Use the Clues: Differentiated Collaborative Problem Solving (Grades 3-5)
Build collaborative problem-solving skills through differentiated math word problems split into clues that small groups must share and combine to solve.
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Build collaborative problem-solving skills through differentiated math word problems split into clues that small groups must share and combine to solve.
Gives 3rd-grade students eight themed creative-writing prompts (theme: A Strange Discovery) with sentence starters, guiding questions, and word banks so they can organize a story with a clear beginning, middle, and end, develop their own ideas, and build writing confidence.
Provide order-of-operations math practice using word problems framed around running a beauty salon, paired with a nonfiction passage on the history of hairdressers.
Gives 3rd-grade students eight themed creative-writing prompts (theme: In the Enchanted Forest) with sentence starters, guiding questions, and word banks so they can organize a story with a clear beginning, middle, and end, develop their own ideas, and build writing confidence.
A full PowerPoint lesson teaching order of operations (PEMDAS) with word problems, group discussion, station rotations, and self-assessment against a leveled learning scale, aligned to standard MAFS.3.OA.4.
Two practice worksheets that have students solve for a missing number in addition/subtraction equations involving three or more terms, plus a related word problem, to build fluency with balancing equations.
A multi-step word problem activity that has students calculate division and multiplication totals in a bandage-usage scenario, with extension problems for advanced practice.
Gives 3rd-grade students eight themed creative-writing prompts (theme: Exciting School Day) with sentence starters, guiding questions, and word banks so they can organize a story with a clear beginning, middle, and end, develop their own ideas, and build writing confidence.
Combine directed step-by-step drawing practice with creative writing prompts for 12 birds, to build drawing/illustration skills alongside descriptive or narrative writing.
Gives 3rd-grade students eight themed creative-writing prompts (theme: My New Friend) with sentence starters, guiding questions, and word banks so they can organize a story with a clear beginning, middle, and end, develop their own ideas, and build writing confidence.
An emergency (substitute-ready) lesson plan that teaches the Greek myth of Hercules through a nonfiction-style narrative reading paired with comprehension, math word problems, word play, and map-reading activities.
A vocabulary and creative-writing activity set at a dog obedience class, contrasting a well-behaved dog with several other dogs (including a repeatedly 'naughty dog') across a set of training exercises.
Daily morning-work math practice covering a range of grade 3-5 concepts (place value, rounding, operations, fractions, decimals, word problems, time, money).
A multi-activity pack for a 3rd-grade Ancient Greece unit, aligned to Virginia SOL, covering vocabulary, reading comprehension, a craft, and math word problems.
A creative-writing teaching resource that first reviews fiction-writing techniques (audience, genre, structure, dialogue, sentence variety) and then guides students through planning and writing an original story using a given character/setting/plot outline about a boy named Frank at a computer-game sale.
A multi-activity pack for a 3rd-grade Ancient Rome unit, aligned to Virginia SOL, covering vocabulary, reading comprehension, a mosaic craft, and math word problems.
A vocabulary and creative-writing activity set at a neighborhood street party, including invitation writing, a word search, and a social-emotional narrative about welcoming an excluded dog.
A set of math enrichment lessons for grades 2-4, built around a 'Nonsensical Daily News' theme in which absurd/silly news-style headlines are used as the context or hook for math word-problem lessons.
A ready-to-use, no-prep substitute-teacher packet built around a nonfiction reading passage on the history of pizza, paired with comprehension, vocabulary, math word-problem, and word-play activities.
A math center worksheet that uses ancient-China history facts (papermaking, silk, the Silk Road) as context for multiplication and estimation practice.
A tall-tale literacy unit teaching students about the genre of tall tales and the legend of Annie Oakley, combining a read-aloud illustrated story, informational facts about the real historical figure, comprehension questions, and creative writing practice.
A movie-study resource built around Pixar's Inside Out 2 (2024) combining social-emotional learning with literacy, grammar, and math practice for grades 3-10.
A vocabulary and creative-writing activity about hosting a visiting dog (the 'naughty dog') for a weekend stay, covering routines, misbehavior, and eventual good behavior.
Provide substitute teachers with a self-contained, ready-to-use ELA activity packet built around a nonfiction article on firefighters.