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Thankful Writing is an easy writing lesson and a craftivity all in one! The final project is sent home to be shared on Thanksgiving day as a memorable keepsake!

Thankful Writing is an easy writing lesson and a craftivity all in one! The final project is sent home to be shared on Thanksgiving day

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Free Halloween Word Work โ€“ Seek & Spell Fun!

How much time do you spend each week on spelling instruction? If youโ€™re an upper elementary teacher, the answer is probably โ€œnot enough.โ€ While you

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Five Looks on a Book is a simple and fun activity that offers a fun twist on the traditional book report. Students name five adjectives that describe their book and then write one supporting detail for each adjective. Freebie in the post!

Looking for a fun twist on book reports? Check out the “Five Looks on a Book” strategy described in this post, and download this free

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Pumpkin Seed Multiplication is a FREE partner activity that uses pumpkin seeds to help kids understand the relationship between addition and multiplication.

Pumpkin Seed Multiplication is a FREE partner activity that uses pumpkin seeds to help kids understand the relationship between addition and multiplication.

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Free Fall Math Word Problem Puzzlers

Daily problem solving is an important key to success in math, but implementing this type of program consistently can prove to be challenging.

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Help your students improve their reading fluency and reading comprehension with this partner activity for graphing oral reading fluency. Free Oral Reading Fluency packet included in this post!

Fluent readers sound more expressive when they read aloud, and they also comprehend the text far better than those who are not as fluent. This

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Wondering how to discuss 9/11 with your students? Check out these teaching tips and free resources based on the book The Man Who Walked Between the Towers.

Wondering how to discuss 9/11 with your students? Check out these teaching tips and free resources based on the book The Man Who Walked Between

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Daily Report Homework Solution

Do you have a few students who can’t seem to complete assignments andย turn them in on time? Yet when you talk to their parents, you

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Fraction Spinners make it easy to create fun fraction games for math centers or cooperative learning lessons. Download two free fraction spinners and discover four simple fraction games to practice simplifying fractions, adding or subtracting fractions, comparing fractions, and ordering fractions.

Fraction Spinners make it easy to create fun fraction games for math centers or cooperative learning lessons. Years ago I created the two free fraction

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Pay It Forward Day is a great time to teach a lesson on kindness. Download a fun graphic organizer for recording random acts of kindness

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Free Valentine Candy Hearts math lesson! Students conduct a simple investigation to find out if all boxes of Valentine conversation hearts are the same.

Free Valentine Candy Hearts math lesson! Students conduct a simple investigation to find out if all boxes of Valentine conversation hearts are the same.

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Download a free Customary Measurement Foldable from Laura Candler's blog. Student can use alone or in an interactive notebook.

Download a free Customary Measurement Foldable from Laura Candler’s blog. Student can use alone or in an interactive notebook.

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Category: Freebies

Free Halloween Word Work โ€“ Seek & Spell Fun!

Free Halloween Word Work – Seek & Spell Fun!

How much time do you spend each week on spelling instruction? If youโ€™re an upper elementary teacher, the answer is probably โ€œnot enough.โ€ While you might recognize the importance of phonemic awareness and phonics lessons, thereโ€™s just not enough time for true spelling instruction in the upper grades. This is

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Help your students improve their reading fluency and reading comprehension with this partner activity for graphing oral reading fluency. Free Oral Reading Fluency packet included in this post!

How to Track Oral Reading Fluency

Fluent readers sound more expressive when they read aloud, and they also comprehend the text far better than those who are not as fluent. This makes perfect sense when you consider how much energy a reader wastes when he or she has to slowly decode every word in a passage.

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Daily Report Homework Solution

Daily Report Homework Solution

Do you have a few students who can’t seem to complete assignments andย turn them in on time? Yet when you talk to their parents, you hear theย story, “But he said he finished all his homework!” Sadly, these studentsย may feel they are telling the truth because they forgot they even HADย homework.

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Fraction Spinners make it easy to create fun fraction games for math centers or cooperative learning lessons. Download two free fraction spinners and discover four simple fraction games to practice simplifying fractions, adding or subtracting fractions, comparing fractions, and ordering fractions.

Fraction Spinners Make Fractions Fun!

Fraction Spinners make it easy to create fun fraction games for math centers or cooperative learning lessons. Years ago I created the two free fraction spinners below and uploaded them to my Fractions File Cabinet page, but I didn’t include directions or suggestions for activities. Today I’d like to share

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