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Back to School Common Core SL.9-10.4 resources
Intro to Leadership or Student Council Middle High School Unit
Start your Leadership class or Student Council off on a successful year with this introductory unit filled with enough student-centered, get-them-thinking activities to use for 2-3 years before any repeats- great if students are in student government year after year! Then, culminate student learning and growth with a campus-wide Kindness Project to kick off a positive year.This unit kit comes in both print PDF and digital for Google Slides!Greatness is maximizing all group members' strengths to
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Leadership Student Council Full Course for Middle High School Advisors
Partner Pairing Cards for Groups - Icebreaker Game - 50 Partner Matching Cards
Use these partner pairing cards as a back-to-school icebreaker game or to quickly and easily pair students for classroom activities and assignments! Includes 50+ partner matching cards to pair 25+ groups. Differentiated partner cards have also been provided.Included with these Partner Pairing Cards for Groups:✏️ 51 Partner Matching Cards - GreyscalePartner Cards to Create 25 Pairs and 1 Set of Three✏️ Differentiated Partner Matching Cards - Greyscale✏️ DIY Headband Template for Icebreaker G
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5th - 10th
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Back to School Bundle: Icebreakers, Memes, Decor, Rules, Procedures
Back to School Bundle includes icebreakers, get-to-know-you and all about me activities, classroom posters and memes, rules and procedures activity, editable presentations, and more. You will have plenty of resources to last the first few days AND for years to come.These best-sellers are included:Back-to-School Rules and Procedures: Can I Chew Gum in Class? EDITABLE!Teacher Memes Posters {Back to School, Class Rules} EDITABLE! Grammar Fail Presentation: Using Humor to Teach the Importance of Eng
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6th - 12th, Staff
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Back to School Activity: Peer Interview Speech Project - Public Speaking
Looking for a back to school activity to increase engagement and build classroom community? This project has students interview a peer and present them to the class! This is the perfect back to school activity to jumpstart speaking and listening skills.Your Back to School Peer Interview Speech Project includes:Project Prep SheetSelf-Evaluation RubricPeer Evaluation RubricTeacher's RubricFull digital version❤️ This resource is also part of my Back to School Activities Bundle What other teachers a
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6th - 9th
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First Day of School History Talk Activity
Now with digital worksheet to support distance learning!This product features an engaging back to school History Talk activity that will have your new students thinking, writing, speaking, and moving on the very first day of school. In this activity, they must choose between 7 different quotes about history and articulate why the quote aligns with their own perspective. Use this lesson every year to set the tone for what you expect in class; it is a great way to gain insight about your students'
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7th - 10th
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Ice breaker Games - Back to School Icebreaker Bundle for Middle and High School
This back to school icebreaker bundle includes engaging ice breaker games for middle school and high school students! Based on popular classics, this bundle includes: “Speed-Meeting” icebreaker questions, “Matchmaker” partner pairing cards, and collaborative “Snowball Writing” prompts.⚡️ Save over 25% with the bundled discount! ⚡️Ice Breaker Games included with this Bundle:✏️ “Speed-Meeting” Icebreaker Questions for Teens - Color & Greyscale30 unique, engaging, and age-appropriate icebreake
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6th - 12th
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First Day of School Math Talk Activity
Now with digital worksheet to support distance learning!This product features an engaging back to school Math Talk activity that will have your new students thinking, writing, speaking, and moving on the very first day of school. In this activity, they must choose between 6 different quotes about math from famous figures like Albert Einstein and James Newman and articulate why the quote aligns with their own perspective. Use this lesson every year to set the tone for what you expect in class; it
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7th - 10th
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Digital Debates: Interactive Google Class Debates/works with any topic/reusable
Digital Debates are debates that take place on a computer, using one Google Slideshow for the class. They allow students to collaborate & interact with peers, while still allowing for safe social distancing. At the end you have a digital representation of the entire class debate. Students will write or present a claim to a resolution, peers will refute and/or support the claim, questions will be asked, and conclusions will be written. CCSS (RI 8, W1a-c, SL 1, and SL 4) are addressed in an in
Grades:
6th - 9th
Figurative Language and Critical Thinking with Quotes - Mega Pack
It's Back to School Time - Start your class off thinking deeper from day one!
Figurative Language with your students on a daily basis!
Great morning work!
This set includes 50 quotes! All of my quote packs combined in one Mega-Pack!
The quotes are categorized to best allow you to pick the best quotes to go along with your current unit.
Inspirational Quotes - 11
Martin Luther King Quotes - 7
Proverbs - 4
Maya Angelou - 3
Ghandi - 3
Quotes using metaphors - 10
Similes - 4
Idioms - 8
2 quot
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4th - 12th
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FREE Editable Syllabus Template for High School for PowerPoint and Google Drive
Take the hassle out of writing your high school syllabus! This FREE editable syllabus template for high school is formatted for both Microsoft PowerPoint® and Google Drive®. Also included is an Extra Credit Application: the ultimate solution to last-minute extra credit requests from students! Included with this FREE Editable Syllabus Template:✏️ Editable High School Syllabus - Microsoft PowerPoint® and Google Docs® ✏️ Example of Completed Syllabus Template ✏️ Extra Credit Application Form -
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9th - 12th
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First Day of School Icebreaker- Artist Trading Cards
Remember when you traded baseball cards? How about Garbage Pail Kids? Pokemon cards? Our students still keep and trade images; they just do it virtually through Instagram, Vine, Facebook, and Twitter.Here is a fun, low tech way to capture this social experience and get to know your students a little better. Artist Trading Cards enable students to create images, use them as a platform to share about themselves, and then trade cards with their peers and with you. Perfect for the #firstdayofschoolY
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Not Grade Specific
"History Talk" Print & Go Emergency Lesson Plan
If you have ever found yourself in need of a no-prep, print-and-go lesson plan that meets standards and upholds a high level of student learning and engagement, this resource is the perfect tool for your teacher's toolbox! It is ideal for days prior to and returning from vacations, between units, emergency sub plans, or simply those days when we just "can't." (And let's face it, we've all been there!)
This product features an engaging "History Talk" activity that will have your students thinkin
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7th - 12th
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First Day of School Book Talk ELA Activity
Now with digital worksheet to support distance learning!This product features an engaging back to school Book Talk activity that will have your new students thinking, writing, speaking, and moving on the very first day of school. In this activity, they must choose between 6 different quotes about literature and articulate why the quote aligns with their perspective on reading. Use this lesson every year to set the tone for what you expect in class; it is a great way to gain insight about your s
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Back to School ELA Bundle
Study Habits Survey, Growth Mindset Activities, and Reflective Prompts (Google)
Use this set of reflective surveys and writing prompts to help middle and high school students meditate on their study habits and develop data-driven strategies for achieving a growth mindset. These are helpful back-to-school materials for a range of subject areas and age groups, though they are especially useful in structured study halls with emphasis on improving task management, time management, and organizational skills. Materials are made for Google Drive. (Alternatively, a printable option
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8th - 12th
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Hexagonal Thinking Complete Tool Kit First Day activity high school middle
Have your students taking, discussing, and drawing conclusions. Give groups of students the same 10-12 set of concepts and watch how each group creates something different. Hexagonal thinking works for all subjects! It pushes students to think about how the concepts and vocabulary connect together.Here's what you will getA template for a Hexagonal one pager plus instructions slidesWhile the instructions are designed for a beginning of the year activity, it can be used for many different things.
Grades:
5th - 12th
Back to School Introductory Presentation for High School Freshmen (Grade 9)
Looking to get to know your new 9th grade (freshmen) students and help them find success as they begin high school? Or, maybe you are one of many 9th grade English teachers who begin the year with a survival-themed story, such as "The Most Dangerous Game." This quick student presentation, themed around the question "What will you need to survive high school?" will have your students reflecting on what physical and mental tools they have for success as they begin their high school careers. This C
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9th
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Love Language Survey for the Classroom
I’ve always been very interested in the psychology of teacher/student relationships. I give out a learning style inventory each year so that I know if my students are visual, auditory, or kinetic learners and I've always wanted to know their individual love languages, as well. Each survey I found on-line, however, had vocabulary that was geared towards partnerships and not student and teacher relationships. I have created a student friendly "Appreciation Language Survey" that is safe to administ
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5th - 12th
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Getting to Know You Activity for Back to School
Harness the power of selfies and storytelling using this engaging, no-prep back to school digital getting to know you activity for high school or middle school students. Students will self-reflect and selfie it up, creating a personalized slide in your collaborative Google slideshow to share with the class!This is not your typical name game or icebreaker, but a beginning of school activity that is both engaging and skill-based. 21st-century skills, check. Speaking and listening skills, yes, yes
Grades:
7th - 10th
Mingle! ANIMATED ICEBREAKER for All Grade Levels & Subjects
Get to know your students, and help them get to know each other with this fun, animated icebreaker! The MINGLE! icebreaker is excellent to get your kids moving around the room, which of course is effective for engaging our kinesthetic learners. Each slide contains colorful space graphics with animations to keep your kiddos focused and having fun! While this resource is great for Back to School, you can certainly use this icebreaker at any point in the school year as a community building / brain
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PreK - 12th, Staff
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Figurative Language and Critical Thinking with Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes
Back to School - Why not start your class out thinking deeper from day one?
Figurative Language with your class on a daily basis!
Great morning work!
This set includes
7 quotes
2 quote quiz forms
and a note from me explaining exactly what I do each step of the way.
Quotes can be both thought provoking and inspirational. The playful wording of figurative language can be very fun for the students, while finding the underlying message requires critical thinking. Classroom discussions b
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4th - 12th
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"Self-Discovery Worksheet - Engaging Classroom Activity | Imagination Game
Hey there, fellow educators! Are you tired of the same old "get to know you" activities at the start of the school year? Looking for a fresh, engaging way to dive into the minds of your students? Well, I've got just the thing for you!Introducing... The Journey of Self-Discovery This ain't your grandma's personality test. It's a wild ride into the imagination, a creative visualization exercise that's more revealing than a reality TV show.Here's why you're gonna love it: Engaging Content: This a
Grades:
8th - 12th
Team Builder or Icebreaker Activity with Popular Characters
Use these character cards to create a positive classroom culture at the beginning of the school year. In a game much like the classic “21 Questions,” students use critical thinking as they walk around the classroom asking one another questions in order to guess the characters from classic and young adult literature named on the cards on their backs. Each card has information on the character to help students respond to the questions. It makes a fun first day of school activity but can also be u
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Team Builder Activities Bundle
Investigate the Teacher AND the Classroom! Figure out expectations in ELA Class
Be different on the first day! This is a perfect back-to-school activity for the secondary classroom that combines essential info about you and your class, while also getting students to work together. It is an ice-breaker without the awkward get-to-know-yous! Pair students up or have them work in groups (or individually!) to collect clues, create questions, interview you, and form an analysis of what your classroom and your teaching will be like. Students will get so much more out of this acti
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9th - 12th
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Figurative Language and Critical Thinking: Quotes with Idioms
It's Back to School time - why not teach your students to think deeper from day one?
Figurative Language with your students on a daily basis!
Great morning work!
This set includes
8 quotes
Quotes from: Marilyn Monroe, Walt Whitman, Abraham Lincoln, Henri Kaiser, William Shakespeare, Martin Luther King Jr, Mother Theresa, and Anonymous
2 quote quiz forms
and a note from me explaining exactly what I do each step of the way.
Quotes can be both thought provoking and inspirational. Th
Grades:
4th - 12th
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