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Learn to fold a fun heart to share with your Valentine. This model looks great made with paper that is different on both sides, or paper that is the same. Either way, your Valentine will appreciate the effort and the sentiment.

The same origami model makes two different bears ~ one sniffing the air ~ the other sniffing the ground. The pdf has one page instructions to accompany a youtube video demonstration, and a page explaining how to read the symbols in origami directions.

There are many academic advantages of folding origami models. Students gain pride and enthusiasm when they learn to fold realistic looking leaves. They flex their creativity while thinking of other items that the leaf could be used to represent.

Students will enjoy folding this simple paper heart. Use up all your recycling in one fun project! Who can make the smallest heart? The biggest heart? Add stickers, texture, or other design elements. Plus a special Valentine Rebus page!   Download quickly - It's free for now!  

What is the best way to teach word problems to second grade math students? Let them write their own! These activity pages help students connect graphic models, mathematical notation, and everyday English. Students can see that the pictures, numbers, and words tell the same story. Download quickly - it is FREE for now!    

 Download this PDF NOW while it is still FREE! Class Project or Teacher Gift Make this gift to help your students' working memory over the winter vacation. Solving math problems is much easier with a strong working memory, so anything you can do to help your students recall information will boost their mathematical success, too. Teachers could make these cards as a surprise gift for students just before winter vacation. Alternatively, students could help personalize the design in order to make a gift for their families. Personalization is Encouraged The PDF includes a blank template which you could print out and use to make your own cards or put your own design on the back of the cards. The front of the instruction booklet has room for students' names and teacher's signature.  

Students need to learn how to use a number line before they can use a number line to learn. Teach your students to: start on zero count hops use a pointer and leave some numbers uncounted. Download this fun, free activity to help your students get used to starting on zero before counting. ZERO is the FIRST number on a number line. This can be confusing to young students.

Students need to learn how to use a number line before they can use a number line to learn. Teach your students to: start on zero count hops use a pointer and leave some numbers uncounted. Download this fun, free activity to help your students make sense of using a number line. Students are used to counting objects ~ they stop counting when they run out of objects. This technique doesn't work on a number line! ZERO is the FIRST number on a number line. This can be confusing to young students.    

When teachers say words like ‘tessellation,’ we want to hear our students say ‘tessellation,’ right back. What kinds of activities can we do to improve the chances that our students will attempt to use multisyllabic vocabulary when speaking?

Teachers know that having a large vocabulary is essential to students’ academic success. This is one of the reasons that some of us teach Greek and Latin roots in elementary classes. Children enjoy the power that comes with owning and using long words. There are many games that you can play with your students which will help them develop more complex and varied vocabularies.