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By LaFountaine of Knowledge
In this math project based learning activity, students use area, perimeter, and volume to design their own city. They must adhere to the minimum size requirements for roads and green space and other project guidelines as they construct their city.
Subjects:
Geometry, Measurement, Mental Math
Grades:
5th, 6th, 7th, 8th
Types:
Projects, Activities, Lesson
CCSS:
5.MD.C.3, 5.MD.C.3a, 5.MD.C.3b, 5.MD.C.4, 5.MD.C.5, 5.MD.C.5a, 5.MD.C.5b
$4.50
162
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By LaFountaine of Knowledge
This lesson explains what a fossil is and explores 4 different types of fossils - mold, cast, trace, and true form - including how they form with examples of each. This resource includes: a Google Slides lesson about the 4 types of fossilsa notes
Subjects:
Archaeology, Biology, Earth Sciences
Grades:
3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
Types:
Worksheets, Google Apps, Lesson
$4.50
98
Digital Download PDF (7.78 MB)
By LaFountaine of Knowledge
This easy to read, one page passage about heat transfer:defines heat as the transfer, or movement, of thermal energydescribes thermal energyexplains 3 different ways heat can move: radiation, conduction, and convection (with examples of each)It
Subjects:
Basic Principles, Physics, Informational Text
Grades:
4th, 5th, 6th, 7th
Types:
Worksheets, Activities, Google Apps
CCSS:
RI.4.4, RI.4.10, RI.5.4, RI.5.10, RI.6.10, RI.7.10
$3.00
126
Digital Download PDF (1.61 MB)
By LaFountaine of Knowledge
This bundle includes 3 differentiated project based learning projects: Level 1: Design a Farm Challenge - students design a farm with vegetable gardens and animal enclosures using a minimum required area and perimeter. This resource uses smaller
Subjects:
Geometry, Measurement
Grades:
3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
Types:
Projects, Activities, Google Apps
CCSS:
3.MD.C.5, 4.MD.A.3, 5.MD.C.3
$11.50
$8.05
57
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By LaFountaine of Knowledge
This project based learning activity incorporates engineering, art, geometry, decimals, addition, and subtraction. Students design and construct a paper food truck and then run it using "Guest Checks" to take customer orders and calculate change.
Subjects:
Basic Operations, Geometry, Decimals
Grades:
3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
Types:
Projects, Centers
CCSS:
4.NBT.B.4, 5.NBT.B.7, 4.OA.A.3
$3.50
116
Digital Download PDF (4.61 MB)
By LaFountaine of Knowledge
This easy to read, one page passage defines animal adaptations as features that help animals survive. It breaks down adaptations into: physical adaptations - body parts, camouflage, mimicry, and chemical defensesbehavioral adaptations - learned
Subjects:
Anatomy, Biology, Informational Text
Grades:
4th, 5th, 6th, 7th
Types:
Worksheets, Google Apps
CCSS:
RI.4.4, RI.4.10, RI.5.4, RI.5.10, RI.6.10, RI.7.10
$3.00
108
Digital Download PDF (1.73 MB)
By LaFountaine of Knowledge
In this hands-on science lab experiment, students use Starburst candies to model how rocks can change between sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks in the rock cycle. Students will use scissors, hot water, and an iron to simulate weathering
Subjects:
Earth Sciences, Physical Science
Grades:
3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
Types:
Activities, Laboratory, Centers
$4.50
69
Digital Download PDF (4.35 MB)
By LaFountaine of Knowledge
This easy to read, one page passage about states of matter explains:the 3 states of matter including solid, liquid, and gashow matter can change from one state to another properties we use to determine which state matter is in like shape, mass, and
Subjects:
Basic Principles, Physical Science, Informational Text
Grades:
3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
Types:
Worksheets, Google Apps
CCSS:
RI.3.4, RI.3.10, RI.4.4, RI.4.10, RI.5.4, RI.5.10, RI.6.10
$3.00
147
Digital Download PDF (1.74 MB)
By LaFountaine of Knowledge
This easy to understand, one page passage explains what light energy is and how it moves. It describes concepts like electromagnetic waves, the speed of light, reflection, and refraction. The passage includes 10 multiple choice reading comprehension
Subjects:
Basic Principles, Physics, Informational Text
Grades:
4th, 5th, 6th, 7th
Types:
Worksheets, Activities, Google Apps
CCSS:
RI.4.4, RI.4.10, RI.5.4, RI.5.10, RI.6.10, RI.7.10
$3.00
134
Digital Download PDF (2.29 MB)
By LaFountaine of Knowledge
This one page reading passage explains the 4 stages of the water cycle (hydrologic cycle) - evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection - in simple language your students will understand! The passage comes with 10 multiple choice
Subjects:
Earth Sciences, Physical Science, Informational Text
Grades:
3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
Types:
Worksheets, Google Apps
CCSS:
RI.3.4, RI.3.10, RI.4.1, RI.4.3, RI.4.4, RI.4.10, RI.5.4, RI.5.7, RI.5.10, RI.6.10
$3.00
149
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By LaFountaine of Knowledge
This easy to read, one page passage about the solar system describes the 8 planets that orbit our sun in language your students will understand! It explores characteristics of:MercuryVenusEarthMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptuneThe passage comes with 10
Subjects:
Astronomy, Physics, Informational Text
Grades:
3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
Types:
Worksheets, Google Apps
CCSS:
RI.3.4, RI.3.10, RI.4.4, RI.4.10, RI.5.4, RI.5.10, RI.6.10
$3.00
82
Digital Download PDF (4.68 MB)
By LaFountaine of Knowledge
This bundle includes 7 Science Shorts reading comprehension passages that describe different human body systems. Topics include: The Respiratory SystemThe Circulatory SystemThe Digestive SystemThe Nervous SystemThe Muscular SystemThe Skeletal
Subjects:
Science, Biology, Informational Text
Grades:
4th, 5th, 6th, 7th
Types:
Worksheets, Google Apps
CCSS:
RI.4.4, RI.4.10, RI.5.4, RI.5.10, RI.6.10, RI.7.10
$21.00
$14.70
56
Bundle
By LaFountaine of Knowledge
This easy to read, one page passage about Newton's laws of motion:gives some background about famed mathematician and physicist Sir Isaac Newtonexplains Newton's 3 laws of motionintroduces readers to the concepts of inertia and momentum in language
Subjects:
Physics, Physical Science, Informational Text
Grades:
4th, 5th, 6th, 7th
Types:
Worksheets, Google Apps
CCSS:
RI.4.4, RI.4.10, RI.5.4, RI.5.10, RI.6.10, RI.7.10
$3.00
49
Digital Download PDF (1.63 MB)
By LaFountaine of Knowledge
This easy to read, one page passage about fossils explains: why paleontologists study fossils how fossils are made4 different types of fossils: mold fossil, cast fossil, trace fossil, and true form fossilThe passage comes with 10 multiple choice
Subjects:
Archaeology, Earth Sciences, Informational Text
Grades:
4th, 5th, 6th, 7th
Types:
Worksheets, Activities, Google Apps
CCSS:
RI.4.4, RI.4.10, RI.5.4, RI.5.10, RI.6.10, RI.7.10
$3.00
75
Digital Download PDF (1.62 MB)
By LaFountaine of Knowledge
This symbiosis worksheet includes 12 examples of symbiotic relationships between plants and animals. To complete, students will:read each symbiotic relationship scenario draw a smiley face, a straight mouth face, or a frowny face to show whether
Subjects:
Biology, General Science
Grades:
4th, 5th, 6th, 7th
Types:
Worksheets, Activities, Google Apps
$3.00
107
Digital Download PDF (0.91 MB)
By LaFountaine of Knowledge
This "Figure Me Out" math activity is great for back to school and includes both print and digital versions. Students answer questions about themselves with numbers (example: how old are you, what year were you born, how many people are in your
Subjects:
Basic Operations, Back to School
Grades:
3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
Types:
Activities, Google Apps, Centers
CCSS:
3.OA.A.4, 3.OA.B.5, 4.OA.A.3
$3.00
83
Digital Download PDF (0.55 MB)
By LaFountaine of Knowledge
This engaging Social Studies lesson about the "Lost Colony" of Roanoke mixes history and forensic science for a hands on approach to learning about the first English colony in the New World. Students examine and analyze primary sources as evidence
Subjects:
U.S. History, British History, Forensics
Grades:
4th, 5th, 6th, 7th
Types:
Activities, Google Apps, Centers
CCSS:
RI.4.3, RI.4.7, RI.4.9, RI.4.10, RI.5.6, RI.5.7, RI.5.8, RI.5.9, RI.5.10, RI.6.1, RI.6.7...
$6.50
61
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By LaFountaine of Knowledge
This easy to read, one page passage about heredity and genetics: explains how traits are passed from parents to their children, or inherited, through genesexplains that genes are found in chromosomes - structures in our cells made of DNA and
Subjects:
Science, Biology, Informational Text
Grades:
5th, 6th, 7th, 8th
Types:
Worksheets, Google Apps
CCSS:
RI.5.4, RI.5.10, RI.6.10, RI.7.10, RI.8.10
$3.00
28
Digital Download PDF (1.92 MB)
By LaFountaine of Knowledge
This easy to read, one page passage about conductors and insulators:defines heat transfer as the movement of thermal energyexplains that some materials transfer heat and electricity better than others gives examples of thermal/electrical conductors
Subjects:
Basic Principles, Physics, Informational Text
Grades:
4th, 5th, 6th, 7th
Types:
Worksheets, Activities, Google Apps
CCSS:
RI.4.1, RI.4.4, RI.4.10, RI.5.4, RI.5.10, RI.6.10, RI.7.10, RST.6-8.10
$3.00
22
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By LaFountaine of Knowledge
This Google Slides presentation introduces students to the topic of animal adaptations. The lesson: describes adaptations as either physical (camouflage, mimicry, body parts, and chemical defenses) or behavioral (instinct and learned)provides
Subjects:
Science, Biology, Environment
Grades:
3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
Types:
PowerPoint Presentations, Google Apps, Lesson
$4.25
45
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I've been teaching 4th grade since 2014. Rather than searching through books and online resources for activities and lesson plans for my students, I prefer to create them myself. Throughout the past several years, I have created a plethora of tried and true lessons and games that I am excited to share with other teachers. All of the materials in my store have been tested out on more than one group of students and have proven worthy of sharing with others! Enjoy!

MY TEACHING STYLE

I believe learning should be authentic. That means creating real life, hands on experiences that promote critical thinking and spark curiosity. In 8 years of teaching 4th grade, I've found that students learn better and remember more when they discover the information first hand. My resources promote problem solving, creativity, and team work. They prompt students to think deeply and explore more to discover the learning objectives for themselves. My goal is to make this type of inquiry based learning more accessible and affordable to teachers and students everywhere.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

National Board Certified Teacher

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

I graduated from UNC Chapel Hill in 2010 with a Bachelors degree in Elementary Education and a minor in Spanish. I am certified to teach Kindergarten through 6th grade as well as Spanish. I recently became National Board Certified and am very proud of that accomplishment!

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

I am happy to be living, once again, in my old home town and teaching at the Elementary School that I once attended alongside some of my own teachers turned coworkers. Find me on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest @lafountaineofknowledge or check out my website/blog lafountaineofknowledge.com for more!