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Partner Up! Cell Phone Buddies - Revamped Clock Buddies

By KT's Brain Children

The same idea as Clock Buddies for partnering, but why not use your "smart phone" and have your friends on speed dial? Have students find 10 other partners and write their names in on the buttons. Be sure to have students write their name in their

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas, Classroom Management, Back to School

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education

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Printables, Graphic Organizers

$2.50

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Using Skittles Candy for Bar Graphs, Pictographs, and Tally Charts

By KT's Brain Children

Use Skittles candy to review math! Give each student about 20 Skittles each and let them complete the tally chart, bar graph, and pictograph. It even requires small group collaboration as students are to combine information with a partner or an

Subjects:

Math, Graphing, Word Problems

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Activities, Assessment

$3.00

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Nets for Geometric Figures - Make a Castle and Learn 3D Figures

By KT's Brain Children

Copy nets on to different colored construction paper. Help students create each 3D figure while observing various properties. Students can label them and build it into a desktop castle. 5 figures in all.

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Geometry, Graphic Arts

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3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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Projects, Activities

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Celebrate 100 Days of School Buddy P.E. Activity

By KT's Brain Children

Big buddies and little buddies work together to hit 100 on several physical activities such as hopping, jumping, bouncing a ball, etc.

Subjects:

Physical Education

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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Activities

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My Monster Self Buddy Activity Glyph

By KT's Brain Children

A fun activity used for big and little buddies. Help your buddy get to know you by answering some questions. Use those answers to help draw a monster that represents you. Then swap with your buddy! You can also use it as a great starting point

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Visual Arts, Back to School

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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Projects, Activities

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Student checkbook register

By KT's Brain Children

You can use these to help students learn how to use a checkbook, manage their money, and as a managemnent tool. I award students "$1" for each homework assignment turned in on time. Students track their progress daily. Table points can be cashed

Subjects:

Basic Operations, Life Skills, Business

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2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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GATE

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The Cricket in Times Square - Read Aloud Novel Unit Packet & Test

By KT's Brain Children

Perfect for a read-aloud novel of THE CRICKET IN TIMES SQUARE by George Seldon. Broken into chapters, this packet that I've created provides opportunities for students to practice skills in comprehension, prediction, application, recall, writing,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Unit Plans

$6.00

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Alternative to Reading Logs - Game of READ

By KT's Brain Children

Tired of kids not getting reading logs signed? Needing a fun way to get kids motivated to read at night? Here is the Game of Read! As students read 20 minutes a night, they advance on the board. When they come to a number, they answer the questions

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Activities, Homework

$3.00

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Constitution Day, Sept. 17 - Preamble Class Rules Fill In

By KT's Brain Children

Introduce the Constitution to your students with this activity. It shows the preamble which can be used for discussion and understanding as to what it entails. Below, it has a fill in form that students can complete and apply to their classroom.

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, Government, Writing

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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Activities

$1.00

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The School Mouse novel unit by Dick King Smith

By KT's Brain Children

This is a unit I created to go along with our 3rd grade Houghton Mifflin Theme INCREDIBLE STORIES! Using THE SCHOOL MOUSE by Dick-King Smith, students practice vocabulary (using context clues and the dictionary), character (taking notes and making

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Unit Plans, Guided Reading Books

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turKEYS to multiplication with multiple strategies; Thanksgiving Turkey Math

By KT's Brain Children

Intended to truly break apart various multiplication strategies, this fun little turkey allows students to demonstrate various methods including repeated groups, repeated addition, using Commutative Property, using arrays, and Distributive Property.

Subjects:

Basic Operations, Thanksgiving

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Worksheets, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

3.OA.A.1, 3.OA.B.5

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I-Spy Back to School Coloring Activity

By KT's Brain Children

Inspired by the I-Spy books and games, this is a collage of pictures great for a back to school activity. It encourages reading and following directions as students read the clues to help them find and color the page. Some are tricky and some are

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Arts & Music

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2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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Activities

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Fractions, Perimeter, Area, Arrays, and More with Starburst Candy

By KT's Brain Children

Use Starburst candies to get student excited about learning perimeter, area, arrays, and fractions. *HELPFUL HINT: For more individual results, buy Starburst candies, place in a bag, and hand out to students at random. If not, there is a tendency

Subjects:

Math, Fractions, Measurement

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th

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Worksheets, Activities

$2.00

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Old School Mystery Grid Holiday Drawings Coordinates Winter Coloring

By KT's Brain Children

When I was growing up, I remember doing these mystery grid art drawings in which you had to practice your knowledge of coordinates to draw or color in the square. You were given codes for the colors and sometimes you had to draw something or split

Subjects:

Graphing, Holidays/Seasonal, Winter

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

$4.00

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Rainbow Goal Setting Bulletin Board K-6

By KT's Brain Children

Rainbow theme goal setting activity perfect for bulletin boards! Pre-labeled for Kindergarten through Sixth Grade. Have students come up with 3 goals for the year or semester. Great for Wildly Important Goals (WIGS), SMART Goals, or other goal

Subjects:

Character Education, Back to School, Classroom Community

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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Activities, Printables, Bulletin Board Ideas

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Halloween Willy Wonka Candy Creation Activity

By KT's Brain Children

This Halloween, get students to work together and discuss candy, not just eat it! Created to look like a newspaper ad, the inspiration is that Willy Wonka is looking for young apprentices to come up with new candy ideas. Students should work in

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Arts & Music, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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Projects

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Organized Lists and Combinations - Color and Choose an Outfit

By KT's Brain Children

Help students work on organized lists (math) with this fun worksheet. One for boys and one for girls (a little more fun than everyone buying the same clothes) allows students to practice creating combinations in an organized way. Granted, the

Subjects:

Applied Math, Other (Math), Word Problems

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Activities, Assessment

$1.00

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Halloween I-Spy; Read, comprehend, spy, and color.

By KT's Brain Children

I've had such great feedback on my Back to School I-Spy, I figured I should make a Halloween one. Students read the clues to figure out what to color. Items in quotes are a play on words. It's a puzzler with lots of tricks and a few treats!

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Reading Strategies, Halloween

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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Worksheets, Activities, Printables

$2.00

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The Hero of Third Grade - Back to School Activities

By KT's Brain Children

Teachers can read aloud THE HERO OF THIRD GRADE by Alice DeLaCroix. It's a 72 page story that is fun for back to school. The story is split into 4 sessions with follow-up activities based on the reading.

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

3^rd

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Activities

$4.00

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3rd Grade Common Core Fractions Pretest Formative Assessment

By KT's Brain Children

Based on Common Core standards for 3rd grade Number and Operations in Base 10 - Fractions, here is a prestest or formative assessment to see if your students know their stuff. Can also be used as a summative after teaching lessons as well.

Subjects:

Basic Operations, Fractions

Grades:

3^rd

Types:

Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

3.NF.A.1, 3.NF.A.2, 3.NF.A.2a, 3.NF.A.2b, 3.NF.A.3, 3.NF.A.3a, 3.NF.A.3b, 3.NF.A.3c, 3.NF.A.3d

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

19 years teaching 3rd grade.

MY TEACHING STYLE

Introduce whole group; break into small groups. Hands-on, TPR, strategies for learning; problem solving

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Phi Kappa Phi

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Bachelor's Degree in Psychology and Social Behavior; Master's Degree in Curriculum and Instruction

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

When I'm not teaching, I love being a mommy, wife, techie, musician, baker, kickboxer, and kid at heart.

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PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool, Staff

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English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Applied Math, Basic Operations, Fractions, Geometry, Graphing, Measurement, Numbers, Other (Math), Science, Chemistry, Environment, Social Studies, Government, Arts & Music, Visual Arts, Graphic Arts, Music, Physical Education, Health, Other (ELA), Life Skills, Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Literature, Classroom Management, Business, Character Education, Word Problems, Study Skills, Instructional Technology, General Science, Writing, Reading Strategies, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Halloween, Winter, Spring, Phonics, Classroom Community