Are you looking for a fun and festive way to invite families into your class during the holiday season? Class parties are fun, but it is great to have activities that involve parents and build learning. A Holidays Around the World celebration is a perfect activity for building family involvement or a cross-curricular culminating activity for a holiday unit. I like to run my Holidays Around the World celebration in centers. I typically have 4-5 … [Read more...] about Festive Holiday Ideas: A Holidays Around the World Celebration
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SUBTRACTION Turkey Craft Activity | FUN Thanksgiving Math Games
These Thanksgiving Math Centers Subtraction Turkey Puzzles make it quick and easy for teachers to provide hands on activities that meet the needs of all students! This download includes print AND digital options! All three puzzles are engaging and fun. They're great for your 1st, 2nd, or 3rd grade classroom or homeschool students. WANT TO SAVE SOME MONEY AND HAVE SUBTRACTION MATH SHAPE PUZZLES FOR THE ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR? Check out this … [Read more...] about SUBTRACTION Turkey Craft Activity | FUN Thanksgiving Math Games
Dividing Unit Fractions and Whole Numbers Magic Square Puzzle
These Dividing Unit Fractions and Whole Numbers are great activities for a math center game. They provide a great way to get students a hands-on, engaging critical thinking game for extra practice. Plus this math center activity is a quick and easy way for teachers to provide meaningful learning that meets the needs of elementary 5th grade students in the classroom or at home! These dividing unit fraction and whole numbers puzzles help … [Read more...] about Dividing Unit Fractions and Whole Numbers Magic Square Puzzle
10 Ways to Keep Parents From Calling Your Principal
Even as a teacher, you dread it when you get told to come to the principal's office. "What did I do?" if often the first thought that goes through a teacher's head. While there's a good chance you've done nothing wrong, you may have. We all make mistakes. As an elementary principal and K-12 special education director, I saw firsthand some things teachers do that is upsetting to parents and makes them pick up a phone and call the … [Read more...] about 10 Ways to Keep Parents From Calling Your Principal
DIVISION Turkey Puzzles | FUN Thanksgiving Math Worksheet Alternatives
These Thanksgiving Math Centers Division Turkey Puzzles make it quick and easy for teachers to provide hands on activities that meet the needs of all students! This download includes print AND digital options! All three puzzles are engaging and fun. They're great for your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade classroom or homeschool students. WANT TO SAVE SOME MONEY AND HAVE DIVISION MATH SHAPE PUZZLES FOR THE ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR? Check out this … [Read more...] about DIVISION Turkey Puzzles | FUN Thanksgiving Math Worksheet Alternatives
Editable Mermaid Puzzle
Let your students practice various skills with this fun EDITABLE Mermaid Shaped Puzzle. These are a great way to engage students on various tasks. Use this puzzle when you are reading about mermaids or for the mermaid loving kids. Let your students practice various skills with this fun mermaid Shaped Puzzle. This puzzle will have students match 17 different problems together by correctly putting the 13 piece mermaid together. This puzzle … [Read more...] about Editable Mermaid Puzzle
Mid-Year Community Building: Why It Matters and 4 Ways to Do It
For those first weeks of school in September, most teachers are doing a lot of classroom community building activities. I teach ESL to 5th, 6th , and 7th graders at the moment. In September, my walls are full of world maps where students mark their home countries, pages from all-about-me-books, and the results of lots of collaborative team-building activities. We all know that icebreakers and community builders create a friendly and safe learning … [Read more...] about Mid-Year Community Building: Why It Matters and 4 Ways to Do It
Editable Gnome Puzzle
Let your students practice various skills with this fun EDITABLE Gnome Shaped Puzzle. These are a great way to engage students on various tasks. Use them for a gnome decor theme classroom or anytime you want some gnome fun in your classroom. This puzzle will have students match 11 different problems together by correctly putting the eight piece gnome together. You need to create the puzzle, so it will fit the needs of YOUR students! Teachers … [Read more...] about Editable Gnome Puzzle
Evaluating Expressions Magic Square Puzzles
These Evaluating Expressions Magic Square Puzzles are great activities for a math center game. They provide a great way to get students a hands-on, engaging critical thinking game for extra practice. Plus this math center activity is a quick and easy way for teachers to provide meaningful learning that meets the needs of elementary 5th grade students in the classroom or at home! These evaluating expressions puzzles help students practice … [Read more...] about Evaluating Expressions Magic Square Puzzles