Sharks vs. Dolphins Word Search

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sharks vs dolphins word search

Looking for a fun and engaging way to teach your students about the amazing creatures of the ocean? Look no further than this Sharks and Dolphins Word Search!

With 18 words related to sharks and dolphins hidden in the puzzle, your students will have a blast while also learning new vocabulary words and reinforcing their knowledge of these fascinating animals. The word search is perfect for use in the classroom or as a fun activity to complete at home.

Mad Lib Sentence Generator

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mad lib sentences

I created this program to generate unlimited opportunities to create sentences using names, nouns, adjectives, and verbs.  Just click the "Regenerate" button and new names, nouns, adjectives, and verbs will be generated.  Students then have to come up with a sentence that uses all of the words.  I also added a variable to the mix.  It causes students to also add parts to their sentences like setting, emotions, tense, singular vs. plural, figurative language concepts, rhymes, and prefixes/suffixes.  I usually play if I find 10 minutes at the end of a writing time.

Volcano Vocabulary Word Search and Crossword

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volcano vocabulary worksheet and activity

Two volcano vocabulary activity worksheets. The first one is a 20-word search. The word search contains images of a shield, cinder, and composite volcano. There are some fun volcano puns that encourage reading and are fun to share. The second worksheet is a crossword puzzle containing a word bank with more words than students need. This helps eliminate students counting how many boxes there are for each word.

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Explore Area and Perimeter with the Phet Simulation and Game

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In this activity, students will first begin by exploring area and perimeter.  Tell your students to make a shape that has a specific area or perimeter and then give them time to explore and create.  As you go, make the math challenges more difficult.  When they have had a chance to explore, have them play the game.  The challenge is to see how many levels they can complete.  Keep in mind that the last level is unique in that students now have to create a shape with a specific area while creating fraction of shaded color like the second image below.

Students Learn to Read a Ruler with this Game

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The Ruler Game

When my 3rd grade students are learning to read measurements to the quarter inch, I use this game.  Most kids get really into it.  As students get the measurement correct, the timer goes faster and faster.  You can change the settings to display rulers the measure just the inch, half inch, quarter inch, sixteenth inch, thirty-two seconds of an inch and even sixty-four seconds of an inch.

Visually Demonstrate Division to Students

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division, number sqares, and arrays explorer

Teachers can create arrays and visually show how division works.  Using the program students can also work on estimation, factoring, remainders, and fractions that all deal with division.  Factor Pairs and Prime factors can also be shown.  Teachers can use this to show why some numbers are perfect squares and some are perfect triangles.  Watch the video to show how to change and use this number explorer with students.