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Saturday, November 30, 2019

MISC. FREEBIE - "Christmas Following Directions Freebie"

by Kathy Babineau
Grades k-3



Merry Christmas! Here is a free, simple and easy to use following directions activity that the kids love. It is part of a 103 page Following Directions All Year fun and easy to use activity set! I love to do these activities with small groups and as a whole class activity! These activities help children develop listening and auditory memory skills as well understanding of concept terminology and vocabulary. The complete kit is designed to be a weekly, year-long activity, but feel free to adjust to your own needs!

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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON - “Reindeer Mini-Unit”

by Simply Special Ed
Kindergarten - 3rd Grade


Reindeer Mini-Unit

INCLUDES:
- Reindeer facts
- What I learned
- Reindeer Writing Prompts
- ABC Order Worksheets
- Reindeer Facts Mini- Book
- Magic Reindeer Food: Recipe and Label

This early childhood/ elementary mini unit is perfect for introducing reindeer/ caribou to young children. This unit is ideal for special education classrooms due to it's simplicity of terms and graphics.
Print in color or black&white, whatever best suits your needs.

Graphics:
Font: KG True Colors at Font Space
Clipart by Clipart Panda
Clip Art by Rebecca Bishop, Delightful Daily Deals ©
Clip art by Prince Padania
Clip Art by Missy Mooty Russell

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Friday, November 29, 2019

FREE MATH LESSON - “Christmas Skip Counting FREEBIE!”

by Curriculum Castle
Kindergarten - 2nd Grade


This is our holiday gift to you!
Practicing skip counting has never been so much fun!
This freebie includes:
1. Skip count by 2s to 20 with elf shoes
2. Skip count by 5s to 100 with Santa's beard
3. Skip count by 10s to 100 with gingerbread
4. Holiday skip counting student assessment
Perfect for K-2!
Happy Holidays,
Curriculum Castle
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Thursday, November 28, 2019

FREE MISC. LESSON - “Bright Mini Variety Set”

by DP Sharpe
Pre-Kindergarten - 6th Grade


Here is a colorful set of editable products you can use in your classroom. Enclosed you will find desk tags that can be used for the first day of school. There are also a set of task cards and two sets of notepad sheets in different sizes. Each item comes in eight bright colors; a delightful way to brighten up your classroom.

Puzzle Alphabet and Number CardsBright Alphabet Posters Set
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Wednesday, November 27, 2019

LINE PLOT: GRAPHING WITH A DICE

By Teach To Tell
Grades 2-5

The ordinary dice is indeed a very versatile object; not just associated with a plethora of board games - but also serves its purpose as an important tool of learning - a math manipulative to be precise.

Here's one way of how you can use a simple six-sided dice to graph data on a line plot.

graphing data on a line plot

But first of all, let's clear the common confusion between the terms 'dice' and 'die'.

Do they mean the same?

Can they be used interchangeably?

To answer the above, well - both terms refer to the same object - the difference lies in the plurality.

'Die' is the singular term - it refers to one.

graphing data on a line plot

'Dice' on the other hand, as per modern standard English, could be used to refer to the singular and the plural. It refers to one or more than one.
    graphing data on a line plot


So which term do I prefer?
'Dice' of course - for one thing it doesn't have the  negative connotation associated with the synonym 'die' - as in 'kicking the bucket' and for another it supersedes in versatility as it can represent both the singular and plural.

Now coming back to the line plot activity that dictates the rolling of a dice (singular form - one die), all your students need is one six-sided dice, a task card outlining the task, a line plot template and a response sheet.

graphing data on a line plot

The objective is to roll the dice 15 times and record the outcome of each roll on a line plot graph using the 'X' symbol.

graphing data on a line plot

Then comes the task of interpreting the data collected on the line plot graph.

How many times did a particular number appear when the dice was rolled?

Which was the most rolled number and the least rolled number?

These kind of constructive questions help a student reflect on the data plotted on the line plot graph.

Needless to say, it also connects to real-life data and makes the abstract more concrete.

graphing data on a line plot

Put this activity at a center and your students are all ready to have some hands-on fun.

             graphing data on a line plot

Storage is all taken care of too - simply place the templates in a file folder and glue on the attractive cover to entice. Here is a choice of two.

graphing data on a line plotgraphing data on a line plot

Remember to also insert the task card outlining the task and sample completed templates so your students have a better idea of how the completed task looks like.

graphing data on a line plot

Other than a dice manipulative to record data on a line plot graph, your students can also use coins, candy (M&M's), spinners, visual cards to name a few.

This line plot uses a fraction cube that students can roll, akin to rolling a dice.

graphing data on a line plot

And this line plot uses a spinner that students can spin to win a make-believe prize.

graphing data on a line plot


This bundle below has 13 such center activities - all deal with plotting and interpreting line plots using hands-on data.

line plot graph


If you've made it all the way to the end of this post - thank you and here's a link to the free templates required for creating and interpreting a line plot graph using a dice mentioned in this post.

line plot graph
To sign off, if you're like me and sometimes have a moment of when to use 'die' or 'dice' - I like to recall this simple analogy - namely, that we humans only live this beautiful life once and this notion is synonymous with the math manipulative 'die' - in that it also interestingly denotes - one.

Happy teaching!

Until next time...












FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON - “Free Nativity Bingo Happy Birthday Jesus Activities Nativity Centers Christmas”

by Lodrew's Hands-On Learning
Pre-Kindergarten - Kindergarten


Free nativity themed bingo game. Comes with 8 bingo cards and 30 calling cards. Nativity centers, happy birthday Jesus activities, Christmas, nativity activities. For toddlers, prek, preschool, SPED, child care, homeschool, or any early childhood setting.




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Wednesday Weekly 5 Under $5 - 11/27/19

Every week I put together a list of 5 great products from members of The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs Marketing Cooperative (TBOTEMC) with the requirement that each product must be less than $5.  With a variety of subjects and a wide range of grades, there just might be something that you can use, so continue to read below and see!

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By History at Home
US History; Grades K-5



Join John White and the colonists as they travel to Virginia! See if you can solve the mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke. Written for Grades K-5 and especially for homeschoolers, students will learn through text, vocabulary words, pictures, and more in this free supplemental lesson of my 34-week study of early American history!


By Mickey's Place
ELA, Reading; Grades 1-4


Students will practice their alphabetical order skills and word recognition skills using words from the second grade Dolch word list. There are 32 different groups of words to sort for differentiating lists of words into three, four, five and six group sets.


By A Teacher's Teacher
ELA; Grades 7-10

This three-passage text set is accompanied by an informational prompt regarding a topic that will spark your students' interests: mountain climbing. It's a great assignment to engage students and help them work on the skill of finding and citing information from the text provided, rather than relying on their own prior knowledge or feelings about the given topic. Modeled after AIR Testing, which is used in numerous states across the country, it would also fit well into a PARCC simulation. The text set, itself, is 5 pages long.



Number Line Scoot (Numbers 0-100) - $2.50
By Sunshine and Laughter by Deno
Math, Numbers; Grades K-2


This product is ideal for teaching and reviewing missing numbers on a number line. This resource includes numbers 1-100. This product includes the following items: 20 task cards to place around the classroom - your students will "scoot" around the room to answer the task cards, a recording sheet, a number lines worksheet, and answer keys.


By Charlene Tess
ELA, Writing; Grades 9-12


This is a revision technique that will improve students' writing. Examples of redundancy can be found in news articles and on television. This writing error is so common, it is hard to recognize. This lesson explains redundancy and then students will have the opportunity to practice eliminating redundant words.    

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Tuesday, November 26, 2019

STUDENT AWARDS

By Teach To Tell
All Grades - Elementary

So what is the best way to award your students for all the hard work they've put in during the week, term, semester or year? Well, for me - personally, I've found that the most economical, flexible and effective way to reward my students is by presenting awards or certificates of appreciation to each and every one. A simple way to award - some may argue - but one that is of significant value to both recipient and giver.


student awards and rewards


Of course, students have to earn these awards. Needless to say that this teaches them the invaluable lesson that nothing in life comes for free - it has to be earned.

So if students work hard and prepare for their spelling tests - then there is a 'Super Speller' award.



                           end of year awards

Or if they've come to school every single day - there's the 'Perfect Attendance' award.

student awards

And if a student has been a good buddy to somebody - there's the 'Best Buddy' award.

award certificates

My favorite/favourite is the 'Shining Star for Homework Award' . Why so? Because for one thing, by submitting their homework every. single. time. students show their dedication to you and the subject you teach. It is a clear indicator of how conscientious they are - besides all that hard work after a busy school day just needs to be commended.

end of year awards


When it comes to yearly recognition, Diploma Awards bring joy to everyone. This source of happiness could primarily stem from the fact that the year has come to an end and a glorious break awaits - but I like to think that all students are simply joyous because they are going to be awarded publically in class or perhaps even during a special awarding ceremony.

Whatever reason - I'm just happy to give every student an award and all (or so I like to think) are equally happy  to receive it. After all, it's extrinsic motivation that induces intrinsic motivation which in turn is subjective and results in a long-term much desired outcome.

graduation awards


And yes, I prefer not to give a 'Clown of the Class' award or even 'Most Improved' award - just because these titles seem to have a negative connotation to them. Mind you, I mean no offense to clowns, but I personally feel their place is in the circus and not in the classroom where 'intense'  teaching and learning is taking place.

My contention with the 'Most Improved' award lies with the subtle underlying message it conveys - namely that the student was not upto the mark before and is still not quite there - but is 'improving' - that might be so, but then think about it - no child wants to be made to feel that way, now do they?

behavior management


Keep in mind also that when giving award certificates - that they cater to diversity - by that I mean, the images represent students of different ethnicity. Watching your student's eyes light up to see something that represents them is indeed an immeasurable moment.

presenting award certificates


These creatively designed award certificates might be just an inexpensive piece of paper at the end of the day, but to students it would mean a lot - to be recognized/recognised for their efforts, not just by their teachers and classmates, but the wider school community as well - now isn't that characteristic of an holistic school environment.

You probably know all about the importance of awarding students and already have a huge collection of award certificates - but hey - why not add one more to your stash, best of all it's free.

So click on the image link to earn your freebie - it's unconditional - no need to leave feedback unless sinerely compelled.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/EDITABLE-AWARDS-CERTIFICATES-OF-APPRECIATION-869549