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Fun and fresh End of the Year activities, including a "How to Succeed" brochure to give to next year's class, a "Song and Dance of Learning" group project, a "Summer Goals" flap booklet, a "Suitcase of Memories" keepsake, and more! Geared to Grades 3-5. Grade 1-2 edition also available. Click through to find link. ($)

Fun and fresh End of the Year activities, including a "How to Succeed" brochure to give to next year's class, a "Song and Dance of Learning" group project, a "Summer Goals" flap booklet, a "Suitcase of Memories" keepsake, and more! Geared to Grades 3-5. Grade 1-2 edition also available. Click through to find link. ($)

Michael Friermood

Michael Friermood

Check out these fun end of the year awards with a license plate design! A memorable way to celebrate your students' school year. 45 categories in color and blackline, with editable files to customize the student recipient, grade level, year, and teacher. 5th Grade Teachers, 5th Grade Math, Fifth Grade, Elementary Teacher, Middle School Ela, End Of Year, Freshman Orientation

5th Grade Teachers

Elementary Teacher

Middle School Ela

Freshman Orientation

Check out these fun end of the year awards with a license plate design! A memorable way to celebrate your students' school year. 45 categories in color and blackline, with editable files to customize the student recipient, grade level, year, and teacher.

Michael Friermood

Michael Friermood

12 fun and fresh end of the year activities, including a "Re-Design the Classroom" project, “How to Succeed” brochure to give to next year’s class, summer goal-setting, End of the Year Newscast, and more! For Grades 3-5 ($) Classroom Procedures, Classroom Behavior, Classroom Themes, School Classroom, Classroom Organization, Life Science Activities, End Of Year Activities, Science Education

Classroom Procedures

Classroom Behavior

Classroom Themes

School Classroom

Classroom Organization

Life Science Activities

End Of Year Activities

Science Education

12 fun and fresh end of the year activities, including a "Re-Design the Classroom" project, “How to Succeed” brochure to give to next year’s class, summer goal-setting, End of the Year Newscast, and more! For Grades 3-5 ($)

Michael Friermood

Michael Friermood

Your morning work routine can be meaningful! These “Top 3 List” activities get students talking about engaging topics, creating lists, defending their choices, and analyzing their decisions. 30 week-long topics, like “What are the top 3 traits you look for in a friend?” and “What are your top 3 dream jobs?”, with slideshow guides and student record sheets. Designed for grades 3-5 ($) #morningwork Language Arts Elementary, Teaching Language Arts, Upper Elementary, Beginning Of School, First Day Of School, School Year

Language Arts Elementary

Teaching Language Arts

Upper Elementary

Beginning Of School

First Day Of School

Your morning work routine can be meaningful! These “Top 3 List” activities get students talking about engaging topics, creating lists, defending their choices, and analyzing their decisions. 30 week-long topics, like “What are the top 3 traits you look for in a friend?” and “What are your top 3 dream jobs?”, with slideshow guides and student record sheets. Designed for grades 3-5 ($) #morningwork

Michael Friermood

Michael Friermood

The Box is Locked! is an engaging escape-room-like math challenge for winter, focusing on addition and subtraction number stories (6 levels included). Chuck the Snowman has locked a prize inside a box, and students must solve his clues and find the key to unlock the box and earn the prize! Grades 2-5 ($) Winter Math Activities, December Activities, School Activities, Second Grade Math, Student Teaching, Math Teacher, Teaching Ideas, Elementary Math

Winter Math Activities

December Activities

School Activities

Second Grade Math

Student Teaching

Elementary Math

The Box is Locked! is an engaging escape-room-like math challenge for winter, focusing on addition and subtraction number stories (6 levels included). Chuck the Snowman has locked a prize inside a box, and students must solve his clues and find the key to unlock the box and earn the prize! Grades 2-5 ($)

Michael Friermood

Michael Friermood

Students setting goals can be powerful, whether it be for a New Year's resolution activity, back-to-school activity, or anytime during the school year. But goal-setting can also be challenging for students, so let's make the process meaningful and memorable, with built-in ways to help them follow through and reach those goals. School Rules, School Help, Elementary School Counseling, Social Work Interventions, Goal Setting For Students, Geometry High School

Elementary School Counseling

Social Work Interventions

Goal Setting For Students

Geometry High School

Students setting goals can be powerful, whether it be for a New Year's resolution activity, back-to-school activity, or anytime during the school year. But goal-setting can also be challenging for students, so let's make the process meaningful and memorable, with built-in ways to help them follow through and reach those goals.

Michael Friermood

Michael Friermood

A simple but effective strategy for setting the right tone in the first 10 minutes of the first day of school. #backtoschool Michael Friermood, Back To School, 5th Grades, 10 Minute

Michael Friermood

A simple but effective strategy for setting the right tone in the first 10 minutes of the first day of school. #backtoschool

Michael Friermood

Michael Friermood

Opinion writing for winter! Two full lessons, each focused around an engaging question: "Which are better: gloves or mittens?" and "What snowy day activity is best for a group of friends?" Carefully chosen facts included for students to analyze, discuss, and use to support their opinions. Complete with lesson plans, printables, Google Slides file, and extensions. Gr 3-5 ($) Opinion Writing, Persuasive Writing, Teaching Writing, Third Grade Writing

Opinion Writing

Persuasive Writing

Teaching Writing

Third Grade Writing

Opinion writing for winter! Two full lessons, each focused around an engaging question: "Which are better: gloves or mittens?" and "What snowy day activity is best for a group of friends?" Carefully chosen facts included for students to analyze, discuss, and use to support their opinions. Complete with lesson plans, printables, Google Slides file, and extensions. Gr 3-5 ($)

Michael Friermood

Michael Friermood

Students setting goals can be powerful, whether it be for a New Year's resolution activity, back-to-school activity, or anytime during the school year. But goal-setting can also be challenging for students, so let's make the process meaningful and memorable, with built-in ways to help them follow through and reach those goals. Inspirational Animal Quotes, Middle School Counseling, Student Goals, Kids Mental Health, Multiplication Facts, Back To School Activities

Inspirational Animal Quotes

Middle School Counseling

Kids Mental Health

Multiplication Facts

Back To School Activities

Students setting goals can be powerful, whether it be for a New Year's resolution activity, back-to-school activity, or anytime during the school year. But goal-setting can also be challenging for students, so let's make the process meaningful and memorable, with built-in ways to help them follow through and reach those goals.

Michael Friermood

Michael Friermood

The Box is Locked! is an engaging escape-room-like math challenge for the Holiday season, focusing on multiplication and division number stories. Students must solve Franny and Granny's clues about their Ugly Holiday Sweater business, find the hidden key, and unlock the box to earn the prize! 7 difficulty levels included. Grades 3-5 ($) Holiday Math, Christmas School, School Holidays, Holiday Activities, Holiday Stem, Math Division, Fourth Grade Math

Christmas School

School Holidays

Holiday Activities

Fourth Grade Math

The Box is Locked! is an engaging escape-room-like math challenge for the Holiday season, focusing on multiplication and division number stories. Students must solve Franny and Granny's clues about their Ugly Holiday Sweater business, find the hidden key, and unlock the box to earn the prize! 7 difficulty levels included. Grades 3-5 ($)

Michael Friermood

Michael Friermood

The Box is Locked! is an engaging escape-room-like math challenge for Christmas, focusing on addition and subtraction. Ingrid the Elf has locked a prize inside of a box, and students must solve her clues and find the key to unlock the box and earn the prize! 6 difficulty levels included. Grades 2-5 ($) Teaching 5th Grade, 2nd Grade Classroom, Teaching Math, Math Math, Christmas Teaching, Christmas Math

Teaching 5th Grade

2nd Grade Classroom

Christmas Teaching

The Box is Locked! is an engaging escape-room-like math challenge for Christmas, focusing on addition and subtraction. Ingrid the Elf has locked a prize inside of a box, and students must solve her clues and find the key to unlock the box and earn the prize! 6 difficulty levels included. Grades 2-5 ($)

Michael Friermood

Michael Friermood

Tips, ideas, and resources to help you get the most out of reading response tasks, to make them purposeful and meaningful to students. Responding to reading and recording their thinking has potential to help students grow as readers and deepen their thinking about text. Read the blog post for guidance to do just that. (The Thinker Builder) Guided Reading Groups, Teaching Reading

Guided Reading Groups

Teaching Reading

Tips, ideas, and resources to help you get the most out of reading response tasks, to make them purposeful and meaningful to students. Responding to reading and recording their thinking has potential to help students grow as readers and deepen their thinking about text. Read the blog post for guidance to do just that. (The Thinker Builder)

Michael Friermood

Michael Friermood

The Tower of Books Challenge is an independent reading challenge, great for a summer reading assignment or to replace that hum-drum reading log your students dread. An engaging format and tons of options! Read more about it in this blog post by The Thinker Builder. 5th Grade Reading, School Reading, Guided Reading, School Library, Elementary Library, Reading Lessons, Kindergarten Reading, Preschool Kindergarten

5th Grade Reading

Elementary Library

Reading Lessons

Kindergarten Reading

Preschool Kindergarten

The Tower of Books Challenge is an independent reading challenge, great for a summer reading assignment or to replace that hum-drum reading log your students dread. An engaging format and tons of options! Read more about it in this blog post by The Thinker Builder.

Michael Friermood

Michael Friermood

The Box is Locked! is an engaging escape-room-like math challenge for Thanksgiving, focusing on multiplication and division number stories. Pilgrim Sam has locked a prize inside a box, and students must solve his clues and find the key to unlock the box and earn the prize! 7 difficulty levels included. Grades 3-5 ($) Math Tutor, Education Math, Thanksgiving Writing Activity, Thanksgiving Activities, Thanksgiving Break, Math Games, Math Activities

Thanksgiving Writing Activity

Thanksgiving Activities

Thanksgiving Break

Math Activities

The Box is Locked! is an engaging escape-room-like math challenge for Thanksgiving, focusing on multiplication and division number stories. Pilgrim Sam has locked a prize inside a box, and students must solve his clues and find the key to unlock the box and earn the prize! 7 difficulty levels included. Grades 3-5 ($)

Michael Friermood

Michael Friermood

Fun, easy, concrete ways to help motivate students to read more at home. Freebies included! 5th Grade Ela, 6th Grade Reading, Middle School Reading, Middle School English, Elementary Reading, Student Reading

6th Grade Reading

Middle School Reading

Middle School English

Elementary Reading

Student Reading

Fun, easy, concrete ways to help motivate students to read more at home. Freebies included!

Michael Friermood

Michael Friermood

"What to Do with the Rest of the Class during Reading Workshop or Rotations" Blog post from The Thinker Builder with info, ideas, and tips for how to structure your time so while you meet with small groups, the rest of the class is engaged in meaningful tasks. With free download of editable slides and student sign-up forms. Word Study Activities, Reading Activities, Ar Reading, Primary Reading, Reading Logs

Word Study Activities

Reading Activities

Primary Reading

"What to Do with the Rest of the Class during Reading Workshop or Rotations" Blog post from The Thinker Builder with info, ideas, and tips for how to structure your time so while you meet with small groups, the rest of the class is engaged in meaningful tasks. With free download of editable slides and student sign-up forms.

Michael Friermood

Michael Friermood

Fun, easy, concrete ways to help motivate students to read more at home. Freebies included!

Fun, easy, concrete ways to help motivate students to read more at home. Freebies included!

Michael Friermood

Michael Friermood

A simple but effective strategy for setting the right tone in the first 10 minutes of the first day of school. #backtoschool New School Year, Third Grade, Groundhog Day

New School Year

A simple but effective strategy for setting the right tone in the first 10 minutes of the first day of school. #backtoschool

Michael Friermood

Michael Friermood

Five PowerPoint lessons focusing on subjects and predicates, subject-verb agreement, and compound sentences. Engaging and interactive grammar! Also includes practice pages and assessment. Gr. 2-5 ($) #grammar #sentencestructure Grammar Skills, Teaching Grammar, Grammar Lessons, Speech And Language, Writing Skills, Teaching Strategies, Writing Ideas

Teaching Grammar

Grammar Lessons

Speech And Language

Teaching Strategies

Five PowerPoint lessons focusing on subjects and predicates, subject-verb agreement, and compound sentences. Engaging and interactive grammar! Also includes practice pages and assessment. Gr. 2-5 ($) #grammar #sentencestructure

Michael Friermood

Michael Friermood

Odd Little Words is a 12-week resource that uses intriguing 3-letter words as the basis for high-interest vocabulary work, code-breaking, and collaboration. Sets up perfectly for a morning work routine, or as engaging word work activities. Gr. 3-5 ($) 6th Grade Ela, Reading Writing

Reading Writing

Odd Little Words is a 12-week resource that uses intriguing 3-letter words as the basis for high-interest vocabulary work, code-breaking, and collaboration. Sets up perfectly for a morning work routine, or as engaging word work activities. Gr. 3-5 ($)

Michael Friermood

Michael Friermood

Using an inquiry approach to student research is a great way for students to design and lead their own projects. This Wonder, Find, Share organizer helps keep them on track! (The Thinker Builder) Teaching Science, Interactive Science, Science Teacher, Science Inquiry, Marketing Strategies, Science Experiments

Teaching Science

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Marketing Strategies

Science Experiments

Using an inquiry approach to student research is a great way for students to design and lead their own projects. This Wonder, Find, Share organizer helps keep them on track! (The Thinker Builder)

Michael Friermood

Michael Friermood

This "About Me Roll-Up" back to school activity is perfect for the first week of school! Students fill out the front and back get-to-know-you sections, cut out the peek-through windows, and then roll their paper and glue the edges, forming a stand up tube. Classmates and visitors can then see all the fun info by turning the roll-up around AND peeking through the windows! (The Thinker Builder) 4th Grade Classroom, Middle School Classroom, Classroom Decor, Eighth Grade, Back To School Displays

4th Grade Classroom

Middle School Classroom

Classroom Decor

Back To School Displays

This "About Me Roll-Up" back to school activity is perfect for the first week of school! Students fill out the front and back get-to-know-you sections, cut out the peek-through windows, and then roll their paper and glue the edges, forming a stand up tube. Classmates and visitors can then see all the fun info by turning the roll-up around AND peeking through the windows! (The Thinker Builder)

Michael Friermood

Michael Friermood

Have students use this Google Slides resource to create this fun “Who Am I?” Photo Reveal activity. Completely digital with step-by-step directions and video demos! Hold a class meeting in-person OR virtually to share students’ slides. Online Classroom, Learning Activities, Google Classroom, Classroom Ideas, Teaching Themes, Digital Activities, Teaching Tools

Online Classroom

Learning Activities

Google Classroom

Classroom Ideas

Teaching Themes

Digital Activities

Have students use this Google Slides resource to create this fun “Who Am I?” Photo Reveal activity. Completely digital with step-by-step directions and video demos! Hold a class meeting in-person OR virtually to share students’ slides.

Michael Friermood

Michael Friermood