It’s no secret that Christmas is my favorite holiday, by far. There’s just something about it that is completely magical to me, especially when I’m around my children and students. That’s one of the reasons I like to incorporate it into my routine as often as possible. If you’re not allowed to do Christmas activities, […]
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These Thanksgiving worksheets and activities are based around a Thanksgiving Choice Board. You can absolutely skip the choice board and have students complete a few (or just one) of the Thanksgiving worksheets and activities a day. If you do choose the choice board, you can have students complete one activity from each row, or complete
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This year I’m recycling some Halloween Choice Board activities that I made way back in 2010. I actually used the same activities YEARS before that. Back before I knew how to make tables and insert images, I created the choice board and activities by hand. One day I’m going to dig through my old school
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My teaching partner had the great idea of having our students complete a literacy based pumpkin project. Our students decorated a pumpkin to represent one of their favorite book characters, and then they created a written presentation to describe the character traits of the character they chose. Our students turned in their pumpkins today, and
You can use these 3rd Grade Christmas Math Centers see them here from the end of November all the way to our Christmas break. If you’re looking for a post on 4th grade Christmas Math Centers, you can click here. Christmas Graphing Christmas Graphing-This is my favorite part of the new math packet! I made
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This holidays around the world activity incorporates reading, writing, and social studies for upper elementary students. You can visit the website to see the holidays around the world resource. Holidays Around the World Reading Passages There are ten sets of holidays around the world nonfiction reading passages that are based on different cultures’ and nations’ holidays
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These Halloween multiplication worksheets help you integrate math topics with seasonal activities. They also help you see increase in student engagement, because they’re so fun for students. It’s also great having a staple of no prep activities ready to go, because I never know when I’ll need a little something extra. These 3rd Grade Halloween
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Having only taught upper elementary, I’d never worried about 100th day activities. It all just seemed a little too young to me. I start feeling the pressure of our state testing after Christmas, so I don’t like giving up class time for anything other that what’s essential to teach. However, every year the 100th day
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These Christmas literacy activities should make the days leading up to Christmas vacation a little easier for you and fun for your students! No matter how crazy it is, the week before Christmas vacation is one of my favorite weeks of the school year. I have more flexibility to let loose a little and have
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There is something about this time of year when I start getting excited about Halloween, Thanksgiving, and even Christmas! I love, love, love all of the fun and craziness that the holidays bring. In this post, I’ve shared some of my 3rd Grade Halloween Math Centers. I may have sneaked in a few language arts
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