In this assignment students will find images of the most common formations found in caves: helictites, stalactites, stalagmites, flowstone, cave popcorn, soda straws, draperies, cave bacon, columns, and boxwork They will be assigned a specific cave from a list of 18 and answer 8 out of many questions about the cave. Students get to choose the open-ended questions from a list or create their own questions. This assignment is designed to generate interest in visiting the many caves throughout the world. Many of the caves in the list are found right here in the United States.

Student will reinforce their knowledge of similes and metaphors.

In this game, students will practice understanding character traits based on short passages about characters.  They will also learn the difference between character traits and feelings, and physical traits.  Students drive a tank to rescue survivors and get medals.

Students will follow a storyline as they seek ghosts that match the character traits of the plot

'ch' digraph cloze reading worksheet.  There are 12 missing words with the 'ch' digraph and a word bank.  Students will place the correct words onto the lines provided.  The story is about Chester the Chimp who has and itch every time he chews on cheese.  Silly but fun story.

Find out how glacier melt can raise ocean sea levels. This science video also explains thermal expansion.

You can print out multiple clock faces and quiz your students by giving them a time, and they draw the hands on the clock face. Choose from worksheets with 1, 2, 4, 6, and 9 clock faces per sheet.

Clock Face Print Outs Link

http://www.math-aids.com/Time/Clock_Faces.html

This worksheet will help reinforce the concept of many common suffixes.

Generate equivalent expressions using two additive properties. This video focuses on using the associative and commutative properties of addition to combine like terms, simplify expressions, and create equivalent expressions.  Change the sign to multiplication and you can use this for the properties of multiplication as well.

Watch the properties of addition and multiplication in action.

This is another great clip to help reinforce compare and contrast in stories.