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What are Multiplication Posters and How Can They Help Students Learn Math? Multiplication posters are a great way to help students learn math. They offer visual cues and support to help students understand the concepts they are working on. These posters can be used in classrooms, homes, or anywhere else students need a little extra help with their math. By providing an easy-to-understand visual representation of the multiplication process, multiplication posters can make learning math easier and more enjoyable for students of all ages. With these tools, students can better understand multiplication and develop the skills they need to succeed in math class. Free Printable Multiplication Poster If your students need help practicing their multiplication facts, you will want to grab this free printable multiplication poster! This post contains affiliate links. I earn a small commission each time someone makes a purchase using one of my links, which helps to support the blog. All opinions are my own and I only promote brands and products that I have used myself and truly love. Learning and memorizing multiplication facts can be hard for students. I made this multiplication songs and tricks poster to help remind my students of the tricks and songs they can use to help them memorize their multiplication facts. I have them keep this multiplication poster in their binders for easy reference. Tips are included for the multiplication facts for numbers 1 through 12. You can download this multiplication songs and tricks poster for free here. Other Helpful Multiplication Resources: Kicking It Math Multiplication Fact Fluency Program Multiplication Bingo Using Subitizing Cards to Foster Multiplicative Thinking 10 Ways to Practice Math Facts Multiplication Facts That Stick: Help Your Child Master the Multiplication Facts for Good in Just 10 Weeks Multiplication Slam Game Before you go, head on over to enter one of our giveaways!
A figurative language anchor chart is a great resource to use to teach young students about the different types of figurative language.
A mini office is a particular application of lapbooks. Each child can make his own mini-office -- a lapbook filled with reference pages for his own learning. The sky is the limit on what you can include. Fill the mini office with the charts that...
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Want to teach your child the most important spelling rules? These are the basics and will help your child spell common words.
Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterOctober 24, 2007 History On this day in 1788, Sarah Hale, writer of Mary Had A Little Lamb was born. Sarah has also been credited as the “Mother of Thanksgiving”. Read more about her here: http://www.quiltersmuse.com/sarah_josepha_buell_hale.htm Reading Read Mary Had A Little Lamb here: http://homeschoolingk.blogspot.com/2007/10/mary-had-little-lamb.html Handwriting Lamb starts with the letter L. Practice writing the letter L. http://www.first-school.ws/t/alpha_tracers_dn1/bible/lamb.htm Phonics Sheep has a double e sound. Practice reading these other words with the same sound: http://kiddyhouse.com/Phonics/chartsheep.gif Math Practice your addition with this Mary Had a Little Lamb math worksheet: http://www.gardenandhearth.com/Homeschool-Worksheets/Homeschool-Worksheets-PF/Reading/Mother-Goose-Nursery-Rhymes/Mary-had-a-Little-Lamb-Math.htm Don’t Forget the Math Challenge! http://homeschoolingk.blogspot.com/2007/10/math-challenge-october-24.html For more Free Homeschool Lesson Plans http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HomeschoolteacherlessonplansKto3/ (k-3) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/homeschoolteacherlessonplans/ (4-8)
This is a phonics word work packet for the suffixes -tion, -sion, -cian. It can be used as either individual work, in literacy centers, small group instruction, or as homework. There are 44 words featured in this packet (plus some additional words in my original stories activities). They include: action, addition, caution, celebration, definition, description, direction, education, location, motion, nation, option, position, question, solution, station, subtraction, vacation, conclusion, confusion, decision, discussion, division, expression, mansion, mission, occasion, permission, profession, session, television, tension, version, vision, beautician, clinician, electrician, magician, musician, mathematician, pediatrician, physician, politician, statistician Here are the printables/activities included in this packet: •-tion, -sion, and -cian Anchor Charts (can be put up on wall as class posters or used as individual student reference charts) {3 pages} •Find & Sort {1 page} •Complete the Words {1 page} •Using & Understanding -tion Words {1 page} •Using & Understanding -sion Words {1 page} •Understanding -cian Words: “Who Says?” {1 page} •2 original stories and 1 original poem: “A Graduation Vacation,” “Mansion Mission Mystery,” “Marco the Magician” {3 pages—includes answer keys} •Crossword Puzzle: Words ending in “tion” {1 page—includes answer key} •Word Search Puzzle: Words ending in “sion” {1 page—includes answer key} •Double Puzzle: Words ending in “cian” {1 page—includes answer key} •BINGO! Game (10 different game cards, 1 blank game card page, teacher word list) Please enjoy! **Check out these links to some of my other phonics packets:** Irregular Plural Nouns: -ves & -ies endings Phonics: -dge Family Word Work Phonics: -ight Family Word Work Phonics: Silent Letter Word Work Phonics: -ing, -ang, -ong, -ung Word Work Thank you to www.mycutegraphics.com; Melody Bastin @ http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Melody-Bastin for the cover page background art, and www.loveeducasong.blogspot.com for the pennant clip art.
Synonyms and Antonyms Anchor Chart! This blog post contains the material to create this anchor chart, plus a FREE interactive notebook entry for synonyms and antonyms!
In this six part series on How to Teach Spelling, this third post discusses and provides teaching resources for teaching the eight conventional spelling rules.
Digraph / Vowel Team EW: Phonics Word Work {Multiple Phonograms} *** Australian and American spelling versions included *** Click Please click here HERE to download the FREE WH Digraph packet to see the activities and worksheets included in all my digraph packets! This book contains a comprehensive collection of worksheets, games and activities intended for use with children in Kindergarten (Prep), Grade 1 and Grade 2 to help learn the “ew” vowel team. They can be used with the whole class, in centers and small groups, as early finisher work or as homework. The worksheets, games and activities vary in tasks and degree of difficulty to allow children with different learning styles to add to their strengths and develop their weaknesses. Contents: 1. “ew” vowel team poster 2. “ew” vowel team poster with words 3. “ew” vowel team word wall cards (with and without pictures) and Write the Room recording page 4. “ew” vowel team Word Slider Cards with recording pages 5. “ew” vowel team Reading Cards with recording pages 6. “ew” vowel team I Have, Who Has? card game 7. “ew” vowel team playdough mat 8. “ew” vowel team write and wipe cards 9. “ew” vowel team word building mats with recording page 10. “ew” vowel team write the missing sound cards 11. “ew” vowel team Sound Hound and recording page 12. “ew” vowel team gumball word-picture match and recording page 13. “ew” vowel team flip book with recording pages 14. “ew” vowel team handwriting worksheet 15. “ew” vowel team word work worksheet 16. “ew” vowel team word work: word shapes worksheet 17. “ew” vowel team word work: picture sort worksheet 18. “ew” vowel team word work: Colour It! worksheet 19. “ew” vowel team word work: match the picture and word worksheets (2 versions) 20. “ew” vowel team word work: build a word cut and paste worksheet 21. “ew” vowel team word work: picture scramble words worksheet 22. “ew” vowel team word work: syllable sort cut and paste worksheet 23. “ew” vowel team word work: word search 24. “ew” vowel team word work: alphabetical order worksheet 25. “ew” vowel team word work: complete the sentence worksheet 26. “ew” vowel team reading fluency 27. “ew” vowel team reading comprehension 28. “ew” vowel team vocabulary booklet 29. “ew” vowel team build a word reader 30. “ew” vowel team crown Please click here to view my other digraph word work packets! Follow me on Facebook for exclusive freebies and giveaways! Follow me on Pinterest Visit my blog
This is a fun game to play with a pair of dice. Read a story and help recall the various features of the story with this creative activity.
There, their, they’re. No need for confusion. Check this laminated cheat sheet from Etsy. Source: Commonly Misused Words Anchor Chart Laminated | Etsy
Free Short Vowel Sounds Worksheet. Look at each each picture and write the short vowel sound. Kindergarten and preschool students can independently
Printable first grade spelling words with 32 weekly spelling lists. Spelling lists are based on word families and cover 320 words including 174 FRY words.
Digraph / R-Controlled Vowel OR: Phonics Word Work {Multiple Phonograms} *** Australian and American spelling versions included *** Click HERE to download the FREE WH Digraph packet to see the activities and worksheets included in all my digraph packets! This book contains a comprehensive collection of worksheets, games and activities intended for use with children in Kindergarten (Prep), Grade 1 and Grade 2 to help learn the “or” r-controlled vowel. They can be used with the whole class, in centers and small groups, as early finisher work or as homework. The worksheets, games and activities vary in tasks and degree of difficulty to allow children with different learning styles to add to their strengths and develop their weaknesses. Contents: 1. “or” r-controlled vowel poster 2. “or” r-controlled vowel poster with words 3. “or” r-controlled vowel word wall cards (with and without pictures) and Write the Room recording page 4. “or” r-controlled vowel Word Slider Cards with recording pages 5. “or” r-controlled vowel Reading Cards with recording pages 6. “or” r-controlled vowel I Have, Who Has? card game 7. “or” r-controlled vowel playdough mat 8. “or” r-controlled vowel write and wipe cards 9. “or” r-controlled vowel word building mats with recording page 10. “or” r-controlled vowel write the missing sound cards 11. “or” r-controlled vowel Sound Hound and recording page 12. “or” r-controlled vowel gumball word-picture match and recording page 13. “or” r-controlled vowel flip book with recording pages 14. “or” r-controlled vowel handwriting worksheet 15. “or” r-controlled vowel word work worksheet 16. “or” r-controlled vowel word work: word shapes worksheet 17. “or” r-controlled vowel word work: picture sort worksheet 18. “or” r-controlled vowel word work: Color It! worksheet 19. “or” r-controlled vowel word work: match the picture and word worksheets (2 versions) 20. “or” r-controlled vowel word work: build a word cut and paste worksheet 21. “or” r-controlled vowel word work: picture scramble words worksheet 22. “or” r-controlled vowel word work: syllable sort cut and paste worksheet 23. “or” r-controlled vowel word work: word search 24. “or” r-controlled vowel word work: alphabetical order worksheet 25. “or” r-controlled vowel word work: complete the sentence worksheet 26. “or” r-controlled vowel reading fluency 27. “or” r-controlled vowel reading comprehension 28. “or” r-controlled vowel vocabulary booklet 29. “or” r-controlled vowel build a word reader 30. “or” r-controlled vowel crown Please click here to view my other digraph word work packets! Follow me on Facebook for exclusive freebies and giveaways! Follow me on Pinterest Visit my blog
Vowel Teams are tough! In fact, many kids can’t successfully decode and encode (read and spell) until they understand these higher-level concepts. The problem is that many teachers never had explicit instruction in phonics themselves. The result is we have an ambiguous, co