Rounding with St. Pat -- Freebie

I HATED rounding numbers when I was a kid. HATED it. So I've made this activity for a Math literacy station so my kiddos won't have the same attitude.

Just click on the pic above to get your freebie.
Happy early St. Pat's Day!

Don't forget the big sale on TpT starts today and ends tomorrow at midnight.
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St. Patrick's Day Fun with Clusters -- Freebie

Have your kiddos been having trouble working with consonant clusters? This activity for a literacy station should help.

It's a game for two players, so if you want to make enough for all your class to play, you can get some good practice in.

Just tell them no pinching is allowed!

Click on the pic above to get the game.

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Happy wish listing!

Ready for St. Patrick's Day?

Are you ready for St. Patrick's Day?

Teachers Pay Teachers is holding a big sale this Thursday and Friday. It's different than anything they've done before. Instead of a weekend sale tied to a holiday or special event, they are celebrating  reaching their three million mile mark!

I'm marking all items in my store twenty percent off. TpT is adding an additional percentage off, so you can save 28 percent on anything you purchase from my store!

Click on the pic below to visit. The sale starts at midnight on Thursday, February 27, and runs through Friday, February 28. Just enter the promo code TPT3 at checkout. Make your wish list now!

Here are some freebies to get you in the mood for St. Patrick's Day.

Take Five Lucky Nouns was one of my kiddos favorite activities to play last year. Just add a timer and you are ready to go!

Here's a fun writing activity to practice writing directions. Ask your students how they would catch a leprechaun. Remind them of signal words for sequencing and turn them loose!

Check back tomorrow for a brand new St. Patrick's Day freebie.

Don't forget to make your wish list over at TpT!

St. Patrick's Fortune Teller Games for Addition and Subtraction/Multiplication and Division -- Freebie

Here's a quick activity for small groups or math stations.

The game is for three players.

One player gives the other two players one card each. They hold the card to their forehead so that the other players can see it, but they cannot.

The dealer multiplies the two numbers on the cards together and calls out the product. Each player looks at the number on the other player's card and uses division to determine their own number. The first player to call out their number wins the round.

The game may also be played using related addition and subtraction facts.

I have included a set of black and white number cards in case you need to save your color ink.

Click on the pic above to get the file.

Giveaway to Celebrate My Friends's Blog

One of my friends has started a blog aimed at middle school teachers, but valuable to others as well.

To help her celebrate, I am giving away one product of your choice to the first five readers who visit her blog by clicking on the pic above and leave a comment wishing her well. When you leave the comment, be sure you leave an email address so I can contact you.

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Pot of Gold Subtraction Hunt -- Freebie

What's better than a snow day?

Knowing about it the night before!

Every weather forecast I have seen is saying something different, but we are out of school tomorrow based on predictions of anywhere from one to four inches of snow.

So tonight I'm making freebies for you!

You should be able to stock up on some goodies for the upcoming St. Patrick's Day.

The first freebie is a subtraction hunt involving regrouping. It meets both second and third grade Common Core standards:

NBT.3.2 Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic. Fluently add and subtract within 1000 using strategies and algorithms based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction. A range of algorithms may be used.

NBT.2.7 Use place value understanding and properties of operations to add and subtract. Add and subtract within 1000, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method. Understand that in adding or subtracting three-digit numbers, one adds or subtracts hundreds and hundreds, tens and tens, ones and ones; and sometimes it is necessary to compose or decompose tens or hundreds.

Just click on the pic above to get your freebie.

Happy Snow Day to me!

This has absolutely nothing to do with school, BUT we had my niece's reveal party last night.

I'm going to be a GREAT aunt to sweet little Henleigh Jane Houck.

Megan and Casey asked the ultrasound technician to put the results in an envelope. Megan gave it to a friend and the friend made all the arrangements.  The whole family found out at the same time when the balloon popped and PINK confetti burst out.

They gave the grandmothers a box with a cheesecake inside that had Henleigh's name on it.

I'm pretty proud of that picture. I was afraid I wouldn't get a good one.

Needless to say, my mind has been anywhere but making freebies today! I'll make it up to you later this week.

Have a happy week.

Valentine's Multiplication Bump -- Freebie!

Don't you just love Bump games?

Here's a multiplication Bump you can use in your Math stations for Valentine's Day.

Your kids won't even know they are practicing their multiplication facts.

Just click on the link above to get your Bump board, add a pair of dice, and 16 markers for each player.

Try these markers if you don't have any.

Or to make it even more fun, use Conversation Hearts as the markers.

Have fun!

Sweet Order Scoot! -- Freebie!

I love Scoot games.

I love Valentines Day.

I think the Order of Operations is pretty neat.

Put all three of those things together and you've got a pretty neat activity for a Math station.

I think part of the Common Core Math Standard for Third Grade O.A.3.8 is often overlooked.

Students are required to solve two step word problems using the four operations and represent those problems using different strategies.

The very last sentence of that standard says ….should know how to perform operations in the conventional order when there are no parentheses to specify a particular Order of Operations.

Just click on the pic above to get the freebie.

Be sure to go by and visit A Class-y Collaboration today to get lots of Valentine's Day themed freebies. 

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Have a great weekend.

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Loving Multisyllable Words - Freebie

Want a fun freebie that combines a review of decoding multisyllable words and determining parts of speech? 

Be sure to go by and visit A Class-y Collaboration today to get lots of Valentine's Day themed freebies, including mine!

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