The art of instruction can certainly feel like organized chaos! I hope that this blog provides some wonderful resources to help you organize the amazing talents you already have and hopefully alleviate some stress by providing you with fun & exciting activities to incorporate in your classroom!
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
1-1000 Chevron Charts
Click on the picture to download this freebie!
You can print these as posters or mini-posters for Math ISNs. This download contains 100 Charts such as:
1-100
101-200
201-300
301-400
401-500
501-600
601-700
701-800
801-900
901-1000
Enjoy!
~Erin
Measurement-Temperature Practice
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This download contains pages and pages of measurement practice. There are activities for students to practice with thermometers that measure in 1s, 2s and 5s. There are also blank thermometer pages so you can print, laminate and place in a workstation/center.
Enjoy!
~Erin
Independent Reading Response Menu-Student Activity Sheets Included!!
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This download includes a detailed
Independent Reading Response Menu AND all of the student activity pages that go
along with each choice. This would be great to print for students' ISNs,
independent work or workstations. It includes:
Fact & Opinion Outline
Prefix/Suffix Scavenger Hunt
BME Summary
Book Review
K-W-L-S Chart
A-Z Tell All About It!
Vocabulary Enrichment
Setting the Stage
Postcard Response
Enjoy!
~Erin
Fact & Opinion Outline
Prefix/Suffix Scavenger Hunt
BME Summary
Book Review
K-W-L-S Chart
A-Z Tell All About It!
Vocabulary Enrichment
Setting the Stage
Postcard Response
Enjoy!
~Erin
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Cheez-It Math-New and Improved!
| Click on the picture to download this freebie! |
So, I created my original Cheez-It math activity in 1999...yes, I've been teaching that long :) and LOVE this activity! Students can record each activity in their math notebooks OR the student activity pages provided. There are TONS of opportunities for students to interact, discuss, and work together! Students will practice finding area, perimeter, making predictions and even word study!
Hope you enjoy!
~Erin
| Click on this picture to download the SMARTBOARD version! |
Oviparous Animals Vocabulary
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This download contains vocabulary related to oviparous animals. I used this with 1st and 2nd grade when we incubated chicken, duck, and/or emu eggs (sooo cool!!!).
You could print out 4-6 per page to make "mini-posters" for science journals. You could print them and place them in a workstation, create a big book or just as posters on your wall.
Enjoy!
~Erin
Give One Get One-BUNDLE!!!
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| Click on the picture to download this BUNDLE! |
This download contains all of the Give One Get One sets of vocabulary words that I used with novel/genre studies. It includes vocabulary for:
•Active Reading
•Author's Craft
•Classifying Literature
•Character Analysis
•Character Traits
•Introduction to Nonfiction
•Features of Nonfiction
•Mystery Novel
•Idioms & Figurative Language
Caught Being Good Tickets-Printables
This download contains raffle tickets for "Caught Being Good." Each ticket has a number on the ticket AND the stub so that each student who receives a ticket can participate in a raffle.
CLICK ON THE PICTURE TO DOWNLOAD THIS FREEBIE :)
The tickets in this download are:
black/white
blue
yellow
orange
pink
Enjoy!
~Erin
Reading Vocabulary Quizzes
Monday, September 2, 2013
Author Study Choice Board
Give One Get One-Character Traits
Give One Get One-Mystery
Sunday, September 1, 2013
Give One Get One-Idioms & Figurative Language
Give One Get One-Active Reading
Give One Get One-Introduction to Nonfiction
| Click on the picture to download the game. |
Directions: Pass out all of the cards. Choose 1 person to go first. The first person will read their definition. The student with the answer to that definition will give their answer & then read the definition they have. It will continue until the person that went first is able to give the answer listed on his/her card.
Enjoy!
~Erin
Give One Get One-Classifying Literature
| Click on the picture to download this game! |
Directions: Pass out all of the cards. Choose 1 person to go first. The first person will read their definition. The student with the answer to that definition will give their answer & then read the definition they have. It will continue until the person that went first is able to give the answer listed on his/her card.
This is a great review for vocabulary focused on CLASSIFYING LITERATURE.
Enjoy!
~Erin
Give One Get One-Character Analysis
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Directions: Pass out all of the cards. Choose 1 person to go first. The first person will read their definition. The student with the answer to that definition will give their answer & then read the definition they have. It will continue until the person that went first is able to give the answer listed on his/her card.
This game is a great way to review vocabulary for CHARACTER ANALYSIS.
Enjoy!
~Erin
Give One Get One-Story Elements
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This is the game "Give One Get One" and focuses on story elements. Directions on how to play the game are included.
This is a "Give One Get One" game that focuses on STORY ELEMENTS.
Directions: Pass out all of the cards. Choose 1 person to go first. The first person will read their definition. The student with the answer to that definition will give their answer & then read the definition they have. It will continue until the person that went first is able to give the answer listed on his/her card.
This game is a great way to review STORY ELEMENTS.
Enjoy!
~Erin
Give One Get One-Author's Craft
| Click on the picture to download the game. |
This "Give One Get One" game focuses on the use of AUTHOR'S CRAFT.
Directions: Pass out all of the cards. Choose
1 person to go first. The first person will read their definition. The student
with the answer to that definition will give their answer & then read the
definition they have. It will continue until the person that went first is able
to give the answer listed on his/her card.
Enjoy!
~Erin
Saturday, August 31, 2013
ISN Reading Vocabulary Study Sets
When I worked as an ESOL Co-Teacher with some of my favorite 5th grade teachers, we created weekly sets of vocabulary words that went along with our novel units. When I found them this weekend, I decided to give them a facelift and share them with you all. A special thanks to Mara Kemp & Rachel Justice for your collaboration in making these!
This download includes:
- Active Reading
- Author's Craft
- Classifying Literature
- Character Analysis
- Character Traits
- MORE Character Traits
- Introduction to Nonfiction
- Features of Nonfiction
- Mystery Novel
- Idioms & Figurative Language
~Erin
GAME: Give One Get One-Scientific Method
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