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After students have read "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen, test their knowledge of survival with this fun and engaging project. Students will create a survival brochure. Give students this handout with directions and lots of ideas to get them started. Also included is a rubric to grade their final brochure. Although this book is a higher grade level text, I love using it as a read aloud for my elementary level students! They absolutely love it!

Are you using the "Me on the Map" Story to teach geography to your students? Teach students about where they live (street, city, state, country, continent, planet) and test their knowledge at the end of the unit with this quiz / test. 2 Pages includes fill in, multiple choice, short answer, and labeling pictures. Feel free to email me for a non PDF file, in order to customize with your state name.

Are you looking for a fun and engaging math center? Are your students in need of some addition (with regrouping) practice? Let them practice their 2 and 3 digit addition with regouping by working on this super fun math sorting center!! Students will be busy for your entire math period working to sort the math problems! This center is easy to explain and great practice!!! This document includes: Directions for teacher Directions for students Labels to cut out for your center Student workshe

Did your students just go on a field trip to the fire department? Are your students learning about the importance of fire safety and what they can do in case of a fire emergency? Test their knowledge in this fun yet important fire safety quiz.

Test the knowledge of your students! After teaching them about place value to the thousands place, are they able to understand the standard, written, and expanded form of a number? Are they able to tell you the standard form when given the written form or expanded form? This will certainly tell you what they know and need to know!

Are your students learning about the importance of recycling? Are you looking for a fun, yet environmentally friendly homework project for your students to complete during the week of Earth Day (April 22)? Send home this project for your students to complete for homework instead of the traditional homework! Students will have a BLAST digging through their recycle bins or trash for items to recycle so they can create something new! This project includes..... 1. Instructions for students and

Students will LOVE learning or practicing synonyms around Valentine's Day!! Teacher can cut and laminate OR let students cut and take-home for additional practice and fun at home. They can play independently or with a partner for an alternative game!! Let them match all 24 valentine-themed words and then complete the 3 corresponding activities for additional fun and practice. This will make a GREAT literacy center!

Are your students learning about place value to the thousands place? Are they learning to write and read numbers in standard form, expanded form, written form, and base ten (picture) form? Here is a game that will be sure to get them thinking...and mastering place value to the thousands place!!! 30 Slides are numbered to help the teacher keep track of the game.

Are your students learning about the human body and the parts to the skeleton? Whether you are teaching science or integrating Halloween into a fun yet educational part of the school day, test their knowledge in this Skeleton Quiz. Students can use the word bank to label the parts of the skeleton. Answer key included.

Students will understand cause and effect by finding the cause and matching it with the effect. Students will cut the sentence strips and match them together. They will then use their work to create sentences that link the cause and effect together with a linking word.

Are your students learning to write using the 5 step process? It's easy to forget all of the steps! Give them a tool so they don't forget any of the steps. This checklist is easy to follow and helps them remember what to do during the prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and final drafting phases. This checklist can be edited to add in any new steps that you have taught your students when it comes to writing.

Halloween Activity Book isjam-packed with educational and fun worksheets. This is a guaranteed way to keep your K-3 students engaged during Halloween week! Perfect for grades K-3 there are activities for all ages and levels and across all main subject areas. Plus, a little fun issprinkled in, too!

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with your students by incorporating some fun St. Patrick's Day rhyming activities. Enjoy this bundle of FOUR activities for all learning levels from non-reader, to readers, to creative writers, there is something for everyone in your class. Students learning to rhyme will really enjoy this activity bundle.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with your students!! Here is a bundle of FIVE fun reading activities. Your kiddos will go wild for these fun holiday-themed printables. Perfect for a literacy center, homework, or independent practice. Activities will reinforce the following skills: reading fluency, sight word practice, digraphs, counting syllables, contractions, and parts of speech. Practice the skills your students have been working on all year long. They will have a memorable St. Patrick's Da

Beginning a unit on Plants or Animals? Teach your students what an organism is. Show them pictures of plants, animals, people, and objects and let them decide if its an organism or not by responding with "thumbs up" or "thumbs down".

Children's author Kimberly Hirsch has written her debut book about kindness.... Our Best Friend Karma teaches kids all about the power of positive thoughts, words, and actions. This sweet story will have your kids talking about Karma and working hard to make good choices all day long, even when others aren't watching. Teachers and homeschoolers- grab your digital resource guide to accompany your book! This guide is jam packed with 50+ pages of activities, worksheets, and plans to go alon

Are you teaching your kids about the 2012 election? Are your students participating in a mock election to vote for president? Have students complete a voter registration card and then vote for president with these templates! They will feel like active citizens as they help choose the president in your mock election!!

Quiz students on their multiplication and division knowledge in this 2 page quick quiz/assessment. Students should know their facts quickly and accurately as well as some simple word problems. 2 Bonus questions which require them to think critically about multiplication and division.

Let parents know how their child is behaving in your classroom by sending home this behavior chart each day. You can adjust the colors according to the colors in your classroom behavior system. There is a place for parents to sign daily as well as spot for you and the parent to leave comments for each other. This is a great way to maintain regular communication with parents!