When the kids are bouncing off the ceiling (and walls and floor) during Valentine’s week, you’ve got to have a plan for keeping them engaged. One of my favorite ways is with mystery pictures like this cute heart owl on the hundreds chart! This activity comes in 4 different versions on the 100s chart. Students can complete a simple picture…
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Do you use fact families in your teaching? When your students use this tool to practice addition and subtraction, they’re using a strategy that makes good sense! Fact families, sometimes called related facts or number families, help our students actually see the relationships between numbers. Plus, recognizing and using them makes meaningful memorization happen faster! How can number families help…
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Add some fun to your Parts of Speech unit with this Adjective Word Challenge! This is great for all age groups. I even use it with my high school ESL students and they love it. What kids don’t love a challenge? You can use this after students have finished up their unit on adjectives. Thanks for looking!
100th day of school activities could include a large classroom celebration, a read aloud book about 100 days of school, student and teacher tshirts (or entire outfits), or just a simple printable to recognize this special day. Being 100 days smarter can be celebrated by all students in every grade from prekindergarten through grade 5 and even above. Some things to…
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FREE Valentine’s Day Clipart for teachers! With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, what teacher couldn’t use a little bit of FREE heart clipart?? I know tons and tons of classroom teachers and they all seem to have this overwhelming addiction to adorable clipart. Am I right? Today I’m super excited to share a set of FREE Valentine’s Day heart…
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