Saturday, November 29, 2014

Wishlists

Thanksgiving break is winding down and I've been working on my wishlist for TPT.  You've heard about the sale, right?  My wishlist keeps growing!  I should be grading papers and working on lesson plans, but I've found some great materials while procrastinating!


I love looking for new ideas, so I decided to link up and share 2 popular wish listed items in my store an done item that is on my wishlist.  In addition to the CYBER sale, all items in my store will be an additional 20% off.  Be sure to use the TPTCYBER promo code at check out for a savings of 28%.

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 The number 1 items that people have wish listed in my store is Pictographs.  This is a hands-on activity for building pictographs and it's a great way to reinforce those data skills!  It is part of this bundle.


Pictographs




The second most wish listed items is Graph It. It is another hands-on graphing activity that can be used as a station. It is part of this bundle.

Graph It


The scavenger hunts that are included in the bundles are a huge hit with students. 



It's so hard to pick just one because I just added over 15 items to my list.  I'm excited about this items.  I used her Fall and Thanksgiving selections and my students really enjoyed them and my principal was impressed with the questions being used as well as the focus on vocabulary.

Christmas Close Reading Passages, Text-Dependent Questions & More

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Monday, November 24, 2014

Thanksgiving Singular and Plural Nouns

This year I've had to use my station activities a little differently, but this new way has required a bit more paper use because I've been giving students their own black and white copy sets.

Tonight I experimented with shrinking down the cards 50% after printing them so that the students would have a cut, sort and paste activity.  I will have them cut out the pieces and put them in a baggy just to mix them up since they are grouped singular/plural.



This is a great low prep activity!  You can click on the picture below.
Gobble, Gobble Noun Sort

Tomorrow I will also be using the Thanksgiving Pronoun activity as a whole group.  I've labeled chart paper with the pronouns and each student will receive a card.  They'll decide which column the card belongs under and glue it in the correct place.  The students will record their results as we work. 

This was another low prep way to use this activity! Click on the picture below.

Gobble, Gobble Pronoun Sort

Happy Thanksgiving!

Sunday, November 9, 2014

More Measuring

My students needed some extra practice on measuring to the nearest 1/4 inch, so I created a little seasonal activity for them to work on tomorrow.  There are 15 lines to measure.  I also included some recording sheets for the nearest inch, 1/2 inch and centimeter.



Thanksgiving Measuring