FREE MATH LESSON - “Algebra Scavenger Hunt (Forever FREEBIE) #kindnessnation and #weholdthesetruths”

by TeachToTell
5th - 8th Grade

This resource was created to not only help your students better understand rules for addition and subtraction of Directed Numbers but also to spread the message of kindness and tolerance. Each Scavenger Hunt Card features a positive attribute of being a good friend and is accompanied with a meaningful visual. Join with me and other collaborators at #kindnessnation and #weholdthesetruths 

WHAT’S INCLUDED:
✓ 20 Friendship themed Scavenger Hunt Cards (color) on addition and subtraction of positive and negative integers.
✓ Recording Sheets (x2) to use with Scavenger Hunt Cards.
✓ Note page x 1 outlining rules of working with positive and negative integers.
✓ Photos of resource for reference
✓ Answer Key

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SCAVENGER HUNT:
My students really enjoyed this activity – I’m sure your students will too! I cut out and laminated the twenty Scavenger Hunt Cards. I then tacked them to the wall with Plasti-Tac. Spread them out or hide them for more fun.

♦ Students may start with any card to begin with.

♦ They write the problem to solve on their recording sheets and look for the answer (top) on another card.

♦ The name of the picture of the card where the answer is found is written below the answer on the Recording Sheet.

♦ Students then solve the next question at the bottom of the card where they found the answer and look for the answer again on another card.

♦All questions are solved this way till the question of the last card loops back to the answer of the first card.

Clear visual instructions further provided in file. The Scavenger Hunt is an effective way for students to check their working and arrive at the right answer in order to solve the next problem. Should they loop to the first card they started with before problems on all cards are solved, they may refer to the image on the answer key to see where they've gone wrong.

This would be an effective means to check and review as students solve the problems.

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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON - “Writer's Workshop Editing Marks Poster”

by Primary Teachspiration
1st - 4th Grade

This poster will serve as a constant reference for students as they edit their writing. It can be copied for each student, posted in the classroom or center, or projected.

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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON - “Tales of A Fourth Grade Nothing Vocabulary PowerPoint”

by Kristin Jason
3rd - 4th Grade

Free! Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing is one of the best books to read as a class, and is sure to be a favorite with your students. This vocabulary slide show presents ten words from the novel. Each word is defined using student friendly terms. Illustrations or sound demonstrations are included where applicable. Some slides also give questions for discussion so students can give examples or share experiences that allow them to connect to the word and become familiar with the correct usage. 

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FREE MATH LESSON - “Spring into Math! {5th Grade CC Drawing Freebie}”

by Love Learning
5th - 7th Grade

Spring Math Assignment: Fifth Grade

Students answer the math questions on the sheet in order to complete a "Spring Has Sprung" drawing. My students LOVE this activity and ask me to create more of these! 

Since I use this with my fifth graders, the math questions correlate with the fifth grade common core. This can also be used in 6th and 7th grade as a fun review activity. 

This particular activity has review questions on: 

1. Dividing Whole Numbers and Unit Fractions
2. Order of Operations
3. Multiplying by powers of 10
4. Rounding Decimals
5. Adding fractions with unlike denominators
6. Multiplying decimals
7. Comparing Decimals from Least to Greatest
8. Two geometric shapes

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Take a look at my other fifth grade math lessons: 

• Decimals Bundle (NBT Standards)
• Measurement (MD Standards)
• Whole Number Division (NBT Standards)
• Coordinate Planes and Numerical Patterns (OA Standards)
• Line Plots (MD Standards) 
• Volume (MD Standards) 
• Geometry (G Standards)
• Fractions Bundle (NF Standards)
• Fifth Grade Constructed Response Sheets 

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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON - “First Grade Fry Word Flashcards Words #51-150”

by Happy Days in First Grade
Kindergarten - 1st Grade

Use these flashcards to help your students quickly learn their high frequency words. These are best printed on cardstock and can easily be used during whole group, small groups, and tutorials. These can also be sent home to provide addition practice at home. They are ready to be printed, cut out, and used.

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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON - “Little Bunny Sight Word Game”

by A Special Kind of Class
Pre-Kindergarten - Kindergarten

Children practice their sight words while playing this fun Easter game. Students must try and find the bunny hidden under an Easter egg. To be able to look under the chosen egg, children must read the word on it. Works on word recognition skills and turn taking.

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Starring Now...TBOTEMC's FEATURED AUTHOR March 2017

It's The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs & Teacher Talk's Featured Author

March 2017

Tracy Willis 

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I've been teaching for 24 years, and I still love exploring new approaches to learning and teaching.  My favorite approaches include using art, music, and movement in my lessons. My products reflect the marriage of academics and the arts.  I chose my store name because I am a "wild child." I love animals, trail running, and hiking...anything to do with nature. My favorite thing about teaching is experiencing that moment when a student loses herself in her learning, forgetting to be resistant. There's nothing better than, "What are we going to do next, Ms. Willis?"

My best selling product came about because I was looking for a way to excite and challenge my students while teaching fractions, decimals & percents.  You can find it here (click):

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In this math and art project, inspired by Piet Mondrian's art, we view his art and question the amounts of colors in examples.  We measure the amounts using a transparent overlay, and then figure out the fractional, decimal and percentage amounts of each color.  Students then create their own Mondrian-inspired art using mathematical parameters. There are also reading and writing components to it, too!

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This is another math, art and literacy project.  In this product we learn about  Kandinsky and synesthesia, which fascinates my students. Using critical thinking strategies, students view a color study by Kandinsky, explore circumference, and creative problem solving before collaging their own Kandinsky-inspired artwork.

My favorite thing about writing for TBOTEMC's Teacher Talk is the virtual collaboration.  It's exciting to read about other teachers' classroom journeys.  It's exciting to be a part of that conversation, too!

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You can check out my most recent blogpost below!

Go down deep enough into anything and you will find mathematics.

                                                                                       Dean Schlicter

There was a time in my life when this quote would've terrorized my whole existence (insert traumatized laugh). I remember fifth grade like it was yesterday, because that was the beginning of my obsession with history and my loathing of math. That year, I read every book I could find about the medieval time period. My imagination blossomed with tales of knights and the bubonic plague. And at night, I was tormented with nightmares of rogue long division problems. And now as a fifth grade teacher, when I think of math, it conjures up images of King Arthur, Merlin, death and destruction and the sounds of Gregorian chant.  I can't help but wonder what my classroom math experiences might have been had my teacher linked the math to something that I love---like medieval history.

One awesome thing about being a teacher is that you get to right the wrongs you may have experienced yourself as a learner.  That's what I did.  I took my students' angst about classifying and measuring angles and I turned it into a math and art project, as I wished my fifth grade math teacher had done.

We began by reading about illuminated texts.  I brought this part of the project into my reader's workshop and used it as a center.  Students read a three page history about illuminated manuscripts and completed a close read. This worked really well, and I was able to extend it into a lesson on nonfiction text structures. 

After reading about illuminated texts and the history of monograms, I gave my kids copies of medieval lettering.  They cut out their monograms from these letters and glued them onto another page to examine them more closely.  Together, we explored the angles in each of our letters.  Using highlighters, my students began highlighting the angles they found in their letters. Reviewing acute, obtuse, right and straight angels, as well as supplementary and complementary angles, we began to sort our letters according to their "angle traits."  We did this in small groups. At first, we eyeballed the angles and then used protractors to measure them.

The last part of this math project was great fun. We closely examined a close up photo of a real illuminated manuscript.  I was able to blow this up on my SMART board using the pdf I had created of the photo. We completed a visible thinking routine called "See-Think-Wonder."  Students named and noticed the types of pictures painted in around the illuminated letters. 

 I created an illuminated alphabet using some fantastic gold glitter lettering from Paula Kim Studios. After printing it on cardstock paper, my kids selected their first or last initial and began drawing in details around their gold letter. They were required to sketch in details about their lives around their illuminated letters.

After sketch was complete, we used colored pencils to fill in our drawings with vibrant colors.  My students knew the colors had to be bold and vivid after looking at illuminated manuscript examples.

What are we going to do next in math, Ms. Willis?

This literacy, math and art project was fun. I teach fifth graders, so this was a review of fourth grade learning for them.  It enabled us to review measurement concepts and address learning goals in other curriculum areas. After having taught fourth grade for umpteen million years, I would use this project with fourth graders as an end-of-unit alternative assessment. 

Perhaps the BEST part of this learning experience was my students asking, "What are we going to do next in math, Ms. Willis?"  Eyes shining. Faces smiling. No tears. Learning cemented. Not a worksheet in sight. 

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