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Teaching 4.NBT.A.1 – Digit in One Place Represents Ten Times what it Represents in the Place to its Right
Number & Operations in Base Ten – 4th Grade Generalize place value understanding for multi-digit whole numbers. CCSS.Math.Content.4.NBT.A.1Recognize that in a multi-digit whole number, a digit in one place represents ten times what it represents in the place to its right. For example, recognize that 700 ÷ 70 = 10 by applying concepts of place value and division. Teacher NotesThe…
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Teaching 4.OA.C.5 – Generate and Analyze Patterns
Grade 4 – Operations & Algebraic Thinking Generate and analyze patterns. CCSS.Math.Content.4.OA.C.5 Generate a number or shape pattern that follows a given rule. Identify apparent features of the pattern that were not explicit in the rule itself. For example, given the rule “Add 3” and the starting number 1, generate terms in the resulting sequence and observe that the terms…
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4.OA.C.5 – Generate and Analyze Patterns – Printable Tasks
Generate and Analyze Patterns – Printable Tasks 4.OA.C.5 – Generate and Analyze Patterns – Printable Tasks – Four separate one question printable tasks for students to check for their understanding of 4.OA.C.5. Students will write to explain and use tables.
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Teaching 4.OA.B.4 – Familiarity with Factors and Multiples
Grade 4 » Operations & Algebraic Thinking Gain familiarity with factors and multiples. CCSS.Math.Content.4.OA.B.4 Find all factor pairs for a whole number in the range 1-100. Recognize that a whole number is a multiple of each of its factors. Determine whether a given whole number in the range 1-100 is a multiple of a given one-digit number. Determine whether a…
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Teaching 4.OA.A.3 – Solve Multi-Step Word Problems
Operations & Algebraic Thinking – 4th Grade Use the four operations with whole numbers to solve problems. CCSS.Math.Content.4.OA.A.3Solve multi-step word problems posed with whole numbers and having whole-number answers using the four operations, including problems in which remainders must be interpreted. Represent these problems using equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity. Assess the reasonableness of answers using…
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Teaching 4.OA.A.1 and 4.OA.A.2 – Multiplicative Comparisons
Free 4th Grade Multiplicative Comparison Worksheets Give yourself a break – cut down on prep time for your next lesson by using these free printable worksheets! Download the worksheets Multiply the Fun! Learning Multiplicative Comparison Hold up! We’re sure that this is the best classroom gamification strategy you’ll ever see. Check out how you can reignite classroom engagement with an escape…
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Counting Songs
Counting Songs Counting Songs – The best way to memorize counting is to practice counting with songs. Several different songs that are great for preschoolers, kindergarten students, or any child struggling with counting. Great for teaching English as a second language. Printable lyrics or viewable PDF for smart board. Know number names and the count sequence. CCSS.Math.Content.K.CC.A.1 Count to 100…
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Printable Place Value Cards
Printable Place Value Cards Printable Place Value Cards – Set of place value cards that slide on top of each other to make decomposition of place value visible. Great for Kindergarten, first grade, and second grade or for any student needing to understand the basic concept of place value. Work with numbers 11-19 to gain foundations for place value. CCSS.Math.Content.K.NBT.A.1…
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Drawing Inferences Worksheets
Drawing Inferences Drawing Inferences – Free printable worksheets can be used to have students determine what the author is suggesting by using the information from the text and what is already known about the content. Students will reviews recorded information and write an inference. Key Ideas and Details: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what…
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Animated Reading Comprehension Lessons & Activity – Fifth Grade
Animated Reading Comprehension Lessons & Activity (Fifth Grade) Synonyms and Antonyms – This free, fifth-grade vocabulary lesson reviews age-appropriate synonyms and antonyms such as hinder: prevent, interfere, and assist and competent: ineffective, skillful, and capable. Students read short sentences and sort words as synonyms or antonyms. Helpful hints are provided that use each word in a sentence to help students…
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Animated Reading Comprehension Lessons & Activity – Fourth Grade
Animated Reading Comprehension Lessons & Activity (Fourth Grade) Synonyms and Antonyms – The fun factor of this free vocab lesson will have your kids asking for more practice with synonyms and antonyms. Children help a frog cross a river by hopping on synonym or antonym logs. Synonyms and antonyms of words like secluded, aid and serene are practiced. Fun music,…
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Compare and Contrast Story Elements
Compare and Contrast Story Elements Compare and Contrast Story Elements – Free printable worksheets which allow students to record similarities and differences of story elements by completing a graphic organizer. Craft and Structure: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.6 Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated, including the difference between first- and third-person narrations. Integration of Knowledge and Ideas:…
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Animated Reading Comprehension Lesson and Activity – Second & Third Grade
Animated Reading Comprehension Lessons & Activity (Second and Third Grade) Prefixes and Suffixes – You’ll love this fun and free vocabulary lesson! Children play a balloon game and make new words by adding prefixes and suffixes to root words. Specific feedback combined with exciting interaction makes this lesson a hit for parents and students. Basic Sight Words – Two free…
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Animated Phonics Lessons & Activities – Third Grade
Animated Phonics Lessons & Activities (Third Grade) Syllabification – This free phonics lesson will teach your third-graders how to identify the number of syllables in a word. Words like dinosaur, lizard, and cave are reviewed. You might see your student with the top of their hand against their chin while reading aloud, but don’t worry, they are just practicing their…
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Animated Reading Comprehension Lesson and Activity – Second Grade
Animated Reading Comprehension Lessons & Activity (Second Grade) Homophones – Learn about homophones in this free vocabulary lesson. Children first play a homophone matching game, matching words like meat and meet and mail and male to pictures they flip. Last, kids create a short story by filling in the blanks with correctly spelled homophones. Immediate feedback connects the correct spelling…
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Animated Phonics Lessons – Second Grade
Animated Phonics Lessons (Second Grade) Consonant Digraphs – Capt. Armstrong leads your children on an important mission in this free second grade phonics lesson. Students are prompted to match consonant digraphs, including th, ch, and sh, with word parts to make words they hear. Correct matches will send each spaceship blasting off to outer space! Rhyming – In this free…
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Story Mapping Worksheet: Grades 3-5
Story Mapping Worksheet (Grades 3-5) Story Mapping Worksheet – Mini-lesson/activity with free printable worksheet. Students identify story elements (narrative text structure) to improve reading comprehension. Key Ideas and Details: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama,…
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Animated Reading Comprehension Lesson and Activity – First Grade
Animated Reading Comprehension Lessons & Activity (First Grade) Multiple Meaning Words – This free vocabulary lesson focuses on multiple meaning words. Kids solve riddles with words such as bark, ring, and watch. In the end, they can use the tickets they earned from each riddle to play a fun water balloon game. Basic Sight Words – First graders will love…
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Animated Phonics Lessons & Activity – First Grade
Animated Phonics Lesson & Activity (First Grade) Silent E Animated Lesson – Free phonics lesson provides an opportunity for kids to practice sorting words with long and short vowel sounds. This will help build the foundation for teaching children to read words with the tricky silent e. K -1. Isolation – This free phonemic awareness lesson will help your children…
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Animated Reading Comprehension Lesson and Activity – Kindergarten
Animated Reading Comprehension Lessons & Activity (Kindergarten) Animated Reading Comprehension Lesson and Activity – Kindergarten – free reading comprehension lesson begins with a short picture book about two twin brothers. Audio-visual support allows kids to follow along with the words as they are read aloud. The goal of the lesson is to teach children how to determine when things are…
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Animated Phonics Lessons and Practice
Animated Phonics Lessons and Practice Animated Phonics Lessons and Practice – Practice identifying beginning and ending consonant sounds, specifically the beginning sound y- and the ending sound -x. Audio-visual support, immediate feedback, and cute animation and music loops will keep your kindergartener excited and motivated to learn to read. Animated Phonemic Awareness Lessons and Practice – Practice rhyming skills by…
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Reading Comprehension Strategies – Student Lesson and Online Activity
Reading Comprehension Strategies Reading Comprehension Strategies – Online video with a student lesson and student activities to improve their reading comprehension and to improve student’s ability to think and learn across the curriculum. The following Common Core aligned strategies are covered: Prior Knowledge, Making Connections, Questioning, Visualizing, Inferring, Summarizing, Evaluating, Synthesizing, and Strategies Together. Click for Common Core Standards covered…
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Smart Board Games: Grades K-3
Smart Board Games (Grades K-3) Smart Board Games – A collection of interactive smart board games for educators. Students will enjoy participating in these collaborative, fun and engaging experiences, while exploring curriculum from trusted programs such as Curious George, Super Why and Arthur. Like our programs, all of our games are age-appropriate and vetted by educators. Language Arts, Math and…
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Read Alouds – Online Short Stories: K-3
Read Alouds – Online Short Stories (K-3) Online Short Stories – Full color stories, click the word and it reads it to you. These books are used with teachers in teaching story elements. In reading class, students are able to read a story with a definite plot and main idea, and discover even more elements such as similes, metaphors, and…
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Online Sports Books (Informational Text): Grades 2-5
Online Sports Books – Informational Text (Grades 2-5) Online Sports Books – Learn about the importance of playing sports as well as the histories and rules of the following sports: Baseball, Basketball, Ice Hockey, Golf, Track and Field, Gymnastics, and Volleyball. Key Ideas and Details: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.1 Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to…
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