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5 months ago

Life Between Summers
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Life Between Summers

7 months ago

Life Between Summers
Standard Form, Expanded Form, Word Form. Maybe not the most exciting math concept to teach, but definitely an important oneā€¦so why not make it fun and engaging?? šŸ˜„Guess Who math games encourage higher level thinking/reasoning and using math vocabulary verbally. Theyā€™re an instant favorite for math centers and early finishers!Find this game and others at bit.ly/guesswhomathgames ... See MoreSee Less

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Life Between Summers

8 months ago

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BRAND NEW BOOK for back to school! šŸŽšŸ„³Copies will be available soon! If youā€™d like to read it before then, you can download the eBook now. It is 50% off (or free if you have Kindle Unlimited) through May 16th: amzn.to/3eNJX65 šŸ’Œ ... See MoreSee Less

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  • Teaching a small group of students sounds easier than teaching a whole class, in theory. But in actuality, small group classroom management has its extra challenges. Today, I am sharing my top classroom management tools for keeping students on task during independent work time. Use these classroom management strategies during math groups, guided reading groups, writing conferences and more. Learn these behavior management strategies today!
  • Are you looking for open house forms for parents? This resource contains printables for Open House including open house invitations for school, portfolio covers, and classroom tour scavenger hunt to help families become familiar with their childā€™s classroom. These are great to use during curriculum night or for your open house during back school time. This will help build strong parent teacher relationships and kickoff positive parent communication.
  • This behavior management strategy is the perfect solution for keeping elementary students on task during readerā€™s workshop, math workshop, writerā€™s workshop and more. This classroom management strategy helps keep students on task during independent work time. This is also a great classroom management tool to use during literacy centers and math centers. Using a noise level chart and a sand timer, one student gets to monitor the rest of the class.
  • Are you looking for a fun Valentineā€™s Day writing activity that also serves as classroom decor for this February holiday? This Valentine Flag banner is the perfect Valentineā€™s Day craft and writing activity.. This is a great classroom community building activity as well because students get to learn more about their classmates with this Valentineā€™s activity. You can incorporate this into writerā€™s workshop or you can use it for morning work or a literacy center.
  • If you are planning to have your students write about American heroes for Social Studies, Presidentsā€™ Day, or Black History Month, this is the perfect writing paper for your students to publish their final drafts on. You will get writing paper for 10 different American heroes including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Harriet Tubman. This goes perfect with my American Heroes project. Use during social studies or writers workshop as a fun informational writing activity.
  • When students are not following behavior expectations, Fix-It Tickets are a great way for students to self-reflect on their behavior. These student behavior reflection sheets are an awesome classroom management tool to privately manage different classroom behaviors. These fix-it tickets are not to be used in place of building strong teacher student relationships; rather, they are used to enhance them. They give student ownership of behaviors. These behavior sheets can be sent home too!
  • Are you looking for a fun and engaging way for your elementary students to practice their math facts and math skills? This Jenga math games bundle for third grade has everything you need for skills to practice 3 digit addition, rounding to the nearest 10 and 100, multiplication, and division. Students can play these math games during math workshop, guided math, or math centers. These hands-on math games are great for morning work or early finishers as well.
  • This fun and engaging math Jenga game is perfect for spicing up math centers, math review, or test prep in March. This St. Patrickā€™s Day math game is perfect for morning work or math workshop as well. It contains problem-solving and word problems for 0-20 addition and subtraction facts. Use this addition and subtraction facts activity throughout the entire month of march. This is a great math activity for first grade, second grade, or third grade students.
  • Are you looking for a fun and engaging way for your elementary students to practice their math facts and math skills? This Jenga math games bundle for third grade has everything you need for skills to practice 3 digit addition, rounding to the nearest 10 and 100, multiplication, and division. Students can play these math games during math workshop, guided math, or math centers. These hands-on math games are great for morning work or early finishers as well.