Author: Jessica Boschen

Jessica shares her passion for teaching and education on What I Have Learned. Jessica has 16 years of elementary teaching experience and currently homeschools her two middle school boys. She enjoys scaffolding learning for students, focusing on helping our most challenging learners achieve success in all academic areas.

Math

Addition Strategies for +9 Facts – How to Add 9

Using 10 to add +9 addition facts is one of the foundational addition strategies students learn when learning their addition facts. Yet, it is also one of the most challenging…

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Social Studies

Biography Report Template for Any Historical Person (2nd–5th Grade)

Looking for a flexible biography report template that works for any historical person? This printable biography project resource includes multiple report formats, research organizers, and creative presentation options designed for…

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Math

Make 100 and Make 1000 Place Value Strategies with Friendly Numbers

My second-grade students need a lot of work with number sense and place value strategies, especially when it comes to using number lines, base-10 blocks, and learning how to “jump”…

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Physical Science

Static Electricity Lessons for Kids (Activities & Experiments for 3rd Grade)

Teaching static electricity is one of those science topics that instantly grabs attention. Rub a balloon on your head, and suddenly your classroom looks like a science lab and a…

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Early Reading

Onset and Rime Matching Cards – Flip Books & Word Lists

Teaching children that words contain recognizable chunks is key to developing reading fluency. As students read multisyllabic words, they gain a deeper understanding that words contain recognizable chunks and that…

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Science

Scientific Method Posters & Science Experiment Recording Sheets

These Scientific Method Posters and Science Experiment Recording Sheets are a great way for elementary students to become familiar with the scientific process. Display them in your classroom. Use them for small or larger experiments.

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Math

Teach Students to Compare Measurements

Comparing measurements is SO difficult for students, especially for English learners. Not only do they need to understand that one object is larger or smaller than another, but they need…

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Math | Fall

Halloween Measurement Activities – Fun Free Halloween Math Center

Have some fun measuring a variety of Halloween creatures with this FREE Halloween Measurement Math Resource. It makes a great math center during the month of October and reinforces centimeter and inch measurement processes.

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Science

NGSS and TEKS Standards Alignment

Do you teach science in Texas and wonder how to successfully teach science lessons that are aligned with the next generation science standards? We created an NGSS and TEKS alignment tool for second, third and fourth grade teachers in Texas who want to use our science stations and 5E units.

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Physical Science

50+ Force and Motion Activities to Teach Balanced & Unbalanced Forces & Patterns in Motion

17 fun ideas and resources for teaching force and motion. Includes demonstrations, experiments, science stations, and lessons that will engage students in learning about balanced and unbalanced forces and patterns in motion. These teaching ideas will help you teach the NGSS standards.

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Early Reading

Short U Worksheets & Activities

Do you need new phonics activities? These Short U Phonics Worksheets give students practice reading and writing short u CVC words by word family. In this teaching resource, there are 18 different phonics worksheet templates with multiple pages for each template to accommodate all of the short u CVC words taught in kindergarten and first grade. This is a great no-prep printable for kindergarten word work centers.

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Science

How to Read the Next Generation Science Standards

Learn how to read the Next Generation Science Standards and figure out what to teach during your elementary science lessons. The NGSS are three-dimensional standards and complicated to understand and implement in your classroom. We’re here to help!

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