Finally getting a chance to link up with Ashley from Schroeder Shenanigans in 2nd and Angie from Lucky Little Learners. Since I just moved last Saturday I haven't exactly gotten to get into my new room. I went by to drop off all my school materials on Monday, but the floors were being waxed in my room. I had to drop off my materials in the book room as seen below. Don't judge the large mess. I selected boards from Pinterest that I am planning to utilize when I actually get into my classroom (which i haven't even seen). I came across this and I think it is adorable. Anytime you can get students interested in reading you've accomplished something. My prior years of students love musical lyrics and why not put a spin on Call Me Maybe?? I am planning on putting this board in the hallway, so others can enjoy as well. I am also planning on setting this bulletin board in my classroom. I love the terminology that goes along with evidence based learning. Last year I spent a good amount of time explaining to my students how to cite evidence in a text and how to use it to prove your ideas or points. This bulletin board would provide students a place to visually see examples of evidence based learning. Last, but certainly not least. I tell my students all the time during writing to use fancy words. I tell them that no one wants to read blah writing. Blah writing has no unique thought or individual idea behind it. You know what I am talking about. We try to help one another by not using blah vocab. As a group we collectively brainstorm fancy words to use in our writing, so this board would be very helpful. Thanks for joining me for this link up! Come back soon to read more.

Welcome to my classroom! In order for me to accurately give you a glimpse into the fourth grade funky town that I work in I thought you might need to have a few (and I say that word lightly) pictures. I say a few lightly due to the fact that today when I stopped by school on my winter break to take pictures I was snapping left and right like Lady Gaga (pa pa papararrazi). My room is located on the third floor at our school about half way down the hallway. This picture is looking out of my door to the left. Here is the view from the right. Yes the hallways are huge. The school I work in was originally built to be a high school which it was for many many years. My grandmother actually graduated from this school. It was changed to a junior high and was a that for quite some time. I attended this school as a junior high (before middle school was a thing). Since 2003-2004 (I believe don't quote me on that) it changed to an elementary school. The lockers were removed from the hallways and here you have large boards covering up the wholes left behind by the lockers and herein lies the large hallways. If you look closely you can see the extra large subway tiles circa 1930's. Side note yes those are my boards to the right and yes that red paper falling off belongs to me, guilty as charged. The boards began the year amazing thanks to one of my wonderful accountant friends who came and used her creative juices to bedazzle my boards. We are now almost to March and yes the boards are tattered and torn to smithereens. I think there is chocolate milk stains splatter on one. Welcome to the jungle where nothing but learning happens............NOT! Here is my lovely door tag and mailbox (soon to be Mrs. Palmer booya). I had to zoom in so that you could see the name on the curtain. No worries I got my mom to make two, planning ahead because I knew I would be getting my MRS degree soon! Please don't judge, like I said these pictures were taken in late February and so this is my classroom in real life like today. I have the desks set up into three tables as shown here. Here is a snap shot of my desk corner. This is my guided reading table. I made those little seats this summer which was not that hard, but quite the adventure. Here is another little bench area of seating. We try to be bucker fillers in our classroom (when we remember it). This bookcase houses all of my math manipulates in protein powder containers turned into fancy smancy containers. The kids love that everything in them smells like chocolate. This corner is the classroom library. This shelve houses my read alouds for the year. All of the bins are labeled with my chevron genre labels found on TPT. The next few pictures are of my back wall of bulletin boards. This bin has all of my students writing in. They are numbered folders that they students put their published work in when they have completed their rough draft, edit and revised copy and then published their piece of writing. These have our blank writing papers, revision pens, and paper clips and other supplies needed for writing. This basket is located to the left of the writing area, it houses their homework folders that I check daily. My extra anchor charts are hanging here in the corner of the room. The next few pictures are the students bins, that are numbered and house their reader's notebooks, writer's notebooks, buddy study folder and other random assortments. Here are my storage cabinets with the students birthday posted. Here is an inside view of the madness. Yes I am old fashion and used a clip chart to manage the little hooligans. Hey what can you say it works. Well there it is folks, my classroom in a nut shell. Please feel free to comment and ask questions! Thanks for stopping by.

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I have been doing a form of Math Workshop (we call them rotations in my room) for a few years now. It has worked just fine, but I felt that I wasn't really holding my students as accountable as I could. I also wanted to work in a bit more small group time for myself and my aide, so I changed my "two rotation" system to a "three rotation" one. Math instruction takes place in my room from 10:35 to 11:40am (with an added 20 minutes after lunch.) I have a full hour and a half. I know I am very lucky to have this time, so I use it. :) Here is what my Math time looks like: 10:40 - 11:00am Rotation 1 11:00 - 11:20am Rotation 2 11:20 - 11:40am Rotation 3 Lunch 12:20 - 12:40am Calendar Review/HW Review There are three stations that the students are rotating through each day: Mrs. Moorman (that is the teacher station) Problem Solving Calendar/Skill/Choice I have broken my students into four groups. Each group goes to each station daily. Every group will go to a different station at a different time, beginning each day with either Problem Solving or Calendar. During the first twenty minutes, I do not have a formal group. During this time, I either pull a small group of students, or I walk around to help kids with their problem solving strategies. Then, during Rotation 2 and 3, I teach my lesson for the day. Two groups come to me at a time, and I basically teach the same lesson to both sessions. That way, all four groups hear the same lesson daily. In another post, I will go into more detail just what each station entails, but today, I thought I would show you how I organized each student. They were given a folder with prongs. All materials for the week are kept in this folder. Since each group of students has a different schedule (as far as which rotation to go to on which day), I gave them each a schedule to place in a page protector in the center of the folder. They also have a recording sheet to keep track of what they are working on for the week. This recording sheet is collected on Friday, along with all completed and unfinished work for a work habit grade. Here are the sheets I used to set up the folders. The "towers" as we call them hold all of the materials the students need for each of the rotations. All of the groups are color coded, so all of the tubs match that color. There is a Problem Solving tub and a Choice tub for each group. There is also a Skills envelope for each group. In the tubs are games, activities, and open ended math projects for the students to complete during the rotation. These are designed to last more than one session. The activities are also differentiated for each group. So my lower groups have more remediation based activities while my highest group has more accelerated activities. I also have my aide schedule posted for the week so that she will know who to call. I have it set up now so that during the Problem Solving rotation, she calls members over who need remediation in a skill they just haven't picked up. I plan to see how that works, and then change it if necessary. So far, so good. What took the most thinking was setting up my groups so that every child visited every station every day. If you click here, and scroll down, you will see my time tables for everything. Once I had that figured out, everything else fell into place. OK. So that is how I set it up. Do you do Math Workshop? How is your schedule set up? My next post in this series will be a more in depth look at the three stations I have.

These task cards can be used whole group, small group, with partners, or even individually! They are user friendly, and your students will love them. I use them in my classroom as assessments as well as review material for standardized testing. Included in your download is: --8 posters This will help your students prepare for state testing by reviewing these important skills!! Common Core Standards addressed: -SS3E1 The student will describe the four types of productive resources-Natural (land,Human labor,) Capital, capital goods, and) Entrepreneurship (used to create goods and services.) If you have any questions or issues, please contact me at [email protected] - remember to leave feedback to earn credits towards future purchases!

This download will help prepare your writers to develop good strategies for gathering information for their writing. It is user friendly, and your students will love it. Included in your download is: --20 pages of writing posters This will help your students prepare for state testing by reviewing these important skills!! Common Core Standards addressed: -ELACC4W8 Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; take notes and categorize information, and provide a list of sources. If you have any questions or issues, please contact me at [email protected] - remember to leave feedback to earn credits towards future purchases!

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These task cards can be used whole group, small group, with partners, or even individually! They are user friendly, and your students will love them. I use them in my classroom as assessments as well as review material for standardized testing. Included in your download is: --24 task cards --student recording sheet --answer key This will help your students prepare for state testing by reviewing these important skills!! Common Core Standards addressed: -SS4H7 The student will examine the main ideas of the abolitionist and suffrage movement. Discuss biographies of Harriet Tubman and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Explain the significance of Sojourner Truth to the abolition and suffrage movements. 4th Grade Social Studies Task Cards: Maps and Globes Geography Functions of Government Native Americans Explorers Colonization The New Nation Westward Expansion Economic Concepts Democratic Principles Personal Economic Decisions War of 1812 Branches of Government Causes of the American Revolution American Revolution Physical and Human Systems Declaration of Independence Abolitionist and Suffrage Movement Physical and Human Systems Bill of Rights Positive Character Traits If you have any questions or issues, please contact me at [email protected] - remember to leave feedback to earn credits towards future purchases!

These task cards can be used whole group, small group, with partners, or even individually! They are user friendly, and your students will love them. Included in your download is: --24 task cards --student recording sheet --answer key This will help your students prepare for state testing by reviewing these important skills!! Common Core Standards addressed: -ELACC4L1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. e. Form and use prepositional phrases -. ELACC5L1a. Explain the function of conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections in general and their function in particular sentences. If you have any questions or issues, please contact me at [email protected] - remember to leave feedback to earn credits towards future purchases!

These task cards can be used whole group, small group, with partners, or even individually! They are user friendly, and your students will love them. I use them in my classroom as assessments as well as review material for standardized testing. Included in your download is: --24 task cards --student recording sheet --answer key This will help your students prepare for state testing by reviewing these important skills!! Common Core Standards addressed: -SS5H3 The student will describe how life changed in America at the turn of the century. Describe the role of the cattle trails in the late 19th century; include the Black Cowboys of Texas, the Great Western Cattle Trail, and the Chisholm Trail. Describe the impact on American life of the Wright brothers (flight), George Washington Carver (science), Alexander Graham Bell (communication), and Thomas Edison (electricity). Explain how William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt expanded America’s role in the world; include the Spanish-American War and the building of the Panama Canal. Describe the reasons people emigrated to the United States, from where they emigrated, and where they settled. Describe the impact of westward expansion on Native Americans; include the Battle of the Little Bighorn and the relocation of Native Americans to reservations. If you have any questions or issues, please contact me at [email protected] - remember to leave feedback to earn credits towards future purchases!

These task cards can be used whole group, small group, with partners, or even individually! They are user friendly, and your students will love them. I use them in my classroom as assessments as well as review material for standardized testing. Included in your download is: --24 task cards --student recording sheet --answer key This will help your students prepare for state testing by reviewing these important skills!! Common Core Standards addressed: -SS5H9 The student will trace important developments in America since 1975.Describe U. S. involvement in world events; include efforts to bring peace to the Middle East, the collapse of the Soviet Union, Persian Gulf War, and the War on Terrorism in response to September 11, 2001. Explain the impact the development of the personal computer and Internet has had on American life. If you have any questions or issues, please contact me at [email protected] - remember to leave feedback to earn credits towards future purchases!

This is a pack of 49 pages of 4th Grade Writing I Can Common Core Standards. These can be posted in your classroom for students, parents or administration to see or used with students to familiarize them with the standards covered. If you have any questions or issues, please contact me at jennifer...

These task cards can be used whole group, small group, with partners, or even individually! They are user friendly, and your students will love them. I use them in my classroom as assessments as well as review material for standardized testing. Included in your download is: --20 task cards --student recording sheet --answer key This will help your students prepare for state testing by reviewing these important skills!! Common Core Standards addressed: -SS3E3 The student will give examples of interdependence and trade and will explain how voluntary exchange benefits both parties. Describe the interdependence of consumers and producers of goods and services. Describe how goods and services are allocated by price in the marketplace. Explain that some things are made locally, some elsewhere in the country, and some in other countries. Explain that most countries create their own currency for use as money. If you have any questions or issues, please contact me at [email protected] - remember to leave feedback to earn credits towards future purchases!

These task cards can be used whole group, small group, with partners, or even individually! They are user friendly, and your students will love them. I use them in my classroom as assessments as well as review material for standardized testing. Included in your download is: --24 task cards --student recording sheet --answer key This will help your students prepare for state testing by reviewing these important skills!! Common Core Standards addressed: -S3E1.a Explain the difference between a rock and a mineral. S3E1.b Recognize the physical attributes of rocks and minerals using observation (shape, color, texture), measurement, and simple tests (hardness). -S3E1.d Determine how water and wind can change rocks If you have any questions or issues, please contact me at [email protected] - remember to leave feedback to earn credits towards future purchases!

These task cards can be used whole group, small group, with partners, or even individually! They are user friendly, and your students will love them. Included in your download is: --24 task cards --student recording sheet --answer key This will help your students prepare for state testing by reviewing these important skills!! Common Core Standards addressed: -ELACC3L1a. Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular sentences. -ELACC4L1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. d. Order adjectives within sentences according to conventional patterns (e.g., a small red bag rather than a red small bag). If you have any questions or issues, please contact me at [email protected] - remember to leave feedback to earn credits towards future purchases!

These task cards can be used whole group, small group, with partners, or even individually! They are user friendly, and your students will love them. I use them in my classroom as assessments as well as review material for standardized testing. Included in your download is: --24 task cards --student recording sheet --answer key This will help your students prepare for state testing by reviewing these important skills!! Common Core Standards addressed: -SS3CG1 The student will explain the importance of the basic principles that provide the foundation of a republican form of government. Explain why in the United States there is a separation of power between branches of government and levels of government.Name the three levels of government (national, state, local) and the three branches in each (executive, legislative, judicial), including the names of the legislative branch (Congress, General Assembly, county commission or city council).State an example of the responsibilities of each level and branch of government. If you have any questions or issues, please contact me at [email protected] - remember to leave feedback to earn credits towards future purchases!

These task cards can be used whole group, small group, with partners, or even individually! They are user friendly, and your students will love them. I use them in my classroom as assessments as well as review material for standardized testing. Included in your download is: --20 task cards --student recording sheet --answer key This will help your students prepare for state testing by reviewing these important skills!! Common Core Standards addressed: -S3E1.c Use observation to compare the similarities and differences of texture, particle size, and color in top soils (such as clay, loam or potting soil, and sand). -S3E1.d Determine how water and wind can change rocks and soil over time using observation and research If you have any questions or issues, please contact me at [email protected] - remember to leave feedback to earn credits towards future purchases!

These task cards can be used whole group, small group, with partners, or even individually! They are user friendly, and your students will love them. I use them in my classroom as assessments as well as review material for standardized testing. Included in your download is: --28 task cards --student recording sheet --answer key This will help your students prepare for state testing by reviewing these important skills!! Common Core Standards addressed: -SS5E1 The student will use the basic economic concepts of trade, opportunity cost, specialization, voluntary exchange, productivity, and price incentives to illustrate historical events. Describe opportunity costs and their relationship to decision-making across time (such as decisions to ration goods during WWII). Explain how price incentives affect people’s behavior and choices (such as decisions to participate in cattle trails because of increased beef prices). Describe how specialization improves standards of living, (such as how specific economies in the north and south developed at the beginning of the 20th century). Explain how voluntary exchange helps both buyers and sellers (such as how specialization leads to the need to exchange to get wants and needs). Describe how trade promotes economic activity (such as how the Panama Canal increases trade between countries). Give examples of technological advancements and their impact on business productivity during the continuing development of the United States. If you have any questions or issues, please contact me at [email protected] - remember to leave feedback to earn credits towards future purchases!

These posters can be used whole group, small group, with partners, or even individually! They are user friendly, and your students will love them. I use them in my classroom as to review material for standardized testing. Included in your download is: --11 Posters This will help your students prepare for state testing by reviewing these important skills!! Common Core Standards addressed: -SS5E3 The student will describe how consumers and businesses interact in the United States economy across time. Describe how competition, markets, and prices influence people’s behavior. Describe how people earn income by selling their labor to businesses. Describe how entrepreneurs take risks to develop new goods and services to start a business. -SS5E4 The student will identify the elements of a personal budget and explain why personal spending and saving decisions are important. If you have any questions or issues, please contact me at [email protected] - remember to leave feedback to earn credits towards future purchases!

These task cards can be used whole group, small group, with partners, or even individually! They are user friendly, and your students will love them. I use them in my classroom as assessments as well as review material for standardized testing. Included in your download is: --24 task cards --student recording sheet --answer key This will help your students prepare for state testing by reviewing these important skills!! Common Core Standards addressed: -SS4H4 The student will explain the causes, events, and results of the American Revolution. Trace the events that shaped the revolutionary movement in America, including the French and Indian War, British Imperial Policy that led to the 1765 Stamp Act, the slogan "no taxation without representation," the activities of the Sons of Liberty, and the Boston Tea Party. Explain the writing of the Declaration of Independence; include who wrote it, how it was written, why it was necessary, and how it was a response to tyranny and the abuse of power. Describe the major events of the Revolution and explain the factors leading to American victory and British defeat; include the Battles of Lexington and Concord, Saratoga, and Yorktown. Describe key individuals in the American Revolution with emphasis on King George III, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Benedict Arnold, Patrick Henry, and John Adams. 4th Grade Social Studies Task Cards: Maps and Globes Geography Functions of Government Native Americans Explorers Colonization The New Nation Westward Expansion Economic Concepts Democratic Principles Personal Economic Decisions War of 1812 Branches of Government Causes of the American Revolution American Revolution Physical and Human Systems Declaration of Independence Abolitionist and Suffrage Movement Physical and Human Systems Bill of Rights Positive Character Traits If you have any questions or issues, please contact me at [email protected] - remember to leave feedback to earn credits towards future purchases!

These task cards can be used whole group, small group, with partners, or even individually! They are user friendly, and your students will love them. I use them in my classroom as assessments as well as review material for standardized testing. Included in your download is: --16 task cards --student recording sheet --answer key This will help your students prepare for state testing by reviewing these important skills!! Common Core Standards addressed: -SS3E2 The student will explain that governments provide certain types of goods and services in a market economy and pay for these through taxes and will describe services such as schools, libraries, roads, police/fire protection, and military. If you have any questions or issues, please contact me at [email protected] - remember to leave feedback to earn credits towards future purchases!

These task cards can be used whole group, small group, with partners, or even individually! They are user friendly, and your students will love them. Included in your download is: --24 task cards --student recording sheet --answer key This will help your students prepare for state testing by reviewing these important skills!! Common Core Standards addressed: -ELACC3L4: c. Consult reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation and determine or clarify the precise meaning of key -ELACC4L4: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 4 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies. c. Consult reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation and determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases. -ELACC5L4: c. Consult reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation and determine or clarify the precise meaning of key If you have any questions or issues, please contact me at [email protected] - remember to leave feedback to earn credits towards future purchases!

These task cards can be used whole group, small group, with partners, or even individually! They are user friendly, and your students will love them. I use them in my classroom as assessments as well as review material for standardized testing. Included in your download is: --16 task cards --student recording sheet --answer key This will help your students prepare for state testing by reviewing these important skills!! Common Core Standards addressed: -S3P2.a Investigate to find common objects that are attracted to magnets. -S3P2.b Investigate how magnets attract and repel each other. If you have any questions or issues, please contact me at [email protected] - remember to leave feedback to earn credits towards future purchases!

These task cards can be used whole group, small group, with partners, or even individually! They are user friendly, and your students will love them. I use them in my classroom as assessments as well as review material for standardized testing. Included in your download is: --20 task cards --student recording sheet --answer key This will help your students prepare for state testing by reviewing these important skills!! Common Core Standards addressed: -SS5H2 The student will analyze the effects of Reconstruction on American life.Describe the purpose of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments. Explain the work of the Freedmen’s Bureau. Explain how slavery was replaced by sharecropping and how African-Americans were prevented from exercising their newly won rights; include a discussion of Jim Crow laws and customs. -SS5CG3 The student will explain how amendments to the U. S. Constitution have maintained a representative democracy. Explain the purpose of the 12th and 17th amendments. Explain how voting rights were protected by the 15th, 19th, 23rd, 24th, and 26th amendments. If you have any questions or issues, please contact me at [email protected] - remember to leave feedback to earn credits towards future purchases!

These task cards can be used whole group, small group, with partners, or even individually! They are user friendly, and your students will love them. Included in your download is: --24 task cards --student recording sheet --answer key This will help your students prepare for state testing by reviewing these important skills!! Common Core Standards addressed: -ELACC3L1a. Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular sentences. -ELACC4L1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. a. Use relative pronouns (who, whose, whom, which, that) and relative adverbs (where, when, why). If you have any questions or issues, please contact me at [email protected] - remember to leave feedback to earn credits towards future purchases!

These task cards can be used whole group, small group, with partners, or even individually! They are user friendly, and your students will love them. I use them in my classroom as assessments as well as review material for standardized testing. Included in your download is: --16 task cards --student recording sheet --answer key This will help your students prepare for state testing by reviewing these important skills!! Common Core Standards addressed: -SS3H2 The student will discuss the lives of Americans who expanded people's rights and freedoms in a democracy.Paul Revere (independence), Frederick Douglass (civil rights), Susan B. Anthony (women's rights), Mary McLeod Bethune (education), Franklin D. Roosevelt (New and World War II), Eleanor Roosevelt (United Nations and human rights), Thurgood Marshall (civil rights), Lyndon B. Johnson (Great Society and voting rights), and César Chávez (workers’ rights).Explain social barriers, restrictions, and obstacles that these historical figures had to overcome and describe how they overcame them. If you have any questions or issues, please contact me at [email protected] - remember to leave feedback to earn credits towards future purchases!

These task cards can be used whole group, small group, with partners, or even individually! They are user friendly, and your students will love them. I use them in my classroom as assessments as well as review material for standardized testing. Included in your download is: --20 task cards --student recording sheet --answer key This will help your students prepare for state testing by reviewing these important skills!! Common Core Standards addressed: -SS5G2 The student will explain the reasons for the spatial patterns of economic activities. Explain how factors such as population, transportation, and resources influenced industrial location in the United States between the end of the Civil War and 1900. Locate primary agricultural and industrial locations since the turn of the 20th century and explain how factors such as population, transportation, and resources have influenced these areas. If you have any questions or issues, please contact me at [email protected] - remember to leave feedback to earn credits towards future purchases!

These task cards can be used whole group, small group, with partners, or even individually! They are user friendly, and your students will love them. I use them in my classroom as assessments as well as review material for standardized testing. Included in your download is: --24 task cards --student recording sheet --answer key This will help your students prepare for state testing by reviewing these important skills!! Common Core Standards addressed: -SS5H7 The student will discuss the origins and consequences of the Cold War .Explain the origin and meaning of the term “Iron Curtain.” Explain how the United States sought to stop the spread of communism through the Berlin airlift, the Korean War, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Identify Joseph McCarthy and Nikita Khrushchev. -SS5H8 The student will describe the importance of key people, events, and developments between 1950-1975.Discuss the importance of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War. Explain the key events and people of the Civil Rights movement; include Brown v. Board of Education (1954), Montgomery Bus Boycott, the March on Washington, Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, and civil rights activities of Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Describe the impact on American society of the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Discuss the significance of the technologies of television and space exploration. If you have any questions or issues, please contact me at [email protected] - remember to leave feedback to earn credits towards future purchases!

These task cards can be used whole group, small group, with partners, or even individually! They are user friendly, and your students will love them. Included in your download is: --24 task cards --student recording sheet --answer key This will help your students prepare for state testing by reviewing these important skills!! Common Core Standards addressed: -ELACC3L2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. -ELACC4L2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. -ELACC5L2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. If you have any questions or issues, please contact me at [email protected] - remember to leave feedback to earn credits towards future purchases!

These task cards can be used whole group, small group, with partners, or even individually! They are user friendly, and your students will love them. Included in your download is: --24 task cards --student recording sheet --answer key This will help your students prepare for state testing by reviewing these important skills!! Common Core Standards addressed: -ELACC4RL4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology (e.g., Herculean). If you have any questions or issues, please contact me at [email protected] - remember to leave feedback to earn credits towards future purchases!

Map Skills activity. Learning about Map Skills is FUN! Get ready to have your students hone in on those map skills as they complete this All About Maps Flip-Flap Book®! DIGITAL OPTIONS NOW INCLUDED: We have now added Google Slide activities to accompany each unit. You can click on the Google Slides link, make a copy, and now begin using it with your students. You can add the Google Slide links to Google Classroom, via email, Microsoft Teams, and Seesaw, etc. This will give you the ability to provide the unit activities digitally to your students. Included in this unit is: * 1 M-A-P-S Flip Flap Book® - The students will have the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned about maps, build, and create maps as well! They will: - think about WHERE they live on a map and complete a fill-in called Me on the Map. They will write their street, town/city, state, country, and continent. - label the 7 continents and 5 oceans on a world map and create a map key Two PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS included: - BUILD-a-Map - the students will build a map where they will use the map key pictures to build a map of School Town by following Cardinal Directions on a direction sheet - CREATE-a-Map - the students will DESIGN their own map of a farm, playground, or a place of their choice. They must create 8 objects/places for the map key, design and draw their map, and create 8 sentences about their map using cardinal directions (north, south, east, west, northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest). I hope you enjoy this unit! Please Note: This unit requires 8 1/2 x 11 AND 8 1/2 x 14 (legal size) photocopy paper. In order to print this unit, you will need BOTH SIZES OF PAPER! Try something NEW, DIFFERENT, and FRESH with your students. You can be sure they will have a blast showing their knowledge in a fun and interactive way! CHECK OUT MY OTHER SCIENCE FLIP-FLAP BOOKS®: The Moon and Space Flip-Flap Books® The Butterfly Flip-Flap Book® – An Expository Writing Resource Plants Flip-Flap Book® – An Expository Writing Resource Dinosaur Flip-Flap Book® – An Expository Writing Resource Frogs Flip-Flap Book® – An Expository Writing Resource Sealife Flip-Flap Book® – An Expository Writing Resource VIDEO TUTORIAL: Click here to WATCH a Flip Flap Book® Video Tutorial Flip Flap Book® Video Tutorial Thank you for your interest in my product. If you purchase it, I would be grateful if you could leave feedback on my unit. (keywords: Map Skills, cardinal directions, performance assessment, maps, geography, me on the map )

These task cards can be used whole group, small group, with partners, or even individually! They are user friendly, and your students will love them. I use them in my classroom as assessments as well as review material for standardized testing. Included in your download is: --24 task cards --student recording sheet --answer key This will help your students prepare for state testing by reviewing these important skills!! Common Core Standards addressed: -SS5H4 The student will describe U.S. involvement in World War I and post- World War I America. Explain how German attacks on U.S. shipping during the war in Europe (1914-1917) ultimately led the U.S. to join the fight against Germany; include the sinking of the Lusitania and concerns over safety of U.S. ships, U.S. contributions to the war, and the impact of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919. Describe the cultural developments and individual contributions in the 1920s of the Jazz Age (Louis Armstrong), the Harlem Renaissance (Langston Hughes), baseball (Babe Ruth), the automobile (Henry Ford), and the airplane (Charles Lindbergh). If you have any questions or issues, please contact me at [email protected] - remember to leave feedback to earn credits towards future purchases!

These posters can be used whole group, small group, with partners, or even individually! They are user friendly, and your students will love them. I use them in my classroom as to review material for standardized testing. Included in your download is: --7 Posters This will help your students prepare for state testing by reviewing these important skills!! Common Core Standards addressed: -SS5E3 The student will describe how consumers and businesses interact in the United States economy across time. Describe how competition, markets, and prices influence people’s behavior. Describe how people earn income by selling their labor to businesses. Describe how entrepreneurs take risks to develop new goods and services to start a business. -SS5E4 The student will identify the elements of a personal budget and explain why personal spending and saving decisions are important. If you have any questions or issues, please contact me at [email protected] - remember to leave feedback to earn credits towards future purchases!

These task cards can be used whole group, small group, with partners, or even individually! They are user friendly, and your students will love them. Included in your download is: --24 task cards --student recording sheet --answer key This will help your students prepare for state testing by reviewing these important skills!! Common Core Standards addressed: -ELACC3L1a. Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular sentences. -ELACC4L1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. d. Order adjectives within sentences according to conventional patterns (e.g., a small red bag rather than a red small bag). If you have any questions or issues, please contact me at [email protected] - remember to leave feedback to earn credits towards future purchases!

This assessment is aligned to the task cards. The assessment is based on common core standards. I use this assessment to test my students on the standard listed. This test will be excellent practice for review material for standardized testing. Included in your download is: --common assessment --student recording sheet --answer key This will help your students prepare for state testing by reviewing these important skills!! Common Core Standards addressed: -SS4CG1 The student will describe the meaning of Natural rights as found in the Declaration of Independence (the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness). "We the people" from the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution as a reflection of consent of the governed or popular sovereignty. The federal system of government in the U.S. -SS4CG3 The student will describe the functions of government. Explain the process for making and enforcing laws.Explain managing conflicts and protecting rights.Describe providing for the defense of the nation.Explain limiting the power of people in authority.Explain the fiscal responsibility Task Cards: Functions of Government Task Cards If you have any questions or issues, please contact me at [email protected] - remember to leave feedback to earn credits towards future purchases!

These task cards can be used whole group, small group, with partners, or even individually! They are user friendly, and your students will love them. I use them in my classroom as assessments as well as review material for standardized testing. Included in your download is: --24 task cards --student recording sheet --answer key This will help your students prepare for state testing by reviewing these important skills!! Common Core Standards addressed: -SS5H5 The student will explain how the Great Depression and New Deal affected the lives of millions of Americans.Discuss the Stock Market Crash of 1929, Herbert Hoover, Franklin Roosevelt, the Dust Bowl, and soup kitchens. Analyze the main features of the New Deal; include the significance of the Civilian Conservation Corps, Works Progress Administration, and the Tennessee Valley Authority. Discuss important cultural elements of the 1930s; include Duke Ellington, Margaret Mitchell, and Jesse Owens. If you have any questions or issues, please contact me at [email protected] - remember to leave feedback to earn credits towards future purchases!

These task cards can be used whole group, small group, with partners, or even individually! They are user friendly, and your students will love them. I use them in my classroom as assessments as well as review material for standardized testing. Included in your download is: --24 task cards --student recording sheet --answer key This will help your students prepare for state testing by reviewing these important skills!! Common Core Standards addressed: -S3L2.a Explain the effects of pollution (such as littering) on the habitats of plants and animals. If you have any questions or issues, please contact me at [email protected] - remember to leave feedback to earn credits towards future purchases!