Flash Freebie! Wringer by Jerry Spinelli

Take advantage of my Flash Freebie Download of Wringer by Jerry Spinelli before it's too late!  All I ask is that you leave feedback HERE in return of your download!

This unit is full of chapter comprehension questions, vocabulary, graphic organizers, and an end of the book quiz.

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It has been a CRAZY week.  We started back to school on Wednesday and it has been three days of get-to-know-each-other games, slide presentations over rules and procedures, handing out books, covering books, storing mountains of tissue boxes, hand sanitizer, and clorox wipes...you know the drill!

It's the weekend and we need a WELL DESERVED break!  What better way to relax this weekend than with a Back to School Freebie and Raffle?!?!?

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Still Celebrating...and Planning!

 

 

 

So...it's that time of year when you are getting ready for back-to-school!  Supplies are being purchased, classrooms are being readied, and those calendars for the upcoming school year are being handed out!  I like to fill in my planner right away so I at least FEEL like I am organized and on the ball! (If only!!!!)

 

 

So here is the 2016 Yearly Planner and Calendar!

Free for a limited time!

 

 

 

Just print it, 3-hole punch it, and stick in a binder!

 

 

 

Oh...and if you need the rest of 2015,

click HERE for last year's planner!

 

Happy Planning!

 



1,000 Followers Celebration!

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has reached 1,000 followers so we are having a celebration!

For a limited time, you can get the following freebies!

AUTHOR STUDY UNIT

This author study is for upper elementary level classrooms and includes a banner heading and multiple posters depicting some of our most famous authors!  

Check it out and leave some feedback!

ART  NOTEBOOK

This art unit was created as a way to teach the basics of art to my 4th, 5th, & 6th graders.  It covers the basic elements of art and includes a student interactive notebook and a corresponding Power Point presentation.

Check it out and leave some feedback!

MUNCHING THROUGH MATH FACTS

This is a year long set of math facts - one for each day of the school year!

On each page is 25 math facts that included a mixture of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division!  Give students a minute to finish or have them time themselves to see how long they finish the set! 

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Boggle or Bust!

I have hopped on the Boggle Bandwagon and I am loving every minute of it!  My 4th graders are very excited about this new classroom activity and it has gotten pretty competitive in our room! 

I changed it up a bit from what I have seen around and made my own to add more letters, thus creating more columns and rows.  

We start a new Boggle Bash game each week.  Students have all week to fill a sheet with 25 words.  They know I tally the sheets by how many letters they use.  So they need to fill up their sheet with bigger words to win...the three letter words aren't going to get you the win!

When they are finished, the put their sheet in the Boggle Bash Box (a wooden toy mailbox - I think it is Melissa and Doug - that I purchased at a garage sale and painted).  The following Monday, I tally the sheets and declare a winner.

What does the winner get?  

They go crazy over a simple bottle of Powerade!

This week's Flash Freebie is this Boggle Bash game.  It includes the heading, letters, answer sheets, and directions.  

In case you were wondering, I use a Calendar Pocket Chart from Carson-Dellosa which fits everything perfectly.

Click on the picture below to get your Flash Freebie!

Earth and Space Unit

To Infinity and Beyond!

That's where we traveled this past quarter as we rocketed through our Earth and Space Unit!

We covered our Earth, Sun, & Moon!

We learned about shadows...

and the phases of the moon!

We explored our stars and constellations!

We explored eclipses!

We discovered our planets!

And, of course, we did fun projects!

I am always amazed at the effort put into these projects!

So for today's Flash Freebie, you can download this whole unit including the Power Point for note taking!

Enjoy!

Valentine's Day Freebies

Valentine's Day is quickly approaching so I thought I would share some of my favorite Valentine's Day Printables!

This is what I do each year with the kiddos so they have something to hold their class valentines.  

All you need is the printables provided (click on the picture for link) and a paper sack!

This can be used for any grade level as I have done it with Kindergarten and 4th grade and both age groups loved it.

Another cute activity to send home with kiddos to give their parents is this kangaroo.

Have them write a love letter to their parents and stick in the pocket.  They can also write chore cards to stick in the pockets.  I did this with Kindergarten, but a blank heart could make it easily adaptable to upper grade levels.  Click on the picture above for a link to printables!

Finally, for my class I give them a little coupon for 5 problems off an assignment.  They must attach to their homework. 

Enjoy!

Great Graphing Projects

We have been graphing stars this week!

This is the first time I have ever done this project with 4th graders.  In the past,I had done it with 5th and 6th graders.   So, I simplified the project just a bit and the kiddos did a super job!

We spent about a week planning our surveys, completing our surveys, and then creating graphs for our results.   

The final result is a bulletin board of Graphing Greatness!

Here are a few examples!  

They were asked to make a cover for their project.

 

They needed to create a Frequency Table with their survey results.

Then they were asked to create a bar graph...

 

a Circle graph...

 a Line graph...

and a Pictograph.

These 4th Graders are Graph Experts now! 

This weeks Friday Flash Freebie is this Graphing Unit.  

This is a printable project activity for your students to complete after they are finished studying about Graphs. It includes 11 pages:

Page 1 - Student Instructional Sheet

Page 2 - Survey

Page 3 - Frequency Table Template

Page 4 - Line Plot Template

Page 5 - Pictograph Template

Page 6 - Bar Graph Template

Page 7 - Circle (Pie) Graph Template

Page 8 - Line Graph Template

Page 9 - Stem and Leaf Plot Template

Page 10 - Histogram Template

Page 11 - Grading Rubric

I put all these pages together in this order into a packet that I handed out and explained to the students. I then displayed their final projects. Great Final Graphing Project. I also have a PowerPoint presentation that I used that covers all these graphs.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Graphs-Power-Point