Wednesday Weekly 5 under $5 - April 17, 2024

                                                                                    

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!

In addition, if you're a seller on Teachers Pay Teachers (TpT) who would like to get more information about joining TBOTEMC, contact me via email at ReneeHeiss@gmail.com or by simply leaving a comment on this blog post.

Inferences & Details: Comprehension Cups - $1.99

by Reading Spotlight

2nd - 4th grades

Activities

 Add some fun to your comprehension repertoire this month. This metacognition strategy game helps students conceptualize text into the information it provides. All you need is 6 plastic cups and a shoebox. Clear directions are included.  Perfect for summer learning centers!

Easy to Use Teacher Checklist for Planning the Foolproof Class Field Trip - $2.30

by Scipi

All grades

Professional Documents, Printables, Classroom Forms

                                                                             

Planning a foolproof field trip can be overwhelming, but this two-page field trip checklist will help you to organize your thoughts and cause you to pay careful attention to field trip selection, pre-visit preparation, the trip itself as well as appropriate follow up and evaluation. 

Tips to Write a Timed Critical Essay - $3.00

by Charlene Tess

10th - 12th grades

Activities, Handouts, Printables

This activity will help students write a critical essay in 40 minutes, which is the suggested time allotted on Advanced Placement Exams. The packet includes a student-written sample essay.

Earth Day Addition Math Centers Sums to 10 - $4.00

by Kamp Kindergarten

K - 1st grades

Activities, Centers

This resource provides inviting Earth Day themed math centers for learners to practice addition facts to 10. These activities are a fun alternative to addition worksheets. There are 5 addition clip card math activities in this packet. Each activity has 12 clothespin clip cards and a recording sheet. There is an addition fact and a choice of three sums printed on each clothespin clip card. The cards and recording pages have matching graphics. 

Number Sense Spring Bundle: April, May, June Learning Center Games - Activities - $4.80 

by Mickey's Place

PreK - 1st grades

Assessment, Games, Centers

Number Sense: Spring Bundles are complete learning games designed to strengthen your Pre-K - first-grade students' concept of numbers: one thru twelve. Number Sense: Spring Bundle uses the themes of spring, flowers, and gardens. The activities can be used as file folder games, work mats, and as individual worksheets. All cards are color-coordinated for easy cleanup and storage. After completing the activity assessment sheets are included as Blackline Printables. Included in the Overview packet is an additional assessment that uses all of the themes on the cards. Also included is a blank masterwork mat for creating your own activity.

As always, I encourage comments and any ideas or suggestions by emailing me at reneeheiss@gmail.com

Renee Heiss

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Wednesday Weekly 5 under $5 - 4/5/2023

                                    

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!

In addition, if you're a seller on Teachers Pay Teachers (TpT) who would like to get more information about joining TBOTEMC, contact me via email at ReneeHeiss@gmail.com or by simply leaving a comment on this blog post.

Spring or Easter Bunny Glyph with Questions to Gather Data, Follow Directions - $3.00

by Scipi 

1st - 3rd grades 

Activities, Printables

This bunny glyph (can be used for spring or Easter) is an excellent activity for reading and following directions, and requires problem solving, communication, and data organization. The students color or put different items on a bunny based on information about themselves. Students are to finish the bunny glyph using the eight categories listed.

Easter Egg Blending CVC Words Literacy Center Activity for Spring - $4.00

by 3 Chicas Bilingual Learning

K - 1st grades

Activities, Games, Centers

                                                                             

Need engaging activities to practice reading CVC words?  With the egg theme, this is perfect for Easter or Spring.  Print this resource once and use it 4 ways! Whole group warm up activity - find your partner;  Write the Room; Small Group Read and Match;  and Memory Match!  

Visual instructions make it easy for students to do independently at centers and the recording sheets add accountability as well as fine motor practice.

Earth Day Script - $1.49

by Reading Spotlight

2nd - 5th grades
Scripts

No Memorization! Simple-to-use and motivating, this script is designed to be read over a school’s PA system. The statements contain kid-friendly ideas to improve the environment. Easily adapted to different reading abilities, the script provides a boost of confidence for beginning or struggling readers, too. A perfect Earth Day activity!

 

Holidays WebQuest Activity | Print | Google Drive™ | Easel™ - $3.00

by Charlene Tess

9th - 12th grades

Activities, Printables

Practice research skills while using a search engine. Students will enjoy this WebQuest activity that asks 20 Questions about holidays. This activity aims to help students learn more about holidays and to use a search engine to research information.

Number Sense: April Activities - $2.00

by Mickey's Place

PreK - 1st grades

Activities, Games, Centers

Number Sense: April is a complete learning game to enhance the concept of numbers one thru twelve. Number Sense: April uses an Easter and an April Showers theme.  Number Sense involves matching the cards to their appropriate number. The cards include: Dice, Ten frames, Dots, Number word, Objects to count, and Tally marks.

As always, I encourage comments and any ideas or suggestions by emailing me at reneeheiss@gmail.com

Renee Heiss

All-American Teacher Tools
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April 2021 Teacher Talk

  Posted by Deann Marin of Socrates Lantern 

Welcome to our April Teacher Talk.  All of us from the Teacher Talk collaborative would like wish you a happy and prosperous spring.  We have so many fab tips this month from Math, ELA and reading ideas, to high interest learning and our featured author for the month, you don't want to miss reading these blog posts from some awesome educators.

If you're interested in joining this unique group of teacher entrepreneurs, blogging buddies and/or our blog linky, sign up here....The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs Marketing Cooperative. If you decide to join, "Feel free to email me at deann.marin@gmail.com for any questions you might have."

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Let's Have a Poetry Jam

By Deann Marin of Socrates Lantern

Usually when I tell my students that we are going to learn how to write poems, some of them say, “I can’t write a poem,” or “Yuck, Poetry!.” By the end of the  workshop, which takes about 2-3 weeks, most of the kids realize that they can in fact write all sorts of poems.

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The Power of Words, Sound and Rhythm

By Kathie Yonemura of Tried and True Teaching Tools

I'm embarrassed to admit that I used to think of poetry as boring or rambling. Or silly rhymes in a sing song pattern. Never before has poetry been so mainstream and "cool".

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The Miracle of Friendship

By Retta London of Rainbow City Learning

Friendship is a miracle and also something that can be taught.

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A Poetry Slam 

By Gini Musmanno of Reading Spotlight

April is National Poetry Month, and poetry is experiencing renewed interest and excitement, due to one, very special person. R U ready for a Poetry Slam? Here’s how to do it.

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5 Tools for End of the School Year Success

By Marcy Howe of It's a Teacher Thing

Learn easy tips for making your end of the school year a success for both you and your students.

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Building a Nest: An Easy, Engaging, and Messy STEM Challenge

By Sarah Lalonde of Science and STEAM Team

Looking for a fun spring STEM challenge! Students will enjoy learning about robins and then building a nest within given parameters.

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Set Theory in Precalculus

By Don Sabado of Mr D Math Class

A Venn diagram is a nice approach to solve problems by deduction. Here is a sample problem using a Venn diagram.

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Let's talk picture books for SEL

By Lisa Robles of LisaTeachR's Classroom

Social emotional learning is always important but even more so with living through a Pandemic and your world being upended. Here are three great books for SEL.

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By Vicky Rauch of Scipi

Inspired by Earth Day, Trash to Treasure is an eight page FREE resource. In it, you will discover how to take old, discarded materials and make them into new, useful, inexpensive products or tools for your classroom.
for SEL.

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Earth Day in ELA

By Katherine Auer of Loving Laguage Arts

Reading & writing ideas for Earth Day in ELA all April long!
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Earth Day is on April 22nd.

By Vicky Rauch of Scipi

Inspired by Earth Day, Trash to Treasure is an eight page FREE resource. In it, you will discover how to take old, discarded materials and make them into new, useful, inexpensive products or tools for your classroom.
for SEL.

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Earth Day in ELA

By Katherine Auer of Loving Laguage Arts

Reading & writing ideas for Earth Day in ELA all April long!
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Earth Day Fun and Games

 by All-American Teacher Tools

Earth day is April 22. Start now to plan for the day's fun and activities based on a vocabulary directly related to Earth Day.  

This is appropriate for grades 4-8 and will provide you with an entire day of fun and games!

Click here: Earth Day Games and Activities

Check out my other games for the rest of the year: Socially Distant Games - Indoors, Outdoors, and Virtual

Teacher Talk March 2021

 Posted by Deann Marin of Socrates Lantern 

Welcome to our March Teacher Talk.  All of us from the Teacher Talk collaborative would like wish you a happy and prosperous spring.  We have so many fab tips this month from Math, ELA and reading ideas, to High interest learning and our featured author for the month, you don't want to miss reading these blog posts from some awesome educators.

If you're interested in joining this unique group of teacher entrepreneurs, blogging buddies and/or our blog linky, sign up here....The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs Marketing Cooperative. If you decide to join, "Feel free to email me at deann.marin@gmail.com for any questions you might have."

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Coffea for Mental Health (Restlessness)

By Deann Marin of Socrates Lantern

Can you imagine coffee to be an alternative medicine that supports and improves mental health? 

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Greet Students with the Arts

By Retta London of Rainbow City Learning

Suggestions for a kinder, more gentle way to welcome students back to class this Spring.

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Let's Hear it for the Women!

By Kathie Yonemura of Tried and True Teaching Tools

Although March is designated as Women's History Month, we obviously learn about women who have made a difference throughout the year. This was a quick and easy group assignment: Women's History posters.

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5 Renewable Energy Sources: The Pros and Cons Simplified

By Sarah Lalonde of Science and STEAM Team

Do you want to learn more about renewable energy sources? Read about the pros and cons in a simplified way!

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The Gift: Cancelled By Culture

By Gini Musmanno of Reading Spotlight

I learned that cultures are complicated, but they do have profound effects.. My small touch cannot alter very much, but, hopefully, being able to read will open doors for them when they do knock.

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How to Make Earth Day Relevant in the Classroom

By Marcy Howe of Its a Teacher Thing

Learn 6 easy ideas to increase the relevance of Earth Day.

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3 Tips on Using Blog Posts Correctly

By Charlene Tess of Charlene Tess

Learn to use apostrophes correctly. Never use an apostrophe to make a noun plural.

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Attitude Really IS Everything: Encouraging Students to Own Their Attitudes

By Katie Auer of Loving Language Arts

Attitude really is everything - instill this in students!

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Picture Books for Growth Mindset

By Lisa Robles of LisaTeachR's Classroom

Growth mindset is HUGE in my class and here are some of my favorites with a few tips on how to use them in your classroom.

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Photos into Cartoons

By Don Sabado of Mr. D Math Class

My current post is about turning photos into cartoons and using it in my blog and my Jamboard lessons when I return to work from spring break vacation.

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