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Critical thinking life skills Common Core W.7.4 resources
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Email Etiquette Lesson and Activity: How to Write an Email (With Examples)
Do you need to teach your students how to write an email? This no-prep and editable Email Etiquette Lesson and Activity for Google Drive and PDF will make it easy! This resource includes a slideshow, a practice activity, sample email prompts, and more!This resource includes the following files:Teacher Guide PDFEditable Google Slideshow titled Email Etiquette 101Editable Google Doc Note Sheet to accompany slideshowPrintable Practice Activity PDF (2 pages)Editable Google Doc Practice ActivityThe s
Grades:
6th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Academic and Life Skills Bundle for Middle and High School Students
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:Â Writing Activities for the Whole Year Digital Bundle
Email Etiquette Lesson + Activities - Google slides - Digital - Writing Practice
Bid farewell to those cringe-worthy, poorly-worded emails forever! Elevate your students' communication game to soaring heights by empowering them with the skills they need to convey their thoughts clearly and confidently.With this comprehensive resource in your arsenal, you'll transform your students into email-writing wizards! Picture this: a dynamic teacher slideshow that you can project to captivate your class, paired with an engaging interactive student slideshow. It's a one-two punch of in
Grades:
6th - 10th
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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
First Week of School | Life Skills, Social Emotional Learning Curriculum ChatGPT
Growth Mindset Mega Bundle to kick start the first week of school.7 months (90+ lessons) Life Skills / SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING (SEL) Curriculum.Perfect for Middle School Advisory / Homeroom programs High School Life Skills / Special Education activitiesRegular English Language Arts programs exploring 21st Century Transferrable Learning Skills (6Cs, Deep Learning)Empower students to deal with life obstacles, systemic racism, and academic challenges!BACK TO SCHOOL 2024: August / September is the
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6th - 10th
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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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Not Grade Specific
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El Deafo by Cece Bell: A Google Slides/PDF/Easel Novel Study
Overview: This versatile product is a custom made, ready-to-use novel study that offers the buyer three different formats! It is a google slides product complete with text boxes for use digitally in distance learning. It is also a completed "Easel by TpT" activity that makes it possible for students with any device to use the editable text boxes that have already been installed to complete the entire workbook digitally. Being a PDF, this can also be printed and used with pencil and paper. Desi
Grades:
4th - 6th
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
Want to see what this unit includes? I'
Grades:
4th - 12th, Higher Education
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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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Not Grade Specific
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Any Time NEW DAY Resolutions | Social Emotional Learning | Reading Comprehension
You don't have to wait until the New Year to make resolutions. Use these Any Time "NEW DAY" Resolutions to re-engage students! Your Middle School and High School students will laugh at the funny reading comprehension passage.There are three parts to this Social Emotional Learning Skills / Life Skills resource:1) The Goal Setting worksheets are for everybody (4 pages)Help students develop SELF AWARENESS and adjust to a changing world. Reflect on the challenges and successes from the past.Brainsto
Grades:
7th - 10th
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
Grades:
4th - 8th
Economics Activity: Weighing out Costs, Benefits, and Opportunity Cost Scenarios
This is an economics reinforcement activity on costs, benefits and opportunity cost. Students will evaluate the costs and benefits in given scenarios in order to make the best decision. Students will also be able to recognize the opportunity cost (the opportunity that was given up) in the decision being made. Opportunity cost is a great way to help students understand decision making. Each of us are making decisions and choices all the time. Every time we say yes to something, we are saying
Grades:
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
Grades:
5th - 7th
Conversation Starters Package on Quality of Life
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on the quality of life.What's included:A list of 12 thought-provoking questions for middle school students on the subject of quality of lifeActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expression
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
How to Write Effective Emails: Email Etiquette for Students, Business, and Life!
I have taught at two schools with one-to-one programs and wrote this lesson plan to address the maddening epidemic of confusing, unclear and unprofessional emails! From attachments that aren't attached, to students sending emails with no identifying information whatsoever(!), this lesson plan is full of common-sense information that helps students craft more consciously professional emails. I have found that taking the time to go over these concepts drastically improves the quality of the emails
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
Debating Topics for Middle School: Family Life
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
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5th - 7th
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Conversation Starters Package on Entrepreneurship
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on entrepreneurship. What's included:A list of 13 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of entrepreneurshipActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expres
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
Keep the Change: Stakeholder Analysis
Instead of telling young people WHAT TO THINK let's teach them HOW TO THINK!The nation is currently facing a nation-wide coin shortage! Chipotle made a special policy for customers paying in cash. Customer totals would be rounded up to the nearest dollar amount if bills were being paid in cash. A lot of Chipotle customers thought this policy was unfair and filed a class-action lawsuit in August of 2020.In this lesson students will take the role of an attorney that is advising Chipotle and lea
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6th - 8th
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Can Colors Be Trademarked?
Trademarks are designed to help protect companies. Slogans and logos are protected by trademarks. But should companies be able to trademark colors? Sometimes the answer is yes and sometimes the answer is no!Have your class look at multiple examples and synthesize what they think the rule should be!Should Owens-Corning be able to trademark pink insulation?Should Cheerios be able to trademark yellow?Should UPS be able to trademark brown?Ask your class!his lesson download includes:- Teacher's Gu
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6th - 8th
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Deserted Island Survival STEM Challenges
Are you looking for a fun and engaging activity for your students? Deserted Island Survival STEM Challenge is a unit centered around a fictional story of Suzanna Airfly who's plane crashed on a deserted island. Your students will complete five different challenges to help Suzanna survive. Each challenge encourages students to define the problem, plan a design, build, test, and reflect. I have included a rubric for each challenge. I have also added a narrative writing extension where students
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3rd - 8th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Conversation Starters Package on Humor
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on humor.What's included:A list of 10 thought-provoking questions for middle school students on the subject of humorActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and transitional phras
Grades:
5th - 8th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in:Â Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
Why Don't People Vote? Root Cause Analysis and Decision Making
If you're reading this description, you probably teach kids about the importance of voting. Every student hears this message in school- so why DON'T people vote as an adult?In this thinkLaw lesson students spend time conducting a root cause analysis for the problem of low voter turnout. Is it apathy? Are people overwhelmed? Do people feel that their votes don't matter? Have your students wrestle with these issues.- Students determine reasons why U.S. citizens do not vote- Students analyze t
Grades:
6th - 8th
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Conversation Starters Package on Productivity
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on productivity. What's included:A list of 10 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of productivityActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions an
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
Conversation Starters Package on Music
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on music.What's included:A list of 10 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of musicActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and transitional
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in:Â Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
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