I know that most people associate March Madness with basketball, but for teachers we can also relate to our own sense of madness during March. All the craziness that comes with Spring Break, St. Patrick's Day, crazy weather that can't make up its mind (hot or cold), parent teacher conferences, state testing, oh and that darn Daylight Savings Time!!
Just so you don't go completely crazy, some of my blogging friends and I are sharing some great resources to help make your lesson planning a bit easier. AND..... if you stick around until the end of this blog post, you will have a chance to win ALL of them AND a $50 Teachers pay Teachers gift card to buy anything else that might be on your wish list!
The first item in our line-up is from Jewel's School Gems.
Are
you constantly on the lookout for resources that promote learning and
engagement even during the holidays and near school breaks? Why not try STEM
projects for a change! This Easter STEM Challenge Bundle provides hours of
engineering fun while making sure your students do their research, follow the
engineering design process, and reflect as to what worked and did not work.
Your kiddos can design and build an Easter egg basket, an egg launcher, and an
egg conveyor belt using simple and affordable materials. You and your students
will surely enjoy these Easter STEM activities. Check it out today!
The second item is from Angie S. who has a ton of great resources for special education.
Thisis a set of activities, worksheets and flashcards with real life photos perfect for celebrating Easter in your classroom! They are great for Kindergarten and preschool
students as well as for early age and children with autism. Your student will
learn the vocabulary, improve alphabet skills, answer questions and build
sentences using words on the topic.
You can see the resource in action in this video:
Mrs. J's Resource Creations has the next set of resources.
This
print and go St Patrick's Day Reading Mystery
incorporates a range of ELA skills in one. The main focus is for students to
read the text carefully, and reread to complete the
activities.
Students must complete the tasks after reading each passage to discover clues. Each clue requires students to critically think to decide which suspects they can eliminate from their suspect list. The last suspect remaining is who needs to be arrested for the 'Fool's gold.'
There is a Video Hook included for
optional use. It has been designed to ask questions about what is going on?
That’s when they must read to find out.
It can be viewed here.Students must complete the tasks after reading each passage to discover clues. Each clue requires students to critically think to decide which suspects they can eliminate from their suspect list. The last suspect remaining is who needs to be arrested for the 'Fool's gold.'
This
St Patrick’s Day, send your children on a mystery mission to find out where
Leroy accidentally left his pot of gold. Completing math questions is required
to unlock clues, which will help narrow down a list of locations of where
Leroy’s pot of gold is.
There
is a video hook for optional use to introduce this math activity. A written
story is also included in the PDF case file.
This
fun NO PREP activity is available in versions for grades 1-6!
Find the individual grade links withinthe video hook product description here. Mrs. Hansen's Helpfuls has some great items to get you ready for testing this spring!
She says, "For many classrooms we are starting to prepare for upcoming state testing. I always break this product out this time of year to help students with multi-step word problems. This product allows the teacher to break students into differentiatedgroups where students can also present how they solved the problem. This product also works with whole class instruction too."
Many
teachers teaching second grade CKLA this year, are already reading or about to
start Sir Gus Unit 5. This product will help improve and assess student
comprehension and grammar skills for this book. In addition, this unit now
includes a spelling component.
Last but not least, I am showcasing the following two resources from my store:
Countriesof the World Research Project (Common-Core Aligned)
Need to incorporate research writing into your curriculum? This is a perfect product for introducing report writing centered on your student's choice of country. Students will complete their own mini-book about the country of their choice along with an oral presentation.
Included in this Countries of the World Research project are:
Need to incorporate research writing into your curriculum? This is a perfect product for introducing report writing centered on your student's choice of country. Students will complete their own mini-book about the country of their choice along with an oral presentation.
Included in this Countries of the World Research project are:
•Teacher
Directions
•I
Can Statement Cards
•Research
Graphic Organizers
•Final
Draft forms
•Parent
Letter
and
and
•Grading
Rubric
I
have also included several editable pages so that you can customize the project
to fit your needs.
These
calculator word fun task cards are a fun and engaging way for your students to
practice math computation tasks (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and
division).
Do you remember typing numbers into a calculator and then flipping it over to see a word? Maybe you typed in .07734 to see the word hello? Now your students will have the same great memories as they practice math skills, and then check their answers using a calculator.
These task cards can be used as a math center, with small groups, for fast finishers, or even as a whole class scavenger hunt.
You can use the cards alone, or use the task card answer sheets included.
I have included 48 task cards including 24 whole number cards and 24 decimal cards to allow for differentiation.
Do you remember typing numbers into a calculator and then flipping it over to see a word? Maybe you typed in .07734 to see the word hello? Now your students will have the same great memories as they practice math skills, and then check their answers using a calculator.
These task cards can be used as a math center, with small groups, for fast finishers, or even as a whole class scavenger hunt.
You can use the cards alone, or use the task card answer sheets included.
I have included 48 task cards including 24 whole number cards and 24 decimal cards to allow for differentiation.
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