NEW AND IMPROVED: Cheez-It Math-Work on AREA, PERIMETER, ARRAYS, FRACTIONS & toss in a little Word Study!

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This is my updated version of my Cheez-It math! This contains a zip file filled with:

1. Student activity pages (printables)

2. PowerPoint Lesson 

3. SMART Board interactive lesson

4. Detailed background and Teacher Lesson

5. Google Doc Form-for students to use as a response sheet instead of paper and/or notebooks...it can be completely paperless!

Students will be targeting a number of skills such as the following:

• made reasonable predictions

• practiced building arrays & writing equations

• used division to divide their crackers into groups

• continually graphed & recorded their results along the way

• practiced their skills with area & perimeter

• used the Scrabble Cheez-it crackers to create words

Primary-Locations on a Grid Activity!

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*Please leave feedback for downloading this cute little FREEBIE! It is a fun way to get kids to practice locating items on a grid. This activity goes along with a SMART Board lesson where students can move the birds into different locations on the grid and then the class has to tell where the birds have been moved. You can use the 2nd page print out to use in a workstation if you wanted.

I even included BLANK pages so that you or or your students can place stickers, stamps, or pictures on the grid and then use the blank student activity sheet to record the coordinates!
As always, I hope this is helpful to you and your students enjoy practicing the skills of finding locations on a grid!
~Erin
*Please note that this download is a PDF and the SMART Board Activity is a separate download in my store.

Animal Kingdom/Animal Families Flip Booklet

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This exciting flipbook will help your students learn to take notes while researching the animal kingdom! With an individual tab for each animal family, room to write interesting facts and an area to draw and/or cut/paste pictures of examples of animals that fall under that classification.

This flipbook also contains a tab where students can write questions they still have about the animal kingdom and/or their research, as well as a glossary for important words. In the glossary, students will record important vocabulary they have learned and provide a definition.

There is a page of labeled photographs that students can cut/paste onto each section based on their classification.

Finally, there is a word find on the last tab that contains the names of many animals they have already seen and some that will challenge students to figure out which animal kingdom they belong to….what a great way for students to continue learning. *An answer key has been provided!

All-in-all, this is a simple, yet effective tool for you to use with your students.

If you like the design/layout of this product and would like one customized for another lesson you are doing, please email me through my TPT store or at erinmills67@yahoo.com and I can create whatever you’d like!

~Erin

2nd Grade Spelling Bundle!



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2^nd Grade Spelling Bundle

This download contains a BUNDLE of 2^nd grade spelling menus. Each menu has a weekly spelling list and activities students can choose from. The lists target the following word studies:

Sight word review (2)

short a/I words

short u/e

words with “th”

words with “ch”

words with “sh”

words with “ck”

long “i” words (vce) (2)

long “a” words (vce)

long “a” words (including ai/ay)

long “e” words (including ee/ea)

long “u” words (vce)

contractions

words with ue/ui

long “o” words (vce)

words with oy/oi

words with ou/ow

adding “ing”

words with “ar”

words with “or”

words with “ir”

words with “c” making the “s” sound

words with “g” making the “j” sound

Also included is a blank menu/list to help you differentiate for your diverse learners, pretest slip sheets & a generic parent letter (which I’m happy to customize for you:)!

This is a great set for homeschooling teachers and for educators that need a variety of spelling resources!

Erin Mills
The Organized Chaos of Instruction :)

Counting On...Counting Backwards-Activity Mats

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This simple, yet effective 1-20 number mat will provide students with a visual while counting forwards and backwards.
Enjoy!
~Erin
The Organized Chaos of Instruction

Words Ending in "atch"

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For Kristi B. and the rest of her awesome 1st grade team :)
This download contain word ending cards for "atch." Included are color-coded and blackline masters, as well as a recording sheet that provides room for the incorporation of applying what they've learned in a writing section.
Enjoy!
~Erin
The Organized Chaos of Instruction

Fact Family Houses-Add, Subtract, Multiply, Divide (9 per page!)

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This download contains activity pages for students to practice making fact families; they include addition/subtraction as well as multiplication/division.
Some pages have 9 houses per page; while others have just one....which could be made into a poster.
Hope you enjoy!
~Erin
The Organized Chaos of Instruction

K-4 Drop Down Math Activities-Add, Subtract, Multiply & Divide!

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This download contains a variety of differentiated activities for students to practice addition, subtraction, multiplication and even division!
You can use activity pages in workstations/centers and independent practice. Any way you use them, I hope you and your students enjoy!
~Erin
The Organized Chaos of Instruction

Domino Addition-Activity Mats

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This download contains simple and effective student activity mats for practicing addition skills. You can print a poster and place it in a workstation. I usually printed mine as "mini-pages" (print them 2 per page/front-to-back) and kept them in a workstation with my dominoes.
I hope your students enjoy these as much as mine have!
~Erin
The Organized Chaos of Instruction

Coin Combinations-Student Activity Pages

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This simple, yet effective graphic organizer can be printed a handouts, posters or center activities. These activity mats provide room for students to show different combinations for a given monetary amount. Students can use stamps, stickers and/or illustrations to show what they know! Enjoy! ~Erin

Domino Addition and Multiplication Game

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This is a great activity for practicing addition and multiplication. There are student activity pages for both addition and multiplication, as well as directions you can print up for workstations if you'd like.
Dominoes from 1-15 are included....that way you can differentiate for your diverse learners.
Enjoy!
~Erin

Domino Fact Families-Activity Mats

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 This download contains dominoes from 1-15, as well as fact family mats you can use for teaching/re-teach/centers or even printable posters!
I like to print the dominoes out and then laminate them (for centers). If you put magnetic dots/tape on the back, they are great for manipulatives too.
The fact family activity mats can be printed front-to-back on 8.5X11 OR you can make mini-mats by printing them 2 per page (front-to-back).
I hope your students enjoy them as much as mine have!
~Erin
The Organized Chaos of Instruction

Foldable-1-6 Flap Booklets

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These simple and effective foldables can be used for ANY subject and provides you with opportunities to differentiate for your diverse learners. Just print, cut along the dotted lines, fold and you are done! This download contains many versions of flip booklets that have anywhere from 1 to 6 flaps.
Enjoy!
~Erin
The Organized Chaos of Instruction 

Reading Response Booklet-Square Cat

This download contains an 8-page mini-booklet that correlates to the story “Square Cat” by Elizabeth Schoonmaker. The activities below are included in this booklet and may be completed independently, with a partner, whole group, or in literacy workstations.

·         Author’s Purpose

·         Identify Problem/Solution

·         Pinpoint key events and their importance

·         Change in Character Feelings Throughout Story

·         Cause/Effect of Character Actions

·         Characteristics of a Good Friend

·         Create a timeline of key events

·         Vocabulary Enrichment-apply use of dictionary skills

·         Synonym Practice

·         Text Connections

·         Theme of Story

·         Book Review

This mini-booklet should be printed double-sided, folded, and stapled.
Enjoy!
~Erin

Foldable-Venn Diagram Flip Booklet

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This simple and effective foldable can be used for ANY subject and provides you with opportunities to differentiate for your diverse learners. Just print, cut along the dotted lines, fold and you are done!
 Enjoy!
~Erin
The Organized Chaos of Instruction

Matchbox Flip Booklet Foldable

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This simple and effective foldable can be used for ANY subject and provides you with opportunities to differentiate for your diverse learners. Just print, cut along the dotted lines, fold and you are done!
This download contains matchbox flip booklets with 1-6 tabs to choose from.
Enjoy!
~Erin
The Organized Chaos of Instruction

Circulatory, Respiratory & Nervous System Flip Booklet



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This download contains flipbooks that provide students with the opportunity to show what they have learned about the circulatory, respiratory & nervous systems. There are 3 versions of the flip booklet to allow for differentiation for your diverse learners, as well as color & black/white printables.

Each flip booklet requires the students to illustrate (or cut/paste the picture provided) and label each body system. Next, students will identify the organ(s) that make up each body system. Finally, students will identify the function of each body system.
The differentiated versions of each flip booklet have been shown in the sample.

Version 1-This is a simple and effective outline to help students that need more concise directions.
Version 2-This version provides students with a more open-ended form of writing response.
Version 3-This version requires students to label each tab and provides students with a more open-ended form of writing response.

Hope you enjoy!
~Erin Mills
The Organized Chaos of Instruction

Character Traits (EMOTIONS) Flip Booklet

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This download contains 21 pages of activities for students to explore character traits/emotions. Each tab in this flip booklet has:

·         Students will illustrate this character trait/emotion and/or example from the story

·         SW identify synonyms & antonyms for the emotion

·         SW use the emotion in a sentence

·         SW identify text in which this emotional trait was found

·         SW distinguish which character felt this emotional trait.

·         SW show text evidence from the story to support that the character is feeling this emotion

·         SW sort the emotional traits and explain the way he/she sorted them.

Although this can be printed on regular letter paper, you could also print 2 per page. An example page has been given.

Enjoy!

~Erin

Reading Response (Fiction) Fold & Flip Booklet

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This simple little foldable is a simple printable that will provide students with this opportunity to respond to their reading. They will identify the main character (I'd also have the student describe the MC), the problem, resolution, favorite part (have them explain why it is their favorite) & a connection they made to the text.
Enjoy!
~Erin

My U.S. Presidents Facts Booklet

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This download contains a 44-page mini-booklet for students to learn about each of the U.S. Presidents. You can use this booklet for a class, group or individual project any time throughout the year. These pages can be printed on larger paper or poster-sized to create a class BIG book. Each ½ page is designated for a particular president and provides students with the opportunity to record the following information:

•        Date of Birth

•        Place of Birth

•        Political Party

•        First Lady

•        Vice President

•        Date of Death

•        Presidential Dates

•        Famous Quote

•        3 Interesting Facts

This booklet should be printed double-sided, folded & stapled.

Enjoy!

~Erin