Five for Friday and a Synonym Freebie

It's Friday! I am on Spring Break!  Woo Hoo! I have been reading posts about other teachers' fabulous spring break activities since March. It is finally my turn!  Let the good times roll! By "good times" I mean hanging out in my jammies all day. :) Thanks to Doodle Bugs Teaching for such a fun linky!

Fun with Time

My kiddos nut up over these interactive PowerPoint game shows from Tiny Toes! They work like Jeopardy. Each kid or team of kids chooses a contestant. I award money to each contestant when they answer correctly. We wait until the end to view the scoreboard. It makes me so happy when they are so enthusiastic about an activity. I think I have bought all of these now. They really are fantastic! They literally beg me to get more of these. How can I say no? You can check out this particular game here on Teachers Pay Teachers.

This is how the game board looks on my SMARTboard.

This is sample question from an easier level. You can see the answer in the black box because I clicked on "check answer".

This one is more challenging.
See how easy it would be to differentiate if you choose the questions for the team? LOVE it!

Blog Design

I feel like a kid waiting for Christmas! Kassie from Designs by Kassie is working on my new blog! I can not wait to see it! I know it is going to be spectacular! You can visit her blog here.

Happy Easter!

I am linking up with TONS of sellers to offer you some "Egg-stra" savings! My entire store will be 20% off on Easter Sunday and Monday! Have fun store hoppin'! Thanks to the fabulous Glitter Meets Glue for the cute graphic! I hope that you have a blessed Easter Sunday!

Friday Freebie

Here's a quick freebie for you! I hope that you enjoy this spring vocabulary synonym sort!

Click here or on the picture to grab your own copy. :)

Oh, by the way, my teenaged daughter talked me into getting an Instagram account. There is now a follow me on Instagram button on the sidebar to the right. I would love for you to check out my random craziness!

Graphing Freebies

     My grade level teaches a mini-unit on graphing and then incorporates graphing activities throughout the year. I made these freebies in case you do the same. I didn't want to make typical graphs though for a very important reason. Part of my job is to administer standardized testing to kids with accommodations or 504 plans. I have been exposed to tests for many of the upper grades. One thing I noticed is that VERY often graphing questions revolved around error analysis or finding the graph that matched the given data. I figured that it would be wise to expose our primary level kiddos to those skills, too. So, I made three fall graphing activities along those lines. They were such a hit that a winter version followed. Y'all liked that one even more. So, as requested, here is your spring graphing freebie. The links will lead you to my Teachers Pay Teachers Store for free downloading. Feedback is always appreciated! :)  If you would like to see a summer version, too, let me know. Enjoy!

Spring Graphing Freebie

Does a tricky leprechaun visit your classroom? Even if he doesn't, your kids
will enjoy trying to figure out what changes he made to the class graph!

This one requires a LOT of critical thinking. Students must evaluate
what is different between the graph and the order form. Then, they
must decide what steps must be taken to fix the error.

I LOVE this one! It integrates the concept of multiplication or repeated addition
with creating a line plot. It takes some real thinking!

Just in case you missed these earlier, here are the fall and winter versions!

Fall Graphing Freebie

Winter Graphing Freebie

Have fun analyzing data! I would love to hear how this works for you!