to use music in the classroom is to have them write poetry or do creative writing to classical music. First, have them close their eyes and listen. Tell them to let the melodies take them to a special place. They can then describe it in their work, they can say how it made them feel, or who if anyone was there, what happened, etc. My classes just love this activity and they also like sharing their creations with each other. This also makes for a good bulletin board.

I so enjoyed directing plays with elementary and middle school children. As I said before, I don’t really play an instrument, so I sought the assistance of the music teacher who was more than willing to help. Wealways had a great time and it amazed me to see how talented some of those kids were. They just shined during the performances and were able to belt out the songs which always gave me chills. Talk about dancing, that was another thing that blew me away. It was awesome to see them move and groove to the tunes. Talk about America’s Got Talent, well, these kids sure had it.

So, as you can see, music can be used as an introduction to a lesson, as a way to help children learn and memorize things. Students can do research about musicians, composers, directors, and write reports about them. They can learn about music throughout history as part of an ancient history unit. If you’d like to see more ideas about how to integrate music into the curriculum. Here is a link to a great website:

http://www.songsforteaching.com/suefenton/extendingsongs.htm

I’ve created a Back to School Binder that will be using the song“Getting to Know You.” from Rogers and Hammerstein’s hit musical The King and I, as a stepping stone to help make students feel at ease while getting to know each other.

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Creative Warm-Up Activities for Math Class

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Are you looking for creative ways to get your class ready for math class? You’ve come to the right place.

Check out these great ideas that educators are using in their classrooms.

Teaching Summer School? Or just want to keep your own children’s skills in tact? Then these Summer Themed activities may be just what you are looking for… Here are a few of the activities you can find by visiting my TpT store and clicking on the “Summer” category…

Super Me Bags

Getting to Know Each Other

Goal Setting

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This exciting coloring lesson of “El Patriota” with a 4th of July theme is a great tool to review colors, clothing and body parts. The lesson includes 12 body parts vocabulary words that need to be used in order to complete the coloring key.

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