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Activities to Use with an Interactive Place Value Chart

If you have your interactive place value chart set up, it's time to get your students interacting with it. How Can I Use This Place Value Chart in My Classroom? Read a number to your students and have them form the number in standard form on the chart (whole numbers or decimals) Have students create a number and challenge a partner to write that number in different forms When ... Read More about Activities to Use with an Interactive Place Value Chart

Place Value Activities

What Else Can I Do? Once your place value chart is set up, there are so many options for using it to teach, reinforce, and intervene with place value. I've even done the work for you to save you some time! Check out some 4th Grade and 5th Grade place value activities that you can implement with your place value chart. Save by Investing in a Bundle: If you're looking to purchase the place ... Read More about Place Value Activities

End of the Year Gift

Are you looking for a fun end of the year gift for your students that requires little preparation? I'm here to help you out. The last couple of years, I've sent my students off to summer vacation with a beach ball, which they usually blow up before we even leave school and throw around with their friends. I recently found a great set of emoji beach balls from Amazon that are inexpensive and ... Read More about End of the Year Gift

Digital Student Portfolios

Does your school require you to maintain student portfolios? In the past, I've had students keep their work in binders, file folders, etc. This can require a lot of materials and take up TONS of space. My solution? DIGITAL STUDENT PORTFOLIOS! <<Click this link to download the directions or see the directions below>> Create Digital Student Portfolios: You can also ... Read More about Digital Student Portfolios

Google Forms for Quick Checks

Do you give your students exit slips or quick checks to assess their mastery of a skill that you're currently teaching? I've done this in many different forms, from a short half-sheet of paper, to a post-it note that they put on a quick check board (thanks to The Book Wrangler's brilliant idea!). Now that we are becoming more technology-driven, I've come up with a much easier way to assess my ... Read More about Google Forms for Quick Checks

Classification Unit for Google Classroom

Science hasn't typically been my favorite subject to teach in the past, but this year I've been trying to make it more fun. I decided to try something new when planning my unit on Classification. In previous years, I have read through the textbook and given the test from the book to my kids. Boring! Keep reading to see how I made this unit interactive and engaging through ... Read More about Classification Unit for Google Classroom