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Critical thinking for all subjects Common Core W.7.4 resources
Career Exploration and Research Project
Capture your students' imaginations and ignite their curiosity about the future with our captivating Career Exploration and Research Project. Designed specifically for middle schoolers, this dynamic project will empower your students to embark on a thrilling journey of self-discovery and career exploration. Engage your students right from the start with an interactive online career quiz that will spark their interest and set them on a path of exploration. They'll then delve into a brainstorming
Grades:
7th - 10th
Write a Scary Story: Creative Writing Notebook Activities Print and Digital
Your students will love writing their own scary stories with this print and digital notebook. This resource guides them step-by-step through setting up the plot, characters, setting, and theme. The end result is a creative writing project your students will feel successful about.Students usually get bogged down by a creative writing assignment -- but this resource breaks all the elements of a good story down into manageable pieces. You're students will know exactly what they want to write -- b
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Writing Activities for the Whole Year Digital Bundle
End of the Year Memes: Advice to Future Classes Distance Learning
End of the Year Memes: Advice to Future Classes - includes an editable Google Slides presentation that can be shared with students for distance learning or paperless activities.Students will create "advice" memes to your future students/classes as an end-of-the-year fun activity.The memes serve several purposes:1. It's a fun end-of-the-year activity for your current students.2. You will have ready-made visual aids for your classes when it's back-to-school time.3. Your students will give you feed
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Meme Activity BUNDLE! Presentations, Activities, Editable
Argumentative Writing UNIT Common Core Grades 6-12 Editable
Teach your students to write solid argument essays step-by-step with my Argumentative Writing unit. It is aligned with the Common Core State Standards for grades 6-12. Newly updated to include EDITABLE handouts and rubrics in Google Drive (using Google Slides). This IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my WRITING RESOURCES MEGA BUNDLE and is also included in my Argument Essay Writing Bundle + Editable Presentation and Handouts.Students won't struggle writing an argument with my graphic organize
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
TikTok or Video Project | End of Year Activities | Main Idea Summary Any Subject
This Tik Tok template is extremely engaging and a fantastic tool that can be used in the classroom as well! Get your students engaged and learning while presenting content-rich videos using TikTok. Teachers will love the organization of the included graphic organizers, and students will love the video fun!You as the teacher do not need a TikTok account, but can certainly sign up for a free account at any time. It will be helpful if one student in each group has access to a TikTok account. If T
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Argumentative Writing Instructional Workbook Grades 7-10: The Paper Chain
This is a 80-page exciting student-friendly ebook instructional manual and workbook for writing an argument / argumentative paper - perfect for grades 7 - 10. This unit addresses WRITING, READING, and LANGUAGE in Common Core Language. These are reading and writing techniques that can be used for cross-curricular writing in Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, Physical Education... you name it! Want a HARD COPY printed, bound, and delivered directly to you? CLICK HERE.With this student-friend
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7th - 10th
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Back to School First Week One Pager Activity and Name Tag / Tent
Start the first week of school with a getting to know you activity that will be worth its weight in gold! This Back to School First Week One Pager Activity and Name Tag is a super useful way to get to know your students. It can be folded to create a cute name tent for kids' desks, making it easy to connect names and faces. Or you can display them on an "All About Me" bulletin board to make your classroom look stylish! The icebreaker prompt choices are sure to be a hit – students will get to show
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: One Pagers: Back to School, Thanksgiving, Holiday, New Year Bundle
Banned Books Week Banners - Research Project - Middle & High School ELA
This Banned Books Week activity is the perfect research project for middle school and high school students to dive into deep discussions around censorship and book banning. Students will be responsible for conducting research about banned books and identifying a banned book to present to their classmates.This student-centered project contains over 40 pages of instructional materials that will help guide teachers and students through this activity. Students will LOVE that they get to learn more a
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6th - 9th
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Depth and Complexity Icons Getting Started BUNDLE
If you've been wanting to use depth and complexity icons in your classroom, but aren't sure where to start, this is the bundle for you! It includes everything you need to get started using depth and complexity icons with your students tomorrow! Add rigor and differentiate with ease for those gifted and high ability students using the products in this bundle.Your purchase includes these amazing depth and complexity icons products:-Sentence Stems (**best seller!)-Question Stems for Discussion (**b
Grades:
5th - 8th
Growth Mindset Activities | Social Emotional Learning Bell Ringers | Volume 1
These fully-editable growth-mindset bell ringers will get your class thinking and are perfect for social emotional learning as well! With thought-provoking and engaging prompts, they can be used as individual writing prompts or large group discussion topics. Teachers agree that these bell ringers are perfect for daily warm ups or morning meetings. I’m so excited for your students to experience a variety of life-impacting questions to write about individually or discuss within groups.You will rec
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STEM Problem Solving Service Learning Project
Help your students to think critically, develop good character traits, improve our world, and create heartfelt persuasive writing using the 8 components of this project:
Inspirational Quotes
Random Acts of Kindness
Kids Improving Our World Research Project
STEAM Project - Identifying a Real World Problem and working on a Solution
Online Giving Challenge
Oral Presentation
Carousel Presentations & Scavenger Hunt
Comparing Themes with "A Dolphin's Tale
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
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Anti-Bullying Activities - Bullying Prevention Project - Bullying Banners
This anti-bullying lesson is the PERFECT bullying prevention activity for middle and high school students to practice research skills, think critically, and show their creativity. The bullying banners research project is a student-centered activity to involve your students in taking a stand against bullying at your school. This PRINT and DIGITAL bullying awareness project contains over 50 instructional materials to help teachers and students through this activity.Students will research to learn
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5th - 8th
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Future College Research Paper
Help your students focus on career and college readiness with a future college research assignment that will guide students as they research the many different aspects of a specific college or university.This resource includes four different assignment sheets to accommodate all of the middle school and high school grades, multiple research organizers that will help guide students through the research process, career planning and goal setting, peer editing, and grading rubrics. There is also a li
Grades:
7th - 12th
Also included in: Future College and Future Career Research Paper Bundle
Growth Mindset Bell Ringers | 40 SEL Writing Prompts For Any Subject | Volume 2
These fully-editable growth-mindset bell ringers will get your class thinking and are perfect for social emotional learning as well! With thought-provoking and engaging prompts, they can be used as individual writing prompts or large group discussion topics. Teachers agree that these bell ringers are perfect for daily warm ups or morning meetings. I’m so excited for your students to experience a variety of life-impacting questions to write about individually or discuss within groups. You will r
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Google Slides Agenda Templates - Editable Daily Agenda Google Slides with Timers
These Google Slides Agenda Templates make it easy to outline your lesson framework each day! Use these daily agenda slides with timers as a communication tool for distance learning or in-person. Interactive lessons can be built directly into these pre-made templates.Included with these Google Slides Agenda Templates:✏️ Editable Agenda Slide Template with Customizable Backgrounds and Stickers Stickers include upcoming events, reminders, today’s date, homework, and more✏️ Pre-made Templates for
Grades:
7th - 10th
In-Text Citations Unit - Citing Text Evidence Lesson and Worksheets - MLA Format
Teach students about citing text evidence using MLA format with this unit! Students will practice formatting guidelines and explore the differences between parenthetical and narrative in-text citations. This unit includes an interactive slideshow lesson, practice worksheets to cite sources, and activities to familiarize students with MLA format. Suitable for online learning with digital worksheets for Google Classroom®.⚡️⚡️⚡️ Save over 10% with the bundled discount! ⚡️⚡️⚡️Included with this In-T
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7th - 12th
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Growth Mindset Activity Banners - Growth vs Fixed Mindset Research Project - ELA
The Growth Mindset activity banners is the PERFECT lesson to introduce middle school and high school students to growth mindset during the first week of school. This student-centered project contains over 40 pages of instructional materials that will help guide teachers and students through this growth mindset activity. The Growth Mindset research project comes in both PRINT and DIGITAL formats.This growth mindset project requires students to conduct online research to gather information about f
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5th - 9th
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Digital Citizenship Banners: Mini-Research Project
Are you looking for a meaningful Digital Citizenship activity that will not only let your students have fun and show their creativity, but also requires them to conduct research and think critically? This PRINT and DIGITAL student-centered project contains over 50 pages of instructional materials that will help guide teachers and students through this activity.Students will LOVE that they get to learn more about what it means to be a digital citizen and why it is important and get to create a sm
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5th - 8th
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Memories of My School Year: End of Year Reflection Journal
Memories of My School Year for BIG KIDS is an easy way to get kids writing and engaging with each other at the end of the school year.This 13-page NO PREP memory book contains the perfect reflection journal for your students to complete on those last days of the school year. Let them relive the memories while you don't stress about the planning. Your students will love sitting and reflecting on the events and fun of the school year!Memory Book Pages Included:• The First Days• A Few of My Favor
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4th - 7th
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Inquiry Based Learning Project: Step-by-Step Student Booklet
Inquiry Based Learning: Everything teachers need to know to get started includes over 25 pages. A step-by-step student booklet allows for teachers to guide students through the process of developing and researching an inquiry based question to engage all learners in higher order critical thinking skills.
A How-To for Teachers
Inquiry based learning is a pedagogical approach to learning that is gaining momentum in mainstream education in many countries. It is not a new approach but rather a mor
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4th - 8th
Parent Contact Information Sheet - Form for Communication with Parents, Families
Gather important student information using this editable parent contact information sheet. This form will help establish communication with parents and families and includes digital and ready-to-print templates for Microsoft PowerPoint® and Google Forms®.Included with this Parent Contact Information Sheet:✏️ Editable Parent Contact Form- Microsoft PowerPoint®✏️ Ready-to-Print Parent Contact Form✏️ Digital Parent Contact Information Sheet- Google Forms®✏️ Prompts to Distribute Contact In
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7th - 10th
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Debating Topics for Middle School: School and Education
Get your middle school students debating topics that are both relevant and important to them while building their critical thinking skills. Students will be encouraged to develop their communication and debating skills, while opening their minds to different viewpoints.Each debate package covers and reinforces the five basic steps of the debating process: gathering information, exploring all sides of an issue, forming an initial opinion, defending the position in a debate and finally, refining y
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5th - 7th
NEW YEAR'S ACTIVITIES - Goal Setting, Student Reflection, Writing Prompts
Updated for 2024! Welcome students back to school with 16 goal-setting activities and writing prompts that ring in the new year and help students set both personal and academic resolutions, goals, or intentions that will help them re-focus on learning. Use as a packet or as one-pagers. Perfect for morning work, literacy centers, writing prompts, and January no-prep activities!THIS 2023 EDITION INCLUDES:Two 2023 retrospective writing activities"Break Up with 2023" letter writing activity (sample
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: NEW YEAR: Goals, Resolutions, Reflection, Writing Prompts BUNDLE (2022)
Emergency Activities: Ideas and Lessons for Your Sub Folder or When You Need It!
Are you needing some excellent ideas for a substitute teacher or those times when you need something fast? This bundle contains a variety of engaging resources from my store in a bundle format to help you save time and money. Get a whopping 30% off all included resources by buying this bundle format. Once the bundle is yours, you will then get 100% off all future products added to the bundle! Buying the bundle format will save you time and money, and you will be getting many of my favorite less
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