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Standard Form, Expanded Form, Word Form. Maybe not the most exciting math concept to teach, but definitely an important one…so why not make it fun and engaging?? 😄Guess Who math games encourage higher level thinking/reasoning and using math vocabulary verbally. They’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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  • Looking for fun spider activities for spider week, spider day, or Halloween? This resource includes printable pages that can be used for the classroom, as well as a Google Slides digital version for virtual learning. You will get an “All About Spiders” reading comprehension passage as well as a compare and contrast graphic organizer. There is also a parts of speech activity to sort nouns, verbs, and adjectives. There is also a spider STEM activity with reflection questions and a Flipgrid link.
  • Fun and engaging way to practice and review parts of speech, including articles, adjectives, nouns, verbs, adverbs, and prepositions. Students brainstorm words for each part of speech. As a class, they sing the silly sentences they create to the tune of “The Farmer in the Dell." Choose different words from the list to create new songs! The activity works well in a whole group lesson, as well as in small groups or partners, or for literacy centers or word work stations.
  • A bright & colorful Back to School Night PowerPoint template with a rainbow theme! It will help you clearly present information to parents in a fun way so you can build strong parent teacher relationships from the start. This is a great way to kickoff parent communication in your classroom. Use this editable meet the teacher night Powerpoint template when you don’t have time to create your own. As a bonus, the PowerPoint also comes with matching sign-in and volunteer sign-up forms for parents.
  • Reading groups are a great way for students to talk about their books. Have your students work as a team in collaborative groups to answer reading comprehension questions. Each member of the team has a specific role to encourage responsibility and active participation. Use these reading comprehension questions during guided reading groups or book clubs. You can also use these reading questions during Daily 5 or Literacy centers. This reading activity meets several Common Core standards.
  • This project is perfect for teaching point of view during the month of Halloween or any time of year, and can also be used during distance learning. Students choose a favorite character from a story they have read. They produce a written book report, do an oral presentation where they speak from their character's point of view and create a character mask. This play-based learning activity is great for 1st-3rd grade. This literacy activity ties in writing and reading as well as a fun craft.
  • Are you looking for a curriculum night PowerPoint that you can edit and customize? Use this back to school night PowerPoint template with a llama theme. This meet the teacher PowerPoint will help you build strong parent teacher relationships from the start. This is a great way to kick off parent communication in your classroom. Use this editable back to school night for parents PowerPoint to help share routines and procedures, grading, rules and common core standards.
  • Are you looking for a fun and engaging way to teach your students the multiple different addition and subtraction strategies? With Common Core State Standards, we all know there are multiple strategies like tens frames and number lines to add and subtract. These resource books for math tools are just like an interactive math journal. Use these and the math strategies anchor charts found in this post to help students during math workshop!
  • Looking for fun spider activities for spider week, spider day, or Halloween? This resource includes printable pages that can be used for the classroom, as well as a Google Slides digital version for virtual learning. You will get an “All About Spiders” reading comprehension passage as well as a compare and contrast graphic organizer. There is also a parts of speech activity to sort nouns, verbs, and adjectives. There is also a spider STEM activity with reflection questions and a Flipgrid link.
  • Reading groups are a great way for students to talk about their books. Have your students work as a team in collaborative groups to answer reading comprehension questions. Each member of the team has a specific role to encourage responsibility and active participation. Use these reading comprehension questions during guided reading groups or book clubs. You can also use these reading questions during Daily 5 or Literacy centers. This reading activity meets several Common Core standards.