Using It's Raining Cats and Dogs Figurative Language Activity, students match idioms and their meanings in order to use them in their own writing.

Using this Quotient Quickies Division Activity, students interpret whole numbers as the number of objects in each share.

Using Characters Sketch Activity, students describe in depth a character,setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text.

Using this Design Your Own Theme Park Unit Square Activity, students measure areas by counting unit squares.

Using Using Simple Verbs Past Present Future Activity, students sort examples into Past, Present, and Future categories in order to be able to use verbs correctly in their writing.

Using 50 States Research Activity, studentsparticipate in shared research and writing projects to learn about the 50 states.

Using Prefix Barnyard Matching Activity, students match prefixes to their definitions to build their vocabulary.

In this Estimating Measurement in Meters Worksheet, students complete the web below with objects that could be measured with the unit meters.

Using How Does The Character Respond Activity, students describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.

Using Informing and Explaining a Topic Worksheet, students write about a topic you choose providing details, facts, and/or figures to support your writing.

Using Let's Give Some Support Activity, students describe how reasons support specific points the author makes in a text.

Using Beginning Middle End Plot Activity, students describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.

Using Text Features Scavenger Hunt Activity, studentsidentify text features in the books they are reading to gather information about what they will read.

Using Retelling Using Key Details Activity,students read Floppy Ears to retell the story by putting key events in order.

Using Key Details for Comprehension Activity, students read The Lucky Blue Shoes to describe the characters, setting, and major events in the story.

Using this Find and Measure Activity, students measure common objects to the nearest unit to build their measurement skills.

Using Position Words Butterfly Activity, students choose a word from the box to describe where the butterfly is located in relation to the object to build their positional word vocabulary.

The FIVE Song (MP3) will help students recognize the sight word FIVE when it is repeated, spelled, and used in sentences put to a catchy tune.

The FUNNY Song (MP3) will help students recognize the sight word FUNNY when it is repeated, spelled, and used in sentences put to a catchy tune.

Using the Hey Bully Song (Original Music Video), studentslearn how to deal with a bully by listening to this catchy song and watching this video.