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Word sorts for grades K-1

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Fun math lesson with poem and lesson link attached.

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Language Arts, Mathematics, Operations (+, -, x, /, etc.)

Objective

Students will copy and extend patterns; use symbols in equations; solve simple equations; recognize and collects data; understand the problem; choose a problem-solving strategy; and implement a problem-solving strategy.

Directions

1. Prepare the addition books for each student. Reproduce pages 54-55. Cut the pages so that there is one addition problem per page. The cover sheet should be on top. Staple them along the left side with two staples in book form. Each book should contain four pages.

2. Make a pair of mittens for each student or request a pair of mittens or gloves from home labeled with the student's name. If you are making the mittens with paper, make each pair different. Vary the colors or designs. Try using wallpaper samples instead of construction paper for variety. They are sturdy and can be quite colorful.

3. Make a floor chart, using butcher paper or masking tape.

Procedure

1. Reread the nursery rhyme Three Little Kittens.

2. Ask the students if they have ever lost anything. Ask them to share with the class problem-solving strategies that they used to find the items.

3. Have one-half of the class get out their mittens and put them into a pile. Mix the pile and randomly hand each student from the other half of the class one mitten. Ask the students to find the persons who have the matching mittens.

4. When the students have found the mates to their mittens, have them describe to their partners the properties they looked for while trying to find the mates.

5. Gather the mittens and put them aside.

6. Repeat the activity with the other half of the class' mittens.

7. Return the mittens to the original owners when the activity is complete.

8. Graph the number of mittens on the floor graph. Discuss the results (of which are there more, of which are there fewer).

9. Have the students sort and pattern the mittens in cooperative groups.

Center Idea
As a follow-up activity in a math center, have the students play mitten/kitten addition. Each student receives two dice, tiny chart stickers, and a copy of My Addition Booklet. Students will roll the dice and add them together to explore fact strategies. Students will then record their answers in their activity books. Each student will have room to record three math problems.
Resources

construction paper in a variety of colors, wallpaper samples, or fabric scraps

tiny chart stickers with mittens or cats on them

copies of the nursery rhyme Three Little Kittens

My Addition Booklet patterns (see worksheet link below)

butcher paper or masking tape

scissors

pencil

dice

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Three Little Kittens: Addition Booklet " Free Lessons | Teacher Created Resources

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Language Arts, Mathematics, Operations (+, -, x, /, etc.) Students will copy and extend patterns; use symbols in equations; solve simple equations; recognize and collects data; understand the problem; choose a problem-solving strategy; and implement a problem-solving strategy. Prepare the addition books for each student. Reproduce pages 54-55.

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Listening activity.

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Language Arts, Reading, Reading Comprehension, Social Studies

Objective

Students follow step-by-step directions to create quilts that represent themselves and their interests.

Directions

Tell your students that today you will be helping each of them to design a quilt. Each quilt will be different, and they must be very good listeners to complete the activity. Have the students separate their desks or put up dividing folders to minimize distractions and wandering eyes. Then ask the students to take out a sharpened pencil as well as crayons or colored pencils. Distribute the blank listening sheets, but ask the students to refrain from marking them until you give directions. Read the student directions one at a time, allowing adequate time between each. When the activity is complete, use the quilt designs as a bulletin board display.
Student Directions:

1. Write your first name in the large center block.

2. Start with the first block on the top row left. Color it red.

3. Move two blocks to the right and color it yellow.

4. Move two blocks to the right and color it blue.

5. Go to the second row. Begin with the second block. Color every other block just as in the first row, but this time color blue, then red, and then yellow.

6. For the third row, follow the same pattern as the top row, using this order: yellow, red, blue.

7. For the fourth row, follow the same pattern as the second row, using this order: red, yellow, blue.

8. Using your pencil until you are told otherwise, fill in the following things in the empty spaces in the top row, going from left to right: the number of people in your family, any consonant, and your initials.

9. Go to row two. Left to right, fill in the blocks this way: draw your pet (or any animal you wish you had for a pet), a square, and a tree.

10. Go to row three. Left to right, fill in the blocks this way: draw a bunny, a house, and a star.

11. Go to row four. Left to right, fill in the blocks this way: write the number on your house (the address), a vowel, and your age.

12. Use your colored pencils or crayons to color your pictures in rows two and three.

Resources

1 blank Listening Sheet per student

pencils

colored pencils or crayons

The Patchwork Quilt by Valerie Flournoy (E.P. Dutton, 1985)

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Design a Quilt " Free Lessons | Teacher Created Resources

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Language Arts, Reading, Reading Comprehension, Social Studies Students follow step-by-step directions to create quilts that represent themselves and their interests. Tell your students that today you will be helping each of them to design a quilt. Each quilt will be different, and they must be very good listeners to complete the activity.

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Math: Place Values (Tens and Ones) (2nd)

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Math: Place Values (Tens and Ones) (2nd)

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Math: Word Problems with Multiplication (3rd)

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Math: Word Problems with Multiplication (3rd)

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Math: Two Digit Division and Multiplication Word Problems (4-5)

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Math: Two Digit Division and Multiplication Word Problems (4-5)

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Make copies prior to lesson or hand out blank white papers

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Our Community « Free Lessons | Teacher Created Resources

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Free Lesson: Children will each create a page for a class book titled Our Community. Each page will feature an interesting fact about the community.

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Students design and measure own house/bedroom

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Mathematics, Geometry, Measurement (includes Time)

Objective

In this activity, students will use geometric concepts, properties, and relationships in problem-solving situations and communicate the reasoning used in solving these problems.

Directions

Tell the students the following scenario. Record the important facts on the board as you tell them.
You and your family are moving to a new house. Included is the floor plan for your bedroom (page 64). Your parents have agreed to allow you to choose and arrange your own bedroom furniture as long as you meet these criteria: You must include a sleeping area, a work area, a play area, and appropriate walk space. You must select from the parent-approved furniture provided (page 65). Using a drawing program, draw the floor plan of your own bedroom, including furniture placement (one 1/4" square = 1 square foot). Then, using a word processing program, write a description of your new bedroom. In your description, include which furniture you chose and why; where you put the furniture and why; and evidence that you met the criteria set by your parents.
Extension
The students could plan the layout of their entire homes, classrooms, school, etc.

Resources

copies of the two student sheets (see the link below)

AppleWorks, Microsoft Works, or another drawing program

Microsoft Word, AppleWorks, or other word processing program

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Design Your Dream Bedroom " Free Lessons | Teacher Created Resources

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Mathematics, Geometry, Measurement (includes Time) In this activity, students will use geometric concepts, properties, and relationships in problem-solving situations and communicate the reasoning used in solving these problems. Tell the students the following scenario. Record the important facts on the board as you tell them. You and your family are moving to a new house.

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Writing activity for 9th graders

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Fun Writing Prompts

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PLEASE MAKE COPY FIRST!

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PLEASE MAKE COPY FOR YOURSELF FIRST!

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Math: Adding and Subtracting Negative Numbers (7th)

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Math: Adding and Subtracting Negative Numbers (7th)

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https://www.worksheetworks.com/
https://www.commoncoresheets.com/
https://www.teachstarter.com/
https://www.readworks.org/
https://newsela.com/

Both ReadWorks and Newsela have printable articles that come with question sets. You don't have to have a school email to access these sites.

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GoNoodle has an amazing selection of kid-friendly videos to use in the classroom to energize kids, teach new concepts, and even teach mindfulness. Students love them and teachers love them too! Here are a few favorite GoNoodle videos recommended by the teachers in our WeAreTeachers Helpline group on Facebook.

Videos to help you teach concepts

1. Getcha Money Right

Kids will learn all about money values and equivalencies as they sing along to the beat.

2. Bones Bones Bones!

Perfect for the Halloween season, learn all about the bones in the human body with dancing Mr. Bones.

3. Round it Up

Rounding numbers is sometimes a tricky concept for kids. This catchy tune explains the rules in a memorable way.

4. By Bye Buy

"You're about to get your mind blown 'cause we're gonna rap about homophones!" This video demystifies words that sound the same but have different meanings in a fun, high-energy way.

5. Hola, Bonjour, HELLO!

The whole GoNoodle crew pitches in to teach the many different ways we greet one another.

6. Banana, Banana, Meatball

The Blazer Fresh guys get kids up and moving as they teach about patterns like "nod, clap, shake your hips, nod, clap, shake your hips!"

7. Don't Read Like a Robot

Talking about reading fluency has never been so fun!

8. Clap it Out!

Breaking words down into syllables is one of the fundamental skills for good readers and writers. Clap it Out encourages kids to mind the tempo of the words they hear.

9. Think Like a Scientist

This fast-paced video digs into the steps of the scientific process.

GoNoodle videos to pump up the energy and practice your dance moves

10. Poppin' Bubbles

Get your kids popping and hopping with this quick, energizing video.

11. Peanut Butter in a Cup

Pump up the energy in your classroom with this fun round-robin song. And don't be surprised if you hear kids repeating it on the playground!

12. Dynamite

Get your students dancing along and light it up like it's dynamite!

13. Can't Stop the Feeling!

Justin Timberlake's Can't Stop the Feeling, featuring the Trolls, is the perfect song to liven up your classroom.

14. Fresh Prince Theme Song

Play it old school with this modern rendition of the theme song from the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

15. Jump!

This video will get your students' hearts racing and lungs pumping. Perfect when you need to let off a little steam or wake everyone up.

Videos that feel like you're in a video game

16. Fabio's Meatball Run

Fabio, the lovable meatball-loving moose, is on the run, delivering juicy meatballs to his grandmother. Follow along as he ducks, dodges, and jumps his way across town.

17. Run the Red Carpet

Run down the red carpet- dodging, ducking, and striking poses. Then take a breather as you watch McPufferson's comedy show. Repeat.

'Repeat after me' videos

18. Boom Chicka Boom

The Moose Tube crew heads to the big city to perform this "repeat after me song." Warning: this one will seriously stick in your head for days!

19. Pizza Man

Make like a pizza delivery man and deliver this call and response video to your students when you want to get them up and moving.

GoNoodle videos to complement your SEL instruction

20. Rainbow Breath

Practicing rainbow breath will help your students feel alert, calm, energized, and ready for the day.

21. Bring it Down

This video will help your kids learn how to manage their stress levels with a guided mindfulness exercise.

22. Melting

This centering video guides kids through a series of muscle movements (tensing and releasing) to release stress and re-energize.

23. On and Off

This guided meditation teaches kids to turn the energy in their bodies on and off again. They'll learn to use their muscles and their breath to regulate their emotions.

The perfect lunchtime transition video

24. Lunch!

No slow, messy transitions when you put this video on. This song is a veritable anthem to one of the best parts of the school day: lunch!

Everyone's favorite birthday celebration

25. The Birthday Song

The whole GoNoodle gang shows up for this happy birthday celebration!
What are your favorite GoNoodle videos for the classroom? Come share in our WeAreTeachers Helpline group on Facebook. Also, check out these Fun Indoor Recess Games for the Classroom.

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Teachers Share Their 25 Favorite GoNoodle Videos

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GoNoodle has an amazing selection of kid-friendly videos to use in the classroom to energize kids, teach new concepts, and even teach mindfulness. Students love them and teachers love them too! Here are a few favorite GoNoodle videos recommended by the teachers in our WeAreTeachers Helpline group on Facebook.

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Setting Up a Structured Classroom Archives - The Watson Institute

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Suggestions, guidelines and resources to set up a structured special education classroom.

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Ways to continue learning in interactive ways

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Ways to continue learning in interactive ways

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25 Creative Activities

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Engagement inside the classroom helps students learn and not just memorize. Explore 25 interactive classroom activities you could try with your students.

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5 Team-Building Activities for High School Students

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Download five team-building activities for high school students and use them to establish a great classroom dynamic. In this article, you’ll discover how team-building activities benefit students, ways to ensure team-building activities will be successful, and printable classroom-tested activities.

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Behavior Contract printables and teacher forms, free behavior contracts to print. All of the behavior contracts are in PDF format. Behavior contracts help to curb inappropriate behaviour in favor of supporting appropriate behavior. Regular follow up must occur for behavior contracts to work. There are behaviour contracts for a variety of grades and age levels. "Enhance classroom management and foster positive student behavior with our comprehensive collection of free behavior contracts. Download now and gain access to a wide range of customizable contracts, designed to promote discipline, accountability, and a conducive learning environment. Empower your teaching with these invaluable resources and create a harmonious classroom experience. Get your free behavior contracts today!"

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