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Multiplication activities for upper elementary. Includes anchor charts, task cards, projects, and more. Many FREE activities too.
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Mastering Multiplication Activities

The past few weeks, we have been hitting multiplication activities hard!  Our school is focusing a lot on mathematical computational fluency, so it is a main focus area for us this year (and last year).  While I firmly believe that…
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Classroom | Free | Literacy | Task Cards | Teacher Ideas

Vacationing Student Assignment and Task Card Craziness!

Happy Thursday, everyone! I’ve been busy this week setting up my task card board for my classroom, so I have spent a lot of my free time at home cutting, hole punching, and picking tiny pieces of laminating plastic out…
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Story Elements & Main Idea Freebie!

I was looking through some files today and found this fun activity I have always used with my third graders.  I call it the Story Element Match, but I use it for story elements, main idea, and summarizing. It’s a…
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Soap Animals!

A quick, but fun post tonight!  After having two, 3 day weeks (due to conferences and work days), this is our first full week back, and I have had a lot of planning to do (and of course relaxing and…
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Geometry Focus: Angles

We have finally finished conferences.  YAY!  I always love this time of year, meeting parents, setting goals, and a fresh start to a new quarter, but it is definitely a relief to have the first round of conferences over. I…
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Geometry in the Real World!

One of the things I love so much about teaching geometry is that there are so many real world applications.  Every year, we make a circle map showing how we use and find geometry in the real world.  We do…
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10 Tips for Smooth Sailing Parent Teacher Conferences

It’s conference week for us, so things are busy around here!  Report cards are being printed, schedules are being finalized, and the PTA is organizing treats to help us get through the long hours we all work. I know a…
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Elapsed time strategies, games, and worksheets for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade. Also includes anchor charts and interactive notebook pages.
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Elapsed Time Strategies

I don’t know about you all, but teaching elapsed time is one of those things that tricks almost every single student in my class!  It’s almost one of those things that just has to “click” and then the kids get…
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Consonant + le Intervention

As I mention in my sidebar, I wear many hats each day.  While I teach middle school math to some of my students, others are still working on 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade skills.  One of my Intervention groups just…
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Geometry Focus: Line Study

I am always looking for ways to engage my students in math.  I truly believe that the days of solely practicing skills by worksheets are gone.  One of my favorite units to teach is geometry.  Naturally, there are so many…
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ABC Novel Project

My 4th graders just finished up a fantastic novel project.  When we began the novel Eager (which I highly recommend), I had big plans for students to complete a cumulative project from a choice board. Like the best set plans, though,…
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Teaching With a Mountain View

Welcome to my little slice of heaven, right here on the Internet. The first thing I wonder each time I stumble upon a new education blog is “how did they get their name?” Well, I’m lucky enough to spend my…
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There are two questions I always get from parents: There are two questions I always get from parents: 1️⃣”What should I work on with them over the summer?” and 2️⃣ “What books do you recommend for my child?” 💥 So, I put together a FREE resource for you to send home to help parents support their kids over the summer! 

🛑 It’s not a big printable packet or workbook full of worksheets — instead, it has book lists, skill lists, and even quick activity suggestions to help guide parents over the summer! 

Comment below, and I’ll send you the link to download it! 💕❤️
Comment below, and I’ll send you a link to the F Comment below, and I’ll send you a link to the FREE assignment sheet and more info! 🌟 🌟 

Just say noooo to those end of book tests and packets of endless comprehension questions. Say “YES” to super fun cumulative novel projects. 🤗 I’ve been doing this one — where kids create an Amazon listing for their book — for YEARS, and it never gets old!
We end our school year the same way we started it, We end our school year the same way we started it, and it always warms my heart to see how far we’ve come. 💕❤️🥰 I’ve adapted Find Someone Who to have an end of the year twist, and it’s a really special, sweet way to see kids come together for a few minutes at the end of the year! 

It’s FREE and no prep! Just drop a comment below, and I’ll send it to you. 💕❤️
I LOVE planning for the end of the year. Comment “Last Week!” below, and I’ll send you all the links! 💕

I’m a big believer in keeping our schedule as consistent as possible and continuing to have high expectations while also embracing the fun and celebration that comes with the end of the school year! Each of these activities accomplishes just that — total engagement but consistency right until the very end! ☀️
It’s time! ☀️ Over the last 16 years, I’ve It’s time! ☀️ Over the last 16 years, I’ve perfected my lesson plans for the last two weeks of school. Comment PLANS below, and I’ll send them to you and help simplify your end of the year planning!
🚨 It is Teacher Care Week here at Teaching With 🚨 It is Teacher Care Week here at Teaching With a Mountain View! Baking cookies is one of my favorite ways to calm the chaos after a busy day in the classroom. 🥰 Since I can’t bake any for you, I’d love to send five of you a gift card to your favorite treat location! 

💕💕 Comment below with your favorite treat to see in the teacher’s lounge, and I’ll automatically enter you AND send you an exclusive FREE resource to use with your students!
This is one the BEST traditions my previous school This is one the BEST traditions my previous school had, and I include it in my FREE Last Week of School Lesson plans! 

It was inspired by a segment on GMA, and the students each wrote three words to describe their year. We would take pictures of the students with their words and put together a huge school-wide slide show on the last day of school to showcase our words.⁣ I still LOVE doing it with students and making it into a collaborative chart!
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➡  So tell me... what would YOUR three words be to describe this year? 😂 Comment below, and I’ll send you my FREE lesson plans for the last week of school!
My students have been BEGGING for more of this boo My students have been BEGGING for more of this book and the activity that goes with it!! They are GLUED to the tales and love trying to interpret them. 

Comment below, and I’ll send you a link to the book! 📪 📕 

Each of these ten word tales is sliiiiiightly unsettling and unusual and REALLY makes kids think through the possibilities! I shared several with my students, and they were obsessed with them! 

Then, I had them write their own 10 word tales (harder than it seems!). Since the illustrations add so much to the story, I had the kids SWITCH tales and illustrate their partner’s tales. They LOVED this part and seeing how their meaning was interpreted by their illustrator!

They begged so much to do this again that I obliged, and that STILL wasn’t enough! 😂

Disclaimer: Some of the tales really are odd and a little unsettling, so preview them ahead of time — I recommend this one for the older (3rd grade+) crowd! 💕
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