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Reading and Math Enrichment Activities for Early Finishers & Gifted Students K-5
This bundle of 350 open-ended reading and math enrichment activities for your gifted and talented students or fast finishers will boost creative writing, reading comprehension, spatial reasoning, and problem-solving. All enrichment activities are low (or no!) prep, saving you tons of time and money. With lots to choose from, these fun challenges will help your advanced students challenge their thinking skills, boost creativity, prevent boredom, and spark curiosity.These make great independent pr
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1st - 4th
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Cardboard STEM Mini Golf Course Challenge | Putt Putt Project
Make teaching fun with this engaging, hands-on STEM challenge. This design a putt-putt golf course engineering project, will have your students excited to come to school! Upper elementary students will use a print and go engineering notebook to research, plan, build, and share their mini golf course holes. This design challenge has a quick and easy setup because your students will create it with cardboard and recyclable materials. It is the perfect activity for special days, end of the schoo
Grades:
3rd - 5th
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Thank You Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco Activities Reading and Writing Lessons
This unit for Thank You Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco is just what you need to inspire your students. It is comprehension focused for deeper meaning. Thank You Mr. Falker's rich vocabulary and meaningful themes are so important for students. This well reviewed bundle includes both a full color digital option using Google Slides TM for modeling and 1-1 devices and the PDF for small group. It is common core aligned too! HOW TEACHERS CAN USE THIS THANK YOU MR. FALKER UNIT:The Thank You Mr. Falker
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Patricia Polacco Author Study 13 Book Companions Chicken Sunday and More
Henry's Freedom Box Read Aloud Book Companion Activities for Reading & Writing
Henry's Freedom Box narrates the compelling journey of Henry "Box" Brown escaping his life as a slave. This book is an engaging read-aloud to use when teaching about the Underground Railroad. In this resource, you get activities, task cards, graphic organizers, and a lapbook project in digital for Google Slides TM and in PDF. WHAT'S INCLUDED IN YOUR HENRY'S FREEDOM BOX UNIT?The unit includes the following skills. There is a version for printing and a color version for Google Drive TM.Schema Bui
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4th - 6th
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Salt in His Shoes Read Aloud Activities Book Companion for Black History Month
Salt in His Shoes by Deloris and Roslyn Jordan is a wonderful book for introducing a study of Michael Jordan's life and contributions. This interactive bundle includes graphic organizers for group discussion, question task cards, a lapbook project, and more in both DIGITAL and PDF. Your students will LOVE it, and you'll love the time you save!WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE SALT IN HIS SHOES UNIT?The bundle addresses the following skills:Story Vocabulary and Word CardsSchema BuilderBeginning/Middle/EndS
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3rd - 5th
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Elementary and Middle School Test Prep & Test Taking Strategies
Test taking strategies, procedures, and practice that teaches both teachers and students how prepare for testing all year long (OR right before testing)!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------♥You just have to see the preview! OVER 800 toolkits sold and LOVED!♥ ♥BONUS download included: My best-selling Moon Phases BINGO game to help with your test prep!♥-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Grades:
4th - 7th
Creative Writing Using The Mysteries of Harris Burdick
This creative writing assignment is based off the book The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg. It is perfect for distance learning as the digital version is included. Your students will be guided through the writing process to produce a creative writing piece based on an illustration from the story. Please see the PREVIEW above for a closer look at what is included!Click here to follow me and be notified of new products and sales!Included:6 lesson plansElements of mystery Power
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3rd - 6th
Digital Fractured Fairy Tale Writing
This is a complete writing unit on fractured fairy tales for Google Classroom. Your students will learn about fairy tales, fractured fairy tales, point of view, editing, and the writing process. This unit includes 6 complete lesson plans. Check out the PREVIEW above for a closer look at what is included!Click here to follow me and be notified of new products and sales!What's Included? a Common Core list (4th grade standards)how to set this assignment up on Google Classroomresource list (books,
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3rd - 5th
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STEM Challenges Bundle ⭐ 12 STEM Activities ⭐ Science, Tech, Engineering, Math
STEM Challenges Bundle: 12 STEM Activities (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math):STEM activities and challenges are great for developing critical-thinking, teamwork, design, analysis, innovation, and other skills important for young scientists, mathematicians, engineers and all other students as well. These activities have been carefully selected because their concepts align with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).STEM activities of this nature inspired me to become an engineer, an
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2nd - 9th
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I Am David - a complete novel study
I Am David is a complete novel study that’s ready to go with minimal preparation from the teacher. This book is a great fit for middle school language arts. It aligns with many of the common core state standards.The activities included engage the students in many learning outcomes: reading comprehension, critical thinking, creative writing, using exact verbs, learning vocabulary, using context clues, researching, writing a descriptive paragraph, writing a script, finding supporting evidence, mak
Grades:
5th - 8th
STEM Emergency Sub Plans | 5 Day STEAM Sub Plans Using Just Paper
Do you struggle leaving engaging lessons for your STEM class when you have a substitute teacher? This set of 5 day emergency plans that only uses paper is your answer! Print and go plans for elementary students will make taking a day so much easier. This resource has 5 different design challenges that need only paper to complete. Each child will have their own engineering packet that will walk them through the design process. Plus, you will receive step-by-step teacher directions and templa
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1st - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Also included in: STEM Emergency Sub Plans Bundle: 5-Day STEAM Sub Plans for Elementary
Makerspace STEM Activities with Simple Materials Like Keva Lego ® Choice Boards
What do you get when you combine makerspace tasks with choice boards? Make-Tac-Toe! These highly engaging challenges are perfect for your makers, regardless of how much space you have! These tasks have been designed around a central material, so that students all start with a basic material and then pull in other materials as needed. This takes some of the guess work out of the materials portion of the makerspace challenge (and translates well to mobile STEM carts). This BUNDLE of Make-Tac
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1st - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-1
Writing Intervention Special Education Sentence Paragraph Practice Editing RTI
Do you have Special Education students that need extra handwriting practice and repetition to master their writing goals? These writing intervention practice activities focus on handwriting uppercase and lowercase letters, name writing, sentence formation copying and writing, paragraph written language with an editing checklist, and more! Great for special education IEP goals or struggling writers as well as regular education students in grades K-3 depending on level. The best part... Make your
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K - 3rd
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Brave Irene by William Steig Reading and Writing Bundle in Digital and PDF
Brave Irene is a sweet story of perseverance, courage, and determination to help others. In true William Steig style, the story has rich vocabulary and description making it a great mentor text for visualizing, author's craft, and especially for writing.HOW TO USE THIS BRAVE IRENE UNIT?The setting is in the winter, but the story can be used year round. Teachers may wish to use this as a mentor text for visualizing, author's craft, narrative elements or problem/solution. The unit integrates readi
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Winter Book Unit Bundle
Creative Bell Ringers ELA and Early Finishers For Middle School Choice Board
Do you want to be the best teacher? Would you like to offer a fun alternative for the early finishers who have already done their work? Is one of your goals to encourage creativity and writing skills by using creative bell ringers for middle school? Would you be interested in empowering your students to do independent work as warm-up activities? If you found something that gave you all these benefits, would you want to get started with it right away? Think about what a difference it would make i
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6th - 8th
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Math Enrichment Project 2nd, 3rd, & 4th - Differentiated PBL - Plan A Road Trip
Your students will LOVE these fun math enrichment projects with a road trip theme! Students will plan 3 different, fun road trips from choice menus while working within various budgets! Perfect for math enrichment, gifted, fast finishers, and more. Zero prep for you, and tons of fun for them. These math enrichment projects come pre-differentiated. You get 3 different math projects, each with varying difficulty levels.They are so simple for you, too. All you need to do is print and GO! ✨Included
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Math Enrichment Projects for 2nd, 3rd, & 4th | Differentiated PBLs
STEM - LEGO - 48 Task Cards - Famous Buildings, Structures, Landmarks
These 48 task cards challenge your students to recreate famous buildings out of LEGO bricks or other building blocks. These tasks cards will help your students to develop design thinking and engineering skills and are thus a great addition for STEM bins or your school's makerspace.The cards all feature the building task and a picture of the structure to give your students some inspiration. The task cards come in a color version, as well as a greyscale version.Here is a list of the famous structu
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1st - 6th
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Narrative Writing Prompts, Personal Narrative Essay Writing Lessons - Bundle 1
Introducing how to write a narrative essay has never been easier! This in-depth personal narrative writing prompt resource guides students through a step-by-step process of writing a narrative essay. The lessons include a narrative writing graphic organizer, rubric, narrative writing quiz, and a narrative writing template. All aspects of narrative writing are covered in this resource: brainstorming ideas, developing a plot, introducing characters & setting, creating an intriguing climax and
Grades:
9th - 12th
Mouse Soup by Arnold Lobel Activities in Digital and PDF
Mouse Soup by Arnold Lobel is a great book for the beginning and transitional readers. This comprehension focused book companion makes planning for guided reading or book clubs easy and effective. HOW TO USE THE MOUSE SOUP RESOURCES:The bundle comes in both PDF and Digital formats to give you more options for modeling and practice. I typically use the digital for whole group discussion and the PDF for small groups. The resources can be used for mentor text lessons, for book clubs, in guided read
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Arnold Lobel Author Study Activities and Lessons for 8 Titles
Opinion Paragraph Writing Unit All Year K-3
Opinion Paragraph Writing Unit!!! This 230+ page Opinion Paragraph Writing Unit is a great way to introduce and give your students practice writing opinion paragraphs. This unit is aligned with the Common Core Standards grades K-3. Everything you need for the whole year is included. Below is a detailed summary of the unit:
***35 writing prompts with at least 4 different leveled sheets to meet each of your student’s writing stage. (190 pages)
***Graphic Organizers (18 pages)
***35 Task Card
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K - 3rd
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Personal Narrative Writing Unit Packet BUNDLE Upper Elementary
This bundle includes a complete packet for Personal Narrative Writing. It will guide students through the brainstorming process of coming up with a Small Moment story, organizing ideas, including transitions, working in character traits, and following the plot structure. Student writing pages, a peer-evaluation / self-evaluation checklist, and a rubric are all included.What's Included:Cover Page3 Brainstorming PagesSmall Moment Watermelon Activity3 Graphic Organizer PagesStory Arc3 Character Tra
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Narrative, Opinion, Informative, & Explanatory Writing Bundle
This 850+ paged writing unit is offers a wide variety of writing prompts. It covers Narrative, Opinion, Informative, and Explanatory paragraph writing. Below is each of the units and a detail description of what is included:Narrative Paragraph Writing Unit!!! This 346 page Narrative Paragraph Writing Unit is a great way to introduce and give your students practice writing narrative paragraphs. This unit is aligned with the Common Core Standards grades K-3. Everything you need for the whole yea
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K - 3rd
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SUPER BUNDLE: Sequence, Sequencing Stories with Pictures, retelling stories
184 WONDERFUL SEQUENCING STORIES INCLUDED IN THIS SUPER BUNDLE:A broken vaseLost umbrella Brushing your teeth A good dogPet groomingMaking a sandwich Building a scooter A field mouseBreakfast surpriseAlphabet Balloon stuck in a tree Planting a treeCleaning your roomCats love fish bones Doll’s laundry Catching a burglarHelping a catEating ice-creamBalloon pops Hot sunA boy and his kiteWashing dishes Going fishing in a pondA poor bird! Building blocks Feeding the birdsSandcastle A bird and a foxWa
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PreK - 9th
The Great Christmas All Around the World Expedition Escape Room (11 countries)
Ho, ho, ho! Santa Claus is back with an exciting educational adventure that will delight teachers and students alike. Welcome to the enchanting world of "Christmas All Around the World," an escape room game that combines festive fun with valuable learning experiences.In this escape room, you will travel to different countries around the world and learn about their unique Christmas traditions. You will also need to solve many different challenges to escape the room and deliver my presents to all
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2nd - 5th
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