Last year, I posted a Holiday Number Matching worksheet. I received a request to make a blank one for teachers to write their own numbers and specify what they wanted their students to match it to. Fractions, decimals, percents, fact families! There are infinite possibilities of number conversions!
Click here for the free PDF: Holiday Equivalents Matching BLANK FOR TEACHERS
Social studies lends itself to tons of cool cultural and historical activities. We recently created historic buildings using graham crackers and frosting. It was a bit messy, but it was a blast and some of the buildings turned out really well!
Here’s Big Ben in London England:
Here’s the Santa Catalina Arch in Antigua, Guatemala: 
First we wrapped cardboard in tin foil (secured with tape). Then we put tons of frosting in ziplock baggies and cut a small corner off. We had some candy for decorations, but I don’t think it was necessary. We also used straight pretzels and other edibles as building materials. It was educational, but also delicious!
Pump-kin. Spi-der. There are tons of easy Halloween words you can use to teach or practice syllables. Here’s a free printable Halloween worksheet for you all about syllables!
Download the full size printable: Halloween Syllables [PDF]
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When I was in elementary school, my class was always partnered with another class so we could do “Reading Buddies.” My school always partnered a younger grade class with an upper grade class so we could get together and read each month. This provided us a unique opportunity to read to/listen to another student. Each kid was assigned a kid from the other class and we were partners the whole year. We occasionally did a craft or something with our reading buddies as well. Anyway, it was fun to get to know my partner as the year went on.
This inspired me to make 2 little “get to know you” pages that teachers can use within their own classroom or between classrooms of students in an arrangement like “Reading Buddies.
Click here for the free printable: Get to Know Your Buddy and Get to Know Your Neighbor. Enjoy!
Do you speak math? Use this free printable from my post over at We Are Teachers to help you and your students keep all those math vocabulary words straight! Click here to see the printable.
Check out this cool Halloween decoration idea submitted by a reader! She purchased a cheap spider web (the wad of web in a bag for a few bucks) and then stretched it out around the legs of student desks. Have your own cool idea! Send it to me at squareheadteachers at gmail dot com!
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