Summer arts & music teacher tools

Kindergarten Illustration Unit | I Can Draw With Shapes | Draw and Color

Created by

This is a four week illustration unit to help kindergarten/first grade writers become confident in their drawing and coloring skills. Primary students will learn how to draw with shapes and people with different facial expressions, hairstyles, and skin tones.This illustration study sets kindergarten students up for success for the rest of the year during writers workshop. Students can reference their directed drawing notebook throughout the year if they forget how to draw an object already taugh

Subjects:

Arts & Music, Back to School, Writing

Grades:

PreK - 1st

Types:

Printables, Lesson

Also included in: Kindergarten Writing Units Bundle | Writers Workshop

KIDS COPING SKILLS! Stress Management Social Emotional Lesson + SEL Activities

Created by

WholeHearted School Counseling

Teach your students effective self-regulation strategies with this engaging social emotional learning activity and stress management coping skills lesson. Filled with awesome visual supports, this SEL coping tools toolbox helps children identify healthy calming tools to manage uncomfortable feelings. When children build their emotional regulation toolbox, they learn how to manage stress more effectively. A less stressed out brain means a child who is more ready to learn, focus in class, get al

Subjects:

Classroom Management, School Counseling, Social Emotional Learning

Grades:

K - 8th

Types:

Lesson

Also included in: School Counseling Bundle: Solution Focused Individual & Small Group Counseling

Persuasive Writing Donut Theme - Design a Donut Project - Art and Writing

Created by

The Knitted Apple

Kids love donuts, but writing? Not so much. Enter the "Design a Donut Contest," a persuasive writing project so delicious even your most reluctant writers can't resist. Your students will use their persuasive skills to pitch their dream donut for the coveted "Flavor of the Month" spot.You have two options for this exciting writing adventure: the digital version or the classic pencil-and-paper version.Note: I just gave the Donut Project a big update on February 5th, 2024. Please download the reso

Subjects:

Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Visual Arts

Grades:

2nd - 5th

Types:

Projects, Rubrics

CCSS:

W.2.1

, W.3.1

, W.4.1

, W.5.1

, W.5.1a

...

Also included in: Persuasive Writing Bundle {Design a Donut and Promote a Pet}

Solid Classroom Management System with 100 Procedures BUNDLE!

Created by

MyClassBloom

This is a bundle of 2 products to help your classroom run smooth and efficiently! A strong classroom management system goes hand in hand with efficient procedures to teach your students. This bundle is perfect for creating a classroom that runs smoothly, minimizes behaviors and distractions, and gives YOU the teacher more time to teach! Classroom Management SystemAre you at your wits end with classroom management? Are you spending much of your day correcting behavior or lecturing students instea

Subjects:

Classroom Community, Classroom Management

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Teacher Manuals, For Principals & Administrators, Professional Development

Lesson Plan Templates Editable Weekly Digital Printable | PPT Google Slides PDF

Created by

The Sassy Apple

Revamp your planning with these fun and editable lesson plan templates! These eye-catching lesson plan designs include options for adding text, links, or screenshots of activities or books you'd like to have in your plans. This resource is a .zip file that includes the following:☑️Editable PowerPoint to type your own text with the option to delete any unwanted text boxes☑️PDF file to print without text boxes and handwrite your own lesson plans☑️Editable PowerPoint to ADJUST and/or ADD rows and c

Subjects:

Back to School, Classroom Management, For All Subjects

Grades:

PreK - 12th, Staff

Types:

Professional Documents, Printables, Lesson

Pet Vet Animal Hospital Dramatic Play

Created by

Pocket of Preschool - Jackie Kops

Animal Hospital (aka Vet) Dramatic Play is a fun theme you can do in your pretend or dramatic play center! A teacher planning web breaks the theme down, week by week and includes a book list. There are labels and pictures showing how to set up your Animal Hospital or Veterinarian Office in your dramatic play center. Just print the labels, signs, and make the props. This theme integrates social, math, language, literacy, science, and fine motor all into their play! There is also a parent let

Subjects:

Arts & Music, English Language Arts, Math

Grades:

PreK - K

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Printables

Also included in: Dramatic Play Bundle for Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten

Ontario Learning Skills Report Card Comments

Created by

2 SMART Chicks

*NEWLY UPDATED OCTOBER 2020 to include Virtual Learning and Covid-19 Comments*Completing the learning skills portion of the Ontario report card has never been easier! Make this normally time-consuming task a breeze with our Ontario Learning Skills Report Card Comments! This product contains the following helpful resources for each of the 6 learning skills (Responsibility, Organization, Independent Work, Collaboration, Initiative and Self-Regulation):• Progress Report Card Rubric & Next Steps

Subjects:

Character Education, Classroom Management, Specialty

Grades:

1st - 8th

Types:

Assessment, Professional Documents, Rubrics

Directed Drawings with Shapes | Alphabet Animals

Created by

ThatKinderMama

These are simple animal directed drawings with shapes ONLY. Perfect for kindergarten or first grade students to continue gaining confidence in their drawing abilities while also practicing letter recognition, handwriting, and sentence writing. Add these directed drawings to your reading or craft centers to give your students hand on experiences.What's included:32 directed drawings with shapes only of animalsAnimals Used: alligator, ant, aphid, bat, crab, duck, elephant, eagle, frog, giraffe, gor

Subjects:

Arts & Music, Back to School, Handwriting

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Printables, Lesson

Also included in: Phonics Directed Drawing GROWING Bundle

Eye of the Dragon : Art Lesson Plan

Created by

Art with Creations Claudia Loubier

Dragons are captivating, aren't they? The students love these fantastic creatures! So I'm delighted to present this art project: "Eye of the Dragon"! We'll be working with pencil crayons to create gradients and textures. Your students will not only be impressed by their creations, but also passionate about this unique project that showcases their artistic talent.Level:For students in Grade 3 and all the way up to High School.Technique:DrawingVisual language:Your student learn how to create co

Subjects:

Graphic Arts, Visual Arts

Grades:

3rd - 12th

Types:

Activities, Lesson

Camping Dramatic Play

Created by

Pocket of Preschool - Jackie Kops

Camping Dramatic Play is a fun theme you can do in your pretend or dramatic play center! A teacher planning web breaks the theme down, week by week and includes a book list. There are labels and pictures showing how to set up your campsite or state park in your dramatic play center. Just print the labels, signs, craft patterns, and props. This dramatic play theme integrates social, math, language, literacy, science, and fine motor all into their play! This is a theme/unit designed for a pre

Subjects:

Arts & Music, English Language Arts, Math

Grades:

PreK - K

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Printables

Also included in: Dramatic Play Bundle for Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten

THE BRAIN + STRESS RESPONSE: Social Emotional Learning Stress Management Lesson

Created by

WholeHearted School Counseling

Teach your students about the brain and stress response with this engaging social emotional learning lesson. Help children better understand the roles that their Thoughtful Turtle Brain (prefrontal cortex) and Protective Porcupine Brain (amygdala) play when we experience stress and big emotions. Empower them with calming tools that help with emotion regulation, which will also help you to reinforce compassionate, trauma sensitive classroom management.Topics Covered ✏️ Common Stressors✏️ The Fig

Subjects:

Classroom Management, School Counseling, Social Emotional Learning

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Lesson

Also included in: Bundle for Izza

Creativity Challenges and Activities Morning Work, Brain Breaks, STEM Warm Up

Created by

Carly and Adam STEM Activities and Challenges

Unlock creativity in your classroom! Finish the Picture!The goal of creativity challenges is to help students think in different ways. The ability to generate unique thoughts and ideas is known as divergent thinking. When students are thinking outside the box it results in creative solutions. In a creativity challenge, students are presented with a problem that they have to solve using their creativity. Typically these challenges are short lasting anywhere from 3-10 minutes. By implementing thes

Subjects:

Arts & Music, Engineering, English Language Arts

Grades:

1st - 5th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Lesson

Also included in: Creativity Activities and Challenges MEGA Bundle Finish the Picture, STEM

Fairy Tales reader's theater, activities, writing, plays 1st grade 2nd grade

Created by

Jane Loretz

This fairy tales unit includes reader's theater scripts or plays and writing activities, great for 1st grade and 2nd grade students!This fairy tale unit will be engaging and fun for your students! Three different reader's theater scripts are included along with puppets and many activities, including writing. This fairy tale resource includes reader’s theater scripts, for...Goldilocks and the Three BearsThree Little Pigs, Jack and the Beanstalk.The plays or scripts can be used many different way

Subjects:

Drama, English Language Arts, Reading

Grades:

1st - 3rd

Types:

Scripts, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.1.1

, RL.1.2

, RL.1.3

, RL.1.4

, RL.1.5

...

Art Lessons & Art History | Art Lesson Plans for Elementary | Famous Artists

Created by

Whimsy Workshop Teaching

Your elementary students are going to be so excited to study history, culture, geography and literacy when they have the opportunity to view it through the lens of Art and Art History. These amazing Art History lessons provide a unique and interesting way to engage learners and integrate learning on multiple levels. Each Art History unit includes a student-friendly teacher script to read aloud to students. Questions are also included to support you in helping students to engage in discussions. T

Subjects:

Art History, Balanced Literacy, Visual Arts

Grades:

1st - 3rd

Types:

Printables, Lesson, Centers

Ice Cream Dramatic Play

Created by

Pocket of Preschool - Jackie Kops

Ice Cream Shop Dramatic Play is a fun theme you can do in your pretend or dramatic play center! A teacher planning web breaks the theme down, week by week and includes a book list. There are labels and pictures showing how to set up your Ice Cream Shop in your dramatic play center. Just print the labels, signs, and make the props. This theme integrates social, math, language, literacy, science, and fine motor all into their play! There is also a parent letter to send home to your families.

Subjects:

Arts & Music, English Language Arts, Math

Grades:

PreK - K

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Printables

Also included in: Dramatic Play Bundle for Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten

Grocery Store Dramatic Play

Created by

Pocket of Preschool - Jackie Kops

Grocery Store Dramatic Play is a fun, food theme you can do at any time during the year in your dramatic play center. It is a great theme to do in November with Thanksgiving or in January when everyone is eating healthy for the New Year. There is a parent note you can send home to introduce the study and get families involved! My teacher planning web breaks the theme down, week by week. It even includes a book list. There are labels and pictures showing how to set up your Grocery Store in y

Subjects:

Drama, English Language Arts, Math

Grades:

PreK - K

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Printables

Also included in: Dramatic Play Bundle for Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten

Ocean - Ocean Animal Research Unit - Ocean Journal and Crafts

Created by

Caffeine and Classy

Splash into learning with this Ocean animal unit! This 115 page unit includes fact pages for ocean animals, full color images of ocean animals, blackline masters for interactive crafts, and an adorable scuba kid craft. This unit will be great and engaging for kindergarten, first, and second grade students.These ocean animals are included in this unit:StarfishSea turtlesDolphinsWhalesOctopusSeahorseSharksOrca WhalesJellyfishStingraysCrabsAnimal Crafts:Starfish flipbook, Sea turtle craft, dolphin

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Biology, Summer

Grades:

PreK - 3rd

Types:

Unit Plans, Thematic Unit Plans, Printables

Ocean Activities & Lesson Plans Unit for Preschool Pre-K

Created by

Play to Learn Preschool

Learn all about the OCEAN, ocean ANIMALS, and going to the BEACH in this OCEAN CIRCLE TIME UNIT. All of the lesson plans and activities for ten full days of circle time instruction, plus literacy, math, and fine motor centers are included. Includes 10 Circle Time Lessons:Introduction - photograph posters and class pollOcean or Not? - animal sortingAt the Beach - photographs and "I See Sea Shells" songSharks - photographs and labeling parts of a shark Ocean Mammals - photographs, song, labelingF

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Child Care, Summer

Grades:

PreK - K

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Lesson

Also included in: Play to Learn Preschool - Complete Preschool Pre-K Curriculum

Dramatic Play Bundle for Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten

Created by

Pocket of Preschool - Jackie Kops

Dramatic Play MEGA Bundle includes 24 themes including Home Living, Space Station, Ice Cream Shop, Bakery, Grocery Store, Ice Skating Rink, Birthday Party, Farm, Pet Store, Aquarium, Camping, Pizza Shop, Vet (aka Animal Hospital), Auto Shop, Zoo, Pumpkin Patch, Fire Station, Construction Site, Dinosaur Dig, Beach, Post Office, Fairy Tale Theater, Apple Orchard, and Flower/Garden Shop. All themes infuse math, literacy, fine motor, and sometimes science skills and concepts. Each theme includes TON

Subjects:

Drama, English Language Arts, Math

Grades:

PreK - K

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Printables

Grade 2 Ontario Report Card Comments

Created by

2 SMART Chicks

***NOW UPDATED WITH 2023 LANGUAGE & SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM***Completing the subject area portions of the Grade 2 Ontario report card has never been easier! Make this normally time-consuming task a breeze with our Grade 2 Ontario Report Card Comments! This product contains the following helpful resources:• Language (Oral Communication; Reading; Writing; Media Literacy) Report Card Rubric & Next Steps• Math (Number; Spatial Sense; Algebra; Data; Financial Literacy) Report Card Rubric &a

Subjects:

Classroom Management, For All Subjects, Specialty

Grades:

2nd

Types:

Assessment, Professional Documents, Rubrics

8th Grade Geometry | Pythagorean Theorem Unit | Distance on a Coordinate Plane

Created by

Maneuvering the Middle

An 8 day CCSS-Aligned Pythagorean Theorem Unit - including the Pythagorean Theorem, the Pythagorean converse, Pythagorean theorem word problems, distance on a coordinate plane, and 3D applications of Pythagorean theorem. Students will practice with both skill-based problems, real-world application questions, and error analysis to support higher level thinking skills. You can reach your students and teach the standards without all of the prep and stress of creating materials!Standards: 8.G.6, 8.G

Subjects:

Geometry, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

8th

Types:

Worksheets, Unit Plans

CCSS:

8.G.B.6

, 8.G.B.7

, 8.G.B.8

"Task Don't Ask" 50+ Ways For Teachers to Task and Increase Student Engagement

Created by

MyClassBloom

Are you looking for a way to engage ALL your students? TASK don't ASK! Tasking is an effective teaching strategy you can use in your classroom in order to increase student engagement. When you simply ask your class a question, you're only engaging the handful of students who raise their hand. Instead, replace your question with a "task." When you do this, ALL students are accountable to complete the task.An example of asking looks like:"Who can tell me the 4 types of precipitation?"An example of

Subjects:

Classroom Community, Classroom Management

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Teacher Manuals, For Principals & Administrators

Also included in: Classroom Management System with 100 Detailed Procedures and 50 Ways to Task

Grade 1 Ontario Report Card Comments

Created by

2 SMART Chicks

***NOW UPDATED WITH 2023 LANGUAGE & SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM***Completing the subject area portions of the Grade 1 Ontario report card has never been easier! Make this normally time-consuming task a breeze with our Grade 1 Ontario Report Card Comments! This product contains the following helpful resources:• Language (Oral Communication; Reading; Writing; Media Literacy) Report Card Rubric & Next Steps• Math (Number; Spatial Sense; Algebra; Data; Financial Literacy) Report Card Rubric &a

Subjects:

Classroom Management, For All Subjects, Specialty

Grades:

1st

Types:

Assessment, Professional Documents, Rubrics

ELA Emergency Sub Plans Bundle for Middle School

Created by

Erin Beers from Mrs Beers Language Arts Classroom

This ELA Sub Plan Bundle for middle school includes 6 units of my best-selling emergency sub plans for language arts! These units are great for filling your substitute binder with engaging, standards-based activities for students to work on in your absence. Each unit is a stand-alone resource designed to be a print and go substitute lesson plan for middle school teachers. No additional books or companion materials are needed! I have listed this bundle as a middle school resource since it can ser

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

4th - 7th, Staff

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities, Scripts

CCSS:

RL.4.1

, RL.4.2

, RL.4.3

, RL.4.4

, RL.4.5