Here in Georgia, Susan B. Anthony is one of our "historical figures" in third grade Social Studies. In an effort to review her efforts for women's rights and celebrate Women's History Month, I've revised and relisted a fact and opinion freebie for you! Click me! She is one of our favorite "freedom fighters" every year. I hope you'll click over and check it out!

Here's a little peak into our short plant unit... I have to admit--I do not have a green thumb. I don't even have a green thumbnail. Not even a freckle. I kill any living green thing that comes into my house. So I was very hesitant to do any actual planting with my kiddos, but I decided to give it a try anyways! First we read the book "Once Upon a Seed" and talked about how seeds grow. We labelled this bubble map with all the things it needs: air, water, light, heat, and soil. You can download the map by clicking on the picture below. *Border from Ginger Snaps Art* Then we made our little ziplock green houses. I got these cute ones from Kelly's Spring Fever unit, over at Beg Borrow Steal. She has some awesome activities in her unit! That cute poster is from Reagan over at Tunstall's Teaching Tidbits! You can download it for free from here. Now, I thought the ziplock bag greenhouse was a GREAT idea! And I read the directions very carefully... but we just could not get those suckers to sprout! :( So I let them take their greenhouses home. Some said they tried to plant them in the garden. Maybe they'll have better luck there! I still didn't want to give up on the planting idea, so I decided to try the ol' cup and soil method. I bought some new seeds--peas this time! And I bought some extra-enriched, super duper potting soil. That's gotta help, right? Well we planted our little seeds in the soil, watered them, placed them by our sunny windows, and started the wait. After a few days of waiting patiently.... TA DA! Green spouts! Almost all of them have sprouted up so far. That is super exciting! Everyday after recess, the kids water their plants and make notes/draw pictures in their seed journals {from Reagan's Seed to Plant unit}. We also read the book "Oh say can you seed?" and talked about different types of plants. We made a large map of all the plants we could think of. We also made these cute flowers and labeleld the parts of the flower, as well as it's needs. This came from the lovely ladies at Made for 1st Grade in their Plants Literature & Art Unit. Then we ended the unit talking about living and nonliving things. First we read the book "What's Alive?" Then we filled in this chart to see if things were living or nonliving. We went through the questions at the top and put either a check or an x in the box. Then we did a picture sort together in the pocket chart. You can download the cards here. We keep watching and writing about our plants to see how they grow and change each day!

Your students will love this multi-sensory science experiment! After introducing the letter Jj this week, we reinforced our new letter's sound with some j-j-jelly bean science... For this activity, each child started with their own cup of assorted jelly beans... Sorting by

Updated to reflect 2017-2018 GA state standards Save 20% by purchasing this bundle instead of each set separately. This bundle contains all 9 of my previously published task card sets. This secured pdf contains the following for each topic 1 title slide 1 standards slide Task cards (most often 4 cards per slide) 1-2 student answer sheets 1 teacher answer key Topics include: Civil War Reconstruction Turn of the Century WWI Great Depression/1930s/New Deal WWII Cold War America 1950-1975 America 1975-Present Day

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The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the "shot heard around the world" and began the American Revolution.

These are pictures from 2 years ago (as my class is doing the activity today). We made a paper quilt using words from Louis Armstrong's song "What a Wonderful World." I loved this idea! I played the song and turned off the lights. The kids listened to the song. We talked about imagery and painting pictures in your head. Then, I passed out the squares. I typed the lyrics on each page and the kids illustrated. I can't wait to do it again today and see how my class "Imagines" the lyrics.

I know I’ve written a few times about the history fair our homeschool group hosts each spring. (Last year I wrote about Lulu’s One Hundred Years Of Food project.) This year I thought I’d describe in more detail how we structure the event, in case any of you might like to try something similar with

If you’re looking for a fun and engaging science activity for back to school or the first or last day or week of school (display them for Open House!), for any time of the year including holidays such as Father's Day, Mother’s Day, a winter or spring activity, St. Patrick's Day, or Christmas, have students decorate a 3D lab coat with pictures, art, phrases, science concepts and/or vocabulary and color them to give away or to display on a bulletin board, table, or Christmas tree (Chemis-tree!) -- so fun! Challenge your upper elementary, middle, or high school students to design a 3D Science Lab Coat Ornament, similar to the Ugly Christmas Sweater, using information about themselves, science vocabulary, units, or topics you are learning about! Not just for Christmas! So much potential! Check out the chemistry flask version of this activity! Check out other science resources in my store here! Ideas for use: Use as a back to school activity Decorate the lab coats with science vocabulary or topics Draw and color New Year resolutions or goals Create a holiday-related lab coat Review science concepts and add Valentine’s Day decor Decorate them for Halloween and display the spooky coats Bring a Christmas Tree to school and hang them up Display them on a bulletin board or clothespin them on a line Vote on the “ugliest” lab coat ornaments and give out a prize Offer as extra credit for students or use as a time filler Directions: (see attached images) Color all 4 lab coats. Cut out around the OUTSIDE of the lab coats (not along the dotted lines). Fold in half and cut out the center piece. Be sure to cut along the upper part of the collar as well. You will see long dotted lines there. Open the lab coats back up and fold towards the colored side so the lab coat sleeves are on the outside. Glue the inside together. Hole punch and attach a ribbon to hang it. If all else fails, you can cut them out individually, fold them in half, and glue all four lab coats back to back to get the same effect. If you have any questions or require further assistance, feel free to email me at [email protected]. Check out my store for other amazing science products! Store link Let’s Connect! Follow my store at this link to stay up-to-date on my latest NGSS resources! Click here! Are you on Facebook? Be sure to follow me on Facebook for NGSS FREEBIES, updates on what I’m working on, and of course, science memes! Professor Doubter's Facebook Page Feel free to share my website with colleagues. Each purchase is a license for ONE person to use in a classroom setting per my Terms of Use. Distribution or sharing of any products are in violation of copyright law. Don't forget to rate my product to earn TPT credits!! CHECK OUT MY NGSS LESSONS IN MY STORE AND BE SURE TO FOLLOW ME TO STAY UP-TO-DATE ON THE LATEST NGSS RESOURCES!!!

Early in the American Revolution, the Patriots captured Fort Ticonderoga. Your young historian will learn the importance of this fort in this worksheet.

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This resource includes 30 slides of an assortment of natural and built (man-made) environments. 2 Definition slides- one each for natural and built environments, a slide with focus questions to spark discussions about the features of the two environments. A 2 page picture sorting activity to sort un...

Download these free printable current events worksheets to help children record their learning in the classroom. Free pages from The Curriculum Corner.

Orange Shirt Day is held on September 30 to honour the children of Residential Schools. We've collected activities to use in your classroom.

Invite children to get to know their home state a little better with this series of questions and prompts.

Take a look at the anchor charts hanging in our classroom! You all did such a great job earlier in the school year helping me create them. Strategy Name: Close the Curtain. Students have practiced using this strategy to find all the factors of a number. The first example shows the students finding all the factors for the number 12. Students took one step further and helped me find the common factors of 14 and 20.   Different Ways to add  Strategy Name: RUMORS. Students are very familiar with using the RUMORS strategy to help guide their thinking during any problem solving situation in math. Students will also incorporate the KWC table to help organize the information given to them. 

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I LOVE teaching about California history because I grew up in Illinois, so when I started teaching 4th grade, I learned all kinds of new things about California that I didn’t know before! And no one knows how to teach CA history better than my good friend LeAnn! She has been teaching 4th grade for […]

Teaching the difference between living and non living easy! This pack includes low prep printables and centers that guide your students to learn the difference between living and non living. Watch your students categorize items with confidence. Lead your students to discover the concepts of living a...

I was so excited to see so many wonderful free resources on Earth Day that I wanted to make sure to share them with all of you. It seems that Earth Day becomes more and more important to teach about how each and everyone of us can do something to help our earth. Let's start with Scholastic. If you click on the picture below you will find lots of free printables, lesson plans, math, and writing activities and so much more. Hope you find something you like. Next on the list was at Royal Baloo. There are packets for Pre-K through 2nd grade. You do not want to miss these wonderful free packets so click on the picture below to access this website. At the Holiday Zone you will find find links to Arts and Craft projects, Classroom Activities, Songs, Writing Topics, Discussion Questions, and Free printables. To access all these links just click on the picture below. How about some wonderful crafts for Earth Day? There are 20 fantastic ones at "No Time For Flash Cards" to check out. Just click below. They really look great. You can also check out my all new and revised K-1 Packet called "I Can Help the Earth." It has a wonderful Shared Reading Book called "Why Do We Need Earth Day?" 3 Differentiated Make and Take Books at the Pre-Emergent through 1st grade reading levels, There is a Word Wall, Picture/Word Cards and Activities, Writing Activities, and a fun Chant. I hope you will click on the picture below and download the Preview file to see sample pages of all the differentiated reading and writing activities in the packet. To go with my Earth Day packet I made an Earth Day Edition of Roll the Die and Read to give students more practice at becoming fluent with the words, phrases and sentences they will see in the Make and Take books. Here is a sample. You can download your free Earth Day: Roll the Die and Read Packet by clicking on the picture below. If you are looking for more free Earth Day resources for grades 2-4 click HERE Hope you find lots of great materials to use with your students on Earth Day and all week long. Don't forget to check out all my Pinterest Boards by clicking HERE. Hope you will follow. Thanks for all you do to make a difference for your students. Follow my blog with Bloglovin What activities do you like to do with your students on Earth Day?

REVIEW QUBES are paper cubes that students construct and use to play an entertaining, and slightly competitive, dice game that provides up to 72 ways to review! This resource is also available in a money-saving bundle:Review Qubes Bundle. The game can be used by groups of any size, from pairs of students all the way up to an entire class divided into teams. Students roll the “Do Qube” and one “Concept Qube” in each turn. The “Do Qube” tells the student what they need to do to demonstrate understanding of the concept on the “Concept Qube”. Review Qubes are designed to provide differentiated study questions for all levels of Biology students. DO QUBE: DRAW DESCRIBE STATE LIST COMPARE or CONTRAST WILD CARD CONCEPT QUBES: Each Review Qube Game comes with 2 Concept Cubes for a total of 12 major concepts or key terms. Inheritance Qube 1: MENDEL & GENETICS DOMINANT & RECESSIVE ALLELES PRINCIPLE OF SEGREGATION PUNNETT SQUARES GENTOYPE & PHENOTYPE Inheritance Qube 2: DIHYBRID CROSS PRINCIPLE OF INDEPENDENT ASSORTMENT INTERMEDIATE (INCOMPLETE) INHERITANCE CODOMINANCE POLYGENIC INHERITANCE & MULTIPLE ALLELES GENE LINKAGE This download includes 5 files: 1. Read This First includes product overview, contact information, teacher’s guide, terms of use and image/font credits. 2. PowerPoint document with Review Qubes: 1 “Do Qube” and 2 “Concept Qubes. 3. Printable Student Instructions (PDF) 4. Excel spreadsheets with Sample Answer Keys for each Qube (student answers will vary) and student answer sheets. Click on the tabs at the bottom to access these sheets. 5. Blank template in PowerPoint format so you can make your own Review Qubes. Materials Needed for each Group: 1. Copies of Review Qube templates and answer sheets 2. Scissors 3. Tape See what my customers are saying about REVIEW QUBES: “Excellent review tactic!” “Fantastic activity! I love the variety it provides and some combinations really push students to think creatively and make links between concepts and skills.” “Great way to review. Students are having fun and think they aren’t really working.” “Perfect for review and was really fun to see the students get engaged with it. Thanks!” “I love this concept with so many options for using this product!” “Super creative. My kids loved it as an alternative to some of my tried and true review activities. Definitely promotes thinking!” So, are you ready to roll with Review Qubes? You might also like: Patterns of Inheritance PowerPoint, Notes, and Video Patterns of Inheritance Task Cards Inheritance Activities: Terminology & Punnett Squares Genetics Project: Inheritance of Coat Color in Labrador Retrievers Looking for Review Qubes for middle school Life Science? Aloha, Carla Brooks ©2016 Science Island

Easter Candy Science Experiments is a great way to get rid of all that leftover Easter candy and teach your students important science concepts! Click the view preview button at the top of the page to take a closer look at this resource! What is included with Easter Candy Science Experiments? Easter Candy Science Experiments includes 3 science experiments and 1 STEM challenge. Experiments incorporate science skills such as-- matter buoyancy physical and chemical changes pH levels the scientific method What Easter candy is needed? Experiments require the use of Easter candy such as peeps, chocolates, and eggs. What is provided with each experiment? Each Easter candy science experiment comes with a teacher lesson plan, student observation worksheet, and answer key. All student observations worksheets incorporate the scientific method. Experiments require lots of critical thinking, creativity, and teamwork. Don't miss out! Students will love reviewing science skills with these Easter candy science experiments! You may also be interested in: It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown! Activity Pack Charlie Brown Holiday Bundle Holidays: Close Reading Passages Bundle Matter Unit 4th Grade Science Unit Bundle -------------------------------------------------- Other Information: Follow my TpT store to learn about the newest resources and freebies! Feedback helps me to create great products for you to use in your classroom. Please consider leaving detailed feedback about how this resource worked in your classroom. Each time you provide feedback, you earn TpT credits that can be redeemed for free and discounted resources on TpT in the future. ©Meghan Vestal, Vestal’s 21st Century Classroom LLC. All rights reserved. This product is to be used by the original downloader only. Copying for teachers, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view. Teachers may NOT upload the product to school/district servers, or to any website, or share digital or print copies. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)

Makerspace in early elementary is filled with projects, designs, and ideas that inspire, motivate, and challenge children in the classroom or library. This makerspace moment in literature takes an informative book about flood warnings and allows students to capture the main idea and key details of the informational text told in children's literature. This book is also the perfect segway for creating a model for flood prevention. Your kids will use critical thinking skills and problem-solving strategies to determine solutions. ★ Get FREE questions with this preview download MakerSpace Moments in Literature combines literature with creative engineering design projects. Students respond to text with close read activities as well as develop ideas to solve problems from the story. MakerSpace Moments in Literature are perfect for the elementary classroom or the library/media center. MakerSpace Activity: STEAM takes the E for engineering and the A for arts from STEAM and you get Maker Space Moments in Literature. Makerspace Moments In Literature allow you to do a focused Close Reading with text as well as extend on a piece of literature with the same function and creativity of a Makerspace using engineering tools to problem solve and create. A Makerspace is a collaborative area where students can think, create, share, and grow using an assortment of materials and technologies. BOOK NOT INCLUDED Included In This Product Comprehension Questions Comprehension Bookmarks Asking Answering Questions Work Vocabulary Cards- Can be used as a fun game of Headbanz or Charades or to display Vocabulary Work Central Message/Main Idea Work Images/Visuals extending the meaning Engineering Maker Activity Examples of a Solution for flooding Optional Challenge Cards (2 options- can help provide a little more structure, if your kids need that) Planning and Creating Sheet for Solution Activity Reflecting and Improving For All About My Solution (for writing extension) Words About My Solution My Solution Presentation Points Compare and Contrast Solutions Standards Covered Asking and Answering Questions Vocabulary Central Message/Main Idea Visuals in Text Compare and Contrast Engineering K-2 standards (From Next Gen. Science Standards) Adjectives Listening and Speaking Writing WANT TO SEE WHAT A MAKERSPACE MOMENT IS LITERATURE IS ALL ABOUT? See my freebie Makerspace Moments in Literature: Engineering and Literature Freebie You might also like... Makerspace Moments in Literature {STEM} Ricky the Rock That Couldn't RollMakerSpace Moments in Literature What Do You Do With a Problem? MakerSpace Start-Up Kit MakerSpace Moments in Literature What Do You Do With an Idea? Makerspace Moments in Literature: Engineering and Literature {Invisible Boy} Connect with Me My Pinterest Boards: Trina's Pinterest Boards My Facebook Fan Page: Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning My Website: Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning My Email: [email protected] Terms of Use Copyright © Trina Deboree. All rights reserved by the author. This product is to be used by the original downloader only. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Clipart and elements found in this PDF are copyrighted and cannot be extracted and used outside of this file without permission or license. Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY.