For project-based learning, we used this during the month of February to help our students come up with some amazing projects to display at our school. This is editable with Microsoft Word and includes a letter to parents (including an example) and
English Language Arts, Social Studies - History, Arts
We used this during October for project-based learning to go along with our Charlotte's Web unit and the kids loved it! This include an editable parent letter, a question template on which the students can record their responses, and then a list of
English Language Arts, Biology, For All Subject Areas
This mini-lesson focuses on 3rd Grade Area and Perimeter in which students are divided into groups (this can be changed or altered on the pages as needed) and they are to move about the classroom to find the area and perimeter of listed objects.
These centers include the following areas: Listening Center: Read to Self, Story Structure: Comprehension, Word Center: Spelling, Vocabulary, and Sight Words, The Writing Center: Penmanship and Creativity.
Some of this is covering the Daily
English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Reading
Literacy Center Ideas, Cooperative Learning, Literature Circles
Here is a comprehensive test reliant on the 2nd Grade Treasure's Story "Click, Clack, Moo Cows that Type" by Doreen Cronin. The story covers 2nd grade CCSS and those are listed on the test itself. Includes 10 test items with 2 short answer.
Use this word list to determine what students know before this unit in Reading Street. Has a list of words they may be unfamiliar with, a section using cause and effect, and a short answer section concerning "environments."
Change up the title and
This is a simple list of 59 writing prompts that my students helped me to write. We discussed what we liked to write about and made sure to put them in prompt form. Also, there are several one-liners that would be excellent for a "scoot" game if