Combine learning about fractions (halves and quarters) with creativity using our adorable Fraction Robot craft activity! This engaging packet includes everything you need for a fun, hands-on lesson that reinforces fraction concepts while sparking your students' artistic sides. What’s Included? Printable Templates: All pieces required to assemble the cute robot craft. Step-by-Step Directions: Easy-to-follow instructions to guide your students through the process. Fraction Information Page: Display essential fraction concepts alongside your students' crafts. Coloring Page Option: Perfect for a simplified version of the activity, skipping the cut-and-paste steps. Crafting with Fractions Students will color, cut, and paste various robot parts, using traditional colors or vibrant shades to make their creations unique. Each piece can be printed on colored paper, or you can opt for white paper and encourage students to decorate them with their own designs. Learning Outcomes As students work on their Fraction Robots, they'll practice: Identifying and using terms like halves, fourths, and quarters. Understanding partitioned shapes, including half-circles and rectangles. Enhancing fine motor skills through cutting and pasting. Additional Challenge For an extra challenge, an advanced version is included where students draw in the fraction lines to divide each robot piece, deepening their understanding of fractions. Perfect for: Classroom Activities: Ideal for fraction lessons in math centers or as part of a comprehensive unit on fractions. Art Projects: Combine math with creativity for a unique classroom experience. Get ready to inspire your students with this fun and educational Fraction Craft activity! Perfect for engaging learners and solidifying their understanding of fractions through creativity. Find more mathtivity packets in my store HERE! Find paper crafts in my TpT store HERE! Click here to return to my store home page

Analyzing writing curriculums, planning writing workshop and teaching writing lessons can be overwhelming. You might think, how am I going to fit everything in and produce successful writers? Where do I start? What skills do they need? This post will share the 7 BASIC WRITING LESSONS that every teacher should teach! With this basic knowledge, students will be able to perform other writing assignments more effectively. The following skills are not only effective in upper elementary, they are often needed at the middle school level for review or the primary level for differentiation. So yes, every teacher should teach them! If you start with these 7 fundamental skills, it will set the expectations for your writing lessons and assignments throughout the year! Frequently Asked Questions What are the basic skills and what order should I teach them? Sentence Structure 1. Complete Sentences Lesson for complete sentences 2. Fragments Lesson for fragments 3. Run-ons Lesson for run-ons Paragraph Writing 4. Topic Sentences Lesson for topic sentences 5. Relevant Details Lesson for relevant details 6. Transition Words Lesson for transition words 7. Closing Sentences Lesson for closing sentences How much time should I dedicate to teaching these fundamental skills? I recommend one day for each skill. If you spend a whole writing block for each skill, students will benefit from the practice. How do I teach each skill? First: Start with an anchor chart explaining the skill. (See each lesson link above for effective anchor charts.) Second: Provide examples. Students can share examples too! Next: Students should take notes. I love using Interactive Writing Notebooks to take notes. Research supports the use of interactive notebooks through studies on multiple intelligences, the brain and note taking. Here are a few videos to Set Up Interactive Writing Notebooks. Click photo for the Upper Elementary Version. A Primary Version is also available. Then: Identify the skill. Provide practice sheets and task cards for students to practice identifying the skill in sentences and paragraphs. Last: Apply the skill. Students should have the opportunity to write their own sentence or paragraph to apply the particular skill. What if I can't fit the lesson in one writing block? If you can't extend the days to complete them, there are other ways to get the whole lesson in. You can put practice sheets or task cards in a center, or you can have students apply the skill for homework or morning work the next day. What if my students, some of my students, or absent students can't do interactive notebooks? Make a small anchor chart to put in their notebooks with the same information! If you don't have a printable poster, take a picture of the anchor chart you used in class and print them off! I hope you found this post helpful and your students become successful writers this year! Connect With Me! TPT Store Facebook Pinterest My Blog

This summer, after attending a reading workshop, I've made it my goal to amp up and improve my guided reading and shared reading instruction. With this in

**Updated on 7/14/18. Old version from 2015 is still included. HOW THIS PPT WORKS: I use this PowerPoint on the very first day of school. I introduce myself to the kiddos, explain how schedule and what we'll learn, and also discuss routines, rules, expectations, etc. My students’ favorite part of this PPT is always the memes! Using these funny memes shows your kiddos that your classroom environment is one that appreciates a little silliness, and allows their first day jitters to relax a bit! There are five non-editable rules included in this PowerPoint. If you would like to add your own rules and extra memes, there are editable rule slides so you can do so. *Rule 1- Raise your hand *Rule 2- Listen and follow directions *Rule 3- Be respectful to everyone *Rule 4- Be prepared *Rule 5- Do your best (My classroom has more rules than five, but these are our CORE rules.) EACH rule has 3-5 memes that go along with it. Please look at the preview to see an example. Editable rule slides go up to ten rules.

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Work on describing quadrilaterals and identifying them too with your class. Here is a free printable bingo game to describe quadrilaterals.

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Student Survey This is a survey for my students to complete at the beginning of the school year. You can have them complete it the first day or before the year even begins (that's my preference). Once I have my class list, I send each student a letter of introduction, a copy of this survey and a ...

Hey, ya’ll! Well, it’s almost time for Thanksgiving break, which means it’s almost time for Colonial Day in 4th grade at my school. Which means I will teach 6 groups of students how to basket weave with construction paper. Now this is a great activity, but I do not do well with having to repeat …

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Half-Day Kindergarten. Is there really such a thing anymore? Even with Common Core standards being implemented across the country and talks of rigor in the classroom I can assure you, it still happens. I live it every day and I am here today to help you organize your half-day schedule! I am thrilled to share what has worked for my today as a guest blogger at Education to the Core. Emily is a wonderful host, and I hope you enjoy my post!

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I absolutely love teaching Special Education. I have found the place where I am meant to be and have built a community in my classroom. I am currently thriving in SPED, but it hasn’t always been that way. Early in my career I was struggling to keep my head above water and breathe.Entering the Special ... Read More about 25 Ways to Survive and Thrive in SPED

If you want to teach your little ones about the concept of opposites you will want to check out these fun opposites worksheets and activities.

I’ve had numerous people ask me recently to teach them how to make worksheets for their classroom and products for TeachersPayTeachers. Being a visual learner myself, I decided to lay it out step-by-s

Using props in school counseling lessons is a cost-effective way to make lessons memorable and engaging. School counseling props are the perfect way to make a concept come to life and reach students. Jodi from The School Counselor Is In uses props to create creative school counseling lessons.

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We have just finished up our fall conferences at my school. One important tool that we always use, revisit, and expand,as we write up our conference notes, is the master record that we keep for each child. This year my co-teacher and I revisited the form we had been using, which was an inherited formContinue reading "Montessori Record Keeping"

Spring is almost here and I can't wait! I enjoyed making our new Spring Math and Literacy Packet for Kindergarten! This packet is filled with FUN,

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You just found out you are teaching a split grade class next year. For most teachers the idea of teaching a split is overwhelming. You have twice as many

Special Education teachers are the masters of data collection! At times, collecting data can be overwhelming, especially when you sometimes have to outsource the collecting to other teachers, specialists, or teaching assistants. Tracking accommodations is necessary to make sure an IEP is being followed and can be helpful in determining which accommodations should be added to or removed from the IEP. Believe it or not, collecting data on accommodations and modifications does not have to consume your life! Share Information Be sure to share vital information with all teachers and assistants that work with your students. I have an accommodations organizer that I organize all of the information of my class. The information is in one place which is helpful for sharing information with assistants, special area teachers, and substitutes. When I first began teaching, I did not bother sharing such information with special area teachers until it was brought to my attention that a student of mine did not complete a test in physical education class. That student had trouble reading and was supposed to have his tests read. The PE teacher was unaware of his accommodations and therefore did not deliver them. I use a special form that reminds me of who needs to be informed of accommodations and modifications at the beginning of the school year and after an IEP annual review. Train Your Team If you have paraprofessionals in your classroom working with students, it is important to train them in how to deliver and how to track accommodations and modifications. Some interventions are more detailed than others. Observe your team while they are working with students and provide feedback as needed. The time you put in to properly train your team to record data the same way you would is so well spent! Use Checklists When I first started teaching, I used to write notes on a post-it that included which accommodations and modifications were used on assignments along with their effectiveness. It was very time consuming and often times, I forgot to add some things. Finally, I came up with a few checklists and forms to help the process. Level of Support One of the forms I use tracks the level of support a student needs from an adult. I use this one to determine the need for a 1:1 teaching assistant. It is useful before adding a TA and to collect data to see if continuing the intervention is a necessity. The adult that works with the student at that time fills it out while working with the student. Accommodations and Modifications Tracker I use this form two ways, depending on what I am collecting data for. As an IEP meeting approaches, I like to review the need for the interventions on the IEP. I can track the types of interventions are needed for different types of assignments and activities. More importantly, I can track the effectiveness of such interventions. I can also cut this tracker apart to staple it onto work samples. The work samples can be to show the Committee on Special Education the student's growth or regression. I also like to send work home with students with the form filled out from time to time so parents can see what kind of help the student needs in order to complete assignments at school. Frequency Tracker Another way I like to track the use of accommodations and modifications needed in school is with a frequency tracker I created. This gives me a quick visual of which interventions are being used and which are not. I focus on this during the weeks before a meeting so I can determine which accommodations and modifications need to remain, be added, or be removed from an IEP. Data collection is so important but it doesn't have to take over your entire life. Once you create a few checklists that fit your classroom or purchase one of the many checklists and charts from my TpT store, you will save yourself a ton of time and will have more data than you've ever had before!

If you ask me (and I am pretending that you did), third grade is the BEST grade to teach! Third graders are still young enough to love school, love their teacher and get excited over simple things like coloring. However, they are old enough to be independent workers and thinkers. Most third graders know how to read

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Until understanding ADHD in 2018, I don’t know how many times my son’s disruptive behavior was chalked up to that overused phrase “boys will be boys.” My son’s needle seemed to be stuck on hyperdrive all the time. Keeping him from doing and saying certain things became a full-time job.

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