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MyMath Chapter 2 for 5th Grade – Supplemental Resources

This entry was posted in 5th Grade FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs MATH LESSONS and tagged 5thgrade common core Literacy Center Ideas mymath No-Prep Printables on June 17, 2015 by saraoberheide (updated on June 17, 2015)

Chapter 2 is FINISHED!!

I’m working my way through each chapter of MyMath for 5th grade, putting together extra resources for teachers and students.

I’m finally finished with Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 will start very quickly. So, here it is! Included are 3 sets of task cards, worksheets with a spiral curriculum, posters, I Can statements and more! 60 total pages of great support!

You can find it here

3 sets of task cards for students to practice their math skills in a fun way.

Your kids will love this resource. My 5th graders do! Thanks for viewing!

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A post to pass on to parents: Reading and writing through play!

This entry was posted in 1st Grade 2nd Grade FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs Kindergarten LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS and tagged #kids End of year for parents for play centres fun homeschool kindergarten learn through play Literacy Center Ideas No-Prep Printables Reading summer templates for kids TpT Writing writing for real purposes on June 11, 2015 by That Fun Reading Teacher

Do you have a child who loves animals, may wish to be a veterinarian or doctor, and could use a little practice or writing his or her name? (Not that you would ever mention it…)

How about one who does not see the point in learning to read or write, but has a fantastic imagination?

A sociable child with boundless energy, an interest in the law, perhaps, and exploring roles?

(Photos not included!)

B&w badge and licence also included!

Maybe you have a child that likes to pretend to be grown-up sometimes, and receive the praise self-esteem boost that goes with it. I admit to feeling very important as a ‘waitress’ at summer BBQs growing up. (My brothers preferred to be ‘bartenders’). It was always more official and fun with a notepad in hand.

And once the drinks are handed out, someone is bound to start telling stories. Perhaps your child is a fan of pirates, or a natural storyteller?

The child in this post could be any child.

Children learn without even realizing it through play, and read and write for real purposes .

We learned this way when we were kids. We played. We helped out. We didn’t have the electronic distractions of today.

The templates above (and a few more) have been designed for today’s more discerning audience in a product called Summer Fun: Reading and writing through play. It is included in a bundle with another Writing for Real Purposes product: Fun Summer Lists, which I wrote about here. I have included the links below, and the original post that launched this line of products.

Kids love to imagine, create and role play. Thank you to those of you who do purchase these products. I hope anyone reading this post is inspired to play with their kids and discreetly slip in teachable moments where possible. The key is to have fun and let go of expectations.

It is summer time after all.

Best wishes to all of you!

I.M.

That Fun Reading Teacher

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Language Arts Lesson-OCEAN Animals Bingo- Pre K-2 – Writing Prompt

This entry was posted in 1st Grade 2nd Grade COMMON CORE Kindergarten LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS MISC. LESSONS PreKindergarten SCIENCE LESSONS Uncategorized and tagged #kids #language Arts first grade homeschool kindergarten Literacy Center Ideas ocean theme second grade on June 7, 2015 by Monica Herterich (updated on June 7, 2015)

This Ocean Animals BINGO features 12 of the most beloved Ocean Animals . This package is very helpful to celebrate National Aquarium and Zoo month of June in your classroom.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/OCEAN-Animals-Bingo-Pre-K-2-Writing-Prompt-1813650

The package includes:
– Lesson Plan

-BINGO Board- Students can color objects using a single color . Encourage creativity. For example a blue turtle, green shark.etc

– Once the bingo board is filled, ask students to complete the writing prompt. Each sentence should describe the animal’s color and size. For example: My shark is green and big.

-Play Bingo. Read different combinations and write them on the board. You can play for the whole board. All combinations should be written on the board. Ask students to verify their worksheets and correct them as they play. Winners can get homework passes.

-Word Search- Great conclusion for word recognition and review. Have students work in small groups and compete for a Homework pass.

You have enough material to work for a 1-2 days. You can use the vocabulary worksheet as a quiz at the end of the unit.

ENJOY!!!

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Language Arts & Math – “Back to School Mega Monster Fun”

This entry was posted in 1st Grade 2nd Grade LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS MATH LESSONS and tagged back to school Literacy Center Ideas math TpT on May 30, 2015 by Helen Edwards (updated on May 30, 2015)

by Readable Creations
Two Versions:
First Grade
Second Grade

This first grade, monster-themed, back-to-school resource unit can be utilized over the first few weeks of first grade. (It would also be suitable as an end of year thematic unit for kindergarten.) The literacy and math worksheets / activities reinforce kindergarten academic skills while inspiring motivation and awareness of the students’ own talents, features, and abilities. The ‘Alphabet Game’ fosters an increased awareness of classmates’ characteristics. All the included activity sheets are listed below.

Contents:
My First Day in First Grade
My Second Day in First Grade } integrate graph (page 57)
My Third Day in First Grade } integrate graph (page 58)
My Fourth Day in First Grade } integrate graph (page 59)
My Fifth Day in First Grade } integrate graph (page 60)
About Me
My Favorite Things
Alphabet Game
Description Cards – for the game (including blank template)
I’m a Star at School
I’m a Star
My Teacher
6 Word Story (summer vacation)
Compare and Contrast (monsters) – Venn Diagram
Compare and Contrast (classrooms) – Venn Diagram
We like reading. (Dolch Pre-Primer & Primer word wall)
I like reading. (Dolch sight word bank)
Color by Word
We know the letters of the alphabet and their sounds. (poster)
I know the letters of the alphabet and their sounds.
I can write the letters of the alphabet. (Uppercase)
I can write the letters of the alphabet. (Lowercase)
Make a new word by changing one letter. (including blank template)
Make a new word by adding one letter. (Short to Long Vowel Sounds)
I spy with my little eye something beginning with…
Alphabet Memory Game
1, 2, 3…Count How Many
School Transportation Graph
Eye Color Graph
Class Pet Graph
Class Birthday Graph
1, 2, 3…Count How Many Monsters
Circle the odd one out in each row.
Addition to 10
Subtraction to 10
Missing Numbers
Trace, Color, Cut, and Paste
Monster Cards (for addition and subtraction)

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Language Arts – “Verbs”

This entry was posted in 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade COMMON CORE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS and tagged games Literacy Center Ideas Parts of Speech Verbs worksheets on May 14, 2015 by christinal (updated on May 13, 2015)

By Christina L

Grades 2-4

These Verb Activities include games for literacy centers or early finishers plus many word challenges, word hunts and other fun worksheets that cover Present, Past and Future Tense Verbs.

***Newly Revised April 20, 2015!***

Includes:
Games
• Sort: Is the Verb Regular in the Past Tense or Irregular in the Past Tense? (24 cards) + Answer Key +Worksheet to record the past tense of the verbs in the sort
• Sort: Nouns or Verbs? (24 cards) + Answer Key

8 Worksheets
• 1 A to Z Verb Word Hunt “Can you write a verb for each letter of the alphabet? Write your verbs below.”

• 1 Verbs – Word Hunts “Look for verbs in your book. Write them down in the correct column.”

• 1 Action Verbs “Write three action verbs that each of the following characters might do.”

• 1 Write a Sentence – Past Tense “What did these students do yesterday? Write a sentence about each picture using a verb in the past tense.”

• 1 Matching: Present Tense and Past Tense

• 1 Verbs: Present, Past, Future “Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs below.”

• 1 Write a Sentence – Present Progressive “What are these students doing right now? Write a sentence with a helping verb (am, is, are) and a verb in the progressive tense (-ing).”

• 1 Verb Word Challenge (Have students work individually or in pairs to come up with the most unique answers.)

Check out the preview here.

Also available: Adjectives, Nouns and Parts of Speech Bundle.

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That Fun Reading Teacher’s Sight-Word-Stages Leveled Readers: Differentiate just by printing!

This entry was posted in 1st Grade 2nd Grade FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs HOME Kindergarten LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS MISC. LESSONS PreKindergarten SPECIAL EDUCATION Uncategorized and tagged CVC Word Work dolch words early literacy Emergent Reader guided reading kindergarten leveled readers Literacy Center Ideas No-Prep Printables Sight Words on April 28, 2015 by That Fun Reading Teacher (updated on May 6, 2015)

As educators, we have all kinds of fun activities and strategies for teaching and reinforcing sight words for reading and writing. Many of them involve practicing these words out of context. The point of Sight Word Recognition is to be able to recognize these words at a glance, in isolation. But all of the practice needn’t be.

I am in the early stages of creating a series of readers called ‘Sight Word Stages’ readers to help teachers differentiate for their students within the same reading level. While some of our students may struggle with putting all of the pieces of the reading puzzle together and need to work on that, there are many others who simply have difficulty remembering, and who require extra opportunities to practice using these little words in context.

Here is an example of a DRA/Reading Recovery Level 2 Reader:

A color PDF is included in the package, indicating the sight words of focus on the cover.

I print these on thicker paper, laminate them and keep them with other guided reading books.

Directional support is provided with the go to stop method.

A regular black and white copy is provided. Students can color and keep these, if you wish.

A trace-the-sight-word copy is provided for students requiring this level of support.

A fill-in-the-blanks copy is also provided for each title.

Supplementary Materials:

Color and black & white sentence strips (Tip: Print color copy onto card paper and laminate, and store with color readers for reuse)

Color and black & white Self-Check lists (I have a laminated color one on the wall over the writing table with a dry-erase marker, but know classroom teachers who give each child their own black and white copy, one who shrinks it to half-size. Early finishers draw or practice words on the back!)

Sometimes – there’s a surprise bonus activity – particularly in the bundles. Check the previews!

Here is what is currently available in the Sight-Word-Stages Readers Series:

Please note that freebies will not contain all of the parts mentioned above.

We are Community Helpers! Free Sight-Word-Stages Sampler

In revision:

More titles coming Summer 2015! Save with bundles!

Are there any particular themes you would like to see covered in these early levels? Please leave a comment and let me know! (Easter and Earth Day are already started in draft!)

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Jouanah: A Hmong Cinderella No Prep Unit: Common Core Aligned

This entry was posted in COMMON CORE FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs and tagged Chapin-Pinotti Cinderella Jouanah Literacy Center Ideas No-Prep Printables on April 28, 2015 by elizabethchapinpinotti (updated on April 26, 2015)

by Elizabeth Chapin-Pinotti

Grades 2, 3, 4 and 5

Jouanah: A Hmong Cinderella No Prep Unit: Common Core Aligned Link

This is a no prep unit for Jewell Reinhard Coburn’s “Jouanah: A Hmong Cinderella. These engaging activities are turn-key…read the story to your class or have them read it as part of literature circles, go over the Cinderella story elements and engage them with these lessons!

Activities are naturally differentiated and aligned with the Common Core State Standards.

Included:
#1: About Jouanah…In My Opinion
#2: Jouanah Story Connectors
#3: Story Characters – Jouanah
#4: Jouanah Grammar Fix
#5: Sentence Sorting – Cinderella
#6: Jouanah Sentence Sorting
#7: From Sentence Sorting to Essay Writing
#8: Jouanah Dictionary Skills Activity
#9: Comprehension Quiz for Jouanah: The Hmong Cinderella
#10: Questions Along the Way
#11: About: Jouanah: A Hmong Cinderella: In My Opinion…
#12: Jouanah: A Hmong Cinderella: Constructed Response #12
#13: Jouanah: A Hmong Cinderella — Character Conflicts
#14: Quick Write Compare and Contrast
#15: About the Author
#16: Story Summary
#17: Character Changes
#18 Text to Text: Connection Fiction Texts
#19: My Thoughts While Reading Jouanah: A Hmong Cinderella
#20: Inferring Character Feelings
#21: Cause and Effect
#22: Compare and Contrast Cinderella and Jouanah
#23: Think, Question and Analyze
#24: Jouanah: A Hmong Cinderella Report Card
#25: Jouanah: A Hmong Cinderella Book Review
#26: Lights, Camera, Action
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Language Arts ” Task Cards: Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences”

This entry was posted in 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade COMMON CORE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS and tagged early finishers Literacy Center Ideas Simple Compound Complex small group Task Cards Types of sentences on April 15, 2015 by christinal (updated on April 27, 2015)

By Christina L

Grades 3-6

These task cards are larger than normal (6 questions each) so students can work on just one card. More advanced students may complete more than one card. A “user friendly” method of displaying them is to laminate them, punch a hole in the corner and attach them with a binder ring.

Great for literacy centers, early finishers, and small group intervention.

Includes:
• 10 Task Cards (6 questions each) + 10 Answer Keys (Includes white and colored background)
• Recording sheet to show completion of each card

Topics include:
• Simple, Compound or Complex Sentence?
• Independent or Dependent Clause?
• Simple Subjects
• Simple Predicates
• Make a Compound Sentence
• Make a Complex Sentence

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Ways Kids can help the Earth – Freebie!

This entry was posted in 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade Uncategorized and tagged April Earth Day Earth Day Activities Earth Day Lessons free free lessons Literacy Center Ideas No-Prep Printables spring on April 12, 2015 by That Fun Reading Teacher (updated on August 22, 2015)

Hello everyone!

This free Earth Day printable is an ideal writing template for primary students. Entitled ‘Ways Kids Can Help The Earth’, and divided into three sections, its versatility lends itself to a number of uses.

Perhaps you’d like your students to demonstrate an understanding of the three ‘R’s. Whether they use stickers, cut-outs or drawing, they may end up with something like this:

It can be a graphic organizer (see link below for more graphic organizers like this one!), a stand-alone assignment or planner for a piece of writing:

It could even be a brainstormed list of ideas, contract of sorts, pre or post assessment piece:

And of course, there are always those who finish first. A drawing page for early finishers, and a vocabulary list for those who need one, are also included.

Happy Earth Day, everyone!

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CVC: A Licence to All CVC Resources

This entry was posted in 1st Grade Kindergarten LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS PreKindergarten Uncategorized and tagged CVC Word Work Literacy Center Ideas No-Prep Printables on April 4, 2015 by littleachievers (updated on April 9, 2015)

By Little Achievers

CVC: A Licence to All My CVC Resources

The fun, engaging, and interactive CVC Word activities included in this MEGABUNDLE are perfect for literacy center, word work, and independent practice!

As I create more CVC word work, I will add it to this packet. Once purchased, you will always be able to download the updated file at no additional cost.

Pages >1150

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This packet includes

Posters
Play-dough mats
Write the room cards
CVC puzzles (3 versions)
CVC Word Books
No-prep printables for CVC word families
Review (5 review sets for all 5 vowels and 1 set of mixed review).

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Each short vowel (CVC) packet has the following Word Work activities:
(Here I am including all of the activities of the –at family!)
~“-at” word family house
~Two full-size posters
~CVC cards (find and match)
~I can Write the -at words
~I can find the -at words
~I can stamp the -at words
~I can build the -at words
~I can dab the -at words
~I can color the -at words
~I can sort the -at words
~I can spin and trace the -at words
~I can complete a sentence using –at words
~I can draw –at pictures
~I can fill in the –at words
~I can find and highlight the -at words (in a sentence)
~I can write a story using –at words
~My –at word book
All of the activities will be the same for each of the packets.

-Say it, build it, write it: Generic practice mat
-Play dough mats
-I can write the room (cards and response sheet)

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