Heartfelt Causes & Effects

…in my book, Graphic Organizers for Reading: Teaching Tools Aligned with the Common Core, and titled it Heartfelt Causes & Effects. It decided to make it completely free, and if…

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…

Save Time and Paper with Mini ABC Books!

…definitely a collaborative effort! Where to Download These Freebies Both of these ABC Mini Books can be found on Laura’s Best Freebies, a private page on my website that can…

Green Court Claims Freebie

…a verdict. You’ll find everything you need in this free lesson packet on my Science page on Teaching Resources. You’ll find the Common Core Alignment details at the back of…

School Sticks for Summer Fun!

…the free School Sticks shown on the right. Implementing School Sticks A general rule for using School Sticks is to assign the child to read 30 minutes a day and…

Spontaneity Brings Math to Life!

…like the idea of having students create puppets from 3D shapes, feel free to use the patterns from this free assortment of 3D shape nets that I created to save…

Tips for Grading Cooperative Learning Lessons

…her participation and the quality of the final product. You can download this form for free from my Cooperative Learning page on Teaching Resources. Here’s how I used the Team…

Investigating Gummy Bears

…my own lab worksheets which you can download for free from my TpT store. To begin the lab, I gave my students the question we were going to test: What…

12 Ways to Motivate Reluctant Readers

…sure how to implement this effectively, you can find helpful information and a free webinar on Teaching Resources that explains the Reading Workshop approach. Let them create a cozy reading…

Show What You Know!

…directions are outlined below; printable directions can be found in all of my Showdown freebies and products on TpT. Stack the problem cards face down in the center of the…