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7th grade english language arts activities for SMART Notebook
Flyswatter SMART Board Review Game - Template for Any Subject & Any Grade
This is a template SMART Board lesson for the "Flyswatter Game". This is an extremely fun game that can be used for ANY Subject at ANY Grade level. Your students will love practicing skills or reviewing their knowledge of a particular unit with this exciting class game! Student race against each other to find the answer to your question. When they "swat" their answer, the word spins with SMART animation! The lesson includes the gameboard page, lesson ideas, instructions for setting up your
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PreK - 12th
Family Culture Project: Activities, Resources, Google Slides and Lessons
The Family Culture Project offers an engaging exploration of students' ancestral roots, inviting them to delve into the rich tapestry of their family histories and original countries. Through interactive activities and research, elementary and middle school participants embark on a journey of discovery, celebrating cultural diversity and fostering a deeper understanding of their heritage. With hands-on projects and presentations, students not only learn about their own backgrounds but also gain
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1st - 8th
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SMARTBOARD Figurative Language in Christmas Songs Activity
Smartboard Christmas activity - identify figurative language in Christmas songs. Students have to read through the lyrics of different winter tunes and Christmas songs and identify types of figurative language, such as metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, or idiom. This is a digital resource. YOU MUST HAVE SMART NOTEBOOK SOFTWARE for this version.* Lyrics have examples highlighted in different colors, so they can try to figure out the color code. Each song has a snowflake link to a mus
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5th - 8th
Also included in: Christmas Activities BUNDLE - Fun ELA Resources Grades 4 - 7
SmartNotebook Hangman Game
Fun and easy classroom activity for any age student to use the SmartBoard and participate in the game.
Easy as 1) download, 2) open and 3) play.
This SmartNotebook file includes 2 pages "hangman boards" - 1 with female student and 1 with a male student.
Check out our other SmartNotebook Games & Templates:
SmartBoard Checkers Game
Connect 4 Gameboard
Crossword Gameboard Template
Magic Words Teacher Template
Free Sudoku Math Template
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1st - 12th
Themes in Disney Smart Board Activity
Teach theme to your students using these Disney movies. Each Disney movie has a link to the movie trailer. Watch some of the trailers with the students and have them come up with a theme. Short exercises follow.
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4th - 12th
Boggle for the Smartboard
This is a Boggle game for the smartboard. Its FREE, all I ask is you leave feed back and/or a rating please!
This has extra letter pieces and a colorful template. To create a new game board just rearrange the letters or add in some new ones which are provided. It also has a timer feature to add a little intensity and a word bank to allow students to share words they found with the class.
Ways to use this:
1. Smartboard center during daily 5 or guided reading.
2. Early finishers activity.
3
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K - 12th
Action vs Linking Verb Exercise for Smartboard
This Smartboard file (Notebook software version 10) is an exercise of 5 slides with 25 example sentences for action vs. linking verbs. Students can come to the Smartboard (or use the computer mouse) and move the labels at the bottom to the lines before the sentences. After all labels are applied, move the green square graphic to the right to reveal the correct answers. Included in this file (under the “paper clip” tab) is a document listing the sentences and answers.
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4th - 10th
Calvin and Hobbes comics SmartBoard Cloze Activity Inferencing
This minilesson is very engaging for students because it uses Calvin and Hobbes comic strips, and the SmartBoard. It can be used for teaching using context clues or inferencing. The file contains comics that have words missing. The students must use the context of the comic to figure out the misssing word. The slide after that will have the original comic to check their work.
*If you do not have a SmartBoard you can still use this with a projector and print out the comics for students to w
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1st - 9th
Spanish Clothing Paper Dolls and Activities - Smartboard Interactive Whiteboard
Students practice clothing words on 14 different pages of colorful, fun activities. The activities include: Page of dragging clothes to dress a boy2 pages of dragging clothes to dress different girls2 pages of dragging clothes into closets (1 for a girl, 1 for a boy)Page of dragging clothes to a washer or dryer2 pages of dragging words to the corresponding articles of clothing (1 for a girl, 1 for a boy)5 pages of images for students to describe (policeman, groom, chef, kids in Halloween costu
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1st - 10th
Reading Poetry Jeopardy Game
This item can be used to review reading poetry.
The game is broken up into five categories.
1. Literary Terms
*Connotation
*Stanza
*Stanza Break
*Refrain
*Rhyme Scheme
*Denotation
2. Figurative Language #1
*Alliteration
*Onomatopoeia
*Imagery
*Simile
*Personification
3. Figurative Language #2
*Alliteration
*Onomatopoeia
*Imagery
*Metaphor
*Personification
*Metaphor
4. Type of Poem
*Narr
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5th - 9th
Main Idea and Details Smartboard Lesson
This is a Smartboard lesson that focuses on the skill of recognizing Main Ideas and Details. The lesson contains readings and graphic organizers to introduce & practice the concept. There are also multiple choice questions relating to the reading and the main idea and details, There is also links to You Tube video about the Main idea which is a very fun video/song about the difference between the main idea and details in a paragraph. I also include links to additional online practice for m
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2nd - 8th, Adult Education
ELA Writing Alternate Assessments for Special Education Autism
Common Core aligned Smart Board Presentations, Activities, Assessments, and Artifacts to teach and assess students with special needs, giving them access to grade-level standards. These artifacts are cut and paste sentence strips with increasing numbers of lines and increasing difficulty in vocabulary and numbers of words in the sentences. All artifacts can be made with the included clip art to illustrate the paragraphs. I use the Smart Board slides to teach the lesson and to model sequencing ti
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2nd - 10th
Murder Mystery!! Inferences (Notebook Guide)
This notebook files guides the class along as they solve the Murder Mystery clues using inferences.
NOTEBOOK FILE ACCOMPANIES Murder Mystery!!! Inferences resource that is available for purchase in my store.
Great and fun way to have students make and understand inferences!
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3rd - 9th
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Spanish Greetings, Leave Takings and Courtesies Smart Board Games
Greetings games and activities included:SpellingKeyword MatchVortexWord Guess SoccerWord GeneratorThis game can be used when students are learning the vocabulary and it's great for a fun review later in the year. Vocabulary includes greetings, leave takings, courtesies, introduction words such as Te presento a, mucho gusto, encantado, and more. Please click here for a FREE complete list of the vocabulary used.Please click here to see more of my Spanish greetings materials.Please click here to s
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3rd - 10th
Thanksgiving Then and Now Smartboard Activity
Thanksgiving Now and Then SmartBoard Venn diagram activity comparing the food of the first Thanksgiving to Thanksgiving today. Add to your Thanksgiving activities. Using the movable text on a SMART interactive whiteboard, students drag the names of Thanksgiving foods to where they think they should go on the diagram. Then they can check the key to see if they are right on the next page, and link to an interesting informational article to read about the first Thanksgiving! Fun November activity!
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4th - 7th
Also included in: Thanksgiving Activities Bundle Grades 3 - 6
Writing Hooks - Fishing For A Hook Activity (Smart Notebook Version)
Students have a hard time understanding hooks, and the importance of a good "hook". This engaging lesson will have students literally "fishing for hooks". They will discover the importance of hooks in their persuasive writing. After students learn what a hook is, they will actually fish for hooks in a plastic swimming pool using a fishing pole and magnet. Once they fish out a "hook" they will read the hook and determine its effectiveness. This activity provides an engaging way to teach stud
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4th - 9th
Halloween Character Traits SmartBoard Vocabulary Activity No Prep
Halloween Writing Activity for Smartboard. Halloween digital resource - writing motivator and vocabulary activity. Five different Halloween characters - vampire, ghost, scarecrow, skeleton, and witch. On the interactive whiteboard, students can drag the character traits they want for their chosen Halloween character into the box. They then can name their character and, in their journal, show, not tell, how their character demonstrates the traits they chose and elaborate on the character. They c
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5th - 8th
Guess the Main Idea
This is an interactive activity where words (details) are revealed one at a time. Students try to figure out the main idea as the words are revealed. The last reveal is the idea. Some of these are pretty straightforward, others take a little bit of creativity to solve. This activity works really well for developing thinking skills (analysis), and for reiterating the concept of main idea as an overarching topic.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAl
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2nd - 8th
Gerund participle infinitive or verb grammar lesson game for Smartboard
This Smartboard lesson/game provides examples of verbals and asks students to decide if the featured item is a gerund, participle, infinitive, or verb. Each of the three slides contains 10 examples. This lesson can be used as a companion lesson, a review of concept, or a quiz. Included in this file (under the “paper clip” tab) are two documents: a student worksheet and teacher’s answer sheet. This file is not password protected so teachers can edit. Also, please note that the four answers on
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7th - 11th
The Cremation of Sam McGee SMARTBOARD Activities
SMARTBOARD Activities for The Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert Service. Poetry analysis on the smart board and writing activities for the poem. This poem is set at Christmas time in the Arctic in the late 1800's. Includes links to background information on the Klondike Gold Rush, Vocabulary words and definitions, a Vocabulary Matching printable, a link to the full text of the poem, Figurative language examples and interactive quiz, Comprehension questions and answers, links to a reading of the p
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6th - 9th
Also included in: The Cremation of Sam McGee Poetry BUNDLE
Word Work With Friends
Based off the popular game Words With Friends, students can use Word Work with Friends to practice word work or spelling. Play alone or against other classmates, this will surely be a hit as an interactive classroom activity.
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K - 8th
Spanish Feelings SmartBoard 11 Games and Activities, and Vocabulary
This file of Spanish emotions vocabulary and spelling games includes:Keyword MatchWord BizWord GuessMultiple ChoiceImage MatchWord GeneratorFlashcardsWords to Drag to ImagesWords to Drag to ImagesVortex with Feelings and Greetings35 Spanish Feelings Vocabulary Words and PhrasesSample words and phrases are enojado, feliz, más o menos, emocionado, ¿Cómo estás?, ¿Qué tal?, and ¿Cómo está usted?.Also included is a page with the conjugation of the verb estar.Created by Sue SummersPlease click here to
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3rd - 10th
Reading Strategies Smartboard Bundle
This product includes all of my reading strategy lessons. It includes lessons on:
1) Metacognition
2) Schema
3) Making Connections
4) Questioning/Making Predictions
5) Visualization
6) Inferring (Garbage Bag Inferences)
7) Synthesizing
8) Determining Importance
9) 7 Keys to Comprehension posters (Inferring, Evaluating, Making Connections, Visualizing, Fixing Up, Questioning, Synthesizing)
The lessons include fun activities that help you better explain what the strategy means and explains how y
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3rd - 8th
Word Bonanza! SmartBoard Vocabualry Games
An interactive smart board game that incorporates a variety of vocabulary strategies.
1. Let's Get Together (categorization): Read the question and words. Think of those words go together (what category). Click on the letters to spell that category name and earn points.
2. Word Detectives (identify word from description): Read the clues presented. Think of the word that is being described. Click on the letters to spell that word and earn points.
3. Odd Man Out (Which doesn't belong): Read
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2nd - 8th
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