Sometimes a visual (like a t-shirt) can really help a lesson stick with 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students. The teacher t-shirts below cover skills for teaching reading, grammar, math, and science if you want something to make your lesson really pop! Wear one on an evaluation day for bonus points (unless you have a principal that enforces a super professional wardrobe).
Have a third, fourth, or fifth grade teacher in your life? These t-shirts would make a great gift for back to school, Christmas, or Teacher Appreciation Day!
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Teacher T-Shirts for an ELA Lesson
I've got to admit - this is a pet peeve of mind. And one of the reviews validates the merits of this teacher t-shirt actually being helpful for students!
After teaching students how to use commas in lists, see if they can correct the mistakes on this shirt...and discuss how commas can completely change the meaning of a sentence!
If your students struggle with remembering to include commas and question marks in their writing, then this t-shirt just might be the reminder they need!
These 3 words confuse grown adults - A shirt like this can help kids remember the differences between the meanings of these words.
Teaching I Before E Except After C
This spelling rule is very helpful...except when it's not. This shirt shows many of the "I Before E" exceptions.
Through, tough, thorough, thought, though...these are confusing words to spell and to read. Encourage your students by showing them how English is weird sometimes!
After a homonyms lesson, see if your students can identify all of the homonyms on your shirt!
Teacher T-Shirts for a Math Lesson
Helping students develop a good understanding of right angles is essential for success later on in geometry. This teacher t-shirt provides a funny, memorable visual.
See if students can figure out what number each symbol represents! A fun problem solving activity. And fun for Earth Day as well!
While your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students might not understand the Grease reference, they will understand the multiplication chart!
Celebrate the 100th Day of School with a math equation. Let students use the shirt as inspiration, and then come up with their own.
PEMDAS changes everything. This would be a fun shirt to wear whenever you begin teaching the order of operations.
Teacher T-Shirts for a Science Lesson
When teaching your students about atoms, this t-shirt will drive in the point that atoms make up everything.
Your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students might appreciate the humor of this t-shirt after a states of matter lesson where they learn that air has mass and takes up space!
Teaching a lesson on the planets is a lot more complicated than it used to be now that Pluto is classified as a dwarf planet. This t-shirt could help ignite an interesting discussion.
Looking for back to school inspiration?
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Never Stress Over Sub Plans Again!
Make copies, find a fiction book, and you'll be ready for any emergency that comes your way!