128 results
5th grade holidays simulations
Marshmallow Team Building: A Back to School Activity for First Day of School
Whether you’re headed back to school or starting a new unit, this team building exercise will get kids engaged and excited about being in your classroom. The Marshmallow Team Building exercise helps teachers establish a classroom atmosphere of teamwork and sets the tone for a fun, high energy class!Here's what you need: a whole lotta marshmallows, a box of toothpicks, and some Clorox wipes! :-) Set your classroom up for the first day so that students are working in teams to build eight differ
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 12th, Staff
Types:
Would You Survive The Salem Witch Trials?
NO PREP! Students will simulate what it was like to live in Salem during the time of the Witch Trials. Perfect activity to use during Halloween, after discussing the Witch Trials or Colonial America, or after teaching the Crucible! Google Compatible and includes a Slides-based worksheet for students to follow along! PLEASE NOTE: This activity is designed to do as a whole class, so it will show outcomes for all chosen decisions.If you enjoy the witch trials be sure to check out "Would You Survive
Grades:
5th - 12th
Types:
Ireland Virtual Field Trip for St. Patrick's Day Google Earth Exploration
Take your students on a virtual tour of Ireland! Using a combination of Google Earth™ 360-degree views, informational text, video, and visuals, your students will learn about the geography, history, and significance of Ireland from various perspectives.This virtual field trip covers::: geographic location of Ireland:: borders (drag & drop map skills):: partition of Ireland (Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland):: climate:: physical features (lowlands, mountains, coasts):: peat bogs::
Grades:
5th - 7th
Halloween Escape Room - Digital & ELA Skill-Based!
This Halloween digital escape room is a fun way for kids to practice some key English Language Arts skills while be a completely no prep activity for you! This fun digital escape room is completed on Google Forms. Students will be a part of a group of friend’s adventure that begins when they accept a dare to go into a haunted house on Halloween night. The friends get trapped in the house by the mansion’s ghost and must solve 12 clues and complete 12 ELA skill-based challenges to move on to the n
Grades:
5th - 8th
Types:
Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart Reader's Theater Play
Originally published in the October 2008 issue of Scholastic's Storyworks magazine (and later reprinted in Scope, Scholastic News, and my book, Read Aloud Plays: Classic Short Stories), this newly-revised script is true to the original text but is cleverly structured to be more appropriate for middle grade and young adult audiences. It includes the original text, a comprehension worksheet, a "mock trial" activity, as well as teacher notes and a key--fourteen pages in all. Parts for 9 students, s
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 9th
Types:
Christmas Around the World Reader's Theater Set (Differentiated scripts!)
Focus on differentiation with this Christmas Around the World set of leveled Reader’s Theaters! This set focuses on telling the story behind 4 important customs celebrated around the world at Christmas time. Written on 3 separate reading levels, it is easy to match each student with a part that meets their individual need! Each script contains 5-6 parts, making it a perfect activity for centers or leveled guided reading groups! Modified versions provide support in basic fluency skills, regu
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
Also included in: Special Holidays in America: Reader's Theater Bundle for 4th Grade
Martin Luther King Jr Virtual Field Trip -Distance Learning- Meet Martin
Martin Luther King Day needs a wonderful celebration! There is no better way to really get to know Martin Luther King, Jr. than a No Wheels Field Trip when remote learning or in person learning field trips aren't possible! Open your students' eyes and thoughts to the life of Dr. King! Get to know who he was and what he stood for. Feel inspired after learning about his life!This field trip includes sooo much inspiration and thought provoking moments to teach children more about the character of
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Types:
Also included in: Virtual Field Trip Bundle #2-Distance Learning-Google
Ancient Egyptian Mummy Reenactment Activity
Teach students about ancient Egyptian mummification with this fun and interactive reenactment activity. Students will role-play while they learn how to “mummify” one of their classmates, who will play the part of the deceased pharaoh. The rest of the class will pretend to be embalmers, priests, priestesses, and other people involved in the mummification process. The students will select their roles by picking cards that illustrate different burial goods and items used in the mummification proc
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 7th
CCSS:
THANKSGIVING CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION nature of science SEP
Spice up you nature of science lessons! Students think like scientists as they observe, experiment, and gather evidence from 5 stations to solve this Thanksgiving crime scene investigation for grades 4-6. Students use critical thinking skills to claim who ate the pumpkin pie using data in this science infused mystery. Includes:Case introduction card2 leveled versions of data evidence collection sheetsSuspect bio cards5 evidence collection stationsNature of Science connection sheetTeacher guideA
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 6th
Types:
Also included in: Holiday CSI Bundle: Nature of Science SEP
Edgar Allan Poe Activity CSI Mystery of Literary History Analysis
Explore Edgar Allan Poe's greatest mystery: his own death! Your students will explore primary sources, non-fiction text, and leading theories about Poe's early death with this engaging crime scene investigation activity that encourages original thinking!A visually engaging case file is provided with comprehensive background readings on Edgar Allan Poe's life and literary accomplishments, and the events and circumstances leading up to his death. Leading theories about Poe's death are provided. St
Grades:
5th - 10th
Types:
HALLOWEEN CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION nature of science SEP
Spice up you nature of science lessons! Students think like scientists as they observe, experiment, and gather evidence from 5 stations to solve this Halloween crime scene investigation for grades 4-6. Students use critical thinking skills to claim who stole Mia's costume using data in this science infused mystery. Includes:Case introduction card2 leveled versions of data evidence collection sheetsSuspect bio cards5 evidence collection stationsNature of Science connection sheetTeacher guideAnsw
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 6th
Types:
Also included in: Holiday CSI Bundle: Nature of Science SEP
The First Thanksgiving Simulation: Journey on the Mayflower
This is a week long simulation where your kids will become a part of history! Students will read about the process of the pilgrims coming to the New World and then receive their experience cards, which will let them be a part of the famous journey.
They take the knowledge they gain from the reading and the information on the experience card to write a journal entry from a pilgrim's perspective. Kids will be learning and engaged in these reading and writing activities!
Includes:
- 5 days
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 8th
Types:
Thanksgiving Social Skills Task Cards
Do you have students that struggle with social conversations? These Thanksgiving Social Skills Task Cards contain 64 task cards that will help your students practice how to enter and maintain conversations dealing with Thanksgiving Day, problem solve difficult situations that might arise, practice body language and wording of answers for situations, and talk about what they do and love about this holiday. ● ● ● Students can really struggle with knowing what to say and do in tough situations, an
Grades:
4th - 10th
Also included in: Social Skills Task Card Bundle
Christmas DIGITAL Escape Room BUNDLE No Prep!
Get BOTH of my Christmas Digital Escape Rooms that are NO PREP for a discount when you buy the bundle. These escape rooms will give your students the fun experience of helping Santa be ready for Christmas Eve in the North Pole AND a scavenger hunt at a school's Holiday Jubilee! The North Pole Escape Room has 12 ELA skill-based challenges and 12 tasks to complete. The Holiday Jubilee Escape Room has 14 ELA skill-based challenges and 22 tasks! These are both all digital and are done in Google F
Grades:
5th - 8th
Types:
5th Grade Math Halloween Escape Room Challenge
Looking for something a little challenging, incredibly engaging, and slightly different from an ordinary day? Escape room challenges have all of that and more.In this escape room challenge, the students must escape the haunted house they ended up at when their field trip bus broke down. They can only break out if they can successfully navigate their way through 5 math challenges.This challenge has students apply skills in decimal place value, adding fractions and mixed numbers, subtracting fra
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 6th
Types:
CCSS:
First Thanksgiving Plymouth Mayflower Wampanoag Activity CSI Mystery of History
Learn about the first Thanksgiving, the Pilgrims and Mayflower Voyage, the Plymouth Colony, and the Wampanoag Native Americans! Your students will explore theories about the history of the first Thanksgiving with this engaging crime scene investigation activity that encourages critical thinking!A visually engaging case file is provided with comprehensive background readings on the history of Thanksgiving, the Plymouth Colony, and more. Students will then consider the historical evidence for the
Grades:
5th - 10th
Types:
Frida Kahlo: La Casa Azul Virtual Field Trip
Take your students on a virtual field trip to learn about Mexican artist, Frida Kahlo. A great addition to your Women's History Month learning, your students will deepen their understanding of her life, artistic works, and contributions through this tour of her home and studio, La Casa Azul. This trip combines Google Earth™ 360° views, websites, informational text, video, and visuals, with everything set up in Google Slides and ready to go!This virtual field trip covers::: Who was Frida Kahlo?::
Grades:
5th - 7th
Also included in: Latin America Virtual Field Trip Bundle (Google Earth Exploration)
Social Skills Task Cards | Winter Break | Winter Holiday | Conversation
Do your kids struggle with conversations? Want to prepare them for coversations and social situations they may experience over their winter break? These Winter Break/Christmas Social Skills Task Cards have 64 task cards that will help your students practice how to enter and maintain conversations dealing with Christmas, New Years, holidays and winter break, problem solve difficult situations that might arise, practice body language and wording of answers for situations, and talk about what the
Grades:
4th - 10th
Also included in: Social Skills Task Card Bundle
Valentine's Day Social Skills Task Cards
Valentine's Day Social Skills Task Cards are 64 task cards that will help your students practice how to enter and maintain conversations dealing with Valentine's Day, problem solve difficult situations that might arise, practice body language and wording of answers for situations, and talk about what they do and love about this holiday. Students can really struggle with knowing what to say and do in tough situations, and these social skills cards can help walk them through it.Includes:● 16 Va
Grades:
4th - 10th
Also included in: Social Skills Task Card Bundle
Reader's Theater: 13 Colonies-Life in a New England Colony!
Bring key characteristics of the 13 colonies to life with this FREEBIE Reader’s Theater script featuring the New England Colonies! This is part of a leveled set of 3 reader’s theater featuring the New England, Middle, and Southern colonial way of life plus additional comparison activities! This freebie script contains 6 parts, making it a perfect activity for centers or leveled guided reading groups! This activity helps integrate Social Studies history content with Language Arts common core s
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Types:
Christmas Traditions History Holiday Activity CSI Mystery of History Analysis
Explore the history of Christmas and Christmas holiday traditions from around the world! Your students will explore leading theories about the history of Christmas traditions with this festive crime scene investigation activity that encourages engagement and original thinking!A visually engaging case file is provided with comprehensive background readings on the history of Christmas and its traditions. Leading theories about the making of modern Christmas traditions are provided, spanning from R
Grades:
5th - 10th
Types:
Halloween Social Skills Task Cards
Halloween Social Skills Task Cards are 64 task cards that will help your students practice how to enter and maintain conversations dealing with Halloween, problem solve difficult situations that might arise, practice body language and wording of answers for situations, and talk about what they do and love about this holiday. ● ● ● Students can really struggle with knowing what to say and do in tough situations, and these social skills cards can help walk them through it.►► Includes:✅ 16 Trick
Grades:
4th - 10th
Also included in: Social Skills Task Card Bundle
Valentine's Day Forensic Science Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) Activity
Your students will love this Valentine's Day Forensic Science Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) activity that uses LIP PRINTS to solve a mystery! This activity is a perfect way to celebrate Valentine's Day without sacrificing valuable instructional time. This activity is low-prep, NGSS-aligned and fun for kids! AND.... Unlike other forensics activities, this lab will not give your students nightmares! In Fun Forensics activities, no one dies!!!NOW INCLUDES HIGHT SCHOOL VERSION!This activity is per
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 12th
NGSS:
MS-LS1-5
, MS-LS1-3
Halloween Origins and History Activity CSI Mystery of History Analysis
Explore the mysterious origins of Halloween, Halloween history, and related traditions like Día de Muertos and Samhain! Your students will explore leading theories about the origins of Halloween with this engaging crime scene investigation activity that encourages original thinking!A visually engaging case file is provided with comprehensive background readings on the history of Halloween, along with Día de Muertos. Leading theories about the origins of the Halloween are provided, spanning from
Grades:
5th - 10th
Types:
Showing 1-24 of 128 results
TPT is the largest marketplace for PreK-12 resources, powered by a community of educators.
IXL family of brands