Spring Break

Well, this week has been crazy. I've taken some time off from the classroom and am ready to head back to school on Monday to get ready for my Survivor test prep before our state testing. Actually, the kids & I are quite excited about the test prep. I base the two weeks between Spring Break & the test on the TV show Survivor - complete with award challenges, immunity challenges, & tribal council! While the kids were working on math games & make up work the last half hour of class last Friday, I dug out my Survivor decor and started inflating palm trees, monkeys, & the treasure chest. That sure got their attention! They left excited to come back and see exactly what's in store for them. :) More to come later about my Survivor theme - and probably something for Teachers Pay Teachers.

In the meantime... I've uploaded two more products I finally had time to finish. The first one I used before we left for the break and then cleaned up/created an answer key/made an answer sheet for posting. The second one was created to use for review next week during our test prep.

Transformations

My class is in the middle of a unit on Transformations - flips, slides, and turns or reflections, translations, and rotations depending on your level. Soooo, of course I had to create a set of task cards. These will be used a little differently in my class this time, though. Instead of using them for test prep, I'm going to use them as a quick quiz (under my doc cam and graded with clickers!) and then as a Fast Finisher activity. My kids picked up this skill so quickly - thank you third grade teachers! - that they really don't seem to need much extra instruction.