Learning about Norway for kids with these free printable Norway Mini Books to read, color, and learn for kids of all ages.

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I like to break my lessons into chunks. I think this chunking method helps students attend to the lesson better and is brain friendly. A typical lesson for me usually has three to four parts. I have an essential question, such as, what is a transformation? After that, I would engage with the Transformation Hustle. (See the video for the instructions.) I would further explain with the Transformation video. (Let me know if you need instructions on how to save YouTube videos to a flash drive.) Then the students would explore with the transformation craftivity. Click HERE or on the picture for a free copy. I apologize for having a zillion versions, but I was trying to cover a wide grade range. I teach my students the SLide and FLip trick for remembering what a reflection and translation are, so I made some with SL and FL capitalized in the middle. Finally, I would give my students examples of transformations and let them answer on their whiteboards. I jot down the names of students that are still struggling. Sometimes I have them answer the EQ in their math journals. I would love to have you as a follower. Either way I wish you luck as you continue to create magic in your classroom.

Mrs. Yollis' class has been learning about capacity using customary units. Gallon is a customary unit for capacity. ...

Guided Math and workstation resources are compared, organized, and explored here in this youtube video for K-5. Free downloads for labels!

Do you struggle with students constantly tattling in your room? Students can reference the anchor chart poster and will sort tattling vs. reporting using cut-and-paste activities, pocket charts, and worksheets Students need to learn that it is important to only let the teacher or an adult know something if it is dangerous, destructive, or harmful. We do not tell on others to try to get them in trouble. It is best to try and work out minor issues on your own without adult help whenever possible. This product gives plenty of scenarios that happen often in classrooms. It provides for some great classroom discussions. You may want to do the pocket chart activity with some of the scenarios whole group and have students work on other scenarios independently as they use the cut-and-paste worksheets. Tattling vs. Reporting~Students will sort tattling vs. reporting statements either on a pocket chart activity or on cut-and-paste worksheets. You can easily differentiate instruction as the cut-and-paste worksheets are different. You will receive: -five worksheets with 8 different scenarios on each in complete sentences without pictures to sort scenarios. -two worksheets with phrases and 8 pictures to go along with it. - a pocket chart activity with headers and 18 different sentence scenarios to sort. -two different recording sheets to be used with pocket chart activity on primary and secondary lined paper for differentiation. -You will also receive a poster to hang in your classroom and a cut and paste activity to match the poster. Students need to learn that it is important to only let the teacher or an adult know something if it is dangerous, destructive, or harmful. We do not tell on others to try to get them in trouble. It is best to try and work out minor issues on your own without adult help whenever possible. This product gives plenty of scenarios that happen often in classrooms. It provides for some great classroom discussion. You may want to do the pocket chart activity with some of the scenarios whole group and have students work on other scenarios independently as they use the cut-and-paste worksheets. Check out the preview to review this product closer and get a better idea of what you will be receiving. You may also like: Good Choices vs. Poor Choices ***************************************************************************** Thanks for looking. I hope you enjoy this product and are able to use it in your class. Do not forget to rate my product. Did you know that you can earn points for rating products you purchase? The points you earn will give you money off of future purchases on TPT. Please check out my store. I have many high-quality learning experiences that align with the Common Core. If you like what you see, please consider becoming a follower by clicking on the green star. You will be aware of new products, and upcoming sales. Check out my blog at http://123kteacher.blogspot.com/ and Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/123kteachBlog?ref=hl Here you will find motivating, fun ideas and interesting ways to teach young children. From time to time, I may be hosting a few giveaways. Don't miss out on this great opportunity.

STEM Bins for Elementary Students “I’m finished! What do I do now?” How many times during our teaching day do we hear these words from our students? Oftentimes, it is much too often, and students are provided a handful of the same options to keep them busy until our next transition. Sometimes students are instructed...

Would you like to decorate your classroom with fun, hand-drawn anchor charts/posters? Do you simply not have the time to get them done? Well, you have come to the perfect place! I love making these engaging and appealing anchor charts. I also can draw/create any other topic you would like, just contact me directly and ask! My students absolutely love these posters and references them every day. Many of them are visual learners, so the colorful images really help them connect and remember what they have learned. This particular anchor chart is for readers/writers learning all about figurative language. These skills are always such a fun unit, so my students always have such a fun time with this anchor chart! They really love the pictures that go along with each skill as well. **These will be copies unless asked otherwise for a custom poster. They are not laminated, and are printed on normal, anchor chart paper. I ship these out ASAP after being ordered, but please keep in mind once shipped, it is outside of my control. Therefore, if shipping does not meet your expectations, I highly encourage you to please reach out to me first, and we have always been able to work something out to make up for anything that may have occurred after I have sent your package, thanks so much!! Hope you love it :)

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Yesterday I shared a little nursery rhyme about mean, mode, and median on my facebook page. I took this one to my class immediately, and it was a hit. I love using mnemonic devices to help us remember different concepts in class, and this one was a perfect fit! I whipped up a little practice sheet to go along with the rhyme, and thought I'd share it with you all here. Just click HERE or on the pic below to download your own copy (there is a coloured and black and white version for you). Enjoy!!!

If the titles of my blog posts are any indication of how well I can focus on one specific task- that doesn't look very good. I never can focus on one thing in these blog posts- hence the extremely long and random combinations in my titles :) My kiddos were WIRED this week! They definitely have spring fever. My. goodness. It probably didn't help that it was Dr. Seuss day on Monday and we had a spirit week the rest of the days. Something about Wacky Wednesday doesn't exactly scream "concentration." :) Don't get me wrong- I love spirit week because I can wear jeans or comfy clothes. Plus the kiddos deserved some fun distractions. BUT. It was a complete battle between spirit/fun and testing/instruction all week. I finally had a "come to jesus" talk with the class on Friday. I actually think it helped. Last year, if I had a talk like that with my firsties, I wasn't always sure it got through, but with third graders this year, it was actually a mutual discussion. We'll see, that might just be my Saturday-induced optimism talking.... :) Speaking of spring fever, I just finished my newest "Spring Fling" and "Happy Snails" clipart sets and posted them to my store! I have used a lot of pastel colors in my spring sets, but I made a new color scheme for these sets (and some other spring sets I plan on making) because I needed some extra energizing sets after this week! Check out these little splashes of spring color.... If you want to check out these sets in my store, you can click on the links below. Happy Snails: $2.00 Spring Fling: $4.00 Onto the other part of my random blog title......If there was one word that would be tattooed across my forehead lately, it would be "EVIDENCE." If I had a dollar for every time I said that word ("Where's your evidence?" "Find evidence to support your claim" "Support your answers with evidence" "Find the evidence in the text" "Do you have evidence for that?" ETC), I could retire. Surprisingly, it doesn't bother my kiddos at all and they FEED off of showing evidence. For this reason, the most precious half piece of paper in my classroom is this little beauty: I made up my own version of a "Showing Evidence" reference sheet because I needed it to include a few more evidence stems than the ones I was finding on TpT or pinterest. In our reading lessons, we are focusing on the kiddos using text AND visual cues, so I wanted some stems specific to each. Also, we have discussed how to talk about poetry, so I wanted one in there with "stanza." My students have been using these little reference strips in pretty much every subject! They even started pulling them out in math and changing some of the wording around to work with their conclusions based on graphs, charts and word problems. God bless them and their evidence-eager hearts! One of my kids suggested that I laminate them for each student so they can "take it to fourth grade with them." I told him that I would make a special "Showing Evidence in Fourth Grade" strip....printed in COLOR....and laminated for everyone in the class if they found evidence to answer every reading comp question on the DCAS (state test). I hope I will be needing to buy lots of color ink soon! If you think your kiddos could use these same strips, you can snatch them up below from google docs. I just print them out and cut them down the middle. And, per my student's suggestion, you could laminate them so they last forever and ever :) {Snatch it HERE} Don't forget to turn your clocks ahead before bed tonight. Nothing like LOSING and hour of sleep- but at least it is more EVIDENCE that spring is on it's way......sorry I couldn't resist :)

I spy game to learn about simple machines for kids with a fun activity. Grab the FREE printable to try this project for elementary students.

Huge collection of kids summer activities, printables, games, party ideas, coloring pages and summer crafts from the Woo! Jr. Kids Activities Network.

Help your students understand the scientific method and process skills with these adorable posters that help decorate your classroom and assist students in remembering this process. File Type PDF (Acrobat) Document File Be sure that you have an application to open this file type before downloading and/or purchasing.

You see a pair of broken glasses. What happened? Why did it happen? You see an ice cream cone on the ground. What happened? Why did it happen? Enter cause and effect. Cause and effect is a big topic in the upper elementary classroom, and it is one that almost every year my students struggle […]

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I have used this strategy to stop arguing for two years with great success. This is a great strategy to use in the first few weeks of school.

I'm linking up with Jivey's Workshop Wednesday to talk about launching my writer's workshop this year with some good old-fashioned Grammar Rock! I used to love to sing along on Saturday mornings to all those great tunes, some of which I still remember by heart. So, as I was thinking about spending the first couple weeks this year reviewing the parts of speech, I thought why not throw in some Grammar Rock! I knew I didn't have a lot of time to devote to this, and I wanted to make it as fun as I could to spark their enthusiasm. After listening to Grammar Rock songs over and over and over (my son was wondering what the heck I was doing as I sang along to Interjections!) last weekend I came up with a plan. My idea was to spend one class period (or less) on each of the parts of speech featured by Schoolhouse Rock: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, interjections, prepositions, and pronouns. I would introduce the lesson with the song and provide students with a note-taking sheet to fill in while we watched the video on YouTube. We generally had to listen to the song a couple times to get the notes, and then we went over them as a class to make sure everyone had the right answers. Then, of course, we had to watch it one more time just for fun and to sing along! So, I passed out the lyrics and we did our best! After that, we would create a class anchor chart as a reference tool for students. These are some of our finished charts. After we did the anchor charts, students would do some kind of activity to practice using the part of speech. To go along with "Unpack Your Adjectives", students drew a picture of somewhere they went over the summer and then filled their suitcase with adjectives to describe that place. In another activity, students cut out different verbs and then fit them into a graphic organizer. After completing the activity, students were given a worksheet to complete independently to show what they had learned. Each time I started workshop out with the Grammar Rock song I would have several students go, "Yessss!", so I knew they were enjoying it. My hope is that as we talk about our writing and practice our word work throughout the year, this grammar unit will pay off. If you would like to try this Grammar Rock unit, you can find it at my TPT store! Subscribe to the Forever in Fifth Grade Newsletter for the latest info on freebies, classroom tips, and special sales!

I just love anchor charts so I'm linking up again with Deb from Crafting Connections for: This week my anchor is about author's purpose. There's no sense in looking for the author's purpose just to

Are you looking for something to help with a lesson or review parts of the mass? If so, this game of I Have...Who Has is perfect! There are 2 types of card sets for I Have...Who Has - Parts of the Mass: I Have with the part of the mass word(s) I Have with the part of the mass definition There are 14 cards for each type of this I Have...Who Has game. There are also a title card and 2 blank cards for each set. The cards are also clearly labeled with the first and last card. You can also play this game as a bell-ringer at the start of class or a time filler at the end of class. It's suited for at home or in the classroom too! NOTE: This is for parts of the Catholic mass. It does not include a breakdown of the Eucharistic Prayer. Copyright 2022 by Elaine G of The Treasured Schoolhouse. All Rights Reserved.

Hello Everyone! Ultra quick share today! This week we'll be working hard on Author's Purpose. I wrote a quick little chant to help kids r...

Download these capacity worksheets and collection of capacity activities to help your students work on exploring in the classroom.

Show your second grader how to use a ruler with this math worksheet!

Hi, friends! So, our school-wide math night was a huge success. While parents were in 30 minute math classes, our students had a blast with math games and activities throughout the school. We saw about 40 of our 120 1st grade families, which was great! Our half-hour session focused on two main things -explaining the...

It seems like there is never enough time in the day to get everything done that we want to get done. Every year there are more expectations put on us. The school day isn't getting longer, so what is a teacher to do? Whenever I get that overwhelmed feeling, I try to do two things. First, I make a list. For some reason, seeing everything on paper helps me see things more clearly. Once I see everything on paper, I look for ways that I can integrate my lessons. There are many ways that you can do this. For example: *Use science or social studies vocabulary words in your sentences when you are giving a spelling test. *Here is a tip to help you find time to teach handwriting. *Integrate handwriting and science by having your students write sentences about science vocabulary definitions or science facts. The two packets below are an easy way to integrate science and language arts. These are a great way to add informational text lessons to your lesson plans. Plus, these are student directed . . . how great is that?!!!! This packet is on the 3rd grade reading level and is aligned with 2nd - 4th grade Common Core Standards. It includes a center sign that has a white background so you can save on ink. Directions for the center are included so your students won't interrupt your small group lesson. There is a black and white version and a colorful version. Cards are stacked and placed on the page above. After students make sentences using all of the cards, they will write their sentences on one of the writing assignment pages above. There are three pages to choose from so you can differentiate the assignment. I included a primary handwriting assignment in case you are using this packet for enrichment. This packet contains 24 colorful and 24 black and white word cards. Students will shuffle the cards and put them on the Sentence Shuffle page. They will take one card from each stack to make a sentence. Sentences can be real or nonsense sentences. There are 8 Built It-Write It-Draw It assignments. Students will practice reading, handwriting, sentence structure, and fine-motor skills. This can be used as a literacy center or used for homework. Four Lift & Learn assignments can be used with interactive journals or used in a writing center. Four Lift & Learn assignments can be used with interactive journals or used in a writing center. There is a blank form so you can personalize it. Click HERE to visit my TPT store. This packet is on the 5th grade reading level and is aligned with 3rd - 5th grade Common Core Standards. It includes a center sign that has a white background so you can save on ink. Directions for the center are included so your students won't interrupt your small group lesson. There is a black and white version and a colorful version. Cards are stacked and placed on the page above. After students make sentences using all of the cards, they will write their sentences on one of the writing assignment pages above. There are three pages to choose from so you can differentiate the assignment. I included a primary handwriting assignment in case you are using this packet for enrichment. This packet contains 24 colorful and 24 black and white word cards. Students will shuffle the cards and put them on the Sentence Shuffle page. They will take one card from each stack to make a sentence. Sentences can be real or nonsense sentences. There are 8 Built It-Write It-Draw It assignments. Students will practice reading, handwriting, sentence structure, and fine-motor skills. This can be used as a literacy center or used for homework. Five Lift & Learn assignments can be used with interactive journals or used in a writing center. Three Lift & Learn assignments can be used with interactive journals or used in a writing center. Click HERE to visit my TPT store.

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 Hey Science friends, I am so excited to finally finish my I Can Be A Scientist~Learning About Living Things. In the previous years ...

Check out this free lesson on effect vs affect. Materials for this troublesome word pair includes Google Slides and Boom Learning practice.

This free Lesson Plan for Kids Discover Atoms is packed with activities and assessments that will help you teach kids all about atoms, which traces them from their smallest components (quarks) through how they become elements, with a full examination of the periodic table.