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Can you fit all the pentomino pieces in this vase? It's difficult but doable!

Tell your pentominoes "all aboard!" while you get them properly situated in this train-shaped puzzle!

It might not seem like you'll be able to fit all 12 pentominoes into this rectangle, but with the proper placement, you surely will!

Use the pentominoes on page 2 of this file to perfectly craft a 6 x 10 rectangle.

This long rectangle made up of 60 squares can be perfectly filled in using the pentominoes provided.

Build a castle with pentominoes using this printable worksheet and pentomino pieces.

Can you build a house using just pentominoes? With this worksheet you can!

Challenge your students to complete this pentomino puzzle to create a little chick!

This pentomino umbrella might not keep you dry from the rain, but it will be fun to complete! Just print out the pages, cut out the shapes, and fill in the puzzle with the pentomino pieces.

Print off this worksheet to be able to craft your own pentomino sailboat! Use the pentomino cut-outs provided or your own premade pieces.

Did you know you can make an ostrich using just pentomino shapes? Try it yourself with this printable worksheet!

Use the pentominoes in this file to create a rooster. Place the shapes in the correct spaces to properly fill in the image.

Use pentominoes to put together this puzzle of an alligator. It's a great way to reinforce spatial reasoning skills.

Print out this T. rex pentomino worksheet to give your students a fun way to practice spatial reasoning.

Use the pentominoes in this printable to craft a colorful dolphin.

Fill in this puzzle correctly with pentominoes to make a colorful lion picture!

Create a cute cat using just pentominoes with this printable puzzle worksheet.

Cut out the pentominoes and build a duck by placing them correctly within the image.

Practice spatial reasoning with this pentomino puzzle featuring a familiar animal.

Did you know you can create a llama using pentominoes? Simply cut out and place the shapes within the puzzle on this printout.

Cut out the pentominoes--or use your own set--to complete this camel puzzle.

Use the pentominoes shown to complete this flamingo-shaped puzzle.

Place the pentominoes correctly to fit inside this monkey puzzle.

Cut out the pentominoes and place them correctly in the puzzle to create a penguin portrait!

Figure out how to make all the pentominoes fit in this puzzle to create a picture of a kangaroo.

Make an elephant with the twelve pentominoes on this printout. You'll have to figure how to place them to make them fit exactly in the shape.

Can you make a howling wolf out of just the pentominoes given in this printout? It's tricky but possible!

Cut out the pentominoes and use them to build a colorful reindeer picture.

Students can create a fun fish image by cutting out and putting the pentominoes together like a puzzle to fit inside the shape!

Use the pentominoes shown to create a beautiful butterfly shape!

This worksheet is a template for an acrostic poem using the letters from the words "self regulation." Students can use it to reflect on self-regulation and the strategies that can be used to help with it.

In this story, a squirrel must consider why his friend Barnaby Bear is upset. This requires social intelligence and empathy. Students can read the story and then respond to questions about the text.

In this story, a restaurant kitchen crew learns that teamwork is the key ingredient to success. Have your students read the text, answer the comprehension questions, complete the vocabulary activity, and respond to the writing prompt.

This passage tells about a girl who is going through a frustrating experience that requires patience and self-regulation. In the worksheets that follow, students will reflect on how the character used self-regulation and answer other comprehension questions.

This short article is about different types of tongues in the animal kingdom. Students can read the passage and then answer three comprehension questions.

On this worksheet, students will define what about a sentence is unclear. Then they will write the sentence in better, more clear way.

Print out this page and have your students make their own rockets. They can color the parts on the page, and then practice their scissor skills by cutting along the dotted lines. Then they can glue the pieces to a new piece of paper to make a rocket.

Cut out the pieces along the dotted lines. Then glue them on a sheet of paper to create a race car.

Students can refine their knowledge of similes and metaphors by answering the questions on these task cards, including writing their own similes and metaphors.

With these task cards, students will have to look at examples of personification and identify what is being personified, as well as what humanlike quality is being used to describe it. They will also have to explain what different examples of personification mean or suggest.

If your students need some more help understanding idioms, these task cards can be a fun way to give them some practice.

These task cards can be used in several ways to give students some extra practice in understanding hyperbole. They can be cut out and placed around the classroom as a scavenger hunt, used with learning centers, or any other way you can think of!

This handy printout features three short paragraphs about exercise, giving a brief overview of what it can look like and why it is good for the body. It then prompts students to draw their favorite exercise activity in the box.

This anchor chart shows what factors and products are, as well as examples of arrays, equal groups, number lines, and repeated addition.

This anchor chart displays visual examples of fractions as part of a whole and part of a set.

Help your students remember and understand how to long divide by displaying or reviewing this anchor chart in the classroom.

Hang this anchor chart in your classroom or pass one out to each student to help them understand the basics of division. It visually shows what the divisor, dividend, and quotient are, as well as the remainder.

Draw a striped Christmas stocking with this printable guide. Once you've completed your masterpiece, feel free to add a mantel or any other holiday decor you would like!

Follow these steps to draw an intricate snowflake. Then use your new skills to draw a full scene of snowfall!

Your students can draw Santa's sleigh with this worksheet--even if they don't have the best artistic skills! These step-by-step visuals help students complete the drawing in manageable bits.