Teacher Appreciation Sale Begins Tuesday May 7th!

Eric and I from Wise Guys are having a Teacher Appreciation Sale from Tuesday May 7 -Thursday May 9. You will be able to get 15% off all digital resources in our TPT store. As an added bonus, on May 7 and May 8, an additional 10% is available if you enter the code TAD13 at checkout!

We appreciate all you do to help students in your schools! Thank you for educating children!

Brian and Eric

Calming the Chaos

Welcome to the Calming the Chaos Blog Hop hosted by 2peasandadog.

All of us bloggers have come together to share our top tips for making the last month of school run smoothly. Visit each of our blogs to learn something new and catch a freebie or two!

Happy Hopping!

The end of the school year is fast approaching. Students are gearing up for summer vacation and may be starting to "check out" a little early.

If you are looking for a FREE fun and engaging way to keep them focused at the end of the year, you will want to try our End of the Year Time Capsule Activity! Students get to reflect on the school year and include written reflections of field trips, funny moments, favorite subjects and so much more.

If you are interested in more engaging end of the year activities make sure to check out our End of the School Year Activities Bundle for only $3! It includes 7 more creative activities to do with your students.

Calming the Chaos Participants

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Common Core Essentials: I CAN Statements for Reading and Math for Fifth Grade

The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are here. In 2014, almost all of the United States public schools will be using these standards in their classrooms daily.

In order to address the standards, it will be important for not only the teacher to know the standard being taught, but the student as well. For this to happen, it will be crucial for the teacher to post the objective for the students to view.

We have created Common Core Flipbooks that we use in our fifth grade classroom for both reading and math. As you can see from the below pictures, we have copied the cards onto card stock, laminated the cards, cut them out, and then combined them into one group with a metal ring. This will make for easy use when teaching a lesson involving a specific standard at the 5th grade level.

Click on the below links to access the cards you need!
Fifth Grade Math: All Common Core Standards "I can" Cards
Fifth Grade Reading: Literature "I can" Cards
Fifth Grade Reading: Informational Text "I can" Cards

Basketball Book Report: Adding Excitement to Reading!

This is a simple FREE book report form that we have used with our students. The form contains a few options to help students summarize the book that they have read. Students can also earn shots at a small basketball hoop in our classrooms for other activities such as spelling and reading. The hoop is a great motivator and something different for students.

Let the Games Begin! How to Do a Decimal Olympics in the Common Core Classroom

If you want a fun way to engage your students in a review of decimals, you will love our FREE Decimal Olympics resource!

Directions are included on how to conduct the Decimal Olympics, the problems the students will need to solve, a scoring sheet for the different decimal events, two sets of decimal cards to cut out, and a decimal quiz and answer key.

Students love to be on a team and compete against their classmates. This is a great way to review decimals with your students in a fun and engaging way!

Happy Birthday Teaching Blog Addict! Hundreds of FREEBIES Ready to Download!

Teaching Blog Addict is hosting an ultimate FREEBIE celebration to celebrate their second birthday filled with amazing FREE resources for all grade levels!

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5th and 6th Grade activities:

There are over 175  resources for grades 5-6 there!

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Common Core Free Resources Edition #12

Edition number 12 is out! Here are three more great Common Core Freebies!!

Primary
Conversations in Literacy has a resource titled: The 5 W Questions Plus How Classroom Posters! These are Common Core posters that answer the 5W + How questions! This is great for students in grades 1-3.

Intermediate
Ashleigh has an engaging resource titled: Fraction Avenue! Students get to design a street by using fractions! 

Secondary
Lindsay Perro has a resource titled: Graphing Linear Equations with Color. Students are given 14 equations that have to be written in slope-intercept form. They must then graph them using the indicated color.

We hope you enjoyed more free common core resources. Stay tuned for more next week!