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Sunday, August 21, 2016

Science Resources

   Hi there!  Jenny here again as a guest blogger for the last time, I promise!  I just wanted to share with you my excitement about all of the amazing resources that my sister, Mrs. G, and I have been working on.  We have so many Science resources and are continually working on creating new material!

   We are currently selling our entire Science store for an awesome price!!!  This package includes all of our Science curriculum and ALL future products for no additional costs!  You have to check out this deal!  You can see our store by CLICKING HERE.

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Science curriculum

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Like our material?  Leave us a comment about which part is your favorite!!!

Math Interactive Notebook - Algebra

   Hello there!!! I am Mrs. G's sister.  My name is Jenny and I am currently a high school mathematics teacher.  I have been teaching for six years and have taught 7th through 12th grade math.  You might have heard about me already because Katie and I have been creating Science curriculum together.  However, I am blog hopping onto my sister's blog to show you some math curriculum that I create.

   I have lots of hands on activities, foldables, assessments (pre-tests, post-tests, vocabulary quizzes) and interactive notebooks.  My interactive notebooks are amazing!!!  I have math interactive notebooks for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade.  I also have an Algebra interactive notebook.  For this post, I am going to show you a preview of my Algebra interactive notebook.  Check out my pictures below!

Also, if you would like to see more of my material or read more about me, you can visit my website by going to www.commoncorematerial.com.  You can purchase my Algebra interactive notebook by going to my website or visiting my Teachers Pay Teachers store.

Algebra math interactive notebook

Algebra math interactive notebook

Algebra math interactive notebook

Algebra math interactive notebook

Algebra math interactive notebook

Algebra math interactive notebook

Algebra math interactive notebook

Algebra math interactive notebook

Algebra math interactive notebook

Algebra math interactive notebook

Algebra math interactive notebook

Algebra math interactive notebook

You can check out my Teachers Pay Teachers store by CLICKING HERE

Saturday, August 13, 2016

Scientific Method Process


Hello All of You Fabulous Teachers, I hope the new school year is going GREAT for you! For those that haven't started, I hope that you have a terrific start! My classes have started and so far, my students are AMAZING! I always forget how much I like teaching until I am standing in front of my students, and I see their eyes light up with interest. This will be my 4th year teaching. I can't believe how fast it has gone by! Okay, sorry I am getting off track with what I wanted to BLOG about today. 

Today I wanted to BLOG about the Scientific Method Process. My sister and I have been creating some great things and I am sure we will be creating more! So check back because this blog post will probably grow with new creations! This is my Scientific Method Foldable that takes you through the steps of this process.



Students have to identify key vocabulary terms (like independent, dependent, controlled variable, experimental & control group).

Then using a real-life example and the vocabulary terms, they have to come up with a hypothesis to test or answer the question.  The foldable allows students to see the definition of the terms and using those definitions, figure out what the terms would be in their experiment.




It's neat because it really sets up the experiment and the steps of the scientific method process for students.  This is a great resource to include inside an interactive notebook.



It also makes students write and what teacher doesn't love that!  Common core and NGSS working its way in there.



If you like this foldable, you can buy it from my tpt store with my sister.  Science by Stafford Sisters  - Here is the link "https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Scientific-Method-Bundle-2728411" for the BUNDLE that I will be blogging more about.

I have a few more activities on the scientific method!  So check back!  I will be writing more later!

Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Interactive Notebook Bundle on CELLS


Hello Fellow Blog Readers, This is Mrs. G here! How are you doing? Summer is coming to an end and teachers/students are about to head back to school. Unfortunately this is very sad yet exciting at the same time. It's exciting because we get to see past students and meet new students. It's sad because we might have to leave little ones at home. My two littles ones are my son, Atreyu, who is 4 years old and my son, Sebastian, who is 4 months old. I also have a daughter, Harley, but she isn't going to miss me because she is starting kindergarten. This is actually perfect for her because she was wanted to go to school for the past year! She is ready and willing to learn. So I am excited to be taking her to school everyday to start learning and to make new friends. So why am I blogging today? Well, I am excited to say that I have started a teacherspayteachers store with my sister, Jenny. We have created our FIRST science interactive notebook bundle on CELLS together. It is amazing! Science Interactive Notebook It is neat because now I have someone to throw my ideas at and she can throw her ideas back at me. Her competitveness makes me competitive and drives me to think outside the box. So this bundle is SUPER cool because it has EVERYTHING you need to start a SCIENCE interactive notebook for experienced or new teachers. Science Interactive NotebookThe first 10 pages are introduction activities and 1 foldable. Included in the bundle are a: (1) all about me worksheet, (2) classroom rules worksheet, (3) lab safety rules worksheet, (4) lab safety rules foldable, (5) notebook expectations worksheet, (6) notebook grading rubric worksheet, (7) reflection worksheet, (8) blank table of contents worksheet, (9) setting goals worksheet, (10) blank table of contents worksheet, (11) looking back & reflection on goals worksheet, and (12) look back over the year worksheet. Science Interactive Notebook This bundle has some great foldables where you can compare cells. For example, in the picture below you will see I have posted the "Two Types of Cells" and the "Eukaryote VS. Prokaryote Cell" foldables on the right side of an interactive notebook. Students can quiz themselves on how these two types of cells differ by opening the venn diagram foldable while looking at the foldable below it. The foldable on the bottom shows the two types of cells side-by-side. That foldable also opens up and shows how they compare and how they are similar. Science Interactive Notebook Science Interactive Notebook For those teachers that noticed that in both of the prokaryote and eukaryote foldables, they are on opposite sides, I fixed this. So if you buy the BUNDLE, they are on the same side. I love foldables! I constantly see my students using their foldables to review for a quiz. One student will open their notebook and ask the other student questions. Then he/she can open their foldable to see if the student was correct. Amazing TOOLS! Check out the plant vs animal cell foldables. Next to them, I put a prokaryote foldable so I could compare the cells. Science Interactive Notebook My FAVORITE foldables gotta be these foldables. I love the animal and plant cell foldables. Each organelle inside the animal and plant cell opens! So students can write in the definition of each organelle. I like sticking them next to each other in a interactive notebook so students can visually see the difference between the two (for example, the plant cell has chloroplasts where the animal cell does not). Science Interactive Notebook
Science Interactive Notebook
One thing teachers like to do is have students write metaphors for the organelles. I created this foldable where the organelles all have faces and look like they are talking. Soooooooo..... students just have to write in what the organelle is like. Then the student lifts up the flap and writes what the organelle actually does. For example, the nucleus says "i'm the boss of everyone!!" Underneath his flap, you would put, "the nucleus controls the cell." So students are making a real life connection to the organelle's function.
Science Interactive Notebook
One thing my sister is really good at is PUZZLES!!! So she created some AMAZING ones to include in the bundle. For example, she created a puzzle where students identify the name and function of a bunch of organelles in plant & animal cells.
Science Interactive Notebook
Science Interactive Notebook
This bundle includes over 30 INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK ACTIVITIES!!! A few other topics it hits are - Living vs. Non-Living - Introduction to Cells/Robert Hooke & Cell Theory - Plasma Membrane - Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration - Enzymes - Mitosis vs. Meiosis Few more pictures of the BUNDLE
Science Interactive Notebook
Science Interactive Notebook
Science Interactive Notebook
Science Interactive Notebook
Science Interactive Notebook
Science Interactive Notebook
Science Interactive Notebook
Science Interactive Notebook
Science Interactive Notebook
Interested in the BUNDLE? Here is the link for it. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Science-Interactive-Notebook-on-Cells-2628377
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