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Middle school problem solving writing-essays cultural activities
Global Awareness STEM Challenges | STEM Activities
Expose your students to the world around them through these STEM challenges These STEM activities will teach students about diverse people doing every day jobs such as artists and architects from around the world. These STEM activities are perfect preschool centers or Kindergarten centers. The art center resource is great way to add rigor to your art projects. Students will be challenged to build famous landmarks and homes around the world. We will also teach them about different cultures and
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PreK - 6th
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Perspective Taking Comic Strip Distance Learning Growing Bundle!!
This Growing Bundle has my best selling comic strip conversations interactive activities. They are designed for distance learning and engaging children. Interactive comic strips are great for perspective taking, inferencing, and story analysis. Guided questions included!It works similarly to a wordless picture book, but a wordless video! Watch together, then have the child retell. Type their words onto the comic strip and watch the magic happen.Share your screen with your student and view the cu
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1st - 12th
Synthesis and Argument Writing: Is it ever okay to fail?
Every English teacher needs new ways to teach argument, rhetoric, and analytical writing. The Inquiry-Based Synthesis Essay is here to save the day!This argument essay is designed to help you out in a quick fix OR to teach in-depth rhetorical analysis. The essay can be scaffolded up or down, from highly difficult and challenging to ELL and SpEd friendly. In a nutshell: The essay question asks students to develop an argument about the question: is it ever okay to fail? Their job is to read t
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8th - 12th
Martin Luther King Activities Argumentative Essay Writing Prompt, Black History
This 100% editable lesson for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day or for teaching argumentative essay writing with exemplars is no prep. Your high school students will be engaged and challenged as they work through the carefully paired texts and expertly written prompt. If your state has adopted Common Core testing, then this comparing and contrasting literary analysis is directly aligned with that format. If not, a task such as this one will definitely add a challenging component to your reading and
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8th - 11th
**UPDATED for 2024!** Solar Eclipse Memory Pages
Print signs, decorate, observe, and write about the Total Eclipse of 2024!
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PreK - 8th
What Problem Will You Solve: A Critical Thinking and Writing Activity
So often, we ask students what they want to be when they grow up but let's shift the mindset. Instead, pose the question of, "What problem will you solve?" This project encourages students to think both critically and globally to help solve issues in our world today. Included in this product are multiple ways for students to brainstorm problems, vocabulary, and processes. There is also draft and final publishing paper that can be used to write a culminating essay.This is a great beginning OR
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5th - 8th
Also included in: Bundle: Monthly Writing Projects for Upper Elementary
AROUND THE WORLD RESEARCH UNIT MEGA BUNDLE Writing Skills Report Present Theme
***BUNDLE & SAVE 40%!*** Teach informative research writing in a way that is engaging and memorable with this no-prep 568-page Around the World Research Unit MEGA BUNDLE-Writing Skills Lessons, Research Report, Presentation Project, Party, and Theme Day. Use this thematic unit to celebrate diversity, and culture, while students practice research skills, report writing, technology skills, manners, presentation, speaking, and listening skills! First, students will learn and practice a variety
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3rd - 8th
My Favorite Chaperone - Alternative Assignments: Creative Writing, Vocab, & more
Thank you for stopping by and looking at my product! If you purchase it and find it useful, please consider leaving me a review, or just a quick 4 star rating at the top of the page! Remember to click on the FOLLOW button, so you'll be notified of my sales.These are alternative assignments that you can do with your students during or after reading the short story, "My Favorite Chaperone," by Jean Davies Okimoto from the 8th Grade English Language Arts Collections book by Houghton Mifflin Harcou
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7th - 9th
Australia Aboriginal Flags activities BUNDLE | representing First Australians
With more than 30 different activities for kids, this Australian Aboriginal Flag activity BUNDLE will help you to create activities promoting a sense of community partnership a public commitment toward Reconciliation Australia. This packet contains activities to learn about the meaning and history of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags through hands-on experience. WHAT'S INSIDE:+ 1 picture of the Australian flag, Aboriginal flag and Torres Strait flag flying together.+ 3 sets of 6-pi
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PreK - 6th
The Big Orange Splot Diversity ELA Art and Word Search CCSS Grades 3-6
Grow your students' understanding of diversity with these academic, FUN activities inspired by "The Big Orange Splot." Immerse your students in the tale of Mr. Plumbean, whose house becomes a symbol of breaking free from conformity after an unexpected seagull accident.This Lesson Features:Poster for Display: A poster designed to spark discussion and debate.Comprehension Questions: To deepen students' comprehension and encourage meaningful conversations.Creative Coloring and Transformation Activi
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: Classroom Community Bundle for Grades 3-6 Print and Digital
AROUND THE WORLD RESEARCH & THEME DAY BUNDLE Report Presentation End of the Year
***BUNDLE & SAVE 30%!*** Easily incorporate THEMATICALLY RIGOROUS LEARNING AND FUN into your classroom routine with this no-prep, print-and-go, 193-page/slide Around the World Research Project & Theme Day BUNDLE for Middle Grades (Grades 4-8) Unit. Use this thematic project and celebratory days to celebrate diversity, and culture, while students practice research, writing, technology, presentation, speaking, listening, STEM, art, and teamwork skills! Students will complete an in-depth Re
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3rd - 8th
Design Your Own Home - Architecture Unit
Students learn the basic stages of designing a house, from planning to final design, in this two week unit. Critical thinking plays a large role in this activity. The unit has a strong emphasis on the preliminary planning stages of designing a home: spaces that are necessary vs. those that are amenities; defining public vs. private spaces; room locations and relationships; and working within a square footage budget. Just as an architect does, students will develop a preliminary floor plan, refin
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6th - 12th
Project Based Learning: Editable Cookbook Template in Google Slides
Wow your students (and their parents) with this interactive and completely editable cookbook template. The benefit of using this template is it's collaborative nature. Google slides is an amazing program that allows collaboration on a single document - meaning the whole class gets to take part. This product includes many different page templates as well as instructional slides on how to make any custom edits! We hope you enjoy :) What kind of skills will this build in my classroom? Writing and s
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3rd - 8th
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COUNTRY RESEARCH PROJECT & PARTY BUNDLE Report PPT Presentation Celebration
***BUNDLE & SAVE 20%!*** Easily incorporate THEMATICALLY RIGOROUS LEARNING AND FUN into your classroom routine with this no-prep, print-and-go, 95-page/slide Countries Research Project & Presentation Party BUNDLE for Middle Grades (Grades 4-8) Unit. Use this thematic project and celebratory day to celebrate diversity, and culture, while students practice research skills, report writing, technology skills, manners, presentation, speaking, and listening skills! First, students will complet
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3rd - 8th
Disney's Moana (2016) Movie Guide + Activities + Sub Plan + Best Value
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This packet includes, among five other teaching aids, a peer-reviewed handout of 15 essay questions designed to promote empathy, goal setting, kindness, and debate among students. This resource, while rigorous and pertinent to the film, goes beyond the scope of questions like "what's the setting and time period" and helps students put into practice character building ideas and concepts based on themes from the movie. A modified black-and-white printer ink-saving vers
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4th - 7th
The Outsiders Full Unit: Reading, Writing, Cultural Connections, Assessment
This is a growing unit. To be listed shortly: Summative Assessment, Reading Quizzes, One PagerBefore just jumping into a novel, I like to give a few introduction, or into, activities to help provide kids with the schema to draw from once they start the chapters and are introduced to the more complex themes of social classes and prejudging someone without knowing them.Introduction ActitiesIncluded are the following:✅Clipboard survey (Google Slides and PDF)✅8 Introduction Questions (Google Slides
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6th - 8th
Logic Puzzles Human Geography
Extend your geography lesson plans with these 5 table logic puzzles geared for 5th to 7th grade students. Use these deductive reasoning logic puzzles as a jumping off point for extension ideas that explore:Factory Wage EarningsLiteracy RatesLife Expectancy and Population Densities. We've taken critical thinking activities to a whole new level by integrating content-area facts with fun brain teasers. Whether you need a time filler, a homework assignment, an activity for an early finisher, or an e
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3rd - 8th
Elementary Engineering: Mini Kites That Fly
Simple Mini Kites That Fly is a great elementary engineering STEM activity for a windy day. You could use this activity with: literature units like "The Kite Fighters" by Linda Sue Park, history and science units on Ben Franklin, Social Studies units on Japanese and Asian culture, a March theme, Spring Activities, or National Kite Flying Day on February 8, 2013. You will need Art Tissue Paper, glue, thread, wooden coffee stir sticks, scissors and markers for this activity. The headings included
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3rd - 6th
12 Apostles and Who Are They?
This religion activity involves the students being able to name the twelve apostles using a one sentence hint. It is versatile in that there are two worksheets - one to fill in the missing letters of the name and one to fill in the missing letters of the name and match the apostle's picture. They can be used as the instructions indicate or based on your imagination and classroom environment. Included are detailed instructions, worksheets, apostles' pictures, and an answer key. Students will find
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3rd - 6th
Biography Research Project FREE
Thank you for downloading this FREE version of my Biography Research Project! As a Special Education Teacher, I always found it important to differentiate and create a lesson that will help my students reach their full potential. This project may be used for:
• Inclusion classes
• Resource classes
• Self-Contained classes
• General Ed classes
• Meeting individual learning needs
• Meeting individual learning interests
• Grades 2-6
• President’s Day
• Black History Month
• Women’s History Month
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2nd - 6th
Trouble at Bill Hunter Lake Park
Trouble at Bill Hunter Lake Park can be for grades 8 through 12. Evaluating whether a deer population exists. How many deer is too many and how many should we have? Consider and advocate for varying opinions on how an over abundant deer population should be managed during a simulated local Ministry Board of Directors meeting with locals and then vote. Town citizens are getting very frustrated and going to use their own methods of control if something is done about it. The local Ministry Board of
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
NO PREP! Get to Know Your World!--A Geography Mystery Centers Activity
Map reading can be a tricky skill to master but these geo mystery centers can help! The learning centers in this packet target important geography skills and concepts in an engaging format. Each center includes instructions to create a self-directed learning experience for your students. This set can be used as centers or stations for groups or individual students, or printed as a packet for small groups or individual assignment. Use it all at once or break it into pieces to introduce each regio
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4th - 9th
Red Dog - Film Study
Booklet for the film study 'Red Dog'. The booklet includes a range of questions, camera angles and research and assessment tasks.
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7th
Dear Martin Unit Assessment Bundle (Unit Exam, Part 1 Quiz, & Analysis Essay)
Dear Martin Unit Assessment Bundle: Elevate Literary Learning with Comprehensive Evaluation Tools!Maximize the impact of your "Dear Martin" unit with our all-inclusive Unit Assessment Bundle! Tailored to streamline your assessment process, this bundle comprises a comprehensive unit exam, a targeted quiz covering part 1 of the novel, and a stimulating Text Dependent Analysis Essay Assignment. Revolutionize your evaluation strategy and witness your students' literary comprehension soar! Bundle Hi
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7th - 12th
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