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Brain Breaks

By 3rd Grade Thoughts

This is a collection of 65 different Brain Breaks for the classroom. These can be used as transitions, breaks in the middle of an activity, something to raise or lower the energy of the group, team-building activities, and more!*UPDATE 7/2020: NEW

Subjects:

Specialty, Other (Specialty), Classroom Management

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Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

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$Math + Spelling= How Much is Your Word Worth?$

Math + Spelling= How Much is Your Word Worth?

By 3rd Grade Thoughts

** Featured on the 2 Sisters' Tip of the Week 7/6/12** This is a great activity to combine both math and word work! I pair this sheet with a baggie of play coins and have students determine the worth of each of their spelling words. You could

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Spelling, Math

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2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Centers

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Morning Meeting

By 3rd Grade Thoughts

This packet includes all of the resources you will need to start a Morning Meeting in your classroom, including a 30+ page E-BOOK to walk you through the entire process!! **To see a quick flip-through of the e-book, click HERE. Included in the

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Classroom Management

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1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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Activities

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Nonfiction Text Features: Posters & Scavenger Hunt

By 3rd Grade Thoughts

With the Common Core's increased emphasis on nonfiction, this packet with be very helpful in keeping your students engaged and involved in a wide variety of activities to understand nonfiction text features. NF Text Features included are: - Table

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English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Informational Text

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2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Posters

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Word Work: Complete Bundle {Place Value Trio, Letter Tiles & Word Worth Trio}

By 3rd Grade Thoughts

These activities will get you all set for year-long, self- differentiating word work centers and/or math centers! Each activity combines learning spelling with a math concept, like place value, addition, multiplication, cents, and dollars. Included

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English Language Arts, Spelling, Math

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2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

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Activities, Centers

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How To Make a Paper Airplane: Functional Writing & Transition Word Activity

By 3rd Grade Thoughts

When the Spring weather arrives and it gets harder and harder to keep your students motivated in writing, this engaging and interactive writing activity will save the day! Making your own paper airplane from a piece of copy paper is a blast! This

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Spring

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

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Activities, Graphic Organizers, Lesson

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Mystery Reader

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I have been incorporating Mystery Readers into my class for the last six years and it has been fantastic! Mystery Readers are parents, siblings, grandparents, visiting relatives, family friends, neighbors.... basically, anyone with an attachment

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English Language Arts, Reading

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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Activities, For Parents

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Parts of a Map: Posters & Sticky Note Scavenger Hunt

By 3rd Grade Thoughts

If you study maps, be sure to check out this resource for additional fun in your classroom! This will help your students recognize and understand the five parts of a map: - title - compass rose - key/ legend - scale - grid Have students bring in

Subjects:

Science, Earth Sciences, Geography

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Games, Posters

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Practicing Multiplication, Arrays & Fact Triangles: Multiplication Monsters

By 3rd Grade Thoughts

This math activity is the perfect way to engage students, get them moving, and practice different ways to show multiplication: through problems, products, arrays, and fact triangles. The Multiplication Monsters packet includes 24 cards, 5 student

Subjects:

Math, Basic Operations, Numbers

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

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Worksheets, Activities, Lesson

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Sign Language & Braille Word Work

By 3rd Grade Thoughts

Looking for new, unique, and kinesthetic ways to practice spelling and/or vocabulary words? By incorporating these two centers into your Word Work rotation, you are not only having your students practice their words, but become familiar with

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Spelling, Vocabulary

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Printables, Centers

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Brain Breaks {Complete Bundle}

By 3rd Grade Thoughts

This is a collection of 135+ different Brain Breaks to use throughout the year during various seasons, topics, or for any reason whatsoever!! These can be used as transitions, breaks in the middle of an activity, something to raise or lower the

Subjects:

Spelling, Classroom Management, Holidays/Seasonal

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1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Games

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$Ways to Write a Number: Monster Math$

Ways to Write a Number: Monster Math

By 3rd Grade Thoughts

This math activity is the perfect way to engage students, get them moving, and practice different ways to write numbers in standard form, word form, expanded form, and using place value blocks. The Monster Math packet includes 24 cards, 5 student

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Math, Numbers

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

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Worksheets, Activities, Lesson

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$Math + Spelling= How Much is Your Word Worth? {BUNDLE}$

Math + Spelling= How Much is Your Word Worth? {BUNDLE}

By 3rd Grade Thoughts

This set includes three different versions of my popular Word Work Activity, How Much is Your Word Worth?- The original version features a variety of pennies, nickels, dimes & quarters- #2 features all four coins as well as dollars- #3 features

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Spelling, Math

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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Activities, Centers

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$5.26

365

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Learning Subjects & Predicates with "The Force"

By 3rd Grade Thoughts

Are subjects and predicates challenging when it comes to motivating your students? Use this "Complete Sentences" pack and your favorite Star Wars characters to help! Included are: - 3 Anchor Charts (Color and B&W) - Instruction pages for each

Subjects:

Grammar, Writing

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3^rd

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Worksheets, Activities, Posters

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Past, Present & Future: Verb Tense Monsters

By 3rd Grade Thoughts

This language activity is the perfect way to engage students, get them moving, and practice the past, present and future tense of both regular and irregular verbs. The Verb Tense Monsters packet includes 24 cards, 5 student work pages and a

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

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Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

L.3.1d, L.3.1e

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381

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Brain Breaks {Ultimate Bundle}

By 3rd Grade Thoughts

This is a collection of 135+ different Brain Breaks in THREE FORMATS to use throughout the year during various seasons, topics, or for any reason whatsoever!! These can be used as transitions, breaks in the middle of an activity, something to raise

Subjects:

Spelling, Classroom Management, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, Homeschool

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Activities, Games

$39.50

$35.55

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How To Make a Snowflake: Functional Writing & Transition/Linking Word Activity

By 3rd Grade Thoughts

Making your own snowflake from square pieces of paper are my students' favorite thing to do in the wintertime. This activity capitalizes on that interest and sneaks in some functional writing practice and use of transition/linking words. Included

Subjects:

Writing, Winter

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Activities, Graphic Organizers, Lesson

$3.25

227

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{Editable PDF & PPT} Word Work Center Bingo Boards

By 3rd Grade Thoughts

If you use Word Work Centers in class, this is a wonderful management tool to help keep your students engaged with a wide variety of activities. This Word Work Center Bingo Board comes in three clip art versions and all 24 squares are EDITABLE PDFs

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Specialty, Classroom Management

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

$2.95

373

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Interactive Health Notebook

By 3rd Grade Thoughts

If you are a fan of having interactive notebooks and are also teaching Health, then you will love this product! Included in this packet are 45+ interactive notebook elements that cover a wide-rage of topics including, but not limited to: -

Subjects:

Health, Life Skills, Character Education

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, Homeschool

Types:

Projects, Activities

$9.75

369

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Word Work Centers: Back to School

By 3rd Grade Thoughts

This unit includes over five center activities to help teach important vocabulary from Back to School season. Included are: - Making Words (2-9+ letter words) - Word Search (uses most of the Back to School vocabulary words) - Parts of Speech Sort

Subjects:

Reading, Grammar, Vocabulary

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Centers

$3.75

471

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