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"Task Don't Ask" 50+ Ways For Teachers to Task and Increase Student Engagement
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
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Personal Narrative Writing Unit for 4th and 5th Grade | Full Lesson Plans
This is a "no prep" personal narrative unit, meaning that all of the organizers and teacher models are included. Print out the pages you need, and you're all set to teach your students how to write great narratives! This complete unit can be used on its own, or in addition to your Writing Interactive Notebooks! It's great for teaching your class about personal narrative writing! Common Core Standard Aligned - preview for the alignment guide. Works great with other standards!Click "preview" to se
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4th - 5th
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson - Short Story Slides, Assignments, and Activities
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson - Short Story Slides, Assignments, and Activities: Engage your middle and high school students with Shirley Jackson's compelling short story, The Lottery, using this comprehensive resource designed to engage your students. Included are presentation slides to guide the lesson, reading analysis questions to deepen understanding, a symbolism assignment to enhance critical thinking and a video comparison assignment for added context. Additionally, students will have th
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8th - 12th
3D Shape Activity {My 3D Shapes Mini-Book} {Common Core Aligned 3D Shape Fun}
This Common Core aligned 3D Shape Mini Book will make a fabulous addition to your 3D shape activities! Students will love identifying and sorting the shapes. They will also use their descriptive writing skills to describe and identify each shapes attributes.
In each individual mini-book you will find:
*"My 3D Shapes Mini-Book" Cover Page
*6 Shape Pages where students will identify and sort the shape and real word example of the shape. They will also write a description of it. The shapes include
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PreK - 1st
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Inferencing Activities - Doodle Notes with Inference Reading Passages
Students often struggle with making inferences while reading. That’s because inferencing is a challenging skill! Help students develop their inferring skills with this incredibly fun and engaging reading mini-unit. It combines doodle notes where students sketch notes about how to make inferences AND actual learning activities to help students improve their reading comprehension skills. It’s fun and educational! First, students DOODLE and then they DO activities to help them showcase their l
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4th - 7th
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Mindfulness Guided Meditations For Self-Regulation, Morning Meetings & SEL
Looking for an easy way to implement mindfulness with your students? These 30 guided meditation scripts are a great, no prep way to help your students be calm, focused, and productive. Students will reflect on various experiences and use mindfulness to stay in the present! They are great to use in the morning, after recess, or any other time when your students could benefit from taking time to be calm and reflective.This resource is part of a mindfulness activities bundle! Click here to save 20%
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Not Grade Specific
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Also included in: Mindfulness Activities Bundle With Games, Centers, Worksheets & More
Be a Bucket Filler - Bucket Filler Activities
Character education needs to be explicitly taught. Teach your students the importance of kindness and how to be a Bucket Filler using this Bucket Filling resource. This pack includes everything you need to complete your bucket filler display, lessons, bucket notes and a booklet. This resource is perfect for:✔Teachers of Kindergarten, 1st grade and 2nd grade.✔Teachers who are looking for a concrete way to discuss kindness.✔Teachers who want a set of READY TO USE lessons to teach the concept of
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K - 3rd
Also included in: Back To School Bundle of Essential Products for K-3
Year Long Classroom Planning Curriculum Map EDITABLE Template
This classroom planning template can be used to plan your entire year with ease! You can include weekly lessons and plans organized by subject and quarter for the entire year. Included in this product:Second Grade Year Long Plan exampleEDITABLE Planning template organized by subjectEDITABLE Planning template organized by quarterEmail me with any questions or requests! handmadeteacher.amy@gmail.comCheck out these other products!Bold and Colorful Wall Calendar and Schedule Cards BUNDLEDigital Read
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K - 6th
The Good Egg Lesson and Activities for Social Emotional Learning
Jory John’s “The Good Egg” is an awesome story with several themes that make it great for a whole group SEL lesson or guidance lesson, group counseling, or individual counseling sessions. This resource is a set of activities that companion wonderfully with the book. Activities cover the following objectives: understanding what is not their business/not in their control, taking care of themselves when they're stressed, and recognizing their own goodness.*Now includes Google Slides(TM) for most of
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2nd - 5th
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The Cool Bean Lesson and Activities for Social Emotional Learning
Jory John’s “The Cool Bean” is an awesome story with several themes that make it great for whole group lessons, small group counseling, and individual counseling. This resource is a set of activities that companion wonderfully with the book. Activities cover the following areas: identifying what they personally believe is cool, developing ideas of how to be kind, inclusion, and self-acceptance.Now includes Google Slides (TM) for most of the activities!Resource includes:Lesson plan including disc
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2nd - 5th
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Oral Presentation Rubric
Motivate students to give a top notch presentation with this fun, useful and grade appropriate rubric! Use with any presentation! It is student friendly, while still providing useful feedback so the next presentation will be even better! I prefer grading the written project and oral presentation separately so I designed this rubric to fill that void.It gives students immediate feedback because you can easily grade them as they are presenting and hand them the form right away! Aligned with the ne
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Ultimate 5th Grade ELA Bundle
Integrated Phonics & Handwriting Practice: K & 1st-grade
Phonics, reading, and writing prompts are aligned with the standards that are expected for Kindergarten while embedded cues remind children to use and practice conventional letter formations. If you have taught your children conventional letter formations but they are not yet using them consistently in their daily writing, this is the tool for you! Ideal for guided work during the second half of Kindergarten or independent work during first half of first grade. Many teachers use for morning or
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K - 1st
Also included in: INTERACTIVE Lowercase Handwriting Distance Learning, Teletherapy Bundle
Aesop's Fables Reader's Theater Scripts and Activities for Grades 4-7
Looking for a fun way to teach fables to your middle grade to middle school students? These Aesop's Fables reader's theater scripts are easy to implement, and students will love them! Practice fluency and speaking while incorporating fables into your language arts instruction.These four, one-page, three-character scripts with corresponding reader response questions will give your students the chance to: work on fluency, reading comprehension while learning about the fables genre in a fun and en
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Reader's Theater Bundle: 12 Engaging Scripts for Big Kids
Special Education Editable Lesson Plan Template - PowerPoint and Google Slides
SPECIAL EDUCATION LESSON PLANS!!! Now available in GOOGLE SLIDES!Please note: This is a PPT file. *You will need PowerPoint to open the file and from there you can edit in PPT or click on the link provided to edit in Google Slides. We know when working with special needs students and so many different levels, our lesson plans can become very long, cumbersome, and take up a lot of our time! Not to mention, be 20+ pages long!! I’ve designed a template that is easy, clear and to the point, and will
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PreK - 12th
Leadership Activities | TED Talks Lesson | Classroom Management
Teach your students a new definition of "leader" that includes them; and demonstrate how smallest of actions can make a huge difference in someone's life. And you will promote positive classroom relationships at the same time!➜This lesson is also available as part of my Ready-to-Go Lessons: Emergency, Sub Plans, & More. Check it out now!☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ Voted by a TED-Ed group of teens in the top ten TED Talks for teens, your students will find t
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Sub Plans | Emergency Lessons Bundle
"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson Unit with Hunger Games Comparison
"The Lottery" Short Story Literature GuideThis package of documents features numerous materials for teaching Shirley Jackson's 1948 short story "The Lottery." Includes an introduction activity (using real stones), guided reading questions (for recall/comprehension, analysis, applying, critical thinking), discussion questions, a character chart, extended activities, a 26-question quiz (15 multiple choice, 9 vocabulary matching, 2 short answer essay), and a theme comparison with the novel The Hung
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: The Hunger Games Teaching Unit Mega Growing Bundle
Reading Comprehension and Fluency Pack
This BEST SELLING 114 page reading comprehension and fluency pack has three differentiated comprehensions for each phonics sound. Each passage has a shape next to it which shows the different level. To help improve fluency and aid comprehension, each passage has the numbers 1-3 at the top. Students are encouraged to read the passage three times. Each time they read the passage, they color in a number.Each sound has an original comprehension story with comprehension questions that cover who, what
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K - 3rd
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Substitute Binder - Secondary Teacher Binder for Subs
Fully editable substitute binder to prepare your class for success with a substitute teacher. Start the year off organized! This will keep you from having to rewrite the same information over and over again or from confusion while you are gone. Just add work!What is included?Print and go PDF fileFile that can be edited in Google SlidesTips and ideas for various proceduresFile includes the following:Binder CoverBinder DividersTable of ContentsPrinting DirectionsSubstitute LetterCampus Informat
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5th - 12th
Also included in: Back to School Starter Pack for Middle School
Parent Teacher Conference Forms - Editable
Parent Teacher Conference Forms - EditableThis pack of Editable Parent Teacher Conference forms includes:●notification of conference (parents cut off and return the bottom portion)●student self evaluation●DIGITAL link to student self evaluation forms preloaded into Google Slides™This file is in PowerPoint format and must be edited in PowerPoint. Concerned about how editing works? Easy-to-follow directions are provided. Please see the preview for a closer look!*********************************
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K - 3rd, Staff
Rubric Template, PLUS Editable Rubrics for Projects, Math, and Writing
Rubrics let students know your expectations and let you give feedback quickly! You'll receive these fully editable, standards-based grading rubrics: A writing rubric A math solution rubric A project rubric A blank rubric template With these rubrics, you simply write checkmarks to score students’ work. These rubrics are faster to create than the type of rubric with text in every box. Students will have an easier time reading these rubrics, too.You can easily add rows and columns. (Instructions
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Not Grade Specific
Back to School Classroom Management Tools | Classroom Routines and Procedures
Back to school is SO busy—one way to make sure the year starts smoothly is to clearly outline your classroom expectations with your students so that they know your classroom routines and procedures. With this classroom management resource, you will have access to over 100 routines and procedures listed out, ideas for meeting discussion topics, and my entire morning routine as an example to start from. As teachers, we have all found ourselves in that panicky moment where we need to line up for an
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1st - 8th, Staff
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Morning Meeting Discussion Cards | Conversation Cards | Question of the Day
Discussion cards will be used daily to build community, confidence, and leadership in the classroom. Each day, the teacher will flip to a new discussion card and read it aloud. Students will then turn and talk to their partner. Students will practice looking their partner in the eye, as well as taking turns responding to the question. The teacher may then want to call on students to share their responses with the class. This is the perfect way to start each morning or transition back to learning
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PreK - 3rd
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Expected vs. Unexpected Behavior
Do you need a classroom management lesson? This is a great tool to help facilitate behavior within your classroom and school.
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Definition and Directions
Classroom Chart
Expected vs. Unexpected Behavior sort
Expected vs. Unexpected Behavior scenarios
Expected vs. Unexpected Independent sort
"I Will Model Expected Behavior by..." writing sheet
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K - 3rd
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Listening - Social Skills - Howard B. Wigglebottom Learns to Listen
Five days of Social & Emotional Learning lessons that go along with the story “Howard B. Wigglebottom Learns to Listen” by Howard Binko. This lesson is the perfect way to introduce whole body listening and strengthen listening schools in your class or small group. Lessons are all intended to be “mini” so that they fit easily into your day! This resource is the perfect way to teach social skills through literature. WHAT IS INCLUDED One weeks worth of lesson plans for the mentor text “
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PreK - 1st
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