Wednesday Weekly 5 under $5 - April 2, 2025

          

     

Every week I put together a list of 5 great products from members of The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs Marketing Cooperative (TBOTEMC) with the requirement that each product must be less than $5.  With a variety of subjects and a wide range of grades, there just might be something that you can use, so continue to read below and see!

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Earth Day Script - $1.49

by Reading Spotlight

2nd - 5th grades

Reading

No Memorization! Simple-to-use and motivating, this script is designed for reading over a school’s PA system. The statements contain child-friendly practices to improve the environment. Easily adapted to different reading abilities, the script provides a boost of confidence for beginning or struggling readers, too. A perfect Earth Day activity.

Spanish:Poesía de Primavera - $3.00

by Urbino12
K - 7th grades
Activities, Lessons, Printables, Spring

¡ Viva la Primavera! Have your beginning L2 Spanish students write a beautiful spring poem! File includes: Cover page, Guided writing model with suggested vocabulary to write a simple five-line (Cinquain) poem in Spanish, Five different spring themed writing templates - four in color and one in black and white.

April Math Fraction Word Puzzles Recognizing Fractions in Lowest Terms - $3.00

by Scipi
4th - 6th grades

Activities, Handouts, Homeschool, Printables, Spring

This math handout targets identifying fractional parts in lowest terms and working with equivalent fractions. In each message set, specific words are given. The students are instructed to figure out the correct fractional part of each particular word.  If each fractional part is correctly identified, when the letters are written on the lines provided, a new word is created.  Each set of new words becomes a message about the month of April.  

April Number Sense Learning Center Games and Activities - $2.00

by Mickey's Place

PreK - 1st grades

Activities, Centers, Easter, Games, Spring

Number Sense: April is a complete learning game to enhance the concept of numbers: one through twelve. Number Sense: April uses an Easter and an April Shower theme. Number Sense involves matching the cards to their appropriate number. The cards include: Dice, Ten frames, Dots, Number word, Objects to count, Tally marks Perfect for Centers, Parner Games and Homework.

  

  

Fact Review Game - Spring Build a Flower Game and Craft to Review Any Subject - $1.50

by Tammy's Toolbox

K - 3rd grades

Activities, Flash Cards, Games, Spring, Test Preparation

This engaging spring game is perfect for end of the year review, sight word practice, addition practice, multiplication review, math facts, phonics, test prep, and vocabulary. It makes a fun party game too. This fun activity can also double as a craft as students color and add petals to their flower. This can be used as a center activity, tutoring game, or an individual craft.

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Wednesday Weekly 5 under $5 - August 21, 2024

         

Every week I put together a list of 5 great products from members of The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs Marketing Cooperative (TBOTEMC) with the requirement that each product must be less than $5.  With a variety of subjects and a wide range of grades, there just might be something that you can use, so continue to read below and see!

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Best Bingo: Sight Word Bundle Kits A + B-- Better Than Dolch! - $4.49

by Reading Spotlight

K - 2nd grades

Activities, worksheets

Do not overload beginning and struggling readers with too many sight words. These are the only words they need to learn by sight. This extra practice with 100 irregular, high-frequency words produces dramatic improvement in reading fluency. The bundle includes 2 sets of instructional lessons applying all modalities, flash cards, 24 Bingo cards for each set, plus additional ideas for extra practice. The best bargain in the Reading Spotlight Store!

Spanish Picture Dictionary - $3.00

by Urbinio12

K - 6th grades

Activities

             

Students will create their own picture dictionary using the letters of the Spanish alphabet. As per The Real Academia Española, I have included ch and ll as officially recognized letters. Perfect FLES activity! Using the internet, bilingual dictionary or other printed source in Spanish, students will select a word for each letter of the alphabet, illustrate that word (or cut and paste a pic) in the box and write the word in the space provided. More advanced students may write a sentence. Perfect activity for beginner L2 students!

Mighty Bulldogs (google slides) - $2.50

by All-American Teacher Tools

3rd - 8th grades

Activities

This resource is part of my Mighty Mascots series, but can be used for any part of your curriculum.  Each slide contains facts, a picture, and a question for discussion. Or, the students might add the answers to the discussion question in their journals. Finally, there is a special project to design a bulldog rescue location. Perfect for schools with a bulldog mascot.  Also available as a PowerPoint presentation.

Phonics Sound Anchor Charts - Vowels, Consonants, Blends, Digraphs - SOR Aligned - $4.49

by Primarily Learning

K - 2nd grades

Homeschool Curricula, Activities, Printables

These 8 engaging Phonics Sound Charts provide pictures to connect letters and sounds. With two formats, there are 16 sound charts! Aligned with the Science of Reading, they include the 42 fundamental sounds, blends, and alternative spellings. What a great phonics file folder resource for staff and students!

Number Lines Hundreds | Missing Two Numbers - $3.00

by Sunshine and Laughter by Deno

1st - 3rd grades

Printables, Games, Task cards

This hands-on math product is a great tool for teaching and reviewing missing numbers on a number line from 100-999. This resource can be used in your math centers, stations, or played as a scoot game around the room. These number lines were created with two missing numbers in each number line. 

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Wednesday Weekly 5 under $5 - 9/14/2022

                                

Every week I put together a list of 5 great products from members of The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs Marketing Cooperative (TBOTEMC) with the requirement that each product must be less than $5.  With a variety of subjects and a wide range of grades, there just might be something that you can use, so continue to read below and see!

In addition, if you're a seller on Teachers Pay Teachers (TpT) who would like to get more information about joining TBOTEMC, contact me via email at ReneeHeiss@gmail.com or by simply leaving a comment on this blog post.

Editable Math Homework Rubrics - $1.50

by Scipi

All grades
Homework, Classroom Forms, Rubrics

These two editable math rubrics (five and ten points) are effective ways to grade the piles of math homework handed in every day.   1) It saves the teacher time when grading.   2)  It is a quick way to grade math homework and return it to the students promptly. 

Analyzing a Fictional Character Writing Activity - $4.00

by Charlene Tess

9th -12th grades

Worksheets, Homeschool Curricula

Your students will love learning to analyze characters in fiction. It will make everything they watch and read more meaningful. Becoming proficient at character analysis will enhance a student's reading experience. He or she can apply what they have learned to fictional characters in novels, movies, and TV shows.

The Big Game: Improving Listening Skills - $1.29

by Reading Spotlight

1st - 6th grades
Scripts

Fun, effective, easy to use, with simple parts and NO memorization, this script is a great way to focus class attention on the skill of listening to the teacher and to each other. It contains short group parts for the entire class.  Enjoy the smiles!

Spanish: Poesía de otoño - $3.00

by Urbino12
9th - 12th grades
Activities, Printables, Lessons

¡ Otoño feliz! Have your beginning L2 Spanish students write a beautiful autumn poem!

File includes: cover page, guided writing model with suggested vocabulary to write a simple five-line (Cinquain) poem in Spanish, plus five different autumn themed writing templates -five in color and one in black and white.

Number Sense: Subitizing Flash Cards with Bonus Bingo Cards - $4.00

by Mickey's Place

PreK - 1st grades 
Activities, Flash Cards, Games

Number Sense Subitizing Flashcards is an Excellent Way to practice Math Automaticity with your students. Bonus Bingo Card Set! Excellent Way for Your Students to Practice their Automaticity Skills! Students need to be able to recognize number patterns quickly in order to understand the concepts of addition and subtraction quickly. By quickly recognizing these patterns they don’t have to count by ones every time they see a pattern.

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Misc. Lesson.- "La Cara - The Pilgrims- Parts of the Face in Spanish- Thanksgiving "

By Monica Herterich

Grades : 2-12

This interactive unit is the perfect lesson in November as part of Thanksgiving celebration. Using Pilgrims you can teach students to label the face in Spanish

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The units contains

1- Vocabulary Page- 11 face parts with a word bank''

2- Label the Pilgrims - Students can cut the picture and cut each word and label the image on a separate page. They can use the words for labeling or have them write the words. It is important that they label "El Peregrino " y "La Peregrina" .

3- Word Search- to reinforce spelling and vocabulary. Great game if you have them compete at the end of the class to see who finishes it first. The first pair or group to complete it gets a HW pass. - You will hear screaming the words and having a ball looking for them.

Follow-Up

-Have students draw their portraits or bring pictures and label them
-Collect portraits and have students play "guess who?' Adivina Adivina quien soy? Just read eye-color, hair color
- You can also purchase "Thanksgiving Body Parts in Spanish -El Cuerpo"  Interactive lesson from my store and teach them body parts by labeling the little Indian girl .

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4- Great sub plan- Have the sub go over the words and have students complete the package independently

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MISC LESSONS-" Los Murcielagos- Halloween- Learn Colors in Spanish- Bats K-3"

 by Monica Herterich

Grades :K-4

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This exciting picture can help your Elementary students have a fun time coloring the bats while learning colors in Spanish. Great Cross curricular activity for Kindergarten through 6th grades. It can be a fun tool at the end of your Bat unit or your fall festival celebration. Kids can recognize colors in Spanish. I used it in grades K-4 during the last ten minutes.. great transition activity. It satisfies Communication Standard

Note: There is one empty bat so students can make it their favorite color. You can write in the board : 'Mi Murciélago favorito es____"

The bats can be glued in construction paper and you can attach popsicle sticks. Then you can have an oral exercise naming different colors and students lift up the right color bat. They can take them home and practice their colors in Spanish with their bats.


Reference
Amarillo-yellow
Rojo-red
Verde-green
Azul-blue
Anaranjado=orange
Morado=purple
Negro=black
Cafe=brown
Plata=silver
Dorado=gold

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MISC LESSONS - Dia de Brujas- Sopa de Letras - Halloween -Word Search & Puzzle-Spanish Oct 27 2015

SOPA DE LETRAS- DIA DE LAS BRUJAS

This exciting word search & double puzzle can teach vocabulary words to children using cognates and a hint word to let them know what the search is about. Have students compete for a homework pass in the older grades. Great ending activity during the month of October. I used it in grades 2-4 during the last ten minutes.. great transition activity. It satisfies Communication Standard

Reference
Brujas - Witches
Chocolate- Chocolate
Embrujada- Bewitched
Casa- House
Dulces-Candy
Fantasmas-ghosts
Treinta y Uno -thirty one
octubre-october
Triqui Triqui Halloween -Tricky Tricky Halloween

We used the English word but with Spanish spelling. Halloween is celebrated in Colombia on October 31. It is the same way as the American Halloween. Kids dress in costumes and get candy by going from house to house.

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MISC. LESSONS- "El Grito" Mexican Independence-Reading & Comprehension Unit- Cultural SUB Plan

MISC. LESSONS-"El Grito" Mexican Independence & Comprehension Unit- Cultural SUB Plan

This wonderful "El Grito "Cultural unit is the perfect way to celebrate Sept 16. Mexican Independence Day in your classroom.

The unit addresses the history of the Father Hidalgo in Dolores and his legendary "Grito de Dolores" that started the Mexican Revolution. The unit also describes in detail the reenactment ceremonies done on Sept 15 every year in the Zocalo of Mexico by the President of Mexico. It is a fun unit with wonderful Word Searches both in Spanish and English to reinforce the reading and cognates. Finally a fun coloring activity can be used for Elementary students. You can do it as a class reading and then little ones can just have fun coloring the Sugar Skull on a bed of Roses and doing the English Word Search

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The unit contains:

 Word Search with 21 vocabulary words in
English- SUB PLAN
 Word Search with 18 vocabulary words in
Spanish

 "El Grito" History and Mexican Independence Day
Traditions
 Reading Comprehension Questions

 Color the Sugar Skull on a bed of roses

Your students will be able to read the Cultural piece, complete reading comprehension questions in English and have fun doing the Word Search and coloring the Sugar skull

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MISCELLANEOUS LESSONS- Labor Day -Spanish Word Search & Criss Cross Puzzle- BONUS:Las Profesiones

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Great Lesson to celebrate Labor Day in your Classroom. This lesson was designed to practice cognates and to teach students about the celebration of Labor Day in May in most Latin American Countries. You will also have a Community Workers in Spanish Word Search.

1) Word Search= 24 sentences and words (For example)
BARBACOA, COMUNIDAD, DERECHOS, DESFILES, FESTIVOS, .....PROSPERIDAD, UNION, TRABAJADORES...

2) 14 Labor Day Cross Word Puzzle with Spanish word bank full of cognates. Great dictionary practice for your students. Have them work in groups of two to figure out the answer. Homework pass for the winners.

3) Profesiones. This Word Search is a very good introduction to Professions full of cognates. Perfect cool homework assignment

FOLLOW-UP

*** Las Profesiones Thematic Unit- This full Professions in Spanish lesson can help introduce and practice the vocabulary related to community workers. 

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*** Las Profesiones-Spanish Professions- What they Do and Where they work?- This comprehensive unit combines vocabulary for professions, with verbs AR/ER/IR and locations. Great way to teach students how to write sentences. 

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ENJOY LABOR DAY WEEKEND!!!
 

Classroom Commands - Play Simon Says in Spanish-Great ICE Breaker

Back to School - Great ICE Breaker

This worksheet set is extremely useful to teach students in Middle School and High school Classroom Commands. The vocabulary list with 12 commands and a work bank will allow you to teach them 12 basic expressions that they can use easily. In addition the second worksheet will allow them to review Classroom objects. Students can use a dictionary or their word bank to fill both pages. Once the vocabulary has been introduced students will use both pages to write their own commands. They can write individually or in small groups. They can present them to the class. This interactive package will satisfy Communication standards 1.1 where students produce information in the target language and 1.22 where they understand and interpret spoken language. One student can read the commands in Spanish and have the others perform them. it is quiet an entertaining an engaging activity. The vocabulary worksheet can be used for assessments and the command performance can give you a listening comprehension assessment grade. Enjoy these entertaining and engaging package. 

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Spanish Father's Day- Students Make a Father's Day Trophy Card- Dia del Padre

Spanish Father's Day- 

Students Make a Father's Day Trophy Card

Día del Padre

Make a beautiful Trophy Card for Father's Day with your students. 

This exciting lesson has a beautiful cover page of a trophy in Spanish .

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1. Print the cover page in white cardboard.

 2. Go over the 15 Why I love you dad sentences. Porque te quiero papa...

 3. Have students write on the back of the card the phrases they selected. They need to select at least eight of the sentences. They have to copy them to the back of the card in Spanish. Great adjective review. 


4. Complete 20 words Spanish Word Search- Split students into small teams. Have teams compete to find the meaning of the words for a classroom pass. Have them compete to find the words and provide another homework pass. Great way to review adjectives cognates and have a wonderful day celebrating Father's Day in your class. 

Encourage them to memorize some sentences. It will be cool for them to say something to their dads in Spanish. Great way for you to show parents some of the vocabulary words learned and speaking competencies. 

Enjoy your cards!

FELIZ DIA DEL PADRE!

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