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4 months ago

Life Between Summers
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Life Between Summers

6 months ago

Life Between Summers
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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7 months ago

Life Between Summers
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  • Are you looking for fun and engaging winter themed centers for math and literacy? In this blog post, I am sharing my favorite literacy center activities and math center activities for winter. You will find grammar activities including compound sentence activities as well as math activities including making arrays that are winter themed. You will also find adjective activities and grammar Jenga. Use these hands-on winter activities for morning work or for early finishers as well.
  • Are you looking for Valentine’s Day activities that are fun and engaging and also promote friendship? This blog talks about my friendship book I created for elementary teachers to use as a Valentine’s Day party activity. This Valentine’s Day writing activity helps build a classroom community. Students get to work on adjectives, asking questions, and writing sentences. This is also a great coloring activity. Use this friendship book during centers or for morning work.
  • This resource teaches kids how to produce and expand simple sentences into compound ones with a fun winter theme. This grammar activity is so much fun. You will get a compound sentence anchor chart, snowman craft and winter themed task cards for write the room. This literacy activity is great for literacy centers. Use this language arts resource for guided reading groups, readers workshop or just as a fun winter craft.
  • Looking for a fun opinion writing activity that is super relevant and meaningful for your students? This opinion writing topic is one that will get students excited about the writing process. There is a close reading passage about the pros and cons of screen time for kids along with writing paper. There is a writing prompt with final draft paper. There is also a craft to go with this writing opinion writing activity. Great for writing workshop, literacy centers, or Daily 5.
  • This money game for first grade and second grade students is a super fun way to help student learn about money. This money math game helps students with counting combinations of dollars, half dollars, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies. It is also a fun math center game to practice comparing values. Students get to work on math word problems with this hands-on math game. This is a great math game for math workshop, math centers, or early finishers.
  • Are you looking for simple grammar activities and grammar crafts you can use for any season? In this post, I am sharing my favorite language arts activities for elementary you can use all year long. You will find a multiple meaning words Halloween craft as well as a snowman craft for working on compound sentences. There is also a spring craft for working on plural nouns as well as a summer craft for compound words. Find a homophones craft too! Use these parts of speech activities today!
  • These telling time math games are perfect for math workshop or math centers. This Guess Who math game provides elementary students opportunities to practice telling time to the hour, telling time to the half hour, quarter hour, and to the nearest five minutes. This telling time activity includes a recording sheet for students and game board clock cards. Students will love telling time with this math activity. Great for early finishers as well.
  • Looking for a New Year’s resolution activity for kids? This New Year’s Resolution craft for kids is a great way for your elementary students to think about their new years goals. Use this New Year’s Craftivity during writing workshop or for morning work. It is also a great community building activity as it helps your students connect and get to know more about one another. Create the perfect New Year’s bulletin board using this winter craft. Help students write goals with this fun craft.
  • Are you looking for Valentine’s Day activities that are fun and engaging and also promote friendship? This blog talks about my friendship book I created for elementary teachers to use as a Valentine’s Day party activity. This Valentine’s Day writing activity helps build a classroom community. Students get to work on adjectives, asking questions, and writing sentences. This is also a great coloring activity. Use this friendship book during centers or for morning work.