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Fairy Tales 2nd Grade Fairytales, Folktales, & Fables Unit Lessons & Activities
A fairy tale (fairytale), folk tale, and fable close reading unit can make writing lesson plans a breeze and ensure a deeper exploration into understanding stories while students provide text evidence from specified Mentor Texts (a list is included!). This interactive reading unit uses three different genres to teach deeper thinking about the main characters, the moral of the story, text structure, point of view, and comparing and contrasting stories. Graphic organizers are included and can be u
Grades:
2nd - 3rd
Geometry Puzzles for High School Students
Grab this set of Geometry puzzles for your high school students and watch them master those pesky vocabulary terms! These puzzles are a great way to review geometry terms and concepts. They would make great homework assignments or extra review for tests.Included in this PDF:Circle Crossword - reviews basic circle termsGrid Fill Ins - triangles, circles, polygonsLong Letters - all about shapesGeometry Riddle Link - focus on key numbers in geometryGeometry Scramble - word scrambleMissing Thirds
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9th - 10th
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Crypto-Animals Multi Digit Multiplication and Division Puzzles
If your students like Crypto-Riddles, they're going to love Crypto-Animals! Crypto-Animals takes multiplication and division practice to the multiple digits! Students will answer 12 to 14 multiplication or division problems, then, using those answers, fill in the blanks for a set of clues. The clues are about an animal. Can your students figure out the animals based on the clues? Crypto-Animals goes cross-curricular with a mix of math and science!Included in this ZIP folder:1 PDF file containing
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Crypto-Animals BUNDLE of Multi-Digit Operations Puzzles
Close Reading 3rd, 4th, 5th Grade Non Fiction Passages: Unsolved Mysteries
Engaging, motivating, and interesting! Use these original, non- fiction texts to enhance you student's skills with close reading and analytical writing. Each passage features differentiated comprehension questions and a chance for students to write about their reading. Passages are differentiated so you can use them with multiple levels. Great for centers, guided reading, homework, MTSS/RTI, or research projects. Get even the most reluctant readers interested!Unsolved Mysteries Included: U
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3rd - 6th
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MORE MINI MYSTERIES: 20 Fun Mystery Stories & Reading Comprehension Activities
Grab your reluctant readers' attention with these short, high-interest mysteries! No prep worksheets sure to improve reading comprehension.Follow along with Detective Cody as she solves these 20 intriguing "whodunits" mysteries. Reading comprehension and critical-thinking skills get a workout as students read each mystery, then follow the clues to their logical conclusions. Clever questions and activities encourage students to find facts, read for details, analyze situations, make inferences, p
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2nd - 6th
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Paul Klee Abstract Art Lesson: Portrait Dice Games Art Project - Nsw Visual Arts
Are you teaching an abstract art lesson on Paul Klee? Are they going to create an abstract portrait? Here's a fun lesson to brighten up your lesson plans! This is the perfect addition to your elementary art curriculum! Engaging abstract portrait art lesson with language (writing) activities. These no-prep abstract portrait art projects are perfect for your art sub tub. Super easy to implement for substitute teachers. Plus, the engagement will help with behavior! Perfect to start your art integra
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K - 12th
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Also included in: Art History Lesson - Famous Artists - Art Activities and Sub Plans
Reading Enrichment Activities for K, 1st, and 2nd Grade Early Finishers & Gifted
This set of 70 engaging, open-ended reading and language arts enrichment activities for K, 1st, and 2nd grade gifted and talented or fast finishers will boost creative writing, vocabulary, spelling, grammar, critical thinking skills and more! All of these activities are low (or no!) prep, saving you tons of time and money. No more looking for generic puzzles or word searches.... or printing extra worksheets you already used.These make great independent projects for gifted and talented students.
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K - 2nd
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Elements of Art Escape Room: Visual Art Digital Escape Room 360 for Art
This Escape into Art digital escape room is a full 360° escape room that introduces your students to The Elements of art in a fun and engaging way. Students must solve clues for the seven elements of art and a final hidden clue! By clicking on the play button in the center of the gallery the digital escape room opens. The start icon inside the escape is the setup for the game and gives the student instructions for the escape. There is eight clues and eight locks total.Clues include; Line: Line d
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: *Introduction to Art Curriculum for Middle School Art or High School Art
Reading Enrichment Activities 3rd 4th 5th Early Finishers & Gifted and Talented
This set of 70 engaging, open-ended reading and language arts enrichment activities for 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade gifted and talented or fast finishers will boost creative writing, vocabulary, spelling, grammar, critical thinking skills and more!All of these activities are low (or no!) prep, saving you tons of time and money. No more looking for generic puzzles or word searches.... or printing extra worksheets you already used.These make great independent projects for gifted and talented students.
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3rd - 5th
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5th Grade Problem Solving for Advanced Math Learners, 20 Weeks of Enrichment!
Twenty weeks of 5th grade math challenge math problems! Twenty sets of challenging no-prep 5th Grade enrichment math problems that will challenge your most advanced math learners. The problems are great for early finishers, gifted students, or for whole group math problem solving challenges. Print and go math enrichment!Great for distance learning as well.A great way to promote critical thinking problem solving skills and challenge all of your math learners.I've included a wide variety of probl
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5th
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Also included in: Gifted Math Resource Bundle! Hundreds of Advanced Math Problems!
Critical Thinking Discussion or Writing Prompts - Fast Finishers or Morning Work
Each of these 150 "Thinkable" cards (print or digital) has a different creative and/or critical thinking activity. They will help your students to grow their lateral and higher level thinking skills and are great for fast finishers as well as gifted and talented students. PRINT VERSION: 150 Task Cards (Color)150 Task Cards (Black & White)4 Create Your Own Task Card Templates (Color)4 Create Your Own Task Card Templates (Black & White)Card Check Off SheetStudent Recording Sheet25 Randomiz
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2nd - 6th
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Chrome Music Lab Task Cards -Distance Learning
Looking for GOOGLE CLASSROOM compatible resources? Need fresh new ideas?Chrome Music Lab is a website that makes learning music more accessible through fun, hands-on experiments. FREE ACCESS 24/7. NO Download! NO Login.Just open https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/ andCreate, Perform and Respond while Connecting to technology and to other subjects. It automatically supports STEAM initiatives as well as the National Standards of Excellence. This file uses 4 components of the website with a so
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1st - 5th
Also included in: Chrome Music Lab - ALL 3 Task Card Sets + Bonus: Groove Pizza
Articulation Secret Codes - NO-PREP Speech Therapy Brain Teaser Puzzles
These no-prep articulation secret code / crack the code puzzles are perfect for worksheets and practice during sessions, but would also work very well for homework. They easily span a wide range of ages, and I use them myself from K-5 with no-prep!Each sound has 4 pages - two levels with two forms each, so you can always do one in class, and send one home.The two different levels are designed to be used either with younger vs. older students OR (and this is how I use them)...I start each student
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1st - 5th
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Principles of Design Escape Room- Visual Art Digital Escape Room
This Principles of Design digital escape room is a full 360° escape room that introduces your students to Principles of Design in a fun and engaging way. Students navigate through the virtual room to learn and solve clues for seven of the nine Principles of Design. The setup: The hottest new visual art class is finally open, and it's on your schedule! You arrive in the classroom and are excitedly talking to your friends when suddenly the room is plunged into darkness and you hear the door slam!
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: *Introduction to Art Curriculum for Middle School Art or High School Art
No Prep Shape Race Articulation Game for Speech Therapy
Tired of the same old articulation drill? Looking for a new fun way to practice speech sounds? This articulation game is fun, engaging, and allows for MANY trials of your student's speech sound. Great for older students! Use as a print-and-go or no print activity.If you'd like to see the Boom Card version CLICK HERE Shape Race! is an articulation game that can be played with your speech students. Students can play against each other, or against the SLP. Each student can play on their own game bo
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Speech Therapy Articulation Game Bundle
Math Enrichment Activities for 2nd & 3rd Grade Early Finishers & Gifted Students
This set of 70 engaging, open-ended math enrichment challenges for 2nd or 3rd grade gifted and talented or fast finishers will boost problem solving, spatial reasoning, sequencing skills, and more! All of these activities are low (or no!) prep, saving you tons of time and money. No more looking for generic puzzles.... or printing extra worksheets you already used.These make great independent projects for gifted and talented students. Or, they could be used as part of small group activities.The c
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2nd - 3rd
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Economics - Goods and Services, Supply and Demand, Import Export, 2nd, 3rd Grade
This is a project based economics unit that is totally hands-on and motivating. Students create their own businesses then buy and sell from each other. Directions and examples of student projects are included. Created for second and third grade students.Learning Objective: Students will understand:*Goods and Services*Supply and Demand*Import and ExportResources Included:*School money*Student response sheets*Foldable*Cut and paste*Circle map*Parent letter*End of unit quiz *Answer Key
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2nd - 3rd
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6th Grade Reading Projects, Enrichment For the Entire Year, PDF and Digital!
6th Grade Reading Enrichment Research Projects for the Entire Year! Thirty-two weekly non-fiction reading enrichment projects in which students research topics and then answer the follow-up questions. The questions, not only check for comprehension of the topic researched, but review common reading text structures such as: tone, mood, theme, compare/contrast, plot, symbolism and more. Aligned to most 6th grade reading curriculum including STAAR/CCSS. Great for early finishers and as a challenge
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6th
BRAIN TEASERS - FULL YEAR Pack of Daily RIDDLE CARDS
BACK TO SCHOOL BRAIN TEASERS - FULL YEAR Pack of Daily RIDDLE CARDS This full year pack of daily riddle cards will keep your students guessing all school year long! These are designed in task card form. I love to use these as a morning bell-ringer to get their minds thinking, or as brain breaks! Could also be used as a scoot, or small group activity with a few at a time! 132 total riddle cards included with answers! Are you following me? ALL items are 50% off for the first 24 hours AND FLASH 24
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3rd - 12th
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Coding Activities for Beginners | STEM | Digital Technologies | Worksheets
These COMPUTER CODING WORKSHEETS are jam-packed with Coding, STEM, and Digital Technologies activities for younger students. Including Computational Thinking, Binary, Algorithms, Computational Thinking and much more. Introduce younger students to the ☀️EXCITING WORLD OF CODING?☀️ through this proven resource with over 70 FIVE STAR ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐REVIEWS.You are getting 10 INDEPENDENT ACTIVITIES for students in GRADES 2 - 4, focusing on the following elements.⭐ Codes & Cyphers⭐ Understanding Binary⭐
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2nd - 5th
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Logic Puzzles 3rd Grade Math Enrichment Games - Problem Solving Activities
Make teaching critical thinking and problem-solving fun with these engaging, hands-on, DIGITAL, and PRINTABLE math logic puzzle activities! This set includes 12 math brain teasers center activities perfect for problem solving and critical thinking. Quick and easy setup plus clear student directions make these activities perfect for centers or substitute days, too! Give your students fun activities to discover how to problem solve by exploring it on their own using these pig theme math brain teas
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2nd - 4th
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Crypto-Animals Double Digit Addition and Subtraction Puzzles
If your students like Crypto-Riddles, they're going to love Crypto-Animals! Crypto-Animals takes addition and subtraction practice to the double digits! Students will answer up to 14 addition or subtraction problems, then, using those answers, fill in the blanks to a set of clues. The clues are about a mystery animal. Can your students figure them all out? Crypto-Animals goes cross-curricular with a mix of math and science!Included in this ZIP folder:1 PDF file containing 5 Addition without
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Crypto-Animals BUNDLE of Multi-Digit Operations Puzzles
Math Enrichment Activities 1st Grade & K, Early Finishers & Gifted and Talented
This set of 70 engaging, open-ended math enrichment challenges for K or 1st grade gifted and talented or fast finishers will boost problem solving, spatial reasoning, sequencing skills, and more! All of these activities are low (or no!) prep, saving you tons of time and money. No more looking for generic puzzles.... or printing extra worksheets you already used.These make great independent projects for gifted and talented students. Or, they could be used as part of small group activities.The cha
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K - 1st
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Back to School Escape Room - Team Building & Smart Goal Setting Virtual Escape
⭐ Start off the school year right with this back-to-school escape for middle or high school students! ⭐ No Google form needed, this escape has self-checking answer blanks. Only when students get the correct answer can they move on! ⭐ Separate extras include a student interest survey, SMART goals using a Google slides template, and a Growth mindset quiz. Learn about the keys to success in middle or high school including growth mindset, staying connected, goal-setting, self-discipline, and how
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8th - 12th
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