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Color By Numbers Addition (Up to 25) - Star Wars and Mandalorian

By Not Your Mom's Classroom

This is for all those Star Wars fans out there (and Mandalorian fans). These seven worksheets include addition problems up to 25. It is a great follow-up activity and helps students establish those quick addition skills. This product includes

Subjects:

Math, Arithmetic

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Homework

CCSS:

1.NBT.C.4, 2.NBT.B.7

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Elaboration Practice - Writing (Informative or Argumentative)

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Elaboration is one of the most difficult things for my middle schoolers to grasp. They want to just recite facts from the text and be done. I created this elaboration practice with that in mind. The PPT walks students through the basic requirements

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Expository

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Lesson

CCSS:

CCRA.W.2, CCRA.W.4

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Growth Mindset Activity for Middle and High School - Make your bed speech

By Not Your Mom's Classroom

No matter how old we get, we can always use a reminder of how we can grow. This speech given by Admiral McRaven outlines 10 life lessons he shares with the graduating class at University of Texas.As students watch the speech, they will complete a

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Expository

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Graphic Organizers, Lesson

$2.00

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Zombies Podcast - Listening Comprehension, Text Analysis, Evidence Elaboration

By Not Your Mom's Classroom

I love doing weekly podcasts with my 8th graders (and I think they enjoy it too!). This podcast will be great to use around Halloween (or any time really). This zip file comes with an editable word doc (because I like to upload mine to Google

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Halloween

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Internet Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

RI.8.1, RI.8.3, RI.8.6, RI.8.9, W.8.1

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The Terrible Things Allegory - First They Came

By Not Your Mom's Classroom

Overview: Why is it important to learn about the Holocaust? Students will study an informational text on a court case from 1976, determining how some people were/are unaware of the atrocities towards the Jews imposed by Hitler during WWII. After

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

Lesson

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Ghost Story Mad Libs and Spooky Story Starters

By Not Your Mom's Classroom

MadLibs are always a great way to review parts of speech, plus they always turn out to be silly and entertaining to read to the class. The Ghost Story MadLibs comes with the words list and a fill in the blank story.With Halloween story starters you

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

Activities, Games

$2.00

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Three Types of Irony Using Commercials

By Not Your Mom's Classroom

This mini-lesson on the three types of irony is a fun and engaging way to introduce irony. I usually start using this lesson, before diving into readings where they will have to find irony and how it creates suspense or humor in a story. The PPT

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Lesson

CCSS:

CCRA.R.7

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STATIONS Decoding Nazi Propaganda (Diverse Media Formats)

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Overview: Students will view both secondary sources about Nazi propaganda and primary sources of Nazi propaganda and evaluate the advantages they had using different mediums (print, video, photo, newspaper, radio and music) and analyze the purpose

Subjects:

English Language Arts, U.S. History, Informational Text

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Lesson

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Brains On Podcast - Listening Skills, Extended Thinking Activities, Writing

By Not Your Mom's Classroom

BrainsOn is a great podcast for children (and curious adults, as they say)! Each podcast is centered around investigating the answer to one question (it's kind of like the Storybots of podcasts!). The podcasts are segmented, usually beginning with a

Subjects:

Science, Other (ELA), Informational Text

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Internet Activities

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Between Shades of Gray Novel Study - Assignments, Projects and Final Exam

By Not Your Mom's Classroom

This file includes everything you need to cover this novel from beginning to end! Begin this lesson with the web/book quest so students gain a solid understanding of the history of the Forgotten Holocaust. The "Assignments and Projects" list all the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Literature Circles

$9.00

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Black Panther Movie with Informational Text

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Students will begin the lesson with the "Pre-Viewing" research sheet. This worksheet prompts them to choose from a short list of social issues and then research that issue. They will discuss current events and problems going on surrounding this

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Black History Month, Informational Text

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Research, Movie Guides, Cultural Activities

$3.00

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Citing Evidence and Elaboration Practice - Informational Text and Reading Guide

By Not Your Mom's Classroom

This lesson walks students through creating two types of thesis statements, how to write in-text citation and tips for skillful elaboration. The PowerPoint presentations guides students while they are filling out their notes and gradually releases

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Essays

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Worksheets, Lesson

CCSS:

W.8.1b, W.8.2, W.8.2b

$3.00

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How to Write an Objective Summary - PPT and Stations

By Not Your Mom's Classroom

This walks students through how to write an objective summary with the "Name It, Verb It, Theme It" method. After students learn how to write the objective summary, there are six stations which ask students to gather the information they need for an

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.8.2

$1.00

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Masque of the Red Death - Allegory, Symbolism, Theme,

By Not Your Mom's Classroom

Another Poe classic! This Masque of the Red Death lesson is fun and entertaining, and makes for a theme-ified photo op for you class! With this lesson, I first like to go over the history about the Bubonic plague with the students. This sets the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Short Stories

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th

Types:

Worksheets

CCSS:

RL.8.1, RL.8.2, RL.8.3, RL.8.4

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#SocialMedia: Listening Comprehension and Objective Summary - Podcast

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I love doing weekly podcasts with my 8th graders (plus its great practice for our state reading test which now has a podcast section). This three and a half minute podcast discusses some truths about social media and how the pictures we post can

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Internet Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

RI.8.1, RI.8.2, RI.8.7, RI.8.10

$1.50

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The Zookeeper's Wife Movie Guide and Informational Text

By Not Your Mom's Classroom

If you don't have time to do an entire novel study on this moving story, this film guide and informational text will be a great addition to a unit on the holocaust in history or (holocaust literature in language arts). This product comes with a

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Social Studies - History, Informational Text

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Movie Guides

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The Newsies Movie Guide - Informative Text, Subplot and Director's Choice

By Not Your Mom's Classroom

The Newsies is a Disney musical that tells the real-life tale of the newsboys strike of 1899. This packet include an informative text (about the real event) with questions, the movie viewing guide, and two extended thinking activities (subplot and

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, Writing

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Movie Guides

$2.99

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The Greatest Showman: Fact or Fiction, Conflict and Director's Choice

By Not Your Mom's Classroom

Students begin with reading an article from Smithsonian.com, answering vocabulary, reading comprehension and inferencing questions on the worksheet. After reading, students will view the film and complete the Fact or Fiction, Conflict and Director's

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Visual Arts, Informational Text

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Research, Printables, Movie Guides

$2.00

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What Do You Meme Game Template (Use for Any Subject)

By Not Your Mom's Classroom

This packet is a template for you to handout to your students and use for various subjects and stories. You decide how many rounds to play and the time limit you want to give them to fill out their meme. You can also put them in groups to make the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies - History

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Games

$2.00

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Hairspray Movie - Civil Rights Research

By Not Your Mom's Classroom

Students will begin by researching a specific event from the Civil Rights Movement (there is a list available on the Civil Rights Timeline worksheet). They will use the research guide to answer the "Who, What, Where, When, Why and How". They will

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Black History Month

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Research, Movie Guides, Cultural Activities

$2.50

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I have been teaching on and off since 2006. Follow me @notyourmomsclassroom to see all these great lessons in action!

MY TEACHING STYLE

I pride myself in connecting with middle schoolers, which may not speak well to my maturity level, but it works! I won't lie, some days it is really, really hard, but I love what I do. I find that even I get bored easily nowadays, so I can imagine what its like to sit in a desk for seven hours listening to adults! I like to change up what I am doing daily, but still maintain a routine. To me, the phrase "Not Your Mom's" takes on the meaning of not conforming to tradition. I try to create a contemporary environment that uses a great mix of lessons for different learning styles.

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MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

B.A. in Technical Writing (English) M.A. in Library and Information Science

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PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool, Not Grade Specific

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English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, Reading, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Numbers, Science, Biology, Chemistry, Social Studies, Civics, U.S. History, Arts & Music, Visual Arts, ELA Test Prep, British History, Other (Social Studies), Other (ELA), Gifted and Talented, Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Literature, Short Stories, Writing, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Poetry, Halloween, Martin Luther King Day, Black History Month, Products For TpT Sellers, For All Subjects, Informational Text, End of Year, Close Reading, Women's History Month