Teachers are provided with 16 in-depth lessons to help their students explore and understand natural resources around the world use and sustainability. Natural resource topics covered: types, issues, extraction methods, perspectives on use, the impact of use, environmental concerns and energy types.
The Natural Resources Unit includes a variety of printables, interactive notebooks, and a 100% editable PowerPoint. Topics include – Renewable Resources (Solar Energy, wind power, geothermal energy, hydroelectric energy/ water, and biomass), Non-renewable resources (fossil fuels – coal, natural gas,
Natural Resources and Alternative Energy PowerPoint and Notes This file includes a 20 slide PowerPoint to introduce natural resources and alternative energy. Renewable resources, nonrenewable resources, fossil fuels, the formation of coal, hydroelectric, solar energy, wind energy, biofuels, and
Natural Resources: A Big Science Stations Unit all about fossil fuels, types of natural resources, and alternative energy Natural Resources! includes 9 station activities to use with upper elementary students. The centers focus on natural resources and alternative energy. A lot of the stations
Natural Resources and How We Use Them: Completely revised for the new school year! This unit contains several activities for teaching your students about natural resources. New foldable activities for interactive notebooks have been added to allow your students to learn in a hands-on approach! Th
Natural Resources – Hi teachers! Are you teaching your students about natural resources? Do you need material to supplement your teaching? Well this unit might just what you need. Included are 36 real life, full color pictures of natural resources and man-made items to spark your kiddos interest
Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources Sort Cards: Updated for the new school year! This now contains two complete sets of sort cards (both small and large). These sort cards are hands-on and keep your students engaged. Perfect for interactive notebooks, guided practice, or assessment! This unit cont
This product contains 18 cards with definitions and pictures of renewable and nonrenewable resources. Students can sort cards as renewable and nonrenewable resources as well as match the definition. This product can be used as a simple assessment of student understanding of natural resources.
Natural Resources {Science Weekly Five™ Stations} This Science Weekly Five™ science centers unit focuses on natural resources, alternative energy, types of resources, and fossil fuels. Be sure to download your free Science Weekly Five Start-Up Kit. You need the posters and recording sheets whe
Do you enjoy using interactive notebooks in your classroom? This unit on Earth's resources has been designed to use in your class notebooks. Topics included are: What Are Natural Resources? People Use Natural Resources Pollution-Air, Land, Water Protecting Our Resources-Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Ear
Discover the importance of Earth's Natural Resources with this unit! It includes real pictures of renewable, non-renewable and manmade resources to sort, printables, student books and interactive science notebook activities and foldables! This unit includes whole and half-sheet page versions (perfec
Teach your students about natural resources like forestry, fossil fuels and agriculture with these activities that include: card sorting, inductive learning, jigsaw teaching, reading, writing, drawing, discussion and analyzing text. Instructions on how to teach each strategy along with modification
Are you using Engage NY or Eureka math? Here are some great quizzes for you. I have written the Topic quizzes for Module 6. There are 5 quizzes, one for each topic A to E. These are aligned to SBAC and use the Smarter Balanced Item Specs. Based on the released items, they also match sell with PARCC.
You will get great data and information about which of you kids need a little more help in learning about decimals. I have created all of the pictures and graphics that the kids will see on the Summative test, saving you lots of time. Print and Go. Answer keys are included.
The file is a Word document and you are free to EDIT and make necessary changes to teach your precious children. Answer keys are provided. You could also make multiple versions for yourself if you wish.
This comprehension literacy portfolio is perfect the literacy or reading professional who enjoys seeing things electronic and having a variety of resources to pull from.
A good companion is my "Introduction to Irony" handout which provides definitions, short examples, two short texts: "Nightmare in Yellow" by Frederic Brown and "Not Waving but Drowning" by Stevie Smith.
"To destroy a people, you must first sever their roots." - Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Noble prize winner, Novelist
Are you teaching a class with a mixed language base? No problem. These 5 x 8 in. color flashcards have both the English and the Spanish words for each color on the front, while the back contains only the colored figure, making them good for both
As a companion to my Dual Language Color Flashcards, here are Dual Language Number Flashcards. These 5 x 8 in. full-color number flashcards have both the English and the Spanish for each number on the front, while the back contains only the number,
As a companion to my Division of the Union posters, these small review flashcards are great for quick review and classroom games. The front of each card contains a basic silhouette of a state while the back has the state name, affiliation (Union or
These hand posters (large flashcards) introduce the division of the states during the American Civil War (1861-1865). The set contains 4 full-color cards and a cover.The back of each card contains notes and facts to help your students better
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Started as a assistant teacher in a small "one-room" style school in the mid-nineties and have taught off and on, between getting degrees since.
Due to odd circumstances, I have been teaching on and off for nearly 20 years, everything from Pre-K to freshman college computer classes. My first love has always been History, the stories of our ancestors and the who and why of events fascinate me, but all areas of education deserve the best effort we can give. As an educator, I hope that someone will be able to take these items I create and use them to bring the joy of learning to their own class.
Your students will be able to syllabicate 3 syllable words with the help of this activity. *How to use: Students can practice reading 3 syllable words using their finger to help them find vowels to syllabicate or CHUNK words. 1. Have students
Your students will be able to syllabicate 2 syllable words with the help of this activity. How to use: Students can practice reading 2 syllable words using their finger to help them find vowels to syllabicate or CHUNK words. 1. Have students
Teach your students vowel sounds. **Have students distinguish long vowel sounds from short vowel sounds. and **Have students distinguish short vowel sounds from other short vowel sounds. Each strip has two pictures with the same vowel sound and
How to use: Call out a word from the flash cards. Cover your hand over the segmenting part while just revealing the picture. Have the students use the segmenting mats to segment the word. After the students segment, show them the correct
Thank you for purchasing this product! **If you ever had a student or students that needed help learning sight words, then this product is for you! This product can be used to help students learn the Fry Sight Words List 1: the, of, and, a, to,
This game is great for having students practice reading multisyllabic words! How to use:Group no more than four students together. Put word cards in a stack. Have students pull a word card and read. If the word card is read correctly, the student
Thank you for purchasing this product! **If you ever had a student or students that needed help learning sight words, then this product is for you! This product can be used to help students learn the Fry Sight Words List 2: at, be, this, have,
Your students will be able to read the digraphs: “th” and “sh” after using this activity. **How to use: Have students practice reading words with the digraphs “th” and “sh” using the word cards. Each word is color coded to show how to sound out
Have each student race to the end by writing the CVC words correctly in the boxes below the picture. Students may check their work using the flash cards. Laminate for multiple use with dry erase markers. Have corresponding flash cards in a
How to play: Each player is dealt 3 to 5 “ending word” cards. All of the "letter" cards are put in a stack or spread on a table. Each player takes a turn pulling a letter card to make a word. The student needs to try to make a real word. If the
This activity helps students learn how to read cvc words! This package includes: 18 word family worksheets (black & white) 18 word family worksheets (color) *Each worksheet has a different cvc word family. Students have to make words with each
Thank you for downloading my freebie! **If you ever wanted your students to get practice reading cvc words, then here is the PowerPoint for you! This PowerPoint consist of cvc words where each letter of the word becomes highlighted. This allows
Have your students learn short vowel sounds and long vowel sounds. Your students will also be able to distinguish short vowel sounds from long vowel sounds and vice versa. This package includes: 21 vowel sound distinguishing strips 12 missing
You will receive: 8 Mardi Gras Wallpaper 2 Mardi Gras Clip art All items are high quality 300 ppi JPEG files that are great for printing! All products may be used for personal or commercial use. Credit is always greatly appreciated! If you
You will receive: 8 Easter Wallpaper 2 Easter Clip art All items are high quality 300 ppi JPEG files that are great for printing! All products may be used for personal or commercial use. Credit is always greatly appreciated! If you like,
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This document contains the third grade reading common core standards in kid friendly wording. This also has a learning attached to each standard. Just print on cardstock and put up on your common board or dry erase board. I would use this to keep
This flipchart works with Promethean boards. It is an interactive lesson on Thanksgiving that includes: -comparing and contrasting the first Thanksgiving to ours -a book study with a writing prompt -links to clips and slide shows for students to
This package comes with an anchor chart that describes the different author's purposes as well as individual charts that explain each purpose. The charts also give examples of each. You also get twelve task cards to practice with students at small
Give your student a word of encouragement. There are four option in this package. You can use these cards with different little gifts: stars, cookies, candy and cereals! I use these tags for FCAT, but they can be given for any big day for the
This is a bundle of Thanksgiving activities and crafts. It includes: - a mind map - a creative activity for the Thanksgiving day parade - Thanksgiving coloring activities for the Thanksgiving table - templates for Thankful letters - Thanksgiving
Here is a wonderful bundle for you and your students to have some fun during your last few days of Thanksgiving week. It includes: -writing activities -mind maps -creative brainstorming activity -fun craft activity for the kids to create their
This is the lesson plan that I use during my intervention times. It is an easy way to keep track of who I pull for interventions. It is editable for you to make custom for your school's requirements. Enjoy!
This is a verb activity I used with my students at centers. Each student had to design their own comic strip containing as many action verbs as they could. Enjoy!
Make your own PIE for author's purpose. Print out the first page on colored paper (I used yellow) and then print the second paper for the slices. I printed the second paper so that my students were able to cut their slices evenly. Once done, the
This St. Patrick's Day packet includes one writing prompt, a word puzzle, and a great activity called SCAMPER. This activity is a great brainstorming activity that allows the students to think creatively. This is a great activity for early
Create a free gift for Mother's day with your students. First page offers a space for their handprint. Each page is decorated with DJ Inkers graphics. Perfectly adorable for Mother's day!
I created these forms for Meet the Teacher night. I like having the students' parents fill in these forms so that I can set up my own contact binder. Hope it helps!
These gift tags can be used on Meet the teacher night. Attach your favorite snack or gift to the tag and welcome your new students. Contact me if you want new colors. I can even put in your classroom theme (insects, bears, colors, dots).
This is a center menu that I created when I taught gifted students. It allows me to always have open options for students. My centers usually include the Daily Five, but also open reading projects for the students. This document is editable so
This is a great center menu that you can add to for your students. Let your students be in charge during centers by giving them the responsibility to choose their centers. They will then mark it off on their menu. My students keep this menu in
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I have been teaching for four years. I have taught single gender classrooms, first the all boys class then the all girls class. I have taught third grade for two years and love it! My students are gifted students and I currently am working on my endorsement for gifted education. I love teaching gifted students and have based many of my lessons on critical thinking skills that are needed for gifted students.
I love structure, routines, and the ability to teach students responsibility. My classroom is organized so that the students can take ownership of their learning. We focus on setting goals for ourselves and work through workshops. I try to create products that are easy for the students to use on their own and are connected to higher levels of thinking.
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Help students understand or practice identifying the difference between similes and metaphors using this fun PowerPoint game. Have students answer by writing M or S on a white board for a quick assessment of each students' progress.
Students can practice their abilities to visualize and infer while reading by playing this fun and creative PowerPoint game. Students must read the passage and then quickly sketch (typically on a white board) what they think the text is describing.
Seek and Conquer is a 4 step test taking strategy which encourages active reading skills and requires the students to find supporting evidence for answers. This Powerpoint presentation can act as a model for your students when first introducing the
A fun and engaging introduction or review of making inferences. Display and discuss each picture or have students form written responses as they gather details from each picture to determine what just happened.
Check mark to be used to monitor understanding when reading independently, with a partner, or during guided reading.
Worksheet with several examples from the book and then blank lines for the students to complete as they read "Because a Little Bug Went Ka-Choo".
Use this PowerPoint as an introduction, practice or review game depending on your students' level of knowledge with theme, topic and main idea. After a quick review, each slide asks students a question and then reveals the answer.
Use this fun and engaging PowerPoint to help your students practice words with vowel digraphs. Each slide increases in the level of difficulty.
A review of Figurative Language which requires students to identify the most common types of Figurative Language including similes, metaphors, idioms, and personification. Higher level questions require students to use context clues to determine
Teachers and students can use this graphic organizer to separate words into prefixes, suffixes, and base/root words.
Test your students' knowledge of Figurative Language including their abilities to identify different types and determine their meaning using context clues.
Use this fun and engaging PowerPoint to help your students practice the rule of silent e. Each slide features a CVC word (which the students read aloud), then the slide changes to add an 'e' at the end of each word (students read aloud again).
Use this fun and engaging PowerPoint to help your students practice the diphthongs 'AU' and 'AW'. Each slide features a word with a diphthong highlighted in red. Slide increase in the level of difficulty.
Use this fun and engaging PowerPoint to help your students practice the diphthongs 'OW' and 'OU'. Each slide increases in the level of difficulty.
Use this fun and engaging PowerPoint to help your students practice the r controlled vowel combination 'OR'. Each slide increases in the level of difficulty.
Use this fun and engaging PowerPoint to help your students practice the diphthongs 'OY' and 'OI'. Each slide increases in the level of difficulty.
This nameplate would be the perfect addition to any polka dot lover's classroom. Product features a black accent border (see seller's page for additional color options). Prints two per sheet. Each nameplate's printed size is 3.5" x 9.5".
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